The type of foundation that you can consider for hillside cottage house plans include foundations made out of stone, concrete and brick. Each of these foundations provides the support and strength necessary to support the house plans that are designed for a hillside home. The foundations types that you need to consider for a hillside home are not much different from the types of foundations that you consider when building a regular home. The biggest consideration for hillside foundations comes with how the foundation is laid and how the materials are used to make the home stable.
A hillside cottage house foundation built with concrete needs the concrete to be prepared and poured in order in a manner that makes the concrete stable. A hillside construction requires the base of the foundation to be carved out in such as way to accommodate the forms necessary to pour the concrete and create a stable place to rest the home on. This is done by taking careful measurements and understanding the significance of the changes in elevation relative to the pouring of the concrete. These consideration are worked out by the builder and contractor who will pour the foundation.
A hillside cottage house foundation with stone may be an easier proposition than working with concrete. Stone can be set in place using a back loader or crane lift and made to fit the dugout area for the foundation the contractor builds. Setting the stone in place requires precision and patience but when done by a professional contractor with the right tools, it should not be hard to accomplish. This type of foundation has the strength characteristics necessary to support a cottage style house and can be a good alternative to laying the concrete forms.
A hillside cottage house foundation with brick may be the most labor intensive of the three types of foundation considerations mentioned in this article. A brick foundation is one that is constructed by hand with the talents of a local brick mason and his or her crew. The bricks are set in place by hand and attached using mortar to seal the joints. An experienced bricklayer can accomplish this type of job easily but will take more time to ensure that the foundation's construction is even and provides a strong base for the cottage home.
Each of these cottage home foundation types can be used when building into a hillside. The one that you consider, taking into account the cost and labor involved depends on different factors. Chief among these factors of course is cost, followed by deference to the local building codes and community standards for your area, followed by the labor requirements. Each of these considerations are factors that have to be accounted for when constructing a hillside cottage foundation.
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Between touching family moments and thoughtful gifts, chances are you're going to reach for the tissue box at least once this holiday season. To help you manage those feelings of joy -- along with the occasional frustration -- it's helpful to prepare in advance. So before you dive into those decorations and celebrations, consider these four simple ways to make this season even merrier.
1. Give yourself a break. Although it can feel like you don't have a second to spare, it's important to take some time for yourself. Even if it's just for a moment, allow yourself to relax in a quiet place. This will help you feel more in control of your feelings—and prevent meltdowns.
One way to recharge your batteries is through working out. According to a University of Georgia study, regular exercise can increase your energy levels by 20 percent. Plus, it can relieve stress and increase levels of feel-good brain chemicals called endorphins. No time for the gym? Go for a walk, or try our 15-minute at-home routine.
3. Be picky. By now, you've probably received invites for events, gatherings and parties from your workplace, child's school, friends and family. Before you RSVP to them all, consider which ones you really want or need to attend. Focusing on a handful of special events with cut down on stress and help you enjoy every moment.
4. Create family traditions. By lightening your social calendar, you'll be able to spend more time doing the things that are important to you. Some of the most fulfilling and memorable moments of the season are family traditions, such making special recipes, caroling with friends and taking in the twinkling lights on a drive. Plan at least one night each week to share to wonder, excitement and joy of the holidays together.
Bring your child's paperwork. Keep your child's medical files in an easy-to-find location. If you're a first-time patient, provide the doctor's office with your medical history and files. That way, we won't have to track down things like allergies and vaccination histories during the appointment. Also, remember to bring in any forms or waivers that your child needs to be filled out for school, sports and activities.
Think about what you want to address. When I'm wrapping up a visit, parents will often mention an important issue that requires more careful examination. To make sure that you don't forget anything -- and that I have enough time to examine any problems -- jot down a little list of all the conditions and concerns that you want to discuss. You may also want to call or email me before coming in. For instance, if you're worried because your child can't concentrate in school, I sometimes have his or her teachers fill out a questionnaire before the visit.
Keep track of symptoms. Take note of when your child developed her problem and how often it occurs, such as when she started getting headaches and how long they last. Knowing the complete picture can help me make a diagnosis.
Prep your child. Before the appointment, let your kids know why they're seeing the doctor. One exception: If you know that getting a shot makes your child anxious and worried, skip telling her. She may spend the entire visit in tears.
Don't promise "no shots!" or "no medicine!" Instead, just say that you're not sure. Your child shouldn't feel like you've betrayed her. Also, don't use needles as a bartering chip. I've had some parents tell their kids, "If you're bad, Dr. Zets will give you shot." Not only does this portray me as the bad guy, it also encourages a fear of doctors!
1. Breathe. Although you may feel yourself getting upset or defensive, take a deep breath. Feel tears starting to well or your temper starting to rise? Step away from the situation. That gives you time to cool off and gain perspective, so you can respond appropriately.
2. Pinpoint the emotions underneath. Ask yourself: What's the real reason I'm upset? Is it shock? Fear of failure? Identifying the root of your emotions can help separate your feelings from the situation -- so you can process the comment objectively.
3. Consider who's giving the criticism. If his or her opinion matters, the comment has more weight. Understanding the other person's viewpoint can help you evaluate your own behavior. But if the person who made the remark doesn't matter as much to you -- say, a stranger or random coworker -- realize that allowing their critique to bother you gives them power that they don't deserve.
4. Decide if the comment is valid. It's easy to ignore your own shortcomings, and there may be some truth in the criticism -- even if you don't want to admit it. Try looking at the situation from a third-person perspective: Ask yourself how you would advise a friend to handle the same scenario. But if the criticism is off-base, have a discussion with the other person. It may be a misunderstanding or misinterpretation. Or recognize that everyone is entitled to their own opinion -- and move on.
Consider how the other person is likely able to handle the situation and how important the issue is to you. In some cases -- say, you're not a fan of the car your sister recently purchased -- it may be better to hold your tongue.
When delivering a critique, choose an appropriate time and place to bring it up (a quiet conference room in the office, or a time when your husband's not distracted). Focus on the facts instead of getting personal, and offer solutions or propose changes that can help you both get on the same page.
When it comes to confrontations, many of us are programmed to think of them as a win-or-lose situation. As a result, we often avoid conflict to help keep the peace. But that can take a toll on our health: A University of Michigan study found that couples who usually held their tongues during conflict had a greater risk of death. That's because suppressing emotions can increase the production of damaging stress hormones, explain experts.
In fact, arguments are often a sign of a healthy relationship. In reality, free expression of an honest disagreement is a sign of mutual trust and respect. And they often strengthen your bond: Some of the more common benefits of healthy conflict are gaining insight into the relationship, establishing new patterns of behavior, focusing on issues that require attention and becoming aware of others' needs and goals.
Something on your mind? Don't ambush your husband when he's tired, hungry, unprepared or distracted. Instead, request to have the discussion later, like after dinner -- when both of you can devote your full attention to the conversation.
Strong feelings interfere with your ability to rationally process and discuss the issue at hand. If you find your voice rising and anger bubbling, take a break to let them simmer down. Then revisit the issue when you're able to approach it rationally.
During the conversation, use appropriate eye contact to signal that you're listening and trying to understand. Make a conscious effort to avoid negative facial expressions or eye rolling.
Before the discussion, determine what's troubling you and what you need from the other person so you can communicate it. And stick to the issue at hand. Attacking the other person or his personality isn't constructive; it just leads to hurt feelings.
Avoid bringing up past problems or throwing out multiple grievances at once. If you're upset that your husband bought a new flat-screen without advance notice, for instance, don't be tempted to call him irresponsible and accuse him of never taking out the trash. He'll just feel attacked.
There are some conflicts, especially those related to morals, values or personal beliefs, that can't be fixed by listening more or challenging less. Sometimes you have to drop the issue.


