FCC chair Julius Genachowski has certainly been busy. This week, of course, he's been occupied with regulating the Internet. But last week, he was busy fending off charges on talk radio and elsewhere that the FCC has its very own "speech" or "diversity" czar.
But the critics had their facts wrong. Lloyd was never chosen to be a "czar" of anything. That regal title – and its connotations of unlimited influence — were entirely invented by overactive imaginations in the media. Lloyd's actual position in the FCC bureaucracy is much more prosaic — "associate general counsel." He serves in that position along with three other associate general counsel, and three deputy general counsels. Anyone who's worked at the FCC knows that is an unlikely locus of power.
His role as "chief diversity officer" is a little less clear. It's a new position for the FCC, but in the private sector it is an increasingly common one, essentially coordinating internal workplace initiatives. One might question the usefulness or value of such as position, but it hardly makes the holder a czar.
But what of his policy views? Here, there's more to chew on, with Lloyd writing and speaking extensively in favor of media controls. Perhaps most notably, in 2007, he co-authored a piece on the "Structural Imbalance of Political Talk Radio," arguing that talk radio is disproportionately conservative in tone, and suggesting steps government could take to "address the imbalance." Among them: stricter requirements that radio stations address the "needs and interests" of their communities," and show they are operating in the "public interest." And if they don't? They would pay fines, which would be used to fund public broadcasting. In practice, this would likely amount to a tax on politically disfavored speech.
The paper stopped short of endorsing a return to the FCC's old Fairness Doctrine, but not because Fairness Doctrine violated the principles of free speech, but because it was not "effective." But the steps recommended in the study are explicitly intended to reach the same end by other means. And that end – changing the content of media through government action – is offensive to First Amendment values.
Lloyd's critics argue that these views are extraordinary, putting him hopelessly out of the mainstream of debate. But again they are wrong. But the real problem is not that Lloyd's views are extraordinary. It is that they are far too ordinary in some political circles. The 2007 talk radio report, for instance, was not a random screed – in fact it had seven authors and was jointly published by the Center for American Progress and the advocacy group Free Press. The fact is that there is significant political support to control the content of speech, especially conservative speech.
That's good news. But it would be more reassuring if he specifically rejected the ideas in the Lloyd paper. And if other policymakers – some of which are on record as supporting the Fairness Doctrine itself – did so too.
No, there is no "speech czar" at the FCC. But that doesn't mean there is no threat to speech. There is a very real threat. As the adage says, just because you are paranoid doesn't mean they aren't out to get you.


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How to Calculate the Area of Trapezoids?
Lastly, represent the answer in squared form, which means the area of this trapezoid would be represented as 84 inches squared, or 84 square inches. Learning the skill of calculating the area of a trapezoid is highly important for students to gain an in-depth understanding of various geometric calculations. It enables students to work comfortably with several real-life calculations as well.
What is a Trapezoid?
There are some properties of trapezoids that enable us to identify them. Here are some of the key properties of trapezoids:
Right Trapezoid: A right trapezoid has two right angles.
Isosceles Trapezoid: A trapezoid with non-parallel sides equal in length.
Scalene Trapezoid: A trapezoid with no equal sides or angles is called a scalene trapezoid.
Properties of Trapezoids
The formula for calculating the area of a trapezoid is ½ x ( a + b ) x h, or the sum of the length of the top and bottom, divided into half and multiplied by the height of the trapezoid. Lastly, the final number has to be represented as a squared number.
The diagonals and the base angles in an isosceles trapezoid are always equal.
If a median is drawn on a trapezoid, it will become parallel to the bases and its length will be the average of the length of the bases.
The intersection of the diagonals of a trapezoid is collinear to the midpoints of the opposite sides.
Area of a Trapezoid
A trapezoid is a four-sided geometric shape with a pair of parallel sides, one of which is longer than the other. Generally, the trapezoids are represented by the longer parallel sides — the base. It is also known as the trapezium and can be further classified as right trapezoids, isosceles trapezoid, scalene trapezoid.
Steps to Calculate the Area of a Trapezoid
Find the length of the shorter side of the two parallel sides — use the letter 'a' to represent this length in the formula for the area of a trapezoid. For instance, let's consider "a" is 7 inches long. You can note this number for use in the formula.
Now find the length of the two parallel sides and use the letter "b" to represent it in the area formula. Let's suppose "b" is 14 inches long. Note this number for the formula as well.
Perform the addition of these two lengths, "a" and "b" together. In the above scenario, the sum of "a" and "b" is 21 inches. Keep a note of this sum.
The next step is dividing the sum of a and b into half; it will give a resultant of 10.5 inches as the answer. Note this number.
Determine the height of the trapezoid. We can get the height by placing the zero mark of the ruler at "a" and adjusting it at a 90-degree angle, to "a." Find the distance from "a" to "b" to determine the height of the trapezoid. Let's assume, in this case, the height of the trapezoid is 8 inches.
Now multiply the sum of (a + b)/2 = 10.5 with the height of the trapezoid 8. In the above example, we can multiply 10.5 inches by 8 inches to reach a product of 84 inches.
A trapezoid is a two-dimensional quadrilateral with a pair of parallel sides. This four-sided polygon has four line segments and four interior angles. The parallel sides of a trapezoid are its two bases and the remaining two sides are called its legs. A perpendicular drawn from the base to the other parallel side gives the height or altitude of a trapezoid. The area of trapezoid refers to the space enclosed within this shape and hence is quite useful in various real-life measurements, like buying the right amount of raw material for constructing such shapes or for determining the right quantity of grass to set down in a trapezoid garden.

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Rachel's work involves a range of primary research projects and secondary data analyses, focusing primarily on investigating environmental factors influencing food choice and purchases of alcohol. In particular, she is interested in exploring socioeconomic differences in food choice, and identifying diet-related factors that may contribute to health inequalities.


WWE.com is currently providing the entire episode of this week's 12/25 WWE Main Event featuring Goldust vs. Jack Swagger as the headline match. The show did not air on ION Television this week and isn't scheduled to air on ION next Wednesday as well.
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At Calico Publishing our focus is international. We choose authors and topics that will both appeal locally and have good international potential. We like working closely with our authors, and we like our books to stay in print for some time. In most cases our books come from ideas we have originated and then commissioned authors to write, but we always welcome new ideas. If you would like to discuss a publishing project with us, have a look at our submissions guidelines.
Linda Cassells has over 25 years' experience in book publishing. For eight years Linda was the New Zealand publisher for Oxford University Press, commissioning a wide range of works by New Zealand authors such as Terry Sturm, Vincent O'Sullivan, Dame Fiona Kidman, Nicholas Tarling, Sir Geoffrey Palmer and Mai Chen. She then joined Hodder Moa Beckett (now Hachette) as their managing editor, overseeing the publication of brand and celebrity books such as the Edmonds range and authors Peter Gordon, Allyson Gofton, Colin Meads and Jeff Wilson.
As editor and publisher she has shaped hundreds of books, many of which have won national awards, including The Dictionary of New Zealand English by Harry Orsman, and The New Zealand Wine Atlas by Michael Cooper. Linda set up Calico Publishing in 2003, initially offering publishing services before starting her own list under the Calico imprint. From 2006–2011 Linda served on the Council of the Publishers Association of New Zealand (PANZ). She has also served on the Advisory Committee for the Publishing Programme at Whitireia New Zealand and as a literary advisor for Creative New Zealand.
Originally from Northern Ireland where she grew up, she has a Double Honors Degree in German and French from Trinity College Dublin, and a Doctorate in Linguistics.


