An epic bumpity-bump over sun-bleached mountains brings you in. From your first view, high up on a ridge, the resort is a miniature village dotted with date palms, fishermen zipping about in a dusty haze. Up close, the scale is something else. Villas are massive, hewn from wood and terracotta, frayed rope tying it all together. It's The Flintstones meets Treasure Island with a dash of Oka thrown in. Expect to get carried away: with the crazy scenery, the pulse-rate-slowing massages and the general lack of anything to do. Isn't isolation bliss? The kids' club whisks away small ones for treasure hunts, watersports and evening movie sessions, and new this year is Dhahab, the hotel's three-storey dhow (sleeping six). Cue snorkelling and fresh-caught tiger fish by day; shooting stars and rippling bioluminescence by night. Crank up the Sade – this is no ordinary cruise.


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Meghan King Won't Be 'Buddies' With Ex Jim Edmonds' New Girlfriend Kortnie Any Time Soon
Mar 6, 2020 6:36 pm·
By Chelsea Duff
Don't expect Meghan King and Jim Edmonds' new girlfriend, Kortnie O'Connor, to be friends again any time soon. Though the two "had a past," a source close to the star exclusively tells In Touch they aren't "going to be lunching" together "any time soon." The Real Housewives of Orange County alum has moved on since calling her ex out over the threesome they had with Kortnie, but that doesn't mean the women are about to "become buddies."
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"If it becomes more serious, then [Meghan will] figure out a plan," the insider says. "Meghan isn't trying to plan Jim's future, but he and Kortnie do seem to be getting on well. … Right now, Meghan doesn't want any women influencing her and Jim's kids but her." That doesn't mean the former athlete doesn't have ideas of his own, however.
"Knowing Jim, he's probably already planning a future with Kortnie," the insider continues. "I don't know if he's talking about marriage with her, [or] more kids, but I wouldn't put it past him." Previously, In Touch learned that the couple is "moving really fast." The reality star's daughter Hayley Edmonds has already given her dad her seal of approval, and she even shared a photo of the three of them hanging out with another friend in Nashville.
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The couple haven't gone Instagram official just yet. Jim, 49, has yet to share a photo of his new lady on his page, and Kortnie's own account on the social media site is set to private. But don't mistake that for keeping things casual. News of the couple broke after they took a trip to Mexico to soak up the sun in Cabo. Speaking with Us Weekly, the baseball player explained he decided to take Kortnie as his date to a "surprise birthday party" for one of his best friends. She's already met his inner circle, and it seems these two are just getting stronger.
In fact, a second source told In Touch that Jim is pretty much "obsessed" with his new girlfriend. "He says he's having a great time and he's finally happy," they shared. "They have fun together and they make a great couple."
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By Barbara Schultz
Rawlins (left) works in the control room with Turrisi. PHOTO: Karen Cox
They're Calling Me Home, the new release from former Carolina Chocolate Drops frontwoman Rhiannon Giddens and her partner, musician Francesco Turrisi, packs a soulful punch. Recorded while the couple were quarantining—actually stuck—in Dublin, Ireland, during the pandemic, the record echoes the artists' childhood memories of Americana and Italian music, as well as the traditional tunes of their temporary home.
It is a raw but sublimely rich album, and for most of the recording process, the couple hunkered down in the studio with engineer Ben Rawlins, who had met Turrisi about 10 years ago and has worked with him frequently since.
"I met Francesco, a former student at the Royal Conservatory of the Hague, when he was in an early music group called the Gregory Walkers," recalls Rawlins. "We started working together, and then he would get me in to record his various solo projects because I had a good feel for acoustic music and classical music.
"There was an idea for Francesco and Rhiannon to record an album of baroque musicians with me in April of last year," he adds. "But some of those musicians were from Italy and Spain, and those places were absolutely having a terrible time with Covid. So that record got canceled. They also had plans to make a record in California, and that got canceled. But then they ended up stranded in Ireland last summer, and they contacted me to talk about laying down some folk songs that they had been playing to keep themselves from going crazy.
"Rhiannon was doing a lot of folk songs about North Carolina. Francesco was playing Italian lullabies. These were songs that reminded each of them of their homeland. Then we found this beautiful studio called Hellfire, on a working farm up in the mountains. It's in a small, old stone barn, and we got lucky: We happened to go in there for six days during one week when there was no lockdown."
Giddens and Turrisi had developed an album's worth of beautiful, simple arrangements, playing every instrument themselves, so they arrived with every tool they might need.
"It was kind of hilarious because it took ages to load in," Rawlins says. "It was instrument after instrument."
FACE TO FACE IN THE STUDIO
In the studio, Rawlins set the pair so that they faced each other, with their instruments placed around them on the floor. Each needed several choices at hand so that they could switch easily.
"Rhiannon had her fretless banjo, her gourd banjo, as well as her fiddle, and she had gotten an octave viola made for her; it's a big instrument—really rich-sounding, like a cello," Rawlins explains. "Francesco had all his drums; he was also using a banjo that belonged to Mike Seeger—a cello-banjo that is about 100 years old.
"The idea was to have all of these very resonant instruments, as opposed to bright, steel-string banjos and bright fiddles. They wanted a darker tone. So I also brought along my own collection of microphones, which basically consists of a whole lot of tube microphones and a whole lot of ribbon microphones.
"There was no plan," Rawlins explains further. "I wasn't given a list of songs. It was often like they were just chatting, and then all of a sudden they'd just start playing an old song. I just had to put mics around them that would allow me to capture whatever they were playing. So I put a couple of omnidirectional mics over them—DPA 4006s, which are my favorite omni mics. I use them for a lot of classical work because they're very transparent and they act like my ears in the room. The rest were tube and ribbon mics—a small array, but enough to cover anything we needed to pick up at any one time. Then I just let them at it."
Giddens looks on during playback, with Rawlins at the board at Hellfire Studios. PHOTO: Karen Cox
ROOM FOR DYNAMICS
The album's title track, "Calling Me Home," was recorded on the afternoon of Giddens' and Turrisi's first day in Hellfire. Turrisi played a deep drone on the accordion, captured with a Neumann TLM170 situated behind him and a Neumann M149 out in front, while Giddens sang into Rawlins' Flea C12, as well as an Audio-Technica 4080 ribbon.
"The ribbon captured a more mellow kind of feel to her voice," Rawlins says. "She sang it once and she came into the control room and said, 'That's it. I'll never sing it better.' And the rest of the record was like that. I had to be ready to hit Record quickly, because if she felt the take was right, that was it."
Rawlins used another ribbon, an AEA NUVO, to capture Giddens' fiddle and octave viola.