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Will Apple's winning strategy work wonders for Microsoft?
By Max Slater-Robins published 14 February 15
Is Continuity going to help Microsoft?
Is Microsoft's OS integration strategy really a sound idea?
The announcements that accompany Windows 10 are starting to come faster as Microsoft unveils more and more of the upcoming iteration of the world's most popular operating system, asking beta testers to submit proposals and find bugs within the software.
In January, Microsoft unveiled the Consumer Preview of the operating system, showing off new features which include Cortana, the virtual assistant, and various initiatives that allow desktop users who don't have a touchscreen to use Windows 10 more effectively than Windows 8. In many ways, Windows 10 is ahead of Apple's platform as OS X offers nothing more than basic text translation – Siri is always poised to make an appearance but never seems to – and has no ability to work on a touchscreen device.
Hands on: Windows 10 review
One OS to rule all
There is one area in which Microsoft does endeavour to mimic OS X's capabilities, however, and that is with regard to integration between desktop, tablet and smartphone operating systems. Apple's approach is simple: the operating systems are distinct but share certain characteristics and apps that are similar, but built exclusively for the different operating systems. Both iOS and OS X have Safari and while they share some of the same code they are both definitely exclusive apps with different UIs and different features.
Contrastingly, Microsoft has built Windows 10 and Windows Phone (soon to be called Windows 10) with each other in mind, creating what is effectively one OS spread over two devices (tablets run Windows 10 as standard) which creates a whole new set of problems.
Apple's approach forces developers to create two or three versions of their app if they want to cover Apple's entire user base – bear in mind that while OS X is relatively small, Apple is still shifting almost six million units per quarter and many creative types and software developers use OS X – which takes extra time to code. Conversely, each app can be tailored to the experience of each device: an OS X app needs to feel and work well on a Mac computer while an iOS app needs to have a different experience on an iPad to an iPhone.
The permutations of Apple hardware are also much more limited, making the job of developers far easier. Just as Android has many screen sizes and hardware options, Windows works on so many PCs and tablets that an app made for one device almost certainly won't work on another.
The one area of the ecosystem that Microsoft does have complete control over is Windows Phone, soon to be rolled into Windows 10. In the early days of Windows Phone 7, Microsoft imposed minimum hardware restrictions on manufacturers making it impossible for them to build a device that didn't conform to the restrictions.
App shortage
As a result, developing for Windows Phone was easy, the only problem being that the mobile operating system never saw the level of uptake that Windows on the desktop had, or indeed that of iOS and Android. Currently, Microsoft owns around 4% of the smartphone market making the firm a small time player and, as a result, very few apps are available for Windows Phone.
Many column inches have been written about Windows Phones' lack of apps and how this problem has created a vicious circle for Microsoft, and the solution Redmond has come up with is allowing developers to simultaneously create apps for Windows 10 and Windows Phone, effectively merging the two. Many features have been taken from Windows Phone and placed in Windows 10, not least the design of Windows 8 but, ultimately, this strategy is doomed.
Microsoft's resources would be far better applied elsewhere rather than working on Windows Phone and attempting to integrate the two operating systems effectively. Apple can integrate iOS and OS X effectively because it starts with iOS, the far more popular OS, and works "back to [the] Mac" as Apple's event was pithily named.
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using System.Collections.Generic;
using Azure.Core;
using Azure.ResourceManager.Media;

namespace Azure.ResourceManager.Media.Models
{
    /// <summary> The streaming endpoint list result. </summary>
    internal partial class StreamingEndpointListResult
    {
        /// <summary> Initializes a new instance of StreamingEndpointListResult. </summary>
        internal StreamingEndpointListResult()
        {
            Value = new ChangeTrackingList<StreamingEndpointData>();
        }

        /// <summary> Initializes a new instance of StreamingEndpointListResult. </summary>
        /// <param name="value"> The result of the List StreamingEndpoint operation. </param>
        /// <param name="odataCount"> The number of result. </param>
        /// <param name="odataNextLink"> The link to the next set of results. Not empty if value contains incomplete list of streaming endpoints. </param>
        internal StreamingEndpointListResult(IReadOnlyList<StreamingEndpointData> value, int? odataCount, string odataNextLink)
        {
            Value = value;
            OdataCount = odataCount;
            OdataNextLink = odataNextLink;
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        /// <summary> The result of the List StreamingEndpoint operation. </summary>
        public IReadOnlyList<StreamingEndpointData> Value { get; }
        /// <summary> The number of result. </summary>
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Q: Pgfplot overlapping plots I currently used tikzplotlib from Python to generate the following plot in LaTeX. However, my current subplots are overlapping in LaTeX while they were not overlapping in Python (I used fig.tight_layout() which I think was not exported in tikzplotlib). I was wondering if you guys know how to adjust the following code so that my title does not overlap with the x-axes from the graph above and the y-axes of the right plots overlaps with the plot of the left plots. Finally, I do want to keep the plot inbetween the width and heigth of the page.
\documentclass{article}
\usepackage[utf8]{inputenc}
\usepackage{tikz}
\usepackage{pgfplots}
\usepgfplotslibrary{groupplots}

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ytick={0,1,2,3,4,5},
yticklabels={check,mom1m,indmom,2,3,4}
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Created on 2018-05-26 17:08 by yselivanov, last changed 2018-05-29 09:19 by miss-islington. This issue is now closed.
1. asyncio.BufferedProtocol is a new Python 3.7 *provisional* API.
2. asyncio.Transport.set_protocol() doesn't support switching between Protocol and BufferedProtocol.
3. Because of (2), another *new* Python 3.7 API "loop.start_tls" doesn't support asyncio.BufferedProtocol at all.
The fix is straightforward and *does not* affect any existing APIs in Python 3.6 and lower.  Since the patch adjusts the APIs a little bit, it would be great to merge this in 3.7.0.
However, since only the provisional APIs are changed, this can be theoretically merged to 3.7.1 too.  It would be nice, though, to get this into 3.7.0.  Ned, your thoughts?
Setting "release blocker" to get Ned's attention.


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Compass lcd screen and led light red.
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#import "MUAudioTransmissionPreferencesViewController.h"
#import "MUVoiceActivitySetupViewController.h"
#import "MUTableViewHeaderLabel.h"
#import "MUAudioBarViewCell.h"
#import "MUColor.h"

@interface MUAudioTransmissionPreferencesViewController () {
}
@end

@implementation MUAudioTransmissionPreferencesViewController

- (id) init {
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    return self;
}

- (void) didReceiveMemoryWarning {
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}

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- (void) viewWillAppear:(BOOL)animated {
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}

- (void) viewWillDisappear:(BOOL)animated {
    [super viewWillDisappear:animated];
}

- (void) viewDidDisappear:(BOOL)animated {
    [super viewDidDisappear:animated];
}

- (BOOL) shouldAutorotateToInterfaceOrientation:(UIInterfaceOrientation)interfaceOrientation {
    // Return YES for supported orientations
    return (interfaceOrientation == UIInterfaceOrientationPortrait);
}

#pragma mark - Table view data source

- (NSInteger) numberOfSectionsInTableView:(UITableView *)tableView {
    NSString *current = [[NSUserDefaults standardUserDefaults] stringForKey:@"AudioTransmitMethod"];
    if ([current isEqualToString:@"vad"])
        return 2;
    return 1;
}

- (NSInteger) tableView:(UITableView *)tableView numberOfRowsInSection:(NSInteger)section {
    if (section == 0) {
        return 3;
    } else if (section == 1) {
        return 1;
    }
    return 0;
}

- (UITableViewCell *) tableView:(UITableView *)tableView cellForRowAtIndexPath:(NSIndexPath *)indexPath {
    static NSString *CellIdentifier = @"AudioXmitOptionCell";
    UITableViewCell *cell = [tableView dequeueReusableCellWithIdentifier:CellIdentifier];
    if (cell == nil) {
        cell = [[[UITableViewCell alloc] initWithStyle:UITableViewCellStyleDefault reuseIdentifier:CellIdentifier] autorelease];
    }

