I've got some spreads and early sketches/images this morning from Caldecott Honor winner Margaret Chodos-Irvine (pictured left is one early sketch), whose printmaking work has graced many a picture book. I'm always eager to see her new illustrated titles. This one, Dinosaur Thunder (Scholastic), written by Newbery Honor author Marion Dane Bauer, will be out in May, but I saw an early copy and fell for it.
Dinosaur Thunder is the story of Brannon and his imaginative reactions to thunder. "When lightning flares in the faraway sky and clouds growl like lions waking…" Well, this young boy's big brother Chad does a happy jig in the middle of the room—thunder just does that to some people—but Brannon is scared and looks for a place to hide. He gets various responses from the adults in the house about what thunder really is, and as adults are wont to do sometimes, they confuse him. "Don't be scared … That thunder is only a big cat purring," says his father. But, you see, the neighbor's cat once tried to scratch Brannon, and his imagination runs wild.
Or could the thunder be angels bowling in heaven? Or clouds bumping together? ("What if a cloud bumped into him? Would he make a noise like thunder, too?") Or, says Chad, thunder is just dinosaurs stomping around.
Margaret's here to share a few process shots.
Leave it to mama in the end to tell the boys the truth (and fold them into her arms): It's only thunder. And all's well that ends well, but I won't give away the entire story here.
It's a well-crafted book all-around. Here are some early sketches and character studies from Margaret, and I thank her for sharing.
Illustrations copyright © 2012 by Margaret Chodos-Irvine from DINOSAUR THUNDER by Marion Dane Bauer.
OH! I LOVE that print of angels bowling! What an adorable book. LOVE that artwork.
I have ALWAYS wondered about her printmaking process, thanks for the peek Margaret and Jules!
I like seeing how the line drawings are transformed in the prints – they lose a lot of the detail but keep the energy. The images get concentrated and the simplicity makes them stronger.
I love Chodos-Irvine's art. Ella Sarah Gets Dressed and Best, Best Friends are, in particular, two of my very favorite storytime books. This one looks like it will be great, too.
Love her work. Thanks for sharing these sketches and a glimpse of Margaret's studio. What a treat!


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Pranks, Stunts and Hoaxes, Oh My!
The end of March is near, and the beginning of April is upon us … this first full month of spring brings not just April showers, but also the time-honored favorite day of pranksters worldwide, April Fool's Day. As we prepare to get punked by friends, loved ones and colleagues alike in a mere matter of days, we've taken some time to reflect on several of the most memorable April 1st hoaxes pulled by well-known global corporations. Stunts such as these are undoubtedly controversial, and always spark heated water cooler conversation – are they brilliant schemes that result in scads of free publicity, or are they silly stunts that are often in poor taste whose results never match the hype? We'll leave that for you to decide – read on!
While the below examples were successful real world stunts—today's media savvy companies know that well executed ideas are perfect fodder for viral video and other social media platforms. Getting traditional media play is often a secondary goal after drawing thousands of online viewers who will ultimately enjoy and share the video, photos, and in the process build brand recognition unachievable through most traditional mediums.
Taking it to another level, some companies experience successful ties between viral video and existing ad campaigns, such as the Geico's recent connection to the infamous "Numa Numa" dance.
Here are some of the best pranks pre-Web 2.0…… what can we expect to see this year?
On April 1, 1996 the Taco Bell Corporation announced via six major newspaper ads and a press release that the company had bought the Liberty Bell and was renaming it the Taco Liberty Bell. The announcement generated a huge response, as both Taco Bell HQ and the National Historic Park in Philadelphia (home of the bell) received thousands of phone calls from concerned citizens. Taco Bell issued a second press release at noon on April 1st to reveal that it was an April Fool's joke. The stunt resulted in millions of dollars in free publicity for Taco Bell; their advertising firm Paine & Associates announced that "more than 650 print outlets and 400 broadcast outlets covered the Taco Liberty Bell story, featuring mentions of the "Nothing Ordinary About It" ad campaign. But let's look at the bottom line: according to Taco Bell's marketing department, their sales spiked upwards by over half-a-million dollars during the week of April 1st, compared to the week before.
On March 31, 1998, Burger King issued a press release announcing the introduction of the left-handed whopper, followed by a full-page ad in USA Today on April 1st. The new left-handed Whopper included the same ingredients as the original Whopper, except all of the condiments were rotated 180 degrees, to better suit the 32 million lefties in the U.S. On April 2nd the company issued a second release revealing the hoax, while also noting that thousands of customers had gone into restaurants to request the new sandwich, while many others requested the "right-hand version" as well.


Recently I listened to a podcast from Java Pub House posted on 7th of January 2017 where Freddy Guime and Bob Hollin talk about Apache Camel.
Episode 62. Hm, what's the best to travel this holiday? on Apache CAMEL, of course!
Freddy is new to Apache Camel, and Bob an experience user. I enjoyed listening to the podcast where they talk about what Camel is, where you can use Camel, and where you should not use Camel etc.
Freddy is good at asking all the right questions which new users would have, and together they are great at coming to good answers.
Bob also shares from his wisdom and experience with using Camel. So you get all the good, bad and ugly of Camel from real war stories.
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Gov. Eric Holcomb offered free metal detectors to any district in the state last summer. New Albany Floyd County Schools accepted the offer and received the new equipment last month.
Every public school in New Albany, Ind., now has metal detectors, one metal detector wand per 250 students.
"We don't want to feel like a prison," NAFCS Superintendent Dr. Brad Snyder told WDRB. "We don't want to become militaristic, but we want people to know that we're serious about school safety."
According to Snyder, schools haven't yet used the wands but will likely start using them sometime this semester.
"We're anxious to see what happens," Snyder said.
Snyder said one of the challenges with the wands is handling the variety of opinions about their use.
"I get email from citizens who really, really want us using this instrument on their children and on their grandchildren. They're for us wanding students," Snyder said. "At the same time, I have a number of emails from people who are concerned about the over-policing of the schools and due process and invasion of privacy."
All 60 school administrators were trained on using the wands by local law enforcement. Those administrators are able to use them at their discretion, and school policy allows them to search students for reasonable suspicion or at random.
"Like a lottery type of thing," Snyder said. "Or every sixth student who gets off the bus or every tenth student who walks through the door."
Snyder said it's too early to tell whether the wands truly make schools more secure.
"It's better to have the tool than not have the tool, but until the tool proves itself across time, I really can't answer that question," he said.
He said the best way parents and students can help keep schools safe is to report anything suspicious to police and administrators.