"It has a dark sound, and it's one of those ribbons that you can use from a distance, so I had it high up in the air to capture all the resonance of the instruments," he says. "Ribbon mics work really well on strings because they take off some of the harshness of the instrument. For Francesco's banjo, I put a Neumann 149 tube microphone in front of him, and right beside that I had another NUVO—a bright-sounding mic and a dark-sounding mic—and I would balance the faders between the two to see which sounded better."
Rawlins didn't use any compression or EQ during recording, but he did make use of the mic preamps in the studio's vintage Neve 6604 console; everything went straight from the console into Pro Tools.
"With the huge dynamic range Rhiannon has in her voice, I didn't want to go near a compressor with her," Rawlins says. "She can go from a really low register in one line, like the beginning of 'Calling Me Home,' where she's singing quite low and then she does this lovely jump up. I didn't want to get in the way of that, and I'm used to doing classical recordings that way: you pick the right placement for the microphone and capture a very natural sound."
With the exception of a couple of vocal overdubs, the album was tracked live, including a couple of guests: Niwel Tsumbu plays nylon string guitar on three tracks. Emer Mayock played Irish flute on two songs, plus uilleann pipes on the concluding track, a new arrangement of "Amazing Grace."
Rawlins' favorite vocal track on the album, however, is a powerful blues version of the traditional folk song 'O Death.' "Everyone knows it from Ralph Stanley singing it in the movie O Brother, Where Art Thou? But she did a blues version of it, with her singing over the frame drum," he says. "She started off sort of humming—this low, percussive vocal—and then she wanted to do this other wailing vocal sound. It was so strong, I decided to take her off the microphone and have her just sing into the room and let the DPA 4006 room mics pick her up. I had to keep riding the fader with my finger because there's so much power coming from her voice."
BACK HOME TO MIX
"It was a very intimate kind of record, and we felt as if we were doing something that was going to appeal to people who are going through this dreadful pandemic," Rawlins says. "At the same time, we were so all over the place ourselves, emotionally, we didn't exactly know whether we could trust our own instincts. But it felt like a record that needed to come out sooner than later, so we were recording with the idea that we would get the songs almost ready to go while we were recording them. We didn't intend to do any major overdubs or spend too much time mixing afterward."
Recording was completed in six days in October 2020, and then Rawlins took the files to mix on his own Pro Tools rig, in his personal studio. He spent a couple of months alone with those songs.
"My studio is called Jericho Mile, and it's at the back of my garden," Rawlins says. "Obviously, I have never used it as much as I've used it in the last year, but it was an absolute lifesaver for me to have the studio here, to be able to mix the entire record at home in the box. I would just go out there with a cup of tea, and I mixed the album over the winter—if you can imagine mixing this kind of a magical album in the winter. It really got me through."
Barbara Schultz
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In my post a few weeks ago on the conventions in mystery, I mentioned a fascinating book that breaks many of them, When the Clocks Stopped by M.L. Eaton. This mystical mystery takes place in the village of Rype-on Marsh in the south of England. Lawyer Hazel Dawkins is anticipating some peaceful time off before the birth of her first child. When she agrees to a little part-time work, she finds herself drawn into troubling events in the lives of her clients—and in the past. The distant past. Mysteriously, she encounters Annie, a woman who lived more than two centuries ago when Rype-on Marsh was a violent place, dominated by gangs of smugglers. With multiple layers of both time and crime, it's an amazing and original tale. I'm happy to have Marion Eaton as my guest today. In late April we'll be doing a ten-day sale and a three-book give-away together with a third mystical mystery author, the innovative Australian writer Virginia King. We've enjoyed each other's work and are excited to introduce our readers to books we think they'll also enjoy.
Retired from legal practice and semi-retired from holistic therapy—although she still teaches Reiki and other workshops—Marion lives close to the sea in the beautiful East Sussex countryside with a long-suffering husband, a lazy saluki and an urge to write into the small hours.
MLE: Thanks so much for your interest in my book and particularly for thinking up all these wonderful questions. I'm really looking forward to answering them, so I'm going to dive straight in ….
AF: Your book is historical at two levels, being set in 1976 and slipping in time to 1747. To what extent is it based on real historical events?
MLE: I had to smile when I read this … because I remember many events of 1976 perfectly and it doesn't seem like a historical period. But, of course it is!
I think perhaps it is best for me to come clean from the start. The book was originally going to be a memoir of the first year when I set up in practice on my own account as a country solicitor (attorney). I'm sure you can guess the date? 1976. I had written a few chapters— very badly and in very stilted language, because after all, I was a lawyer— when I suddenly found myself writing something far more exciting and definitely inaccurate. Not a memoir at all. I stopped and thought about it for a minute or two and then decided that I might as well enjoy myself. Who would be interested in the memoir of a country solicitor, anyway? But hidden away in my memory were a lot of interesting stories that I had encountered around that time. It seemed second nature to stitch them into the story. So the short answer is yes, the story is based on real historical events of 1976. Later, when Annie came into the story, she arrived complete with her own personality and history. It was then that I had to do considerable research to check that the background and events surrounding her in 1747 were as accurate as possible.
AF: I like the fact that the mysterious phenomena in your book happen to people who have no expectation of them, no belief that such things are possible or that time is anything but a linear march. Have you ever had even a hint of this kind of mystical experience? If not, what's the origin of this aspect of the story?
MLE: When I was a child, my mother used to tell me stories of when she was a little girl. Many of them had to do with her experience of ghosts and other psychic phenomena. I always longed to have similar experiences but I was a sensible, pragmatic child and despite all my efforts nothing similar ever seemed to happen to me. Until, one day I was looking over a house … and the rest is in the story!
AF: Did you set out to write a murder-less mystery? There's crime and deception in your book, but this isn't the standard whodunit. How conscious were you of breaking some of the conventions of the mystery genre, while keeping others?
MLE: To be honest, I didn't actually give much thought to genre when I was writing the book. As I've mentioned, I was writing for the sheer joy of writing and the mystery evolved naturally. I suppose that as a lawyer it was my bread-and-butter work to solve problems and difficulties so that was a good starting point. The book had to be interesting for me, as well as for my readers. But in the end I had little choice: my characters fleshed themselves out and made their own decisions about the story!
AF: Tell me about your research concerning the eighteenth century smugglers. Did you do it in the Romney Marsh area? How did you go about reconstructing the speech of the time and place? Is Annie's role in the Owlers unusual?
MLE: I still live near Romney Marsh. This part of Britain (Kent and East Sussex) is wreathed in history and we are fortunate in having great local museums and local history societies, all of which were very helpful both in giving information and pointing me in the direction of contemporary accounts and records of smugglers.