    NSString *current = [[NSUserDefaults standardUserDefaults] stringForKey:@"AudioTransmitMethod"];
    cell.accessoryView = nil;
    cell.accessoryType = UITableViewCellAccessoryNone;
    cell.textLabel.textColor = [UIColor blackColor];
    cell.selectionStyle = UITableViewCellSelectionStyleGray;
    if (indexPath.section == 0) {
        if (indexPath.row == 0) {
            cell.textLabel.text = @"Voice Activated";
            if ([current isEqualToString:@"vad"]) {
                cell.accessoryView = [[[UIImageView alloc] initWithImage:[UIImage imageNamed:@"GrayCheckmark"]] autorelease];
                cell.textLabel.textColor = [MUColor selectedTextColor];
            }
        } else if (indexPath.row == 1) {
            cell.textLabel.text = @"Push-to-Talk";
            if ([current isEqualToString:@"ptt"]) {
                cell.accessoryView = [[[UIImageView alloc] initWithImage:[UIImage imageNamed:@"GrayCheckmark"]] autorelease];
                cell.textLabel.textColor = [MUColor selectedTextColor];
            }
        } else if (indexPath.row == 2) {
            cell.textLabel.text = @"Continuous";
            if ([current isEqualToString:@"continuous"]) {
                cell.accessoryView = [[[UIImageView alloc] initWithImage:[UIImage imageNamed:@"GrayCheckmark"]] autorelease];
                cell.textLabel.textColor = [MUColor selectedTextColor];
            }
        }
    } else if (indexPath.section == 1) {
        if (indexPath.row == 0) {
            cell.accessoryView = nil;
            cell.accessoryType = UITableViewCellAccessoryDisclosureIndicator;
            cell.textLabel.text = @"Voice Activity Configuration";
        }
    }

    return cell;
}

- (UIView *) tableView:(UITableView *)tableView viewForHeaderInSection:(NSInteger)section {
    if (section == 0) {
        return [MUTableViewHeaderLabel labelWithText:@"Method"];
    }
    return nil;
}

- (CGFloat) tableView:(UITableView *)tableView heightForHeaderInSection:(NSInteger)section {
    if (section == 1) {
        return 0.0f;
    }

    return [MUTableViewHeaderLabel defaultHeaderHeight];
}

- (void) tableView:(UITableView *)tableView didSelectRowAtIndexPath:(NSIndexPath *)indexPath {
    UITableViewCell *cell = nil;

    // Transmission setting change
    if (indexPath.section == 0) {
        for (int i = 0; i < 3; i++) {
            cell = [self.tableView cellForRowAtIndexPath:[NSIndexPath indexPathForRow:i inSection:0]];
            cell.accessoryView = nil;
            cell.textLabel.textColor = [UIColor blackColor];
        }
        UITableViewCell *setupSection = [self.tableView cellForRowAtIndexPath:[NSIndexPath indexPathForRow:0 inSection:1]];
        [self.tableView deselectRowAtIndexPath:indexPath animated:YES];
        if (indexPath.row == 0) {
            [[NSUserDefaults standardUserDefaults] setObject:@"vad" forKey:@"AudioTransmitMethod"];
            if (!setupSection) {
                [self.tableView insertSections:[NSIndexSet indexSetWithIndex:1] withRowAnimation:UITableViewRowAnimationFade];
            }
        } else if (indexPath.row == 1) {
            [[NSUserDefaults standardUserDefaults] setObject:@"ptt" forKey:@"AudioTransmitMethod"];
            if (setupSection) {
                [self.tableView deleteSections:[NSIndexSet indexSetWithIndex:1] withRowAnimation:UITableViewRowAnimationFade];
            }
        } else if (indexPath.row == 2) {
            [[NSUserDefaults standardUserDefaults] setObject:@"continuous" forKey:@"AudioTransmitMethod"];
            if (setupSection) {
                [self.tableView deleteSections:[NSIndexSet indexSetWithIndex:1] withRowAnimation:UITableViewRowAnimationFade];
            }
        }
        cell = [self.tableView cellForRowAtIndexPath:indexPath];
        cell.accessoryView = [[[UIImageView alloc] initWithImage:[UIImage imageNamed:@"GrayCheckmark"]] autorelease];
        cell.textLabel.textColor = [MUColor selectedTextColor];
    } else if (indexPath.section == 1) {
        if (indexPath.row == 0) {
            MUVoiceActivitySetupViewController *vadSetup = [[MUVoiceActivitySetupViewController alloc] init];
            [self.navigationController pushViewController:vadSetup animated:YES];
            [vadSetup release];
        }
    }
}

@end


Highly addictive new mini album from Featureless Ghost, an ATL duo consisting of uber busy synth dude Matt Weiner, of recent TWINS and Cruisin' fame, and Elise Tippins of Fantastic Lands.Both did some time together as Best Hits, too.Not unlike the warped synth treatments and dense bumping of his previous outfits, Weiner once again brings an arsenal of arpeggios, driving beats, and robotic trickery.Featureless Ghost has more of a dark, cold wave vibe, with an array of icy synths and hollow analog jaunts, and the stern, Numan-esque vocal delivery(from both members) gives the songs a menacing and sinister feel.With all of the obscure references you can throw at this act, a good part of this actually reminded me of early Nine Inch Nails and Depeche Mode albums, with all the chopped vocal samples, deep grooves and funky synth-bass.Compliment.The drum patterns are catchy and well sequenced, nothing too flashy or overbearing, and the instrumentation is tasteful, and flawlessly executed.
"Data Dancer" really got into my head, and refused leave for days on end.It's got a really heavy Front 242 vibe, led by weirdo voice samples, rather than actual vocal parts, and a skittering kick drum that just won't quit.The keys are really tweaked on this one, and scattered weirdly throughout the song, giving a nice contrast to the underlying club vibe it holds.From there on, it's a decade-less, nonstop barrage of every available(and unavailable) "wave" out there.This is a highly recommended debut, and it may just get the loners and introverts dancing, outside of their bedrooms for a change.Fingers crossed for a possible tour, because this probably kills live.
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A South St. Paul police officer was shot Thursday afternoon in a residential neighborhood. City officials said one officer was shot "while dealing with a routine service call and received noncritical injuries." He is currently at the hospital. The suspect was arrested and is not hurt.


PRICE: Bishop's Burger $13; hand cut fries $6; limited release Citrodos IPA with Citra and Centennial hops, $6; for a before-tax total of $25.
ORDERING: First things first: line up at the tap window and select a beer from one of the dozen-plus choices. Then find yourself a table, an Adirondack chair, a low stone wall or even a wooden barrel you can stand at or sit beside (that's what I did). Sip your beer, admire the fantastic view of downtown, and wait for a server to pass by and take your food order. At the busiest times, you may have to flag a staffer down, but they're good at keeping an eye out and circling back.
ARCHITECTURE: Salad stuff on top. On an aggressively butter-griddled bun goes a thin Angus beef patty swaddled in melted cheddar, followed by another thin beef patty draped in more melted cheddar. Then comes a thicket of arugula leaves, a thick tomato slice, rings of red onion and slices of dill pickle.
Open 11 a.m.-10 p.m. Sunday-Wednesday, 11 a.m.-11 p.m. Thursday-Saturday.
QUALITY: The curious appeal of this burger comes from the freshness and unusual beauty of the salad ingredients, the lushness of the melted cheddar cheese, and the excellence of the downy-but-sturdy house-made bun. Even the tomato slice — often a pallid placeholder in these trying times — was a glorious red specimen.
Alas, the beef patties themselves had a too-compacted texture to get on my good side, and while they were cooked to a reasonable medium state, they lacked juice. In an age where serious beef blends and careful hand-formed patty construction have become more common, these bouncy pucks don't cut it. And while the overall burger flavors were good, I missed the personality that might have sprung from a well-considered house-made condiment or two.
OOZE RATING: Nil, from either beef patty or condiments.
LETTER GRADE: B. With looser patties and a notable house-made condiment — beer mustard, anyone? I know they make one — this burger could and should merit an A.
BONUS POINTS: Splendid fresh-cut fries with their skins on and a smattering of coarse salt make for a satisfying burger plate. Just as impressive is the lineup of Saint Arnold beers on tap, including interesting seasonal brews like the brisk, sunny Citrodos IPA they were pouring last weekend. It was match for the beautiful Saturday afternoon.
LOCAL COLOR: I could dine out on the atmosphere and venue alone at the three-month-old beer garden, a marvelous, gleaming metal barn with a raised clerestory. The building, by Natalye Appel & Associates Architects, opens out into a soaring covered garden and then grassy, landscaped space defined by metal framework and metal fencing. The views of downtown are dizzying.
Half of Houston seemed to have crammed into the beer garden on a recent sunny weekend: filling every chair, picnic table, cafe table, high table, stone ledge and wooden barrel. There were kids and dogs, bocce players and folks taking the brewery tour, staffers dressed either like camp counselors or Oktoberfest characters. It all felt rich and festive and deeply satisfying.