A pleasure craft licence can be the best kind of licence. Basically, it's a licence to have fun. You can take your friends or family out for a day or night on Canada's wonderful waters. You can lie out in the sun and then gaze up at the stars. Go for a swim, go skiing, fish, or do anything you want to. At our site, we can help you get a pleasure craft licence in Ontario or anywhere else in Canada. In this blog, we'll cover who needs such a licence, why they would need it, and how we can help you to be in compliance with the law.
A pleasure craft licence can come in more handy than you might think. At first glance, it may just seem like something that you have to pay to the government, one more kind of tax bill. However, it can genuinely save your life. Certainly, it has saved lives before. See, this licence serves as a kind of identification for every vessel. Should your vessel ever go missing and you are in need of rescue, personnel can use this info to pinpoint your location and save you. In an emergency, it can be good to know that someone's looking out for you.
Do you have a Pleasure Craft?
Sure, you like using your boat, but does it qualify as a "pleasure craft?" A good way to tell is: do you charge people to be on your boat? If you don't, then it's probably a pleasure craft. If you don't make others pay you money for a service, then yours is, in all likelihood, a pleasure craft. A pleasure craft is the family boat, the one that you take out for something to do, or just to have a good time. Many people who just use their boat in the course of their daily living have a pleasure craft.
Some pleasure craft don't need a pleasure craft licence. For example, that would be pleasure craft that already have vessel registration. Yes, should your vessel require vessel registration, you can get that service through our website as well. Additionally, you don't need to get a pleasure craft licence if your pleasure craft has a motor that's less than 10 horsepower. As that's such a small vessel, it doesn't make much sense to force someone to get this licence.
Perhaps you just bought your pleasure craft. You're so excited to use your new boat, you get out on the water, you're having the time of your life… and you realize that you forgot to get the pleasure craft licence. No worries! When you first buy a pleasure craft, you have a grace period. If you bought your pleasure craft less than 90 days previously, you don't have to have your pleasure craft licence yet. So, you can apply for it as soon as you get in. That grace period lets you adjust to your boat.
Of course, once you get your licence, you have to keep it with you. In fact, it has to be on board the vessel at all times. Where your boat goes, the pleasure craft licence should, too. This may sound a bit harsh or intimidating, but it doesn't have to be. Just leave your pleasure craft licence in a secure spot on the boat. That way, you'll never have to worry about being without it should you be stopped by the proper authorities.
On top of that, you will have to put the numbers of your pleasure craft licence on the bow of your vessel. Think of this like the vessel's licence plate. Just as you wouldn't want to drive a vehicle without a licence plate, you wouldn't want to be behind the wheel of a boat without these numbers on the bow. You'll want to make sure that the numbers are at least three inches high, they have to be seen. You also have to make sure that the color of the numbers contrasts the color of the bow. If the bow is red, for example, the numbers can't be red, too. You have to have numbers that stand out.
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May 9, 2019, 02:30pm EDT
Elite Russian Hackers Claim To Have Breached Three Major U.S. Antivirus Makers
School Lunch Business Rivalry Leads To Hacking Charges
Apr 30, 2019, 01:00pm EDT
Cybercriminals Steal $1.75 Million From An Ohio Church
Ransomware Hits Yet Another U.S. Airport
A Free Wi-Fi Finder App Exposed Passwords To Millions Of Networks
Apr 19, 2019, 10:30am EDT
A Ransomware Attack Knocked The Weather Channel Off The Air
A Dangerous Flaw In Popular Ad Blockers Put 100 Million Users At Risk
Even Student Council Elections Are Being Hacked Now
Apr 8, 2019, 04:15pm EDT
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A Hacker Sold U.S. Military Drone Documents On The Dark Web For Just $200
Thomas Brewster
Forbes Staff
Associate editor at Forbes, covering cybercrime, privacy, security and surveillance.
Manuals on Reaper drones and details on how to defeat improvised explosive devices were leaked and... [+] it appears military personnel were hacked, according to cybersecurity researchers. (Photo by Isaac Brekken/Getty Images)
The dark web drug trade might have depleted in recent months, but all manner of other black market trades continue to thrive in the underbelly of the internet. On Wednesday, researchers at cybercrime tracker Recorded Future reported that a hacker was trying to flog documents about the Reaper drone used across federal government agencies for between $150 and $200. It appeared they'd successfully hacked into at least two computers belonging to U.S. military personnel and the theft could have a significant impact on American campaigns abroad, Recorded Future warned.
The company spoke directly with the hacker, learning the documents had been obtained by using a previously-disclosed vulnerability in Netgear routers. Using the Shodan search engine, the attacker found a large number of vulnerable devices and was able to retrieve a number of documents by targeting all of them, Recorded Future reported, having spoken with the doc dealer directly.
Through this scattershot approach, the hacker obtained access to the computer of a captain at a Reaper station at the Creech Air Force Base in Nevada. They then stole Reaper maintenance course books and a list of airmen assigned to controlling the drone. Such texts aren't classified but could be used "to assess technical capabilities and weaknesses in one of the most technologically advanced aircrafts," Recorded Future said.
More documents were later put up for sale from the same hacker, including more than a dozen training manuals describing how to defeat improvised explosive devices, how to operate an M1 Abrams tank and a file on tank platoon tactics. Though Recorded Future couldn't elicit the source of those docs from the hacker, the company said it appeared the files had been taken from a U.S. Army staffer.
Recorded Future researcher Andrei Bareseyvich said that whilst the stolen documents weren't classified, they were still highly sensitive. "The same docs on defeating IEDs could've been sold to terrorist groups around the world and now they'd be able to learn how to trick the U.S. Army and to learn what methods what they use," he told Forbes.
The theft was reported to DHS in mid-June, Bareseyvich said. He claimed the agency "considered this very alarming," but didn't know the state of the government's investigation into the matter. The DHS declined to comment, referring Forbes to the Pentagon.
A Department of Defense spokesperson said: "We will not comment on documents that were allegedly stolen, and cannot verify."
Lax military security
Of real concern to Bareseyvich was the apparent lack of security on military personnel computers, which had apparently been left open on the web, allowing any attacker easy access.
"We know it was super easy to accomplish," said Bareseyvich. "It begs another question if they were using personal computers to access sensitive military documents, well maybe this is a bigger problem." He pointed to recent leaks from staff at the NSA, whether back when Edward Snowden walked out with a massive data cache or the more recent theft of cyberweapons by the so-called Shadow Brokers. The CIA has had its problems with leaks of sensitive code in recent months too, when Wikileaks obtained a batch of files describing its digital arsenal.
"Maybe government agencies should start looking into their own policies," Bareseyvich added. "Right now it seems to be a bigger problem than we had anticipated."
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Many financial aid awards include work study. Typically work study is awarded in a dollar amount per academic term, for example $1,000 per quarter. Which leaves a lot of people wondering what it means and how you get it.
First and foremost, work study falls under the "self-help" category of financial aid: it's a job that the student needs to get. These jobs may be on-campus or off-campus and are required to pay at least minimum wage; the main commonality is that they're subsidized by the Department of Education or, in some cases, the state.
Second, being offered work study is not the same as being offered a job. The student will still have to find a work study job on campus. Depending on the school, that may be easy or difficult. Every school handles work study differently, so it's up to the student to learn what they need to do to land a work study job.
Work study is also capped at the dollar amount offered. Let's say you have $1,000 per quarter in work study and you find a work study job paying $12 per hour. If you work 10 hours per week, you will have used up your work study after just over eight weeks. (That's not bad considering that what happens after eight weeks is largely papers and finals.) But students needing to earn more than their work study allowance might need to find another job, or at least find out from their employer if they can continue working there for pay once their work study allowance has been earned.
If this sounds like extra hassle for the same benefits as a regular job, here's a reason why you might want to pursue a work study job first: Work study earnings are subtracted from the student's income on the FAFSA, so they will not reduce future financial aid. With many states' minimum wages exceeding $10 per hour, a student who works 10 hours per week during the school year and full-time during the summer could easily exceed the FAFSA's student income protection allowance (currently $6,660). And every dollar of income above that threshold increases the student's EFC by 50 cents.