I have always been fascinated by local and family history and my forebears have lived in this part of the world for generations, so I was brought up on tales from the past. Being close to the continent of Europe, for hundreds of years smuggling was a way of life for many people in this area. (Indeed, only yesterday, there was an item on the news about the foiling of a smuggling gang at Dover, very close to the Marsh).
I have no doubt that, then as now, it was a raw and violent occupation and there were many criminal gangs involved, but over the centuries it has become as romanticized as Robin Hood. Smugglers called themselves 'Gentlemen Free Traders' and at one time in the eighteenth century practically the whole local community was involved one way or the other. It was the 'Preventatives'—Government enforcement officers—who were seen as 'the baddies'.
It was Annie herself who spoke to me of her role in the Owlers, but from the accounts and tales of the rival gangs of smugglers it is clear that women were often involved. Although most acted as signalers, lookouts and scouts, there were others who worked alongside their men in landing smuggled goods from the boats.
On a personal note, I remember my own grandfather telling me how his father would sometimes warn him that he might hear unusual sounds in the night and if he did, to stay in his bed and put his head under the pillow. And always, the next morning there would be strange horses in the stable in place of their own horses. But beneath a stack of hay would be found a small barrel of brandy or a bolt of silk cloth. The horses would be returned a day or two later, when the other horses would also be returned to their owners.
I was lucky to have contemporary records to help me with reconstructing the speech of the time, and also to recall the local Kentish accent that surrounded me in my childhood. It's rather sad that such accents are now fast disappearing from common use, but some of the older people in the area still speak in the same way.
AF: The village life and scenery is beautifully portrayed, with vivid details of the buildings and gardens. I've never been to a small English village but your book made me feels as if I had. The architecture in Rype-on-Marsh is integral to the plot. How did you work this in? I'm curious to know if there are places that served as models, or this was a blend of reality and invention.
MLE: I'm thrilled that you were able to identify with the area and town in When the Clocks Stopped. To me, as to many others who live there, Romney Marsh has its own very distinct identity—almost its own character—and there's no doubt at all in my mind that the town on which I based Rype-in-the-Marsh also has its own personality. Both the Marsh and the town feel to me to be a huge part of the story, as well as the history that surrounds them. I did embroider details onto the fabric of the town, the most significant being the King's Ditch, but most of the description of the town and its building and streets are accurate enough to be recognizable to local people. There really are dikes crisscrossing the Marsh as well as secret passages centering on the church.
AF: You had a lot of choices in how you could have told this story. It could have been third person, past tense all the way, in both time periods. You could have told the story in 1976 entirely as a simple crime mystery without the time slips, and there still would have been a good plot. How did you go about making all these choices, using the various voices and points of view? Why present tense for the glimpses of the past?
MLE: I didn't seem to have a choice while I was writing. It seemed important to write in the first person, partly for immediacy and partly because of the limitations of doing so which meant that my protagonist, Hazel, was often baffled by what was going on. I felt her confusion added to the mystery.
Then, gradually, the layers of the past rose up like a miasma from the earth and I realized that there was another interweaving story begging to be told. Annie spoke to me in poetic language, closely linked as she is to Nature and the Earth. I felt I needed some way of emphasizing the differences and similarities between my two women protagonists, but wasn't quite sure how this could be done. In the end, I simply listened to Annie's voice—and the present tense flowed from my pen, mostly because the past seemed co-existent with the present. To me, it was as though the dramatic events of the past had stamped themselves on the fabric of time, eternally interwoven with the current time, ever present, ever available to those who listen. I hope the use of the present tense helps to convey a little of this feeling to my readers.
AF: The legal detail was intriguing. I enjoyed learning about special Will paper and the origin of the term "red tape" as well as seeing how Hazel's work as a solicitor brings her so naturally into the center of the mystery. What's your background in law? Is this the type of work you did? What's the most colorful story that you can share from your legal work?
MLE: I'm glad you found the legal detail intriguing. I hoped it would be interesting and entertaining as well as helping to convey the way that Hazel has been taught to think and act.
I qualified as a solicitor in 1973 and, as I have mentioned already, set up my own practice on Romney Marsh in 1976. Law and legal practice in England and Wales have changed so much with the coming of computers and the internet that I wanted to preserve a little of its uniqueness for future generations. I also wanted to correct the current myth about lawyers generally: that they are all in it for money. I know many solicitors for whom the most important consideration is their clients' welfare.
All I can say is that most of the incidents in the book are based on true stories.
AF: I'm pretty sure this is the only book I've ever read in which the protagonist is very, very pregnant. Her condition affected everything, and yet didn't stop her from anything. This is another writing choice I'd like to know more about.
MLE: I was very pregnant when I set up my first practice—the circumstances of which were very similar to those surrounding Hazel, and so it was a ready-made opening to the story, explaining why Hazel became involved with all the events that took place around her.
As the book evolved, I thought about changing this, but by then I had found out how much the pregnancy helped in underlining the difference of my main protagonist from all the usual heroes and heroines in other legal thrillers. I wanted a character who was obviously different, very much a woman in a man's world, who managed to solve a crime by non-contentious means. Basically she would be an ordinary person in an ordinary town to whom completely unexpected things happen. I feel the pregnancy makes her vulnerable but also gives her an edge. She is determined but protective. She has a reason to be emotional and weak sometimes. There is the frisson of double jeopardy. Above all it makes her ultra-feminine.
MLE: Poppadum was the very first dog who was truly mine, an unforgettable, wonderful, unique character. She just had to be in the story and I had to use her real name. As you've guessed, she was a treasured member of our family. My elder daughter even learned to stand by using Poppadum's fur to pull herself upright, and then to walk by hanging onto the dog's tail. Poppadum and she adored each other.
AF: If one were to go to Romney Marsh as a tourist, what would you suggest they see and do?
MLE: Oh there is so much! From Roman Castles to deserted churches sitting alone in the middle of fields; from beautiful wild beaches to the cobbled streets of the ancient Cinqueport towns of Hythe, New Romney, and Rye; from small towns and villages with country pubs where you can eat before a roaring open fire in the winter, or sit surrounded by flowers in a summer garden, to long hikes with gorgeous views along the cliffs of the Saxon Shore; from the strange neighbours of a bird sanctuary, lighthouse and nuclear power station at Greatstone, to soft sandy beaches with drifts of wildflowers, to the huge amazing Victorian follies built at Littlestone; from a miniature public railway to small fishing boats drawn up on the beach and shacks offering fresh fish for sale. There are fields of flowering bulbs in spring, an airport, museums of country life, thick squat Martello towers and boats for hire on the Military Canal, built as a defence against a possible invasion by Napoleon. Ice cream and fish and chips are available everywhere to enjoy in a bracing sea breeze or in the warmth of the summer sun. But for the perfect experience there is nothing better than a full English tea served at Deblyn's Tea Room on New Romney High Street. Real leaf tea in a teapot or freshly ground coffee, home-made scones, jam and cream, tiny savoury sandwiches, and huge slices of delicious home-made cakes, all served on bone china. Enjoy it in the bower of flowers they call a garden or the cosy beamed front room of the old house that fronts the High Street. Bliss!
