More than 78,000 have already thrown their names in the ring for the Mars One reality show.
In the classic Simpsons episode "Deep Space Homer," viewers get an inside glimpse of NASA that's, well, a little cartoonish.
To justify a plot that puts buffoonish Simpson patriarch Homer in space, the show's writers concocted a version of NASA that was supremely concerned with ratings. After the latest shuttle launch fails to beat Home Improvement and Married With Children in the Nielsen race, NASA administrators show up at Moe's Tavern to pluck a couple of "average Joes" out of obscurity to become the nation's next astronauts.
Nearly 20 years have passed since that episode first aired, and suddenly the premise seems a whole lot less absurd.
After only two weeks (and with plenty of time before the Aug. 31 deadline), more than 78,000 "average Joes" have already signed up for a spot aboard a proposed colonization mission to Mars that also just happens to be a reality show. The Mars One project, which claims it will send a crew of pioneers on a one-way trip to the red planet by 2023, is using the Internet to democratize the astronaut selection process.
The flight candidates are indeed diverse. That's obvious enough from the video applications posted on the Mars One site. They include everyone from students to engineers to theme park employees (who say their job makes them accustomed to thrills). Gone are the early days of space travel, chronicled in The Right Stuff, when the government culled through the crème de la crème of military pilots. The doors have been flung open to everyone who wants to throw their space helmet in the ring.
It is the American Idol of space travel. And as is the case with that show, the first round of auditions bring out the delusional and the jokers. There are candidates like Kitty Kane, 23, who said she wants to go to Mars because "she likes eating food out of pouches." Others seem to think attitude is all it takes.
"Why would I like to go to Mars? Well that's the cowboy side of me," said Benjamin Payne, a 20-year-old security guard.
But as one pores over the applications, it becomes clear that those sort of videos are the minority. Most of the applications are surprisingly sincere. Their videos are not like the narcissistic, gimmicky video essays born out of The Real World and carried on by its progeny; many of the candidates have a refreshing earnestness about them. They don't care about the criticism Mars One has received, and they see this as their legitimate chance to take the next giant leap for mankind.
It's true, many experts have criticized the program, with its reality TV component and sensationalized candidate search. But Canard and many of his fellow applicants are dreamers, hypnotized by the romanticism of interplanetary travel. Infatuation with manned space flight (or even just fictionalized shows about space flight) from an early age is a recurring theme among many of the applicants.
This drive for exploration seems to come with a very sober sense of what a one-way trip to Mars actually entails.
Mars One's stated plan is to start sending unmanned supply ships with critical infrastructure to Mars by 2016. In the meantime, training of Mars colonists will begin on Earth in an elimination-style reality TV contest where viewers get to help decide the actual crew. The first crew of four settlers would be launched in 2023. If their mission is successful, follow-up crews would be sent on a regular basis every two years when the Earth and Mars are in optimal alignment.
But the major caveat for prospective colonists to consider is that, no matter what, this is a one-way mission. They would leave all their loved ones behind to live out the rest of their lives with a small group of people on a planet that can be as far away as 249 million miles from Earth.
The men who walked on the moon talk about the surreal feeling about being able to fit "your entire sense of reality behind your thumb" held out at arm's length. Settlers on Mars could fit their entire sense of reality — every person they've ever known and every place they've ever been — behind the head of a needle at arm's length.
Many of the more serious applicants appear to have considered this eventuality and have ultimately decided they still want to take voyage.
Like many others, Goodwin believes that being among the first to voyage to a new planet would surpass any possible experience that could be had here on Earth. In fact, many seem motivated by the idea that they could leave a lasting legacy that goes beyond nationality and generation, that could ripple out across mankind.
Testimonies like this make it clear that these are not your average reality show applicants. These are idealistic dreamers with a macrocosmic view on humanity. Countless application essays are delivered in language that is self-aware of the speaker's place in the evolutionary ladder. The sacrifice of a social life on Earth is viewed as a necessity for continued survival of the human race.
But is Mars One really the vehicle for tackling such an audacious mission, or are they preying upon the naivete of hopeful scientific dreamers?
Mars One is a nonprofit organization based out of the Netherlands. They rightly claim that a Mars trip is feasible in the foreseeable future with "existing technology." But Amy Shira Teitel of Physics Focus says there is a big difference between technology that could theoretically take humans to Mars and technology that is "flight tested" for such a journey.
There is also plenty of concern about the way Mars One is going about its search. Any healthy individuals over the age of 18 are eligible to make the trip. Applications are being accepted in 11 languages, but fluent English will be required of anyone who actually makes the journey. And in the first round of applications, candidates are being asked not about their scientific expertise, but rather their sense of humor. The idea is that candidates are being screened as colonists, not scientists. But with a staggering amount of deep space infrastructure to be maintained millions of miles away from any other humans, technical and scientific expertise will obviously be critical.
Mars One did not return The Daily Dot's request for comment on any of these concerns.
Still, it's unlikely that the practical concerns of a one-way mission to Mars would dissuade applicants — at least for now, while the mission still seems a bit like science fiction. After all, for the average Joes who dream of life beyond our planet, this is a fantasy come true.


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Before I became a property manager, I wanted to learn all aspects of the business. Maintenance is a huge part of management, so I worked for a small maintenance company while I was getting my real estate license. This was the best decision I ever made. Too many property managers and property owners out there don't know a single thing about maintenance. They're 100 percent reliant on what their vendors tell them. That's a huge problem.
I learned the value of what maintenance should cost and how it should be done. This has helped me weed through the vendors in the Bryan-College Station area and find those who do the job right for a good price. Your maintenance plan should provide maximum profitability for you and a safe home for your tenants. Happy tenants ensure longevity. That's a good thing. Maintenance can be broken into three categories; wear and tear, preventative, and emergency.
Wear and tear is inevitable, and it includes general things like nail holes and smudges on the walls, and worn carpet from use in high traffic areas. Generally, wear and tear maintenance doesn't need to be done until the old tenants move out and before the new tenants move in.
This is most common type of maintenance. Generally it's caught during property inspections. You might notice that air filters need to be changed, smoke alarm batteries need to be replaced, and minor plumbing and disposal leaks need to be taken care of. There could be some issues with HVAC functionality. Sometimes, preventative maintenance items are tenant responsibilities. That's why the property inspection report should catch whether your tenants are upholding their responsibilities. If not, take care of these things to prevent emergencies.
This is the least common maintenance type, and it should be, especially if you're handling your preventative maintenance properly. But, something might happen. This is one of the reasons you need a good property manager. Your manager can handle these situations quickly. It might be a water leak, a broken water heater, or a gas leak. An emergency is anything that can potentially harm your tenants or cause catastrophic damage to your property. You need to know who to call. That's important, because an emergency can happen in the middle of the night, and having a relationship with the right vendor is essential.
If you have any questions about property maintenance in the Bryan-College Station area, or you want to learn more about Bryan property management, please contact us at AssetHERO Property Management.


