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Leading a Software Development Team: Guidebook for CTOs and Team Leaders
Leading a Software Development Team
How to Reduce Technical Debt and Secure Your Code for the Future
When not managed properly, technical debt can not only increase development costs. It can result in losing customers and being prone to cyberattacks. Learn how to enter the path of reducing technical debt today to secure your product for the future.
Technical debt management
What causes technical debt?
Technical debt is often caused by insufficient information about users' needs, pressure to prioritize release over quality, and not paying enough attention to the code quality.
How technical debt impacts business?
Technical debt can evoke consequences like losing customers because of poor experience, making a product more vulnerable and less performant, and increasing development costs.
How to avoid technical debt?
To avoid technical debt, compromise the code quality only when necessary, and remember to always refactor the code according to the plan. Choose your set of preventive metrics like the number of bugs or the number of failed CD and CI.
How to reduce technical debt?
Identify signs of debt, measure the time needed to reduce it, and create a plan.
Set coding standards and plan pay-off periods.
Prioritize tasks.
Refactor the code and write automated tests.
Branching the codebase might be helpful in some cases.
Implement the culture of code reviews and automated tests for the future.
Technical debt seems like a compromise between faster delivery and high quality.
Often it makes a business and development team more flexible, but the key is to repay the technical debt on time. Otherwise, it can have serious consequences.
Learn how to deal with technical debt and how to prepare preventive processes for the future.
What is meant by technical debt?
What is technical debt?
Technical debt (also referred to as code debt) is the consequence of decisions that prioritize speed of delivery and release over the highest quality of the code. It's the implied cost of rework and refactoring in the future that results from choosing an easier solution at the moment.
The term often refers to the cost of incurring and later refactoring the code, not to the code itself.
Technical debt and financial debt
If you are wondering what is technical debt, and come to think whether it is something like financial debt, you're right. The term is metaphorically associating software development with financial debt, where interest is extra work one has to do later on for coding quickly now.
Is tech debt always bad?
Some amount of technical debt is inevitable, and it can be used as a valuable tool when the ultimate quality of the code isn't critical or when time is.
But the intention of repaying technical debt on time is what differs good technical debt from bad one.
For example, Minimum Viable Products most often come with code debt, but it's not a problem as long as the team plans to improve them.

A tech debt used properly can give a company more flexibility and improve the execution speed.

Technical debt - classification
In search of ways how to deal with technical debt, one could start by answering what type of technical debt is at hand. Because it isn't only related to coding – it can happen at any development stage.
Bad code, and therefore tech debt, can be produced by skilled programmers who are under pressure. Many IT leaders stick to the 4-type classification of technical debt, proposed by Martin Fowler, a ThoughtWorks Chief Scientist, and Tech Author. He stacks two categories together – reckless/prudent and deliberate/inadvertent, to describe all possible scenarios.
There's also a simpler version, distinguishing 3 basic types – intentional (a deliberate decision), unintentional (outdated design, new features, etc.), and software entropy (deterioration of performance over time). While the first two of these aren't too grave, you should, indeed, avoid the latter. You can also break technical debt into design debt, code debt, documentation debt, etc.
Causes & types of technical debt
When technical debt occurs
Though that's a conscious debt, or an informed decision if you will, technical debt can also be created unknowingly or unintentionally. Leaving no annotations to the code, old and not addressed bugs, or no automated test, for example.
In most cases, technical debt occurs because a development team needs to meet deadlines. Another problem comes from legacy code and using frameworks and libraries that easily become outdated.
When a team struggles with constant changes, high customer expectations, changing requirements, new cyber threats, and developer turnover - team leaders often struggle with tech debt brought on by that.
Typical causes of technical debt
Key reasons for technical debt:
Poor (or no) upfront definition, when design and development process starts without requirements set, to save time.
Insufficient information on how to find the best technical solution for a problem. Creating quick solutions to test them with users later.
Deadlines/pressure that prioritize release over diligent completion of all tasks.
Changing business goals that make the chosen solutions obsolete.
Lack of knowledge about technical debt, and thus making faulty decisions.
Lack of code documentation and/or testing procedures.
Technology evolution and delaying the modernization.
Poor technological leadership, poor collaboration between team members, lack of standards throughout the organization.
Delays in code refactoring, as often it has to be updated due to project evolution but is postponed for now, for tomorrow, for next week.
Budgetary issues/restrictions.
Insufficient processes and culture built around using the best code practices, and not emphasizing the necessity of testing and test automation.
How can technical debt impact your business?
Why is it important to reduce technical debt?
Reducing technical debt on time is crucial because accumulated code debt poses a risk not only to a product itself but also to the whole business.
When a technical debt is not properly managed, it can entail financial risks like increased costs and decreased productivity, but also security-related problems decreased usability of a product, and losing customers unsatisfied with software full of bugs.
Effects and risks of technical debt
Technical debt must be paid off in a timely manner and as planned. The more the team postpones it, the harder it is to deal with the problem which creates a domino effect.
Ignored technical debt can bring consequences like:
increased number of bugs,
higher development cost,
security issues,
decreased usability.
Financial effects of technical debt
Technical debt can have a seriously negative influence on business in various ways:
losing customers which are not satisfied with buggy software,
increasing development costs because of the delays and increased number of developers needed to deal with the problem,
decreasing productivity of developers because many of them are engaged in repaying tech debt,
increased customer support costs, related to leaving customers unsatisfied,
increased security risks which can cause various financial trouble.
Managing technical debt
There are several processes and techniques to keep technical debt under control, including:
defining and tracking debt,
prioritizing debt tasks,
agile development approach,
regular meetings of owners, managers, and engineers,
setting coding standards,
instituting code/design/test reviews,
automated tests,
code refactoring.
Managing technical debt has two key aspects – preventing technical debt from accumulating – efforts to identify it, be aware of it and implement certain procedures, and repaying debt – prioritizing, incentivizing quality work, refactoring, etc. Thus, the concept is not all about restraining technical debt from incurring. Start with defining it.
In some cases, refactoring the code will no longer suffice as the technical debt escalated to the point where rewriting the product from scratch is more cost- and effort-effective. In addition, some decades-old enterprise-grade technologies, like C or .NET, are updated every year/couple of years. If your app uses one of the older versions, upgrading to a new one might be your way to reducing the technical debt. In November 2021, Microsoft released .NET 6, which brought critical improvements and will be considered the framework's primary version until November 2024.

Thinking of switching to .NET 6?

Let us know, our .NET 6 experts will be happy to help.