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4th SSM & EBF Boardroom Dialogue
Thursday 7 March, Frankfurt
ECB Supervision Chair Andrea Enria addresses representatives of leading European banks
FRANKFURT, 07 March 2019 – The European Banking Federation hosted the fourth SSM & EBF Boardroom Dialogue in Frankfurt today, bringing together industry supervisors at the European Central Bank with more than a hundred senior representatives of leading European banks.
The SSM-EBF Boardroom Dialogue was created to facilitate direct discussions between industry and supervisors in 2015, shortly after the European Central Bank launched the Single Supervisory Mechanism that manages the supervision of the 119 largest banks in the Eurozone.
Opening this year's meeting, Wim Mijs, Chief Executive Officer of the EBF, said that banks have continued to adapt themselves to the new banking landscape during the last four years, while
Andrea Enria, the new Chair of the ECB's Supervisory Board, with Wim Mijs, Chief Executive Officer of the EBF. Photo: EBF
embracing the many other challenges that banks face.
"Not only financial stability is an objective of today's banking sector, but also understanding rapidly changing customer preferences, adapting to the challenge of digital transformation and doing all this in a low-interest rate environment. These are significant challenges for the banking system in the next years to secure their primary role as providers of funding to the economy," said Mr. Mijs.
CLICK HERE to read Mr Mijs' intervention.
Making one of his first public appearances since his appointment at the beginning of this year, ECB's Supervisory Board Chair Andrea Enria said that transparency – both for the ECB and for banks – has become a key issue.
"As supervisors we must be more transparent and explain our decisions not only to banks, but also to investors and the public. This is crucial in a world where investors may get bailed in and where supervisors want to rely more on judgment," Mr. Enria said.
"We are confronted with requests for radical change, often fuelled by discontent. People have been losing faith in the idea that the European project can make their lives better. I believe that it does make our lives better – from fundamental values such as lasting peace to small conveniences such as the ban on roaming charges; from exciting adventures such as the EU Space Programme to more sober endeavours such as European banking supervision."
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The Selfie Stick-It Sticks It to the Selfie Stick with Cool New Product
By Kehl Bayern / March 11, 2018
Love them or hate them, the selfie stick is here to stay.
You can't even go to a popular tourist location anymore without spotting the ubiquitous camera accessory, arguably one of the most successful of all time in terms of units sold. Indeed, it's a trend that turned into a ritual – in other words, the selfie stick is likely to be with us for quite some time.
With a history predating smartphones but immediately associated with the rise of that phenomenon, selfie sticks draw ire and derision from most everyone but are somehow still a prominent fixture on the smartphone photography landscape.
Image via Selfie Stick-It.
But let's face it – while its popularity hasn't waned, the last major innovation for the selfie stick was the ability to click and time your shutter using controls in the handle. In other words, the selfie stick segment is in dire need of disruption, and that's exactly what the Selfie Stick-It offers consumers.
The Selfie Stick-It is a derivative of the eponymous product but also a huge leap forward in discretion and adaptability. Unlike the traditional selfie stick which relies upon a handle and extendable stick, the Selfie Stick-It will instead adhere to almost any surface and is controlled via a wireless handheld remote so you can snap pictures from all kinds of different angles as long as there is an adhesive surface.
That's actually pretty cool, and the Canada-based company of the same name hopes you'll agree. In a cheeky infomercial-style television advertisement, Selfie Stick-It shows all the various ways you can use their new device as well as some of the advantages it has over the traditional selfie stick. At $USD 20, it's a really well-priced gadget for what it does.
Really, though, for many people that advantage is quite obvious – it's not exactly a selfie stick.
You can check out the Selfie Stick-It on the company website here.
Kehl is our staff photography news writer and has over a decade of experience in online media and publishing and you can get to know him better here
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the bluetooth thing actually costs $2 on aliexpress…


My PE's always start from the rear of the pet. First, I feel pulses inside the rear legs to evaluate their strength and rhythm, and to see if they're equal on both sides. Next, I feel lymph nodes behind the knees, which are present and palpable in their normal state in both dogs and cats.
I run my hands up and down both rear legs to see how well muscled the pet is, and to feel for things like thickened joints that might indicate arthritis or some other sort of joint malady. During this part I also feel the knee caps on both sides to make sure they're in the correct position. Displaced kneecaps are a very common finding in many small dog breeds. It's a very rare finding in cats.
Next I go up to the abdomen and do a thorough palpation there. In most pets I can feel the liver, spleen, intestines, kidneys and bladder. In intact females I can also sometimes feel the uterus if she is either pregnant or has a uterine infection, called a pyometra.
In male animals I'll also palpate the scrotum to make sure both testicles have descended correctly, and to make sure there are no abnormal lumps in either testicle. On both sexes I'll also check for hernias – either umbilical (at the belly button) or inguinal (in the groin). And in females I'll palpate both mammary gland chains for abnormal lumps and bumps. And in all pets there are lymph nodes in the groin that cannot be felt in their normal state, but which are often palpable if enlarged. So that is also checked at this time.
Next I move up to the chest and listen to the heart and lungs. The normal heartbeat that can be heard through a stethoscope is produced from the heart valves slamming shut. There are four heart valves, and as the heart beats their opening and closing produces the typical lub-dup, lub-dup of the normal heart beat.
The four different valves can be ausculted (listened to) separately. We listen to three of the heart valves on the left side of the chest, in three different locations. The fourth valve is heard on the right side. I listen to these heart sounds to try to hear either murmurs or arrhythmias.
After evaluating the heart I listen to the lungs. Essentially the lungs are broken down into four quadrants on each side. If the pet has abnormal sounds in the lungs we definitely want to know whether it's generalized throughout the chest, or whether it's localized to one or more quadrants. If there are abnormal heart sounds I always try to characterize them as to whether they're moist or dry, whether they're constant or changing, and whether they occur on inspiration, expiration, or both.
Moving forward I feel lymph nodes in front of the shoulder blades, underneath the front legs, and under the jaw. I then evaluate the eyes, ears, and nose, and – in nice animals – the throat. The ears are examined with an otoscope, and the eyes are checked with an ophthalmoscope if there are any indications of ocular problems. When I look in the mouth I'm looking at the condition of the teeth, as well as the color of the gums. All healthy animals should have nice, pink gums that turn white when pressed, but refill to pink in less than two seconds.
Lastly, I examine the skin and coat and make sure that there are no signs of skin issues or excessive chewing or scratching. And throughout the entire PE I'm constantly running my hands along the animal's body to feel for any lumps and bumps that need to be identified and checked. There are many more specifics to the PE than I'm able to outline fully here. However, this gives you an idea of the things I'm looking for in the PE and how I approach the case.
Finally, once the history is taken and a thorough physical exam performed, I can start to get a picture of the overall case. In many cases this is all I need to make a diagnosis in the case and lay out a proper course of action. In those cases in which a diagnosis is not immediately obvious, the thorough history and PE allow me to more accurately tailor my recommendations for testing to help save time and money from doing tests that weren't ultimately necessary.


