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Realme C30 (2/32GB)
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- Display 6.5" IPS LCD capacitive touchscreen
- Rear Camera 8MP AI Camera
- Battery 5000 mAh
- USB microUSB 2.0
- SIM Type Dual SIM (Nano-SIM, dual stand-by)
- Chipset Unisoc T612 Processor
- Front Camera 5MP Selfie Camera
- Network 4G
- Weight 182g
- OS Android 11, Realme UI Go
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Chennai Super Kings vs Sunrisers Hyderabad on 25 April 2013 : Astrology Prediction!
Much awaited tournament series IPL has begun. All are interested in knowing the winners of each game and for Astrologers also it is a good time to test their skills. I am using KP HORARY system as described by Lt Shree Suresh Sahasne Ji in his book.
The Horary question that I asked is who will win the match between CSK and SRH today. I am asking this question on CSK behalf and it is the first team. Here is the analysis:
Rules: Houses 1, 2, 3, 6, 10, 11 are favorable for the asker.
Houses 4, 5, 7, 8, 12 are good for opponent.
If 6th CSL is significator of houses 6, 10, 11 then asker will win, if it is the significator of 4, 5, 12 then opponent wins. If significator of both then prevailing Mahadasha and Antara to be considered.
Here, for 1ST CUSP…
6th CSL is Rahu in star of Jupiter 12, 7, 3, 6 so it is equal for both teams.
10th CSL is Moon in star of Mars 2, 6, 7 houses.
11th CSL is Mercury 5, 9, 12.
For 7th cusp,
6th CSL is Rahu in star of Jupiter 1, 9, 12
10th CSL is Sun in Ketu star 9, 12
11th CSL is Mercury shows 3, 6, 11 houses.
Moon in Merc - sub in own star positive for SRH.
Prevailing Dasa at time of match is Mars-Merc-Jupiter-Merc which is positive for SRH.
CSK is a very strong team and to beat them by SRH is something next to impossible. But this calculation is showing positive for SRH more than CSK so I will have to post SRH as winners.

subset: commoncrawl


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Before renting or purchasing ski equipment, ask yourself a few questions: for how long will you ski? Will you ski only on a vacation or also near where you live? Determining your projected commitment level will help you decide whether to rent, lease or buy skis, boots, and poles.
Here is the options for whose asking rent or buy ski equipment:
- Renting equipment at a local ski shop or at the ski resort. You can rent equipment by the day or week. This is often recommended for first-time skiers.
- Leasing equipment for an entire season. Some ski shops offer this service and it can especially make sense for children who quickly out-grow gear.
- Buying used equipment at a local ski shop or ski swap. If you are new to skiing, stay away from garage sales and be careful at ski swaps because you may wind up with gear that is outdated and inappropriate. Ski shops often sell their rental equipment after a couple of years. Though these skis may look pretty banged up, shop personnel have checked them to be sure they meet safety standards.
- Buying new equipment. You might want to consider a package deal that offers a discount when you buy skis, boots, bindings and poles together.
Ultimately, owning your equipment allows you continuity as you progress through skiing's learning stages and can also save you time and money in the long run.


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April 8, 2013
Internship puts K-State Salina aviation student on fast track to pilot job
Submitted by Communications and Marketing
Zach Martin's internship will prepare his career for takeoff.
Martin, junior in professional pilot, Ramer, Tenn., at Kansas State University Salina, will spend the next two summers and one semester with SeaPort Airlines in its Memphis, Tenn., office. At the end of the internship he will be qualified as a first officer at the airline in both the Cessna Caravan series of aircraft and the Pilatus PC-12 series of aircraft.
During the internship, Martin will receive a comprehensive overview of the company's flight operations, focusing part time on line flying and part time on administrative work.
"The line flying provides the full in depth experience as a member of our flight crew from loading bags and briefing passengers to flying the aircraft," said Noel McDermott, chief pilot at SeaPort. "The administrative portion of the internship focuses on scheduling, training and all the paperwork that it takes to keep the airline in operation."
In addition to a monthly stipend, Martin will receive college credits for his experiences and the ability to ride in the jump seat -- when available -- with all of SeaPorts' reciprocal carriers. He also will receive a seniority number in ground school, which allows him up to a year to finish his degree and then return to the airline with no loss in seniority. That means in the event of layoff, furloughs, etc., he would rank higher than any pilot hired by the airline after he starts his internship.
SeaPort Airlines is based in Portland, Ore., and operates daily scheduled flights in Alaska, Arkansas, California, Georgia, Kansas, Missouri, Oregon, Tennessee and Texas.


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For a temp agency owner accused of hiring by race and gender, Mark Morris is unusually candid.
"We're not completely innocent," Morris told the nonprofit news organization Oklahoma Watch.
Morris admitted that employees of his Tulsa, Oklahoma, temp agency, Stand-By Personnel, drew up discriminatory job orders, such as one that read, "Good ol' boy' as per customer, No B ppl."
The Oklahoma Watch story was based in part on records and information provided by Reveal from The Center for Investigative Reporting, which earlier this year published an investigation that identified dozens of cases of systemic discrimination in the temp industry around the country.
Oklahoma Watch dug up juicy details, including the company owner's allegation that a state legislator wanted only a certain kind of worker for campaign door-knocking. The news organization details the lawsuits against Stand-By Personnel and interviews black temp workers who say they were affected by discrimination.
Stand-By's owner blamed any discriminatory hiring on trying to please the customer.
"We didn't want to hurt their feelings or tell a client that he's wrong," Morris said in a separate interview with Reveal.