AF: What's your next project?
I've also been writing a semi-autobiographical series of novellas (The Faraway Lands Series) requested by my daughters about my childhood travels in the 1950s—which are truly historical now. I'm pleased that the first two in the series have been popular, although they're very different from my Mysterious Marsh Series.
AF: Thank you so much for taking time for all these questions.
AF: I will. You won't run out of my books. And from the length of your to-do list, I can happily predict I won't run out of your books either.
I took a turn east while looking for something Irish to share for St. Patrick's Day. Yeats took an interest in Eastern thought, and in Japanese Noh theater, writing poetic dramas based on Irish myths to be performed in a manner based on the formal, stylized simplicity of Noh. This poem struck me as a kind of awakening.
And never have I danced for joy.
In Haruki Murakami's short story collection, After the Quake, a man dances alone on a baseball mound in the middle of the night.
How often do we really hear silence? Hiking in Kasha-Katuwe Tent Rocks National Monument a few years ago, I came through a slot canyon and stood alone in the desert, in awe of the view—and realized with even greater awe that there were no sounds.
Then, a single insect made a single sound. One living note in the stillness.
Last week one of my regular yoga students mentioned how much he appreciated the fact that I'd used some non-melodic tones for background music. Being a musician, he found that most music took so much attention that he didn't meditate or focus as deeply as he had with these simple tones. When I told him that the studios where I take classes don't use music at all, he said that sounded like the perfect way to practice yoga. His wife disagreed. But she works with words. Music without words helps her quiet her mind. She feels a need to get away from words.


You won't find Peter and John from the TheRVgeeks suffering through hot temps in their RV. That's because they installed additional awnings. Read how here.
Window awnings keep your RV cooler and they're easy to install, too! We'll show you EVERY step needed to perform this simple DIY task with confidence.
Like many RVs, ours came from the factory with some awnings already in place.
Of course we have a large main patio awning, one over the door, one over the bedroom window on the curb side, and a long one covering both living room windows on the driver's side.
Most new RVs lack awnings on each window. Install your own for additional shade and a cooler RV.
The only large window without a dedicated awning is in the living room on the curb side.
Obviously, the manufacturer assumed that the patio awning would do the job of blocking the sun from that window.
There are times when it's imprudent to have our main awning out, like on really windy days, or when we're away from the RV and don't want to risk damage in the event of a sudden weather change (considering the consequences, we'd rather not rely on our awning's wind sensor).
The worst scenario is a hot, windy day while we're dry camping, as we generally try to avoid running the generator for A/C unless it's absolutely needed.
Blocking direct sun by using windshield screens and awnings makes a major difference in the comfort level inside the RV.
As we always want the option of blocking the sun from the right-side living room window (especially since we often face that side of the rig to the south when we're boondocking), we need an awning specifically for that window.
Before placing our order for a matching A&E / Dometic awning, we noted the color code of the fabric and hardware from our original awnings and measured the window to determine what size we'd need.
We're taking advantage of the extra space on each side to order one that's wider than usual, extending 9 inches out on each side of the window.
That will keep more sun off the side of the RV and prevent it from raining in if we leave the window open on wet days.
We've had our rig for over 9 years, and we're finally installing that awning that we've always talked about.
It's the perfect DIY project and we'll show you exactly how it's done.
It's such an easy job that we're not sure what took us so long to finally get around to it!
Your timing in posting this couldn't be better, Eric. We are literally, right this moment, in one of the exact situations we described in the video: parked facing East on a hot, sunny afternoon, with gusty winds preventing us from extending the main awning. Our right side is facing South, but the afternoon sun is blocked by our new window awning. We're not boondocking, but it sure helps keep us cooler without using AC.


Questions: I have a very big issue when it comes to having diabetes and that is I do not eat vegetables. I have tried. I want control my diabetes and be around to raise my young children. What suggestions do you have to add vegetables to my diet?
Answer: While it is not an absolute necessity to eat tons of vegetables if you have diabetes, I'm sure all health professionals (including myself) would highly encourage it. Vegetables are low in calories and provide us with many disease-fighting antioxidants and phytochemicals, as well as a good dose of fiber which is good for cholesterol and blood sugar levels. Non-starchy vegetables can also act as a free filler at meals and snacks to help fill you up without adding many extra calories or carbs.
Usually when I show people who claim to not like a vegetables a list of non-starchy veggies, they can usually pick out at least a few that they are willing to eat. I like to keep bagged salad mixes and precut/prewashed veggies like carrots, celery, tomatoes, broccoli and cauliflower on hand to add quick salads to lunch and/or dinner. Maybe consider adding extra veggies into things like pastas, stews, soups, or sandwiches to "hide" the flavor of the veggies with other ingredients. If it's been a while since you've tried certain veggies, consider retrying them as our tastes do change as we get older.
If you are absolutely opposed to all veggies you can still get some of their nutritional value, antioxidants, and phytochemicals out of vegetable or fruit/vegetable juice combinations and possibly out of dietary supplements.
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    expect(convertOunceToMl(1)).toBe(29.57);
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    expect(() => convertOunceToMl(true)).toThrow();
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});

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Michigan State's Mel Tucker has no issue with transfer players playing in Peach Bowl
Mel Tucker
Chris Solari, Detroit Free Press
Mel Tucker's first news conference from Atlanta on Sunday to preview Michigan State football's Peach Bowl was a flashback to the previously bygone Zoom Era.
And in it, the head coach updated a few of the personnel questions his 10th-ranked Spartans are dealing with in preparing to face No. 12 Pitt on Thursday (7 p.m./ESPN).
Tucker said left tackle Jarrett Horst is questionable, linebacker Quavaris Crouch and tight end Tyler Hunt are doubtful and safety Michael Dowell will sit out the game as he is in the transfer portal.
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"We have a few guys that have decided not to play. I support that," Tucker said. "And then we have some guys that are dealing with injuries that are either out or trying to play."
Michigan State coach Mel Tucker speaks to his team during practice on Sunday, Dec. 26, 2021, in Atlanta.
MSU (10-2) also will be without star running back Kenneth Walker III, who decided to opt out and prepare for the NFL draft. The 5-foot-10, 210-pound junior, a unanimous first-team All-American and the Walter Camp and Doak Walker Award winner, finished the regular season second in the Football Bowl Subdivision and first among Power Five players with both 1,636 rushing yards and a 136.3 yards-per-game average, and his 18 rushing touchdowns ranked eighth in the country.