Preventing technical debt
Defining technical debt
The first step is the clear definition and overall awareness about technical debt. In many cases, there is a different understanding by programmers and managers of what is technical debt. Often, debt, changes in code, and adding new features are mixed up. Team meetings or training sessions to discuss technical debt, as well as to work out processes to manage it are good practices.
Train the collective ability to identify technical debt with signs like faulty code, overlapping technologies, bugs of various levels of threat. The definition of "done" should also be understood unanimously, if possible. Regardless is it a planned, unintentional, or unavoidable technical debt you're dealing with, everyone should grasp the consequences if it is abandoned.
Tracking technical debt
As the team must return at some point to those put aside tasks, it is crucial not to delay it for too long. The time and resources you'll have to spend for rework equal to the interest in financial debt.
As technical debt has no clear metrics to track it, experts recommend making a list of deferred tasks, informing everyone about it, and scheduling regular times to "pay it off".
However, you can use metrics like a number of bugs or a number of failed CD and CI.
Agile development approach
Inherently close to tracking, there's an argument for the Agile approach to help deal with technical debt. The Agile environment, with frequent iterations of work, features, and bug fixes delivered, can be an alternative way to manage technical debt. Small chunks of work could help deal with debt in an ongoing manner.
It is sound, of course, to keep a backlog of deferred tasks. To repay the technical debt through the Agile approach, the definition of "done" and test automation might be helpful as well in the long run. Agile teams perceive job "done" as ready for release, which in regards to technical debt means strict supervision.
Regular meetings of owners, managers, and engineers
One other key thing in technical debt prevention – communication, cannot be omitted. Developers and managers should talk frankly and openly, especially because IT managers are also prone to mistakes. It is crucial to include deferred tasks in the next sprints planning, not just in an issue tracker.
You also have to motivate staff to maintain quality work, or even reward it. Measuring the number of delivered features or bugs fixed is just an example of both motivation and tools to tackle technical debt. Such team culture will encourage code reviews, proper testing, mutual help, and good practices.
DevOps helps to avoid technical debt
DevOps culture and environment are helpful in avoiding technical debt. Continuous development, testing, and the integration of operations and development make it harder to ignore technical challenges as well as make decisions and solve problems having the business goals in mind.
How to detect a growing technical debt?
When a technical debt grows big, it becomes hard to deal with, slows down your speed to market, and just becomes costly.
There are metrics you can track to detect a growing technical debt on time:
Code coverage percentage and code coverage per feature.
A number of failed CI or CD builds (if it increases, your codebase may be unstable).
A number of new bugs per week or month (it allows you to track the quality of code).
Reducing technical debt
An effective approach to technical debt reduction is crucial.
Moving on to the "repaying" aspect, it might be activities ranging from urgent temporary fixes to refactoring the whole structure of the code. Refactoring is one of the most frequently advised methods of how to deal with technical debt. At some point, it becomes inevitable, in fact, and we'll get back to it in a moment.
Setting coding standards
Set procedures and schedules in motion in order not to let technical debt build up. Similar to financial debt, you have to plan pay-off periods to reduce the debt, which means scheduled days or hours when the team is doing the clean-up. A popular practice is doing it piece-by-piece, instead of trying to rid the whole debt at once.
Bottom line: plan, predict, pay.
Instituting code/design/test reviews
Another technique for technical debt is testing and code reviews. As critical as testing for the software development process, is a culture of code reviews. No matter how much and how rigorous testing you conduct, an independent fresh look can help spot missed typos, bugs, edge cases, etc.
An integral part here is automated tests. 99% of engineers agree this is the best way to avoid bugs. In essence, automated testing is a bunch of individual tests – as automated scripts, to double-check the code and validate the system in its entirety.
Apropos, one of the universal rules is making legacy code understandable because you'll get legacy code no matter what. Organized, clean, and apprehendable code will not leave new developers baffled when they get to it months or years later. As "to-do" is a sort of programmers' inside joke, and different developers have different coding styles, a source control system could be a handy artifact, providing a history of changes and explanations.
And naturally, in some cases, there is no need to repay technical debt. It is simply not worth the effort when debt is related to prototypes, experimental projects, systems approaching termination, or migration from a legacy system to a new one.
Adding a few lines of code here or there to fix a bug or to add a new unplanned feature is a common thing. It then accumulates, your codebase becomes messy and, eventually, you'll just have to restructure the code to make it orderly.
This is called refactoring, and you've probably seen it many times in relation to technical debt. In fact, as soon as the project has been designed and launched, refactoring becomes the only way to reduce technical debt. It can speed things up, though as in any sizeable code there is always a place and reason for refactoring, the key is to do it in the right places.
Often both project managers and developers are reluctant to code refactoring, because, in their words, it doesn't fix bugs, it is too risky and takes time, or the existing code works fine. So, before doing it, you better get everyone "on the same page" about it. When all recognize the value of refactoring, as well as acknowledge the technical debt, there's a chance of a positive outcome.
Welcome regular minor refactoring to implement best practice design patterns.
When a code is easy to read (names describe the purpose), refactoring may be simply renaming classes/methods/variables or re-organizing them.
Encourage engineers who have a "better way" ideas.
Don't do it prematurely – not all refactoring have to be done before the v1.0 is released.
Branching the codebase, as a kind of refactor, might be helpful in some cases – consider assigning some time to developers for it.
Reducing technical debt - how to start?
Categorize tech debt by separating it into good and bad ones. That allows you to prioritize which issues to cover first.
If the issue is big, call all hands on deck.
Choose metrics to measure the impact - like application crash data or the number of bugs. These metrics will help you to check if you're successfully getting rid of the tech debt.
Reducing existing technical debt with Agile
The iterative development approach that lies in the basis of Agile, promotes the quality and helps to maintain it at a consistent level.
Defining "done" as ready to release is one way to increase the code quality.
Also, a Product Owner (or another role that keeps the finger on a pulse of planning the scope of work for a particular sprint) can help a team by reducing the scope of the release, prioritizing, and by that, not compromising quality.
It's crucial to manage technical debt consciously
Technical debt isn't necessarily a bad thing, it just has to be a conscious decision.
Facilitate awareness and accountability about technical debt among team members. Backlog any incomplete or deferred tasks, regardless of type, significance, or development stage – prioritize and complete them. Use tools for visibility and control over technical debt.
And remember that is crucial to track technical debt, plan to repay it, and do it on time.
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Q: python dateutil relativedelta value out of range error i am trying to get two dates, yesterday's and tomorrow's based on a given date which i then pass on to Django's Queryset filter function:
nxtday = relativedelta(day=+1) + date
yesterday = relativedelta(day=-1) + date
events = events.filter(start_datetime__gte=yesterday, end_datetime__lte=nxtday)

The point here is to get the events for the day as you've already probably deduced. Problem is i keep getting this error:
ValueError: day is out of range for month

Switching to timedelta objects  raises issues later with dateutil's rrule:
TypeError: can't compare offset-naive and offset-aware datetimes

I am fond of dateutil module so i am just curious why it didn't work. Example date passed: 2014-02-26. Any ideas?