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Jerry Allison, Buddy Holly and the Crickets drummer, dead at 82
Jerry "JI" Allison — Buddy Holly drummer and drummer for the Crickets, and co-author of some of the band's most important songs — has passed away. He is 82 years old.
message is Post to Buddy Holly's Facebook page on Monday.
"JI was a musician ahead of his time, and there's no question that his energy, ideas, and extraordinary technique have contributed so much to The Crickets and rock itself, and have been so successful," the announcement reads. road.
"Buddy is often credited as an original singer-songwriter, but JI has also written and inspired many songs that will become timeless classics."
Cricket; Jerry Allison (right) with Buddy Hawley (center) and Joe Mauldin.
(Top to bottom) Cricket members: Jerry Allison, Buddy Hawley and Joe B. Mauldin
"There's more to say and post in the coming days. Today, we miss his family and friends and wish Ji rest in peace," the statement concluded.
The announcement did not list the cause of death.
Born in 1939, Alison and Holly met in the 1950s and began playing music as a duo. In 1957, the duo met bassist Joe B. Mauldin and formed the Crickets — who would be inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 2012.
The three original members of Buddy Holly's group, from left: Sonny Curtis, Jerry Allison, and Joe B. Mauldin, 1996.
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After Buddy Hawley's death in 1959, Cricket continued to make music.
In addition to playing drums, Alison has collaborated on some of the biggest hits, including their debut single "That'll Be the Day," as well as Holly's classics "Peggy Sue" and "More Than I Can Say" ". "
Holly died in a plane crash in 1959, but Cricket continued to write music, even collaborating with Paul McCartney on the 1988 single "T Shirt."
Alison also became a popular studio musician, working with JJ Cale and Johnny Rivers.
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The 100th anniversary of the election of Éamon DeValera at the 1917 East Clare Bye Election will be commemorated by Fianna Fáil Leader, Micheál Martin, the Clare Fianna Fáil organisation, and his family, on Sunday, 23rd July in Ennis.
The event was due to take place on Saturday July 22nd but has been moved to the following day to facilitate fans intending to travel to Cork for Clare's All-Ireland SHC quarter final with Tipperary.
The commemorative events will take place at Glór at 2pm and will include lectures from noted historians, music by Comhaltas Ceoltóirí Éíreann, and a photographic and election memorabilia exhibition. Party Leader Micheál Martin will address the audience.
Following the activities, a full dress-parade, led by a brass band, will march, led by Micheál Martin and former Clare TD, Síle DeValera, to the O'Connell Monument – the site of some of Éamon DeValera's most famous speeches.
At the O'Connell Memorial, there will be a re-enactment of the announcement of the election of DeValera, in addition to a number of key moments in his political life.
Síle DeValera, who served the people of Clare for 20 years in Dáil Éireann, will then deliver a keynote address outlining the impact of her grandfather's election 100 years ago for the Republican cause as it sought to gather itself together and regroup following the Easter Rising a year before.
"This is an event that is not to be missed. If you have an interest in politics, history or just our own county of Clare, make sure your come along and join us in remembering one of the most pivotal events in Irish history," said local Fianna Fáil TD, Timmy Dooley.


Alison York, Head of Legal at the Scottish Environment Protection Agency (SEPA), discusses what it's like to work as an in-house solicitor to protect the natural environment of Scotland.
I head up the Compliance & Beyond Legal team in SEPA. There are many different aspects to the work our team does, but a large part of our work is to provide advice to SEPA on environmental law and regulation. There are 20 in our team with a mixture of full time and part time staff, based in Edinburgh, Dingwall and our office at Eurocentral.
How has your career led you to your current role?
I started off as a conveyancing solicitor in private practice, but had always had an interest in the environment. So when an opportunity came up to be a SEPA solicitor back in 1997 I grabbed the chance and have been there ever since! I became head of the Compliance & Beyond legal team last year, having had various roles in the legal team over the years.
What are the most important skills you need to have to be a successful in-house lawyer at SEPA?
The skills you need are very varied. You need to have very strong technical legal skills. Then in terms of general skills I would say that the most important things is that you are a great communicator, and in particular good at translating complex law into plain English. You need to be a great team player, working closely with colleagues from all professional backgrounds as well as with your legal colleagues. I would also say that the most successful SEPA solicitors are pragmatic and flexible and have excellent influencing and negotiation skills.
Personally, what do you find the most interesting aspect of your work?
As a lawyer in SEPA, I love that we are not part of a remote service, but play a key part of multi-disciplinary teams working to make sure that the environment and human health are protected and to ensure that Scotland's natural resources and services are used as sustainably as possible. Environmental law has developed so much over recent years and keeps developing. For example SEPA recently obtained new enforcement tools, and is now able to serve fixed and variable monetary penalties and to agree enforcement undertakings with businesses. Developing the use of these new tools by SEPA is an area of work I have loved being involved in, and its just one example of the innovative legal work that solicitors in SEPA are involved in. One of the best things about being in our legal team is that no two days are ever the same!
What advice would you give to someone interested in joining the team?
Don't be put off if you don't have any environmental law experience! Think about the transferable skills and experience you have. Have your worked in a regulatory background? Or a criminal background? Have you got experience appearing in court or at hearings? Have you worked in-house as part of a multi-disciplinary team? Of course having all these skills and experience together would be amazing but unusual! Any one of them would be a reason to apply for a job in SEPA, particularly if you want to be part of a great team of lawyers working with other professionals who are all motivated to work together to protect and enhance Scotland's environment, helping communities and businesses thrive within the resources of our one planet. We actually have a couple of positions that we are currently recruiting for, so have a look at Lawscot Jobs for more information.


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Speaking Out! Employee Engagement Survey Launches January 13 (PDAD&C #32)
From: Kelly Hannah-Moffat, Vice-President, Human Resources & Equity
Heather Boon, Vice-Provost, Faculty & Academic Life
Re: Speaking Out! Employee Engagement Survey Launches January 13 (PDAD&C #32)
We are writing to provide you with advanced notice of the University's employee engagement survey, Speaking Out!. Confidential invitations will be sent to appointed faculty, staff, and librarians by email on Monday, January 13, 2020. The survey closes on January 28, 2020.
Speaking Out! replaces Speaking Up!, the University's previous employee satisfaction survey. Since the last version of Speaking Up! in 2014, additional lines of inquiry and areas of interest have been identified which warranted reworking the survey structure and questions. The new survey focuses on four key pillars: engagement; inclusion, diversity and equity; career support; and well-being and resilience, and should take approximately 20 minutes to complete. The survey will be administered directly by the University and invitations will be sent from surveys@utoronto.ca. We anticipate completing similar surveys on a bi-annual basis in the future so that we may chart progress across these critical areas.
Participation of faculty, librarians and staff in this survey is vital to ensure that the University receives as accurate a reflection of the work experience of our U of T community as possible. Results of the survey will help to inform ways in which we can improve our practice and programming in specific areas. The University will provide the results of the survey in a report in early Spring 2020. Information about Speaking Out! is available online here.


We're hosting a night to celebrate the great innovators driving growth and change in the Washington DC association and non-profit community. We'll honor this impressive and diverse group with a lively and fun event on March 22. Join 200+ movers and shakers from the local association and business community for a fun evening of music, food, drinks and great networking.


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Auto theft near Griffin Hall
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A vehicle was stolen from Griffin Hall's parking lot on Dec. 21, according to campus police logs.
Brian Miller, director of public safety, said the vehicle has not been returned, but the victim identified a suspect to the police.
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On February 27, Ginger Nicholson (born Louise Ellen Taylor) passed away in hospice. She was 90 years old. Ginger is survived by her two daughters – Connie (Peter) Day and Lynda (Bob) Thompson – four step-children – Dwaine Nicholson, Coralee (Ron) Lamarche, Trudy (Walter) Stepien, and Randy Nicholson – nine grandchildren, eighteen great-grandchildren, and one great-great-grandson.
Ginger was an entrepreneur who ran a successful business – Ginger's Secretarial Service – for over a decade and served as the secretary for the Surrey Mobile Homeowner's Association for many years.EGinger married John Nicholson in 1969 and eventually moved to the Westwood Estates Mobile Home Park where they lived happily until John's death in February of 2018.E Ginger will be greatly missed by her friends and family.