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It has now been confirmed that the abandoned car belongs to Exotic Skittles, a renowned luxury car rental company in Dallas. Upon investigation, the rental company did not disclose any details of the person who hired out the supercar. It is one of the two lambos owned by the car rental company.
The wrecked Lamborghini does not look great now, as both sides are damaged. A tow truck then arrived at the scene and transported the car to Dallas police impound. The Lamborghini Gallardo LP 550-2 Coupe was introduced by the Italian automaker as the lowest tier vehicle in Gallardo lineup. However, it is still priced somewhere around $200,000, while the average rent ranges between $1,200 and $1,400 per night.
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The Republican | Michael S. GordonFriendly's CEO John M. Maguire at the company's Wilbraham headquarters..
WILBRAHAM - Friendly's future is going to look a lot like its past – its distant past – according to new CEO John M. Maguire.
It'll be a future focused on ice cream and food standbys like Big Beefs, melts, fries and Fishamajigs, coupled with about five standard breakfast items.
Gone will be menu items that Maguire said just don't fit with the consumer's notion of Friendly's: the bourbon barbecue chicken, the quesadilla.
"We have to focus on what our core customer wants," he said. "I'm not sure anyone comes to Friendly's for barbecue. But we have barbecue items on the menu."
Maguire took the helm at Friendly's about a month ago. And while Friendly's is beloved here for its nostalgia, any discussion of the current restaurants is likely to focus on notoriously slow service and dirty, run-down restaurant locations.
Maguire wasn't CEO during the bankruptcy, but he said the alternative would have been to close the chain. He said the bankruptcy saved 377 restaurants and about 5,700 jobs. It also freed up capital to invest in locations.
"I believe that in 12 to 18 months, Friendly's can start growing again," Maguire said. "If the locations are not making money, you can't invest. You can't grow. That's when you get the debt coming in."
Of those jobs, 162 are in the Wilbraham offices and another 134 are in the ice cream factory.
Business is booming at the factory making ice cream and ice cream cakes for a number of retailers including Walmart and Target.
Another 67 people work at a distribution center in Chicopee.
Brothers Curtis L. and S. Prestley Blake founded Friendly's in 1935 in Springfield's Pine Point neighborhood; the brothers made the brand famous for simple meals and ice cream. Neither has an ownership stake anymore.
Friendly's emerged from bankruptcy Jan. 9 after its corporate owners, Sun Capital Partners LLC, repurchased the iconic brand for $122.6 million, and in the process wiped away $297 million in debt and closed more than 100 locations, nine of them in the Springfield area. The sale price was about a third of the $337.2 million owners Sun Capital paid for the chain in 2007.
As part of that bankruptcy, Friendly's abandoned the company's pension plan to the Pension Benefit Guaranty Corp. In he next few months, Friendly's 6,000 retirees will start getting payments from Pension Guaranty, said spokesman Marc Hopkins.
"No one will miss a payment," he said.
But for some, those checks will be smaller. The Pension Benefit Guaranty Corp. only backs up pensions to a certain maximum: in Friendly's case, it is $54,000 a year for someone who retired at age 65. Hopkins said it is too early in the transition to know how many Friendly's retirees will bump into that ceiling.
Anyone who is used to getting more than $54,000 a year in pension will not get that in the future, he said. Also, there is no cost-of-living adjustment, Hopkins said from the agency's headquarters in Washington.
Maguire deflected most talk of the bankruptcy proceeding. Instead, he said, the his eyes are on the future.
The 19-year-veteran of the Panera Bread chain said beer and wine will probably not be a part of that future. The previous management team obtained a beer and wine license from the city of Chicopee for a location on Memorial Drive. Maguire said that license probably never will be used, as beer and wine don't fit his vision for the chain.
The move to beer and wine, along with extraneous menu items, are all symptoms of the "mission creep" Maguire said he sees in troubled restaurant chains.
Sales start to fall. So executives start coming up with more menu items in an effort to goose sales. But the new menu items are complicated and they slow down the kitchen, making service slow. The new menu items then fail to catch on, so executives start throwing more ideas against the wall in an increasingly desperate search for something that sticks.
"It's a death spiral," Maguire said.
Hugh Robert, restaurant columnist for The Republican and MassLive.com, said Maguire has a point about the proliferation of menu items. He suspects that a lot of those items came out of a corporate headquarters with little thought of how the dishes would be executed in the field.
"In the industry, there is a lot of talk about the veto vote," Robert said. "That's when a group of people are deciding where to go and there is always that person who says no because they don't have steak tips, or whatever."
But Robert, a faculty member in Holyoke Community College's hospitality and culinary arts program with more than 35 years of restaurant and educational experience, thinks Friendly's might be a lost cause.
There is just too much competition out there from fast-casual restaurants like Applebee's and, yes, Panera Bread. The ice cream business has shifted to premium products like Coldstone Creamery, Ben & Jerry's and boutique mom-and-pop dipping shops.
"There is just not one thing Friendly's does better than everyone else," Robert said. "I wonder if they won't go the way of Howard Johnson's."
Maguire said he knows that Friendly's is a hit with two age groups: children and senior citizens. His challenge is to serve those customers by going back to basics and build in the middle by improving quality and service. "But it really is all about families," he said. Back when Friendly's was talking about beer and wine, Elizabeth L. R. Elam, professor of marketing at Western New England University in Springfield, said Friendly's needed to focus on its identity as a place for families. "I'm extremely biased because I have young children (ages 6 and 10), and we love Friendly's," Elam said at the time.


I really enjoy gardening. And I particularly relish flowers. I love the splash of colour and beauty they bring to the garden. At the front of the house, in the shade of a birch tree, is one of my favorite flowerbeds. The light is soft and dappled there, so I can plant shade-loving flowers to my heart's content.
This spring I set out my plants. I chose the varieties I particularly love and planted them with care. As I was planting I noticed that there were a number of poppies also growing in the soil. I like these poppies. They produce gorgeous bright blooms and bring a welcome pop of color into the garden.
Look at them! Aren't they lovely? How can I resist such loveliness?
Four weeks later my flowerbed looked like this! YEEK!
The poppies had taken over. They had crowded out all the plants I had lovingly planted. It was time to take action! I had to choose. It was the poppies or my flowers. The poppies had to go!
I have found that if I'm not careful all kinds of things can creep into my life. Given time they start to crowd out the most important parts of my life. The difficulty is that those other things can often be good and beautiful and helpful.
It's not easy to balance everything is it? But the truth is that we have to choose. The flowers in my flowerbed would not have done well if I left the poppies in place. My flowers needed space to flourish. In the same way we need to make space for what really matters to us. We need to choose.
Is it time to make room in your life for what matters most?
Five Simple Ways to Make Your Summer a Sabbath on The Art of Simple.
What things crowd your life? How do you decide what needs to go? What challenges do you face?
Such a beautiful post Sharon!
And such beautiful poppies but you are right, life is already so full of beauty, there is only so much that can take up our focus before other areas start to suffer.
Deciding what needs to go can be a great challenge. I mostly find the answers, when I intentionally create quiet space. Everything that is important to me, shows up there.
Thanks Liz. The quiet space is so valuable. I need to create more time for that.