"There's a lot of good ol' boy companies – I shouldn't say good ol' boy. There's still racist companies out there," he said. "They're just that way. They're from the old school, and that's the way they're going to die by. So we're not going to do business with them."
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Men's White Tee - Father holding baby - NEW LOOK
Whether you are a seasoned stepdad, mid-level, or a newbie here is Stepdad's Corner where you can share stories, get advice, give advice or just have a good laugh on our journey to become the best! Every month a new letter will be posted from a stepdad. If you would like to submit your letter feel free to send it to email@example.com


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California millennial Assemblyperson recently pushed a bill to recognize digital signatures and contracts recorded on the blockchain, making California one of several US States using or considering implementing the technology.
Millennial Assemblyperson Pushes Bill
Assemblymember Ian Calderon (D-Cal), who was elected to the state assembly at the age of 27 as the first 'millennial' assembly person, launched California assembly bill 2568 which would update existing laws to include blockchain technology for electronic signatures and contracts.
If the bill passes it would make California one of only a few states so far recognizing such technology but establish a precedent due to its size and economic importance.
California, as the most populous state in the US with 39 million citizens, commands a $2.3 trillion economy which reviles that of the entire UK would be a huge testing ground for blockchain implementation.
The new bill, which builds on the existing law dubbed the Uniform Electronic Transactions Act, paves the way for an electronic record or signature secured by the blockchain to be deemed legal and enforceable. Key revisions in the latest version include –
- the definition of "electronic" record and "electronic signature" would be expanded to encompass those secured via the blockchain
- the legal definition of "contract" would be expanded to encompass a smart contract
- data ownership/use would extend to someone performing interstate or foreign commerce on the blockchain in California "with respect to that information as before the person secured the information using blockchain technology,"
California Will be Important Stepping Stone
Other states such as neighboring Arizona, Wyoming and Tenessee have already passed similar bills but to make this happen in California would induce other states with similar size and economies like New York and Texas take the same steps into consideration.
Assemblyman Calderon is one of a few young tech-savvy politicians proposing changes to antiquated systems throughout the US. Jim Powell (Rep-) from Tenessee is representing a very similar bill in his state that by all indications will pass the next session.
If states like California continue to progress on using technology like Blockchain to record signatures, contracts and possibly immigration information the influence could be felt all the way to the top of the federal government.
Another budding California politician dubbed the 'Crypto Kid' Brian Forde was quoted when asked about aging politicians reaction to new technology.
"We've got all these emerging technologies that are going to have a big impact on our economy and our lives," he says, "yet we don't have the folks in Congress who understand that."
A federal blockchain ledger system for everything from voting status, to taxation to immigration progress in a country like the US where so much information is lost or misaligned from state to state, should be inevitable.


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At Maker Faire, you can have a dozen epiphanies in a Saturday. Then Sunday comes and you can have dozen more. Dedicated individuals of similarly clumsy talents come together and point out what went right and what went less-than-right with their projects. As a stark comparison to professional life, where mistakes are hidden, the amateurs just roll their eyes and laugh as they tell you where they got it all wrong. The hardiest of laughter is reserved for those situations where personal injury was narrowly avoided due to dumb luck.
Smug in your DIY ethos, you meet Phil Ross, see his jaw dropping sculptures of nature captured, and feel the ground turn to quicksand as you realize you lost the plot. Epiphany #1 of 12, or an hour into Maker Faire.
To do Phil a grave disservice, I will paraphrase a bit about the content of his sculptures. As seen above, there is a plant that is being kept alive by the benevolence of a machine. Not thriving, just surviving, as light and air are meted out in increments sufficient to sustain life but not so great as to allow the plant to flourish. The LEDs and aquarium bubbler are controlled by timers, so who is the evil overlord? The computer? The software? Phil?
It is a great piece of art but the glory of what made it work so well, for me, was the exquisite presentation. All the glass is hand blown lab glass that was created to Phil's specifications, while the battery and electronics are housed in a perfect Lucite box. Phil didn't blow the glass and didn't build the box, but it is still all him. The outsourced components are but a trifle in construction. More effective for the elegance of presentation, it allows you to view the ideas and execution as if you were considering an immaculate mathematical or philosophical problem without the annoying reality of the physical world. The fact that the 'black box of control' is transparent makes for a sweetly complex problem.
So, am I building better stuff because I am doing it all myself, or should I reach to the edges and engage professionals to produce the limits of imagination? I'll do both, like Phil.
This language of handy, of making, of welding and woodworking, of mechanics and hand lettering, will tell stories that have never been told.
On the way home from the Bay Area Maker Faire, I stopped at a scenic spot for lunch amongst the live oaks, only to come across a stranded motorist in a multicolor motor home. He was on his way back from a model train show and asked me for a jump start. Though it was possible that all he needed was a jump, this simple query is usually code for "my car won't start and I have no idea why."
He was a very nice guy and generous with model train advice, even when you didn't ask a model train question. I commented on the asymmetrical paint on his motor home and he explained that midway through the job with a brush and a bucket of flat, forest green house paint, he had run out of paint. It still looked pretty good! Pretty good-ish, anyway. Good as a motor home could look that had been painted with a brush on three sides.
The problem was beyond a low battery and the solution was more complicated than a jump start. He kept saying, "Everything is original! Just like Dodge did it in the factory. All original."
"If I see something in the road, I will turn around to get it, even if it means I have drive a mile back to get it!" he said. A look inside his toolbox confirmed this random approach to tool acquisition as it included pipe wrenches, florescent light starters, ammunition for a 45 Auto and screwdrivers that had been used as pry bars, despite the warning against such use printed on the handle.