"It's hard to replace the guy like Ken. I mean, you really can't do that," Tucker said of Walker, who remains on MSU's bowl game roster that came out Sunday afternoon. "But we have other players obviously on our roster at that position that are going to be next man up, and they're gonna step up and get the job done. And we have a plan for that. And I feel really good about our run game."
Perhaps the most significant update is on Horst, who started MSU's first eight games but has not been in uniform since the 37-33 win over Michigan on Oct. 30. His blocking provided Walker an anchor on the left side of the line and helped keep quarterback Payton Thorne upright before Horst missed the final four games in which the Spartans went 2-2.
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Crouch, who started MSU's first nine games, missed two of the last three with a right knee injury and played sparingly against Ohio State with a brace on it. Hunt played the first 11 games but missed the Penn State game on Nov. 27 with an unspecified injury.
Tucker did not specify whether other starters or key players, such as wide receiver Jalen Nailor (right hand), cornerback Chuck Brantley (right shoulder) or defensive tackle Simeon Barrow (unspecified), would be available or if any other players planned to opt out to either prepare for the draft or over concerns with COVID-19 that forced all media availability for the Peach Bowl and other College Football Playoff and New Year's Six games to go virtual last week.
Michigan State quarterback Payton Thorne works out during practice on Sunday, Dec. 26, 2021, in Atlanta.
"I think everyone else is trying to get to the game, trying to play," Tucker said, adding the Spartans are "nearly at 100% vaccinated, and we haven't had any substantial issues during the season relative to COVID.
"And so far this week, we've been good. So I don't anticipate any disruptions for the rest of the week."
The Spartans had seven players enter the NCAA transfer portal after the regular-season finale against Penn State. Dowell is the only one not in Atlanta, an MSU spokesman said, and the others are expected to be available for MSU. That group includes defensive backs C.J. Hayes and Emmanuel Flowers; defensive end Jack Camper; defensive tackle Tyson Watson; linebacker Cole DeMarzo; offensive lineman James Ohonba; wide receiver Ian Stewart; tight ends Trenton Gillison and Kameron Allen; and kicker Evan Johnson. All of them are on MSU's bowl roster which was released Sunday afternoon, and Hayes previously said on Twitter he planned to play in the Peach Bowl.
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"Those are individual decisions that players are making, and I'm supporting them on the decisions that they do make," Tucker said. "And so I just told the guys at the very beginning, at the onset, 'If you're in, you're in 100%. And if you're not in, let's communicate that. And then we'll support you. And that's the way we're handling everything."
Those in the portal who are not on MSU's bowl roster are Dowell, linebacker Chase Kline, cornerback Kalon Gervin, defensive end Alex Okelo, wide receiver Ricky White and safety Michael Gravely.
Michigan State defensive lineman Drew Beesley works out during practice on Sunday, Dec. 26, 2021, in Atlanta.
Coach Pat Narduzzi also has three players who opted out of the game so far for Pitt (11-2) to prepare for the NFL draft, including Heisman Trophy finalist and Johnny Unitas Golden Arm Award winning quarterback Kenny Pickett. The Panthers had five players go into the portal since October and two of those since the end of the regular season.
Narduzzi said he has looked around the country at players who are in the portal and playing in a bowl game for the team they are preparing to leave, pointing to Florida quarterback Emory Jones starting for the Gators in a Gasparilla Bowl loss to Central Florida on Thursday.
"I think it sets a bad precedent," Narduzzi said. "I watched that Florida game the other night and see that the starting quarterback is already in the portal. I'm like, what is going on here? I think the portal is bad enough as it is. … But I think it's a bad deal when you let guys go into portal still play for you. I just wonder what it's like in the locker room.
"You wonder why you lose like (Florida did) in a game which maybe you should win. So I think once you go in the portal, you're in the portal and you can stay in the portal."
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This article originally appeared on Detroit Free Press: Michigan State football: Mel Tucker on Peach Bowl roster, availability
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On a recent episode of the State of Combat podcast, former NXT North American champion Adam Cole discusses why he thinks the NXT fan-base is the most passionate on the planet. Cole also gives his input on what could be in store for the yellow and black "developmental" brands future. Highlights are below.
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NXT FANBASE:There's this really cool, untapped thing with what is happening and that is the relationship between the wrestlers and the fans in that building. I think one of the coolest things in the world is that when we are able to go to these TakeOver events wherever they are in the country, or with TakeOver UK with the TakeOvers over there too. These fans, and I know it sounds cliché, but it is true, these fans are the most passionate wrestling fans on the planet and that is not something that is just said, you can feel it in the building.
HOW THEY BRING OUT THE BEST IN THE NXT ROSTER:Also, there are also new wrestling fans who come out for the first time. But the thing that is consistent is that when fans go out there to the shows they are there to have a great time, watching a wrestling show and are there to make as much noise as possible and letting us know that hey, we are excited and we want you guys to knock it out of the park. And when they act that way, we have no choice but to bring 110 percent. That relationship is so awesome because those fans are as much a part of the show as the wrestlers are.A lot of times when people leave or they are done watching a TakeOver on the WWE Network they talk about how awesome and special and cool it was and how awesome the environment was. We are doing our job with giving you the best matches as we possibly can, but those fans are doing their job too and are making a whole bunch of noise, so it is awesome. It is a really cool connection we have with the NXT audience.
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Virginia state Sen. Ryan McDougle (R-Hanover) introduced a bill in the 2019 legislative session to move responsibility and oversight of Medicaid from the Department of Medical Assistance Services to a new state agency to be called the Office of Medicaid Fiscal Oversight.
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Chapter 3: Balochistan stands out as a unique area in Pakistan as its demography, terrain and natural economic endowments contrast with the highly populated, riverine and agro-rich provinces of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Sindh and Punjab . The province has the weakest socio-economic indicators in the country and has high levels of poverty, low educational and minimal industrialization. It has also been a late entrant to political development as it was given politically representative institutions only in 1970 while other provinces had elected assemblies even before independence in 1947. The challenge to political, social and economic development (including educational reform) efforts gets more complicated by the multiethnic and multilingual populace.
Forty four percent of Pakistan consists of Balochistan while the province hosts only 5 percent of the country's population. The latter is spread around the province in 22,000 settlements that range from the city of Quetta to a sprinkling of small hamlets having less than 500 houses. The unique demographic status means that an effective development effort will entail a higher per capita expenditure as compared to the other provinces. Historically the need has not been recognized at the national level until the 7th National Finance Commission (NFC) Award in 2009 .
