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"Gone are the days of the generalist, with the majority of laterals being sought out for their industry and/or subject matter expertise," said the report.
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Buying something the first time you see it rarely works out as the best option.
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It's also worth doing some research on the bigger buys such as white goods and home insurance – otherwise you could end up buying a flop that doesn't do what you want it to.
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There are some key financial decisions which take place once a year. Your car and home insurance policies are usually annual, your car tax certainly is, and other bills are probably set for 12 months too.
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Then there are services you pay for monthly such as TV and music streaming, magazine subscriptions and gym memberships.
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'Blue Velvet' Blu-ray May Include Scenes Previously Thought Lost
Posted on Tuesday, January 25th, 2011 by Russ Fischer
Here's the best news I've heard all day: David Lynch says that footage previously thought lost from a rough cut of Blue Velvet has been found and may be included on the forthcoming Blu-ray release of the film. A new HD transfer of the director's landmark picture — which will hopefully showcase the incredible cinematography of Frederick Elmes with new detail and subtlety — is exciting enough. But to think we might get some new footage is absolutely thrilling. Details after the jump.
This information comes directly from David Lynch, who told KCRW (via Dark Horizons):
There is a thing called b-negative, or outtakes, or lifts, that don't make it into the film. And in the old days, those things sat around and maybe became dangerously close to being tossed away. Then the internet comes, and people want to see deleted scenes and things like this, so those things become more and more valuable.
So, one day I looked into seeing where the lifts were because some of these scenes on their own would be beautiful to see again. So I find out that Dino, the producer, doesn't know where they are. They've gone. His company went bankrupt, it was taken over by another company, and then it was sold to other companies. No one knew where they were, they were gone. So depressing.
Lately, those have been found. Somewhere up in Seattle. It's incredible. I'm seeing stuff I thought was gone forever. And hopefully some of those scenes (some of them aren't worth putting back together) will end up on the new Blu Ray.
Blue Velvet is one of several David Lynch films for which we knew a great deal of additional footage was shot but ultimately cut. Most films have deleted scenes, but these films (including Dune, Wild at Heart and Twin Peaks: Fire Walk With Me) had entire characters and subplots cut. The Dune footage has long been seen through various alternate cuts of the film. The Wild At Heart footage was released as part of the Lime Green box set a few years ago, and there have long been hopes that the additional Fire Walk With Me footage might be reinstated for a home video release. (That footage includes some fan-favorite characters, like the Log Lady, that appeared in the Cannes cut but not later edits.)
But the Blue Velvet footage is a sort of holy grail. There are stills from some of the excised scenes (below) and thanks to a 1991 issue of Video Watchdog, we know a lot about what was cut.
There is footage of Jeffrey (Kyle MacLachlan) at college, where he sees a date rape in the making before getting the call that his father has suffered a heart attack. There is an earlier introduction of Laura Dern's character in her family home, and footage of her boyfriend Mike. Better yet, there's a scene where Jeffrey catches Dorothy Valens (Isabella Rosselini) flushing an ear down the toilet and then a strange rooftop scene between the pair. A few other scenes exist, including at least one with Frank Booth (Dennis Hopper) and a police station scene that visually prefigures Twin Peaks. (See the image with the log in the gallery below.)
We don't know which of these scenes might be seen (based on Mr. Lynch's comments, I wouldn't expect all of them) but I'd take anything he's willing to show us. I can't imagine he'd cut them back into the movie, but that's fine — let the existing cut of Blue Velvet stand, and we can enjoy these (re)discoveries as a great, unexpected bonus.
(Images and some info via DVDTalk.)
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Here is solved questions of time and work [quantitative aptitude] for SBI PO and IBPS exams. Time and work related questions are asked in almost all entrance examinations and candidates need to practice this section very hard to score good marks and hence good position in merit list. You can also download this question paper in PDF to save it for future references or take print out.
Q.1. A does a work in 10 days and B does the same work in 15 days. In how many days they together will do the same work?
(A + B)'s 1 day work = 1/10 + 1/15 = (10 + 15) / (10 x 15).
Q.2. A can do a piece of work in 30 days while B can do it in 40 days. In how many days can A and B complete it?
A and B can complete the work in (40 x 30) / (40 + 30) = 120 / 7 days.
Q.3. A man can do a piece of work in 5 days , but with the help of his son, he can do it in 3 days. In what time can the son do it alone?
Son will complete the work in (5 x 3) / (5 - 3) = 15 / 2.
Q.4. A and B can do a piece of work in 15 Days. A alone can do it in 20 days. In how many days will B complete it?
B will complete the work in (15 x 20) / 20 - 15) = 60.
Q.5. A and B can row a field in 6 days. A alone can do it in 9 days. Time taken by B is?
D) 47 / 3 days.
(A + B + C) will finish the work in 10 days.
Q.7. A can do (1/3) of a work in 5 days and B can do (2/5) of work in 10 days. In how many days both A and B together can do the work?
Q.8. A and B can do a piece of work in 72 days; B and C can do it in 120 days; A and C can do it in 90 days. In what time can A alone do it?
Hence A can do work in (60 x 120) / (60 + 120) = 120.
Q.9. A can do a piece of work in 20 days which B can do in 12 days. B worked at it for 9 days. A can finish the remaining work in?
In 9 days B will finish 9 / 12 = 3 / 4 work.
Remaining 1 / 4 work will be completed by A in 20 / 4 days = 5 days.
Remaining 7/8 work is finished by B in 42 days.
=> B can complete the work in 42 x (8 / 7) = 48 days.
Both can complete the work in (80 x 48) / (80 + 48) = 30 days.
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God's Crooked Lines Ending Explained: Why and Who Killed Romulus?
By Himanshu Last updated Dec 14, 2022
GOD'S CROOKED LINES ENDING EXPLAINED: One of the best tools a filmmaker has is the ability to lie. Since the beginning of psychological thrillers, masters like Hitchcock, Scorsese, Polanski, and Christopher Nolan have used a lot of tricks to keep their twisty plots going and keep the audience on the edge of their seats the whole time.
God's Crooked Lines, which is based on a book by Torcuato Luca de Tena with the same name, shows how good of an illusionist Oriol Paolo is.
At the center of this movie is a complicated story that cuts through different layers of reality. Even though almost all of the puzzle pieces fit together, the picture is still not clear and is always changing.
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But it's not easy to keep the audience's attention during all this chaos. Paulo does this by using clear, sharp direction, haunting cinematography, and an amazing performance from the cast.
Two hours and thirty-five minutes is a long time, but it seems like it goes by in the blink of an eye. Still, there are details in the plot that can only be understood in hindsight. This essay is an attempt to break down the film's jumbled plot and see all the different ways it could have gone.
GOD'S CROOKED LINES ENDING
Alice thinks that she would have to go to the bank herself to see her bank records, but neither Castello nor Arellano could get her out of jail. She made a plan to get away. With the help of Ignacio and a few others, she left her cell and hid in the toy workshop.
Alvar found out and told the nurses and other people who were there. Alice told Ignacio what she was going to do, and she asked for his lighter. She waited until the end of the day in the toy shed.
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Then she filled the shed with paint thinner and lit it on fire. Ignacio saw flames coming out of his room, so he got out of his cell and started unlocking all the other cell doors to make people forget about it.
At this point, the viewer realizes that this is that bad night where the story kept going back and forth in time. All of the patients are outside and causing trouble. It's pouring like crazy outside.
But Alice slowly finds a way out of the chaos, which is a blessing. In the meantime, Ignacio finds a badly hurt Romulus in his cell. He tries to help him, but it's already too late. Soon, the police will find his body. Ignacio will hide, and we'll go back to the scene before.
Alice makes it to the facility's edge, where a woman in a car asks her to open the gates. She says that she is the coroner who has come to look into the death. Alice is confused because she has no idea that anyone has died.
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But she goes along with it and opens the gate. She was about to leave when the woman asked her where the men's ward and Romulus's cell were.
This makes Alice change her mind, which hurts the woman and makes them trade clothes. Then he goes back into the building as a coroner and looks at Romulus's body.
Alvar and the chief don't know about this change until the servants tell them that Alice has been found. Even though the woman is wearing the uniform, Alvar confirms that she is not a patient at his facility. The chief steps in and tell her that she is the coroner.
WHY AND WHO KILLED ROMULUS?
Alice is in the room where Alvar and the chief find her. She says the elephant man killed Romulus, and Romulus's broken bones show that his body was crushed by something heavy.
When the doctors find deep cuts in the elephant man's hands from the glass shard, they agree with this idea. He was taking revenge for the death of Luis Ojeda, who had been killed by Romulus when he tried to get Alice to do what he wanted.
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He was also in love with the girl Romulus kept close to him and called his little sister. Romulus had taken away everything that was important to him.
IS ALICE CRAZY OR NOT?
The chief of police says that all of Alice's money has been taken out of her bank accounts. The next day, a trial takes place, and everyone agrees that Alice is not crazy. Alvar loses his job as director, but he keeps saying that it might be the worst thing the medical board has ever done.
Just as Alice starts to enjoy her victory, Alvar tells her that he got a call from Dr. Donaldio, who had been on vacation with his wife, the night before. He has said that there is no conspiracy and has also agreed to come to the trial. As Alvar walks out of the trial, Dr. Donaldio walks in. This is the same man who brought Alice here.
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Since the ending doesn't say anything for sure, you can think about what it could mean. Even if we think Alice is crazy, that doesn't explain why she stole money. Also, why did Alvar announce Donaldio's phone call and presence only after he had lost all credibility? Did he find it funny to make fun of the medical board? Unlike, but possible.
Another crazy idea is that Alice never got better from the shock treatment, and all she has after that is a complicated dream in which her mind solves its own puzzles. Or, she could be falling for yet another conspiracy, in which Alvar uses his last trick, planting the last seed of doubt in the minds of the board members.
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Even though there are a lot of different ways to think about the movie, I thought that Paulo's most important achievement was making us question the nature of these ideas. He also has the nerve to say that logic and reason are made up by people by making them into toys. He gives the age-old art of deduction a new twist by showing how unreliable the human mind is.
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Featured Review: Inateck UC5001 5-port 35W Desktop Charger
By Tom Dawson July 20, 2015, 11:04am
Let's face it, regardless of whether or not you're a gadget freak or someone that works with multiple devices, the majority of us have more than one device to charge over USB these days. Whether that's you and your partner's smartphones, a Kindle, a Fitness Tracker, Smartwatch or something else. Two-port USB wall chargers have been around for some time now, but it's still not easy to charge more than one item in one place neatly, and safely. Multi-port solutions aren't anything new, but they're often bulky and unsightly affairs, so when Inateck bought their UC5001 5-port charger to my attention, I was intrigued. It's small, compact and has an on/off switch. It doesn't kick out much heat and would be a great little charger for a project box or for a bedside table.
Okay, let's get the boring things out of the way first. The Inateck UC5001 outputs 35W over five USB ports. There are two "Super Charger" ports and three "universal" ports. These Super Charger ports aren't Qualcomm QuickCharge ports, but they both output 5V at 2.1A, which is pretty decent, and it charged my Moto X (2014) nice and quickly from flat on a number of occasions. Those "universal" ports are more pedestrian and give out 5V at 1A, which is nothing to write home about. However, these ports are perfect for smaller devices or those with smaller batteries. So for instance, I use these to charge my Kindle, Fitbit and Moto 360 while the other two ports are for mine and my partner's smartphones.
There's an IC chip inside of this guy, which essentially means that it should intelligently adjust the amount of power to each port to maintain an even distribution across all ports without overheating. Inateck does a better job of explaining this on their product page than I can, but it's a nice feature to have, and along with the easy-to-use on/off switch, this is one of the safer chargers I've used. It also doesn't give out too much heat, another plus.
It's Just a Charger...
Yes, this is just another charger. However, it's nice and compact, and nowhere near as in-your-face as other chargers out there. It's quite conservative and it's so compact you could mount it to the back of a bedside cabinet, place it neatly on a desk or even use it in your own sort of charging cubby-hole build. For me, the fact that this has an on/off switch is invaluable. Have you ever thought about all of the USB chargers we leave plugged in because the outlets are hidden by a cabinet or too far away? Well, with this all you do is push a button and you've safely turned off all five ports. It's a small, yet significant feature I think is worth considering, especially if you're the safety-conscious type.
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There's nothing sexy about having to organize all of your cables and charging adapters, but it is something that we have to deal with. At least until we discover a battery that never needs to be recharged, anyway. So, the UC5001 from Inateck is a conservative and sensible option for charging multiple device sin one place. It's small and compact, and the power switch makes this a little safer than most of the options out there. If nothing else, replacing two or three wall adapters with this one five-port option will definitely neaten things up.
The Inateck US5001 is available from Inateck as well as Amazon.
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A MAN died after being hit by an intercity train near Coventry railway station.
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Evangelism Explosion – Both Everyday Evangelism (Ev2) and classic Evangelism Explosion (EE) lead believers share their faith using prayer, on-the-job training and multiplication. By learning small parts of the Gospel each week, including Bible verses and illustrations, people incrementally grasp a Gospel tool that becomes a lifelong mission. EE also partners believers with experienced trainers in real life witnessing situations.
NAMB Evangelism Resources – The North American Mission Board provides resources to share Christ, whatever the setting. The online toolbox includes apologetics, God's Plan for Sharing (GPS), LoveLoud, evangelistic events, personal evangelism and follow-up resources.