As I had brought a recently completed, yet to be thoroughly tested, contraption to Maker Faire, I had a full compliment of tools and a digital multimeter. Loath to be the one to further damage my new friend's motor home, I resisted taking the screwdriver from his hand and making the repairs myself. Instead, I gave him advice:
"Test the voltage from here to there, while you turn the key. What does it read?"
"12.6 volts, everything original, just like from Dodge."
"Ok, now measure resistance, from here to over here."
"34 ohms, all original Dodge. Just like the factory."
Eventually, we found the issue - a bad prong in a decaying Molex plug to the ignition switch. We cut, crimped, bypassed and fired up the all-original Dodge with the only evidence of the event being another moderately kludgy repair sure to baffle the next roadside mechanic. "It's magic!" he said. "It is magic, that meter that found the problem. You are a magician. Where can I get one of those?"
I told him to watch the Harbor Freight sale flyer and buy the cheapest multimeter they have. I suspect he was overestimating the power of the magic box and will be in just as tight a pickle at the next breakdown, but the next guy to help him at the scenic overlook will be thrilled to find that meter in his toolbox of claw hammers and broken circuit breakers.
"I would give you some money, but I don't have any..." I explained that was fine, I just wanted to take some pictures to remember my lunch among the oaks and continuity problems.
As I was leaving, he flagged me down to give me an apple and an orange, which was deeply appreciated compensation. That's what we do at Maker's Faire. We perform magic, break the magic, rebuild the magic and give each other fresh fruit.
Phil Ross, I owe you an orange.
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When I have great ambitions to re-create a favourite food product at home, it usually takes the right moment of inspiration to push me along. Or, it simply takes remembering to snap the photos before the husband and I eat the entire batch (such was the case with my vegan cookie recreation from Zephyr Café…doh).
This time, my inspiration came from spotting a huge bag of raw hazelnuts at Costco. I knew it was time to try and re-create my beloved Rawtella!
Rawtella is just about one of the best spreads I've ever tasted. It's made with raw hazelnuts, coconut sugar, and cacao nibs. My favourite is their coffee flavour which includes ground coffee beans creating a super crazy intense chocolate flavour. Ohhhh yeaaaaa.
Instead of using raw hazelnuts, I roasted them because I wanted to remove the somewhat bitter-tasting skins. Roast the hazelnuts at 300F for about 13-15 minutes. As you can see, the skins darken and begin to loosen in the oven:
Now all you do is grab an old damp tea towel. Key word being OLD because this makes a huge mess! Place the roasted nuts on the damp towel and wrap the towel up as shown below.
Rub the hazelnuts vigorously with the tea towel to remove the skins.
After a couple minutes, it should look like this:
At this point, remove the nuts without skins and place them in the processor. Keep rubbing the others, but it's ok if all the skins don't come off. Mine never do!!
Here is a breakdown of how the hazelnuts should look at various stages of processing (click to enlarge):
Yes, it took a full 15-20 minutes for my processor to get the nutella as smooth as I wanted it. After you add the coconut sugar, it thickens up a lot, but if you keep processing and scraping down the sides, it will heat up and thin out. Patience is key here. I know, I know, it's hard when you just want to grab a spoonful of your homemade nutella. I didn't say this would be easy.
But, you'll be rewarded with a silky, intensely chocolate mocha latte frappe espresso (or something) knock-off of the store-bought stuff at a fraction of the cost. It probably goes without saying, but this would make a lovely gift for that special chocolate-crazed someone! Aka, me & YOU!
Homemade Mocha Nutella
Inspired by Rawtella
Yield: 1 & 1/4 cup
- 2 cups raw hazelnuts
- 1.5-2 tbsp coconut oil
- 1 tsp pure vanilla extract
- 1/2 cup coconut sugar
- 1.5 tbsp cocoa powder
- 1/4-1/2 tsp espresso powder (I used 1/2 tsp)
- 1/4 tsp fine grain sea salt, or to taste
1. Preheat oven to 300F and roast the hazelnuts for 13-14 minutes, watching closely, especially if you aren't sure of your actual oven temperature. When ready, the skins will have darkened and some will have come loose.
2. Place nuts into the centre of an old damp tea towel. Cover it up like a purse and rub the nuts for a couple minutes to loosen the skins. Pick out the "naked" nuts and place into processor. Repeat towel rubbing for the rest. It's ok if all of the skins don't come off. Add the rest to processor.
3. Process the nuts, stopping to scrape down the bowl every minute or so. After 9-10 minutes of processing, add in the coconut oil and process until smooth. This will help thin it out a lot and I don't recommend skipping the oil.
4. Now add in the rest of the ingredients slowly and keep processing and scraping down the bowl for another 5-10 minutes, or until silky smooth. It took me 15-20 minutes total processing. The sugar will thicken up the spread significantly, but keep processing and the heat will smooth it out once again.
5. Store in an air-tight container in the fridge. It will harden slightly when chilled. Simply bring it to room temp or heat it to soften.
A few notes:
– Coconut sugar, coconut oil, vanilla, hazelnuts, and cocoa powder were all purchased at Costco. Espresso powder was purchased at my regular grocery store in the coffee section.
– I assume you can sub another sugar in place of the coconut sugar. Add it to taste. I don't recommend using a liquid sweetener like maple syrup because I find it can produce a strange thick texture in nut butters.