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Women's rights: What's in it for men?
Matthias Doepke, Michèle Tertilt 26 May 2008
Women in rich countries largely enjoy gender equality while those in poor countries suffer substantial discrimination. This column proposes an explanation for the relationship between economic development and female empowerment that emphasises changes in the incentives males face rather than shifts in moral sentiment. Technological change that raises demand for human capital may give men a stake in women's rights.
Improving women's rights is one of the main goals of development policy; the United Nations names "promoting gender equality and empowering women" as one of the eight Millennium Development Goals. As Figure 1 shows, today most rich countries are close to the ideal of gender equality, while in the poorest countries women have only limited rights and face widespread discrimination. What, if anything, can development policy do to close the gap in gender equality between rich and poor countries?
Figure 1. Gender Institutions and Development Index versus GDP per capita, 2000
Note: The GID is a composite index that aggregates indicators in the areas of family, physical integrity, civil liberty, and ownership rights. Higher numbers correspond to more discrimination. Source: OECD GID Data Base, 2006. GDP per capita is PPP-adjusted and measured in U.S. Dollars. Source: World Development Indicators Online Edition, 2005. Figure excludes major oil producers.
The political-economy perspective on women's rights
Pessimists argue that differences in gender discrimination across countries are due to cultural and religious factors that neither can nor should be addressed by policy. But this view clashes with an important observation: When today's rich countries were still poor, the state of women's rights in these countries was just as bleak as it is in the poorest countries today. For example, until the mid-nineteenth century, women in England and the United States lost all their civil rights upon marriage. Husbands had full control over their wives' property and earnings, only men could obtain a divorce, and married women did not have any rights with respect to their legitimate children.
The situation improved only in the second half of the nineteenth century, when England and the United States started a series of reforms that ultimately led to the modern state of equality before the law. The rapid advance of women's rights in today's rich countries suggests that it is not some immutable cultural reason that explains cross-country differences in gender equality, but an interaction of women's rights with the development process itself.
Understanding what triggered reforms of women's rights in Western countries can inform our thinking about how gender equality might be realised in developing countries today. In recent research, we look at the driving forces behind the first phase of the expansion of women's rights in England and the United States (Doepke and Tertilt 2008). From about 1850 onwards, various legislatures in both countries passed laws that dramatically improved women's rights in the areas of divorce law, child custody law, and marital property law. Interestingly, these reforms took place long before women gained the right to vote.1 All the reform laws of this period were passed by all-male legislatures that were accountable only to male voters. This fact suggests that to explain the expansion of women's rights, we need to focus on the views and attitudes of men.
Why did men decide to share power with women?
The main reforms of women's rights during the nineteenth century reduced the power of husbands within the household. At the beginning of the century, husbands were still patriarchs with full control over their families' affairs. By 1900, power was shared almost equally (at least according to the letter of the law) between husbands and wives.
At face value, granting rights to women implied a weakening of men's rights. Yet it was men who put all the reform laws into place. Why? Our argument is that, from a man's perspective, there is a trade-off between the rights of his own wife and the rights of other men's wives. More female bargaining power cuts the share of household consumption that husbands can claim for themselves, which men don't like. But at the same time, women tend to attach more weight to the well-being of children than men do, which implies that more bargaining power for women also means greater investments in their children's human capital.2i
Husbands don't gain directly from their wives having more bargaining power, so ideally men would prefer their own wives to have no rights. But since boosting women's bargaining power increases human-capital investment in children, men might gain from other women having rights in two ways. First, men are altruistic towards their own children, some of which are daughters. Since men want their daughters to be treated well by their sons-in-law and they want their grandchildren to be well educated, men have a motivation to improve their daughters' bargaining position. Second, a father prefers his children to find high-quality mates, and therefore stands to gain from building the human capital of his future children-in-law through their mothers.
Human capital and technological change
In England and the United States, we claim, the ultimate cause of the expansion of women's rights throughout the nineteenth century was technological change that increased the demand for human capital. This demand raised the importance of education and recalibrated the trade-off between the rights of a man's own wife and those of other men's wives. When the return to education increases, finding well-educated spouses for one's children becomes a bigger concern. Similarly, a rising return to education increases fathers' concern about the rights of their daughters, because the daughters' marital bargaining power matters for the grandchildren's education.
Our explanation lines up well with historical evidence. The main phase of the expansion of women's rights in England and the United States in the late nineteenth century coincided with rapidly increasing investments in education, suggesting that a rise in the demand for human capital was indeed significant.
What is more, growing concern for the education and welfare of children shows up in the historical debates about the major reforms of women's rights during the nineteenth century. There was a gradual shift in the arguments, from a focus on the rights of men towards giving top priority to the needs of children.
Opponents of reform argued that men holding all power in the household was the natural order and that any changes would endanger the institution of the family. As late as 1868 an editorial writer for the London Times claimed that "the proposed change would totally destroy the existing relation between husband and wife… If a woman has her own property, and can apply to her separate use her own earnings,… what is to prevent her from going where she likes and doing what she pleases?"3
The supporters of reform countered that not all husbands are responsible and that giving power to women would protect the interests of the children. In a debate about Oregon's Married Women's Property Act it was argued (by a man, of course) that "If he [the husband] was prudent and thrifty she would give him control of her property. And if he was not, it was better that she should have the power to preserve her property to support herself and educate her children".4
Lessons for policy
Our theory suggests that the historical advance of women's rights in the West wasn't due to a sudden enlightenment of mankind after millennia of patriarchy. Rather, it was driven by old-fashioned self-interest deriving from men's concern about their daughters' welfare and their descendants' education.5 But lest we lose faith in mankind, there is an upside. If our theory is correct, it implies that men in today's developing countries can be given a stake in women's rights. Ultimately, inducing developing countries to improve women's rights on their own accord may be a more promising strategy than trying to impose gender equality from the outside.
From the perspective of the theory, what matters for the advance of women's rights is the demand for human capital. The data suggest that the link between women's rights and human capital is equally relevant today as it was in the nineteenth century: Figure 2 shows that in the cross section of rich and poor countries in the year 2000, gender inequality correlates with education even more closely than with income levels.
Figure 2. GID Index versus average years of schooling, 2000
Source of schooling data: World Development Indicators, print edition 2003. Figure excludes major oil producers.
Governments can further the cause of women's rights by focusing on policies that increase families' incentives to educate their children. Examples of such policies include public health programs for children, high-quality public education, and subsidies for families who keep their children in school. These policies can change men's attitudes toward female empowerment, helping to create a broader coalition in favour of expanding women's rights.
Chused, Richard H. 1985. "Late Nineteenth Century Married Women's Property Law: Reception of the Early Married Women's Property Acts by Courts and Legislatures." American Journal of Legal History 29(1): 3-35.
Doepke, Matthias and Michéle Tertilt. 2008. "Women's Liberation: What's in It for Men?" CEPR Discussion Paper 6771.
Duflo, Esther. 2005. "Gender Equality in Development." BREAD Policy Paper 11.
Washington, Ebonya. 2008. "Female Socialization: How Daughters Affect Their Legislator Fathers' Voting on Women's Issues." American Economic Review. 98(1), 311-32.
1 Universal female suffrage was introduced in 1918 in Britain and in 1920 in the United States.
2 See Duflo 2005.
3 The Times, April 23, 1868, p. 8.
4 Chused 1985, p. 18.
5 The importance of daughters in influencing their fathers' political views has also been documented in other contexts, such as the voting records of today's legislators in the United Kingdom and the United States (see Washington 2008).
Topics: Development Gender
Tags: gender equality, women's rights
Matthias Doepke
Professor of Economics, Northwestern University; Research Fellow, CEPR
Michèle Tertilt
Professor of Economics, University of Mannheim

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Castellaneta Marina (wł. Stazione di Castellaneta Marina) – przystanek kolejowy w Castellaneta Marina (część gminy Castellaneta), w prowincji Tarent, w regionie Apulia, we Włoszech. Znajduje się na linii Jonica (Reggio Calabria – Tarent).