A: Passing -1 for the day parameter is requesting the -1 day of the month, which is why it complains about an out of range value.
For relative delta the day parameter is for absolute dates, and the days parameter is for relative dates.  docs
nxtday = relativedelta(days=1) + date
yesterday = relativedelta(days=-1) + date

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Volunteers pack bags of food for Greater Pittsburgh Community Food Bank.
ictured is a bag of food packed by a volunteer for the Second Harvest Food Bank in Nazareth, Pa.
Furloughed government workers are heading back to work Monday after President Trump signed a temporary end to the partial federal government shutdown. The repercussions, though, are still being felt throughout the community. With the threat of another potential shutdown looming, local organizations are preparing for the worst.
Without a paycheck, Pittsburgh families had a hard time putting food on the table, says Traci Weatherford-Brown, chief advancement officer for the Greater Pittsburgh Community Food Bank. And they often felt hesitant to ask for help.
"When you are someone who is working what you know is a well-compensated job for your government in civil service, which you're committed to, and you're still going to work and you're not getting paid, to have to ask for that help, it was such a struggle for families," she says.
She joins Jim Blatnick, AFL-CIO community services liaison with United Way, to talk about ongoing efforts to help feed federal workers. The partial shutdown could resume, bringing more insecurity and continued need, Blatnick says. If that happens, Weatherford-Brown says the food bank will be there.
Elsewhere in the program, Literacy Pittsburgh (formerly known as the Greater Pittsburgh Literary Council) CEO Carey Harris talks about the organization's efforts to build a stronger workforce. Find more information about volunteering here.
Jamie Upshaw of Hazelwood found that it was difficult to get a proper autism diagnosis for her youngest son, but even more difficult to find resources after his diagnosis, so she created her own nonprofit to help parents of children with autism.
And Lawrenceville United host a community forum Monday in partnership with FBI units working on hate crimes and domestic terrorism. Dave Breingan, the group's executive director, says the meeting was organized as a space to discuss recent acts of hate in the Lawrenceville community, including vandalism against businesses and numerous sightings of neo-Nazi recruitment flyers.
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Q: Injective and Surjective in composite functions Consider the function
$f:X\rightarrow Y$ and $g:Y\rightarrow Z$
then which of the following is incorrect ?
(A)  If $f$ and $g$ both are injective then $gof :X\rightarrow Z$ is injective .
(B) If $f$ and $g$ both are surjective then $gof :X\rightarrow Z$ is surjective.
(C) If $gof: X\rightarrow Z$ is bijective then f is injective and g is surjective .
(D) None
My Approach : For the (A) part since both f and g are one - one then I thought of some functions and hence came to the conclusion that $gof$ will be one - one . But I want to know some good and convincing approach for this question ...
Please help

A: (A) $x\neq y$ implies $f(x)\neq f(y)$ implies $g(f(x)) \neq f(g(y))$
(B) For $z\in Z$ there is $y\in Y$ with $g(y)=z$ and then $x\in X$ with $f(x)=y$
(C) If $g\circ f$ is bijective and $V=f(X)$ (need not be all of $Y$) then $g:V\rightarrow Z$ is injective (but need not be injective on all of $Y$).
But clearly $g$ must be surjective (or else you can't reach all of $Z$) and $f$ injective (or else some $x_1\neq x_2$ would map to the same point).

A: THE ANSWER IS PART (C) .BECAUSE g$o$f is bijective does implies f is injective. But g must be bijective  to satisfy the condition that    g $o $f     is bijective.if g is not injective then $x_1$ and $x_2$ can have same image in g .I.e Although $y_1=f(x_1)$ not equal to$ y_2=f(x_2)$,there may possibility that
$g(y_1)=g(y_2)$ which disproves the statement that g $o$f is bijective.


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Pandemic Prompts UNL To Use Professional Movers For Students
August 3, 2020 | by Karla James
The university expects about 5,500 students will move into its 14 residence halls by Aug. 16.
With about 4,000 of the new arrivals anticipated between Aug. 13 and Aug. 16, the university for the first time is instituting curbside move-in. To speed the unloading process and reduce crowding in the hallways, it has contracted with University and Student Services, a national company that specializes in moving residence hall students. Company crews will unload students' belongings from their cars and deliver their items to their rooms.
Along with promoting safety, the new system should make move-in day less stressful for families as they part with their students, said Keith Zaborowski, University Housing's associate director for operations and support. About three-fourths of the new residents are first-year students, who are in most cases required to live on campus.
"First and foremost, safety is our number one goal," Zaborowski said. "We want to promote social distancing, less contact with others and minimize touching of shared surfaces for students and parents."
Hiring the moving company also avoids the need to recruit and train about 120 student volunteers, which would be problematic in light of COVID-19 uncertainties.
Another change for those arriving Aug. 13-16 is that they will check in at the Bob Devaney Sports Center to pick up their NCard, sign University Health Center paperwork and pick up their textbook orders before getting packets with their room key card and other Housing information. This will provide students a physically distanced opportunity to complete processes that would ordinarily be handled at New Student Enrollment, which could not be held in person this summer because of the pandemic, and to eliminate start-of-semester lines in the University Bookstore.
Students have been assigned specific move-in times based upon their hall and floor assignments and Zaborowski emphasized that it is crucial that they adhere to those times.
Students arriving before Aug. 13 or after Aug. 16 will check directly into their residence hall at their assigned date and time. This includes students who are moving to different rooms after living on campus for summer school, who will move to their new assignment Aug. 5-8; and a few hundred student workers or participants in early programs such as First Huskers and Engineering Readiness, who will arrive Aug. 9-12. Students who can't comply with their assigned move-in times are asked to contact University Housing to make alternative move-in arrangements.