– You can probably sub the coconut oil for another light tasting oil like grapeseed oil. You can also use hazelnut oil for obvious reasons. I am leery about using extra virgin olive oil since it has quite a powerful flavour. Use at your own risk…
– Like all homemade nut butters, I don't recommend making them without a heavy-duty food processor. I use a 12-cup Cuisinart and it works great for nut butters.
Want to know a secret? I don't think I've ever had actual Nutella before – (just Rawtella as an adult). Is that weird? I don't find Nutella is as big here in Canada as it seems to be in the US (or maybe I just lived under a rock as a kid).


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We always hear about the many amazing things that Jesus of Nazareth apparently did, but nobody ever asks about the things that Jesus supposedly COULD have done, being omnipotent, but either didn't bother to do or didn't think were all that important. You know, things like... reducing human misery and suffering... that kind of thing.
It occurs to me that if indeed the miracles recorded in the bible were in fact true, and really did happen... then that only shows Yahweh/Jesus to be an even MORE malevolent and cruel being than we see in the old testament, and that's saying something. If the miracles somehow prove that Jesus WAS in fact a god in human form, but all he could be bothered to do was turn water into wine and heal only a few hundred, or even a few thousand people with his magic saliva, then really - what is the use or good of such a god? Think of what a visiting, omnipotent deity COULD have done - but in this case, apparently, chose not to!!!!!
And this is meant to be that god's main advertisement of its existence! Walking on water in front of a few of his mates, for the benefit of billions and billions of people who, if they don't believe in his divinity and surrender control of their souls to him, will be sent to burn in agony for eternity.
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Prepping in the relative warmth of a gym before heading out with leggings and long sleeves to make her French Open debut against the tournament's No. 9 seed, Coco Gauff got a pep talk from Dad.
"His goal was to become an NBA player, and he didn't make it. He told me: 'You're living your dream. Not everybody gets to do that. Just have fun on the court.' That really changed my perspective," the 16-year-old Gauff recounted. "I was really nervous going into the match. That just calmed me down. I realized it's just a tennis match. I'm doing some things that people wish they could do."
On a rather unusual start to things at Roland Garros — postponed because of the coronavirus pandemic, Day 1 arrived in September instead of May, with only 1,000 spectators allowed instead of more than 30,000 as COVID-19 cases rise in France — Gauff offered the latest proof that she can do most of what she wishes to on a tennis court.
Using forehand slices to throw off her older, more experienced opponent, and unbothered by her own 12 double-faults, Gauff stayed steady at the most crucial moments to beat Johanna Konta 6-3, 6-3 and reach the second round. This was already Gauff's fourth victory over an opponent ranked in the Top 20.
Such a far cry from last year's French Open: Gauff failed to make it out of qualifying, while Konta was making her way to her third Grand Slam semifinal.
Soon after, Gauff had her breakthrough at Wimbledon, becoming, at 15, the youngest qualifier ever there on the way to the fourth round. She also made it to the fourth round at this year's Australian Open, beating 2019 champion Naomi Osaka en route.
Only recently was there a bit of a bump in the road for Gauff: She lost four of five matches before arriving in Paris, including a first-round exit at the U.S. Open.
"When I'm on the court, I can act like I'm used to it," she said. "When I'm off the court, I'm just happy to be here."
Gauff joked afterward about having grown up in Florida and Georgia and not being accustomed to the sort of weather this French Open is being played in, with drizzles and temperatures in the 50s Fahrenheit (low teens Celsius).
She figured she hadn't competed with so many layers of clothing on since she was 10. OK, not that long ago in the scheme of things, but still.
Konta, a 29-year-old from Britain who showed up to her news conference wearing a puffy red coat, observed: "Kind of as rainy and windy and rubbish weather like it is at home."
They were not among the lucky few who got to play in the main stadium, Court Philippe Chatrier, which now boasts a $55 million retractable roof, making the French Open the last Grand Slam tournament able to hold matches indoors when it pours.
"It was much better, because we could play," said top-seeded Simona Halep, who stretched her winning streak to 15 matches by defeating Sara Sorribes Tormo 6-4, 6-0, "and the rain didn't stop us at all."
Over at Lenglen, U.S. Open runner-up Victoria Azarenka did not hide her displeasure when she was told to remain on court instead of seeking shelter in the locker room while play was delayed because of a drizzle.
"I am going to get frozen," Azarenka said during her win. "No. I'm not waiting here a couple of minutes, because I'm cold. It's 8 degrees -- 8 degrees! I live in Florida. I am used to hot weather."
So much is different this time.
The conditions. The mostly empty stands -- "Having no fans stinks," said John Isner, the 21st-seeded American, who won Sunday. The new, heavier tennis balls. The lack of match play coming in.
Maybe that contributed to some of the results.
Jannik Sinner, a 19-year-old from Italy, eliminated No. 11 David Goffin, while other men's seeded losers included U.S. Open quarterfinalist Borna Coric, No. 25 Alex De Minaur and No. 32 Dan Evans. No. 17 Anett Kontaveit and No. 24 Dayana Yastremska left the women's bracket.
One of the day's most lopsided scorelines came in one of the most-anticipated matchups: Stan Wawrinka beat Andy Murray 6-1, 6-3, 6-2 in the first meeting between male Grand Slam champions in the first round at Roland Garros since 1999.
"Even if I played very well, it would have been no guarantees that I win that match," said Murray, who has had two hip operations. "But I also didn't play well."
Neither, truthfully, did Konta, and she acknowledged as much afterward.
Consider: 10 of Gauff's first 15 points came courtesy of Konta's unforced errors.
When Konta could have made things more difficult for Gauff, it was the veteran who wavered, the kid who steeled herself.