Please take a moment to review the announcements included and visit npnweb.org for complete details.
NPN national office, as a part of our commitment to local programs, is serving as the convening organization for cultural stakeholders in the Unified New Orleans Plan. This week NPN held a Cultural Summit that provided an opportunity for the New Orleans' arts and culture community to express their support/concerns of the draft Cultural Plan.
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The Composition of Michael Kenna's Photographs: Leading Lines
Jun 13, 2019 Jan 10, 2020
Michael Kenna is one of the most important living black and white landscape photographers. With a career stretching more than 45 years, his work has been exposed in hundreds of exhibitions, and, to his count, he has published 72 books, with more in the works.
I recently had an opportunity to meet Michael Kenna and interview him for the PhotoActive podcast, just before the opening of a 45-Year Retrospective Exhibition at Bosham Gallery, on the southern coast of England. One thing I took away from our discussion – both during the interview and afterwards – was the carefully refined composition of his photos. Thinking about this, and looking over his work in the dozen books I own, I've isolated a number of types of composition in Kenna's photos.
In this article, I will discuss Michael Kenna's use of leading lines. This is one of his primary compositional elements, and looking at a collection of his work, even the one in this exhibition (which contained about 40 photos), it's clear how he uses this technique. I don't need to go very far to find examples, and, to discuss leading lines, I've decided to limit myself to the photos that were in this exhibition, though there are plenty of other examples throughout his work.
Leading lines are a common element of composition. The eye is drawn by the lines which generally stretch from the foreground to the distance. These lines may be straight, crooked, or angled, and light can affect how they are perceived. There is something satisfying about leading lines, as they give the viewer a path to follow in an image. Sometimes, lines lead the viewer to a main subject; other times, which is common in Kenna's photos, they lead into the distance, often into a vanishing point of nothingness. Leading lines don't always have to be straight lines, and can sometimes be implied by elements of a photo.
Here's a photo from the exhibition: Winding Wall, Mont St. Michel, France 2004.
This is a very simple image, but it represents the most typical use of leading lines in Kenna's photography. Here's what he said to me about the above photo:
"I think with many of my images I have pathways, I have directions, I have tunnels of trees… I have boardwalks that go out because I'm creating something of a stage for the viewer to go onto and to be on their own, to be solitary. Naturally, in a black and white photograph, you go from dark to light, it's the way we see. So you come in here [bottom right] and you wander along and you go out here [top left]. And this is the lightest part; it's not by coincidence. Everything guides you to that corner and out, into a place […] we don't know what's there. And I love that, because there's a question mark. We are naturally inquisitive animals and we want to see what's behind there. It's that enigma, that illusion, that use of our own creative imagination that's very important to me."
Kenna presents these pathways, directions, and stages for viewers in many of his photos that use leading lines. Look at Taushubetsu Bridge, Nukabira, Hokkaido, Japan 2008:
In this image, one can see the same type of big, bold line (though there are also reflections, another common element of Kenna's compositions), that leads to the land on the other side of the bridge. There is also a light section near the center of the photo, a "question mark."
In Stark Outlook, Kucharo Lake, Hokkaido, Japan 2004, the dark and light are reversed.
In the distance, there is a dark, cloudy sky that attracts the eye, but the diagonal line of the pier pulls the viewer back down toward the bottom of the photo. The eye follows this pier to its end, which leads to the dark cloud, then back to the beginning of the pier again, in an endless cycle.
Poplar Trees, Fucino, Abruzzo, Italy 2016 shows a combination of two compositional elements: leading lines and repeated elements. The leading lines of the road, and of the tree branches that become more concentrated and smaller, frame the lines of the poplar trees as they move from individual, repeated tree trunks to merge in the distance.
One can see a hint of the mountain between the tree trunks, and a larger part of the mountain above the end of the road, as if this is the culmination of the road that leads to the distance.
All of the above photos have leading lines that go from the bottom right of the frame toward the top left. Pebble Beach, Ault, Picardy, France 2009 has a different perspective.
The black mass on the center-left of the frame heads toward the top right, yet stops almost dead center in the frame. (Another comment element of Kenna's composition is centering.) The blurry white water, shot with a long exposure, adds mystery to the end of the slipway, and the viewer can see a bit of darkness near the end of the slipway where it has been wet by the water.
Here's Stone Pine Tunnel, Pineto, Abruzzo, Italy 2016.
And this is Cours La Reine, Paris, France 1987.
As Kenna said in the interview excerpt above, he likes "tunnels of trees," which lead the viewer's eye to the distance. Neither of the two photos above are at angles as sharp as the other photos I've examined. In the second one, the path is pretty much straight up the center of the frame. But both lead the eye to a hazy distance.
Four Birds, St. Nazaire, France 2000 is a striking minimal photo, with three bold, dark lines arising from the bottom of the frame, leading the eye to three birds sitting at the ends of poles (dead center in the frame). As the eye perceives these birds, it then spots the fourth bird, to the left, it flight, looking almost ephemeral.
Finally, Michael Kenna has a number of photos like Hillside Fence, Study 5, Teshikaga, Hokkaido, Japan 2004:
These ultra-minimal photos, of which Kenna has realized many, show little more than a fence line (often made up of posts or sticks) against the bright white of the snow. In this photo, one can see the end of the fence as it reaches the horizon, which is subtly visible due to the minimal contrast between the snow-covered hill and the cloudy sky. There is a bit of relief visible in the snow, and the way the fence turns to finish its journey as a straight, vertical line is satisfying. The viewer can then wonder where it goes, and what's on the other side of the hill.
Using compositional elements like this is simply a matter of seeing them and recognizing them, then framing them in the appropriate manner.
In future articles, I'll look at some of the other compositional strategies that Michael Kenna uses, such as centered objects, repetition, reflection, and more.
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Lovely article. Thanks. Much of the appeal of greyscale photography may be because seeing this way is our basic biologically evolved way of seeing.
According to Margaret Livingstone in her classic "Vision And Art: The Biology Of Seeing", we have two visual systems: an evolutionarily older B&W one that concentrates on edges and contrasts, the most efficient way to detect movement (Something's moving. Can I eat that or is that going to eat me?). And an evolutionarily newer color one that cues on the meaning of a color in context defined biologically (red blood) or culturally (red light). Red is the most important color to this system.
I've always seen B&W more related to structure in a photo and color as more of a singular highlight. B&W is the ice cream sundae and color is the cherry on top.
These two systems seem to compete with each other when we look at a photo, a special case of seeing. The color jumping up and down to get noticed and obscuring the structure, which to me is the most important part of a photo. In B&W the structure jumps out instead.
So I think a color photo works best if color is a just a highlight or if the photo is only about the color.