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"Trespass Against Us" covers three generations of a notorious family of Britain's outlaws as a man is torn between his father's crime legacy and his desire to protect his family.
Viceroy's House (12A) 3rd March 2017
"Viceroy's House" follows the 6 months in 1947 when Lord Mountbatten, the last Viceroy, had the task of handing India back to its people.
Kong: Skull Island (12A) 10th March 2017
"Kong: Skull Island" re imagines the classic story. A team of explorers and soldiers find the mysterious Skull Island and set off a chain of events as they confront both Kong and the island's other terrifying creatures.
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How to win a race - take the first step with the help of a massage therapist.
Triathlon is a demanding sport as it requires you to perform 3 different sports at your peak athletic potential. Triathlon places the body under a lot of mechanical, muscular, and mental stress and during an event you will be working lots of different muscle groups. In the swim you will be working the shoulder, back, and, neck muscles as well as your buttocks, hips and legs. On the bike you will be working the legs and lower back as well as straining the shoulder and neck muscles by staying down on your tri-bars for long periods of time. On the run you will be again working the legs and lower back, and as you get tired there may be some tension in your shoulder and neck muscles.
If for example, you have raced a long distance triathlon, such as an ironman-distance race, you could well be working your muscles for anywhere between 9 to 17 hours!!! And that means some very tired muscle groups at the end of the race.
Tight and tired muscles do not work well and are more prone to injury.
Sports massage differs from other types of massage. It is more specific, the muscles are worked deeper, and various stretching techniques are applied to benefit the athlete. A part of the massage focuses on trigger points within the muscles, and breaks down adhesions and the build up of scar tissue – all of which can affect the function of key muscle groups when racing and training. Regular sports massage treatment during the season (and the off-season) should form a part of your overall training plan so that you can help your tired muscles recover and relax, to improve flexibility, to prevent injuries, and also to be able to work your muscles harder in future training sessions and races.
For pre-race massage we would advise seeing a therapist 3-4 days before your race. This will give the body adequate time to recover from and to gain the full benefits of the massage and therefore you will get to the start line feeling revitalised and refreshed. You can also have treatment a couple of days or the day before an event but be aware of how your body reacts and recovers from such treatment – our advice would be to tell the therapist that you have a race approaching and that you only want light work and stretching performed. If there are any problems that are found you can always address these after race-day.
Most of the clients we see benefit the most from receiving treatment either before a race or at the end of a hard training block.
Post-event massage is always an important part of the post-race recovery phase. Again, you would have placed the body under a lot of mechanical stress during the race and will no doubt come away from the race with aching muscles and feeling tired. A post-race massage works best 2-3 days after the event. The main aim of post-race massage is to aid recovery. The tired muscles are stretched, the metabolic waste and toxins that build up in muscles are released and the nutrients in the fresh blood is pumped into the muscles, which helps speed up the recovery process by repairing muscle damage, controlling inflammation and any associated pain.
The role of massage during training period is supplemental to your normal training, in a very similar way to stretching, yoga or core stability work - it eases the stress of training on the muscles, and returns them to normal resting length allowing your muscles to work at their optimal potential. You may feel the need to have regular treatment on a weekly, fortnightly, or monthly basis – this is great in helping in recovery from training, improves flexibility, prevents injuries, and will make sure that the muscles are relaxed for future training sessions.
It is advisable to have massage during rest periods, or alternatively after the heaviest training session of the week to gain the best benefit.
Some triathletes will alternate weekly between getting their back, shoulders, neck and arms treated, i.e. if they have been doing a lot of swimming, or having the lower back, glutes and legs treated if they are doing lots of cycling and running. Sometimes it is important to focus on specific areas – for example, extra emphasis may be placed on calf muscles after heavy hill training on the bike or running. A good massage therapist will also be able to advise on specific stretching techniques as well.
Speak to your massage therapist about your training, your goals, and how your body feels - they will be able to advise on the number of sessions that they feel you should be getting both during the season and in the off-season.
The major benefit of regular treatment is that we are able to detect slight niggles before they develop into injuries.
Can massage help with injuries?
Common injuries that can occur during triathlon training and racing are swimmers shoulder, lower back pain, illiotibial band syndrome (runners knee), hamstring strains, achilles tendinitis, shin splints, and plantar fasciitis. Sports massage has a role in the recovery and prevention of injuries. Your massage therapist will be able to assist you with treating the affected area, to give advice about recovery times and rehabilitation exercises in order to get you back to training and racing as soon as possible. There is no point in training or racing whilst injured, you will only waste your time and effort, and most likely make the problem even worse. Often times, treatment and rehabilitation exercises are what is needed to break the cycle of recurrent injuries.
Having massage as a preventative measure is very beneficial, not only for the reduced likelihood of injuries before important events, but also psychologically, as it enforces a very positive picture in your mind, increases confidence, and reassures you that you are in peak condition - you can go out there and perform at your very best.
Regular massage will enable you to perform at your absolute best - all season long.
As a massage therapists who treats athletes on a regular basis we feel it is important to know the sports from all angles. We learn new and beneficial tips each week from the athletes we treat, that will help us as therapists. We are able to advise clients on many aspects of sports – training, nutrition, and recovery to name a few. Finding a massage therapist you are comfortable with, who understands your needs as an athlete and who is able to tailor the treatment to your specific needs can be the difference between a mediocre and a fantastic season. If you can find a therapist who has knowledge of sports, they will have a better understanding of the demands of training and competition. Don't be afraid to ask questions during the sessions.
One of the important jobs of a massage therapist is to reassure the athlete that the body is in top condition, and they will have a good race - knowing that you are on the start line in peak condition is an excellent confidence booster and could be the difference between a good race and a brilliant race.
Although the advice here is aimed at triathletes the same principles apply to all sports. We treat a range of sportsmen and women and if we don't have an understanding of the sport we will ask lots of questions during the session and also go away and research the sport so we have a better understanding which will then benefit the client in the long run.