They played a 10-minute game at 5-3 in the first set, and Gauff held on there. Then, after Konta jumped out to a 2-0 edge in the second set, Gauff reeled off five consecutive games. Even after Konta made one last stand by breaking when Gauff served for the match at 5-2, the American broke right back to end it.
Konta shrugged off the notion that it entered her mind that she was facing — and losing to — someone so young.
"It doesn't really matter how old she is," Konta said. "The age and those things, I think that's a factor for you guys and for public interest and for sponsors and for things like that. But as a fellow competitor, that's got nothing to do with us competing out on court."


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Cavemen Were Much Better At Illustrating Animals Than Artists Today
A new study finds that prehistoric humans correctly depicted the gait of four-legged animals much more frequently than modern artists
The iconic caveman in popular culture is Fred Flintstone: slow-witted and unskilled. In general, we think of the cave art produced by prehistoric people as crude and imprecise too—a mere glimmer of the artistic mastery that would blossom millenia later, during the Renaissance and beyond.
If this is your impression of prehistoric humans, a new study published today in PLOS ONE by researchers from Eotvos University in Budapest, Hungary, might surprise you. In analyzing dozens of examples of cave art from places such as Lascaux, the group, led by Gabor Horvath, determined that prehistoric artists were actually better at accurately depicting the way four-legged animals walk than artists from the 19th and 20th centuries.
The researchers evaluated the prehistoric artists on the basis of the landmark 1880s finding by British photographer Eadweard Muybridge that horses (and, it was later discovered, most four-legged animals) move their legs in a particular sequence as they walk. The "foot-fall formula," as it's called, goes LH-LF-RH-RF, where H means 'hind,' F means 'fore,' and L and R mean 'left' and 'right,' respectively. At the time of Muybridge, this was thought to be an entirely novel discovery.
Except, as it turns out, prehistoric people apparently knew it too—and got it right in their drawings the majority of the time. Of the 39 ancient cave paintings depicting the motion of four-legged animals that were considered in the study, 21 nailed the sequence correctly, a success rate of 53.8%. Due to the number of combinations of how a four-legged animal's gait can be depicted, the researchers state that mere chance would lead to a 26.7% rate of getting it right. Cavemen artists knew what they were doing.
When the researchers looked at 272 paintings and statues of four-legged animals made during modern times but before Muybridge's findings in the 1880s, such as a famous horse sketch by Leonardo da Vinci, it turned out that these more recent artists were much worse: They only got the sequence right 16.5% of the time. Remarkably, even the 686 paintings and statues studied that were made more recently than 1887, after scientists knew for sure how four-legged animals walked, still got it right just 42.1% of the time.
Even apart from artists, a sizable number of depictions of four-legged animals made during the 20th century specifically for the sake of accuracy got the sequence wrong too, according to references used in the study. Out of 307 renditions analyzed, just 58.9% of depictions in natural history museums were correct, along with 56.9% of those in taxidermy catalogues, 50% of animal toy models and 36.4% of illustrations in animal anatomy textbooks.
Although the amount of art studied in each group varies greatly, the accuracy rate for animal depictions in prehistoric times is noteworthy. How could prehistoric humans possibly be this skilled at depicting animals such as bulls, antelopes and wild horses? For a potential answer, consider the way these ancient artists probably thought about the animals: as prey.
For prehistoric humans, "the observation of animals was not merely a pastime, but a matter of survival," the study's authors write. "Compared to artists of latter eras, when people were not as directly connected to nature, the creators of such cave paintings and carvings observed their subjects better and thus they depicted the walk of the animals in a more life-like manner."


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Oct 26 2013 7:09pm from Sig @uncnsrd
Hilariously, the version of Internet Explorer that comes with Windows
XP SP2 is too old to interface with Windows Update. If you don't turn
on the automatic updates, you're just out of luck. Unless you can make
it manually download SP3 or already have it lying around, of course.
The problem with auto-updates is that it doesn't do things
intelligently, like push SP3 and THEN see what critical updates are
Actually, even with SP3, turning on auto updates gives a cool glitch where svchost.exe starts up and takes 99% of my processor. For now, I have updates turned off. I see lots of people on the intarwebs with the same problem, but no one with a solution.
However, I did get accomplished the task I needed, which was to get my Windows-only Army tasks do-able via virtualbox.
before WinXP reaches EOL.
This sounds like desparation to me.
[ http://www.theregister.co.uk/2013/11/08/microsoft_bizarre_inori_ie_campaign/ ]
In order to try to make Internet Exploder look hip and trendy, an Asian branch of Microsoft has created a japanimation (remember it's not called "anime" anymore) anthropomorphization of their browser named "Inori Aizawa" ... complete with the obligatory slutty attire. "I feel confident in my abilities now, and I'm eager to show you what I can do. Why don't you get to know me a little better?"
Meanwhile, aIEeeee usage continues to plummet around the world...
lol. write something about limux and the microsoft astroturfers reach out for you:
read the article, and see how they repeat the false assumptions of the microsoft paid HP study over and over in the comments..
A report criticising the project, produced by HP for Microsoft, claimed the Redmond software giant could migrate 50 to 500 desktop PCs per day if upgrading to a Microsoft OS and office, suite compared to the eight per day it said was being achieved under the LiMux project.
50 to 500...
Sat Nov 23 2013 07:01:26 EST from the_mgt @ UncensoredA report criticising the project, produced by HP for Microsoft, claimed the Redmond software giant could migrate 50 to 500 desktop PCs per day if upgrading to a Microsoft OS and office, suite compared to the eight per day it said was being achieved under the LiMux project.