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Watch out, Netflix. This 4K Blu-ray player could be the future of home cinema.
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VHS! DVD! Blu-ray! It lives, it dies, it lives again. Each new format made home entertainment more awesome than the last, which was great for anyone whose favourite place in the world is right in front of the telly. Get ready for another revolution, this time with UHD Blu-ray.
UHD stands for Ultra High Definition, because it offers a much higher (ultra higher) resolution than the 1080p standard you get on Blu-rays and most TVs out there. Four times higher, to be precise, which is why 'UHD' is also known as '4K'. You get a resolution of 3840×2160, which is roughly 8.3 million pixels. Perfect for the latest TVs, the best of which are all 4K-compatible.
It wasn't long ago that the existence of UHD Blu-ray was a myth. Online streaming services took off in a big way and the idea of a new physical format seemed to fade further into fantasy with every passing day. Then UHD Blu-ray discs landed at Stuff HQ, along with a fancy machine that can play them: the Panasonic DMP-UB900.
And guess what? We love it.
Tom Hardy probably exfoliates
Buckle your seatbelt, Dorothy, because Kansas is going bye-bye. UHD Blu-rays look eyeball-meltingly beautiful. For starters, the level of detail and clarity is a revelation. Imagine having your windows blasted with a pressure washer and looking through them with a magnifying glass. From the strands of somebody's hair to the fingerprints on their windscreen, textures are effortlessly apparent.
If you've ever wondered if Tom Hardy exfoliates, this is your chance to find out. We're quite sure he does.
Enhanced resolution is what you get on a standard 4K TV, but the Panasonic DMP-UB900 is capable of more. It can also handle HDR, a technical standard on UHD Blu-rays. This stands for High Dynamic Range, which means higher peak brightness, stronger contrast, and a wider range of colours, and takes video performance even closer to what your eyes can actually see.
The Panasonic will only bring out the big guns if your TV is HDR-compatible, though. You'll need one of the top-tier TVs from 2015 or 2016. Get one of those and the UB900 puts out in HDR 4K makes everything else look dull. Now you can make out more detail in bright and dark areas at the same time.
Boom! Shake the room
The best test of this is to watch some explosions (as if we need an excuse to watch explosions). HDR elevates them from flat clouds of orange to lethal balls of fire. Now you can make out the shape of the flames as gas ignites and expands. Orange is split into reds and yellows, burning at different intensities. Flecks of ember burn with enough brightness to make you wince.
It is possible to stream 4K on Netflix and Amazon Video, but UHD Blu-ray is on a whole other level. Higher bit rates and less compression means the image is cleaner and better defined. Textures are sharper and shading is more gradual, especially in darker scenes where streamed video usually struggles with subtleties. Motion is noticeably more stable. Colours are a lot more expressive too, especially when you factor in the HDR.
There is no HDR on Netflix, and very little on Amazon – and what there is doesn't even come close to high-fiving your retinas in the same way that this UHD Blu-ray does. Of course, a comparison to streaming is moot if you don't have great internet at home. Netflix needs a minimum of 15mbps to stream 4K, while this Panasonic is happily offline, with no buffering or stuttering whatsoever. Another 10 points to UHD Blu-ray.
A new format? Is it a funky new shape?
Alas, no. UHD Blu-rays take the form of familiar 12cm one-side-shiny discs, which means the Panasonic DMP-UB900 looks like all the DVD and Blu-ray spinners before it. It's a sturdy metal box that will sit under your TV, ignored by everyone but your cat.
Its metal-effect shiny plastic coat is a decent attempt at a premium vibe. Not that your houseguests are going to notice anything but the remote, which has fancy backlighting. It's easy to use and clicking through the menus is never a chore.
A nice touch is the front, a springy flap with a two-way mirror finish. It hides a disc tray, USB port and SD card slot but allows a small display to shine through with greetings and time. There are plenty of connections: twin HDMI, digital optical and coaxial outputs, plus two and 7.1-channel analogue outputs.
Ethernet gets you online, but there's dual-band wi-fi too. DLNA lets you can stream stuff from networked computers and NAS drives. Miracast lets you mirror your phone or tablet's screen. Getting online gets you apps like BBC iPlayer, Amazon Video and Netflix. As you'd hope from a 4K player, those last two stream 4K video too.
What can you watch?
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Sorry to stray from the normal home projects today. But I wanted to share something that has been on our minds a lot lately and it has to do with the title of the post, being prepared… This can mean a lot of things plus everyone can look at it differently and sometimes we can not be prepared. But lately with everything that has been going on, we have been thinking are we truly prepared for a natural disaster in our area, a financial problem, or everyday life?
The past couple of years (really the last couple of weeks) we have been feeling the need to build a better food/water supply, get on a better budget to save money for a rainy day, create some 72-hour kits, have an emergency car kit, and create a first-aid kit. WOW, what a list… Sometimes it feels overwhelming, does it for you?
But its time to face the facts, we want to be prepared for the just in case. This hit home the other day, we were on vacation with some friends when their son took a spill on the road and took a nail to the hand. There was some blood involved and luckily our friends were prepared by grabbing their first-aid kit from their car before heading out for the day. I know this is a simple story but it was a big slap in the face to me, what if it was my kid? I would have not been prepared and would have had no idea what was in my very little car first-aid kit. Plus, I do not even have a first-aid kit at home, just the standard band-aids.
So things will be shifting on the blog. We will still be doing home project but we plan on cutting back on them to save money (sad day, I am still trying to come to terms with it). Some of the money that we save will be put away in hopes that next year we can start finishing our basement, YAY!! And some will be going into a rain day fund plus we have to have a travel fund because we need to enjoy life. These are the things we feel are important to our family (finish basement, save money, and travel).
And because every post needs a picture here is our storage room (in the basement) a little while after we moved into the house, this room is a disaster area right now….
But to help us save even more money will be cracking down on our budget. We have always budgeted but the past couple of year we have been very soft with it. Which means I plan on sharing our budgeting tips on the blog.
Then last but not least, we are going to start building our EMERGENCY PREPAREDNESS (this will be the title of the series). To do this we will be building up our supply of food/water, 72-hour kits, car kit, and first-aid kits (a large one and some small ones). I will be sharing all this info after we create our kits on the blog. With our food/water, we plan on putting some $$ toward it until we are comfortable with what we have (last year we did purchased a months worth of food from Daily Bread, now we are building the water supply).
So if you are interested in being more prepared in your life for the unexpected, come along on this journey. We would love to hear your thought or ideas on being more prepared, PLEASE share!


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Q: Show that $\int_0^1 |t-z|^{-1/2}\ \mathrm{d}t < c(1 + |z|)^{-1/2}$ I want to show that there is a constant $c > 0$ such that
$$
\int_0^1 |t-z|^{-1/2}\ \mathrm{d}t < c(1 + |z|)^{-1/2}
$$
for any $z \in \mathbb{C}$.
I found the assertion in a paper I'm reading and I have not succeeded in proving it. Perhaps it uses a common technique in complex analysis (my complex analysis is rusty). Power series expansions came to mind, but I still don't see how to make use of it.

A: This follows from straight up estimates:
If $|z|>2$ then $|1-t/z| >  1/2$ for $0 \le t \le 1$ so $$\int_0^1 |t-z|^{-1/2}\ \mathrm{d}t = |z|^{-1/2}\int_0^1 |t/z-1|^{-1/2}\ \mathrm{d}t < \sqrt 2|z|^{-1/2}< 2(1+|z|)^{-1/2}$$ since $(1+|z|)^{1/2}<(2|z|)^{1/2}, |z| >2$
If $|z| \le 2$ the function $f(z)=\int_0^1 |t-z|^{-1/2}\ \mathrm{d}t$ is continuous on the disc $|z| \le 2$ (if $u \in [0,1]$ one can apply the dominated convergence theorem to show $f(z_n) \to f(u), z_n \to u$, while for $z$ not in $[0,1]$, the result is straightforward as the integrand is continuous in a small neighborhood of $z$ then), so $|f(z)| \le C, |z| \le 2$ hence $|f(z)| < 2C(1+|z|)^{-1/2}, |z| \le 2$ since $(1+|z|)^{-1/2} \ge 3^{-1/2}$
Putting the above together one gets $|f(z)| < \max (2,2C)(1+|z|)^{-1/2}$ for all complex $z$