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Global › United Status › In the news › Kantar TNS survey finds cable providers gaining share of telecommunication services for large businesses; Incumbent providers at greatest risk.
New York: September 17, 2015 – Following years of success serving the small business telecommunication market, traditional cable television providers have made significant gains in providing wired voice and data services to companies in the large business (101+ employees) market over the past 24 months.
According to BusinessWave®, Kantar TNS's quarterly commercial market survey of roughly 6,500 businesses, wired voice and data product spending attributable to cable providers rose more than 38%, climbing from 12.2% to 16.9%. The main driver behind this growth was a heavier reliance on internet service and the need for greater bandwidth; two areas where larger cable providers excel.
Kantar TNS's research also reveals that cable providers have had the most success migrating single product customers to bundled voice and data product customers. Over the two year period, cable providers have upped their percentage of customers using a single provider for wired voice and data products from 38.6% to 54.1% - an increase of more than 40%. Over the same period, incumbent local exchange companies (ILECs) experienced a slight decline while competitive local exchange companies (CLECs) managed an increase of 9%.
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Q: Collapse rows by participant in R I am cleaning a dataset that contains multiple rows associated with the same user, with each row representing one time point. Each column is also tied to time point, such that there is a separate column for each question at each timepoint. The rest of the cells are blank. My data looks like this:
name<-rbind("Ang", "Ang", "Ang", "Bot", "Bot")
timepoint<-rbind("part 1", "part 2", "part 3", "part 1", "part 2")
q1<-rbind("More likely", "", "", "More likely", "")
q2<-rbind("", "Less likely", "", "", "More likely")
q3<-rbind("", "", "Less likely", "", "")

df<-cbind(name,timepoint, q1, q2, q3)
colnames(df)<-c("name", "timepoint", "answer_t1", "answer_t2", "answer_t3")

Such that the data looks like this:

I need to consolidate the dataset so that there is one row per person.
I want the data to look like this:

The approaches I have seen before such as widening do not work for a dataset that has timepoint specific columns. I've tried an lapply solution like this: df[,lapply(.SD, paste0, collapse=""), by=name]  but this has not worked for me.
Does anyone have any suggestions?

A: For your example you could group_by(name) and take the max() for each column, e.g.
library(tidyverse)

name<-rbind("Ang", "Ang", "Ang", "Bot", "Bot")
timepoint<-rbind("part 1", "part 2", "part 3", "part 1", "part 2")
q1<-rbind("More likely", "", "", "More likely", "")
q2<-rbind("", "Less likely", "", "", "More likely")
q3<-rbind("", "", "Less likely", "", "")

df<-cbind(name,timepoint, q1, q2, q3)
colnames(df)<-c("name", "timepoint", "answer_t1", "answer_t2", "answer_t3")

df %>%
  as.data.frame() %>%
  group_by(name) %>%
  summarise(across(starts_with("answer"), max))
#> # A tibble: 2 × 4
#>   name  answer_t1   answer_t2   answer_t3
#>   <chr> <chr>       <chr>       <chr>
#> 1 Ang   More likely Less likely "Less likely"
#> 2 Bot   More likely More likely ""

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A: Using data.table...
library(data.table)
dt <- as.data.table(df)
dt[, lapply(.SD, function(x) x[!is.na(x) & x != ""]) ,
   by = .(name),
   .SDcols = c("answer_t1", "answer_t2", "answer_t3")]

A: In base R you could do
aggregate(.~name, subset(data.frame(df), select = -timepoint), max)

  name   answer_t1   answer_t2   answer_t3
1  Ang More likely Less likely Less likely
2  Bot More likely More likely

or even:
aggregate(.~name, data.frame(df)[-2], max)

  name   answer_t1   answer_t2   answer_t3
1  Ang More likely Less likely Less likely
2  Bot More likely More likely


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Local authorities and councils in the UK have reported being hit by more than 263 million cyber attacks in the first six months of this year
Alex Scroxton, Security Editor
Published: 03 Oct 2019 10:10
Local authorities and councils up and down the UK are being hit by an average of 800 cyber attacks every hour, with more than 263 million incidents noted in the first six months of 2019 alone, according to figures gathered by insurance broker Gallagher using the Freedom of Information (FoI) Act.
Gallagher made FoI requests to every authority in the UK and found that of the 203 that responded, 76, or 37%, had reported a cyber attack between January and June 2019, which would suggest that given 204 other authorities of the 408 in the UK did not respond, the true number of attacks against UK public sector organisations is much higher, potentially double.
Since the start of 2017, Gallagher found 17 attacks were reported to have resulted in a loss of data or money, with the average cost to the victim of a successful attack being around £430,000. The firm also found that only 13% of councils hold a standalone cyber insurance policy, even under threat of heavy fines for breaches since the introduction of the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR).
Tim Devine, managing director of public sector and education at Gallagher, said: "Our research illustrates the scale of the challenge facing local authorities in the UK. Councils are facing an unprecedented number of cyber attacks on a daily basis.
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Ebenezer Fitch (September 26, 1756 – March 21, 1833) was an American Calvinist clergyman and educator. He was the first president of Williams College.

Born in Norwich, Connecticut, Fitch graduated as valedictorian from Yale College in 1777. The American Revolutionary War was ongoing at the time, but because Fitch was a student and then resident tutor (1780–1783) at Yale, he was exempted from the military draft then in effect. He later tried his hand at business, but was largely unsuccessful, and was invited in 1790 to move to Williamstown, Massachusetts, and serve as preceptor of a new free academy for boys. Fitch took the position and made many changes to the institution, converting it into a college in 1793. As one of only two faculty members at the beginning, Fitch taught many classes himself. Highly religious, he gave the sermons on Sundays at the college and introduced the Westminster Catechism to Williams. But the college foundered, and Fitch resigned in 1815. He then served as a pastor at a Presbyterian church, and continued to preach until his death in West Bloomfield, New York.