50 to 500...
heh, yes. if the 50 to 500 boxes of exactly the same rather modern hardware
and not with the zoo of hardware the guys in munich had...
but thats also there in the article...
I also doubt that they will be properly set up with all site specific software, email accounts, logons to umpteen services, etc. Even if you use prepared images to roll out and most of the data would be handled/stored by active directory.
Well, depends, if all of redmond flew in and two persons would take care of one computer at a time, 50 to 500 might be possible...
I'm dreaming of installing Linux only and Libre/Open Office on client sites. But even for $my_mom or other generic private people, the chances of calls with problems like "I can not install this app to create a photo book at our discounter" is stopping me. My clients mostly have some irreplaceable special niche software with poor coding so that wine will most definetly vomit while running. Oddly enough, even games are running fine under wine, but not the simplest bookkeeping software.
Then there is this psychological problems, the prejudices:
- "Software that is free of charge does not have proper support"
- "This is OpenOffice is Mickey Mouse Software, I must know since I am using MS Office 97 at home"
- "Outlook is the best mail software, I must know since I am too stupid to create a mail signature in Thunderbird"
The Outlook case is rather curious, since I consider Thunderbolt as much of an abomination as Outlook is. But "free & unfriendly to use" is crappier than "farking expensive & unfriendly to use".
Just because they run Outhouse, does not mean they know how to make a signature. I had to help a Lookout user just last week with that.
seems as wintel is setting for divorce?
First outcome of this: intex haxm.
a vanderpool based solution to run intel android on your wintendo without a classical emulator; this is rather a vmware.
reads like they're playing catchup at all expenses it takes.
Tue Nov 26 2013 00:22:25 EST from ax25 @ UncensoredJust because they run Outhouse, does not mean they know how to make a signature. I had to help a Lookout user just last week with that.
So true. This one user claims that he is able to do it in Outlook. I have my doubts, though.
Today, I had to help a client with some email and printer troubles on a win8. The problems were just common windows problems, but the amount of fear, uncertainity and doubt this abominable insult of a malfuntioning (you can not by any standard call it "operational") system adds to any task you do with a computer is un-fucking-believable! Why do browsers open on a "classic" desktop instead of popping up fullscreened without windowborder?! Why is it totally contingent when to use a swipe-from-the-right-to-access-settings-menu or a right click? Why does the vertical scroll function of a notebook scroll horizontally on the tile/start view? Why is there no "print" button for emails when all your average mom does is printing stupid emails? (No, swipe-from-right-> selecting devices is not a vallid replacement for the "Print" button you find on a real OS) Why was there no builtin facebook app/support in win8 when my phone has that for 3 years now?!
I also blame MS for the following, since they are keen on demanding certain specs for their products:
Which demented sadist sells notebooks with a 1366*768 resolution?! And why is that legal?!
Why is it ok that hardware manufactures load their notebooks with bloatware just to use the builtin camera?!
And no, these are not grumpy old man problems since I am not able to adapt to new interfaces. I have been using "active corners" for certain actions for a while on linux and macosx, I am used to hiding docks/taskbars out of sight. The problem here is that it is counterintuitiv, clumsy and it hurts your eye all the time. It has no "Wow" effect, it has nothing that makes me want to use it at all. I could imagine a lot of ways how you could easily and productively use a tile concept, but MS has clearly shown how to absolutely fail.
Tue Dec 10 2013 22:21:54 EST from Sig @ UncensoredI don't know how so many people could have thought that interface was a good idea.
thats the point; there weren't ;-)
just some decision makers were in that opinion.
Imho winxp already was the first proof that a good UI design was nothing which microsoft would ever master...
It was their first aproach to get over those functional 90'ies design and try to be apple cool-ish.
what I realy liked about vista was, that they were trying to get that even more stylish and designish, so the whole applications got slow to react only to make it look nice..
and then...


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He applied the "Page 99 Test" to his new book, Down at the Docks, and reported the following:
While a true master, his prose a guide for all scribblers, Ford Madox Ford was dead-ass wrong commending page 99 as all a browser needs to ascertain the whole. Sure, any one page can offer up a fair sampling of tone and style and tempo; after all, each paragraph should be integral to the whole, and if not, well, the book is sure to leak like a poorly caulked scow. What Ford misses--indeed, what any reader flipping pages at random misses--is the force of the narrative. Character development is important. Plot is important. And craftsmanship is best exhibited over the course of a book, page one to the END. God help us--reader and writer alike--if the story stinks; we all feel duped and for different reasons. On the other hand, we all want to be taken on a journey offering up a tremendous pay-off for little cash up front. However, the only way to assay worth takes a lot more reading than a single page.Learn more about the book and author at Rory Nugent's website.
That said and astern, I gladly invite readers to take the Page 99 test when picking up my new book, Down at the Docks. The language is indicative of the whole, as is pacing and structure. And luckily, perhaps, this single page exemplifies what I tried to do throughout the book, layering it with history and using a single place (in this case, the fishing port of New Bedford, Massachusetts) as a mirror on the 300 year American passage from bottom of the heap to top of the pile.
Nowhere in America, wrote Herman Melville in Moby Dick, will you find more patrician-like houses, parks and gardens more opulent, than in New Bedford. But ever since the blossoming of the electronic age and out-sourcing, New Bedford has withered, a brick and mortar city filled with mill buildings which keep the fire department in work but few others. As always, fishing remains a vital industry in town. In fact, it's America's largest fishing port; however, its fleet is under seige by government rules and regulations and much from the past is going missing, just like cod.
