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Chad DiMera has embraced his dark side by going after Kate on "Days of Our Lives."
Chad DiMera Embraces His Dark Side On "Days!"
HOLLYWOOD─Out of all the members of the DiMera clan, and trust me there are quite a few, Chad DiMera has been the only one to refuse to embrace his dark side on "Days of Our Lives" well until now. After being brainwashed by dear ole dad, Chad is becoming a mini-version of Stefano himself. He has knocked both Kate and Gabi out cold and kept them hidden in the tunnels of the DiMera mansion.
You think with the number of people who have been kept locked away in the depths of this palace that, no one would want to go there. Kate has been hidden there on more than one occasion, if anything that woman should want to stay as far away from that home as possible. Both ladies who have gone from frenemies to allies to friends to frenemies are now locked away and doing all in their power to stay aligned as they realize Chad is not the man they once knew.
With that said, rumor has been running rampant that Stefan O. DiMera is not dead and Gabi senses her true love might be very much alive. Which fingers crossed is the case. Stefan was agreat villain and can you imagine the shock on Lani's face when she sees the man she killed back in the flesh, can we say vengeance is headed her way?
Another person realizing Chad is not himself is Abigail, the question is will she connect the dots before it's too late? Speaking of Stefano or shall I say Steve, he's working tirelessly with Dr. Rolf to reprogram Dr. Marlena Evans to be his Queen. It's slightly working, but it appears that Marlena might be hoodwinking one of the greatest villains of daytime TV to make him think he has pulled one over her. Rolf's one experiment involving Princess Gina has come to an end, as Hope Brady has returned to herself. She was an emotional mess after discovering from Jenn and many of her loved ones all of the devious deeds she committed in the past year.
I said it before and I will say it again, Kristin Alfonso becoming Princess Gina was perhaps one of the meatiest storylines the actress has had a long period of time; she really needed that burst of a story to maintain the relevance for the character. With that said the other big tale of the hour is the revelation that Orpheus is actually Christian Maddox aka Evan's father! Yes, Evan has ties to Salem and it seems the apple didn't fall far from the tree. Orpheus is a vicious one and he has set his sights on making amends with his son and his grandson in their time of need.
It makes one wonder, exactly what does Orpheus have in store for Salem this time around and who will be caught in the crosshairs of his mayhem. Luckily, for Rafe and Lani, Evan returned David, but it begs the bigger question: Evan is David's father, and he hasn't been found guilty of murdering Jordan people. So has he actually committed a crime by taking back custody of his son? Not if you ask me people. This leads us to what is likely to be the big story as we near May Sweeps, the baby swap!
Nicole Walker was once a reporter, and once she gets the lead on tale, she never lets it go people. She had a hunch that Mickey could be Rachel, Brady and Kristen's daughter. That hunch has now turned into hardcore truth, with Nicole swabbing DNA from baby Mackenzie and Kristen to run a DNA test to prove her suspicions. Xander is nervous knowing that Nicole is onto him and Victor. I mean Victor just recovered from a serious health ailment. Maggie is about to head to jail for Adrienne's murder, so imagine his family's fallout when they discover he swapped his own grandson Brady's child, with his wife's granddaughter to protect the truth from coming to life.
Yeah, Victor is not the only person expecting heartache in the near future, so will Sarah and Eric, and Nicole better be prepared for that fallout when it transpires because it's going to be a like a tornado ripping off a band aid without any caution and that is not good folks. Remember Xander just proposed marriage to Sarah, so if anything the reformed villain might resort to every tactic in his book to cover his tracks and to prevent the truth from coming to light. Worst of all is the fact that Kristen DiMera will be out for blood. She has reformed herself, but this bomb is about to unleash Kristen's dark side in ways that only one can imagine. How can I best say this: Victor and Xander should be petrified.
Chad DiMera
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Emory University Emory News Center
By April Hunt Aug. 19, 2016
On Move In Day, volunteers provide a warm welcome for Emory's newest undergraduate students, who arrive on campus with top grades and test scores, bolstered by years of community service and impressive athletic and artistic achievements. Emory Photo/Video
For Joseph Lee, coming to Emory University as a member of the Class of 2020 is the culmination of years of hope and hard work.
This week, the University welcomed 1,867 first-year students ready to begin their college journeys. Like the rest of the incoming freshman class, Lee brings with him top test scores and grades, along with the years of community service and athletic and artistic achievement that signal a sense of engagement and drive.
The difference is he grew up in nearby Doraville, Georgia, so Emory has felt like home since an elementary school field trip to the Michael C. Carlos Museum.
"Emory has been my dream school since I was in the fourth grade," Lee says. "Emory's education is not just an opportunity for me to learn more science and math, but also improve the writing and communications skills that are important for my goal of becoming a doctor."
The tremendous variety of incoming students' backgrounds and accomplishments mirrors the breadth of their academic interests in the humanities, sciences and arts.
Although they won't declare majors until their second year, members of the Class of 2020 have announced their interest in studying across Emory's diverse majors, from anthropology, creative writing, history and the classics, to neuroscience, human health and interdisciplinary programs, among many others.
Students choose between two paths when they apply to Emory University: They can begin their studies in the Emory College of Arts and Sciences on the Atlanta campus, or spend their freshman and sophomore years at Oxford College on Emory's original campus in Oxford, Georgia.
After their sophomore year, students can choose to complete their undergraduate degrees in Emory College, Goizueta Business School or the Nell Hodgson Woodruff School of Nursing.
For the Class of 2020, 1,362 first-year students enrolled in the Emory College of Arts and Sciences and 505 in Oxford College.
Total applications for Emory College fell just shy of 20,000, a nearly 13 percent jump from the Class of 2017 — applications rose from 17,681 in 2013 to 19,924 in 2016. Average SAT scores were up 15 points over last year, marking the highest ever for Emory College. Enrolling students come from 46 states and 36 countries.
Selecting the Class of 2020, though, extended beyond those metrics to find students who are active learners eager to pursue the knowledge and experiences that come with Emory's liberal arts-focused undergraduate education enhanced with research university resources.
"There is a sense you get reading the files, how scholarly, how self-propelled and how engaged our students really are," says John Latting, dean of admission and assistant vice provost for undergraduate enrollment.
"I'm struck by the thoughtfulness of the students, who seem to be motivated by the high ideals of education in their lives and know that they will receive what they value here," he adds.
Incoming freshmen choosing Oxford College display the same enthusiasm and intelligence. Applications for the Oxford campus grew by more than 25 percent in four years. They come from across the United States and 14 countries and will be the largest first-year class in Oxford history.
"We saw an increase in the number of students choosing to enroll after being offered admission, an indication that Oxford has continued to grow as a first-choice institution among graduating seniors seeking a personalized, challenging liberal arts experience," says Kelley Lips, dean of enrollment services for Oxford.
"What's more, the Class of 2020 is among the most diverse we've ever seen in terms of the geography, academic interest, ethnicity and socioeconomic composition," Lips says.
Emory also strives to make sure economic barriers do not prevent students from realizing those experiences. Some 54 percent of all Emory undergraduates receive financial aid. Emory remains committed to meeting 100 percent of demonstrated financial need for all admitted domestic students, with programs including Emory Advantage, which provides loan relief for families whose total annual income is less than $100,000.
"Opportunities I wouldn't get at any other school"
Daniela Farchi, who is from Guatemala, says she stepped onto the leafy Oxford campus two years ago for a scholars visit and immediately felt at home.
She is eager to take on leadership roles, a hallmark of Oxford's small community, and begin exploring classes to decide her major.
"Everyone is so welcoming here. Everyone is so excited about learning," Farchi says. "I'm excited to explore and study what interests me. There are so many options."
Lauren Taylor sees a future in public health. But choosing Emory for her undergraduate education was about more than research opportunities and proximity to the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
Taylor, a freshman on the Atlanta campus, also worked for her school's literary magazine and has published one of her poems, so she is especially drawn to the idea of taking classes taught by a former U.S. poet laureate.
"I really hope for classes with Natasha Trethewey," Taylor says of the Pulitzer Prize-winning poet and 19th poet laureate of the United States, Emory's Robert W. Woodruff Professor of English and Creative Writing. "That's one of the opportunities I wouldn't get at any other school."
Emory prepares to welcome new students
Emory Scholars Program

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Very unusual table lamp shaped like either a flame or a cactus – you can decide! It is by Charles et Fils, who designed a lot of interesting pieces, and is made of nickle-plated bronze. When illuminates, it actually gives the impression of flames. 20 x 8 inches. C 1960's. Great French mid-century design.