BEIJING — The central government announced a plan to improve the quality of Chinese products and services in an effort to foster economic growth on Sept 12.
The traditional competitiveness of the economy has been waning, and the issue of structural supply-demand imbalance has become prominent. With an insufficient supply of high-end products and services, great efforts will be required to improve quality, according to the plan released by the Communist Party of China Central Committee and the State Council.
The focus of the plan is on improving the quality of services and products, especially farm produce, food, medicine, consumer goods and equipment.
The government will intensify quality supervision, strengthen control of intellectual property right infringements as well as the manufacturing and selling of fake and shoddy goods.
Businesses will be encouraged to uphold the "entrepreneurial spirit" and "craftsman spirit," and improve their quality management and core competitiveness through brand-building.
The country will continue a national quality award program, and provide more financial, credit and project investment support for enterprises.
In improving the quality of its products and services, China will also ensure closer cooperation with its major trade partners as well as countries and regions along the Belt and Road.


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"Brokenheartsville" is a song written by Donny Kees, Blake Mevis, Randy Boudreaux, and Clint Daniels and recorded by American country music singer Joe Nichols. It was released in November 2002 as the second single from Nichols' 2002 album Man with a Memory. The song became Nichols' first number one hit on the U.S. Billboard Hot Country Singles & Tracks (now Hot Country Songs) chart and earned him his second consecutive Grammy nomination for Best Male Country Vocal Performance. The song also was later covered by Johnny Rodriguez on his 2011 album Live from Texas.