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In casting, the entrance hole and main channel in the wall of a mould through which the liquid material (bronze or other metal) is poured; it is joined to the model by smaller channels called gates. The waste material formed by the channel is also called sprue and is cut away after the investment material is removed, as the first step of cleaning up a cast metal sculpture.

In lost-wax casting, a channel through which molten metal can enter a mold (runners) and air and gas can escape (risers). This term applies to the wax rods attached to the wax model that result in the formation of these channels, and for the rods of metal that may be cast within channels once metal is put into the mold. In some regions, to attach the wax rods is called spruing, in others it is called rodding.Pictured here is a group of toy soldiers as they came from the mold in which they were cast. You may remember getting plastic toys in pieces, in the manner of these tiny soldiers (American, General Custer and His Troops). If so, you'll probably also recall removing the desired molded parts from the sprues that preserved the path through which liquid plastic reached the mold for each toy part. Here the sprue is the horizontal spine with a little tributary for each piece.


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IBM results show slow transition to new business model
Cognitive is one of the cornerstones of IBM's 'strategic imperatives', yet building out a portfolio of products and services will take time, IBM's CFO admits
Published: 19 Jul 2017 13:30
IBM has posted second quarter sales of $19.3bn, down 4.7% from the $20.2bn it reported in the second quarter of 2016.
In the company's latest fiscal results, IBM reported revenue of $4.6bn in its cognitive solutions business, which includes solutions software and transaction processing software, down 2.5% for the same period last year.
Its global business services division, which includes consulting, global process services and application management, reported revenues of $4.1bn, down 3.7%.
IBM's technology services and cloud platforms business, which includes infrastructure services, technical support services and integration software, reported revenues of $8.4bn, down 5.1%.
Systems, including systems hardware and operating systems software, reported revenues of $1.7bn, down 10.4%.
According to IBM, its so-called "strategic imperatives" grew 8%, led by the cloud and mobile practices. This was largely driven by its hybrid cloud services business, which IBM stated grew 20%.
In January 2017, the company said the move to these strategic imperatives, which include the likes of Watson, cognitive services and emerging technologies such as blockchain, accounted for 40% for earnings in 2016.
"In the second quarter, we strengthened our position as the enterprise cloud leader and added more of the world's leading companies to the IBM Cloud," said Ginni Rometty, IBM chairman, president and CEO.
She said the company had strengthened its position with its Watson offerings and had worked on supported emerging technologies such as blockchain. Specifically, Rometty highlighted the new IBM z14 mainframe, which she said reinvents the mainframe by enabling clients to encrypt all data, all the time.
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IBM's Watson cognitive, artificial intelligence technology and its cloud strategy are overtaking core product areas in terms of revenue.
IBM is poised to leap forward in cybersecurity with a refreshed z Systems mainframe built to handle pervasive encryption.
As Computer Weekly has previously reported, IBM claims the new system is capable of encrypting data 18 times faster than x86 platforms, at 5% of the cost.
In a transcript on the earnings call posted on the Seeking Alpha financial website, Martin Schroeter, senior vice-president and chief financial officer at IBM, said: "Cognitive is a big business. It has a smaller impact. We see growth as a service portfolio, but it's going to take time to build that portfolio."
Commenting on the opportunities in IBM's global business services division, Schroeter said: "On GBS, the word I'd give you is the transition. The signings in consulting are good. We're engaging with our clients on digital offering.
"The application management business is a fairly stable business and, yes, we're helping our clients move those into clouds. We're helping them 'contemporise' the way those applications work, but that's not a big growth engine, it is kind of a very stable base," he said.
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Palitana, a major pilgrimage centre for Jains, is located in the Bhavnagar district of Gujarat.
There are around 1300 Jain temples on the Shatrunjaya hills, which are located around 2000 ft above the Palitana city. Each temple is an exquisitely carved marble wonder. The main temple on top of the hill is dedicated to the first Teerthankar - Lord Adinath.
Apart from the temples on the Shatrunjaya Hills, there are hundreds of other temples in Palitana. The whole city is full of temples each one a marvel in itself. The carvings are intricate and the work never ceases. The temples are constantly being renovated.
The climb up the Shatrunjaya hills takes you through around 4000 steps - a demanding 3.5 km uphill climb. Much of the pathway is sans any shelter or shade and the higher one climbs - the hotter it gets. That is the reason why most of the pilgrims begin the climb very early in the morning (around 4:00am) so that they reach the top by 8 am.
The climb up is tough but because of its sacredness, every pious Jain aspires and does climb to the top of the mountain at least once.
For those who are unable to climb the mountain, sling-chairs are available. Porters are also available to carry little kids. Mules also are available to carry luggage. Be careful as to where you keep your feet while on the mountain path. It might be slippery due to various reasons.
If you are interested in architecture one day is not enough to look and soak in the beauty of these temples.
It took us around three hours to complete the climb. On the way there are shelters built at every few hundred steps distance. Drinking water is available at these places. The view from the top is amazing.
We spent around 4 hours looking at the temples and the architecture. The climb down was also strenuous. Hard on the knees. You should see the Jain Sadhvis climbing and descending the hill. They are so quick. Amazing.
The 108 Samvasaran Jain temple in Palitana has 108 idols and sculptures. A must visit.
The nearest airport is around 51 kms away from Palitana at Bhavnagar – but there may not be connecting flights to major cities from here. Ahmedabad a little farther away has an international airport.
Palitana is connected to Bhavnagar with a railway line.
Frequent buses are available from Bhavnagar and Ahmedabad to Palitana.
There are innumerable Dharmashalas, guesthouses, hotels in Palitana suiting every budget. Most of the Dharmashalas provide masseur services as the climb can be quite taxing for some.
Lots of hotels around serving Punjabi and Gujarati meals. There are lots of Chat Bhandars too.
Hi, Thanks for the good information.