Jeffrey Epstein photographed in Cambridge, Mass., Sept. 8, 2004.
More than a decade after wealthy financier Jeffrey Epstein signed a plea agreement that protected him from prosecution for allegedly molesting dozens of underage girls, his accusers were to finally have their day in court. Before jury selection was set to begin on Tuesday, a last-minute settlement kept Epstein out of court once again — but the work of unraveling his alleged abuses isn't over yet, and Epstein could potentially still end up serving hard time.
Epstein was facing a 53-page indictment that could have sent him to federal prison for the rest of his life; instead he pleaded guilty to soliciting an underage girl for prostitution. He served 13 months and signed an agreement that essentially shut down the investigation into his litany of other crimes, protecting him and "any potential co-conspirators" from future prosecution. The deal was then sealed, so that his alleged victims were not informed and didn't have the opportunity to object, and even the judge who approved the agreement was not aware of how many girls police and the FBI suspected Epstein of abusing. While it's not certain why exactly Acosta gave Epstein such an extraordinary deal, the Herald suggested that it could have had something to do with testimony Epstein provided in the federal prosecution of executives at Bear Sterns, where he used to work, related to the 2008 market crash.
A second lawsuit is still pending, however, and seeks to invalidate the non-prosecution agreement Epstein entered into with Acosta, claiming it was illegal. The suit, filed by two of Epstein's accusers, claims that not only was the deal against the law, but federal prosecutors, including Acosta, conspired with Epstein to cover up his crimes. If this suit is successful, the deal will be invalidated, and Epstein could be vulnerable to criminal prosecution.


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use anyhow::{Context, Result};
use aptos_logger::info;
use aptos_types::transaction::Version;
use std::cmp::min;

/// Defines the trait for pruner for different DB
pub trait DBPruner: Send + Sync {
    /// Find out the first undeleted item in the stale node index.
    fn initialize(&self) {
        let min_readable_version = self
            .initialize_min_readable_version()
            .context(self.name())
            .expect("Pruner failed to initialize.");
        info!(
            min_readable_version = min_readable_version,
            "{} initialized.",
            self.name()
        );
        self.record_progress(min_readable_version);
    }

    fn name(&self) -> &'static str;

    /// Performs the actual pruning, a target version is passed, which is the target the pruner
    /// tries to prune.
    fn prune(&self, batch_size: usize) -> Result<Version>;

    /// Initializes the least readable version stored in underlying DB storage
    fn initialize_min_readable_version(&self) -> Result<Version>;

    /// Returns the least readable version stores in the DB pruner
    fn min_readable_version(&self) -> Version;

    /// Sets the target version for the pruner
    fn set_target_version(&self, target_version: Version);

    /// Returns the target version for the DB pruner
    fn target_version(&self) -> Version;

    /// Returns the target version for the current pruning round - this might be different from the
    /// target_version() because we need to keep max_version in account.
    fn get_current_batch_target(&self, max_versions: Version) -> Version {
        // Current target version  might be less than the target version to ensure we don't prune
        // more than max_version in one go.
        min(
            self.min_readable_version() + max_versions as u64,
            self.target_version(),
        )
    }
    /// Records the current progress of the pruner by updating the least readable version
    fn record_progress(&self, min_readable_version: Version);

    /// True if there is pruning work pending to be done
    fn is_pruning_pending(&self) -> bool {
        self.target_version() > self.min_readable_version()
    }

    /// (For tests only.) Updates the minimal readable version kept by pruner.
    fn testonly_update_min_version(&self, version: Version);
}


Motorcycle bays and cycle stands are provided in some of our car parks.
Where the car park does not have motorcycle bays, you should park in an area that is not restricted and does not cause an obstruction. You don't need to buy and pay and display ticket, unless you park in a designated car park bay.
Cycles are parked at the owners own risk, so please ensure you lock and secure your cycle.


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5 Weird Alfa Romeos You Didn't Know Existed
What I love most about Alfa Romeo's history is just how varied and complex it is, with plenty of tantalizing "what if" moments. Here are five of the weirdest and wildest Alfa Romeos that time forgot.
Zagato Zeta 6 (1983)
Presented in 1983 at the Geneva Motor Show by legendary Milanese coachbuilder Zagato, the Zeta 6 was a sexy two-seater based on the contemporary GTV6. Its curvaceous lines, designed by Giuseppe Mittino, were quite blatantly inspired by the Porsche 928, with only the tiniest of Alfa "shields" on the front bumper giving away its Italian origins.
However, the then-perilous financial situation at Alfa Romeo meant that Zagato's hopes for a small production run were soon quashed, and just two Zeta 6 were ever completed, one of which has been residing in the Alfa Romeo museum's collection ever since.
Zagato Z33 "Free Time" (1984)
With this intriguing prototype based on the Alfa 33 running gear, Zagato predated the current "crossover" vehicle craze by at least three decades.
Thanks to the compactness of the Alfa 33's front-wheel-drive layout, the tall, boxy proto-SUV could seat up to six people inside despite measuring just four meters in length. However, the concept was way ahead of its time and left the public and critics of the 1984 Geneva Motor Show distinctly unimpressed.
Only one prototype was ever constructed, and, much like the Zeta 6, it's been tucked away in the Alfa Romeo museum's reserve collection ever since.
Alfasud Caimano (1971)
Contrary to the Zagato proposals mentioned above, the Caimano from 1971 was never intended to be anything but a pure flight of fancy, which left its designer, Giorgetto Giugiaro, completely free to exercise his imagination.
And boy, he did.
The Caimano has no conventional doors, windows, or windshield: just a single transparent dome hinged at the cowl height. The trapezoidal roll-bar structure at the rear also includes a spoiler that can be regulated in four different positions through specific controls placed inside the car.
Although it looks like it'll do a million miles per hour, the Caimano was actually based on the smallest, least powerful Alfa Romeo model then available: the Alfasud, which was presented contemporarily at the 1971 Turin Motor Show.
But that was precisely the point Giugiaro and Alfa Romeo wanted to make, as the prototype's extremely low bonnet line and scuttle height could be achieved thanks to the compactness of the Alfasud's boxer engine.
Alfetta Eagle (1975)
Presented at the 1975 Turin Motor Show, the Eagle by Pininfarina was a design study based on the Alfetta and penned by the great master Aldo Brovarone.
Apparently, though, even the greatest minds have their "off" days sometimes, as the Eagle's looks haven't aged all that well, at least in my opinion.
The idea was to explore a possible replacement for the aging Spider, offering not only more space and comfort but also a lot more crash safety thanks to the hefty roll bar.
However, Alfa Romeo's rapidly deteriorating financial position meant the classic Spider soldiered on for almost two more decades while the Eagle gathered dust in Alfa's museum, where it can still be seen today.
New York Taxi (1976)
Designed by the legendary Giorgetto Giugiaro and based on the running gear of Alfa's existing F12 light commercial van, the Alfa Romeo New York Taxi was specially constructed for an exhibition at the Museum of Modern Art held between June and September 1976, where it was displayed together with four other prototypes by different manufacturers.
The whole aim was to create a vehicle that could be produced at a reasonable price and would better serve the needs of drivers and passengers than the regular three-box sedans then used for taxi services in the Big Apple.
Given the vehicle's utilitarian purpose, aesthetics took a back seat (pun intended), and the prototype is a masterpiece in vehicle packaging that left an area of roughly two square meters available to passengers and offered wheelchair accessibility through a retractable ramp.
Powered by a detuned version (52 HP) of Alfa Romeo's classic 1290cc twin-cam inline-four engine, the unique New York Taxi prototype is preserved at Alfa Romeo's museum near Milan.
Book: Alfa Romeo Arna - The True Story 1980-1987
Il Mostro: The Story Of The Alfa Romeo SZ and RZ
Five Alfa Romeo limited editions you didn't know existed