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Rafael Alexander Luke Sosa (Lima, Perú, 12 de mayo de 1999) es un futbolista peruano. Juega como lateral derecho y su equipo actual es Club Sporting Cristal de la Liga 1 de Perú.Es internacional absoluto con la Selección Peruana de Fútbol.

Inició su carrera deportiva en las canteras de Club Universitario de Deportes en 2012.

Con el Equipo de Reservas del Club Sporting Cristal, Rafael Sosa ha ganado 2 títulos nacionales, entre ellos Torneos de Promoción y Reserva 2016.

Biografía
Nació el 12 de mayo de 1999, en el Distrito de Miraflores. Durante su infancia, Rafael, desarrolló su amor por el fútbol gracias al fútbol callejero con el peruano declarando más de una vez que el futbol lo ayudó a desarrollar sus técnica y habilidades para mejorar su juego.

Trayectoria

Categorías inferiores

Sporting Cristal (2016-2019)
Rafael Sosa, formó parte de los equipos menores del Sporting Cristal entre 2016 y 2019. Con el club ganó dos títulos nacionales: Torneos de Promoción y Reserva 2016. También ganó 3 torneos cortos en 2018: Verano, Apertura y Clausura.

Resumen según posiciones obtenidas a nivel club

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In this 3rd and final installment of our Best $200 Condenser feature, we hear nine different mics above a drum kit. Included as a neutral reference is a vintage AKG C 460 B small-diaphragm mic, modded by Audio Upgrades; this is a mic that really impressed me in the recent Prairie Sun Drum Overhead Shootout.
If you're just joining us, we've invested weeks to test 9 of the most popular inexpensive large-diaphragm condensers. In Part I, we heard them on vocals, acoustic and electric guitars. In Part II, we heard them used for podcasting/VO. Read on for a torture test: drum overheads.
All three parts let you listen blind to the audio samples. Leave your brand preconceptions at the door! Your unbiased ears will thank you.
The 10 microphones in this test were positioned above the center of a drum kit, with each mic's capsule at a height of 70.5'' from the floor. I recorded individual performances of a short composition that will be familiar to anyone who has listened to previous drum tests on this site.
In all cases, onboard pad and filter options on the mics were disabled. The M179 was set to Cardioid. The Blue Spark was tested with and without the Focus switch; both tracks appear below. The same input channel of my BLA-modded Digi 002 Rack was used for all mics; its high-pass filter was enabled. Tracks were recorded at 24-bit, 44.1 kHz into Pro Tools, without processing. Gain levels were set prior to recording, to produce equivalent peaks across all mics. RMS gain levels were fine-tuned in Pro Tools prior to export of the mono audio WAVs, which were converted via lame to 320kbps MP3.
I had only one of each of these microphones, so this is a mono test.
Let's begin with the reference mic for this set, the modded AKG C460B. It is a neutral sound, and comes across as fast, clean, and accurate. It doesn't seem to perform any weird compression or EQ on the cymbals. The high-hats are defined and detailed without putting ice picks into my ears. The kick drum has an appealing, tight thump, without being excessive or flabby. There isn't a lot of tom work here to judge, but the few short fills sound realistically rendered.
The M179 matches the C460B for tone, but records more of the sound of the room. The result strikes me as slightly less refined, maybe a bit more loose or organic. No EQ crimes are committed here, though. This mic remains a solid choice, and its reputation as capturing sounds neutrally is again proven here.
The AT2020 stood out in a blind listening pass, because it sounded so bright and splashy, with an anemic low end. It comes across as scooped, because the high end is so exaggerated. I didn't care for this mic in this application.
The sE X1 turned in a usable track. I found the high end to be somewhat over-bright and borderline piercing, but it is balanced somewhat by a full low-end. I'd be inclined to lower these mics, moving them closer to the drums and putting the cymbals off-axis, to create a more appealing EQ profile during tracking.
The Spark with Focus enabled sounded bright and thin on this track, and the high-hat comes across as painful. Also there's a buildup of sound in the high-mids that colors the track in a way that I'm not sure I would appreciate at mix time. When I A/B between this and the C460B, the C460B track sounds like a relief — more balanced, drier, and three-dimensional.
Without the Focus switch, the Spark turns in a more usable track. The high end is the same, and I find it exaggerated and fatiguing. But the mic's low frequencies here have not been stripped away by the Focus switch, and the result is more balanced. I would definitely need to reposition the mic and possibly also EQ the track to reduce the HF, though.
The PG42 stood out in my blind listening as one of the more appealing tracks. It is very very bright, to be sure, which sometimes kills a track for me. But this one didn't seem sharp or shrill. The snare is punchy. The overall tonality is balanced. As with the X1, I'd probably like these mics even better in a different position, where they'd pick up more of the drums and less of the cymbals.
The Perception 220 put forward another strong performance in this track. It is every bit as balanced as the C460B. The high frequencies aren't exaggerated or harsh. The lows are full without booming. Nicely done.
The MXL 2003A sounds remarkably like the sE X1 in this test: borderline too bright, but balanced by the low end. Despite these being two different performances, a frequency response analysis of the two tracks reveals them to be all but identical above 50Hz, with the X1 being 1-2dB brighter between 5kHz and about 12kHz. In short, the 2003A captured a nice picture of the kit, with a muscular low-end that drives the track forward. In the future I would work on the mic position to deemphasize the cymbals, which otherwise can end up being exaggerated.
The AT2035 sounds good here, perhaps a bit thinner in the low end than would be ideal, but restrained enough in the highs that the cymbals don't get out of hand. As with some of the other mics here, a placement that focused on the drums (at the expense of the cymbals) would probably work in these mics' favor. Even as recorded here, though, the AT2035 had nice detail and a balanced sound.
The LSM stood out in a blind test for having the best low-frequency extension of all the mics in the test. Listen to the kick drum! A frequency comparison reveals that the LSM captures more energy below 60Hz than any other mic in this test. Do an A/B test with the Spark/Focus track, which has most rolled-off LF response. The difference is huge.
Whether all that low end is appropriate for an overhead track is a matter of personal preference. Certainly you could roll it off on the pre, or at mix time. But it's sure there if you need it!
Personally, I think the LSM track sounds great. It isn't neutral or uncolored, but it's also a sound I don't otherwise have in my toolbox, and worth having for just that reason.
I wish I'd thought to stick it into the kick drum before sending it back. I bet the LSM makes a phenomenal kick-drum mic.
Most of these mics turned in usable tracks. If you factor in adjustments to mic position, and mix in close mics on kick and snare, then nearly all of these microphones would be fine in this application.
But the reality is that many of the other mics turned in equally usable tracks: the Audio-Technica AT2035, sE X1, MXL 2003A, and CAD M179 all sounded very good here, and I would not hesitate to use any of them.
By now we've heard most of these mics in Aaron's test of vocals, guitar cab, and acoustic, and all of them in my voiceover/podcast roundup. Let's summarize.
The AKG Acoustics Perception 220 sounded good on every source we put it in front of. That makes it a genuine workhorse mic, at an extremely reasonable price point (currently $130 at Amazon; click the image at right to see current sale prices on this mic).
The Studio Projects LSM was a surprise performer. Given its onboard ADC, USB output option, and built-in desk stand, it seems Studio Projects has targeted new home recordists rather than established studios. But overlooking the LSM for these reasons would be a mistake, because it is a unique little mic that I think would see frequent usage in any studio. It isn't the most neutral mic of the bunch, but it's one of the most exciting. I think Studio Projects has a real winner with the LSM.
CAD Audio M179 – a top pick in the VO/podcast test, and a strong performer in the drum OH test. It's the only multipattern mic here, and IMO is a fantastic bargain.
Audio-Technica AT2035 – sounded great in the podcast/VO test and on drum overheads.
For my $200, I think any of these five microphones would be a reliable addition to the mic locker. They're not all interchangeable, of course, but we've given you enough real-world usage notes to make an intelligent decision about which might serve you best… and even some ideas about how to use them to get the most out of each.
The MXL 2003A and Shure PG42 are perhaps a bit less versatile than these other mics. With careful placement, though, they're good performers.
We have no affiliation with AKG, Audio-Technica, Blue, CAD, MXL, sE Electronics, Shure, or Studio Projects; we received no compensation for this review. The CAD M179, Audio-Technica AT2020, AKG C460B, and AKG Perception 220 are personal property; the other microphones were loaned by their respective manufacturers for the purposes of evaluation, and have all since been returned.
I'm interested to hear your experiences, especially if you already have one of these mics and you think we've got it all wrong.
Also, if you buy something based on this review, definitely leave a comment so we know how the mic is working for you.
You might also be interested in this followup piece comparing the Rode NT1-A to the sE X1 on acoustic instruments and voices.
If you're shopping, please consider purchasing through one of our affiliates; the meager commissions we earn help us continue our work on this site.
There's not much more I can add about the AKG Perception 220 except that I've had it for over 2 years and it keeps on giving my VO's the sound I want. Matches nicely with a tube preamp. I only switch to a dynamic for hard sell high energy stuff. Some folks might find it a bit too warm for their taste, but a touch of EQ can take care of that. Don't let that baby blue color fool you. It's a solid-built serious workhorse mic that makes money.
My local dealer has been trying to sell me a CAD M179 for years. Guess he knows what he's talking about.
Nice drumming and room sound! The only thing I would add is the CAD M179, in standard cardioid, has a wider pick up pattern than pattern most other mics. I have to dial mine down, between cardioid and hyper, to get what I would say is a standard pattern. It's great that this mic lets you do that. For Steve Fauls comment, seeing this mic for $129.00 almost everywhere, you can't go wrong, very low noise, versatile and great sounding, how CAD sells them so cheaply is a mystery!
Please excuse "pattern" after than! I noticed the "Recording Hacks" link to the M179 shows the old specs for the mic. With spectrum analysis, mine goes below the manuals listed 20hrtz, but the manual also lists the mic as going down to 10hrtz on the frequency graph. The additional room noise you might be picking up are sub harmonics and wider pattern. I may have a newer version, as I picked mine up in December, after the VO shootout.
i'm still new to recording so I can't offer a lot in the way of experience. Having said that, the MXL V67n is a great cheap condenser. It picks up cymbals really well but is able to pick up a whole kit nicely. Hope I didn't miss a post you reviewed it in. Check it out, for a US$120 you won't be sorry. Really good for guitar, too.
I found this review extremly helpful. In fact, I went out and purchased two(2) Blue Spark microphones for my overheads. The toms are so beefy and clean I don't need to close mic them. Anyway, thanks.
Just wanted to say thank you for putting these blind tests together. These have been really useful for me.
I purchased a pair of AT2035 after reading this, and I have been really happy with them. My only complaint is that they are so natural (in a gentle or relaxed sense) that I want something with more 'character' sometimes. But I have yet to hear anything under $500-600 that sounds even twice as good, let alone 3 or 4 times as good. I even like them more than my AT4050! I guess it's not the price, but what they sound like for your uses. As an ORTF pair (for $300!) they were good enough to track an entire album of acoustic folk songs – and the client was thrilled.
Because I need multipattern (and I've learned through this website that price is no indicator of sound) I'm all set to get some CAD m179s that I have been sitting on the fence about for years. They sound very similar in these tests – natural, but a gentle representation.
Thank you! This was exactly what I was looking for! I have always used a minimalist approach to recording drums and I have been wanting to find a new mic that gives me the biggest bang (pardon the pun) for my buck. I did the blind test and narrowed it down to #6 and #11. I was pleased and surprised when their id's were revealed. About to place some orders. Thanks again!
Could you please explain why you used the high-pass filter on your recording interface for this test? I usually record my drum overheads flat.
@Michael – Either way is fine, I think. I would normally have close mics on the toms and kick, and in that case I don't need a lot of low frequency info from the OH track… and if I'm going to roll it off in the DAW anyway, there's no harm in doing some of that EQ during tracking.
Thanks, Matthew, that makes sense. I was listening to the clips, attempting to evaluate which mic would work best in a minimal (mono/recorderman/glyn johns) setup. I thought they all sounded a bit thin, especially compared to the clips in your AT4050 review (http://recordinghacks.com/2012/04/23/at4050-review/ that M-S sounds great!). Now I understand why, so thanks again for the explanation!