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Report: Samsung Galaxy Note 7 Arrives Aug. 2
A leaked invite says "The next edge is just around the corner."
By Don Reisinger
Samsung's next Galaxy Note might be unveiled on Aug. 2, Sammobile reports.
The blog tips the Galaxy Note 7 Edge at a Samsung Unpacked event in New York City, pointing to a leaked press invitation. An image of the invite includes the hashtag "TheNextGalaxy, and says "The next edge is just around the corner," suggesting that the Note 7 will have a curved display.
Rumors have been swirling about Samsung's next-gen Note for the last few weeks, with some suggesting that the company will skip from Galaxy Note 5, unveiled last year, directly to Galaxy Note 7 to put itself in line with the existing Galaxy S7 and S7 Edge lineup.
Sammobile suggests the new phone will have a 5.8-inch quad-HD display with a curved screen, a Qualcomm Snapdragon 823 processor, and USB-C.
The timing is similar to the Galaxy Note 5 unveiling last year, which happened on Aug. 13. That was a departure from previous years, when Samsung waited until the IFA trade show in September to hold a big Unpacked event and reveal a new Note. Last year, some speculated Samsung wanted to get out ahead of Apple, which revealed its iPhone 6s lineup a few weeks later.
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The dark side of RNA
by Vivienne Baillie Gerritsen
This article was published in October 2007
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There is more to RNA than meets the eye. In the 1980s, students in biology were told that this molecule's raison d'être was to be a template for the making of a protein. RNA, like DNA, was made out of nucleotides and had no particular function other than that of being a text that was to be read. Today, almost 30 years later, there is growing evidence that little bits of single-stranded RNA are just as crafty as many transcription factors and can regulate the expression of a gene, and hence a protein. However, they cannot do it without the help of enzymes, two of which are known as Drosha and Dicer. Drosha and Dicer are ribonucleases which work in unison to sculpt RNA strands that in turn acquire the ability to bind to specific parts of mRNA, which they subsequently silence. As a result, the mRNA's product is not translated.
«There is more to RNA than meets the eye. Not only does it act as a template for the making of a protein but it can also regulate the expression of a gene. »
The expression of a gene is dependent on so many different instances, from the presence of a certain ion to a specific moment in development. However, until recently, it had always been thought that transcription factors had the last word. They were the ones who decided whether a gene would be transcribed and ultimately translated. But it is not so. Tiny strands of RNA - known as microRNAs or miRNA - are beginning to raise their voices and show that they are just as good as any transcription factor. The concept is mind-blowingly simple: miRNAs recognise their complementary sequence encoded in a specific mRNA and bind to it. In so doing, they interfere with the proper translation of the mRNA sequence and no protein product is synthesized. It's a bit like immobilising a locomotive on a railway, thereby hindering the passage of a train.
The knowledge that certain non-coding RNA molecules - the miRNAs - were actually part of protein expression regulation arose in the early 1990s whilst working on Caenorhabditis elegans. Since then, many different miRNAs have been discovered in animals and plants - and the viruses that infect them - and it is becoming obvious that their role in protein expression regulation is important. It is thought that the human genome may well house up to 1000 miRNA genes, which could regulate as many as one third of our protein-coding genes...which is not trivial.
3D structure of Dicer
Lending the silencing of genes to the sole existence of miRNA is, however, a little short-sighted. In truth, they need a battery of enzymes to meet their ends. Drosha and Dicer are two such enzymes, whose major role is to cleave RNA. The making of mature miRNA - which is the RNA strand that actually recognises its target - is part of a fascinating process. Drosha, like Dicer, carry two domains in their sequence known as ribonuclease III (or RIII) domains. Thanks to protein sequence folding, these two domains meet to form an intramolecular dimer which - in both cases - is the catalytic site for RNA processing.
«It is thought that the human genome may well house up to 1000 miRNA genes, which could regulate as many as one third of our protein-coding genes.»
Drosha is found in the cell's nucleus and specifically recognises primary miRNA (pri-miRNA). Drosha - like Dicer - can only recognise double-stranded RNA so, conveniently, pri-miRNA folds into a hairpin conformation thus producing one double-stranded end. The two RIII domains form a cleft into which the RNA hairpin can lodge. Drosha then cleaves one end to produce what is known as pre-miRNA. Pre-miRNA is then shuttled out of the nucleus where it encounters Dicer. Dicer prepares the other end of the hairpin in much the same way as Drosha and releases the mature miRNA which is then ready to recognise its mRNA target and act upon it.
Plant miRNAs are specific: their sequences match their complementary RNA targets with great precision. Animal miRNAs are far more promiscuous. The match is far less demanding and, as a result, one miRNA will bind to as many as one hundred different target sequences. From Nature's point of view, it may sound economical but it just makes things difficult in the laboratory. It is a relatively easy task to identify a specific miRNA within a specific pathway if the said miRNA only has one target. However, in reality, one particular miRNA regulates many different genes and is thus most probably involved in as many cellular pathways.
The fact that animal miRNAs are so dissolute makes it difficult to use them as diagnostic markers for disease or for exploiting them for therapeutic benefit. Nevertheless, much research is being carried out in this direction to make some sense out of the miRNA jungle. Since miRNA silencing in plants is far more straightforward, a number of applications have already been made. The very first was with on tomatoes where an engineered miRNA was used to prevent the expression of an enzyme which participated in the softening of the cell walls once ripe. Ripe tomatoes could then be harvested without falling apart. Such practises cannot be widely used though because of our whims of genetically modified crops.
An obvious question is why do miRNAs exist? Do they provide some special regulatory property that transcription factors do not? Is the silence Drosha and Dicer create of a different nature to that of the well known transcription factors? Time will tell. Nature continues to show that she has many facets and those she nurtures are usually there for a reason...
1. Baulcombe D.
RNA silencing
Trends in Biochem. Sci. 30:293-290(2005)
2. Han J., Lee Y., Yeom K.-H., Kim Y.-K., Jin H., Kim V.N.
The Drosha-DGCR8 complex in primary microRNA processing
Genes Dev. 18:3016-3027(2004)
3. Ketting R.F.
Partners in dicing
Genome Biol. 7:210.1-210.4(2006)
Swiss-Prot cross references
Drosha, Homo sapiens (Human): Q9NRR4
Dicer, Homo sapiens (Human): Q9UPY3
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About Damned Time: At 48, Naomi Campbell Scores Her 1st Beauty Campaign
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Naomi Campbell attends the Leonardo DiCaprio Foundation Gala at Jackson Park Ranch on September 15, 2018 in Santa Rosa, California.
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She's one of the best-known models in the world—and certainly the best-known black model. But 30 years after Naomi Campbell broke ground as the first black woman to grace the cover of French Vogue (and nearly 30 years after she became the first to cover American Vogue's September issue in 1989) Naomi Campbell has just starred in her first beauty campaign.
That's right, cult-favorite cosmetic company Nars, founded by makeup artist François Nars (who also photographed Campbell for the campaign), is the first beauty brand to enlist the supermodel, activist, author, actress, outright icon and expert in overall flawlessness to lend her beauty to their brand for their Spring 2019 campaign.
"Naomi is a living icon and brings such strong personality to the camera," Nars, also a longtime friend of Campbell's, noted in an Instagram post, stating the obvious. "She and I are like family. I have known her since the very beginning of her career. From the start, I have admired her, her beauty, and her style."
And in case you're wondering, one of Campbell's favorite products is the brand's gorgeously terracotta-hued Taj Mahal blush—which will now and forever more be a staple in our makeup bags.
But what the hell took so long, you ask? After all, Naomi is both a living legend and a longtime advocate for more diversity within the fashion industry, so it is ironic (to say the least) that it would take her decades to put this particular and long overdue accomplishment under her belt. But as Glamour pointed out, citing a 2017 interview Campbell gave to the Evening Standard, if the beauty industry opted to remain willfully ignorant, the supermodel certainly wasn't.
"I've never done [a beauty campaign] for anyone," Campbell told the Standard. "People say, 'Oh you've got beautiful skin' and yet I've never done one."
Her interviewer made sure to note: "She gives me a look that says, 'You know why.'"
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Q: JavaScript: can I read EXIF data from a file upload input? I have the following task:

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*Offer an <input type=file />

*When the user adds a file:

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*read the EXIF data (specifically, location information if available)

*send the file and the information from the EXIF to an external API, using Ajax

So, I'd like to use JavaScript to extract some EXIF data when a file is added to the input.
Is this possible?
I know about this question: Can I read Exif data of a picture in the client-side with js? , which refers to http://blog.nihilogic.dk/2008/05/reading-exif-data-with-javascript.html
But my question is (I think?) slightly different - I want to extract the EXIF data before the image is even on my domain, while it's on the user's local filesystem, if you see what I mean. I can access the binary data, so can I get the EXIF too?
Thanks for your advice.

A: You can do this on the client with HTML5. You should have an appropriate server based fallback for older browsers that don't support File and FileReader.
You can write your own exif parser or use the jsjpegmeta library(Ben Leslie), which is a simple+awesome library that lets the browser extract the EXIF data from most jpeg files. There is a patch that says it fixes most of the compatibility problems. I haven't tested the patch, but be prepared to fork the project and put on your github hat.
To get the EXIF:

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*Open file dialog: I usually create a button that calls a function to generate the <file input and add a change handler

*Get the files: In the file change handler ue $(this).get(0).files to get the list of selected files.

*Parse the exif data: Send the browse results to jsjpegmeta

I had to tweak the library a bit to get it to do what I wanted (I wanted a commonJS library) I also made the tweak identified in issue 1.
Here is a fiddle
Update 26.07.2022
The package has been moved to Gitlab. The patch is included in the newest version. You can find the package here.

A: I know this may be already solved but I'd like to offer an alternative solution, for the people stumbling upon this question.
There's a new library exifr with which you can do exactly that. It's maintained, actively developed library with focus on performance and works in both nodejs and browser.
Simple example of extracting exif from one file:
document.querySelector('#filepicker').addEventListener('change', async e => {
  let file = e.target.files[0]
  let exifData = await exif.parse(file)
  console.log('exifData', exifData)
})

Complex example of extracting exif from multile files:
document.querySelector('#filepicker').addEventListener('change', async e => {
    let files = Array.from(e.target.files)
    let promises = files.map(exif.parse)
    let exifs = await Promise.all(promises)
    let dates = exifs.map(exif => exif.DateTimeOriginal.toGMTString())
    console.log(`${files.length} photos taken on:`, dates)
})

And you can even extract thumbnail thats embedded in the file:
let img = document.querySelector("#thumb")
document.querySelector('input[type="file"]').addEventListener('change', async e => {
  let file = e.target.files[0]
  img.src = await exifr.thumbnailUrl(file)
})

You can also try out the library's playground and experiment with images and their output, or check out the repository and docs.

A: Yes with modern browser you can read files contents and so extract exif. the link you show is an example. the problem is that on old browsers IE6-9, FF 3.6- this is not possible. Also you should consider the it is a hard process for browser to read and extract exif from big files.

A: Shanimal's answer is correct, but it overcomplicates things. Here is an implementation of the jsjpegmeta library that accomplishes the same thing, if you don't need to support multiple file uploads:
<input type="file" accept="image/jpeg" id="input" />
<script src="./jsjpegmeta.js"></script>
<script>
document.getElementById('input').onchange = function(e) {
  var file = e.target.files[0],
    fr = new FileReader();
  fr.onloadend = function() {
    console.log(new JpegMeta.JpegFile(this.result, file.name));
  };
  fr.readAsBinaryString(file);
};
</script>

A: I've just found 'exif-js' from npm.
https://github.com/exif-js/exif-js
I'm doing this in react.
this is my code.
it worked for me very well
import EXIF from 'exif-js';

//......

const fileChangedHandler = (event) => {
    const files = event.target.files;
    console.log(files[0]);
    EXIF.getData(files[0], function () {
        console.log(EXIF.getAllTags(this));
    });
};

//......

<input
    type="file"
    onChange={fileChangedHandler}
/>

The result should be like this.

A: No, JavaScript cannot get to EXIF directly; this is not a security issue, it's just something that isn't made available by the browser to the DOM.
The closest you get get is exactly the hack that the other question referred to: have a process on the server side to analyze the image and return the EXIF data via AJAX>.