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The Big Bang Theory fan exposes major plot hole which casts doubt on Leonard and Sheldon's friendship
Jill Robinson
Updated: 23 Oct 2019, 16:21
A FAN of The Big Bang Theory has exposed a major plot hole which casts doubt on Leonard and Sheldon's friendship.
The CBS sitcom came to an end after 12 seasons earlier this year, but one eagle-eyed fan has discovered a huge issue regarding how the roommates actually met.
The Big Bang Theory fan has exposed a major plot hole which casts doubt on Leonard and Sheldon's friendshipCredit: Getty - Contributor
In series three, Leonard told Penny about meeting Sheldon for the first time after Leonard knocked on his door in 2003 to see the room being advertised.
However he had to pass Sheldon's unusual test before gaining entry to the apartment, namely, who is better, Picard of Kirk in Star Trek.
Leonard correctly chooses Picard over Kirk, adding that the original series is better than Star Trek Next Generation.
While the rest seemed to be history, the fan has thrown all that into chaos after pointing out how - in a later episode called The 21 Second Excitation - Sheldon said he and Leonard had queued for 14 hours to get into the Star Trek: Nemesis premiere.
In series three, Leonard told Penny about meeting Sheldon for the first time
However a later episode saw Sheldon say he queued for the premiere of Star Trek: Nemesis with Leonard in 2002
But any Trekkie worth their space salt will know that movie came out in 2002, a year before their flat introduction was supposed to have taken place.
Meanwhile Kaley Cuoco, who played Penny, delighted fans earlier this year when she revealed she had
taken 2000 Polaroids since the show began, and she hoped to share them with fans via a book.
She said: "You know what? That is what I'm going to do.
"I'll wait about another year or two, but that's the goal with the Polaroids. I think fans will love it.
The series ended after 12 seasons earlier this yearCredit: Getty - Contributor
"[Maybe] a cool coffee table book? I have pictures that are unbelievable, like behind-the-scenes from the pilot that are just incredible."
The series came to an end in May, and saw Sheldon and wife Amy win the Nobel Prize while the lift was finally fixed.


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You are here: Home / What is 4K Resolution
What is 4K Resolution
4K resolution, also referred to as 4K, applies to a display device or even content delivery using a horizontal pixel resolution of 4,000 by vertical pixel resolution of about 2000. A number of 4K resolutions can be found in the areas of digital television as well as digital cinematography. Digital Cinema Initiatives – (DCI) is the major 4K standard in the movie projection industry. In television and also consumer media, the 4K UHD or perhaps UHD-1 is the leading 4K standard.
4K means that you have sharper and clearer image quality. This implies that the more the pixels, the sharper the image or content delivery. 4K resolution offers ultra-sharp picture high quality that is certainly 4x clearer when compared with the last-generation of 2K HDTVs. Tv Shows and movies are likely to be more precise rather more than you have actually observed on television, moreover, watching sports would make you feel more like you're there live. The 4K television market today has improved tremendously thereby pushing the prices down in 2014 through 2015.
4K UHD offers a resolution of 3840 pixels × 2160 pixels (with 8.3 megapixels and aspect ratio of 16:9). This is one of the two ultra-high resolutions televisions directed towards television consumers. The second one is the 8K UHD having 7680 pixels by 4320 pixels (with 33.2 megapixels). 4k resolution is more and more used to express a combination of a massive number of new innovative capabilities which altogether bringing about a new generation in picture quality
By using width to represent the total resolution indicates a change from preceding television standards which include 480i and 1080p, thereby classifying media based on its vertical size. Thus, by applying the same standard, 4K UHD would definitely be termed 2160p.
Dalsa Origin was the very first commercially obtainable 4K Resolution video camera for cinematographic use, unveiled in 2003. However, YouTube jumped right into contributing to 4K for online video uploads in 2010 due to the top manufacturing companies developing the 4K cameras. It was that users may watch 4K videos by deciding upon the quality settings and choosing "Original", till December 2013, the time that 2160p option made an appearance in the quality menu. But by November 2013, YouTube began using the VP9 video compression format, claiming that this was much better for 4K rather than High-Efficiency Video Coding (HEVC). Google owns YouTube and also developed VP9.
The movie projection at 4K resolution at cinemas started since 2011, and it was Sony that was providing 4K projectors around 2004. In 2012, Sony introduced the very first 4K resolution home theater projector. 4K cameras were soon to follow.
Indeed, Sony is regarded as one of the foremost studios featuring UHDTV contents, as of the year 2013 delivering more than 70 movies in addition to television brands through digital download to a special player that holds and also decodes the videos. The massive files, about 40GB, transferred via user high-speed internet connections, elevated the issues concerning data limitations.
What's the difference between 4k and Ultra HD?
From a technical perspective, "Ultra High Definition or UHD" is basically derived from 4K digital cinema standard. Having said that, the local multiplex displays pictures in the traditional 4096 x 2160 4K pixel resolution, however, the innovative Ultra HD consumer standard shows images at a marginally lesser pixel resolution of 3840 X 2160.
This is basically the underlying reason many manufacturers would stick with Ultra HD or rather UHD than using the label 4K. The main consequence of this greater pixel breakdown is the clarity of contents that seem well beyond the regular 1080 pixel HD resolution and thus provide far more vivid, versatile, and true-to-life colors including even more frame rates.
The Advantages of UHD 4K Television
The 4k does not merely offer the benefit of extremely superior resolution; it also offers several other capabilities that distinguish it from the traditional Televisions.
Basically, even if the difference in clearness is not too visible on the average 4K display size from the usual viewing distance, it doesn't mean it's not 4k. The additional pixels together with its smaller size produce a great improvement. Also, the other features such as ultra-high refresh rates as well as HDR technology, improved colors in addition to special motion delivering capabilities greatly improve one's viewing pleasure.
Further to this, purchasing a 4K Television provides accessibility to potential connectivity features and long-term visual capabilities which hopefully will prove useful when broadcasters get caught up to the innovation.
Besides that, the brightness specs that the majority of UHD Television manufacturers generally utilize are highly effective options of solutions like LCD panels that's lighted by LED backlights using local dimming or perhaps full array dimming technologies, which significantly enhance image vividness and the contrasts. Moreover, you have the OLED 4K Television screens too, which equally are available for Full HD Television brands. This provides significantly amazing image quality as well as perfect brightness in 4K UHD OLED Television brands.
The primary benefit to recording videos at 4K format is usually the ability to resolve details properly. In the event that the final video quality is condensed to 2K from 4K recording, then increased detail is achieved compared to what would have been obtained if recorded at 2k. There's improved quality and contrast with output to Blu-ray and even DVD. Several cinematographers prefer to record videos at 4K with the Super 35 movie standard to mitigate any loss in resolution that might occur when processing video. This is essential for each video camera .
Lastly, it's needless to say that 4K content is really expanding in the market today. 4K video camera prices are also decreasing rapidly and along with that, several new films are being shot and circulated driven by this technology. Also, new availability of 4K content using Blu-ray discs in UHD image resolution is ultimately available today even as movie titles are being released at a stable rate on this new standard. If you are a beginner wishing to film in 4k then you can see these 4k camcorders that are good quality and have been tested thoroughly.
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Why Wellesley can no longer practice selective sensitivity
Oct 21, 2016 Zach Miller '17
Let me start out by saying that these Facebook posts contained some of the nastiest, most hurtful comments I have ever seen, and that in my opinion, no punishment would have been too severe for the perpetrators of the messages. The content of the screenshots was disgusting and vile and absolutely inexcusable, especially when half-assed apologies were all the bullies could muster after the fact. In no way do I wish to diminish the importance of what occurred; this was an incredibly momentous moment for Wellesley, both in the atrocity of the actions and in the response of the community.
That said, a part of me feels that the response in this case only highlights Wellesley's indifference to previous incidents.
I understand that movements need catalysts; what I don't understand is why Wellesley waited so long before finally finding an issue that made people collectively agree that intolerance in Wellesley is a problem. The truth is, racial issues existed in Wellesley long before the screenshots appeared on Facebook; so, too, did anti-Semitism and Islamophobia.
The fact that METCO students have been called the "n-word" in the streets of Wellesley should not have gone over lightly; instances where students bullied other students for practicing Islam should not have been swept under the rug. Last spring, an incident occurred on Instagram in which a student posted a series of anti-Semitic pictures with captions making fun of the Holocaust. I'm Jewish, so I'm not objective in saying this, but where was the outcry then?
This, again, is not to diminish the Facebook incident; rather, I believe the Wellesley community diminished previous incidents by treating them as less severe and less important. Of course the community response to recent racism has been appropriate and welcome, but I find myself questioning why we couldn't bring ourselves to be as outraged before.
I do not want to promote an atmosphere of sensitivity, and I hate it when people get easily offended; it irritates me to no end when people think that just because something offends them, it's wrong. But consistency is important. If Wellesley is going to unify to confront an act of racism, we must unify to confront all acts of racism. The One Wellesley club is a step in the right direction, but we must also unify to confront sexism, anti-Semitism, Islamophobia, and homophobia, among various other prejudices. After the unpublicized events of the past year and the well-known incidents this summer, we cannot pick and choose who or what we care about anymore.
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Q: Setup SD Card so it only runs on a single Windows 8 PC A few of our staff are running Windows 8 laptops with only 100gig solid state drives. Recently some of them have been running out of drive space.
The main user of drive space is the shared Google Drive files so I want to setup Google Drive on a 128gig SD Card which permanently stays in the laptops SD Card slot.
However for the sake of security I want to make sure that if the SD Card was removed it can't be read by any other machine.
Bitlocker almost does this but when the computer is restarted Bitlocker requires a password for the SD Card to become accessible. This isn't user friendly enough for the staff and I was wonder what the alternatives are.
Ideally we'd like to have the SD Card show up as a drive that can be read/ accessed by Google Drive - but if the SD Card is removed from the host computer it is unreadable.
Any ideas are appreciated.