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Celebrating Fourth of July at Walt Disney World Resort
by Shawn Slater, Senior Communications Manager, Disney Live Entertainment
Independence Day is coming up, and the parks at Walt Disney World Resort are planning to celebrate with some star-spangled salutes to America in honor of our nation's 238th birthday!
If you're visiting Walt Disney World Resort for the 4th of July, here is some of what you can look forward to:
Magic Kingdom Park – "Disney's Celebrate America! A Fourth of July Concert in the Sky" rockets into the air above Cinderella Castle. This special, fireworks spectacular will be presented two nights in a row, at 9 p.m. on both July 3 and 4.
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Disney's Hollywood Studios – A "Rockin' 4th of July Celebration" at the Sorcerer's Hat Stage on July 4, features the "Rock Your Summer Side" Dance Party, with a DJ and live band. The Hollywood Rockers will take you on a rock 'n roll road trip across America that culminates with the band playing live during that night's fireworks spectacular. The celebration kicks off at 6 p.m. and continues through 11 p.m., with fireworks at 10:15 p.m.
Looks like the 4th of July is going to be a blast all across Walt Disney World Resort!
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"This, He wanted to form the country"This, He wanted to form the country
"This, children, is what is called a bloodless war…" (Hannah Doroshenko – Holodomor 1932-33). Stalin's five year plan was to transform the Soviet Union into a socialist state by the industrialization and collectivization of Soviet farms. Stalin, knowing that the Soviet Union was already falling behind other countries, desired to make swift changes without concern of the human costs. He believed that the Ukrainians were a major obstacle in his way and purposely created a widespread famine to clear a path for his plan. This political charged famine, of which its existence was questioned due to conflicting news reports, upon the Ukrainian Kulaks and peasant society led to the near extinction of their population. Franklin Roosevelt, not wanting to compromise his fledgling relationship with the Soviets, chose to believe the denial of the famine. After roughly five decades of concealment, Holodomor finally received the recognition it deserved.Holodomor – made up of the two words holod, meaning starvation, and moryty, meaning to kill, making up the definition of "to kill by starvation." Numerous events led up to the Holodomor Famine of 1932, one of which was the Bolshevik Revolution that began in 1917. The Bolsheviks were guided by Vladimir Ilyich Ulianov, known as Lenin; they had come together to rebel against the Russian government, which at the time was being ran by Tsar Nicholas II. After successfully overthrowing Nicholas, the Bolsheviks were the new government of Russia, and Lenin became the first leader of the Soviet Union. Furthermore, because Ukraine was under the power of Russia for an extensive amount of time, they wanted to start an independence movement. However, Ukraine first had to wait until Tsar's reign ended. Despite their hard work, the independence only lasted for one year; Lenin wanted to regain his power. This drove him to begin a four-year long war, after which the Soviet Union succeeded in the takeback of Ukraine. Following this, to bring peasants under communism, the Soviet Union implemented a famine. The government took everything from the peasants, proceeding to starvation and killing 3 million people. Immediately after Lenin's death, Joseph Stalin came into power and laid out the blueprint that changed Ukraine's history. He wanted to form the country into an industrial giant to help it gain global power. To do so, he started collectivization to abolish this civilization; this collectivization was only the start of Stalin's goal of making the Soviet Union a socialist country. The definition of a kulak differered between people, but the definition that Stalin chose to accept was anyone who chose to defy his plan or not give up their individual farm; thus putting every Ukrainian at risk of Stalin's fury. The kulaks refused to cooperate with the collectivization, leading Stalin to implement inhumane forms of punishment including execution, forced labor, and starvation. The kulaks could be blacklisted, furthermore banning them from buying normal goods, if they did not meet the grain quotas set in 1928. Knowing this, activist brigades occurred often in which Stalin's forces barged into the Kulak's homes along with their farm areas and stripped them of their belongings. The famine began in 1932, and only worsened the following two years. Addition to the confiscation of food, watchtowers were also set in 1932 to ensure that no harvest was stolen. Those who tried to steal a single grain would result in any punishment, even death, according to the "Five Ears of Corn Law" passed on August 7, 1932 by Stalin. Very few kulaks managed to escape because those who tried to escape would be sent back. By 1933, Stalin ordered the borders of Ukraine to be completely closed.Numerous individuals have shared their stories, including one survivor in particular who chose to stay anonymous. Born in 1912 and living in the Kharvik Region, the survivor ate anything available, it was clear that they had to leave the area. In the spring of 1933, the individual fled Kharkiv, "they walked 18 kilometers to the station…along the way there stood telephone poles and underneath every pole there lay dead people who had wanted to reach the city to get a piece of bread."Various reporters from the United States and Europe traveled to Russia and Ukraine for further investigation of the famine. For example, in 1931, Andrew Cairns, an American agricultural expert, and Dr. Otto Schiller, a German expert found traces of starvation throughout their trip, and were approached by Ukrainians who begged for news of the famine to be revealed around the world. Yet, when they tried to publish their report, newspapers did not show any urgency in publishing it. In fact, Walter Duranty, an American correspondent who worked in Moscow for the New York Times, "…helped to discredit Cairns and Schiller" and even "…managed to deny or minimize the famine for the better part of the year" ("When all the world was starved of the truth"). Duranty even stated, "conditions are bad, but there is no famine." Cairns and Schiller were only few of many reporters that chose to report on their findings beyond the Ukrainian border. William Henry Chamberlin, Harry Lang, Malcolm Muggerige, and Gareth Jones all reported on the truth behind the gruesome famine. Gareth Jones, in particular, investigated Ukrainian villages where he found starvation riddled throughout Ukraine. Using the information collected, Jones published numerous articles, only to be ridiculed and mocked by other Moscow correspondents in fear of Stalin. In fact, Duranty published an article responding to Jones in which he stated that "one can't make an omelette without breaking eggs". By 1935, Gareth Jones was found dead while reporting in Mongolia, a death many suspect to be tied to the Soviet Union. American Reporters, such as Duranty and respected founders of London School of Economics and Political Science, gained much from discrediting reports of the famine, for Duranty was said to have "had a large flat… had the best access of any correspondent", all rewarded by the Soviet Union (How Stalin Hid Ukraine's Famine From the World). For his denial, Stalin paid him off, allowing Duranty to live a lavish life in Moscow. Many officials chose to believe the false reports, including Franklin Roosevelt who needed to keep the United States and Soviet Union's relationship intact. Roosevelt was a new president, and did not want to create tension between Russia and the United States, which at the time was a new nation. Creating this tension would have resulted in a rivalry between the two nations. Instead Roosevelt wanted the United States to form an alliance with the Soviets and so he trusted Duranty. However, Roosevelt wasn't provided with much of a choice, for Duranty was a credible reporter that denied the famine. Denying him and going with stories of the rebel writers would destroy any hope of the U.S. and Russia working together. With this denial, "The famine was accepted as a matter of course in one's casual conversation."