Critical reception
Wade Jessen of Billboard called the song a "beer-can-crushing, honky-tonk lament of lost love."

Music video
The video starts out with Nichols' girlfriend rides off with another man in an Eldorado convertible. A depressed Nichols starts drinking at a bar in the city, and talking to the other bar patrons friends, singing the song. The bar patrons sitting with Nichols as well as the bartender are seen mouthing the final words of each line of the first chorus. Once the first verse ends, the bar rotates to show a popular night club. They watch a singer sing live on stage.

In the second verse, Nichols and the bar patrons are being consoled and entertained by the night clubbers who cheer them all up. Meanwhile Nichols girlfriend is still riding around with the other man in his car, which ends up breaking down, much to her dismay while the new boyfriend just shrugs his shoulders as if nothing is wrong. Back at the night club, when the singer is done on stage, Nichols takes the stage himself and sings the final verse and two choruses with his band, before returning to the bar and having a drink, to which he toasts with his buddies before taking a sip and giving a blunt face by not liking the taste. The video was filmed in downtown Nashville, Tennessee and the outside shots of the car were filmed near the Bridgestone Arena. The video was directed by Trey Fanjoy.

Chart performance
"Brokenheartsville" debuted at No. 56 on the U.S. Billboard Hot Country Singles & Tracks chart for the week of November 2, 2002. The song spent 31 weeks on the chart, reaching number one for the week ending March 29, 2003, where it remained at the top spot for one week.

Year-end charts

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2002 singles
Joe Nichols songs
Music videos directed by Trey Fanjoy
Songs written by Clint Daniels
Songs written by Randy Boudreaux
Show Dog-Universal Music singles
Song recordings produced by Brent Rowan
Songs written by Blake Mevis
2002 songs
Songs written by Donny Kees


Speaking with God must be a progression in and for ourselves—a progression in the literal sense of the word, that brings us forward, that moves us toward God and away from ourselves.
Many Christians have a routine for how they relate to God. For some, it is a walk, every day meeting Him, and traveling with Him. For others, it is a weekly, thing, as they pray with others on Sunday and Wednesday night. Some only react to God when facing a challenge.
While I would desire that all interact with God more and more, it is not just the amount of time invested that matters. It is also about how we interact with Him. The prophet Zechariah writes of this, as the words of God are given through the prophet to challenge us all.
Why do we pray, fast, go to church and Bible study? Is it just to feel good about ourselves? Is it just to appease our own feelings of guilt or inadequacy? Is it just to be assured that we won't spend eternity in hell?
Or is it because of the glorious promise we see in Revelation. When we shall dwell with God, in all of His glory! Is it because, having seen revealed in part how much God loves us, we need to explore it, we need to adore Him, we find ourselves craving His presence? For as we find we are loved, that unbelievable fact must be explored, its height, its depth, its width, and breadth. We want to experience it more, no, we need to!
And yet it happens, as we look to the end of the journey, as our hope is found in God's promise that He will draw us to Him. As prayer, speaking and hearing God causes that progression, and the Holy Spirit's presence assures us, comforts us and enables us to see God's love.
Prayer isn't important in and of itself Every religion prays, even atheists. Gathering with people to study religious doctrine doesn't either, every religion does that, including those who are agnostics, or secularists. What makes the difference is the loving God who loves us is who draws us to pray, to commune together, to celebrate the love which drove Jesus to cross, looking forward to the eternal relationship cleansing us from sin would bring.
It's all about the end, the end which is a glorious, wonderful moment, when we see God face to face!
Lord Jesus, help us to encourage each other, as the day of Your return draws closer, as the Holy Spirit draws us closer, and into the relationship that You have with the Father. Help us to do the things we do, adoring You more and more, as we realize Your love for us. AMEN!
Ratzinger, J. (1992). Co-Workers of the Truth: Meditations for Every Day of the Year. (I. Grassl, Ed., M. F. McCarthy & L. Krauth, Trans.) (p. 344). San Francisco: Ignatius Press.
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Baked Salmon Patties | Tasty Kitchen: A Happy Recipe Community!
See post on Jennifer Banz's site!
These salmon patties are so full of flavor! I give instructions for pan frying, baking, and how to freeze the salmon patties. These are low carb and Whole30 approved!
Add all ingredients, except beaten egg, to a large bowl. Combine well with a fork and taste for seasoning. Add eggs and stir well to combine.
Divide mix into 9 patties and place on a lined baking sheet. You can also spray the baking sheet with oil spray. Place in the preheated oven and bake for 20 minutes.
To pan fry the salmon patties: Add 4 tablespoons of oil to a large skillet over medium heat. Fry cakes until golden in a single layer, about 3–4 minutes on each side.
To freeze the salmon patties: After you put the formed salmon patties on the lined baking sheet, put them in the freezer for 1 hour. Pull them out of the freezer and pull them off of the baking sheet and individually wrap them in plastic wrap. Store in a freezer safe container or bag for up to 3 months.
To bake after freezing: Remove the salmon patties from the freezer wrapping and place on a lined baking sheet. Bake for 30 minutes at 375ºF.
Note: One salmon patty has 154 calories, 2g carb, 8g fat, 15g protein.
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The MFD800C is an advanced digital ultrasonic flaw detector featuring a multi-color TFT LCD and a host of new features to meet challenging inspection requirements. It combines powerful flaw detection and measurement capabilities, extensive data storage, and the ability to transfer detailed inspection data to the PC via its high-speed USB port.
The instrument incorporates many advanced signal processing features including a 15MHz RF bandwidth to permit testing of thin materials, narrowband filters to improve signal to noise in high gain applications, a spike pulser for applications requiring higher frequencies, and a tunable square wave pulser to optimize penetration on thick or highly attenuating materials.
The instrument can be widely used in locating and sizing hidden cracks, voids, disbands, and similar discontinuities in welds, forgings, billets, axles, shafts, tanks and pressure vessels, turbines, and structural components.
Up to 9999 mm in steel; range selectable in fixed steps or continuously variable.
Pulse Energy selectable among 200V, 300V, 400V, 500V and 600V..
Pulse Width tunable from 0.1µs to 0.5 µs to match the probes with different frequency.
Pulse Repetition Frequency adjustable from 10 Hz to 1 KHz in 1 Hz increments.
Memory of 10000 wave files to store A-Scan patterns and instrument settings.
Screen scenes can be captured as movie files. More than 10 hours movie can be saved to the inside memory. They can be re-played using the instrument or the PC software delivered with the instrument.
Video Recorder is useful in many situations, it is very convenient for those who want to analyze the probing activities later.
Flaw sizing: Automatic flaw sizing using AVG/AVG or DAC, speeds reporting of defect acceptance or rejection.
Digital Readout and Trig. Function: Thickness/Depth can be displayed in digital readout when using a normal probe and Peam path, Surface Distance and Depth are directly displayed when angle probe is in use.
Both the DAC and the AVG method of amplitude evaluation are available.
Peak Hold: Compare frozen peak waveforms to live A-Scans to easily interpret test results.
High speed USB2.0 port. Two USB modes can be selected: U-DISK and U-BRIDGE. In U-DISK mode, the instrument acts as a usb flash disk when connected to pc. Configuration files, saved pictures and recorded movies can be copied to pc when possible. In U-BRIDGE mode, the instrument exchanges data with DataPro Software. The optional DataPro software helps manage and format stored inspection data for high-speed transfer to the PC. Data can be printed or easily copied and pasted into word processing files and spreadsheets for further reporting needs. New features include live screen capture mode and database tracking.
l Sensitivity: 110 dB max in selectable resolution 0.1, 1.0, 2.0, 6.0 dB and locked.
l System Linearity: Horizontal: +/-0.2% FSW, Vertical: 0.25% FSH, Amplifier Accuracy +/-1 dB.