The population consists of Balochs as the majority followed by Pashtuns. Linguistically Balochs are divided between Brahvi speaking and Balochi speaking. Other ethnic groups include Punjabis and Urdu speaking mainly in urban areas with the majority in Quetta, Hazara originating from the 'Hazarajats' of Afghanistan and small pockets of other ethnic groups. The bulk of the latter ethnic groups are in Quetta city, the capital of the province. The current geographic and ethnic composition of the province results from British rule in the area. The region's strategic importance increased during the 'Great Game' between Imperial Russia and British Empire in the 19th century. Pashtun area of the province was acquired from Afghanistan as a result of a treaty with the latter in 1895 . As Balochistan was converted into a province therefore the administrative considerations of the decision divided Balochs in Punjab, Sindh and Balochistan. Both Sindh and Punjab still contain substantive populations of ethnically Baloch people.
The capital city Quetta was developed by the British in the 19th century as a garrison town to sustain its military stationed in Balochistan. Railways and postal services were extended to link to province to the rest of India. To run the services and also establish business Parsis, Punjabis, Urdu speakers from the Central and United Provinces of India, Anglo Indians and Bohra Memon communities from Gujarat were invited. This laid the basis for the city as an eclectic society as the Pashtuns, who originally owned the land, and Balochs mixed with these new arrivals. Hazara migrated to Balochistan in the 19th century to escape persecution in Afghanistan where they were harassed by the government because of their Shiite faith and also a general racist attitude. The Hazara are mainly settled in Quetta although some communities can be found in the Loralai district. Today the Hazara are considered to be educationally the most progressive community in the province.
A small, educated Hindu community also continues to live in Quetta while other areas of the province also have persons from the Hindu faith. Balochistan also houses one of the oldest and holiest of Hindu Temples in the subcontinent: the 'Hinglaj'. It is located in Lasbela District, close to the Arabian Sea.
The development process in Balochistan lags the rest of the country as the province has high levels of poverty and the weakest education and health indicators (PSLM 2010-11 and Indicator Household Survey 2010-11). In 2011 the province recorded the highest incidence for polio cases in the world: a total of 62 out of a worldwide 169 (UNICEF Report).
Balochistan is rich in minerals with '50% of the national prospective geology for minerals'. Main minerals include gas, coals, chromites, marble copper, iron and gold . Despite the potential it contributes only 20% of the national GDP from minerals.
Livestock has been a mainstay of life in Balochistan for centuries and defines many of the traditions, cultural products and even folklore. Agriculture and livestock employ 65% of the labour force. The agriculture sector is relatively smaller as only 5% of the province is covered by the Indus basin. The sector experienced a drought in 1998-2004, which continues to have some impact.
Location forms the fourth main asset of the province. It abuts all provinces of the country and shares a 900km and 1000km border with Iran and Afghanistan respectively. The province has the potential to be a conduit of trade between South Asia, Central Asia and the Middle East. At present though the instability in Afghanistan, general regional politics and poor infrastructure and insecurity prevent optimal use of the potential. Unfortunately the 'advantage of geographical location' has benefitted clandestine illicit activities more than legitimate trade. The borders with Afghanistan and Iran are porous and cannot be strictly protected from activities like smuggling which adversely affects the economy of the province.
The economic growth has also suffered due to unrest in some parts of the province which has to make big investment on restoring the law and order situation. Obviously it frustrates the efforts for boosting the economy.
The province has a very small industrial sector and only 10% of the provincial GDP is owed to the sector. Poor communications and transport infrastructure exacerbate the backwardness. While the province has the largest road network in the country of 22,000 kilometers of 'metal and shingle' road (40% of the total in the country) most of these are in a dilapidated condition due to poor maintenance.
Balochistan has the lowest labour productivity in the country at 1/4th of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa and Punjab and 1/3rd of Sindh. Local industry, mainly in the Hub area, employs labour from Karachi while the bulk of mine workers, especially in coal, belong to the Swat and Shangla districts of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa .
Low economic activity, especially, in value addition sectors also lowers the domestic revenue potential and therefore the government depends heavily on financial flows from the federal government, especially, the NFC award. As mentioned earlier the 7th NFC award recognized the factor of 'inverse population' as one of the variables for distribution of funds in the federation. Resultantly the province has seen an almost threefold increase in its budget. Another addition to the budgetary sources has been the agreement by the Federal government to pay arrears of 'Gas Development Surcharge' and a third source is the transfer of the 'General Sales Tax on services' to the provinces. At present, the federal government is collecting the tax on behalf of the provinces and distributing and many details of the process for assessment and collection in the future are unclear.
Table 3.1 shows the increase of federal transfers, under NFC, from about 29 billion in 2009-10 to Rs. 93 billion in 2011-12. Another ten billion rupees have been paid as arrears of 'Gas Development Surcharge'.
8" Under the Constitution of Pakistan the most elastic taxes of income tax, custom duties and central excise can be collected by the federal government. Revenues from these taxes plus sales tax form the federal divisible pool whose revenues are divided between the federal government and the provinces under a formula decided by the constitutionally stipulated National Finance Commission.
The impact of the increase in NFC has not yet materialized into a concomitant increase in investment in the social sector. It has been mostly absorbed in increase of development funds for legislators and payments to federal security agencies on 'internal security' duty in the province. The situation continues to constrain the development potential of the province despite a favorable NFC which does not bode well because, as already mentioned, it lags behind rest of the country.
A cross-cutting problem for the entire development effort, including education, is governance. A difficult security situation created by a mix of armed conflict and organized crime is exacerbated by perceptions of corruption in the government. This impacts effectiveness in implementation and also raises pessimism in the population.
Also Balochistan has experienced several emergencies during the recent past- 2007 floods in Makran region, 2008 earthquake in Quetta, Pishin and Ziarat, 2010 floods in Jafarabad, Naseerabad and at least 6 other districts that have severely affected education in general and the population already marginalized in particular. These natural disasters created a situation of disruptive chaos particularly in education and health sectors. Almost all schools in Ziarat, Jafarabad and Naseerabad districts were demolished due to earthquake and flood. However, the majority of the schools have been reconstructed and rehabilitated with the efforts of Government and donors on a war footing.
Education, like other social sectors, is not an exception. Balochistan has the lowest literacy rate, highest gender gaps and weakest access indicators in the country as shown in Tables 3.2. The quality of education also remains poor and the exponential growth of private schools in the province indicates the low levels of confidence in public sector schooling. Balochistan has also not been the 'most favoured' province of the donors. This is partially due to the security situation but in case of the larger donors the provincial policy of not accepting any loans has also reduced 'investment' in all sectors from the donors. The policy may shrink funds for the time being but it will reduce potential expenditure burden in future.
In recent years the government has increased its interest and seriousness in development of the education sector. A reform environment has been created and important reforms have been initiated in all sectors, especially schools and higher education. Technical and vocational education has only recently begun a review and reform process while Literacy and ALP remains the most neglected portion of the sector.