(How Stalin Hid Ukraine's Famine From the World.) Franklin Roosevelt aided in the disclosure of the famine. Due to these false reports and the public's inability to recognize the seriousness of the famine, Joseph Stalin was able to carry out his plan of collecting farmland. However, if society had known that the famine was occurring, less lives would have been lost. It is believed that around ten million lives were lost throughout the genocide, and survivors will forever be scarred by the horrific tragedy that once struck them. Between the years 1933-1935 the Soviets replaced Ukrainian villagers, and russified Ukraine; while remaining Kulaks that survived the famine were sent off to Russia. Stalin succeeded in boosting industrialization, the GPD (gross domestic product) improved drastically after the famine and kept rising. There were attempts to place blame, for example in 1934 Hamilton Fish proposed a resolution to the House of Representatives, which tried to persecute the Soviets for this famine. However, not much came from these attempts. After numerous years of the Holodomor being hidden behind the Soviet government, it is finally receiving the recognition it deserves. With the work of Verkhovna Rada, a group fighting for human rights , the law, "On the Holodomor in Ukraine 1932-1933" finally acknowledged Holodomor as a Genocide. This law was passed on November 28, 2006, and was introduced by President Yushchenko, whilst other components such as amendments were proposed by Oleksandr Moroz, the speaker of Parliament. Years later, in 2009, the Central Investigation Department of Security Service of Ukraine (SBU) launched a criminal case to legally prosecute the ones responsible for the Genocide. This resulted in the leaders of Bolshevik totalitarianism finally being charged with the organization and commission of genocide on January 10, 2010; however, it was dismissed because they had all passed away. Numerous countries started recognizing Holodomor as a Genocide before these events. Countries such as Argentina, Australia, Hungary, USA, and Canada recognized it in the year of 2003. Whilst, Georgia along with Lithuania recognized it in the year 2005. To this day, the relationship between Soviets and Ukraine is still not mended. Ukrainians are still wary of a tragedy like the Holodomor occuring once more, in fact a threat of one has surfaced. In the year 2014, Putin was planning to close off the Gazprom pipes that pumped gas into Europe which scared countless people. Unfortunately, the world has not learned from these tragedies; the concept of a famine wiping out countries is still in play. The famine that is currently taking place in Nigeria, Yemen, South Sudan, and Somalia is threatening the lives of 20 million people. A group known as Unity goes through these countries burning, raping, and massacring like a force of destruction. The famine is most drastic in Yemen, where 7 million lives are scathing away. Riot groups and other forces are keeping aid from coming into this country; the Saudi Arabian-led coalition recommended by the U.S., Britain, and a myriad of others has caused a great deal of destruction and is threatening the closure of Hodeida, the source of food for the citizens of Yemen. Thus, as a result of Joseph Stalin coming into power over the Soviet Union, over ten million lives were lost. To this day, the Holodomor is mostly unheard of, and multiple are trying to change that. The survivors that live to tell the story will be honored, and those whose lives were lost will be remembered and hopefully one day have the recognition that they deserve. Over the years, the terror of the Holodomor has become a globally-acknowledged issue that will forever haunt our humanity. With recognition, we can only hope that such an atrocious genocide will never occur again, and will be eliminated as a term.
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I'm in Utah this weekend, enjoying some time with family. It's a quick trip, our annual school clothes shopping adventure. I've been doing this with the girls in the family since my niece AbFab was 6 years old. She would come out to CA and hang with me .. we would shop for school clothes. There are so many things we got for her that we both loved – the fabulous green dress with a scarf when she was 8, her down puffy coat years later..
This year the event occurred with my twin, my two nieces AbFab and LilDarlin' (my twin sisters daughters), and AbFab's two darling little ladies Mayonaise and Shanaynay. We did all our shopping in one long afternoon. It's the shortest shopping trip we have ever had, but it was enough. Mayonnaise kept calling us "The Family", and wanted all 6 of us to do everything together.. everything. Mayonaise is not a quiet child, I do wonder if other shoppers thought we were part of a polygamist family (we all look so much alike). Either way, a GREAT day, we got everything we needed to go back to school in grand style.
We shopped until 6:30pm or so, then had dinner with my parents. It was so good to see them and spend some time with them. Even though they all live in Utah, they do not get together as often as they would like – They don't live close and they all have family obligations (kids, jobs, you all know the drill). Anyway, it's nice when I come into town they make a point of getting together (to spend time with me, how awesome is that??!?) . It was a great dinner.
After dinner, AbFab and my twin went home, and my niece LilDarlin' and I watched the little ladies. I booked a hotel with a pool so that we could swim (and boy did we ever!). It was late by the time we got to the room, so we just did girls stuff (manicure and pedicure, chit-chat, etc).. . We had a great time at "Paula's House" (that's what Mayonaise calls the hotel) – Girls will probably remember painting fingers and toes, swimming, and jumping on the bed the most..
The next morning we got up early and swam for almost 2 hours! We got ready and then headed over to McDonald's for fries and Payland, finally making it home around 3pm. LilDarlin' and I relaxed on the couch for a while… then off we went to the Family Dollar for a few things.. AbFab made a great dinner, and after the kids went to bed, AbFab, LilDarlin' and I hung out and reviewing pictures of past experiences. AbFab left for work (she works graveyards) and put LilDarlin' and I "in charge" again…. And we did not disappoint!
We got up early in the morning, hung out, and enjoyed each others company. Kids had Otter Pops while I had my coffee, then had yogurt and granola for breakfast.. pizza for snack all before noon. It is so fun being the Aunt – I think that anything within reason is o.k. as long as they treat each other with love and respect.. so a few popsicles during their morning ritual will not kill them.
Anyway, I did have to leave and it was hard. Very hard. I cried as I drove to my parents house. I love all te kids – it's so hard to not be around as much as I would like to be. But it is what it is, and I will be back in a few months. I do have to say, the weekend would NOT have been over the top fun if LilDarlin' wasn't with me – she is the coolest aunt in the world to the girls – they idolize her and she loves them to pieces back. She helped me with their schedules, guiding me on the best way to take care of them… She is such a sweet, loving, and kind person. She is heading into the 6th grade with more wisdom and independence than I've seen in most 6th graders.
I did arrive to my parents house at a reasonable hour, had some time to catch up with my parents. I love coming home and catching up with my parents. My mom always makes me a very fondly remembered "favorite meal" and my dad gives me the update on his store – he owns and manages a small computer business in Utah. He's just moved into a new building and is working hard at building up business at his new location. My mom made me meatloaf with a baked potato and canned green beans. I loved this meal growing up, and it tasted sooooooooooooooo good this evening. She even made one of my favorites for dessert – brownies! We had a great dinner, great conversation, and it's just so good to see my parents.
Ok.. I'm exhausted, I'm heading to bed in a few minutes. I have a few blogs to write about specific events/experiences.. I will try to get to these on the airplane.. .. I'm heading back to Atlanta for my last week of on-site support for the immediate time being.
Next Article Happy To Be Home.
Paula you have the most amazing way of transporting me from my often bleak ocation to a place and experiance I had not imagined.
No family is perfect but your seems close without being that "ideal" family that we all find so anoying when we see them.
You illistrated one of lifes most magical experiances. When we, as adults, are taught a skill or tallent by a child. We know we could muddle through and it would be ok but they show us with ease and they don't embarass us in the proscess. It a wonderful treat.
You know its a great trip when you cry after leaving. Thanks for shraring and be well.