Allison Tolman, who co-starred in FX's Fargo, and Emjay Anthony, the young actor who played Jon Favreau's son in Chef, are in negotiations to board Krampus, Michael Dougherty's Christmas horror story.
Legendary Pictures is behind the movie, which Universal will release just in time for next year's holidays, on Dec. 4, 2015.
The film is being directed by Dougherty, who previously tackled the Halloween holiday with his anthology Trick 'r Treat, and co-written by Dougherty, Todd Casey and Zach Shields.
The project is a twisted horror comedy centering around a Santa Claus-like ancient entity who punished bad kids. Tolman and Anthony will play mother and son in a family that is under the demon's attack. Anthony's character is essentially the lead of the movie, as his is the one that has to step up to save the day.
Tolman recently received an Emmy nomination for her role as Molly Solverson on the Emmy award-winning Fargo and recently appeared on The Mindy Project. She is repped by UTA and Odenkirk Provissiero Entertainment.
Anthony recently reteamed with Favreau to do voicework on The Jungle Book, which Favreau is directing for Disney. He will next be seen in the Divergent sequel, Insurgent. The young boy is repped by Coast to Coast Talent and Sloan Offer.


Jordan Houghton is back with parent club Chelsea after suffering a knee injury in training for Doncaster Rovers.
The on loan midfielder damaged his knee in training with Rovers on Friday but travelled with the squad for Saturday's trip to Gillingham.
However, the injury worsened overnight and he returned to Chelsea for assessment over the weekend.
"Houghton took a knock on Friday in training," boss Darren Ferguson said.
"He travelled down with us, we thought he'd be okay. We looked at him on Friday night and he seemed okay.
"It was just a knock on his knee. Nothing to do with anything he's had before.
"We felt that if there was no more reaction to it by the morning then he'd be fine.
"But when we looked at it about half nine, there was a little bit more swelling on it so there was no way he was playing.
"He's gone back to Chelsea straight away.
"He'll spend the next few days with them and then rejoin us on Tuesday.
"I fully expect him to be fit for Milton Keynes next weekend."
Another absentee from Saturday's squad was Alex Kiwomya, who did travel with the team.
And Ferguson explained it was a selection issue that dictated Kiwomya's absence as he had a desire to keep the matchday squad as similar to the one that won at Blackpool, a game which the striker missed through illness.
"Alex has got to find a way of getting back in the squad," Ferguson said.
"I think it would have been unfair on everyone else if I'd have left them out."
Tom Anderson will be fit to face MK Dons on Saturday after recovering from a broken cheekbone.


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Survey: One In Four Lawyers Anticipates Making New Hires In First Half Of 2015; Litigation To Generate Greatest Number Of Legal Jobs
MENLO PARK, Calif., Jan. 8, 2015 /PRNewswire/ -- Slightly more than one-quarter (26 percent) of lawyers interviewed for a new Robert Half Legal survey said their law firms or companies will be adding legal jobs in the first half of 2015. Sixty percent of lawyers said they expect to only fill vacant posts, while 7 percent said they would neither fill vacant positions nor create new ones. Just 1 percent of respondents anticipate staff reductions in the next six months.
Litigation is expected to yield the most job opportunities from January through June of 2015, according to 36 percent of attorneys surveyed. Within the litigation practice area, insurance defense was cited by 45 percent of lawyers as the leading driver of job growth, followed by commercial litigation (23 percent).
The survey was developed by Robert Half Legal, a legal staffing and consulting services firm specializing in lawyers, paralegals and other highly skilled legal professionals. It was conducted by an independent research firm and is based on 200 telephone interviews with lawyers in the United States: 100 of the respondents are employed at law firms with 20 or more employees and 100 are employed at companies with 1,000 or more employees. All of the respondents have hiring authority within their organizations.
Lawyers were asked, "Which one of the following practice areas, in your opinion, will offer the greatest number of job opportunities in the first half of 2015?" Their responses:*
General business/commercial law
Regulatory or compliance
Privacy, data security and information law
None/don't know/no answer
*Total percentage does not equal 100 due to rounding.
Lawyers who cited "litigation" as a response also were asked, "Which of the following areas of litigation, if any, will offer the greatest job opportunities in the first half of 2015?" Their responses:**
**Multiple responses were permitted.
View research highlights.
Listen to a Robert Half Legal Report podcast on the Legal Talk Network for additional insight into 2015 hiring and compensation trends.
"Law firms are making strategic hires to meet client demands and expand profitable practice groups, such as commercial litigation," said Charles Volkert, executive director of Robert Half Legal. "As litigation caseloads continue to rise, experienced associates with business development skills and backgrounds in medical malpractice, personal injury and intellectual property will be highly marketable."
Volkert noted that legal departments are seeking compliance, contract administration and commercial law experts to meet the rising need for business-related legal services. "Increasingly, general counsel are staffing these high-demand positions on a project or part-time basis as a cost-effective strategy for accessing specialized skills that may not exist within their organizations," he added.
Fifty percent of lawyers surveyed cited at least some challenge in finding skilled legal professionals. Volkert noted that in many markets, candidates with expertise in the hottest practice areas are receiving multiple job offers and counteroffers.
Employee retention is a chief concern at many organizations, the research finds, with nearly one-third (31 percent) of lawyers expressing concern about losing legal personnel to other job opportunities. "Employers need to expedite the hiring process to avoid losing high-caliber candidates to competing firms," Volkert said.
Aside from increased compensation, nearly one-third (32 percent) of lawyers surveyed said flexible work arrangements provide the greatest incentive for legal professionals to remain with an employer. Challenging work or variety of assignments ranked second, receiving 28 percent of the survey response, followed by professional development opportunities, cited by 24 percent of respondents. "While offering a competitive salary remains an important factor for attracting the industry's top talent, many law firms and companies are re-examining their benefits programs to meet the work-life balance and career development needs of today's multigenerational workforce," said Volkert.
Robert Half Legal is the legal staffing and consulting services division of Robert Half. A premier legal employment agency, Robert Half Legal provides highly skilled legal professionals for law firms and corporate legal departments on a temporary, project and full-time basis. With North American and global locations, the company offers a full suite of legal staffing and consulting services to help organizations manage constantly changing workloads and access expertise across in-demand legal practice areas. More information, including online job search services, can be found at roberthalflegal.com. For career and management advice, follow our Legal Blog at blog.roberthalflegal.com.
To view the original version on PR Newswire, visit:http://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/survey-one-in-four-lawyers-anticipates-making-new-hires-in-first-half-of-2015-litigation-to-generate-greatest-number-of-legal-jobs-300017447.html


LA PAZ, Bolivia -- The snow appears to be pristine on the Andean peaks that loom above Bolivia's capital, but even here ash and smog reach up to a remote plateau that is home to the world's highest atmospheric observatory.
Research at the Chacaltaya station, which is located at 17,192 feet (5,240 metres) above sea level, has a pressing urgency: The retreat of glaciers, which is compounded by global warming, threatens the main source of fresh water for residents in the nearby cities of EL Alto and La Paz -- and the crops on which they rely.
Initially, the station was launched as a cosmic ray observatory in the mid-1940s, when just hauling up heavy scientific instruments on the back of llamas was a feat in itself. But Chacaltaya's altitude and location near the Amazon region -- and its proximity to Bolivia's capital city -- eventually led scientists to obtain information about the pollution released from the burning of forests, coal, oil and gas.
In 2012, the site became an atmospheric station used to measure greenhouse gases, reactive gases and particles that can spread all the way to the Pacific Ocean hundreds of miles away. Its altitude is only rivaled by a station recently built by China on the Quinhai-Tibet plateau near Mt. Everest which sits at 17,060 feet (5,200 metres).
James Butler, head of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration's global monitoring division, said the samples taken and observations made in "are not influenced by local emissions or similar influences."