The department of education has undertaken serious reform over the last two years. A Policy, Planning and Implementation Unit (PPIU) has been set up to coordinate the reforms. Over the last year the Department of Education developed a 'Balochistan Action Plan' that serves as the interim education policy for the province till the development of full-fledged sector plan. The decision to develop a sector plan was taken last year and an initial situation analysis was conducted with assistance of UNESCO. It generated an interest for UNICEF to help Balochistan government to develop an Education Sector Plan embracing all the sub sectors Early Childhood Education to Higher Education and Technical and Vocational Education.
A number of other initiatives have also been undertaken. Education for All (EFA) Provincial Plan and District EFA plans for all 30 districts along with Early Childhood Education (ECE) Provincial Plans for 8 districts were prepared and launched by the Government. Community schools development programme was expanded by the Balochistan Education Foundation (BEF) and private schools have been included as partners.
Community Support Process (CSP) was successfully used in the opening of new girls' schools on the demand of communities. Under this process the community was strongly involved in the management of the schools. This success has encouraged the government to adopt this process in all its future interventions. The Parent Teacher School Management Committees, established through a democratic process efficiently managed their schools and now the government has decided to revive these organizations to improve the management of schools.
The school education is already free and the Government provides textbooks to all the students free of cost. The government is introducing ECE in the schools with financial assistance of UNICEF and EKN. The government has successfully approached the sister provinces to accommodate students from Balochistan in their institutions of Higher Education and professional collages.
While gaps remain the province has made some strides in education also. Over the last twenty years enrolments have continued to increase, especially, for girls. Balochistan also has five public universities out of which one serves exclusively the females, one informational technology and management sciences, one engineering university and one university at Uthal caters to marine and live stock requirements.
The province continues to face challenges in the sector despite the progress. Access to all children and improved quality both remain elusive at this point. Both these objectives will need to be pursued simultaneously though the emphasis would vary across the province depending on the current level of facilities available. In places with no schools the access will be the main target but for others quality has to be more seriously pursued than in the past.


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Look's like he's going 2 for 2 with his last two drops. They say good things come in 3's, so I can't wait to hear what comes next. KP is about to take over the world. Mark my words.
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SYRACUSE, N.Y. (AP) — Syracuse men's lacrosse coach John Desko has been elected to the National Lacrosse Hall of Fame.
A two-time national coach of the year, Desko has won five national championships since taking over in 1999. He has a record of 258-86-0 (.750) and keeps alive a school streak — all four head coaches in the history of the men's program have been elected to the Hall of Fame. Desko joins Laurie Cox (1916–1930), Roy Simmons Sr. (1931–1970), and Roy Simmons Jr. (1971–1998).
"I'm honored to be inducted into the National Lacrosse Hall of Fame," Desko, a Syracuse-area native, said Thursday in a release. "I've been so fortunate in my time at Syracuse to be surrounded by incredible players, coaches and administrators, which made the success of our program possible."
Following the conclusion of his playing career at Syracuse in 1979, Desko joined Simmons Jr.'s coaching staff and was part of six NCAA championships as an assistant.
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ARE YOU INTERESTED IN LEARNING TO SPIN? LET US KNOW AND WE CAN HAVE TEACH A BEGINNERS CLASS TOO!
You can use a spindle. You're comfortable with it but you know you can be better. You see people walking around with a spindle or here and there at a festival. They're so comfortable with their spindle and doing things with it that you know you'd like to do but …. how?
This is the class with those answers. Spin around the corner, long draw, from the fold, ply as you go and more. As much as you can handle we'll work on getting you more proficient with your spindle.
you only need the basics. Please bring 2-3 spindles of differing weights to class. You'll need a light one for singles, mid weight for both, and a heavier one for plying.
Spinning thicker yarns is just about more fiber in your drafting triangle. Right? If it were that simple there would be no need for a class on bulky spinning. Many spinners spend all this time working at getting thinner and thinner yarns then aren't able to get back to spinning the thicker yarns that we did in our newbie beginning. In this class I assist you in working through the trials and wheel mechanics to help you make a thicker yarn.
STUDENT - Please bring a wheel in good working order with 3 or more bobbins. It's also helpful to have a Niddy Noddy and a Lazy Kate.
You must be capable of making yarn and have a good working knowledge of the wheel and be comfortable with basic spinning instructions.


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Hands-on Android OnePlus
OnePlus 6T vs OnePlus 6: first look
by John Velasco / Oct 29, 2018, 10:15 PM
With the OnePlus 6T now official, it's not wasting any time and will be soon facing off all the other handful of flagships this holiday season. As we welcome the latest entry in the series from OnePlus, we still can't forget about its first half of the year star; the OnePlus 6. Sure, the new model is getting all of the recognition right now, but the OnePlus 6 was no doubt one of the big names to make some waves during the first half of the year. However, it's now time to uncover what really distinguishes them from one another.
The first thing we really have to comb over is how the two nearly match one another in the specs department, which shouldn't really be too much of a shock just because we see this strategy with every other manufacturer releasing two flagship products in the year. Both leverage the Qualcomm Snapdragon 845, their displays have the same resolution (although the OnePlus 6T has a slightly larger screen), and their dual-cameras are spec'd similarly (as well as their front-facing). Like we said, there are a lot of similarities with the specs, but there are two specific areas where we see a significant improvement.
The first being the larger 3700 mAh battery that they're able to cram into the OnePlus 6T, versus the 3300 mAh one in the OnePlus 6. Naturally, this should help to give the OnePlus 6T a decent boost with its battery life, making it even more long-lasting than its predecessor. And secondly, the OnePlus 6T goes the distance by supporting more bands than its predecessor, which is always a good thing! Considering that it now offers support for band 13, it means that this new OnePlus can ride the waves on Verizon's network.
Beyond the specs, there's just one thing that continues to get underneath our skin. And that's how there isn't a headphone jack with the new OnePlus 6T. Yes, the introduction of an in-screen fingerprint sensor is undeniably captivating, especially when you factor in its killer pricing, but it nixed the headphone jack. At first, this seems like a deliberate and callous act, but the more we thought about it, the more we realized that it was necessary. Don't get us wrong, we really love phones that still pack a headphone jack. However, adding it to the OnePlus 6T would've compromised on that fancy new in-screen senor. So, when you have a chance at making an impression with something new and fancy, dropping the headphone jack makes sense.
If they did opt to keep the jack, it would've meant having a rear-planted fingerprint sensor, which would be exactly like the OnePlus 6. Rather than going that route, this decision to kill off the headphone jack, despite how many people in the OnePlus community are still passionate about it (as well as us), is more credible given what's at stake. Imagine how we would've all felt if they unveiled a OnePlus 6T with a headphone jack and a rear-planted finger print sensor! We'd all be scratching our heads in confusion, just because it would seem as though they're re-releasing the same phone under a different name.