A: If you only want the card to be unreadable, you can do this by setting the NTFS permissions. But if you are looking for some kind of security, you'll need to activate the sd card by a password on each startup.


Unless you homeschool year round, summer is time for fun and relaxation. We used to homeschool year round, but during the summer we were very laid back and took things much slower. How do you handle the summer months?
Some kids need a little extra practice during the summer months just to stay sharp. Some kids need remedial help during the summer. Online summer school is one answer. Kids can work at their own pace on specific areas of need. If your child just needs help in one area, say online tutoring in writing, then just have them work on that one area so that they don't view themselves as being punished over the summer.
Keep summer learning relaxed and loose. You will be surprised at how much your kids pick up and retain.


Daufuskie Island Historic District includes the geographic entirety of this South Carolina sea island. Accessible only by boat, Daufuskie contains 5,200 acres of mostly high dry land. The district's character is defined by eighteen properties of particular historic and/or architectural note, and fifty-six contributing sites or structures.
Daufuskie Island map showing the location of the school in 1959. An enlargeable version of this map is available under the More Information link.
instances, a small sassafras stick across the palms of the boys. Some had to stand in the comer of the room—perhaps on one foot. Unless the grade was mastered, the child was not promoted. Some remained in one grade for as many as three years.
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Almost 19 years since the last major push for an Australian republic, prime minister Malcolm Turnbull started 2018 with a rare fleck of courage by proposing a plebiscite to gauge public support for cutting ties with the monarchy.
For decades, polls have shown that Australians would prefer to have one of their own as head of state over a Brit born into the lap of pomp and privilege. Yet despite this, the PM's announcement was pilloried by conservatives as a vanity project for an elite that is out of touch with the 'bread and butter' issues affecting the lives of ordinary people.
The head of Australians for Constitutional Monarchy, for instance, branded the suggestion 'ridiculous' in light of the more pressing problems of 'energy prices, terrorism and ethnic gangs'.
But for all the talk of Turnbull being out of touch, these monarchists are driven by their own brand of elitism, just like their forebears for centuries before them. By fighting even the prospect of giving the public a vote on the future of Australian democracy, monarchists reveal their cynical belief that it's beyond the wit of the everyman to decide for himself what shape his system of government takes, and who leads it.
This isn't a debate about Australia's logo and stationery, as one monarchist commentator glibly put it: a republic is about more than symbolism. As Australia found out in the 1970s, when first-term prime minister Gough Whitlam was sacked and replaced by a flick of governor-general Sir John Kerr's pen, the powers of the queen's unelected representative are not merely ceremonial.
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Even if part of the case for a republic turns on symbolism, on questions that go to the core of a nation's identity, symbolism does matter. On that score, the idea of a God-given right to rule, conferred by bloodline, not the ballot box, is completely at odds with Australia's fiercely egalitarian attitude. Since the Gold Rush of the 1850s, Australia has cast aside the strictures of the English class system and embraced an ethos in which, as one historian famously put it, 'Jack is as good as his master – and probably a good deal better'. Let's face it: in today's Australia, paying homage to a foreign royal family feels like a hangover from a bygone era.
While it is scarcely mentioned, Australia's democracy is among the oldest in the world. Yet astoundingly, despite being directly elected by the people, its elected officials are still made to swear allegiance to the Queen. A republic would do away with this medieval heirloom and give long overdue recognition to the idea that the sole allegiance of elected officials should be to the people who elected them.
Monarchists frequently justify the relevance of the royals to the modern world by claiming they are role models that serve as an enduring icon of national unity. But once we peel back the pomp and pageantry, the royal family are little different to today's celebrity class. Between Prince Charles' eco-pieties on climate change and Prince Harry luxuriating with Barack Obama on the BBC, the royal family is now little different to low-rent reality TV.
Former PM Tony Abbott recently sought to beat down calls for a public vote by saying republicans will never win by running Australia down. He should heed his own words. By thumbing their nose at giving Australians the chance to choose who governs them, the monarchists lay bare their raw disdain for popular democracy.
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Image manipulation in science is suddenly in the news. But these cases are hardly rare
By Adam Marcus and Ivan Oransky Dec. 2, 2022
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In 2004, Mike Rossner and Kenneth Yamada, two top editors at the Journal of Cell Biology, wrote an editorial alerting readers to what they saw as an emerging problem in science: Thanks to Photoshop, researchers could prettify the images in their manuscripts in ways that might cross the line into deception in an effort to clear the bar of peer review.
"Being accused of misconduct initiates a painful process that can disrupt one's research and career," they wrote, underscoring work from the U.S. Office of Research Integrity published two years earlier, when the journal had also raised the flag. "To avoid such a situation, it is important to understand where the ethical lines are drawn between acceptable and unacceptable image adjustment."
More prescient words are hard to find.
In something that may have felt like an academic earthquake to many unfamiliar with that history, Stanford University acknowledged this week that it is investigating its president for research misconduct over concerns about the integrity of the images in at least four of his published papers.
Related: 'This actually changes everything': Altered image in 1999 paper raises potential peril for Stanford president
But these cases aren't rare. A retraction for image manipulation happens about once every other day, according to the Retraction Watch database of more than 37,000 retractions and counting. And news of the investigation into the work of Marc Tessier-Lavigne, which the Stanford Daily broke Tuesday, was anything but a surprise for habitues of PubPeer, a website which allows commenters to post their concerns about scientific articles. Critics have been flagging issues with images in Tessier-Lavigne's articles since 2015; the publications in question there dated back to 2001.
Still, the revelation and other recent cases herald a public arrival for the awareness of image manipulation as a serious problem in science. Perhaps most salient of these is the case of Sylvain Lesné, an Alzheimer's expert at the University of Minnesota. Several of Lesné's studies are now being scrutinized after a whistleblower raised concerns about the images. As Science reported in July, "Some Alzheimer's experts now suspect Lesné's studies have misdirected Alzheimer's research for 16 years."
But a comment in the Science piece from Holden Thorp, the editor-in-chief of the journal, is a reminder that even some key players at the pinnacle of scholarly publishing seem to have slept through multiple alarms. Thorp said "2017 would have been [near] the beginning of when more attention was being paid to this — not just for us, but across scientific publishing."
That kind of comment grates on Rossner, whose journal began using "digital image experts" to screen images in submitted manuscripts soon after it first accepted online submissions in 2001. "I really made it a crusade to try to educate other publishers and other journals about what we were doing and to convince them to take up the same effort," he told STAT of his time at JCB, which he left in 2013. "Dozens did take up the effort of screening images before publication, including many of the big players."
"What's disappointing to me is that I'm not aware of any other publisher starting to do image pre-screening in the last 10 years," Rossner said. Some even appear to have stopped, he added.
Related: Stanford is investigating its president over allegations of research misconduct
Instead, publishers have largely left image screening to unpaid sleuths following publication. Among those who flagged the work of Tessier-Lavigne was Elisabeth Bik, a microbiologist by training who has become one of the world's most influential data sleuths. Back in 2015, when questions about Tessier-Lavigne's research were emerging, Bik, then working in a Stanford lab unrelated to Tessier-Lavigne, was merely an image integrity hobbyist.
No longer. Bik has moved to the mainstream, particularly during the pandemic, when she took aim at high-profile work. She has more than 134,000 followers on Twitter, the New Yorker profiled her last year, and the New York Times published an op-ed by her last month titled: "Science Has a Nasty Photoshopping Problem." Thanks to her preternaturally sharp eye for spotting apparent misconduct, journals have retracted close to a thousand articles.
While Bik may be the best known of the sleuths, many more work with her on similar projects or specialize in finding other problems in the literature, from plagiarism to statistical red flags that indicate either sloppiness or outright fraud.
In the meantime, researchers at various institutions have tried to automate the detection of image manipulation and duplication, sometimes using artificial intelligence — in other words, find a way to do what Bik and others do, but at massive scale. Journal publishers say they're joining forces to share these tools, although they have yet to provide any details.
Validation of the instruments so far is lacking. "If the technology is really out there to do this well and at scale, anything that encourages more publishers to do screening of images before publication is a good thing," Rossner said. "They just need to know that it works."
PubPeer, which just celebrated its 10th birthday, has grown to become a community of concerned citizens of science whose critiques — about not only images but methodological and statistical rigor and any other points of concern — journals, publishers and institutions can't ignore.
To be sure, they often try. Take the long timeline in the Stanford case. So far, the limited comments from the university suggest it is following a playbook familiar to politicians: Ignore the issue until they can't, then say the target had little to do with the allegedly problematic work before conducting an investigation that will remain shrouded in secrecy until some point at which they hope everyone has forgotten about the matter.
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And to date, none of the four papers by Tessier-Lavigne has been corrected or retracted. Science, where two of the articles in question appeared, received corrections from Tessier-Lavigne in 2015 yet failed to publish them "due to an error on our part," Thorp said in a statement.
Bik's take is that the photoplay in the four articles under investigation involves "beautification" rather than falsification or fabrication of data. However, she believes a fifth article by Tessie-Lavigne, published in Cell in 1999 when he was at the University of California, San Francisco, shows signs of intentional and inappropriate manipulation, as STAT has reported. Bik, who now consults with journals and others on image ethics, told STAT she "would testify in court" that the image in question was "digitally altered."
Since leaving Rockefeller University Press, which publishes JCB, Rossner has made a full-time career consulting on image manipulation and related issues. As disappointed as he is in journals that haven't taken up the call to screen images before publication, he said advances such as PubPeer are promising. They "provide hope that these issues are going to be dealt with post-publication," he said.
Private industry is taking notice. A company called Proofig will screen papers for signs of image doctoring so that researchers, journals, and others in the publishing stream can minimize "the risk of costly investigations and retractions after publication." A recent email from the company urges authors to "Avoid scientific controversy – Use Proofig."
Left unsaid, of course, is to not manipulate images in the first place. Maybe that should be the message more often.
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Q: How to create a ReactJS zoomable image lightbox I'm creating a gallery of images in ReactJs. There are a lot of examples online, but i didn't find anything that is perfectly responsive on desktop browsers and also completely mobile friendly.
In particular, when an image is opened on the mobile browser, i need to be able to zoom the photo with a double tap, and close the photo when i drag it to the bottom
I already tried all the principal solution that i found online.
For example, i tried all of these https://reactjsexample.com/tag/lightbox/
and much much more.
I also tried different approaches like CSS rules, Viewport rules, create a simple zoomable html div, etc... But nothing worked.
Basically, what i what to achieve is exactly something like this: https://www.lucapetruzzi.com/gallery/1
Created thanks to this library: https://photoswipe.com/ that unfortunately i can't use in React.
(I also tried the react-photoswipe and react-photoswipe-2 libraries but it seems not maintained and not working with new versions of React)
Thank you for any help