Fortinet provides a world wide coverage of Fortiguard sevices through the Fortiguard Serice Points. The communication between your FortiGate appliance and the Fortiguard Service Points is possibled on port UDP 53 but it can also be changed to port 8888.
Since Fortigate firewalls are placed all over the world, the use DNS so you can get the closest one to you.
The updates issued by Fortiguard can only be received on port UDP 9443, so be carefull to not have this port closed.
Caching is available for the following UTM appliances: Web-Filter and AntiSpam. This option is strongly recommeded as it imporves performance by reducing Fortigate unit registration to the Fortiguard service. The space that cache uses is only a small percentage of the System memory that the firewall can have.
In the situation that the cache is full, the oldest cache is deleted.
You also have a TTL option that controls the number of seconds to store the IPs and URLs that the Fortiguard service provides before contacting it again.


Batman versus Red Hood for the right to fight in Gotham-grab your ringside seat for the battle 25 years in the making! Jason Todd broke a promise to his mentor, and must now confront an angry and betrayed Batman. That means a good time for readers, but probably not so much for Jason: it's likely going to take more than the Outlaws' help in order for the Red Hood to avoid wearing an orange jumper in prison.


5 posts tagged with reasons and deletion.
Can cortex's deletion reasons be collected?
Pony request for my birthday: Can cortex's deletion reasons be collected? Stuff like this is one of my favorite features of the site.
Deleted threads should have their own place on this site somewhere. Not only could they be accessible for reference, but many are funny as hell.


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Q: Getline() for the second line and split by space - C++ I'm trying to solve a problem that requires multiple inputs from the users. I'm used to Python, so the C++ syntax is a bit more complex to me.
What I mean:
Input:
1

30 40 50

Output:
30 40 50

I didn't find a single solution to this and I've been trying to find it all day.
What I've tried:
#include <iostream>
using namespace std;

int main()
{
    int input1; cin >> input1;
    string input2;
    cin >> input2;
    getline(cin, input2);
    cout << input2;
}

And I don't seem to understand the getline() method properly.
What I get:
Output:
 40 50

Expected Output:
30 40 50

A:
cin >> input2;

This reads 30.

getline(cin, input2);

and this reads the rest of the line. Simply change the line:
cin >> input2;

for:
cin.ignore();

that way you don't read the first number in the second line and ignore the enter key.

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Back to Officials Back to Chile
Name: Hammer, Michael
Nominated by President Barack Obama on June 21 to be the next U.S. ambassador to Chile, Mike Hammer has been assistant secretary of state for public affairs since March 30, 2012, having served as acting assistant secretary since the March 13, 2011, resignation of P.J. Crowley, who was forced out after he characterized the harsh confinement of whistleblower Pfc. Bradley Manning as "ridiculous and counterproductive and stupid." Hammer had been principal deputy assistant secretary since January 2011. If confirmed by the Senate, Hammer would succeed Alejandro D. Wolff, who has served in Santiago since September 2010.
Born December 26, 1963, in Washington, DC, to parents Michael P. and Magdalena Hammer, Michael A. Hammer spent much of his childhood in Latin America, specifically Honduras, El Salvador, Colombia, Venezuela, and Brazil, where his father was working for the American Institute for Free Labor Development, a CIA front group that worked to undermine spontaneous radicalism and channel workers into corporate-funded, conservative labor groups. The elder Hammer was gunned down in a hotel dining room in San Salvador on January 3, 1981, by Salvadoran National Guard agents who had been trained at the Pentagon's notorious School of the Americas. He was buried in Arlington National Cemetery, with both Secretary of State Edmund Muskie and Vice President Walter Mondale in attendance. He was probably a CIA agent.
Not long after his father's murder, Hammer enrolled at Georgetown University School of Foreign Service, earning a B.S. in Foreign Service in 1985, an M.A. in Law and Diplomacy at the Fletcher School of Law and Diplomacy at Tufts University in 1987, and an M.S. from the National War College at the National Defense University in 2007.
A career member of the Senior Foreign Service who entered the diplomatic corps in 1988, Hammer served early overseas postings in Iceland and Denmark. In Washington, he has served in the State Department's Operations Center and as special assistant to Under Secretary of State for Political Affairs Marc Grossman.
From 1999 to 2001, Hammer served at the National Security Council, first as deputy spokesman from 1999 to 2000 and then as director of Andean affairs from 2000 to 2001.
Hammer served as a political/economic counselor at the embassy in Oslo, Norway, from 2003 to 2006.
After completing his studies at the National War College during the 2006-2007 academic year, Hammer served as political aide to ambassador Phillip Goldberg in La Paz, Bolivia, from 2007 to September 2008, when Goldberg was expelled after a series of incidents suggested that the embassy was engaged in espionage and fomenting discontent against the government.
Back in Washington, Hammer was again detailed to the National Security Council, serving at the White House as special assistant to President Obama, senior director for press and communications, and NSC spokesman from January 2009 to January 2011.
Hammer is fluent in Spanish and speaks French and Icelandic as well.
Hammer is married to Margret Bjorgulfsdottir, whom he met while both were studying at Tufts, and they have three children, Monika, Mike Thor, and Brynja.
-Matt Bewig
Interview of Assistant Secretary Michael Hammer Public Affairs Bureau with Journalists of Kyrgyzstan (State Dept. transcript)
Testimony Before the Senate Foreign Relations Committee (pdf)


The deletion of the Windows Update Files is made with the aim to gain more space into the computer's hardware, to eliminate the corrupted and outdated files. Windows Update is running in the backend with the frequency selected by the Windows user. If you have not selected a regular update, when Windows updates are available, you are notified by a notification window. Usually are transmitted information related to the size of the updates. Thus you will know how much space you need for updates.
Windows 7, or Windows 8 operating system requires 16 GB available hard disk space for the 32-bit version, or 20 GB for the 64-bit version. It is recommended to have a free space of 40 - 50 GB on the partition you intend to install Windows, in order to have enough space for updates, also.
The reasons for the deletion of the updated files are to save more sapce on hard drive, avoid corrupt files harm the computer. However, the most essential reasons is that Windows doesn't make any cleanup after finished updating the system. Outdated and / or corrupted files give so many headaches, that we strongly think to give up the computer and buy another one (probably with another operating system). But we don't have to push things so far because remedial solutions exist even within the Windows operating system.
The size for the update files are differerent and depend on the version of Windows you have on your computer, and updates you want to do. For example, if you have Windows 8, you need 3000 MB of available space to install the 32-bit version of Windows 8.1, and 3850 MB of available space to install the 64-bit version of Windows 8.1.
You can use Disk Cleanup and the Windows Update Cleanup feature in order to delete Windows update files that you no longer need and only occupies storage that you can utilize for files you actually need.
Go to Start, search after All Programs menu, click on Accessories, and after click on System Tools. The final step is to click on Disk Cleanup.
The option of Windows Update Cleanup is checked by default. Thus, when you use the Disk Cleanup, this tab is already ready to be used.
You will be prompted with a notification windows and you must to click on Delete Files.
You are able to delete Windows Update Files by using Disk Cleanup only if you have administrator permissions. If you receive some message that you do not have this privilege, click on the right button from your mouse and select Run as Administrator.
The Disk Cleanup wizard runs in the background and you can still work on your computer. However, keep in mind that your computer will restart in most cases after the cleanup of files is done.
You should know that the Windows Update Cleanup option is available only when the Disk Cleanup wizard detects Windows updates that you do not need on the computer. Thus, even if you think that you have update files that you do not need anymore, Windows could "think" different. When you don't see that this option is available, probably you should check twice the files you consider to delete.
If you lost the data on your computer, don't worry! You still have the chance to get lost data back. To recover files from computer hard drive, you can have a try the following tool.