Page 99 of Down at the Docks involves my man, Mako, a captain who feels he has been screwed by a bunch of sheriff deputies, lab coats and greenies who don't know jack about the sea. In his early days, he was a harpooner aboard a swordfish stick boat. A fish swims near him on his boat and reflexively, he reaches for Mister Sticker, his harpoon........
While javelins are made for throwing, harpoons are meant for thrusting. The user's power hand cusps the end of the wooden shaft, while the other hand guides the iron tip to the target, leaving arms and shoulders to do the work. As a weapon, it's effective only in close combat, which partly explains why so many New Bedford whalemen died on the job.It was normal for the harpooner to urge the oarsmen to climb up the back of the beast. He knew any distance beyond a few yards was useless to his cause; he needed to plunge the stick a foot or more into blubber. What chances the whale had to escape and/or turn its predators into prey disappeared after the introduction of bow-mounted harpoon guns in the late 1860s.
Closer, please, Mr. Fish, Mako whispers, and thumps the transom several times with Mister Sticker. In his days as a harpooner aboard a sword boat, he was known as one of the few white guys in the top tier of a trade dominated by men of color: red, black, brown and yellow. Traditionally, like Tashtego and Queequeg, the best in the business hailed from islands: Martha's Vineyard, Cabo Verde, the Azores and Samoa.
That's it, fishy, closer, Mako says, and prepares to launch. Hands at the grip points, the shaft goes tight to his right cheek and he puts his left foot forward, his legs bent at the knee. With the machine cocked, the veins in his arms start stretching their fabric and his eyes grow large, bulging in their sockets and showing lots of white. The shiner nears, and when the target darts leftward, Mako twists at the waist, following it. When, for a moment, the fish dives, he straightens. The fish accelerates, but he's already up to speed.
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In 2007, LDC moved a single trader from Memphis to set up the Indian cotton trade Platform in a small apartment in Delhi. As India advanced to become the world's largest cotton producer, LDC's Cotton Platform has grown too.
To mark the Platform's 10th anniversary, we sit down with Mitesh Shah, LDC's Head of Cotton for South Asia & China, to talk about our growth in India and the cotton business in Asia.
What was the biggest challenge to set up the operation in India?
Oh, there were many! Some challenges are to be expected when setting up a business, no matter where. Others were more complex and specific to the local market. As with all commodities, the biggest challenge was to earn the trust of our clients – and we are proud of what we have achieved today.
We launched the Platform just as India was beginning to export more and more cotton. Many people labelled us as an export merchant only, and plenty of exporters back then had a reputation for selling low quality cotton.
We wanted to change that image, so we built a great quality control team on the ground. Eventually — with a lot of time, effort, and attention to detail – we were able to earn a reputation for providing the best quality product and service to our clients.
Another challenge was to educate buyers and sellers about the commercial value of managing price risk, using a deferred market system that allowed them to buy and sell forward.
What has changed in the 10 years since the Platform was set up?
When we started, most people were focused on exports, but our initial goal was to serve domestic markets. In 2007, India exported 7.5 million (480lbs) bales – making it the largest competitor for the US. The attractive price of Indian cotton led to further export increases. And as greater volumes of Indian cotton became available on the market, consumers grew more accustomed to it, which boosted its value.
LDC had already been trading with India for a long time, buying Indian cotton at local ports for exports and selling from foreign origins to Indian mill customers for imports.
With the advent of BT (genetically modified) cotton in 2003, domestic yields improved dramatically and India soon became one of the largest cotton producers in the world. As a global merchant, we saw the need and opportunity to help manage part of this large produce and provide solutions to Indian mill customers.
Since starting with just one guy trading in two states, we have expanded to seven cotton offices around the country plus a marketing office in the south.
Since India offers a wide variety of qualities – from one of the cheapest to the most expensive – we have gradually learnt to trade more and different varieties.
The last 10 years have given us valuable insights into the Indian cotton market. Our own research has improved too, helping us to provide better solutions to the Indian market and by extension, to the global market as well.
We have learned and adapted to local conditions, while retaining a global mindset.
What impact did LDC's presence have on the Indian cotton market?
Since we set up, the farmer and cotton ginner have gained a buyer, so they don't have to sell only to the local mills. We also reduce distress selling during harvest by helping Indian farmers to access finance indirectly. With more access to the international market, the farmer also gets a fairer price. That's a very positive development.
Similarly, the seasonal nature of the cotton crop means that local textile mills once had to spend a lot on storing cotton. But with us, they can be assured of a continuous and reliable supply of quality cotton, and the opportunity to lock in future supply at competitive rates.
India's market has matured in the past decade – from being a strictly spot market, where commodities are traded for immediate delivery, to having some forward component to it. This has primarily been possible because global merchants like LDC have been able to demonstrate the value of forward markets in mitigating risk.
How has the cotton market evolved in Asia as a whole and what caused the big changes?
The market has seen some dramatic shifts largely linked to the Chinese government's policy of building up stocks, then liquidating them.
In terms of consumption, demand has shifted from China to Vietnam, India, Pakistan, and Bangladesh. Bangladesh and Vietnam have overtaken China as the world's largest importers of cotton. In the past 10 years, Vietnam's cotton consumption and imports have more than quadrupled. In India, domestic consumption has grown by nearly 30%, while China's cotton consumption has dropped nearly 25%.
But China is starting to recover consumption with a favorable textile policy in Xinjiang and liquidation of Chinese government cotton stocks, and we think Chinese cotton imports will soon increase as well.