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Q: CSS3 media queries not working on Safari on iPod/iPhone I am developing a responsive design website. The website will be optimized for iPhone and iPod (Both having width 640px).
I am using the following CSS3 media queries:
    @media screen and (max-width: 640px) {
        .display-none-mobile{
            display: none;
        }
    }
    @media screen and (min-width: 641px) {
        .display-none-desktop{
            display: none;
        }
    }

Above code works great on my desktop browsers when i shrink browser width to 640px. However the code does not work when i try to test the website on iPod using Safari browser.
I changed the CSS3 media queries to
    @media screen and (max-device-width: 640px) {
        .display-none-mobile{
            display: none;
        }
    }
    @media screen and (min-device-width: 641px) {
        .display-none-desktop{
            display: none;
        }
    }

Now, the responsive design worked for Safari on iPod but it messed up with layouts on all other desktop browsers. Those css3 media queries were totally ignored by oChrome, IE, FF on my desktop (for width 640px).
So by now i have figured out there is something related to cross browser compatibility with css3 media queries, but could not find much info about this. what can be the ways i can update my code to make css3 media queries working for all browsers (or atleast major ones). I am targeting atleast

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*IE Windows

*Safari Windows

*Chrome Windows

*Firefox Windows

*Safari iPod

*Chrome iPod

A: If you don't add the following <meta> tag on your HTML the device will ignore your media queries
<!DOCTYPE html>
<html lang="en-us">
    <head>
        <meta name="viewport" content="width=device-width">
    </head>
    <body>
    </body>
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Within & Amongst at APT
Within and Amongst a solo show by [NAME] at APT gallery includes a closing tea party.
Within and Amongst
APT Gallery
Thursday 22 – Sunday 25 November 2018, 12pm – 5pm
Closing Tea Party Sunday 25 November, 3pm – 5pm
The exhibition will explore the boundaries and differences of working individually and collaboratively. [NAME] is intrigued by how this relates to broader contexts within society, particularly in this digital age and sharing economy. Notions of instruction and response echo modes of communication often put to use in the process of collaborating, such as online virtual platforms. [NAME] considers the impact of these forms of communication – the ease of connecting globally and yet the subtle quirks that may occur; mutations, translations or adaptions. The group explores the use of different channels such as social media, video calls, live streaming and emails and the errors or ambiguities that can be created.
The show will bring together many aspects of [NAME]'s diverse work, including curated pieces from the artists' individual practices. Selected works made since [NAME] formed in 2013 will be presented, as well as 'Within & Amongst' a new large scale installation produced specifically for APT Gallery. This piece includes video footage of a site responsive performance combined with other recent [NAME] performances and individual footage of each artist alone in different locations. In sharing films and taking turns, to add to, reconstruct and edit the final work [NAME] explores the boundaries of collaboration. Also presented, 'The Rite' physically layers individual films within the gallery space, further questioning and obscuring notions of authorship.
[NAME] is a collaboration of four artists producing multi-media installations. The work is poetic and cinematic in nature. Intrigued by text, music, dance and narratives [NAME] has worked with pieces such as Pina Bausch's Rite of Spring and Jorge Luis Borges' Labyrinths as sources of inspiration which become departure points for a process of research and response. [NAME]'s installations include film, video and drawings, characterised by a sense of framing and reframing, through both the camera and screen. The installations are the culmination of many moments of shared performative experience and the artists' responses. By combining these responses a non-linear layering occurs within each piece.
As a group of four female artists, an implicit female sensibility infuses the work. Fragments and reflections of movement and dialogue are recorded from the group's interactions and these present traces of subjectivity through space and time. An interest in the transition of time and the translation of moments, leads the group to use a range of media and technology, including social media to connect spaces and further obscure the boundaries of time, the virtual, presence and absence. The frequent use of mirroring, reflecting and an almost rhythmical ritualistic repetition, disrupts the plane or surface of the images and videos, producing a multi-dimensional perspective. The motifs of mirrors and lenses are recurrent and reference the autopoietic nature of [NAME]'s work.
3.30pm Talk and screening by Dr. Althea Greenan, Women's Art Library, Goldsmiths
Followed by [NAME] performance
[NAME] Charlie Betts/ Sue Glasgow/ Lucy Lauener/ Erika Winstone
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What's the big picture look like, Jonas?
Words, Luanne—what words do we need here?
What do you know about our customer, Jeff, in terms of what really matters to them?
Are there some symbols that pop to mind, Sarah?
Jon, what values are we really talking about?