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Cybersecurity Startup Dazz Raises $60 Million to Solve Cloud Security Remediation
PALO ALTO, Calif., Dec. 14, 2021 /PRNewswire/ — Dazz, a fast-growing cloud security remediation company, today announced that it has closed on a new round of funding and that it has raised a total of $60 million to date from some of the world's most prominent venture capital firms. The company will expand its engineering team and build a go-to-market organization in the United States with offices in Palo Alto and New York.
Venture capital firms participating in the funding round include Insight Partners (Steve Ward), Greylock (Asheem Chandna and Sarah Guo), Index Ventures (Shardul Shah), and Cyberstarts (Gili Raanan).
Dazz's technology addresses the urgent security need created by the rapid adoption of cloud computing, which has been accelerated by the pandemic, and which McKinsey predicts will grow six times the speed of IT spending. While cloud and application security tools today alert on issues like code flaws and infrastructure misconfigurations, Dazz takes aim at the long-ignored and painful remediation process. The company's automated solution cuts customers' alert queues, vastly reduces the mean time to remediate issues, and eases tension between security and engineering teams.
"Our vision is to solve a critical set of problems while improving the effectiveness of collaboration between security teams and their business partners," said founder and CEO Merav Bahat. "To do that, even before writing a single line of code, our team worked closely with customers, and we continue to listen and understand their concerns and pains."
Bahat served as the General Manager of the Cloud Security Business for Microsoft, and was also the Deputy CEO of Microsoft Israel R&D. She co-founded the company with CTO, Tomer Schwartz and VP R&D, Yuval Ofir, who are acclaimed cybersecurity leaders with decades of combined experience solving cloud and cybersecurity challenges across global enterprises.
Schwartz, co-founded IoT security leader Armis, was head of research at Adallom, and founded the Microsoft Security Response Center in Israel. Ofir, headed R&D at industrial cybersecurity leader Claroty and was a leader in the prestigious Israeli Defense Forces intelligence unit 8200.
Dazz already has 30 employees — among the top engineering talent in Israel — and plans to use the new funds to expand the team to 50. It also plans to use the funds to build a go-to-market and operations organization of similar size, including sales, marketing, customer success and operations in the United States, targeting Fortune 500 and fast growing tech companies.
"Enterprises are accelerating their move to the cloud," said Asheem Chandna, Partner at Greylock. "Dazz bridges the gap between developers and production, helping teams rapidly remediate and resolve cloud security issues."
"Dazz's vision of solving a critical set of cybersecurity problems related to the development and cloud environments and the need for continuous deployment for their business partners makes it a standout platform in the enterprise space," said Steve Ward, Managing Director at Insight Partners, who will join the Dazz board.
Cyberstarts's founder Gili Raanan, who was the first investor in Dazz, said that "cloud security is an amazingly complex task due to the variety of infrastructure and cybersecurity technologies involved. I'm thrilled to partner with the experienced and talented Dazz team. In a very short time, they built a one-of-a-kind solution to help Fortune 500 companies systematically improve their security posture."
According to Gartner, "through 2025, more than 99% of cloud breaches will have a root cause of preventable misconfigurations or mistakes by end users." Addressing that is a key part of the Dazz customer-centric approach.
One of Dazz's customers, Mike Towers, CISO at Takeda Pharmaceuticals International, said "Dazz is able to get issues to our developers more quickly, identify misconfigurations for direct remediation, and aggregate aspects of development security that were previously fractured and inconsistent. They innovate quickly and collaborate effectively with my team."
"We've hit on an amazing opportunity," said Bahat, "But where the rubber hits the road is the team. I'm grateful for the opportunity to work with such a smart, enthusiastic and ambitious group of people. They bring every bit of their passion and customer obsession into the product."
About Dazz
Dazz is the cloud security remediation platform for smart security and development teams. We automate remediation processes. With Dazz, organizations keep engineers on track, and secure their cloud and dev environments. Founded by security visionaries from Microsoft, Armis, Adallom and Claroty, and backed by leading institutions Insight Partners, Greylock, Index Ventures and Cyberstarts, Dazz is being adopted by cloud-forward Fortune 500 and leading technology companies.
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Sparks Across Darkness is the stage name of emcee Anthony Giovanini. He's a member of the hip hop band Monsters and Thieves, along with emcee TIP Vicious (a.k.a. Tyler Todd), drummer and beat producer Mello Hall, and DJ Nocturnal (a.k.a. Chris Jaime).
"Obscura" features guest performances by Hobo Johnson, SpaceWalker, Charlie Muscle, Chuuwee, Hailey Lynch-Bastion and Alex Salveson.
They stopped by the Insight studio to speak with Insight producer Cody Drabble and perform new music from the Sparks Across Darkness debut album "Obscura" with special guest guitarist Dylan Jarman from Shotgun Sawyer.
Sparks Across Darkness and his band Monsters and Thieves are hosting another installment of their "Midnight Marauders" show series at Blue Lamp on September 23 with performances by Shane Quidachay, Nate Curry, Signor Benedick the Moor, and special guest comedian Shahera Hyatt.


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Meghan Markle Has Been Accused Of Copying The Cover She Guest-Edited For 'Vogue'
It has been compared to a collaborator's book
Meghan Markle just revealed the cover of Vogue UK's September issue, which she guest-edited, and some people have taken issue with the imagery, pointing out that it looks similar to author Samantha Brett's book, The Game Changers, which includes an essay from the Duchess of Sussex.
According to an Instagram post announcing the cover, titled "Forces for Change," Markle "chose a diverse selection of women from all walks of life, each driving impact and raising the bar for equality, kindness, justice, and open mindedness," leaving one space blank amongst their black and white portraits "so that when you hold the issue in your hands, you see yourself as part of this collective."
The cover of Brett's The Game Changers features 15 black and white portraits of women as well, with Markle in the top row. Brett has now responded and told Daily Mail Australiathat the similarity is "very flattering," before adding, "I love Meghan and am a huge fan, but if what people are alerting us to is true, then it's extremely disappointing." When Brett shared the article to her own Instagram story, though, she said that the similarity is "probably just a coincidence."
Image via @samantha_brett on Instagram
On Brett's website, she currently features three of her books, all of which have various portraits in a grid form across the front.
Screenshot via www.samanthabrett.com
While some have noted the similarities as being suspicious, others are pointing out that this format isn't a unique way to lay out a book or a magazine.


Susceptible to develop contact or irritant dermatitis. Often associated with impaired skin barrier.
4. Are there medical tests for establishing a diagnosis of sensitive skin?
Patch testing may identify signs of allergies that are causing or contributing to sensitive skin.
6. What are some tips for caring for sensitive skin, especially on face?
From one person to the next, sensitive skin responds differently to different cleansing methods. But majority agree that "deodorant" soap or highly fragranced soap contains strong detergents and shouldn't be used on the face. Soap-free cleansers such as mild cleansing bars and sensitive-skin bars along with most liquid facial cleansers have less potential for facial skin irritation than soaps. The same is true for cleansing creams and disposable facial washcloths.
Moisturizing products help skin hold on to moisture so it resists drying and abrasion.
Usage of cosmetics with few preservatives.
Liquid eyeliners contain latex and may cause an allergic reaction.
Discard old cosmetics as they can spoil or become contaminated.
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Every day for 5 days, apply a small amount behind an ear and leave it on overnight.
If your skin does not get irritated, follow the same procedure, this time applying the product on an area alongside an eye. If you still don't see irritation, the product should be safe for you to apply on any area of your face.
9. What are some tips for protecting my sensitive skin in summer and winter ?
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10. What should I look for in a sunscreen to protect my sensitive skin?
11. When and how do doctors diagnose and treat sensitive skin?
When consulted, the dermatologist will first check for skin conditions such as eczema, rosacea, or contact with a skin irritant. They may give you a skin patch test to check for allergies. The doctor will also ask about your skin care plan, identify any potential irritants, and recommend milder skin care and household products that are less likely to irritate sensitive skin.
12. Which clothing fabrics are less irritating to sensitive skin?
13. What diseases and conditions may be associated with sensitive skin?
14. Are skin care products labeled "hypoallergenic" safer for sensitive skin?
15. Can healthful eating help sensitive skin?
16. Can a child with a disease or condition related to sensitive skin outgrow it?
A child with sensitive skin due to eczema has a very good chance of outgrowing it before age 5 and a 40% to 50% chance of outgrowing it by the time he or she is a teen. About 80% of people aged 11 to 30 have outbreaks of acne. For most of them, acne typically goes away sometime in their 30s. Psoriasis is considered a chronic, lifelong disease.
17. Can sensitive skin be inherited?