When the vocal folds swell they will cease to create a seal when coming together and you will hear a rasping sound as your voice becomes hoarse. This may occur through improper voice use when speaking or singing. If this symptom persists over a long period of time, you would be wise to assume that some vocal damage has occurred. You should rest your voice and seek professional advice.
For a comprehensive list of Ear, Nose and Throat Clinics visit www.britishvoiceassociation.org.uk or the equivalent in your home country.
Learning how to practice the essentials in the right way, can improve your vocal health and stamina beyond recognition, and prevent hoarseness and other unwanted signs of vocal strain.
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Charlotte Galloway - 07 Nov, 2015
The end of censorship and elections have seen the flourishing of artistic expression in Myanmar. But there are still risks.
Over the last month visual art in Myanmar has taken on a singular colour palate – and it's all red. This may bypass many observers, even though it represents yet another major change in Myanmar that has happened over the last two years.
Prior to the 2013 reform of censorship laws, all works proposed for public exhibition were vetted by government censors. Works would be rejected for random reasons, there was little consistency, and there was no avenue for appeal.
While never explicitly said, red (along with black and white) in a painting would always attract the censor's close scrutiny. No matter that it might be used as a realistic depiction of an object, red was seen as a symbol of subversive thought.
Was the artist commenting on the civil bloodshed that continued to occur? Was it referencing the National League for Democracy and Aung San Suu Kyi? Was it simply seen as a colour that represented a destabilising force and therefore threatened Government control?
Quite frankly, who knows and does it really matter right now? What does matter is that artists across all areas of creative practice – visual artists, writers, poets, performers – have been subject to harsh and punitive treatment for expressing populist thought in a singular and public voice.
After the 1988 elections, artists were quickly arrested, their professional outputs being seen as very public symbols of dissent. In the ensuing decades public art was severely censored. For any of us venturing into a gallery in Yangon, the artworks on display were all 'safe' subjects – images of temples, scenes of daily life, experimental abstracted works – and there was very little red.
The 2013 reforms gave artists greater public freedom under law. Yet movement into this new untested realm of 'non-censored' art has been tentative. It has of course been much more than about legislation, it has been about trust – trust in systems that had for many years failed to deliver consistent outcomes.
An artist wishing to make a living out of selling works to a market that was essentially made up of Western buyers had to display their work in public spaces to be visible. This made them subject to the censor scrutiny. Artists were faced with difficult choices – paint acceptable subjects, or risk the removal or destruction of their works, or at worst, imprisonment.
This is not to say all artworks produced were banal. Indeed, we can read many subtle signs of political commentary and nuances in imagery which references social and political concerns, just as we see in contemporary art worldwide. And of course, artists did not stop producing political art, the works were just not displayed in public.
An exhibition held in Hong Kong in 2014, 'Banned in Burma; Painting under censorship', organised by Professor Ian Holliday and Melissa Carlson, showcased paintings artists created prior to 2013 that would never have passed the censor's review.
One of the works in Aung Soe Min's 'Crisis in Buddhism' series.
Looking at the last two years, the public display of art has been on a slow boil, with artists and gallery owners gaining confidence in pushing the old boundaries. For me, the artworks I've seen over this time have been steadily getting more hard edged. Well-known artists like Htein Lin and Aung Soe Min have embarked on projects that have direct political references.
Htein Lin's recent project 'Show of Hands' was a display of 400 casts of hands and forearms from former political prisoners living in Myanmar, and Aung Soe Min exhibited a series called 'Crisis of Buddhism' early this year with large scale canvases of red, black and white showing disintegrating monks. The success of exhibitions like these seem to have pushed the slow boil to boiling point.
Now, on the threshold of Myanmar's election, it is extraordinary to see the type of artworks that are being displayed in the many art galleries in Yangon in the last few months. Images of Aung San and Aung San Su Kyi, previously 'no go' subjects, are everywhere. Red is seen all over canvases, often in an overt depiction of the NLD flag.
The use of social media has exploded and the reach of artistic production is unprecedented. Search for a Myanmar artist's Facebook page (most have them) and try finding one without political comment. However, there is still a sense of risk and uncertainty.
In Hong Kong, Carlson has curated another exhibition 'Burma by proxy: art at the Dawn of Democracy' showing works by around 50 artists who have overtly expressed their hopes and fears leading up to the election, on canvas. In Yangon there has not been a consolidated exhibition with the same uniting theme.
History has shown the power of artists in portraying popular opposition to unjust and unpopular governance. History has also shown the risks that artists take by putting themselves in the public eye, and the punishment that can be wrought. As the rhetoric and tension around this weekend's election heats up, the sense of risk is rising.
Whatever the outcome – let's keep the red on the canvas, as an emblem of artistic freedom.
Dr Charlotte Galloway is Lecturer in Asian Art History and Curatorial Studies at the Australian National University's College of Arts and Social Sciences.
This article forms part of New Mandala's 'Myanmar and the vote' series.
Moe Aung
7 November 2015 at 5:42 pm
The tried and tested Reds Under the Bed scare will immediately follow Islamophobia as the next strategy especially when things get heated up to a crisis point for the incumbent power as history has repeatedly shown the world over.