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Q: GStreamer clock-rate=(int)48000 issue I try to playout udp multicast audio stream.
gst-launch-1.0.exe udpsrc multicast-group=239.192.31.65 port=5004 caps="application/x-rtp,channels=(int)2,media=(string)audio,payload=(int)96,clock-rate=(int)44100,encoding-name=(string)L24" ! rtpjitterbuffer latency=10 ! rtpL24depay ! audioconvert ! autoaudiosink sync=false async=false

It works but audio plays slower than original stream due to wrong samplerate. Original stream samplerate is 48kHz. But if I try to set it, GStreamer quits with error.
gst-launch-1.0.exe udpsrc multicast-group=239.192.31.65 port=5004 caps="application/x-rtp,channels=(int)2,media=(string)audio,payload=(int)96,clock-rate=(int)48000,encoding-name=(string)L24" ! rtpjitterbuffer latency=10 ! rtpL24depay ! audioconvert ! autoaudiosink sync=false async=false

Setting pipeline to PAUSED ... Pipeline is live and does not need
  PREROLL ... Setting pipeline to PLAYING ... New clock:
  GstSystemClock ERROR: from element
  /GstPipeline:pipeline0/GstUDPSrc:udpsrc0: Internal data stream
  error. Additional debug info: gstbasesrc.c(3055):
  gst_base_src_loop ():
  /GstPipeline:pipeline0/GstUDPSrc:udpsrc0: streaming stopped,
  reason not-negotiated (-4) Execution ended after
  0:00:00.018626636 Setting pipeline to PAUSED ... Setting
  pipeline to READY ... Setting pipeline to NULL ... Freeing
  pipeline ...

I don't understand why.

A: You wouldn't believe - the problem was in soundcard settings - as soon as I set 48000 in soundcard setting in windows settings it start working!


Cisco Systems Inc said on Wednesday it was buying Jasper Technologies Inc, a startup that connects devices to the Internet.
Cisco Systems Inc said on Wednesday it was buying Jasper Technologies Inc, a startup that connects devices like cars and medical devices to the Internet, for $1.4 billion in cash and equity awards, its largest acquisition since 2013.
In addition to connecting devices to the Internet, Jasper makes a software platform that helps monitor these devices once they are online. Rob Salvagno, Cisco's vice president of corporate development, said in an interview that the Internet of Things has been a priority for Cisco for the past few years.
"We've been keeping an eye on this market and what we noticed was that Jasper represented a unique asset. We believe they are the largest Internet of Things service platform of scale today," he said.
"Who thought we'd be plugging computers and all sorts of things into it?" he asked, assigning similar possibilities to the Internet of Things.
Jasper had been planning an initial public offering and had banks to help it prepare. Its investors, such as Singapore's Temasek, Sequoia Capital and Benchmark Capital, will now get a chance to cash out without having to brave the rocky equity markets, which have seen no technology IPOs this year.
Jasper's chief executive, Jahangir Mohammed, will stay on with Cisco and run a new Internet of Things Software Business unit once the deal closes in the third quarter.