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« Newsletter Issue #950: HomePod: The Early Concerns
Universal Apps: Is the Mac in Danger? »
HomePod Audio Quality: Let the Disconnect Begin!
Let me put this in perspective. Consumer Reports magazine, supposedly an incorruptible source of product reviews and advice, is often at odds with other product reviewers. CR more or less implies that they have the advantage over other publications by dint of the fact that they buy all the products they test, usually anonymously. That way they cannot get a "ringer," a product that may be specially modified by the manufacturer and thus is not a true example of what customers will get when purchasing the product via the usual channels.
That said, having reviewed consumer products for over 25 years, I never encountered any evidence that I received anything that was different from what a regular customer would buy.
I will also grant that CR will, when publishing reviews that have a subjective factor, such as the sound quality of an audio system or the picture quality of a TV set, may not reach the same conclusions as others.
Take my VIZIO SB3621 sound bar, the 2017 version. It comes with a wireless Bluetooth subwoofer. According to CNET, it's a game-changer, matching or exceeding gear costing twice its average $150 purchase price. CR tested similar sound bars from VIZIO, but none of them rose beyond a "good" rating, though they still ended up among the top ten. The description of the sound quality of a similar sound bar, the SB3821, revealed many flaws. But I'll grant that the two models are different, models with a "38" designation are 38 inches wide, whereas the one I have is 36 inches wide. While they ought to be similar, they appear to come from different years, and that could also account for some of the differences beyond the subjective factors.
CR's review of the TV I own, a 55-inch M-Series, afforded it a lower rating than was awarded by CNET, which considered it one of the best they've tested at its price point and when compared to gear costing a lot more.
Long and short, is CNET simply less critical, or are their priorities different? But slightly different models and/or different firmware versions may also account for changes in performance.
Now when it comes to Apple's HomePod, CR has published its preliminary review, which includes listening tests from a panel in a dedicated listening room with unspecified size and design.
But for Apple's smart speaker, it shouldn't matter. Most reviews gave it high marks, with amazing sound quality for its size in different listening areas. One review compared it to a KEF studio monitor costing almost three times as much. Another reviewer, as quoted in AppleInsider, made detailed measurements, and come up with results that were about as flat as any speaker gets across the frequency range. The reviewer who conducted those tests characterized highs as "exceptionally crisp" and bass as "incredibly impressive," meaning tight and natural. Take note of this.
Now columnist Kirk McElhearn is very much into a variety of musical styles, from classical, to jazz to rock. He listens carefully, and he's someone I take very seriously. His experience with a brand new HomePod was very different from the crowd. Sometimes it didn't sound so good, muddy and bassy. He tried it with a TV set and it failed on all counts.
CR's first look was more measured. Pitted against the $400 Google Home Max, and a $200 Sonos One, the HomePod also received a "very good" rating. But the other two were still judged superior. To CR, the HomePod's bass was "boomy and overemphasized," the midrange was "somewhat hazy," and treble was "underemphasized," the equivalent of being distant or less clear. Doesn't sound very good to me. But the magazine also concluded that these smart speakers were all "reasonably short" of regular wireless speakers.
Again, we know nothing of the design of CR's listening room, or the abilities of its listening panel, but I would hope they are skilled at such tasks. In large part, CR's results weren't far off from Kirk's. But the reviewer quoted from AppleInsider, as indicated above, came up with decidedly different conclusions.
I'd normally be skeptical of CR's results, since it wouldn't be the first time they differed from the consensus, but since the listening results were similar to what Kirk reported on some musical material and TV shows, I take it seriously too.
It's quite possible much of the disparity is just due to the fact that different people just hear things differently and they are entitled to their preferences. I suppose it's possible that the HomePods that CR and Kirk tested were defective in some fashion, or that the software needs to be adjusted to better configure the system to deliver similar sonic qualities in a wider variety of listening environments.
And don't forget the problems CR had when testing the 2016 MacBook Pro with Touch Bar. Battery life tests were all over the place, until Apple got involved, and an obscure bug was discovered with caching when using Safari in the Develop mode to turn off that feature. It was fixed, the MacBook Pro passed the retests and garnered high ratings from CR.
Since Apple claims that the HomePod can adapt itself for a variety of listening areas, maybe they'll enter the fray to see what's up. Or maybe all this is due to the fact that no active speaker system can be the perfect solution for every listening area. It's a reason why I suggest you listen to one before you buy it if you can. Either way, if it doesn't work the way you want, don't assume it'll be fixed eventually. Nothing wrong with returning a product that doesn't satisfy you, even if it's from Apple.
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6 Responses to "HomePod Audio Quality: Let the Disconnect Begin!"
KiraK says:
The problem I see with many of the HomePod reviews is trying to label it as an audiophile grade speaker. It just isn't. Period. That does not mean it has no merit or is not a great product. For.what.it.is.
ViewRoyal says:
"It's quite possible much of the disparity is just due to the fact that different people just hear things differently and they are entitled to their preferences."
This seems to be the problem with the CR assessment of the HomePod. That it was judged on the very subjective (and possibly biased) opinions of some people at CR.
In contrast, many of the glowing reviews of the HomePod come from objective testing of the HomePod versus other speakers. Also, the subjective opinions were from audio professionals who tested the speakers in various environments, and with various styles of music.
Quotes from PC Magazine's Lance Ulanoff:
"Recently, though, I heard Apple's HomePod again in a variety of scenarios and spaces. It sounded even better, especially when compared to larger Google Home Max [which is more expensive at $399] and the aurally excellent Sonos One, the HomePod's separation of sounds and fidelity to original instrumentation is astonishing."
"The matrix of audio components is not inconsequential. In my listening party, songs like Ed Sheeran's Shape of You picked apart the track, letting me hear both Sheeran's guitar picking and the clarity of his voice. It was like he was playing in a small café for an audience of me. The bass notes on songs like Gregory Porter's Holding On and Ariana Grande's Side by Side were deep and resonant."
Quotes from a preliminary review by Jonathan Bray:
"This driver setup produces a sound that's truly impressive for a speaker this small. In the mids and high notes, there's a crisp sweetness to audio reproduction that most small speakers struggle to reproduce."
"What was most impressive about the HomePod, however, was the amount of bass it was capable of kicking out. And not just the power of it (although that was impressive) but the muscularity of the bass and the quality of it. In back-to-back tests, where we were played the same tracks on "volume leveled" Amazon Echo 2, Sonos One, Harman-Kardon Allure and Apple HomePod speakers, the Apple HomePod won hands down."
Quotes from an audiophile reviewer, after 8 1/2 hours of measurements, and over 6 hours of analysis:
"I am speechless. The HomePod actually sounds better than the KEF X300A [$1,000 speakers]. If you're new to the Audiophile world, KEF is a very well respected and much loved speaker company. I actually deleted my very first measurements and re-checked everything because they were so good, I thought I'd made an error. Apple has managed to extract peak performance from a pint sized speaker, a feat that deserves a standing ovation. The HomePod is 100% an Audiophile grade Speaker."
In a recent review of the HomePod by Ben Lovejoy:
"Finally, a head-to-head with the Sonos Play 5. This is a single speaker, but much larger than the HomePod. The Sonos also costs $150 more [$499 US versus $349 US].
Here, I was even more surprised. This was much closer. I toggled back and forth between the two speakers multiple times, before finally concluding that the two are not only in the same league, but rank really closely within it. And if I had to give the edge to one, it would actually be HomePod.
Sorry, Sonos, but for iPhone owners at least, Apple just killed the Play 5 – not just the Play 3 Apple preferred to use as its basis for comparison."
Kaleberg says:
I'm guessing that CR has a proper audio test room with well controlled surfaces, listening area and so on. It's probably like one of those listening rooms they used to have at high end audio stores. You could patch in a turntable, amplifier and pair of speakers and do an A/B test to figure out what to buy. The only problem with this is that you probably didn't have an acoustic space like that at home.
Such a setup, while excellent for comparing ordinary gear, puts an active system like the Homepod at a disadvantage. The Homepod has to optimize across a range of conditions. A system designed to sound good in a good acoustic space has a big advantage. It only has to sound really good under one set of conditions. Odds are, the Homepod will only be 90-95% as good in such a space. The difference is that when you take it home to the land of reflective walls, sound dead couches, awkwardly placed doors and the like, the Homepod adapts and quite likely sounds better than higher scoring gear.
If you are a serious audiophile, you may have carved out proper acoustic space, at least for the gear you currently have. In this case, the Homepod will probably not be an improvement. If you are Joe or Jane Random and like music but have to make do with the acoustic space you have, then you are likely to really like the Homepod sound. Which market reads the serious reviews? Which market is bigger? I know how Apple answered these questions.
Gene Steinberg says:
That may be so. But Kirk McElhearn had similar and worse issues. He doesn't have a customized listening area. But it would be nice to know if CR's listening room was as sterile in the lack of reflections as a recording studio, which would hardly mimic a normal listening situation.
ImmovableObject says:
The Homepod is not a replacement for a TV sound bar, nor is it intended for critical audiophile stereo listening, or loud DJ party use. Neither is it optimized as a general purpose digital assistant or Spotify speaker.
It simply excels at providing a better-than-average source of background music that sounds good anywhere in the room and as you move about. It will play louder and more cleanly than one would ever expect given its diminutive size. It is a no-brainer for Apple Music subscribers.
So like most Apple products, it is not for everyone, and doesn't address every niche, but what it does do, it does well. And despite its limitations, I suspect that it will meet the needs of large numbers of users.
dfs says:
One thing that troubles me about a lot of reviews and also reactions of individual users is the very limited kinds of music that are used for their evaluations: pretty much all contempo-pop of one kind or another. I also want to hear the reactions of folks who have tried it out a playlist consisting of, say, the last movement of Shostakovich's Fifth, Natalie Dessay singing an aria from Handel Giulio Cesare, Ron Farlane playing solo lute songs by John Dowland, Bach's' Toccata and Fugue in d performed on an Aeolian Skinner organ, and Dave Van Ronk's Ragtime Jug Stompers playing "Everybody Loves my Baby" with its memorable kazoo -bicycle bell duet at the beginning. That would mean throwing a vastly greater range of acoustic tasks at it and it would be interesting to hear how gracefully it can handle such a varied diet. And they should always give us an idea of the size of their listening room.