A: Alternative proof:
Let $z = a + b\mathrm{i}$.
We have
$$(1 + |z|)^{-1/2} = \frac{1}{\sqrt{1 + \sqrt{a^2 + b^2}}} \ge \frac{1}{\sqrt{1 + |a| + |b|}}. \tag{1}$$
Also, we have
$$|t - z| = \sqrt{(t - a)^2 + b^2} \ge \frac{|t - a| + |b|}{\sqrt2}$$
and thus
$$\int_0^1 |t - z|^{-1/2}\mathrm{d} t
\le \int_0^1 \frac{\sqrt[4]{2}}{\sqrt{|t - a| + |b|}}\mathrm{d}t =: I.$$
If $a\le 0$, we have
$$I = \int_0^1 \frac{\sqrt[4]{2}}{\sqrt{t - a + |b|}}\mathrm{d}t
= \frac{2\sqrt[4]{2}}{\sqrt{|a| + |b| + 1} + \sqrt{|a| + |b|}}
\le \frac{2\sqrt[4]{2}}{\sqrt{|a| + |b| + 1}}. \tag{2}$$
If $a \ge 1$, we have
\begin{align*}
 I &= \int_0^1 \frac{\sqrt[4]{2}}{\sqrt{a - t + |b|}}\mathrm{d}t\\
  &= \frac{2\sqrt[4]{2}}{\sqrt{|a| + |b|} + \sqrt{|a| + |b| - 1}}\\
  &\le \frac{2\sqrt[4]{2}}{\sqrt{|a| + |b|}}\\
  &\le \frac{4\sqrt[4]{2}}{\sqrt{|a| + |b| + 1}}.\tag{3}
\end{align*}
If $0 < a < 1$, we have
\begin{align*}
 I &= \int_0^a \frac{\sqrt[4]{2}}{\sqrt{a - t + |b|}}\mathrm{d}t
 + \int_a^1 \frac{\sqrt[4]{2}}{\sqrt{t - a + |b|}}\mathrm{d}t\\
 &= \frac{2a\sqrt[4]{2}}{\sqrt{a + |b|} + \sqrt{|b|}}
 + \frac{2(1 - a)\sqrt[4]{2}}{\sqrt{1 - a + |b|} + \sqrt{|b|}}\\
 &\le \frac{2a\sqrt[4]{2}}{\sqrt{a + |b|}}
 + \frac{2(1 - a)\sqrt[4]{2}}{\sqrt{1 - a + |b|}}\\
 &\le \frac{4\sqrt[4]{2}}{\sqrt{1 + |a| + |b|}}
 + \frac{4\sqrt[4]{2}}{\sqrt{1 + |a| + |b|}}\\
 &= \frac{8\sqrt[4]{2}}{\sqrt{1 + |a| + |b|}}.\tag{4}
\end{align*}
Remark: Here it is easy to prove that
$\frac{2a\sqrt[4]{2}}{\sqrt{a + |b|}}
\le \frac{4\sqrt[4]{2}}{\sqrt{1 + |a| + |b|}}$
and
$\frac{2(1 - a)\sqrt[4]{2}}{\sqrt{1 - a + |b|}}
\le \frac{4\sqrt[4]{2}}{\sqrt{1 + |a| + |b|}}$.
Using (1)-(4), we have
$$I < \frac{16}{\sqrt{1 + |a| + |b|}} \le 16(1 + |z|)^{-1/2}.$$
We are done.