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B6B: Big 6 Takeaways from Titans @ Jaguars
By JASON MARTIN (@JMartZone – September 19, 2019)
My friend and colleague, Blaine Bishop, said it best on Thursday night following the loss. "Well, that sucked."
Yes, it did. I'm not even going to write a lengthy intro. Let's get to it. Here are the Big 6 Takeaways from whatever the heck that was we watched tonight on the NFL Network.
THE OFFENSIVE LINE WAS EXTREMELY OFFENSIVE
I'm not even leading off with Marcus Mariota, but we'll get there. Before I get to the QB, I'm going to watch the football from its inception to its final resting point. It starts on the line and then gets snapped to the quarterback. Taylor Lewan is sorely missed, but the guys that attempted to protect Marcus or create running lanes on Thursday night failed in every conceivable way, even some ways we didn't know existed.
When you see a quarterback get sacked nine times, it's not all on one thing or another, but we can point to both issues. The first is Mariota holding the ball too long and waiting for plays to develop that ARE NOT GOING TO DEVELOP. But the second is no time for anything to develop, especially when you've got Jamil Douglas on Calais Campbell. The latter looked like Reggie White against a high school benchwarmer. This was about as one-sided an affair as you will ever see in a 1-on-1 matchup.
The Jaguars were discombobulated and the Jalen Ramsey thing was hovering over all their heads coming in, but even if Ramsey is dealt on Friday, the Titans got murdered by a good defense that played in a much more unified fashion. This was about beating the Titans and that's what they did.
OKAY, NOW WE'LL TALK ABOUT… THE HEAD COACH
Still not to Marcus Mariota yet, as I want to go to the sidelines. Sunday, Mike Vrabel made a few questionable decisions in game management, most notably the ridiculous choice to drown 40 seconds off the clock when trailing in order to fail in drawing a cheap offsides penalty agains the Colts. But, on Thursday, you can look to multiple choices that made little sense, particularly not kicking a field goal down 14-0, which led to a 17-0 score a few minutes later.
When your offense is struggling that mightily, you take the points. It's not desperation time, but that's how Mike Vrabel coached it. Get yourself within 11, see some points go up on the scoreboard, and force Doug Marrone and the Jaguars to try to run clock and shorten the game. It makes defending them easier because you know what's coming and what's not. Instead, you keep the goose egg next to "TITANS" on the scoreboard and you allow Gardner Minshew to throw it a little bit more and keep your defense off balance.
Vrabel also hilariously and inexplicably put Adoree Jackson out to return punts, which we all know is a lost cause at this point, and he did the most typical thing, which is try to field a damp football, fail to do so, and turn the ball over early in the first quarter. Then, Minshew threw a TD and the Jags went up 7-0. I called for a common sense advisor on the sidelines of every NFL and CFB team last week. Any one of us could have told him, PUT ADAM FREAKING HUMPHRIES BACK THERE. HE KNOWS HOW TO DO THIS JOB. ADOREE IS A CALAMITY!
ALRIGHT, NOW LET'S ACTUALLY TALK ABOUT MARCUS MARIOTA
He's not the guy.
THE PASS RUSH IS ON A MILK CARTON
Cameron Wake terrorized the Cleveland Browns in Week 1, but Jacoby Brissett's jersey stayed nice and clean on Sunday and Gardner Minshew can just hang his up, no need to wash it after Thursday Night Football. Only Carlos Correa got close, and when he did, he got flagged. The officiating was bad, but if you can't make a quarterback uncomfortable in the NFL, you're going to get broken off by that quarterback.
Everybody in the NFL has the potential to beat you if given the chance. They all know how to throw, they all have skills or they wouldn't have an opportunity in pro football to begin with. Gardner Minshew threw some dimes, he looked great at times and he looked at least pretty good almost the entire time. Nick Foles wearing those Rivers Cuomo glasses on the sidelines has to be thinking… "I may not get back into the game when my collarbone heals."
Zero sacks against the Jaguars when they've got a sixth round draft pick rookie on the field that you should be able to shake. The pass rush was non-existent and Minshew picked them apart enough, even though there were lulls and the secondary did play well for the most part. The DL got bullied. The OL got bullied. The Titans got bullied.
0-2 IN THE DIVISION
With the AFC South so wide open in the post-Luck era and after Nick Foles went down in the opener, the Tennessee Titans have lost to Jacoby Brissett at home and now Gardner Minshew (who threw guys open and seemed a more polished passer than the fifth year starter he was playing against) on the road in prime time. So, you're playing for that Wildcard I suppose. Well, I'm feeling less sure of my 8-8 prediction now. They'll play Houston twice in the final month of the season, and there's plenty of football left to be played, but you don't have a starting quarterback that scares anybody and we have STILL yet to see Corey Davis do much of anything.
The bigger concern is the AFC South being one of the worst divisions in football and the Titans potentially having the worst QB of the four teams, which includes two backups, and if you want to add Foles to that list, he's fifth in the division. The Tannehill talk is about to ramp up, and although Mike Vrabel said after the game he's nowhere close to considering a change, what else could he really have said at that point?
If Mariota plays another game like these two on September 29 in Atlanta, it's going to be time to take a look at the backup. I think what we know is there's not a truly dangerous starter on this team, with the current guy playing with no confidence whatsoever. All of this means they're going nowhere. These two performances were brutal. And the division doesn't look too open for Tennessee at present.
1-3 MEANS WHAT FOR THE NEXT HOME CROWD?
If you go to Atlanta and get crushed, Lewan coming back at that point for a 1-3 team, how's that attendance at Nissan going to be on October 6 when Josh Allen and the Bills, who happen to be undefeated right now, are headed into town? 2-2 is a different story, but the malaise that will take hold if this football team is 1-3 and looks bad in doing so.
These two losses weren't a case of one team being superior to the other in a general sense. That's what makes it so obnoxious. These were losses because the Titans played loser football and dumb football, starting with the quarterback and head coach and offensive line… even Derrick Henry can't bail you out of that, especially when he gets 17 carries against the Jags rather than 50. Not like he had a lot of help blocking, but I'd have kept handing it to him all night long.
They need to show up and play well, even if they're beaten, against Atlanta. If they look like this again, who is paying the money to come see them and park and walk? Even if the Bills are undefeated, they're the Bills. Their fans will travel, but that's not a draw as an opponent. Those seats are going to be in the 65% full range if they drop another one.
Just poor. Nothing else to say.
I'm taking a couple of weeks off… a little business to take care of. I'm blessed beyond measure for your time and for the opportunity to speak to you or write something you check out and possibly enjoy. I'm blessed beyond measure for so many things, most of all the woman I'm marrying on Sunday, She is truly God's ultimate gift to me on this planet, the way he showed me his love for me. I am so thankful, even on a night like tonight when I have to be negative and blunt, for the life he's given me and the people he's placed in it. I'll see you in October…
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Why are we relying more on drugs to treat teenagers' mental ill-health?
we're relying more on drugs to treat teenagers' mental ill-health, but could we be giving out pills to thousands of teenagers which are not only ineffective but actually have severely dangerous side effects.
In a recent BBC documentary: 'The Doctor Who Gave Up Drugs' Dr Chris Van Tulleken (Dr CVT) set out to answer the above question. Here I summarise the section of part 2 of this documentary (which deals with teen mental ill health and antidepressants) and throw in a few links and additional commentary.
You can watch the documentary on BBC iPlayer here at least until Late June 2018, although TBH you may as well save yourself 50 mins and just skim read what's below.
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Introduction: why are prescriptions for antidepressants in the UK increasing?
The general gist of the documentary is that we're relying more on drugs to treat teenagers' mental ill-health, but we could be giving out pills to thousands of teenagers which are not only ineffective but actually have severely dangerous side effects.
The number of British teenagers prescribed antidepressants has almost doubled in 10 years: in 2005, 30 000 teenagers were prescribed antidepressant drugs, increasing to 58, 000 in 2015.
The Increase in antidepressants: a visual representation
Each ping pong ball represents 4 teenagers prescribed antidepressants
This increase might be because more people are getting diagnosed and more effectively treated, however it might reflect the fact we are quicker to seek medicalised solutions to 'depression', and that these drugs are not effectively dealing with the underlying causes of depression, and maybe this doubling of prescriptions in 10 years is no a long term solution to depression.
A case study of teenage depression
To provide us with a 'human face' of depression, the documentary now visits Jess, 15 year old teenager who has been on antidepressants for 8 months and whose suffered from anxiety since she was a young girl, finds school stressful because she feels trapped (30 odd kids in a class, with everyone close together). She hasn't been in lessons for 10 months, and may not be doing her GSCEs.
Following counselling, she was put on Sertraline to combat her depression, 100 mg, double the normal dose of 50 mg. We now get the usual trawl through the possible side effects of the drug, and it's not pretty: clinical trials have shown an increased risk of suicidal behaviour in adults aged less than 25 years, and Jess says she has felt more suicidal since starting the medication.
Interestingly, Jess states a desire to be free of the drugs, while her mother appears more relaxed, saying that there's evidence that they work, and that her daughter shouldn't be afraid of the stigma attached to taking antidepressants: the idea of just 'pulling yourself together' and coping is outdated.
Research evidence on the effectiveness of antidepressants
Dr CVT now looks at a recent study conducted by professor Andrea Cipriani of the University of Oxford. This study summarised all available evidence of how effective 14 antidepressants are in children and adolescents specifically, (rather than just evidence from adult trials). The basic research question was 'do these drugs work' (not 'how do these drugs work), and they compared the drugs with each other and against the effectiveness of a placebo, a sugar pill.
They found that only one drug: fluoxetine, or prozac, was more effective than a sugar pill in combatting depression among teenagers, which is worrying given that around 40% of teenage prescribed antidepressant drugs are on Sertraline. However, there is still a level of uncertainty around the research on the effectiveness on Fluoxetine – because people respond very differently to the drug.
Where Sertraline there is good evidence that it works for adults, but the problem here is that teenagers brains are wired differently, and professor Cipriani's research suggests what works for adults may not work for teenagers.
Wilderness Therapy as an alternative means of treating mental ill health
Dr CVT says there's lots of evidence that being active out of doors is effective in treating mental ill health, especially depression.
To test this out, the documentary now returns to Jess, one month on, who has now had her prescription of Sertraline increased to 125 milligrams, and feels increasingly panicky and has upped her rate of self-harm, and expose her to a 'therapeutic intervention', in the form of the 'Wilderness Foundation' which uses activities in wild spaces and one on one counselling to help teenagers suffering from mental ill-health.
Research conducted by the University of Essex suggests that 83% of the kids on the charity's leading scheme have successfully gone on the further education or full time employment.
Jess gets taken along to the the Wilderness Foundation for a day to do 'stuff' outdoors, and we get treated to footage of Jess in an extremely pleasant wooded glade sparking a fire to life and putting up a hammock. Wilderness therapy is apparently well established in the USA, and it certainly seems to work for Jess, who spends 6 hours out of doors.
Do antidepressants 'cause' an increase in teen suicides?
The documentary also visits one mother, Sarah, whose daughter Rachel killed herself within 11 days of an increase in her dose of Sertraline.
Rachel's story seems similar to Jess': she found secondary school difficult and hit a wall at GCSEs, finding it difficult to cope with the stress. After a visit to the Child and Adolescent Mental Health Services, she was prescribed fluoxetine and experienced the following side effects after 2 weeks:
Violent thoughts
Disturbing dreams
Bodily shaking
Rachel tried to hang herself at one point, and after several months of this, she was prescribed a different drug: Sertraline. She actually wanted this herself, she wanted something to work, but within 11 days of an increase in her dose of this second antidepressant Rachel killed herself.