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Q: Render to window framebuffer and FBO to save full scale texture image I would like to save the output of my image processing OpenGL shader program to an image file and also display the result on the screen. I know how to save the window framebuffer using glReadPixels(). However, the resolution of the screen is smaller than the dimensions of the image.
If I render to an FBO, do I need to call glDrawArrays() again after saving and unbinding the FBO to see the results on the screen? Or is it possible to tell the window framebuffer to render from the FBO without having to run the shader program a second time?

A: To save the rendered image in the RBO, you can read the pixels directly by setting which buffer OpenGL will read the pixels from by calling glReadBuffer.  In your particular case, setting the read buffer to GL_COLOR_ATTACHMENT<i> should do the trick.  See the glDrawBuffer man page for details.
In order to display the image in the FBO: yes, you will need to make an additional rendering pass to copy the FBO's image into the default frame buffer.  You an either bind the FBO as a texture, and render geometry, as you suggest, to get the image on the screen, or, you may be able to use glBlitFramebuffer to simplify the copying and image filtering.

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If I render to an FBO, do I need to call glDrawArrays() again after saving and unbinding the FBO to see the results on the screen?

You should use glBlitFramebuffer (...), the purpose of this function is to copy one framebuffer (read buffer) to another (draw buffer). Provided you are not doing something unusual like drawing into an integer texture attachment then your FBO's draw buffer should be compatible with your default framebuffer (window).
There are some additional caveats related to the filter method and the type of image you are copying (e.g. depth buffers cannot use linearly interpolation), but since you are discussing "full scale" here, I imagine you are interested in GL_NEAREST anyway.