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Fine-mapping type 2 diabetes loci to single-variant resolution using high-density imputation and islet-specific epigenome maps
Nat Genet. 2018 Nov;50(11):1505-1513. doi: 10.1038/s41588-018-0241-6. Epub 2018 Oct 8.
Anubha Mahajan 1 2 , Daniel Taliun 3 , Matthias Thurner 4 5 , Neil R Robertson 4 5 , Jason M Torres 4 , N William Rayner 4 5 6 , Anthony J Payne 4 , Valgerdur Steinthorsdottir 7 , Robert A Scott 8 , Niels Grarup 9 , James P Cook 10 , Ellen M Schmidt 3 , Matthias Wuttke 11 , Chloé Sarnowski 12 , Reedik Mägi 13 , Jana Nano 14 , Christian Gieger 15 16 , Stella Trompet 17 18 , Cécile Lecoeur 19 , Michael H Preuss 20 , Bram Peter Prins 6 , Xiuqing Guo 21 , Lawrence F Bielak 22 , Jennifer E Below 23 , Donald W Bowden 24 25 26 , John Campbell Chambers 27 28 29 30 31 , Young Jin Kim 32 , Maggie C Y Ng 24 25 26 , Lauren E Petty 23 , Xueling Sim 33 , Weihua Zhang 27 28 , Amanda J Bennett 5 , Jette Bork-Jensen 9 , Chad M Brummett 34 , Mickaël Canouil 19 , Kai-Uwe Ec Kardt 35 , Krista Fischer 13 , Sharon L R Kardia 22 , Florian Kronenberg 36 , Kristi Läll 13 37 , Ching-Ti Liu 12 , Adam E Locke 38 39 , Jian'an Luan 8 , Ioanna Ntalla 40 , Vibe Nylander 5 , Sebastian Schönherr 36 , Claudia Schurmann 20 , Loïc Yengo 19 , Erwin P Bottinger 20 , Ivan Brandslund 41 42 , Cramer Christensen 43 , George Dedoussis 44 , Jose C Florez 45 46 47 48 , Ian Ford 49 , Oscar H Franco 14 , Timothy M Frayling 50 , Vilmantas Giedraitis 51 , Sophie Hackinger 6 , Andrew T Hattersley 52 , Christian Herder 16 53 , M Arfan Ikram 14 , Martin Ingelsson 51 , Marit E Jørgensen 54 55 , Torben Jørgensen 56 57 58 , Jennifer Kriebel 15 16 , Johanna Kuusisto 59 , Symen Ligthart 14 , Cecilia M Lindgren 4 60 61 , Allan Linneberg 56 62 63 , Valeriya Lyssenko 64 65 , Vasiliki Mamakou 66 , Thomas Meitinger 67 68 69 , Karen L Mohlke 70 , Andrew D Morris 71 72 , Girish Nadkarni 73 , James S Pankow 74 , Annette Peters 16 69 75 , Naveed Sattar 76 , Alena Stančáková 59 , Konstantin Strauch 77 78 , Kent D Taylor 21 , Barbara Thorand 16 75 , Gudmar Thorleifsson 7 , Unnur Thorsteinsdottir 7 79 , Jaakko Tuomilehto 80 81 82 83 , Daniel R Witte 84 85 , Josée Dupuis 12 86 , Patricia A Peyser 22 , Eleftheria Zeggini 6 , Ruth J F Loos 20 87 , Philippe Froguel 19 88 , Erik Ingelsson 89 90 , Lars Lind 91 , Leif Groop 64 92 , Markku Laakso 59 , Francis S Collins 93 , J Wouter Jukema 18 , Colin N A Palmer 94 , Harald Grallert 15 16 95 96 , Andres Metspalu 13 , Abbas Dehghan 14 27 31 , Anna Köttgen 11 , Goncalo R Abecasis 3 , James B Meigs 45 48 97 , Jerome I Rotter 21 98 , Jonathan Marchini 4 99 , Oluf Pedersen 9 , Torben Hansen 9 100 , Claudia Langenberg 8 , Nicholas J Wareham 8 , Kari Stefansson 7 79 , Anna L Gloyn 4 5 101 , Andrew P Morris 4 10 13 , Michael Boehnke 3 , Mark I McCarthy 102 103 104
1 Wellcome Centre for Human Genetics, Nuffield Department of Medicine, University of Oxford, Oxford, UK. anubha@well.ox.ac.uk.
2 Oxford Centre for Diabetes, Endocrinology and Metabolism, Radcliffe Department of Medicine, University of Oxford, Oxford, UK. anubha@well.ox.ac.uk.
3 Department of Biostatistics and Center for Statistical Genetics, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI, USA.
4 Wellcome Centre for Human Genetics, Nuffield Department of Medicine, University of Oxford, Oxford, UK.
5 Oxford Centre for Diabetes, Endocrinology and Metabolism, Radcliffe Department of Medicine, University of Oxford, Oxford, UK.
6 Department of Human Genetics, Wellcome Trust Sanger Institute, Hinxton, UK.
7 deCODE Genetics, Amgen Inc., Reykjavik, Iceland.
8 MRC Epidemiology Unit, Institute of Metabolic Science, University of Cambridge, Cambridge, UK.
9 Novo Nordisk Foundation Center for Basic Metabolic Research, Faculty of Health and Medical Sciences, University of Copenhagen, Copenhagen, Denmark.
10 Department of Biostatistics, University of Liverpool, Liverpool, UK.
11 Institute of Genetic Epidemiology, Department of Biometry, Epidemiology, and Medical Bioinformatics, Faculty of Medicine and Medical Center, University of Freiburg, Freiburg, Germany.
12 Department of Biostatistics, Boston University School of Public Health, Boston, MA, USA.
13 Estonian Genome Center, Institute of Genomics, University of Tartu, Tartu, Estonia.
14 Department of Epidemiology, Erasmus University Medical Center, Rotterdam, the Netherlands.
15 Research Unit of Molecular Epidemiology, Institute of Epidemiology, Helmholtz Zentrum München Research Center for Environmental Health, Neuherberg, Germany.
16 German Center for Diabetes Research (DZD), Neuherberg, Germany.
17 Section of Gerontology and Geriatrics, Department of Internal Medicine, Leiden University Medical Center, Leiden, the Netherlands.
18 Department of Cardiology, Leiden University Medical Center, Leiden, the Netherlands.
19 CNRS-UMR8199, Lille University, Lille Pasteur Institute, Lille, France.
20 Charles Bronfman Institute for Personalized Medicine, Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, New York, NY, USA.
21 Department of Pediatrics, Institute for Translational Genomics and Population Sciences, LABioMed at Harbor-UCLA Medical Center, Torrance, CA, USA.
22 Department of Epidemiology, School of Public Health, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI, USA.
23 Vanderbilt Genetics Institute, Vanderbilt University Medical Center, Nashville, TN, USA.
24 Center for Genomics and Personalized Medicine Research, Wake Forest School of Medicine, Winston-Salem, NC, USA.
25 Center for Diabetes Research, Wake Forest School of Medicine, Winston-Salem, NC, USA.
26 Department of Biochemistry, Wake Forest School of Medicine, Winston-Salem, NC, USA.
27 Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics, Imperial College London, London, UK.
28 Department of Cardiology, Ealing Hospital, London North West Healthcare NHS Trust, Middlesex, UK.
29 Imperial College Healthcare NHS Trust, Imperial College London, London, UK.
30 Lee Kong Chian School of Medicine, Nanyang Technological University, Singapore, Singapore.
31 MRC-PHE Centre for Environment and Health, Imperial College London, London, UK.
32 Division of Genome Research, Center for Genome Science, Korea National Institute of Health, Chungcheongbuk-do, Republic of Korea.
33 Saw Swee Hock School of Public Health, National University of Singapore, Singapore, Singapore.
34 Department of Anesthesiology, University of Michigan Medical School, Ann Arbor, MI, USA.
35 Department of Nephrology and Medical Intensive Care and German Chronic Kidney Disease Study, Charité, Universitätsmedizin Berlin, Berlin, Germany.
36 Division of Genetic Epidemiology, Department of Medical Genetics, Molecular and Clinical Pharmacology, Medical University of Innsbruck, Innsbruck, Austria.
37 Institute of Mathematics and Statistics, University of Tartu, Tartu, Estonia.
38 McDonnell Genome Institute, Washington University School of Medicine, St. Louis, MO, USA.
39 Division of Genomics & Bioinformatics, Department of Medicine, Washington University School of Medicine, St. Louis, MO, USA.
40 William Harvey Research Institute, Barts and The London School of Medicine and Dentistry, Queen Mary University of London, London, UK.
41 Institute of Regional Health Research, University of Southern Denmark, Odense, Denmark.
42 Department of Clinical Biochemistry, Vejle Hospital, Vejle, Denmark.
43 Medical Department, Lillebælt Hospital Vejle, Vejle, Denmark.
44 Department of Nutrition and Dietetics, Harokopio University of Athens, Athens, Greece.
45 Department of Medicine, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, USA.
46 Diabetes Research Center (Diabetes Unit), Department of Medicine, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, MA, USA.
47 Center for Genomic Medicine, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, MA, USA.
48 Programs in Metabolism and Medical & Population Genetics, Broad Institute, Cambridge, MA, USA.
49 Robertson Centre for Biostatistics, University of Glasgow, Glasgow, UK.
50 Genetics of Complex Traits, University of Exeter Medical School, University of Exeter, Exeter, UK.
51 Department of Public Health and Caring Sciences, Geriatrics, Uppsala University, Uppsala, Sweden.
52 University of Exeter Medical School, University of Exeter, Exeter, UK.
53 Institute for Clinical Diabetology, German Diabetes Center, Leibniz Center for Diabetes Research at Heinrich Heine University Düsseldorf, Düsseldorf, Germany.
54 Steno Diabetes Center Copenhagen, Gentofte, Denmark.
55 National Institute of Public Health, Southern Denmark University, Copenhagen, Denmark.
56 Research Centre for Prevention and Health, Capital Region of Denmark, Glostrup, Denmark.
57 Faculty of Health and Medical Sciences, University of Copenhagen, Copenhagen, Denmark.
58 Faculty of Medicine, Aalborg University, Aalborg, Denmark.
59 Institute of Clinical Medicine, Internal Medicine, University of Eastern Finland and Kuopio University Hospital, Kuopio, Finland.
60 Program in Medical and Population Genetics, Broad Institute, Cambridge, MA, USA.
61 Big Data Institute, Li Ka Shing Centre For Health Information and Discovery, University of Oxford, Oxford, UK.
62 Center for Clinical Research and Prevention, Bispebjerg and Frederiksberg Hospital, Frederiksberg, Denmark.
63 Department of Clinical Medicine, Faculty of Health and Medical Sciences, University of Copenhagen, Copenhagen, Denmark.
64 Department of Clinical Sciences, Diabetes and Endocrinology, Lund University Diabetes Centre, Malmö, Sweden.
65 Department of Clinical Science, KG Jebsen Center for Diabetes Research, University of Bergen, Bergen, Norway.
66 Dromokaiteio Psychiatric Hospital, National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, Athens, Greece.
67 Institute of Human Genetics, Technische Universität München, Munich, Germany.
68 Institute of Human Genetics, Helmholtz Zentrum München, German Research Center for Environmental Health, Neuherberg, Germany.
69 DZHK (German Centre for Cardiovascular Research), Munich Heart Alliance partner site, Munich, Germany.
70 Department of Genetics, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, NC, USA.
71 Clinical Research Centre, Centre for Molecular Medicine, Ninewells Hospital and Medical School, Dundee, UK.
72 Usher Institute of Population Health Sciences and Informatics, University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh, UK.
73 Division of Nephrology, Department of Medicine, Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, New York, NY, USA.
74 Division of Epidemiology and Community Health, School of Public Health, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN, USA.
75 Institute of Epidemiology, Helmholtz Zentrum München, German Research Center for Environmental Health, Neuherberg, Germany.
76 Institute of Cardiovascular and Medical Sciences, University of Glasgow, Glasgow, UK.
77 Institute of Genetic Epidemiology, Helmholtz Zentrum München, German Research Center for Environmental Health, Neuherberg, Germany.
78 Institute of Medical Informatics, Biometry, and Epidemiology, Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität, Munich, Germany.
79 Faculty of Medicine, University of Iceland, Reykjavik, Iceland.
80 Department of Health, National Institute for Health and Welfare, Helsinki, Finland.
81 Dasman Diabetes Institute, Dasman, Kuwait.
82 Department of Neuroscience and Preventive Medicine, Danube-University Krems, Krems, Austria.
83 Diabetes Research Group, King Abdulaziz University, Jeddah, Saudi Arabia.
84 Department of Public Health, Aarhus University, Aarhus, Denmark.
85 Danish Diabetes Academy, Odense, Denmark.
86 National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute Framingham Heart Study, Framingham, MA, USA.
87 Mindich Child Health and Development Institute, Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, New York, NY, USA.
88 Department of Genomics of Common Disease, School of Public Health, Imperial College London, London, UK.
89 Division of Cardiovascular Medicine, Department of Medicine, Stanford University School of Medicine, Stanford, CA, USA.
90 Department of Medical Sciences, Molecular Epidemiology and Science for Life Laboratory, Uppsala University, Uppsala, Sweden.
91 Department of Medical Sciences, Uppsala University, Uppsala, Sweden.
92 Finnish Institute for Molecular Medicine (FIMM), University of Helsinki, Helsinki, Finland.
93 Genome Technology Branch, National Human Genome Research Institute, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD, USA.
94 Pat Macpherson Centre for Pharmacogenetics and Pharmacogenomics, Ninewells Hospital and Medical School, University of Dundee, Dundee, UK.
95 Clinical Cooparation Group Type 2 Diabetes, Helmholtz Zentrum München, Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität, Munich, Germany.
96 Clinical Cooparation Group Nutrigenomics and Type 2 Diabetes, Helmholtz Zentrum München, Technical University, Munich, Germany.
97 Division of General Internal Medicine, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, MA, USA.
98 Departments of Medicine, Institute for Translational Genomics and Population Sciences, LABioMed at Harbor-UCLA Medical Center, Torrance, CA, USA.
99 Department of Statistics, University of Oxford, Oxford, UK.
100 Faculty of Health Sciences, University of Southern Denmark, Odense, Denmark.
101 Oxford NIHR Biomedical Research Centre, Oxford University Hospitals Trust, Oxford, UK.
102 Wellcome Centre for Human Genetics, Nuffield Department of Medicine, University of Oxford, Oxford, UK. mark.mccarthy@drl.ox.ac.uk.
103 Oxford Centre for Diabetes, Endocrinology and Metabolism, Radcliffe Department of Medicine, University of Oxford, Oxford, UK. mark.mccarthy@drl.ox.ac.uk.
104 Oxford NIHR Biomedical Research Centre, Oxford University Hospitals Trust, Oxford, UK. mark.mccarthy@drl.ox.ac.uk.
We expanded GWAS discovery for type 2 diabetes (T2D) by combining data from 898,130 European-descent individuals (9% cases), after imputation to high-density reference panels. With these data, we (i) extend the inventory of T2D-risk variants (243 loci, 135 newly implicated in T2D predisposition, comprising 403 distinct association signals); (ii) enrich discovery of lower-frequency risk alleles (80 index variants with minor allele frequency <5%, 14 with estimated allelic odds ratio >2); (iii) substantially improve fine-mapping of causal variants (at 51 signals, one variant accounted for >80% posterior probability of association (PPA)); (iv) extend fine-mapping through integration of tissue-specific epigenomic information (islet regulatory annotations extend the number of variants with PPA >80% to 73); (v) highlight validated therapeutic targets (18 genes with associations attributable to coding variants); and (vi) demonstrate enhanced potential for clinical translation (genome-wide chip heritability explains 18% of T2D risk; individuals in the extremes of a T2D polygenic risk score differ more than ninefold in prevalence).
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A patch scan is used to identify the installed and missing patches on one or more target machines. You can perform a scan, display information about a scan and delete the results of a scan.
A list of patch scan results.
An indication whether diagnostics tracing should be enabled during scan.
Either one endpoint or machine group must be specified.
Specifies a list of machine groups to scan.
Specifies the reference to a credential to use to start a scan. Overwrites RunAsDefault behavior.
Gets or sets an indication whether to run the scan as the user who invokes the REST API (integrated authentication).
Specifies the patch scan template ID.
An indication whether to use machine credentials.
The KB issued by the vendor of the patch.
Shows the related URLs for download.
The patch ID from the catalog data or from a custom patch specification.
The name of the product that is fixed by the patch.
The unique identifier of ID of the patch summary. This correlates to the ScanItem identifier found in the application database.
The state of the patch installation.
The name of the service pack to which the patch applies.
The vendor-defined severity of the security risk or issue that this patch corrects.
The date and time that the machine assessment was completed.
The domain short-name of the assessed machine.
An optional description of the patch scan or resolution error.
An error code representing a resolution or assessment failure.
The unique identifier of the machine patch assessment.
The total number of installed patches found in the assessment.
The total number of missing patches detected in the assessment.
The total number of missing service packs detected in the assessment.
The resolved short-name or host name of the machine.
The virtual machine path if this is a hosted VM.
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Your investment in your business communications system and keeping that system available and up to date every minute of every day is critical. A short time ago, phone systems were mostly made up of wires and hardware. When the warranty on this equipment ran out, businesses were given the opportunity to purchase annual maintenance and protection plans to help keep their systems operational. With today's software-based VoIP phone systems, software is just as important as hardware. New features, functionalities, and software updates are constantly available. In today's ever-changing market, it is important to maintain the latest technologies. As phone systems have changed, protection plans have also changed. What once was annual maintenance and protection is now "software assurance." Software assurance is a software subscription support program offered by most manufacturers that protects your communications investments by providing ongoing releases, updates, patches and more.
Why is it important to purchase and keep a software assurance program in place?
Protect your investment. Stay current with software upgrades, updates, fixes and security patches. Have peace of mind knowing your operational risk has been reduced and your system is stable and up-to-date with the latest features and enhancements.
Address System Issues with the ability to download system fixes and patches quickly and efficiently, ensuring minimal downtime.
Maximize Employee Productivity by keeping your systems and applications current with the latest features and enhancements.
Budget More Efficiently with a fixed annual contract offered by most software assurance plans. Efficiently budget for your business communications system expenditures in advance, alleviating the concern of unexpected system maintenance or upgrade costs.
Software assurance programs reduce the capital outlay your company would need to make every time there is an upgrade to your communications system software. It also eliminates having to tie up valuable internal resources to purchase, install, and check the software for every upgrade. Software assurance programs are a smart way to keep your telecom system up to date and operating at peak efficiency.