It's been quite some time since I watched the Yogscast, but during one of their livestreams we got a really decent look at some Assassin's Creed Syndicate.
The gameplay as even been uploaded from Lomadia's channel, and onto the official AC one. Swish.
Essentially, what this video shows is the demo that Ubisoft had available for E3 2015. They showed very little new stuff in their actual press conference, so this is especially cool. It's good to actually see the game in action, so we can start to see if Ubisoft even has a shot at fulfilling some of their promises for this title.
Tagged with ac syndicate, assassins creed syndicate, demo, e3, e3 2015, e3 demo, gameplay, ubisoft.


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OLED screen burn-in: What you need to know now
You may have heard that those awesome-looking OLED screens are susceptible to permanent damage that can ruin your experience. Here are the facts.
Geoffrey Morrison, David Katzmaier
Dec. 11, 2019 3:30 a.m. PT
Screens that use OLED technology deliver the best picture quality on TVs from LG and Sony, and high-end phones from Google, Samsung and Apple. But with those lovely images comes a potential problem: burn-in. Burn-in happens when a persistent part of the image on a screen -- navigation buttons on a phone or a channel logo, news ticker or a scoreboard on a TV, for example -- remains as a ghostly background no matter what else appears on-screen.
Burn-in is a real possibility with OLED. Apple's support page for the OLED-screen iPhones touts that they've been designed to reduce the effects of OLED burn-in, even as it acknowledges that it can occur in "extreme cases." Google's Pixel phone support page says burn-in can happen "when the same image stays on your screen for a long time at a high brightness" and recommends steps to reduce it.
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In the TV world, some owners on YouTube, forums and social media have reported the issue, and the reviews site RTings has demonstrated burn-in on LG OLED TVs in long-term tests. And Samsung, a TV-maker that doesn't sell OLED TVs (yet), trash-talks burn-in and uses it to advertise its own TVs as "burn-in free."
Ultimately, the dilemma is this: All organic light-emitting diode screens can burn-in, and from everything we know, they're more susceptible than standard liquid crystal displays, including QLED models from Samsung and others. But those same OLED screens produce better image quality than LCDs.
So if the fear of the mere possibility of burn-in is your primary concern, the decision is simple: buy an LCD-based display instead. But know that you're sacrificing the best picture quality that money can buy. Here are some points to keep in mind:
Burn-in is possible with OLED, but not likely with normal use.
Most "burn-in" is actually image retention, which goes away after a few minutes.
You'll almost certainly see image retention long before it becomes permanent burn-in.
Generally speaking, burn-in is something to be aware of, but not worry about.
OLED TVs produce the best picture you can buy, but they're more susceptible to burn-in than LCDs.
Our basic advice: Burn-in is not a problem for most users
All things considered, burn-in shouldn't be a problem for most people. That's why we at CNET continue to recommend OLED-based TVs, phones and other devices in our reviews. From all of the evidence we've seen, burn-in is typically caused by leaving a single, static image element, like a channel logo, on-screen for a very long time, repeatedly. That's an issue if you keep Fox News, ESPN or MSNBC on-screen for multiple hours every day and don't watch enough other programming, for example. But as long as you vary what's displayed, chances are you'll never experience burn-in.
That's the condensed version of our advice. Now it's time to buckle your seatbelt for the long version.
Image retention vs. burn-in
First, let's get the descriptions right. Though often used interchangeably, "image retention" and "burn-in" are not the same thing.
Image retention is temporary: it goes away in time.
Burn-in is permanent: it doesn't go away.
Image retention occurs when parts of an image temporarily "stick" on the screen after that image is gone. Let's say for an hour you're looking at a still picture of a white puppy (hey, you do you, we won't judge). Then you decide to watch a movie. Let's say Best in Show on Amazon, because you're keeping with your theme. But as you're watching you can still see the white puppy image, as if it's a ghost on the screen, staring at your soul.
You're not crazy, probably. That's just an extreme case of image retention. Chances are it will go away on its own as you watch stuff that isn't the same still image of the puppy.
Here's a section of a 2018 LG C8 OLED TV screen displaying a gray test pattern after 5 hours watching CNN on the brightest (Vivid) mode. They're the same image, but we've circled the section with the logo on the right to highlight it. To see it better, turn up the brightness. In person, it's more visible in a dark room, but much less visible with moving images as opposed to a test pattern. Since it disappeared after running LG's Pixel Refresher (see below), this is an example if image retention and not burn-in.
Now imagine you leave your TV on for days or weeks instead of hours, showing the same image the whole time. Then you might be in trouble. With image retention, usually just watching something else for a while will make the ghost image disappear. With burn-in, it's going to remain there for a while. Maybe not forever, but perhaps longer than you want to consider.
This is an extreme case, largely just to illustrate what happens. In reality, it's going to be far more subtle. Watch a lot of the same TV news station, like CNN in the example above? Not sure how your heart can handle that, but let's say you do. That station's identifying logo is a prime candidate for image retention and eventually burn-in. Ditto the horizontal borders of the "crawl" on the bottom of the screen.
If you play the same video game for hours and days on end, that game's persistent scoreboard or heads-up display might burn in. Basically, anything that stays on screen for a long time and doesn't change can cause image retention and perhaps, eventually, burn-in.
Burn-in on a Pixel 2 XL, caused by the menu bar along the bottom of the screen.
Josh Miller/CNET
With your phone, the operating system itself is one of the most likely candidates to cause the issue. My [Geoff's] 2015 Samsung Galaxy S6 Edge started to get burn-in after about a year. It started showing up very subtly, but after 18 months I bet most people would have noticed it. The top info bar where the notifications appear, and the lower third where the keyboard would show, didn't age as much as the remaining middle area. Since it was brighter, the middle area aged faster, so it "burned in" more. I noticed the difference if I was watching something full screen, a video say, and the image went to a solid color. However, after two years with a Pixel 2 (not the XL), which also has an OLED screen, no burn-in was apparent. Four years on with the S6 Edge, in the not-so-careful hands of a friend, the burn-in doesn't seem to have gotten any worse compared to 2017.
Apple, for one, flags users of OLED-screened iPhones, like the X and 11, that burn-in is a possibility. Here's the quote from its support page for the products:
With extended long-term use, OLED displays can also show slight visual changes. This is also expected behavior and can include "image persistence" or "burn-in," where the display shows a faint remnant of an image even after a new image appears on the screen. This can occur in more extreme cases such as when the same high contrast image is continuously displayed for prolonged periods of time. We've engineered the Super Retina and Super Retina XDR displays to be the best in the industry in reducing the effects of OLED "burn-in."
What's colloquially called "burn-in" is actually, with OLED, uneven aging. They don't "burn in" as much as they "burn down." The candle that burns twice as bright burns half as long, right? OLED pixels very, very slowly get dimmer as they're used. In most cases this isn't an issue since you're watching varied content and all the pixels, on average, get used the same amount. But if you're only watching one thing, that one thing could cause uneven wear. Visually, and in the vernacular, this wear is called "burn-in." Uneven wear is more accurate, but also a lot more syllables.
Burn-in is (usually) not covered under warranty
In their warranties, LG and Sony explicitly state that image retention and burn-in are not covered on their OLED TVs. When CNET reached out to LG to ask why, a representative replied:
"There is generally no warranty coverage for image retention by TV companies and display manufacturers. Image retention may result when consumers are out of normal viewing conditions, and most manufacturers do not support warranty for such usage regardless of the type of display," said Tim Alessi, director of new products at LG.
Sony's reply was similar: "Our warranty covers product and manufacturing defects. Burn-in is not covered as it is caused by consumer usage and is not a product defect."
Neither the iPhone warranty nor AppleCare explicitly mention burn in, but neither apply to "normal wear and tear," and Apple's support page above makes clear that it considers burn-in "expected."
It's also worth mentioning that most LCD TV warranties don't cover burn-in either and most don't mention it at all. The closest Samsung's warranty comes on its QLED TVs, for example, is to specifically exclude coverage of "brightness related to normal aging or any other issues if the TV is used for commercial or non-normal consumer use."
When CNET reached out to Samsung for details, the representative defined "normal consumer use" as "use of the product by consumers in a home environment for viewing content and/or gaming in a typical manner. It doesn't cover business use." In other words, those ESPN logos you see burned in to the screens at your local sports bar would not be covered.
Extended warranties don't typically cover burn-in either. One of the most common, SquareTrade, is available from Amazon, Walmart, and others. They explicitly don't cover burn-in. However, Best Buy's Geek Squad Protection Plan does: "Pixel repair and burn-in coverage for TVs. We'll get your screen back to pristine condition if your pixels start looking weird or a shadow image sticks." Coverage specifics can change, though, so double check the fine print if you're thinking about an extended warranty.
Avoiding or getting rid of it
The fact is that if you do get burn-in on your OLED display, you're pretty much stuck with it. So your best bet is to avoid it altogether. But how?
Both Sony and LG told CNET that the best way to prevent burn-in or image retention on their TVs is to avoid static images.