A: So for previous comments, I wrote a snippet for you, check here
Here are the mainly steps:

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*use npm install photoswipe so DON'T need to include builded js but NEED to include css in index.html (or you can import in App.css)

*write the markup in js component

*init it by click button or in useEffect


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On 5 December 2014, the latest A. Lange & Söhne Boutique, took residence in Miami's Design District, the city's creative shopping destination dedicated to high-end fashion, design and art.
With recent openings in Palm Beach and New York, this exclusive location became the revered luxury watch brand's third proprietary shop in the United States. The handcrafted precision timepieces from Saxony, Germany, will then be available at 14 boutiques and selected retailers in more than 60 countries around the world.
The arrival of the second A. Lange & Söhne Boutique in Florida underlines the importance of the region and its ever-growing fan base of the prestigious brand. "The new site is an important cornerstone of our distribution strategy, which will help us to strengthen our presence in the US market," noted Gaetan Guillosson, President of A. Lange & Söhne North America.
On a space of 74 square meters, the new A. Lange & Söhne boutique showcases a vast selection of handcrafted timepieces including sophisticated complications and the latest novelties. For friends and collectors of A. Lange & Söhne the new Home of Time in Miami is sure to become a watch aficionado paradise.
Ever since the manufactory opened its first own shop outside Germany, in Shanghai in 2008, the international A. Lange & Söhne Boutiques have become embassies of the Saxon manufactory. Common to all is the interior design concept that reflects the brand's signature colors and materials, featuring wood panelling in elegant grey and sandstone elements.
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Minister of Public Business Sector launches "Egypt in a Changing World" Conference held by Future University in Egypt Dec, 01 2020 Back to News
The conference "Egypt in a Changing World" discussed the political, economic and social reform map, in the attendance of Minister of Public Business Sector Hesham Tawfik and several economic, political and scientific research figures in Egypt.
The conference, organized by Future University in Egypt 's very own Faculty of Economics and Political Science, began on Saturday morning with a speech by Hisham Tawfik, Minister of Public Business Sector, who emphasized the importance of this conference and that his attendance stems from enthusiasm for the conference's idea; titled "Egypt in a Changing World"
The conference was attended by Prof. Hesham Arafat former Minister for Transport, Prof. Mostafa El-Feki Director of the Bibliotheca Alexandrina (Library of Alexandria), Prof. Gouda Abdel-Khalek, Professor of Economics and Political Science at Cairo University, Prof. Ebada Sarhan and Prof. Sherine El-Shawarby Dean of Faculty of Economics and Political Science, and Prof. Ashraf El-Arabi former Minister of Planning.
During his speech at the conference, Tawfik, pointed out that there is a structural change taking place for the companies of the business sector that face many problems to support the economy and achieve financial gains, and indicated the necessity of working on restoring balance by tackling the law 203 to serve the business sector in Egypt.
Prof. Mostafa El-Feki, Director of Alexandria Library, emphasized the importance of that Egyptians should realize that they are not living alone in the world, and stressed the fact that the world's problems should be clear in our minds.
During his speech in the conference, El-Feki asserted the necessity of political and regional diplomatic engagement in the region and employing that in serving the national issues. He explained that stopping at the borders of what we see only does not serve our issues.
Also in his speech, Prof. Gouda Abdel-Khalek, Professor of Economics at the Faculty of Economics and Political Science at Cairo University, mentioned that there is a saying for Al-Jaheth, one of the Muslim scholars, that science is a method before a reality, clarifying many concepts that explain the economic and social reform, on top of which is investment in people or stone.
In his speech at the conference, he referred to the importance of digital transformation and its necessity to be based on a scientific basis, and explained also that the distribution of political forces needs reconsideration.
Prof. Sherine El-Shawarby, Dean of Faculty of Economics and Political Science, said that "Egypt in a Changing World" conference tries through scientific research to reveal the challenges represented by the rapid changes in all aspects of life; climatic, environmental and epidemic changes that endanger different aspects of our lives and even threaten their survival. As well as technological changes that confound labor markets and economic and political changes.
In her speech at the Conference, she emphasized that Egypt had begun a new phase of comprehensive reform to modernize society, build a strong state and achieve the goals of sustainable development.
Conference participants raised many issues, including the necessity that Egypt, as a country of giant companies, should demand the establishment of regional centers for software, like India, to export to Arab countries and the world, confirming that the Egyptian human mind is advanced and that all giant companies include Egyptian employees.
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What influences our decisions: persuasion, seeking and resisting compliance in communication
For many years, communication has been and still is an inseparable part of human lives. Communication can be perceived in many different ways, one of them being heuristic. The heuristic approach to seeking and resisting compliance is a mixture of many different social science fields that come together from behavioral economics, decision-making psychology and communication through a dual-process model. Recently, Dr. Andrew Jones, an Assistant Professor in the Communication department at LCC International University, presented a series of nested hypotheses. He discussed the presence of seeking and resisting compliance in our everyday lives and how we can tackle it by using a few simple techniques.
In the 1980s, Richard Petty and John Cacioppo, distinguished university professors in the psychology department at Ohio State University started investigating persuasion in depth. Taking a more scientific and technical approach, they were trying to understand the dual-process theories of persuasive communication. How do human beings make decisions? How do we come to be persuaded?
Building their ideas on social psychology, and behavioral economics, both Petty and Cacioppo proposed key nested hypotheses. The first being that multiple factors influence how much people think about aspects of their interactions. That being said, factors like features of the source, recipient, message, and context can influence decisions. It might sound too complicated, but part of the researcher's duty is to use technical language not to make it complicated, but rather in a specific context. Secondly, that message content has the strongest potential effect on outcomes when recipients process that content systematically and extensively. This means that the message content has the strongest effect when you think about the content. When recipients think little about message content, other elements of the situation trigger heuristics that may influence recipient outcomes. A great example is when a student is not in the lecture, listening to the professor's explanations in the classroom, but is simply enjoying a day in the park. That is when heuristics, which are features of the source, the recipient, the message, and the context might play a part by influencing the outcomes. And lastly, that message recipients are more likely to extensively process content when they possess both the motivation and ability to do so. The third hypothesis suggests that once a person thinks deeply about the message received, the content becomes the most important part.