Rachel's mum Sarah doesn't blame the Doctors as they were just following the approved 'pathways' to treating mental illness laid down in the formal guidelines, she blames the system which seems to based on inadequate knowledge of the harmful side effects of these drugs.
NB – we cannot actually prove a causal link
Could antidepressants actually be harming our children's health?
Drug trials should not only tell us if the drugs are effective, they should also tell us if the drugs have any harmful side effects. The problem is that many of the drugs trials are run by drugs companies, with a vested interested in making their drugs look both effective and sage.
Dr David Healy is one of the few people to have done independent research into the effectiveness and safety of antidepressants with the raw data provided by the company. He argues that we need to see the raw data to uncover how the drugs affect individual patient – and this raw data can run into several reams of paper if there 100s of people in a trial.
It is extremely rare for drugs companies to release this original data, in fact, it's only happened once when in 2004 legal challenges were made against claims made about the effectiveness of Seroxat, and antidepressant manufactured by the pharmaceutical company GlaxoSmithKline.
Dr David Healey analysed this original data and found that the claims made in the original 10 page article summarising the findings of the trials which claimed the drug was not only effective but also sage, were basically false, with Healey's team finding that not only did the drug not work, but that the number of teenagers who developed suicidal thoughts following the use of the drug was three times greater than intimated in the original study, in which this side effect was described as 'some teenagers becoming more emotionally labile'.
This research actually led to GlaxoSmithKlein being fined $3 billion in penalties and fines for health care fraud.
Dr David Healy says that in between the raw data and the sometimes misleading 'main articles' on the research findings published by the drugs companies, there are 'company reports', and even if we dig into these, there is cause to be concerned over the safety of many of antidepressants.
The rest of the documentary
The documentary returns to Jess, who has kept up her therapy for 6 months (I think it's 6 months, it's not that clear) and after some ups and downs (including one suicide attempt at school) the therapy seems to be working – she gets taken through a process of gradually having things she finds difficult added into the programme, and eventually manages to cope with going shopping and buying something (progress for her, in dealing with crowds).
After 6 months, Jess even manages to return to school and sit her mock GCSE exams, and at the very end of the documentary, we even see her at her 16th birthday party on stage singing, in front of friends and family.
The documentary also pays the standard visit to the Clinical Lead for Child Mental Health Care Services who reiterates that all Doctors are doing in prescribing antidepressants is following NICE guidelines, which are based on the best available evidence, however, Dr CVT's point is the best available evidence is shaky at best.
NICE refuse to be interviewed, but do say they are reviewing their guidelines
The whole point of the documentary seems to be to inform us of the uncertainties surrounding the effectiveness and safety of many of the antidepressants we are increasingly prescribing to our teenagers.
Dr CVT suggest we are far too trusting of the research done by drugs companies, and we shouldn't allow them to control the information we have about these drugs… we should be much more sceptical, and in the meantime, we should pursue alternative treatments such as wilderness therapy and mindfulness which are unlikely to cause harm.
K.T.'s Commentary
One thing I want to pick up on his the 'social causes' of Jess' anxiety. Basically, it seems she just hates the crowded environment of the school, along with all the stress of testing that goes along with it….
Personally, I get this, it has exactly the same effect on me as a teacher.
I also get the 'wilderness therapy' as a solution – I love being outdoors, walking: it's just that I don't need anyone to structure it for me, I also don't really regard it as 'therapy' – rather it's just 'doing something enjoyable'.
It appears to me that Jess' depression is pretty much 100% socially induced – by the school system. Get her back to nature, and doing something 'naturally' empowering, and she's O.K, as she is singing in front her friends and family – surely it's the social context that's the problem?
It's not rocket science is it! What needs to change here is society, although that's easier said than done.
I also have to admit being a bit taken aback by the size of that GSK fine – $3 billion for health care fraud, that's something I'm going to have to come back to later!
Sources/ find out more!
You can watch the documentary on BBC iPlayer here
Professor Andrea Cipriani of the University of Oxford
Info on Dr David Healy.
Disclaimers/ health advice provided in the documentary
Doctor Chris Van Tulleken reminds us that it might be dangerous to stop taking antidepressants suddenly and that any change of dose should only be made with medical supervision.
Author Karl ThompsonPosted on June 12, 2018 June 13, 2018 Categories HealthTags anxiety, depression, drugs, mental health, prozac, teenagers
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Officials can disclose what happens in executive session
transparencyprojectofgeorgia / May 19, 2014
GPA Atty. David Hudson
ATLANTA — Elected officials are free to speak about what goes on in executive sessions, according to a leading authority on the Georgia Open Meetings Act.
Attorney David Hudson said elected officials do not give up their First Amendment rights to free speech simply because they hold office or because they participate in an executive session of a governing body.
Hudson told members of the Georgia Press Association, "From time to time, elected officials such as city council members, county commissioners, school board members or appointed members of the board of government authorities will receive advice (usually a lawyer representing the public entity) that the public official may not disclose information learned in a closed session. Such advice has no basis in fact or in law," (Georgia Press Bulletin, Dec. 2013).
Hudson, who also serves as general counsel for the press association, added, "Elected officials are subject only to the voters."
He explained there is an obvious misunderstanding of the Code of Ethics contained in O.C.G.A 45-10-3 that prohibits them from disclosing proprietary information for "personal gain" or in violation of the public trust. He said, "none of its provisions would prohibit an elected or appointed member from disclosing what occurred in an executive session if the member felt it was in the public interest to do so."
In fact, Hudson included a legal opinion that the state's constitution might even compel an elected official to disclose what occurred in a closed-door executive session.
In the same article he commented on Article I, Sec. II, Paragraph I of the Georgia Constitution, "It states: 'Public officers are trustees and servants of the people and are at all times amenable to them.' Thus if the public officer learns of something that occurs in a closed session that he or she believes should be known by the people to whom the public officer is a servant, there is no prohibition in Georgia law that would prevent such disclosure or subject the public officer to any measure of discipline."
"These are extremely important legal perspectives," said Jim Zachary, editor of the Henry Daily Herald and Clayton News Daily, director of the recently-launched Transparency Project of Georgia and longtime open government advocate. "Citizens should continue to put pressure on local officials to stop doing public business in private."
"Public service and even working in the public sector comes at a price," Zachary added. "Citizens have every right to know everything that government is up to. It is their business. It is their money. Our state's provisions for executive sessions are too liberal, but knowing that elected officials are not legally prohibited from disclosing what goes on behind closed doors should be empowering for citizens. Now, all we need is elected officials in city and county government who will realize their first commitment is always to citizens and not to each other."
Sean Ireland, publications editor of Georgia Press Association, said this week that several newspaper editors across the state were planning to use Hudson's comments about elected officials and their First Amendment rights in stories in their own newspapers. Some even planned to distribute them directly to elected officials in their communities.
Ireland said Hudson's comments regarding disclosure of what goes on in executive sessions are resonating throughout the state. "It seems there are a lot of journalists who deal with public officials who may wish to comment on what goes on in closed meetings but feel as though they cannot. Helping these folks understand their rights and responsibilities will go a long way toward helping journalists accurately report the news, something both groups want to happen."
Hudson said that disclosing information from executive sessions might anger fellow officials, but in his opinion a public servant should weigh the public trust against the risk of creating ill-will with other members of the same elected body.
Local elected officials in county and city governments have told reporters and editors they are legally prohibited to disclose what is discussed in executive sessions.
Hudson disagrees.
In addition, Hudson has consistently opined that there are no requirements in state law to hold executive sessions for any reason. Rather, he has said, it is permitted or allowed for property acquisition, pending or actual litigation and certain personnel issues.
"There is a significant difference between being legally permitted to do something and being required," Zachary said. "Every single time elected officials retreat to executive session, it is a choice they are making to conceal the public's business. It is important they know that if even just one of them chooses to disclose what was talked about behind closed doors, they can do so without fear of violating any state law."
– By Kelsey Cochran, Transparency Project of Georgia, project manager and moderator.
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Hand holes are designed and implemented onto corrugated boards to facilitate safer carrying when they are turned into boxes. This feature is especially useful when the size or weight of the item(s) in the box is quite significant. Televisions, printers, windows, doors, and many other types of products typically come in boxes with hand holes, but these convenient design elements are not as easy to create and implement as many consumers think.
Hand holes require more than simply cutting holes on to a corrugated blank. This misconception leads to many failures each year when poorly designed hand holes are used – some of which lead to injuries.
Before the holes are cut, some factors need to be taken into consideration in relation to the construction of the boxes themselves. They should be engineered to have a high strength to weight ratio. When being used as packaging materials for the aforementioned items, the corrugated board should be doubled wall. This is because single walled boards will be too weak, whereas triple walled boards are usually used for very heavy loads that require the help of machinery to carry, and therefore will not be necessary for standard purposes.
When it comes to the flute, although not as sustainable, virgin Kraft is stronger than recycled materials, therefore where heavy items are concerned, it should be used as a measure of safety. Despite this, when it comes to double walled boards, different flutes should be used in each layer as the differences in height and number-per-linear-unit will lead to a box that can handle more resistance.
Regardless of what style of box is used, hand holes will require some other careful planning, namely the location of the hand holes and how the bottom will be secured. The latter is important, as when a box is lifted via hand holes near the top of the box, the weight will be supported by the bottom, and if not secured it will fail. However, if the hand holes are too high, even if the bottom is secure the box may still fail as there isn't enough room between the holes and the top panel.
When removing parts of the board and the box to create hand holes, the structure becomes weaker. Because of this issue, manufacturers need to consider the trade-offs between functionality and practicality. Hand holes designed for pulling and lifting will be different, and the expected use has to be taken into consideration. Moreover, you want the hand holes to be big enough so they are suited to the largest demographic, without sacrificing too much strength. Reinforcements like plastic inserts can be used to prevent hand holes from failing, however they are an additional cost measure, and if the suggestions mentioned in this article are all taken into consideration, they should not be needed.
To receive more expert advice, while catching up on all the developments in the Corrugated and Folding Carton industry, come to CCE South East Asia from 5-7 September. This exhibition brings together manufacturers and suppliers, and will include workshops, seminars, and plenty of chances for networking across the industry. CCE South East Asia will be held at the Bangkok International Trade and Exhibition Center, and is the region's only event of this type.