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Crypton's 'Who is Hatsune Miku?' Page Confirms English Hatsune Miku Release for Summer 2013 – UPDATED
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Click to see image of the original page before the 3/11/2013 update.
Updated 3/11/2013: It looks like someone at Crypton may have leaked the information too soon. The page has been altered to remove a lot of the new information, including the new release date. The Japanese blog bunkaextend managed to catch the quote. Hightrancesea from Vocaloidism also captured a screenshot of the page before the removal.
During the recent visit to Singapore by Crypton's CEO, Hiroyuki Itoh, there was some slightly confusing and conflicting information regarding the release schedule for Hatsune Miku's English voice bank release. The information slide shown during his presentation said Spring 2013, while Danny Choo's translation of Itoh's words were "Summer 2013".
The words spoken by Itoh are now confirmed with Crypton's recent update to their 'Who is Hatsune Miku?' information page, the first major update since early 2011. The page now has fresh new facts and information on the popularity and achievements of Miku's software, and the success of marketing and live concert events. Also mentioned is the plans for a new Summer 2013 launch for Hatsune Miku's English voice bank, a bit later than the previously announced Spring 2013 launch at the 2012 New York Comic Con.
In a direct excerpt from the page: "We are proud to announce that Hatsune Miku English Version is to be released in summer 2013, and we are also planning collaborations with popular labels and artists. Wouldn't you also like to feature Hatsune Miku as your band's vocalist and discover new possibilities in the world of music?".
Other than the announcement by Itoh from his Singapore visit, Crypton has not yet made any public announcement of the new plans. I expect we will be hearing the new announcement very soon.
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I'm Giving Up My Coveted Warrior's Season Tickets
Oakland is changing. Rapidly. I suppose that places are always in some state of flux—people move in, raise their children, grow old, and then a new generation of people move in, and the process starts over again. The neighborhood I grew up in, for example, was once filled with kids. We ranged over the streets on our bikes and on foot, playing hide and seek in our neighbors' yards and dodgeball against the metal door to the reservoir. As we grew up, this same place gave way to empty nesters, some of whom moved away, as my parents did, some stayed. As people left, others took their place. They made changes to the houses and had children of their own, transforming the look and feel of the neighborhood I once called home.
As an educator, I have supported school communities to grapple with even larger-scale changes. Neighborhoods that were primarily one ethnic group transitioning to being mostly another. Areas that were low income slowly becoming more affluent. As I've worked in these communities, I've felt the tension there. For folks who are seeing their neighborhoods transform before their eyes, there can be confusion, anger, and suspicion. For the new people, the feelings can actually be the same. Unaware that their presence represents a change to what "home" feels like to some of their neighbors, they nonetheless sense the uneasiness and either pull inwards or unapologetically stretch out and take over. In our schools, the result can be a painful clash of interests and needs that challenge even our most talented leaders to navigate.
What's happening now, however, is unlike anything I have seen before. Oakland seems to be transforming overnight. Some of the changes have been gratifying. It has been wonderful to watch the desolate and blighted downtown area come to life again with art studios and restaurants. I love going to Friday nights at the Oakland Museum to eat dinner from food trucks and watch live music with a cross-section of people. And the Warriors! My Warriors! They're on fire!
Warrior's Ground has been in Oakland since the early 1970's. They've always had a fiercely loyal and passionate fan base, even during the more than forty years when they never won a Championship or even came close. In recent years, our arena has been sponsored by the tech company Oracle. Warriors fans are so passionate that Oracle has been re-dubbed Roaracle—we get loud! We're known throughout the league as being one of the most intimidating places for visiting teams to play.
I am one such loyal fan. The Warriors have been an integral part of my life since childhood. My dad and I watched the games together, usually from home and with constant interruptions from my sisters who wanted to watch nearly anything else. During a particularly painful period when I was in college, my dad splurged on a pair of floor seats for a game. While he didn't know how to talk with me about the pain I was in, he knew we could share a special outing to watch Chris Mullin, Tim Hardaway, and Latrell Sprewell do their thing. He was right. During the game, I was transported from my troubles and was awed by the sheer size of those men (they are so big up close) and as well as by their style of play.
As a season ticket holder now, I still think about that night every time I go to a game. While my dad has since passed away, I have often imagined the thrill he would get at watching the Warriors of today. Not only because they've won three championships in four years, but also because of the character, integrity, and pure sportsmanship of the team we have now.
The Warrior's resurgence as the premier team in the NBA has coincided with Oakland's rebirth as a town. The more each has improved, they have drawn increasingly positive attention from outsiders, and new people are streaming in—both into the arena and into our neighborhoods. Everyone wants a piece of the action! The demand has led to changes seemingly everywhere. For example, many parts of Broadway Avenue that were once desolate and empty are being transformed into condos and apartment high rises. Abandoned warehouses are now luxury live-work lofts. And, the Warriors are leaving Oracle to move across the bay to San Francisco and a brand-new arena.
While all of this growth is not a bad thing in concept, the changes are pushing out the people that made Oakland and Roaracle great. Housing prices in Oakland and the Bay Area are staggering, and rents are going up at an alarming rate. So, while Oakland has more housing units than ever before, it also has a critical homeless problem. A recent visit to the Bay Area by the United Nations' expert on housing identified San Francisco and Oakland as the only two United States cities that are a part of what she calls a 'global scandal.' She described our homeless encampments and their lack of access to bathrooms, fresh water, or sanitary conditions as cruel and inhumane.
Here's one of our most significant problems. As Oakland gentrifies, many of the people who have long called Oakland home can no longer afford to live here, but they have lives and jobs firmly attached to this town. For example, I have colleagues in my school district whose livelihoods are tied to a seniority-based salary scale and retirement plan. If they move somewhere else, they'd have to start over and work for lower wages and lose their accrued years towards retirement. This means that while they cannot afford to leave, they also cannot afford to stay. With nowhere else to go, they've moved onto the street.
Even for those of us fortunate to still have homes, the changes all around us can at best feel disorienting, at worst, distressing. The movie "Blindspotting" captures the complex range of emotions that many locals feel—Kwikway suddenly serving only vegan food, an Oakland native sharing an Oakland-based tattoo with a millennial newcomer, and so on. The movie artfully demonstrates the issues of race, class, and access to opportunity that polarize our community.
And, my Warriors. Last year, the priority waiting list for season tickets was over 40,000 long. It's a hot ticket. With the Warrior's move to San Francisco, ticket prices will be increasing. Season ticket holders must also pay a seat licensing fee that comes with a 30-year commitment. This seat license amounts to an interest-free loan on the part of season ticket holders to the millionaire owners of the Warriors and the arena. The lowest-price license is $4,000 per seat and it goes up much higher from there.
As with other parts of the rapid transformation of the Bay Area, the Warrior's move pushes out people like me whose season tickets are their one luxury that they sacrifice and save for. I get that I am privileged to be able to make such a sacrifice, as is everyone else who has tickets. Nonetheless, the licensing fee and increases in ticket prices will significantly change the look and feel of the fans coming to the new arena. Those of us on the fringe of this luxury will have to bow out while more affluent fans will step in. I don't begrudge the Warriors getting a new arena, they deserve it! I just wish that it could have been done in a way that allowed for the rich diversity of fans that currently fill the seats to continue. I cannot help but believe that games will feel significantly different next year.
Oakland's allure is a direct reflection of its history, diversity, and people. As the have's continue to pour in and squeeze out the have-lesses and have-not's, Oakland, like the Warrior's fans, will change. Ironically, these changes will impact the very culture and feel that drew everyone here in the first place. While change is already underway, I have to believe that there is still time to slow down and ensure that everyone can come along for the ride. For example, we can still put in place fair housing and mixed-income housing policies that would allow people of all economic backgrounds to stay. The Warriors can have a scholarship of sorts for long-time season ticket holders who cannot afford the seats but whose devotion to the team has earned them a place in the new arena. The Town can afford it. The owners can afford it. While Oakland and the Warriors can go on without pausing to bring everyone with them, I believe that they will lose a core part of what makes them unique if they do. In a time where our national economy and policies are advantaging the wealthiest among us, it's time for the Bay Area to embrace it's independent and community-centered roots and retain what makes it special--the people.
Megan Sweet
Career educator, lifelong student, meditation machine and single mama.