The last piece that really gets our attention with this first look is how the new phone will outdo its predecessor in the camera department. On paper, the cameras of both phones are identical, but as we all saw during the announcement, there's more focus with low-light photography with the OnePlus 6T, courtesy of the new nightscape mode. Most of us expect the OnePlus 6T to significantly offer better low-light performance with this feature, but it's rather interesting because it's also coming out to the OnePlus 6 – so who knows how much better the new phone is in this department. Honestly, even though the OnePlus 6 is also getting Nightscape, we're still crossing our fingers that there's a significant boost in quality everywhere else.
That's all for now! The OnePlus 6T will be officially going on sale very soon starting at $549, which is a pretty good price for a flagship caliber smartphone. Then again, we said the same thing about the OnePlus 6's starting cost of $529. Given how the new OnePlus 6T packages in that fancy in-screen fingerprint sensor, supports more bands, features only a tiny teardrop notch, and even houses a larger battery, we'd say that the $20 difference is looking mighty justifiable.
OnePlus 6T vs OnePlus 6
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1. PURPLEnurples
Posts: 8; Member since: Jan 16, 2017
People really should skip and just buy the T versions that come out only a few months later. I'd be annoyed if I bought the 6.
posted on Oct 29, 2018, 10:56 PM	0
3. Mode8306
Posts: 9; Member since: May 28, 2018
But then the 7 comes out 6 months after this... Basically there will always be something better coming down the pipeline and you can't wait forever!
6. Boast_Rider
Posts: 536; Member since: Sep 14, 2017
The next version is actually a bigger upgrade. You get newer chip and new features v/s just a polish. 5 to 5T was a much smaller bump than 5T to 6. Same will be with 6T to 7, since we will get 7nm processors and 5G next year. I own a OnePlus 6 and I don't really want a 6T. Yeah, the bigger battery is nice, but you lose out on the notification LED and the headphone jack. Also the new fingerprint scanner is nice but it's slower. It's a really incremental upgrade. OP7 on the other hand will be a much bigger upgrade just due to the processor. iPhone XS max shows how efficient 7nm is even with tiny battery, and 5G would be awesome. We might even see UFS 3.0, which combined with the 855 would make a seriously fast phone. Not to mention the fact that we might see OnePlus finally fitting a proper camera, wireless charging and stereo speakers.
posted on Oct 30, 2018, 12:18 AM	2
2. torr310
Posts: 1725; Member since: Oct 27, 2011
if they put headphone jack on the top....
9. roldefol
Posts: 4745; Member since: Jan 28, 2011
Stop making so much sense.
posted on Oct 30, 2018, 9:39 AM	0
4. kabhijeet.16
Posts: 895; Member since: Dec 05, 2012
Well Samsung note 9 has same size, waterproofing, headphone jack, space for s-pen & larger 4000mAh battery.. now how did they do it? OnePlus 6T has smaller battery, no waterproofing, no s-pen. Still couldn't get a headphone jack.!!! PA.. plz don't justify anything just to put up an article
5. Galaxy_Apple
Posts: 129; Member since: May 24, 2015
b.s on same size note is much bigger !!! note is a much different product anyway dont compare the 2 , this is more like a s9+ in size. The reason to buy oneplus is their software optimisations n price.
7. baldilocks
Posts: 1547; Member since: Dec 14, 2008
The only huge mistake they made was removing the LED notification light WITHOUT enabling an Always-On-Display. That's a big no no.
8. tokuzumi
Posts: 1999; Member since: Aug 27, 2009
I'll definitely head to a T-Mobile store to check one of these out in person. I'm not a phablet phan, but OnePlus is really getting close to a compromise free device when comparing against other flagship devices like the Pixel and S9. Once Google releases Night Sight, it's game over for everyone. But for now, everything I've seen between OnePlus and Google/Samsung/Apple, OnePlus camera comparisons are almost neck and neck. Not bad for ~$300 less than everyone else.


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Q: customize Google Maps API Does anyone know how to:
1) make the Google map not zoom-able? make it so it is at a fixed zoom size and the user cannot change it?
2) have the map API load a picture of my choosing and overlay the little blue dot of the user's current location over it?
Here is what I want to do, I'm want to have a custom picture of the world (that i have created in Photoshop or w/e, it will be .jpeg, .png, or whatever file format will work) the picture of the world will be 'artsy' and I just want the Google maps to overlay the little blue dot of where you are in the world. For example, if you are in New York, NY, you will see the picture of the world with the blue dot over what on the picture is New York.
Any help will be greatly appreciated, Thanks

A: You should be able to control the map as follows:
map = (MapView) findViewById(R.id.mapview);
map.setBuiltInZoomControls(false);
As for overlaying an image, you'll need to create an image layout file (in XML) and then inflate that over the top of the map. This tutorial shows you the basics of inflating a layout and adding it to an existing view:
http://www.mysamplecode.com/2011/10/android-dynamic-layout-using-xml-add.html
To position the inflated layout (your image), you will need to use LayoutParams (http://developer.android.com/reference/android/widget/LinearLayout.LayoutParams.html) to set the position of the new view on to the map.
Hope that helps.

A: Regarding you second question: it sounds like you actually want to replace the Google Maps tiles by images you've created yourself. As far as I know, that's not possible with the Maps API. You can potentially hack something together by adding your own creation as overlay to the map, but that may not give your the results you're looking for, especially if you want the user to still be able to pan/drag the map around.
In stead, you might want to take a look at the osmdroid (Open Street Maps for Android) project. They do support loading in your own tiles via the ModularTileProviderArchitecture. It'll probably give you more freedom and flexibility, but might be overkill for what you're after.

A: I know that OSM is hip and cool, but the OP asked about Google maps — and the question is readily answered in the Google Maps API documentation (https://developers.google.com/maps/documentation/javascript/).
The Google Maps API has supported custom maps for years. I think you can edit their first "ImageMapType" (https://developers.google.com/maps/documentation/javascript/maptypes#CustomMapTypes) example to solve your problem.
In your case, you would set the "maxZoom" and "minZoom" fields to whatever zoom you want to create artwork for. Use the "mapOptions" dictionary to take away the zoom control. You'll need to cut your artwork into tiles, and replace their "getTileUrl" function with one that returns your tiled image.

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Coronavirus: Europe has recorded more than 100 million Covid-19 cases since start of pandemic
Of the European infections, more than 4.9 million cases have been reported over the past seven days alone
People on the European continent are now, on the whole, more vaccinated than the worldwide average
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