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Directions (1 – 5): The following questions are accompanied by three statements I, II and III. You have to determine which statement is/are sufficient to answer the questions.
A and B together can complete the work in how many days?
I) A alone can complete the work in 12 days.
II) B alone can complete the work in 18 days.
III) A and B together can complete (5/6)th of the work in 6 days.
Both I and II are sufficient to answer the question.
Statement III alone are sufficient to answer the question.
Find the perimeter of square, whose side is 4 meter less than the length of the rectangle?
I) The ratio between the length to that of breadth of the rectangle is 3: 2.
II) The perimeter of the rectangle is 80 meter.
III) The area of the rectangle is 384 Sq meter.
Both I and III are sufficient to answer the question.
Both II and III are sufficient to answer the question.
Hence, any of the three statements are necessary to answer the given question.
Find the present age of Sanu?
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II) After 7 years, the ratio of age of Kathir and Sanu will be 21: 16.
III) The difference between the age of Kathir and Sanu is 10 years.
Find the speed of train B (in km/hr)?
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II) The speed of train A is 50 km/hr.
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III) The ratio of speed of boat in still water to that of stream is 7: 1.
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10) Find the ratio of the speed of Boats A and B together in still water to the speed of Boats D and E together in still water.


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The high-resolution track was sensational. It was as relaxed and organic sounding as I've ever heard from digital. And yet it was strikingly dynamic, with extraordinary textural details that simply aren't present on the 16-bit/44-kHz tracks. Someday, when downloads at this resolution become common, the world will be a better place for it, and players like the DX-5 will shine even brighter. I compared the Massey Hall CD to the same CD ripped to iTunes and then played back over USB. No question, I preferred the ripped version over USB to the direct CD playback. The direct CD playback was tremendous enough that I'd have taken no issue with it if not for the direct comparison. But I thought the USB was a smidge smoother and more resolved in micro detail, with a bit denser (better) imaging.
Silver Video Discs
For use as a USB DAC, the DX-5 requires virtually no setup. But it's a little unusual to use as a BD player if you use the dedicated HDMI audio out (and you should). Through that output, the player converts Dolby TrueHD and DTS-HD Master Audio to multichannel PCM. You can output a Dolby TrueHD or DTSHD Master Audio bitstream directly from the player, but only through its HDMI A/V output. The DX-5 ships from the factory with the correct default settings for Audio Format Setup and Audio Processing, and these settings are repeated in the user manual should you need to enter them manually.
This isn't the first high-end-priced player I've seen—or the first I've used directly connected over HDMI to a front projector in my system (in this case, the JVC DLA-X7 reviewed in HT's May 2011 issue). It's just the first one I've seen that actually looks better in comparison to other players I've seen over HDMI. In addition to the superb deintleracing and scaling I mentioned earlier, our battery of standard test patterns revealed sharp, essentially perfect response at the frequency extremes with luma and chroma. The DX-5 fully revealed the highest frequencies in these patterns, and the vertical lines looked crisper than they did with the OPPO BDP-95 I used for comparison (also a direct feed to the JVC DLA-X7). Yet there was no implication that the frequencies were peaked or overemphasized. There was just an almost indescribable sensation that there was a little more of something (or everything) there.
This feeling persisted as I started watching program material on Blu-ray. I consistently found my eyes lingering on certain details that hadn't seemed as palpable on previous viewings with other players. A little extra shadow detail here, some more fabric texture there, a finer rendering of film grain, etc. There was always something. And this surprised me. With episodes of HBO's Deadwood, I was especially attuned to the disparity between the softer, noisier interior shots and the crisp photography in the outdoor sequences. With Welcome to the Rileys and especially David Fincher's The Social Network, I was really impressed by the low-level and shadow detail in the darker scenes (which is just about all of The Social Network) and the staggering dimensionality in the images. The DX-5's revealing nature wasn't always to a given movie's benefit. It also showed a lot of the seams in recent-vintage but not minty-fresh CGI-laden constructs. I rewatched the first three Pirates of the Caribbean movies on Blu-ray, and I'd never seen the complex motion and tight patterns of film grain displayed more smoothly and finely. But I'd also never seen the CGI stand out as conspicuously as it often did with the DX-5.
Essentially, whatever the cinematic intentions were with any given piece of program material, I felt that the DX-5 delivered those intentions with a bit more observable expression. Photography—both film and digital—always looked a little more evocative in terms of texture, gradation, and depth.
But again, these are details. The overall impact was that movies looked and felt more like movies on the DX-5. There was also an easy-on-the-eyes quality to the picture that I haven't encountered before. I know my comments on the HDMI video output looking better than other players will be met with skepticism. I get it. That's how I felt before I saw the DX-5. But after I spent time with it and went back and forth between it and the other players I had on hand, I unequivocally looked forward to watching movies on the DX-5 more than with any other Blu-ray player I've ever used. I know a lot of us like to think that it's all just 1s and 0s and that digital is digital. And often, that can be true in good and bad ways. But this is something different. Be brave and experience it before you pooh-pooh it (and me for writing this).
I'd also be remiss if I didn't mention that the dedicated HDMI audio output also yielded superlative results with movie playback (even compared with the DX-5's own HDMI A/V output). I particularly noticed an enhanced sense of dynamic punch and resolution with the dedicated output when I compared it to the A/V output. Pixar's The Incredibles was one of the first Blu-rays I watched on the DX-5, and it was a mind-blower. The action sequences and surround presence were immersive.
I also loved the sweet but detailed treatment of the score, which thematically melds James Bond with a variety of superhero scores to great effect. These supers have never sounded quite this super.
Bridge Building
With the Ayre Acoustics DX-5, the disc player might very well have saved its best for last. The DX-5 not only bridges our disc-based past with our discless future; it also goes substantially further in bridging the still golden sound and tonality of analog with digital audio than any other component I've yet encountered. In my opinion, the Ayre Acoustics DX-5 is destined to become a classic, and I recommend it to any videophile, audiophile, or computer audiophile who can afford it. This might well be the last great disc player we ever see and hear, so treat yourself.
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