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Аласдер Гранвилл Дикинсон (; родился 11 сентября 1983 года в Данди) — шотландский профессиональный регбист, выступающий за «Эдинбург» и сборную Шотландии на позиции пропа.

Клубная карьера
До 2004 года Дикинсон выступал за любительские команды из Данди и Эдинбурга, пока в 2004 году не заключил со столичным клубом ученический контракт. В первом же сезоне регбист провёл 18 матчей и занёс попытку в игре Кубка Хейнекен против «Перпиньяна», за что заслужил свой первый профессиональный контракт. В 2007 году вместе с будущим партнёром по национальной сборной Аласдером Строкосчем был подписан в английский «Глостер».

В первом сезоне Дикинсону пришлось довольствоваться выходами на замену, однако в последующие два года спортсмен сумел отвоевать место в основном составе. Свою первую попытку за «Глостер» занёс только в декабре 2009 года в матче против «Бата». Осенью 2010 года спортсмен получил травму плеча, что впоследствии потребовало хирургического вмешательства и стоило Дикинсону места в основном составе. После завершения сезона 2010/11 регбист подписал контракт с «Сейл Шаркс», который помимо Аласдера пригласил на север Англии ещё двоих игроков шотландской сборной — Ричи Вернона и Фрейзера Маккензи; позже к ним присоединился Ричи Грей.

В начале сезона 2011/12 Аласдер вновь повредил плечо, оставшись без регби на несколько месяцев; в целом за год он сыграл лишь 9 матчей за клуб. В следующем году спортсмен окончательно восстановился после травмы и получил хорошие отзывы от спортивной прессы по результатам сезона 2012/13. Проведя в составе «Сейл Шаркс» 27 матчей за два года Дикинсон вернулся в родной клуб, весной 2013 года подписав с «Эдинбургом» однолетний контракт.

В Шотландии регбист быстро стал игроком основы и в конце 2015 года подписал новый трёхлетний контракт с клубом. В 2016 году игроку вновь помешала травма — Дикинсон серьёзно повредил бедро, на восстановление ушло более полугода. По словам главного тренера команды Дункана Ходжа, Аласдеру было очень тяжело набрать свою прежнюю форму.

Сборная Шотландии
Аласдер Дикинсон играл за сборный всех возрастов и принял участие в трёх молодёжных чемпионатах мира: U-19 в 2002 и U-21 в 2003 и 2004 годах, а в 2006 и 2007 годах провёл несколько матчей за Вторую сборную. Перед Чемпионатом мира 2007 был назван в числе 39 игроков расширенного состава, однако вместе с ещё девятью регбистами в заявку на турнир не попал. Однако из-за травмы основного пропа сборной Алана Якобсена в матче со сборной Португалии Аласдер получил шанс сыграть на своём первом чемпионате мира. Дикинсон дебютировал за «чертополохов» в матче группового этапа против «Олл Блэкс», встреча была проиграна со счётом 0:40.

В следующий раз за сборную Шотландии Аласдер сыграл только в марте 2008 года, выйдя на замену в победном матче Кубка шести наций против англичан (15:9). В следующем году Дикинсон вышел на поле во всех 5 матчах турнира, в трёх из них — в основном составе. В целом же регбист оставался преимущественно игроком замены, усиливая схватку во второй половине встречи. Первую попытку за «чертополохов» он занёс в матче со сборной Италии перед чемпионатом мира 2011 года. На мировом первенстве Дикинсон провёл три матча против сборных Румынии, Аргентины и Англии, во всех выйдя на замену.

Наиболее результативным для регбиста стал 2015 год, когда он выходил на поле практически в каждом матче и вместе с партнёрами по «Эдинбургу» Россом Фордом и Виллемом Петрусом Нелом образовал прочную связку в первой линии «чертополохов».

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Ссылки
 Профиль игрока на сайте «Эдинбурга».
 Профиль игрока на сайте Шотландского регбийного союза.

Регбисты Шотландии
Игроки РК «Эдинбург»
Игроки РК «Глостер»
Игроки РК «Мозли»
Игроки РК «Сейл Шаркс»
Игроки сборной Шотландии по регби
Регбийные тренеры Шотландии
Выпускники Эдинбургского университета Нейпира

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Get Ready- We Are Voting Again! But it's a Good Thing.
It's been a long time. Almost a year. At least CNA hasn't been around much, spreading their lies and hatred and bullying people for disagreeing with them. They lurk in the parking lot, stalking pro hospital RNs, especially the outspoken ones. One of our nurses recently had screws driven into all four of her tires. Same question as when someone left dried out dog (?) poop on the chair in my office. Really? You want to be associated with people who will do stuff like this?
If you have not heard yet- we are going to vote again. We don't yet have a date.
CNA: If you reinstate the two nurses who got terminated, we will withdraw our objections to the vote.
Our People: Heck no! They claimed to care about patient safety, and got caught red handed doing something that violates basic patient safety principles. Perhaps because they think they are so perfect they never make mistakes. Then they deny doing it. Then CNA says that they say "Well, we only did it it because everyone does it." Forget it. We are not about to reinstate them. We'll let our nurses vote again.
And we will vote again. Same group as last time. If you got challenged last time, expect to be challenged again.
WE WILL WIN AGAIN, by an even greater margin this time.


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When I was a kid, most Saturday and Sunday mornings meant homemade breakfast. My mom was always making something yummy for us to wake up to.
However, every once in awhile, I'll surprise my boys with something yummy for breakfast. The other day I made these applesauce pancakes with cinnamon syrup and my boys went absolutely nuts. They were SO good!
I used cinnamon applesauce, which I always have in the fridge because my little boys are addicted to the stuff. I also used Truvia's Baking Blend and Brown Sugar Blend in place of regular sugar and brown sugar in both the pancakes and cinnamon syrup. I love Truvia and will always use it in place of regular sugar. It's fabulous!
You can't go wrong with the flavor combos on cinnamon and apples. It's just the best. Especially this time of year! I can't believe it's already November!
Applesauce Pancakes are healthy, light, fluffy and full of fall flavors. The Cinnamon Syrup is to-die-for!
2 cups flour I used all-purpose but you can use white whole wheat too!
Pour by 1/4 cup onto a heated griddle. When bubbles form on the pancake, flip over and cook other side until golden brown. Serve with cinnamon syrup recipe below.
Cinnamon Syrup: Whisk together sugars, flour, cinnamon, vanilla and water to a saucepan. Bring mixture to a boil on medium-high heat, stirring often. Continue to boil and stir until mixture thickens to syrup consistency. Remove from heat and let cool for a few minutes before serving.
Pour over applesauce pancakes and ENJOY!
Oh how I wish I was enjoying a stack of these fabulous pancakes this morning with my coffee!
These pancakes look perfect. And syrup sounds just amazing!
The applesauce pancakes look and sound terrific.
supper, Sometimes it is pancakes, different kinds.
Your Applesauce Pancakes will be on the menu.
Have homemade applesauce in the freezer!
Nothing like a good breakfast for dinner! I hope you give these a try – and heck yes! Use that homemade applesauce! Have a great week!
I LOVE apples and cinnamon this time of year (even though it's close to 90 degrees here in FL, ha!) I'd probably slather on some peanut butter with the topping then be in cinnamon-apple pancake heaven!