Pinellas Libertarian Michael Gilson was one of many prominent Libertarian speakers at the 1999 Libertarian Party of Florida Annual Convention and Business Meeting.
Michael Gilson chats with Pinellas Libertarian Dan Skinner at the 1999 Libertarian Party of Florida Convention in Palm Beach Florida.
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Archived featured article discussions for 2016.
We haven't had a website article as a featured article yet. Thus, I'd like to nominate Doomworld; it's a long-lived site and still significant in the Doom community. I'm only afraid the article might be too short.
Featuring that article next month is (and has always been) fine with me. My suggestion was for a future month.
I'm sorry for any inconvenience caused by my bad English. It's not my first language. I indeed cancelled my vote (Wall wiggle bug) for April in favor of Xymphs's article Usenet groups (recognizing his fantastic work in this wiki). I foward my suggestion (Wall wiggle bug) for the next month (May). I didn't know about the picture requirement either, sorry.


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I.V. Rallies to Celebrate Earth Day
April 10, 2006 at 7:59 am by David Ferry
Approximately 2,000 people attended the Earth Day celebration in Anisq' Oyo' Park on Saturday, where ideas about peace and environmentalism flowed as freely as the beer.
The Associated Students Environmental Affairs Board and the Isla Vista Recreation and Park District sponsored the annual festival, which featured free yoga lessons, massages and eight different bands. Event co-coordinator Lauren Hartman said she is proud of how the festival turned out.
"Overall, the event was a great success," Hartman, a third-year English major, said. "The Isla Vista community enjoyed the festivities, bands and info. booths while coming together to celebrate the earth."
Fourth-year political science major Michelle Jagelka, who helped coordinate the event, said the festival was criticized by some local residents for the amount of waste it produces, but she said this year's cleanup was much smoother than in past years and only took approximately two hours.
Festival co-coordinator Allessandra Baer, a second-year business economics major, said local residents joined EAB members to collect the garbage in the park and recycle all the empty cans and bottles after the festival ended.
"It was just great to see other people – not just [EAB members] – helping to clean up," Baer said.
Despite the 10 extra garbage cans and recycling bins EAB provided to keep the park clean, there was still a great deal of litter throughout the park during the event. Jagelka said large events like the Earth Day celebration always produce waste, and she spent much of the event reminding attendees to clean up after themselves.
"The recycling bins and trashcans dispersed throughout the park made it easier for community members to show their concern for the earth," Hartman said.
This year's Earth Day festival was also the first to feature a keynote speaker. Professor Emeritus Roderick Nash, the founder of UCSB Environmental Studies Program, spoke about the goals of the Earth Day holiday. Roderick read a mock personal advertisement in which he said the earth is a "temperate and beautiful planet seeking a long-term relationship with an intelligent life form."
Janet Groth, a first-year art history major, said she attended the festival because she wanted to support the local community and show her concern for the environment.
"[I came] because I care about the environment, and I just wanted to come out and support that – and experience the local community," Groth said.
Second-year business economics major Phillip Emmerich said he came to the event because he wanted to enjoy the festivities.
"It's a good excuse for people to get high and come watch cool stuff," Emmerich said.


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Q: Is there any intermediate data structure created in list comprehensions It seems like foldr does some kind of fusion with list comprehension, thus it requires less memory (11mb) allocation compared tofoldl (21mb) in this e.g.
myfunc = sum $ foldr g acc [ f x | x <- xs ]
f x = ..
g x y = ..

Could anyone explain how and why? Also how lazy evaluation help in this.

A: We can desugar the comprehension as, essentially, map f xs. If you're compiling this then ghc should indeed be able to fuse the sum, the fold, and the map into a single pass: http://www.haskell.org/haskellwiki/Correctness_of_short_cut_fusion. But even if you're not, then laziness is your friend for memory usage. The list produced by the map is lazy -- f is only applied when demanded. And f will only be demanded when the foldr demands it. And since your foldr is clearly producing another (lazy) list, then each step of the fold is only demanded by sum in turn. So you still have each function applied in turn, but you don't need to produce the full intermediate data structures all at once. While you've written a wholemeal set of function compositions, the evaluation model will tend to treat this particular set of code, modulo a whole bunch of hand-waving, somewhat like a loop (though, without fusion, a loop with a fair amount of indirection).

A: A left fold cannot produce any output (part of the result) before it has traversed the entire list. Depending on what function you fold, that can build up a big data structure or a big thunk, which uses a lot of memory (it can run in constant memory if you fold e.g. (+) over a list of Int).
A right fold can, for appropriate functions (such that can produce a [partial] result without inspecting the second argument) produce their result incrementally, so that if the result is appropriately consumed and the input list is appropriately generated, the entire computation can run in small constant space. As sclv said, it reduces basically to a loop in those cases.

A: This is a feature of the GHC compiler. Basically, GHC can recognize when a list is used in a "pipeline", and can convert the whole construct into the equivalent of a while-loop in C that doesn't allocate a list at all.
The reason why this works with foldr and not foldl depends on the function g that you're using in your example. Since foldr, as opposed to foldl, accumulates the results of the function given as the parameter (aka: foldl needs the whole list before it can begin actually evaluating the function g, so it builds up a huge "thunk" of unevaluated functions and the final element in the list as its result - which is why it uses so much more memory in this case - while foldr can begin evaluating g as soon as it gets any list input), it is called "strict" in its accumulator, and certain assumptions can be made by the compiler that can lead to optimizations.
If, for instance, the function g yields a value that is a list, it can continue the aforementioned "pipeline" optimization strategy, basically treating the foldr like a map and making the whole construct (from list generation to list consumption) into a strict loop. This is only possible because the foldr yields exactly one list element for every list element it consumes, which foldl is not guaranteed to do (especially for infinite lists).