"To avoid the possibility of burn-in consumers should avoid leaving static images on an OLED screen for long periods of time. For example leaving a video game paused onscreen for several hours or days," a Sony spokesperson said.
If you notice image retention, don't panic. Chances are if you watch something different, it will go away on its own after a while. If you're repeatedly getting image retention of the same thing, then that could be cause for concern.
Turning down the brightness (controlled by "OLED Light" on LG's sets, and Brightness on Sonys) will help, especially when you're watching the content that causes the image retention. Choosing a dimmer picture mode, like Cinema instead of Vivid, has the same effect. You'd only need to do this when watching something that causes image retention, like a video game for six hours every night, or 24-hour cable news for 24 hours straight.
OLED TVs, like the 2018 LG shown here, have a few different ways to avoid and try to fix image retention.
Pretty much all OLED TVs also have user settings to minimize the chance of uneven wear or burn-in. One is called something like "Screen Shift" (on LGs) or "Pixel Shift" (on Sonys), which moves the image slightly around the screen. They also have built-in screen savers that pop up after extended idle time. You should also enable screen savers on connected devices like game consoles and streamers.
To remove image retention, the TVs can also perform "refreshers" on a daily or longer-term basis. On Sony TVs the feature is called "Panel Refresh," and LG calls it "Pixel Refresher." It can be run manually if you notice image retention or, in the case of LG, you'll get a reminder to run it after 2,000 hours.
LG also has a Daily Pixel Refresher, which it says "automatically operates when users turn off the TV after watching it for more than four hours in total. For example, if a user watched TV for two hours yesterday and three hours today (more than four hours in total), when powered off, the Daily Pixel Refresher will automatically run, deal with potential image retention issues, and reset the operation time. This process will occur when the TV is powered off after every four hours of cumulative use, even if it's in one sitting."
In all cases the pixel refresher looks like a horizontal line that runs down the screen, for a period of an hour or more. It's designed to even the wear on pixels.
Here's the Panel Refresh screen on Sony's A1E OLED TV. Just like on LG's OLEDs, it's designed to remove image retention by scrolling a horizontal bar down the screen for an hour or so.
David Katzmaier/CNET
Starting with LG's 2018 TVs there's an additional burn-in prevention feature called "Logo Luminance Adjustment." It's designed to automatically detect a static on-screen logo and, after two minutes, start decreasing its brightness over about a minute and a half, after which the logo should be 20 percent dimmer. CNET's initial tests of the feature found it does reduce logo brightness a bit, but we don't expect it to be a cure-all given the relatively mild percentage decrease.
When it comes to phones I wouldn't be too concerned, since it's likely you'll replace the phone far sooner than any image retention/burn-in issues become bothersome. Regarding my aforementioned S6, even though I noticed it, I wouldn't say its burn-in reduced my enjoyment of the phone. I was never watching a video and thinking, "Wow, I can't enjoy this video because of the burn-in." Maybe after another two years if it continued to get worse, perhaps it'd be noticeable enough to worry about.
With TVs, beyond the methods outlined above, there's not much you can do to reverse burn-in. In theory, I suppose, you could create an inverse image using Photoshop and run that on your screen for a while. This could age the rest of the panel to more evenly match the "burned in" area. Figuring out how to do this is well beyond the scope of this article, and you'd need to be pretty well versed in Photoshop to even attempt it.
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CNET has not yet conducted any long-term real-world tests of OLED burn-in. In our experience reviewing TVs, we have seen image retention on OLEDs that disappeared quickly, for example after running a series of static test patterns, but nothing permanent.
Currently the most comprehensive independent tests for burn-in on TVs is being run by reviews site RTings. In August 2017 it began a burn-in torture test with LCD and OLED TVs. They're still going as of November 2019. Before you check it out, keep in mind what they're doing is not normal use. You'd have to be trying to wreck a TV to make it look that bad, which is literally what they're trying to do. That said, the information is still valuable, and the main takeaway is that OLED is indeed more susceptible to burn-in than LCD.
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You've noticed a ghostly image on your TV or phone screen. If it goes away after a few minutes of watching something else, it's image retention and it's probably nothing to worry about. If it "sticks" longer, or you're repeatedly seeing that same residual image, it's burn-in. With phones, you'll likely replace it before the screen becomes an issue.
With OLED TVs, it's something to keep in mind if you're a TV news junkie, or only ever play one video game. Keep an eye out for image retention or uneven wear. If you spot it, perhaps switch up your viewing habits or run the pixel refresher a few times. And if you watch content with hours of the same static image each day, or just keep CNN, Fox or CNBC on in the background all day, you should probably get an LCD TV.
If you vary your TV viewing habits like most people, however, it won't be an issue. Even so, caveat emptor. Or as Caesar himself once said, "Conscientiam autem ardeat sed non anxius" (be aware of burn-in, but not concerned). He was, we hear, a big iPhone fan.
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Happy New Year, Adventure Racers! Registration Now Open.
January 1, 2015 by Bryan Tasaka | No Comments on Happy New Year, Adventure Racers! Registration Now Open.
Another year has come and gone and we hope that your 2014 was filled with many tales of adventure. For those of you that took on last year's Atmosphere Mind Over Mountain Adventure Race in Cumberland, we hope that your experience was a truly memorable one and that you have plans to come back again this year.
The 2015 date is set and the 16th annual, 38th edition, of the MOMAR will return to the Village of Cumberland on September 26th. Registration is now open with early bird rates in effect until the end of February. Call up your buddies, get your team together, and make the commitment to take on the challenge today. Please note that this race sells out quickly every year.
We are already in the process of designing this year's course and with such an expansive Cumberland trail network to work with, you can expect another challenging and adventure filled experience.
Have a great year and we hope to see you on the start line in September!
The date is set for the 16th season of the Atmosphere Mind Over Mountain Adventure Race. On September 26th, 2015, over 500 weekend warriors will line up for another adventure filled day in the Village of Cumberland.
Racers can expect another challenging course complete with paddling, mountain biking, trail running, bushwhacking and more. Registration will open in early January and we are expecting another early sell out. Get your team together and save the date!
For more race details, go here.
The oversold Atmosphere Mind Over Mountain Adventure Race (MOMAR) took place in Cumberland on Saturday, September 20th. Comox Valley racers were the first to cross the finish line in both the Enduro and Sport courses.
The overall winners of the 50km Enduro Course were Brad Crowe and Clay Ward of Courtenay, with a time of 4:53:57. Comox's Ryan Stuart placed second overall and first in the solo male category, coming in at 5:00:29. Victoria's Shane Ruljancich placed third overall and second in the solo male category, crossing the finish line at 5:08:15.
Norm Thibault and Wendy Simms of Nanaimo placed first in the team of two, co-ed category, with a time of 5:31:57, while North Vancouver's Aimee Dunn placed first in the solo female category coming in at of 6:27:48.
The first team of four to cross the finish line (6:29:57) was team Mooseknuckles, consisting of Richard Huggins of Ladysmith, Kevin Pond of Nanoose Bay, Dew Brunton of Victoria and Justin Barr of Nanaimo.
The Enduro Course started with a 10km paddle on Comox Lake, followed by an 8km trek from the Cumberland Lake Campground, up the mountain then back down to downtown Cumberland. From there, teams began a 7km mountain bike ascent to Bucket Lake. Once at the top, racers changed back into their running shoes for another 8km trek, searching for seven more checkpoints. The final stage was a 17km cross country mountain bike ride, ending in downtown Cumberland.
The Sport Course included all the same elements, just 20km shorter.
Courtenay's Eric Blakey and Julien White of Comox took first place overall in the 30km Sport Course with a time of 4:34:21.
The second place overall winners for the 30km Sport Course were Scott Pearce and Virgil Hawkes of Victoria, coming in at 4:47:35. Courtenay's Cheryl and James Glennie came in third overall and first in the co-ed category, with a time of 4:54:07.
North Vancouver's Jennifer Mckenzie and Katie Bennett placed first in the female category, crossing the finish line at 5:35:34.
UPDATED (Sept 15): Look who's racing the MOMAR!
September 5, 2014 by Bryan Tasaka | No Comments on UPDATED (Sept 15): Look who's racing the MOMAR!
In just a few days, the Village of Cumberland will welcome 500+ weekend warriors to take on the challenges of the Atmosphere Mind Over Mountain Adventure Race. The list of teams is impressive with racers as young as 18 and as old 64 ready to take on the 30K Sport Course or the 50K Enduro Course. They are coming from all over BC, Alberta, Saskatewan, Ontario, Nova Scotia, Washington Stage, Idaho, Indiana, California and even one from Costa Rica. And almost half of the racers are first time MOMAR participants.
If you're racing, please review the List of Registered Racers (vSept15) and confirm that your team information is correct. Please email info@mindovermountain.com with all changes. Unfortunately, we are completely sold out of guest tickets for the awards banquet at this time.
Did you make it on this year's MOMAR poster?
August 11, 2014 by Bryan Tasaka | No Comments on Did you make it on this year's MOMAR poster?
The 2014 edition of the MOMAR poster is now out on the streets! Check it out and see if your happy mug made the cut. Big thanks to my talented brother, Rod Tasaka, for his design work and to amazing Dave Silver Photography for taking the awesome photos! If you would like to print your own copy for the wall, click here to download the high res 11″x17″ PDF (48MB). It'll make for a great souvenir!