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Project Warlock is a 2018 first-person shooter video game developed by Polish/German studio Buckshot Software and published by Gaming Company. Project Warlock is notable for being created by 18-year-old Jakub Cislo, who developed the game while still attending high school.
Project Warlock takes inspiration from classic 90's shooters such as Blood, Doom and Heretic. The player explores a progression of non-linear levels while battling varied enemies and bosses. In order to survive to the exit, the player must seek out keys, power-ups, loot, weapons, and ammo; some of which are hidden in secret areas. Each level consists of one to four short stages. Levels are grouped into episodes, with the levels in each episode sharing a common theme.
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The start of Marc is promising, he did not have to get the first hand to hand 'at home' post-holiday in July. Invoking the 'magic' in the post-race test Montmelo, has already reached the first change. Being the first of the losers is something that no athlete likes and least one like Marc Marquez who does not like to lose anything. Three times, he has had to lean on hand-to-hand end of career and after a risky and desperate maneuver of the last corner with the expert Andrea Dovizioso. That although in MotoGP seems to be reborn in 2017 does not mean that it does not fajar and very well in the small categories, title included in 125cc and 250cc runner-up.
Except Zarco, who came out with the knife between his teeth the other aspirants to win made a tactical race waiting for the last five laps to give everything? The French, on the other hand, broke down.
Once again, the last race curve decided a duel between Andrea Dovizioso and Marc Marque. The Catalan returned to try a desperate maneuver. The Italian returned let him does and win the race.
He started on the pole and as a great favorite. He made a bad start and passed for the eighth goal. However, far from being overwhelmed. He let the laps go by reserving his tires for the final assault, which he deployed 5 laps from the end.
The excitement produced by the din of battle can more than any "logical" approach. In a scenario that invited moderation. He gave everything, everything, until the last corner. Losai l is a peculiar circuit, it runs at night the wind brings the dust to the track and the tires suffer it. You have to keep and know how to find the rhythm. A test two weeks before makes things a lot easier and it is difficult to make mistakes in the choice of tires, although they are also committed. His clean skid style, a Honda that goes from one place to another and difficult to control makes it very difficult for Marc to stand up either to Ducati on the straights or to Yamaha that used to better preserve the tires.