A specific model to break down these series of complex hypotheses can help better understand the process. If the persuasive communication is present, what is the motivation to process the information? This can be based on personal relevance, and need for cognition. Is there an ability to process that information, if yes, then is it in an understandable language? Is it in an environment without distraction? Then there is the nature of cognitive processing (favorable, unfavorable, or neutral thought predomination) and considerations for cognitive structure changes (adopting and storing new cognition in memory), which leads to a central route towards persuasion. It can be either a positive or negative attitude. Combining all of it together, it leads to peripheral cues, which are the factors that exist outside of the message that encourage us to make an attitude change.
"As the researchers became more interested in the heuristics phenomenon, they wanted to find every single heuristic device that influence us to make a decision," said Dr. Jones. At first starting from a list of twelve items, later evolving to over a hundred items. A researcher, and a Professor of Psychology and Marketing at Arizona State University, Robert Cialdini, in his book, Influence: Science and Persuasion narrowed the devices to six main heuristic items that can influence our decisions, when we are not being influenced by the content of a message. Firstly, there is reciprocation, which means "if I do something for you, then you do something for me." Secondly, commitment and consistency. Commitment and consistency mean being consistent with decision making. The third item is social proof and it means that people do what others do around them. The next item is liking, and it is simply doing something for someone you like. The fifth is authority. For example, if a person wears a uniform, the other person is likely to respect the authority and comply with their requests. Last, is scarcity. Scarcity advocates for rarity. The more rare something is, the more valuable we perceive it to be. "We are more likely to be swayed or influenced by scarce resources," commented Professor Jones.
Thinking about the compliance techniques and how modern society should seek and resist compliance can be looked at within the framework of persuasion. Using the primary heuristic devices, we can try and identify exposure to them in today's world. "Have some coffee or sweets!" is a simple, yet great example of reciprocation. It is not necessarily to influence in a broader sense, but rather to create a favorable disposition. Did you register for a certain event, or a lecture to attend? This is an act of commitment and consistency, that also leads to social proof. Who do you know at this event or lecture? When it comes to the liking factor, this technique is perfectly utilized in the digital, social-network-mediated world. People ask to like their page, to like the account, and with that it puts people in a positive frame of mind. Lastly, authority and scarcity. Authority can be as simple as a person's title we refer to, and scarcity is, for example, that the participation to the event or lecture lasts for one day only, meaning that it will end. "It's not to say that these devices remove your ability to make a decision. These things are not about the message or the content, but about the influence of your decision," reflects Jones.
Analyzing persuasion techniques, seeking and resisting compliance are a few of the most important matters to understand in communication. From email scams to discount schemes, from children's birthdays, to baby showers. Humans are constantly bombarded with persuasive appeals. It is possible to resist these compliance requests, but it is highly important to always ask questions and be aware. What is the message? On what motivational grounds? The ability to process the message and based on the content of the message, you decide, whether to comply with it or not. The heuristic cues play a big part as fundamental principles in understanding persuasion, and evaluation of communication. "My encouragement is to process the messages that you receive and think deeply about the content. These heuristic devices are all things that happen when you're not paying attention to the content of a message. Think deeply, process using your brain's power to understand what is given and distinguish what message comes through your ears," concluded Dr. Jones.


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Three Incredible Guitarists Play Dire Straits' "Sultans of Swing"
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Simply put, this professionally shot video—which was posted to YouTube about three years ago—shows three guitar masters at work.
It's an incredible—and purely instrumental—performance of Dire Straits' "Sultans of Swing" by Tommy Emmanuel (right), John Jorgenson (standing) and Pedro Javier González. They're backed by Roger Blavia on percussion and Toni Terré on bass.
The clip was directed by Maurizio Ongaro.
As (hopefully) you all know by now, Emmanuel, the Australian acoustic master, has been gracing the pages of Guitar World lately with his "Emmanuel Dexterity" lesson column. You can check out a recent lesson (with full text and video) right here. He released his latest studio album, It's Never Too Late, in 2015.
Jorgenson is best known for his work with Chris Hillman's Desert Rose Band and, of course, the Hellecasters. He has played with everyone from the Byrds to Bob Dylan, Bob Seger, Johnny Cash, the Monkees' Michael Nesmith and Bonnie Raitt.
Pedro Javier González is a Spanish flamenco, jazz and classical guitarist, composer and producer. He has crossed paths with a wide range of artists, from B.B. King to Paco de Lucia—which is worth noting, since this performance captures something of the vibe of Friday Night in San Francisco, a well-known live album by De Lucia, Al Di Meola and John McLaughlin.
" 'Sultans of Swing' was originally written on a National Steel guitar in an open tuning, though I never performed it that way," Dire Straits' Mark Knopfler told Guitar World a few years ago. "I thought it was dull, but as soon as I bought my first Strat in 1977, the whole thing changed, though the lyrics remained the same. It just came alive as soon as I played it on that '61 Strat—which remained my main guitar for many years and was basically the only thing I played on the first album—and the new chord changes just presented themselves and fell into place.
"It's really a good example of how the music you make is shaped by what you play it on, and is a lesson for young players. If you feel that you're not getting enough out of a song, change the instrument—go from an acoustic to an electric or vice versa, or try an open tuning. Do something to shake it up."
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