The United Nations (UN) was a fledgling organization—not yet five years old— when it suddenly faced one of its greatest challenges: the Korean War. The UN fought alongside the Republic of Korea (South Korea) against the Democratic People's Republic of Korea (North Korea) and their allies, the Chinese. In memory of those who gave their lives to fight for the freedom of South Korea, the UN Peace Memorial Hall was built in Busan. This one-of-a-kind UN museum was opened in 2014 and has five floors containing, among other things, four exhibition halls and a 4D movie theater.
The Korean War Hall is a permanent exhibition hall on the first floor. Here one can learn about the history of the war through written descriptions, pictures, videos, music and objectsThe objects are particularly interesting. Magazine covers from the period, cake in a can, and General Douglas MacArthur's corn pipe, transport one back in time. A photo of a UN soldier sharing his rations with young Korean child, humanizes the war. Near the end of the hall, one crosses the 38th parallel into darkness. Good use of light, sound, and figures is made to place one in the midst of the war.
The UN Allied Nations Hall is a permanent exhibition hall on the second floor in honor of the 21 nations that assisted South Korea during the war. One can, among other things, listen to the allied nations' national anthems and see objects from them. Coming from South Africa, the author of this article was filled with pride and appreciation that South Africa's contribution is remembered and celebrated.
The Korean War is, rather ironically, called the "Forgotten War". How can a war be forgotten when it has lasted for nearly 70 years? When countless lives have been lost? When families were and remain torn apart? When threats of "fire and fury" still regularly make headlines across the world? Wandering through the above halls in the UN Peace Memorial Hall, one cannot help but reflect upon the fact that this museum is unlike any other. It might appear like other war museums at first, but upon reflection it feels much more alive. Until the war has finally been concluded, the jury is out on how to truly judge the things depicted in this museum.
The UN International Peace Hall is the last permanent exhibition hall and is also located on the second floor. One can learn more about the UN and its past and present activities here. The UN is often criticized for not doing more to end conflicts, but that criticism seems rather harsh in light of the fact that (according to one of the posters in the hall) the UN's military budget is less than 0.5% of the world's military spending. Murals that cover the walls and spill out onto the floor provide good locations for photographs.
Doctors on the Frontline is a special exhibition on the first floor in honor of the five nations—Sweden, India, Denmark, Norway, and Italy—that sent medical service units to aid South Korea during the Korean War. The exhibition can be viewed until 15 May 2018. Another special exhibition, Matthew B. Ridgway, is on the second floor. It honors General Ridgway as one of the "War Heroes of the UN". It can be seen until 31 August 2018.
The 4D Movie Theater is on the first floor. The author saw a 15 minute film which had a combat medic as the main protagonist. Please note that very young children might find the moving chairs, loud gunshot noises, and contents of the film frightening. The graphics are a bit dated, but the film does a good job of immersing viewers in a battle. The film is in Korean, but one can request for English subtitles to be displayed before the screening.
The fourth and fifth floors have Observatories from where one can get impressive views of the UN Memorial Cemetery situated just over 200 meters down the hill. In fact, there are many cultural spots within walking distance of the UN Peace Memorial Hall such as the Busan Culture Center and the National Memorial Museum of Forced Mobilization under Japanese Occupation. This area would therefore be an ideal destination for a culture day trip.
All the above exhibitions are in Korean and English. Although the English texts tend to contain language errors, one can evertheless easily understand what is being written. English tours of the museum are available between 10:00 and 17:00 from Thursdays to Sunday. To arrange for a tour, apply online at least a week in advance at http://unpm.or.kr/bbs/board.php?bo_table=reserv_group&mode=step1. Please note this part of the website seems to be available only in Korean; you might have to get a Korean speaker 'sassistance to complete the application. Special events are held from time to time, and there are activities catering for children. Do not feel shy to ask the UN Peace Memorial Hall's staff for further information or assistance. The author found all the staff members he encountered to be very friendly and helpful.
한국전쟁이 일어난 시점은 유엔이 설립된 지 겨우 5년 밖에 되지 않은 시점이었다. 당시 유엔은 대한민국 남한의 편에서 북한에 대항하여 싸웠다. 대한민국의 자유를 위해 생명을 바친 숭고한 이들을 기리기 위한 유엔평화기념관이 부산에 설립되었다. 유엔평화기념관은 4개의 전시관과 4D 상영관 등을 포함한 5층짜리 건물로, 2014년 개관했다.
UN한국전쟁관은 1층 상설전시관이다. 이곳에서는 설명문, 그림, 영상, 음악, 전시물을 통해 전쟁의 역사를 배울 수 있다. 전시되어있는 전시품들은 그 시대의 잡지, 케이크 캔, 더글라스 맥아더 장군의 콘파이프, 당시의 교통수단 등 매우 흥미롭다. 한국인 아이에게 자신의 식량을 나누어주는 UN군의 사진은 전쟁 중의 인류애를 보여준다.
전시관 끝 쪽에서는 휴전선을 건너 어둠 속으로 들어간다. 빛, 소리, 피규어를 적절히 사용하여 전쟁 한복판에 있는 듯한 경험을 하게 한다. UN참전기념관은 2층에 있는 상설전시관으로, 한국전쟁에서 대한민국을 도왔던 21개의 동맹국을 기념하는 전시관이다. 이곳에서는 동맹국의 국가를 들으며 전시를 관람할 수 있다. 남아프리카 출신인 나는, 한국전쟁 때 고국의 도움을 한국에서 기억하고 기념한다는 사실에 자부심과 고마움을 느꼈다.
아이러니하게도 한국전쟁은 "잊혀진 전쟁"이라고도 불린다. 거의 70년이나 지속되고 있는 전쟁을, 셀 수 없이 많은 사람들이 목숨을 바친 전쟁을, 아직도 수많은 이산가족이 남아있는 전쟁을, "화염과 분노"라는 단어가 아직도 전세계의 헤드라인에 주기적으로 오르는 이 전쟁을 어떻게 잊을 수 있다는 걸까?
유엔평화기념관 전시관들을 돌아다니다 보면, 이곳이 다른 박물관과는 다르다는 것을 알게 된다. 얼핏 보면 다른 전쟁기념관과 비슷해 보이지만, 자세히 들여다 보면 훨씬 잘 조성해놓았다는 것을 알 수 있다. 아직 전쟁이 끝나지 않은 지금으로써는, 이곳에 전시된 것들을 아직은 역사에 어떻게 남을지 평가할 수 없다.
마지막 상설전시관인 UN국제평화관 역시 UN참전기념관과 같은 층인 2층에 있다. 이곳에서는 UN과 UN의 과거, 현재에 대해 배울 수 있다. UN은종종 갈등 종식을 위해서 아무런 조치도 취하지 않는다는 비난을 받기도 하지만, UN군의 예산이 전세계 군 예산의 0.5%에도 미치지 못한다는 점(전시관 내 포스터에 따른 내용)을 감안하면 조금 가혹한 평가가 아닌가 생각한다. 벽면과 바닥의 벽화들은 사진 찍기에 좋은 장소이다.
<전선의 의사들>은 1층에 기획전시실에서 개최되고 있는 기획전으로, 전쟁 당시 한국에 의료진을 파견한 스웨덴, 인도, 덴마크, 노르웨이, 이탈리아 등 5개국을 기린 곳이다. 해당 전시는 5월 15일까지 관람 가능하다. 또 다른 전시회인 <매튜 B. 리지웨이(Matthew B. Ridgway)>는 2층 UN참전기념관에서 진행되고 있다. "UN 참전 영웅" 리지웨이 장군을 기념하는 이 전시는 8월 31일까지 관람 가능하다.
4D 영화관은 1층에 있다. 여기서 의무병이 주인공으로 등장하는 15분짜리 단편영화를 보았다. 하지만 어린 아이들에게는 이곳의 움직이는 의자, 커다란 총소리, 내용 등 영상이 무서울 수도 있다. 조금 오래된 영상이지만 관객들이 몰입하기에는 충분하다. 한국어로 되어 있지만 상영 전 영어 자막 추가를 요청할 수 있다.
4, 5층에는 200미터 아래 언덕에 있는 유엔기념공원을 한눈에 내려다볼 수 있는 전망대가 있다. 실제로 유엔평화기념관에서 걸어갈 수 있는 거리 내에는 부산문화회관, 국립일제강제동원역사관 등 다양한 문화 시설이 있다. 당일치기 문화 여행을 즐기고 싶은 이에게 최적의 여행지이다.
위 모든 전시는 국문과 영문을 지원한다.
영문 해설에 오역이 좀 있긴 하지만 그 의미를 파악하는 것은 어렵지 않다. 목요일부터 일요일 오전 10시부터 오후 5시까지는 영어 도슨트를 운영하고 있으며, 예약은 방문 1주일 전까지 공식 홈페이지를 통해 하면 된다. 전시해설 신청 페이지는 한국어만 지원되므로, 한국어 가능자의 도움을 받는 편이 좋겠다.
유엔평화기념관에는 어린이들을 위한 프로그램을 포함, 다양한 이벤트들이 수시로 개최된다. 도움이 필요하거나 궁금한 게 있으면 유엔평화기념관 상주 직원에게 물어보면 된다. 내가 마주한 모든 직원들은 무척 친절하였고, 많은 도움을 받을 수 있었다.
Louis de Jager has lived in Busan since 2012 and liked the place so much that he has applied for Korean citizenship. Soon he will hopefully be able to officially identify himself as being "South African South Korean".
루이는 2012 년부터 부산에 거주하며, 부산이 너무 좋아 한국 시민권을 신청했다. 얼마 안 가 공식적으로 자신을 "남아프리카 한국인(South African South Korean)"이라고 소개할 수 있는 날을 기다리는 중이다.


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