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Charming Village of Owego, New York wins $10 million to revitalize historic downtown
Back in April of this year, REVITALIZATION announced that New York State was launching a third round of its Southern Tier Downtown Revitalization Initiative (DRI), and that 10 communities were in the running.
Now, on August 23, 2018, it was announced that the Village of Owego is the winner of that $10 million in funding as the Southern Tier winner of the third round of the Downtown Revitalization Initiative. As in the first two rounds of the DRI, one municipality from each of the state's 10 regional economic development regions is selected as a $10 million winner, marking another overall state goal to target $100 million in funding and investments to help communities boost their economies by transforming downtowns into vibrant neighborhoods where the next generation of New Yorkers will want to live, work and raise a family.
"Owego's easily accessible, pedestrian-friendly downtown community makes it the ideal neighborhood for revitalization through this transformative initiative," New York Governor Andrew M. Cuomo said. "With retail, businesses and restaurants right on the waterfront, this investment will unlock Owego's true potential, making it a destination for all New Yorkers and help the Southern Tier continue to soar."
The Village of Owego is a charming riverfront community that serves as a gateway to acclaimed institutions, attractions, and employers of the Finger Lakes and Southern Tier. The village's compact and walkable downtown contains year-round amenities that contribute to a high quality of life, including parks, cultural attractions, a historic commercial district, and walking paths that connect to the river.
"We're investing in communities across the state as part of the Downtown Revitalization Initiative to rehabilitate downtowns and grow local economies," added Lieutenant Governor Kathy Hochul. "This funding for the Village of Owego as part of the DRI will support local projects and attract businesses to the area. Investments in affordable housing and cultural amenities will help to transform the riverfront community and boost the entire Southern Tier region."
The DRI is a component of Southern Tier Soaring, the region's blueprint for economic revitalization.
The Village will leverage DRI funds to build upon recent public and private investment in downtown buildings and infrastructure, growing employment opportunities and a strong tourist economy. The DRI effort will boost the local economy by attracting new and strengthening existing business and skilled labor, enhancing cultural and recreational amenities, and addressing the demand for affordable and resilient housing for residents of all ages and income levels.
The Southern Tier Regional Economic Development Council went through a competitive review process of proposals from communities throughout the region and considered all eight criteria below before recommending Owego as its nominee for winner:
The downtown should be compact, with well-defined boundaries;
The municipality, or the downtown's catchment area, should be of sufficient size to support a vibrant, year-round downtown;
The downtown is able to capitalize on prior or catalyze future private and public investment in the neighborhood and its surrounding areas;
There should be recent or impending job growth within, or in close proximity to the downtown that can attract workers to the downtown, support redevelopment and make growth sustainable;
The downtown must be an attractive and livable community for diverse populations of all ages, including existing residents, millennials and skilled workers;
The municipality should already embrace or have the ability to create and implement policies that increase livability and quality of life, including the use of local land banks, modern zoning codes and parking standards, complete streets plans, energy efficient projects, green jobs, and transit-oriented development;
The municipality should have conducted an open and robust community engagement process resulting in a vision for downtown revitalization and a preliminary list of projects and initiatives that may be included in a DRI strategic investment plan; and
The municipality has identified transformative projects that will be ready for implementation with an infusion of DRI funds within the first one to two years.
Owego's third round DRI win entitles it to receive $10 million in state funding and investments to revitalize its downtown neighborhoods and generate new opportunities for long-term growth. Owego now joins Elmira and Watkins Glen, which were the Southern Tier region's winners in the first and second DRI rounds, respectively.
Empire State Development President, CEO & Commissioner Howard Zemsky said, "The renaissance in Owego is truly taking shape and a community that was hard-hit by mother nature, is bouncing back bigger and better than ever before. Congratulations on creating a forward-thinking plan that will create jobs and ensure an improved quality of life for all that call Owego home."
Owego will now begin the process of developing a Strategic Investment Plan to revitalize its downtown with up to $300,000 in planning funds from the $10 million DRI grant. A Local Planning Committee made up of municipal representatives, community leaders, and other stakeholders will lead the effort, supported by a team of private sector experts and state planners.
New York State Homes and Community Renewal Commissioner RuthAnne Visnauskas said, "Through Governor Cuomo's Downtown Revitalization Initiative, these community-led, targeted investments will combine with HCR's $160 million investment in the Southern Tier over the last seven years that has created affordable housing for about 4,900 residents to help ensure that as Owego's economy grows, all New Yorkers have the opportunity to take part. In New York State, we are lucky to have a Governor who understands how to build inclusive, long-term economic success."
The Strategic Investment Plan for Owego will examine local assets and opportunities and identify economic development, transportation, housing, and community projects that align with the community's vision for downtown revitalization and that are poised for implementation. The Owego Strategic Investment Plan will guide the investment of DRI grant funds in revitalization projects that will advance the community's vision for its downtown and that can leverage and expand upon the state's $10 million investment. Plans for the DRI's third round will be complete in 2019.
Southern Tier Regional Economic Development Council Co-Chairs Dr. Harvey Stenger, Binghamton University President, and Tom Tranter, President of Corning Enterprises, said, "The Village of Owego is a highly deserving candidate for such a valuable investment focusing on renovations and additions to the downtown area that are sure to benefit both residents and visitors. We are excited to be a part of a revitalization that can take this historic downtown and turn it into a destination for New Yorkers and beyond. I commend the Governor for recognizing the need in Owego and for supporting the village through this investment."
New York State has already invested more than $3.1 billion in the region since 2012 to support Southern Tier Soaring – attracting a talented workforce, growing business and driving innovation. Today, unemployment is down to the lowest levels since before the Great Recession; personal and corporate income taxes are down; and businesses are choosing places like Binghamton, Johnson City and Corning as a destination in which to grow and invest.
Owego Mayor Mike Baratta concluded, "The Village of Owego is proud to have been chosen as this year's Downtown Revitalization Initiative winner in the Southern Tier. We are looking forward to implementing a plan to create real improvements to out historic downtown and further bring the waterfront to the forefront of our community. I thank Governor Cuomo for his investment in Owego and his continued support for the region."
Photo of Owego by Carol Sunderwirth courtesy of Visit Tioga.
See NY Downtown Revitalization Initiative website.


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Q: Stop Movement on Collision I'm creating a little game in Javascript and I have created a collision detection function that detects when my 2 images collide. I have a player image and enemy image and I move the player around with the arrow keys. When I collide with the enemy image I want the player to not be able to cross over the image but still be able to move, like colliding with a wall or something. I don't really know how to go about this so I cant supply and example code but I can give you my collide function and player objects;
//PLAYER OBJECTS
var playerImg = new Image();
playerImg.src = "../Images/player.png";
var playerReady = false;
playerImg.onload = function(){
        playerReady = true;
};
var player = {
        x: 300,
        y: 150,
        speed: 200
};

//COLLIDE FUNCTION
function CollisionCheck(Img1, Img2, Obj1, Obj2, width){
    var colliding = false;

    if(Obj1.x < Obj2.x + width && Obj1.x + width > Obj2.x && Obj1.y < Obj2.y + width && Obj1.y + width > Obj2.y){
        colliding = true;
    }else{
        colliding = false;
    }

    return colliding;
}

Maybe I could detect which side the collision is on and stop the player from moving towards the image whilst colliding?
I call the function with:
if(CollisionCheck(player, enemy, 32)){

}

A: function checkTouching(img1, img2)
{
    // checks if the two images are touching at any coordinate
    // given two objects with x, y, width, and height
    var touching =
        img1.x + img1.width >= img2.x
        && img1.x <= img1.x + img1.width
        && img1.height + img1.y >= img2.y
        && img2.y <= img2.y + img2.y;

    if (touching)
    {
        // images are touching
    }
    else
    {
        // images aren't touching
    }
}


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Q: How to convert C# object property values to N decimal array I want to convert my object property values to array like this. (This list comes from database as object dynamically.)
  var myobject = List<object> {
    new { name="john", age=25 },
    new { name="bill", age=26 },
    new { name="scott", age=27 }
  }

When I send this object to user via asp.net web api, it return like this:
  [
    { name:"john", age:25 },
    { name:"bill", age:26 },
    { name:"scott", age:27 }
  ]

But I want to send my response as array like this:
  [
    ["john",  25 ],
    [ "bill", 26 ],
    [ "scott", 27 ]
  ]

My object properties may be change by request.
I need to create an N decimal array for my object proerty values. Is there any way to do this?

A: You have to use reflection if you don't know the names of the properties. For example:
var results = myobject.Select(o =>
    o.GetType()
        .GetProperties()
        .Select(p => p.GetValue(o)));

However, as a point to note, because you are not sending the name of the property along with the value, that would lead to some ambiguity. For example, if the object looked like this { age = 15, shoeSize = 10 }, you would be sending out [11, 10 ]. So the consuming service would need to explicitly know what was being sent back.
Edit: Here's a fiddle showing how it works: https://dotnetfiddle.net/iej1pO


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Atheists Express 'Grave Concerns' About Trump's Supreme Court Pick
January 31, 2017 American Atheists Legal, Statements
President Donald Trump has nominated Judge Neil Gorsuch to the United States Supreme Court. Judge Gorsuch currently serves on the 10th Circuit Court of Appeals. Gorsuch would fill the seat that has been empty for nearly a year after the death of Justice Antonin Scalia.
Following the announcement, Amanda Knief, American Atheists' national legal director, released the following statement:
"American Atheists has grave concerns about the nomination of Judge Neil Gorsuch to serve a lifetime appointment on the United States Supreme Court. Judge Gorsuch's expansionist view of religion as a 'Get Out of the Law, Free' card is fundamentally at odds with the history of American jurisprudence and would allow religion to be used as a weapon against women, LGBT people, atheists, and others.
"I strongly urge members of the United States Senate to fulfill their Constitutional obligation to look deeply at Judge Gorsuch's record and determine whether or not his views about religious liberty are in line with our values.
"Having examined his record myself, it is clear to me that Americans deserve better than a judge who would prioritize the 'religious beliefs' of a corporation over the right of a woman to make healthcare decisions for herself and the bigotry of some over the fundamental human rights of vulnerable communities."
Gorsuch sided with a group of Catholic nuns who objected to filling out a form to opt out of contraception coverage as a religious accommodation in the Little Sisters of the Poor case and with Hobby Lobby in its lawsuit challenging the Affordable Care Act. Judge Gorsuch also dissented in the denial of an en banc re-hearing of American Atheists' successful lawsuit challenging the placement of crosses on public land in Utah.
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