While the Indian government continues to advance initiatives to study the regulatory environment for Blockchain and cryptocurrencies, the awareness and use of Bitcoin and cryptocurrency continues to grow within the Asian country.
Acclaimed fastest growing Bitcoin exchange in India, Bitxoxo has reached a milestone of 100,000 users on its platform.
In a press release, the company claims to have been consistently adding between 10,000 to 20,000 users every month, and this has led to their current amount of users.
The Indian authorities have exhibited mixed reactions towards Bitcoin and cryptocurrencies especially in 2017.
Earlier in the year, the finance ministry recommended that the Indian government discourages the use of Bitcoin.
On the other hand, a proposal for the regulation of Bitcoin and cryptocurrencies is being drafted. Apparently, India is showing some real interest on matters that concern digital currencies.
Blockchain speaker and influencer, Kumar Gaurav tells Cointelegraph that the Indian government is aiming to end corruption and move forward with digitization, with projects like UPI and Aadhar. Yet, given that Indian banking and payment systems are advanced, cryptocurrencies are not seen as a payment tool that is required to solve any existing problem.
Gaurav notes that Bitcoin and other cryptocurrencies are used by Indians mostly for speculation and money making.
Gaurav explains that in India, betting or any kind of investment that is not regulated is illegal. India as a nation has capital controls, so the finance ministry will discourage the use of digital currencies.
India state governments are experiencing tremendous growth on Blockchain application sectors where it is creating clear value. Recently, Auxesis Group moved 53 mln people on the Blockchain network for the State Government of India, and are now working on issues which arose due to such large scale implementation.
Gaurav does not expect so much short term value creation due to Bitcoin in the Indian ecosystem. He notes that the government deserves to be given enough time to work it out and come up with a final decision on Bitcoin investments. Meanwhile, people can enjoy the speculation.


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What Do the Chrysler Building and The Empire State Building Have in Common?
The Case for Stainless Steel
We at Rocket Steel Buildings have worked with steel all our lives; "but maybe" we thought, "people would like to know how long steel has been used in architectural structures, buildings and homes."
The characteristics of steel in architectural applications and finishes emanate the same loyalty as those that are loyal Apple followers. That's because steel is a superior product. There are actually many iconic examples of stainless steel architecture that have withstood the test of time; these same buildings also carry a timeless beauty and prestige that is really not considered for steel.
Among the most timeless and oldest of the architectural projects created with steel are the Chrysler building made in 1930, and the Empire State Building, constructed in 1931.
Back in the 30s the use of steel in construction was a new concept, and all angles were explored including the Quonset hut which we covered in a prior blog. So both the Chrysler and the Empire State building were iconic in American history.
To this day both buildings are considered American icons and all because of the steel that was used to build them.
What Makes the Chrysler Building so Interesting?
It is a classic embodiment of Art Deco Style. It is this that was the first large stainless steel structure in the world. The buildings ornaments are even fashioned after those on the Chrysler automobile. For instance, the gargoyles are replicas of the 1929 hood ornaments; the stainless steel arches represent the Chrysler hubcaps.
Why is Stainless Steel so Popular?
Probably the best feature of steel finishes is the minimal maintenance needs of the material. Usually, there is only a need for periodic washing which can often come from wind and rain. In fact, in the 78-years of existence the Chrysler building has only been industrially cleaned twice, and the Empire State building has only been cleaned once.
Since then there have been other fine examples of stainless steel used in construction, like the Petronas Twin Towers, The Neur Zollhof, The Mapfre, The Gateway Arch in St. Louis and the Sun Life Centre in Toronto and many others.
Steel seems to be finding its way in many different architectural and construction forms. It's now being used in airports and other government structural projects.
Primarily, this material is used because it's easy to clean and doesn't stain or corrode, and it's extremely durable.
Today, stainless steel is used for many different reasons including for its:
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Cleanability
Stainless Steel is Green
Another major reason for using stainless steel buildings is because this material is green. That's because stainless steel is 100% recyclable
Steel works well in architecture and construction; it has a long life cycle, requires little upkeep and can always be recycled. The history of steel in construction goes back to the 1820s and today there are more than 150 grades of stainless steel which is milled into plates, bars, wire and sheets, to be used in the construction of buildings, roofs, storage areas and so much more. If you aren't an architect the use of steel in construction may have gone past you but look around; take note and you'll see it used in many different long-lasting architectural applications.
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If you've been following along with my Red Carpet Ready 3 Month Plan, then you know the Golden Globes are a month away! We're in the home stretch! I know it's holiday time, so a few little sidetracks on my diet plan are inevitable, but here are my goals for this month….
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Debt Holder Gains Majority Stake in Crunchies
Just two months after filing Chapter 11 bankruptcy to protect itself from a hostile takeover by its largest creditor, Crunchies Food Co. LLC has been acquired by that very same creditor, with a new company rising from the ashes. Chaucer Foods Ltd., a food ingredient supplier based in the United Kingdom, on Oct. 21 purchased all the assets of Crunchies. It then formed a new company, Crunchies Natural Food Co. LLC, and took a 65 percent equity stake in it. As part of the deal, SimplePitch Ventures, a Newport Beach investment firm, took an equity stake in exchange for fresh capital. Crunchies is a growing Westlake Village seller of dried fruit snacks that contain no genetically modified seeds or preservatives. James Lacey, who founded the company in 2006, will remain chief executive. He experienced a quick change of heart during the brief bankruptcy. "They invested in the company instead of damaging it," Lacey told the Business Journal. Crunchies has grown rapidly the last few years, moving its healthy dried apples, bananas and berries into major retail chains, including Kroger Co., Wal-Mart Stores Inc. and Whole Foods Market Inc. Sales also got a boost from a licensing agreement with Warner Bros. Entertainment Inc. in Burbank so Crunchies could sell snacks in the shape of Looney Tunes characters. But Crunchies overextended itself and ended up owing about $4.4 million to its suppliers, according to the bankruptcy filing. Its largest creditor was Chaucer, which supplied strawberries. Chaucer filed a lawsuit against Crunchies last year, claiming the company owed it $1.5 million. Crunchies agreed to settle by making monthly payments, and paid back about $500,000 before it found it couldn't comply with the payment schedule. Chaucer offered to convert its debt into equity and to invest an additional $1 million, even performing a due diligence review of Crunchies' books. Then in August, Crunchies filed the bankruptcy, claiming that Chaucer's real intent in the negotiations was to use the debt as a pretext for a hostile takeover. "(Chaucer) had plans to move into the United States market, and appeared interested in taking over the debtor as a launching platform," the filing stated. David L. Neale of Levene, Neale, Bender, Yoo and Brill LLP in Los Angeles, represented Crunchies throughout the bankruptcy. He said the parties decided to bury the hatchet and move on, especially since Chaucer offered the best deal. "Under the circumstances it was the best result," he said. "We approached a number of different parties about financing and as time passed the deal with Chaucer was the best available." As part of the deal, Chaucer has forgiven the $1.5 million debt and pledged continued financial support for Crunchies. Chaucer Chief Executive Andy Ducker said the takeover is part of a strategic plan to become a global food company. "We're confident that with our operational expertise and investment, the already successful Crunchies brand will develop to its full potential," he said in a statement.
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HMRC has completed consultation and announced on 13th September 2017 that it is set to introduce new legislation in the spring of 2018 which will extend landfill tax to include waste disposal not at registered landfill sites.
This is designed to ensure that illegal waste deposits do pay the same level of tax as those legally disposed of to landfill. This will be in addition to a fine which may be up to 100% of the landfill tax, resulting in a 200% tax rate. More information is available here.
From our own discussions with the Environment Agency it is clear that it is its intention to use this legislation to clamp down on what they see as inappropriate use of the Cl:aire Definition of Waste, Code of Practice. Excavated soils which are re-used on a development site, in accordance with the code are not treated as waste and are therefore not subject to landfill tax. The EA has witnessed what it considers to be widespread abuse of the code, including import of soils prior to a DoWCoP submission to the EA. In the latter cases the soils would be classified as waste and automatically subject to the landfill tax irrespective of whether or not the soils were subsequently re-use under a waste recovery permit or exemption.
Don't fall foul of the law or incur punitive tax charges and fines – speak to your local office who will put you in touch with one of in-house experts who can advise you. Visit DoWCoP here.


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