Meanwhile, India has become one of the world's largest cotton producers, while Chinese production has dropped by as much as 38% since 2007. Australia is also producing more, since increased water availability allows them to grow more cotton, offering better margins.
What about sustainability and traceability? Are these trends as important in Asia as in the western world?
As sustainability becomes an increasingly important issue, end consumers are compelling brands to adopt sustainability standards. Efforts such as the Better Cotton Initiative (BCI) are gaining momentum. Asia is a large consumer of cotton, accounting for as much as 80% of world consumption, and obviously it is at the forefront of this change.
LDC is working on cotton traceability efforts in Asia and elsewhere, providing this service for certain high quality, premium cottons such as Pima, which is grown in California for Asian customers. This area is still at an early phase, but it will continue to grow.
Thank you, Mitesh!
Sources: https://www.usda.gov


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Ruthie Tompson liked to tell people that she and Mickey Mouse "grew up together."
And that wasn't an exaggeration: The legendary animator spent nearly 40 years with the Walt Disney Company, working on virtually every film from Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs to The Rescuers until her retirement in 1975. She even earned the title "Disney Legend" at the turn of the millennium, as the employee with the longest history with Walt and Roy O. Disney.
Tompson's connection with the company dates back to her childhood in the 1920s, when she appeared as a live-action reference model for Disney's early Alice Comedies. She began her career in the "ink and paint" department as a teenager and eventually worked her way up to animation and scene checking, becoming one of the first three women to be admitted into the Hollywood camera union in the process.
"The best way to describe Ruthie is simply 'remarkable,' " said author and Disney historian Mindy Johnson. "She was perhaps the last link from the earliest origins of animation in Hollywood. Ruthie was a living witness and vital contributor to the progress and growth of the animation industry as we know it today."
Tompson died Sunday at the age of 111. She "passed away peacefully in her sleep" in her home at the Motion Picture and Television Fund in Woodland Hills, Calif., Disney said in a statement. She is survived by two nieces and a nephew.
Bob Iger, the executive chairman of The Walt Disney Company, remembered her as "a legend among animators."
"While we will miss her smile and wonderful sense of humor, her exceptional work and pioneering spirit will forever be an inspiration to us all," he said.
Curiosity led to her big break
Ruthie Tompson at the Disney Studio throughout the years. In the first pic with Walt, she's on the far left. pic.twitter.com/5nwmQqAQ2V
— cartoonbrew.com - Animation News (@cartoonbrew) October 12, 2021
Tompson's family moved from Boston to California when she was eight (she remembered celebrating the end of World War I there while wearing a face mask, because of the flu pandemic). And, intriguingly for Tompson, their new Hollywood home happened to be close to the fledgling Disney Bros. Studio.
As she recalled in a 2010 oral history, Tompson saw two women through a storefront at the studio who were painting and was immediately curious, coming back every day to try to catch a glimpse. She said she "snooped around" so much that somebody — "I think it was Walt" — eventually invited her inside.
"I saw how the fellows flipped the drawings," she explained. "Les Clark and Ub Iwerks were there, and Roy was in the back shooting what the girls were painting over backgrounds. As a kid, I was fascinated. I'd sit on the bench beside Roy, he had an apple box for me to sit on, and as it got late, he would say 'I think you'd better go home. Your mother probably wants you to come home for dinner.'"
She also remembered that the Disneys would take pictures of neighborhood kids running and playing, for animation purposes. Their reward was a quarter or 50-cent piece, which Tompson promptly brought to the candy store to exchange for licorice.
Fast forward a few years, and 18-year-old Tompson was working at Dubrock's Riding Academy. Walt and Roy Disney often played polo there, and spotted her in front of the check-in desk.
According to a 2010 Vanity Fair piece, Walt "recognized her signature Buster Brown haircut from her childhood appearance in one of his early silent films" and offered her a job in the ink and paint department.
"I don't care if you can draw or not," she recalled him saying. "We'll teach you what we want you to do."
Decades of hard work and happy memories
Tompson's first full-length animated feature was also the studio's: Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs, which premiered in 1937. She later called it her favorite film to revisit over the years, remembering, "We worked into the night, day after day, until we got it exactly right!"
Tompson was quickly promoted to final checker, a position that involved reviewing the animation cels before they were photographed onto film.
She later transferred to animation and scene planning, where she was recognized for her mechanical talents and adept skill at guiding camera movements. Tompson was invited to join the International Photographers Union (Local 659 of the IATSE) in 1952, and became one of the first three women to be admitted.
"I've often said, Ruthie was our computer before computers were invented," said Floyd Norman, a fellow Disney Legend and the company's first Black animator. "Whatever the technical problem, Ruthie could usually solve it."
Some of the biggest feature films Tompson worked on include Pinocchio, Fantasia, Dumbo, Sleeping Beauty, Mary Poppins, The Aristocats and Robin Hood. She retired from Disney in 1975 and worked on projects for other studios in the decade that followed.
Animation news site Cartoon Brewreports that Tompson kept busy during her later years at the Motion Picture and Television Fund Country House, applying her skills to the in-house Channel 22 and trying to raise $110,000 during the pandemic for an onsite post-production suite at its TV and video facility.
She was also honored in 2017 by the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences, alongside other women of the early animation industry.
Tompson celebrated her 110th birthday last year with decorations honoring her two favorite things: Disney and the Los Angeles Dodgers. She said at the time that she didn't want to be revered for her age — but rather, known for "who I am."
And she offered a bit of life advice, gathered from her own century-plus of experience:
"Have fun. Try to do as much as you can for yourself. Remember all the good things in life."
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