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Q: Converting cURL to Python with Requests I'm having trouble accessing an API with Python. Here's my Python:
import requests

url = 'https://bigjpg.com/api/task/'
payload = {'style': 'photo', 'noise': '3', 'x2': '1', 'input': 'https://www.example.com/photo.jpg'}
headers = {'X-API-KEY': 'xyz123'}

r = requests.get(url, data=payload, headers=headers)

print(r.text)

It returns 404 content but when I use cURL, it works and returns the json I'm looking for. This is the cURL line from the API:
curl -F 'conf={"style": "photo", "noise": "3", "x2": "1", "input": "https://www.example.com/photo.jpg"}' -H 'X-API-KEY:xyz123' https://bigjpg.com/api/task/

A: Your problem is that the content passed on the cURL line is an assigned to conf of a JSON object, but you're passing in a Python dict to data.
This should work:
import requests

url = 'https://bigjpg.com/api/task/'
payload = 'conf={"style": "photo", "noise": "3", "x2": "1", "input": "https://www.example.com/photo.jpg"}'
headers = {'X-API-KEY': 'xyz123'}

r = requests.post(url, data=payload, headers=headers)

print(r.text)

And as remarked by @Laurent Bristiel, you need to POST instead of GET.
If you prefer to use a Python dict, you could also do this:
import requests
import json

url = 'https://bigjpg.com/api/task/'
conf = {'style': 'photo', 'noise': '3', 'x2': '1', 'input': 'https://www.example.com/photo.jpg'}
payload = f'conf={json.dumps(conf)}'
headers = {'X-API-KEY': 'xyz123'}

r = requests.post(url, data=payload, headers=headers)

print(r.text)

A: The equivalent of a curl -F is a POST rather than a GET:
r = requests.post(url, data=payload, headers=headers)

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 #pragma once
#include "Serialize.h"

class Serialize__tagSendSystemInfoAuditMsgInterface : public Serialize_StructBase<_tagSendSystemInfoAuditMsgInterface,Serialize__tagSendSystemInfoAuditMsgInterface>
{
	public:
	typedef _tagSendSystemInfoAuditMsgInterface _MyObjectType;

	Serialize__tagSendSystemInfoAuditMsg SendSystemInfoAuditMsg;
 	Serialize__tagSendSystemInfoAuditMsgInterface(){};
	~Serialize__tagSendSystemInfoAuditMsgInterface(){};
 	_Myt& operator=(_tagSendSystemInfoAuditMsgInterface & _X)
	{
		SetData(_X);
		return *this;
	}
 	void GetData()
	{
		m_Val.SendSystemInfoAuditMsg=SendSystemInfoAuditMsg;
	}
 	BOOL Construct(StorageObjectInterface * pOutObject)
	{
		SendSystemInfoAuditMsg.init(this,_T("SendSystemInfoAuditMsg"),0,pOutObject);
		return TRUE;
	}
 	void SetData(_tagSendSystemInfoAuditMsgInterface & _X)
	{
		SendSystemInfoAuditMsg=_X.SendSystemInfoAuditMsg;
	}
 	BOOL LoadGetCurSerializeObject(FieldAddr & CurFieldAddr, SerializeLoadSaveInterface * * RetObj)
	{
		*RetObj=0;
		if(tstring(CurFieldAddr.pFieldName)==tstring(_T("SendSystemInfoAuditMsg")))
		{
			*RetObj=&SendSystemInfoAuditMsg;
		}
		if(*RetObj) return TRUE;
		return FALSE;
	}
 	BOOL Save(StorageObjectInterface * pStorageObject)
	{
		pStorageObject->PushNodeCtlBegin(_T("_tagSendSystemInfoAuditMsgInterface"),this);

		SendSystemInfoAuditMsg.Save(pStorageObject);

		pStorageObject->PushNodeCtlEnd(_T("_tagSendSystemInfoAuditMsgInterface"),this);
		return TRUE;
	}
 	BOOL GetObjectMap(IN OUT vector<SerializeObjectInterface *> & ObjectInterfaceMap)
	{

		ObjectInterfaceMap.push_back((SerializeObjectInterface *)&SendSystemInfoAuditMsg);
		return TRUE;
	}

};

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Just weeks after Jennifer Hudson's engagement to David Otunga, fate seems to have ways to evening out the odds for us. At a time when everything seems perfect for the Dreamgirl, her debut album her recent movie just released, tragedy strikes when least expected. Hudson's brother Jason and her mom, Darnell Donerson, were found dead in her mother's Chicago home Friday afternoon. Her sister, Julia, found their mother dead in the living room floor from a shotgun blast. When police arrived, they found Jason upstairs. Hudson's 7-year old nephew, Julian King, was missing.
Police suspect that Julian was abducted by the murderer who took off with Jason's vehicle. The suspect, William Balfour, was taken into police custody. Balfour is the estranged husband of Julia but is not the biological father of Julian. However, he refuses to cooperate and provide information to authorities.
Jennifer flew home immediately to join her family but still refuses to make any statement. Like the rest of the family, she is still in shock. Her sister Julia has made a public plea for the return of her son Julian. The FBI is already involved in the hunt for the missing child in the event the abductor crossed state lines to hide him.


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Arcade Records est un groupe de multimédia néerlandais ayant démarré sous le statut d'un label de musique spécialisé dans les compilations.

Histoire
Le label en lui-même a été fondé en 1972 par Herman Heinsbroek. À la suite du succès commercial de ces ventes, le label se développe petit à petit et s'étend même jusque dans l'ouest de l'Europe. Cette première étape vise à bâtir les locaux du label en Belgique dès les années 1980, et le label changera par la suite son nom en Arcade Benelux. Certaines divisions du label ont démarré en Allemagne, en France, en Espagne, en Italie, au Danemark, en Suède et en Norvège. Une division allait également se nommer Arcade International, celle-ci visant à distribuer ses produits dans le monde entier.

Domaine d'activité
Arcade a connu une forte croissance au milieu des années 1990 en participant à l'essor en Europe de la vague gabber. C'est en effet Arcade qui commercialisait les premières compilations Thunderdome, sortant la musique gabber de l'underground pour en faire un phénomène de société aux Pays-Bas.

Notes et références

Liens externes
  Dutch Company Selling Arcade Publishing Catalog
  Arcade on Rate Your Music
  Arcade discography
  Roadrunner Arcade Music discography

Label discographique ayant son siège aux Pays-Bas
Entreprise fondée en 1972


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