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The Jefferson Township Recreation Department announces it partnership with the U.S. Sports Institute offering Spring Tennis classes for ages 3 through adults for all ability levels. The program will include professional coaches, low group ratios, age appropriate equipment and skills and drills plus fun games.
Registration is online or by phone through the U.S. Sports Institute, and the registration fee is $154 for a session. Space is limited and classes typically sell out so register soon. More details can be found on the U.S. Sports Institute's website.


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Whether you only need small electrical work done or do you make full renovation, you still want to find an electrician who is competent to do cable work. Simply put, poor electrical work is very dangerous. Unfortunately, not all traders appear on time or offer good public relations.
This causes frustration for homeowners and businesses. Need to do a little research then hire an available repairman in West Auckland. Here are three simple tips that can help you find really good electricians.
The first thing you can do is ask friends or work friends if they know good electricity. Be careful, you are not after only an electrician. You want recommendations for some people who are known to do good work and are real professionals. You can also ask what the job has done this trader before. You need someone who is fully licensed and insured.
If you can't find an electrician through your social network, you might want to check the internet. Look at some websites and see if there is a testimonial. It is also a good idea to pay attention to how long the business has been operating.
Service providers that have a reputation are often associated with professional associations that promote high-quality work. If you decide to go with certain electricians to do work for you, ask about what the warranty they gave. Fully insured technicians will not have a problem by explaining what after-sales services are provided
You also want to find out when the work will be finished and what the company does if there is a delay. Do they contact the client? Is there a guarantee about completing work at a certain time?

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"Sorry, we can't help you," said the Apple store Genius. My AirPods were dying. After just 15 minutes of use, the wireless headphones I use daily chirp a sad little battery-depleted alert. I came to Apple to get them repaired.
Cupertino, we have a problem: AirPods are comfortable and convenient headphones that have attracted tens of millions of customers. But each one of those white sticks contains a rechargeable battery marching toward an untimely death in as little as two years. Apple's plan to deal with that reality is just to sell us new ear buds. When your AirPods' day comes, the only option is to ask Apple for discounted replacements — but you'll need to know its code word to even get that.
Not long ago, headphones were among the most universal, long-lasting electronics. We shouldn't let Apple turn them into expensive, disposable electronics. It's hurting our wallets — and the environment.
Apple doesn't dispute that the lithium-ion batteries inside AirPods wear out. "All rechargeable batteries have a limited life span and may eventually need to be serviced or recycled," Apple says on its website. Replacing batteries is very common on phones and laptops. In 2018, Apple stores got deluged when the company offered to replace the batteries in older iPhones for $29.
But with AirPods, Apple offers far less help. First, there's no way to determine the health of the batteries in the ear buds or their charging case. Apple won't even share guidelines on their life expectancy. "AirPods are built to be long-lasting," said Apple spokeswoman Lori Lodes, without specifics. Mine went for 34 months; others have reported they die in as little as 18 months.
When your AirPod batteries finally go, even Apple's employees are confused about your options. Across three separate support encounters in the store and online, they told me I had to buy a replacement pair for $138, nearly the price of a whole new set. But I remembered Apple had once told me it would service depleted batteries for $49. I reported that in The Post, along with my recommendation to buy AirPods. So what gives?
After weeks of back-and-forth with Apple — and refusing to take no for an answer at the store — I finally got answers:
- If your AirPods are less than a year old and the battery is not performing up to the promised five hours of listening time, an Apple store will replace them at no cost.
- Apple recently began selling its AppleCare+ warranty for $29, which covers the battery, too. But this extended warranty lasts only two years — which wouldn't have been long enough to save my AirPods.
- If your AirPods are out of warranty, Apple will replace them for $49 per stick — so in reality, $98 total. A replacement for the charging case, which doesn't wear out as quickly, is also $49. The key phrase to say is "battery service." (Apple is providing additional training to customer service representatives on that point, but if you still have trouble, show them this link — or this column.)
A $98 battery fix is still mighty expensive. Apple will replace the battery on an iPhone for as little as $49. An Apple Watch battery costs just $79. What makes AirPods so different? Because Apple's "battery service" for AirPods is code for "throwing it away." Apple isn't repairing AirPods — it's just replacing the ear buds and recycling your old ones.
To understand why, I performed an autopsy on a dearly departed pair. Inside, I found the design of AirPods makes them inevitably obsolete.
An AirPod autopsy
What could be so hard about replacing the battery in an AirPod? I don't ordinarily go CSI on gadgets, so I sought advice from some folks who do.
Kyle Wiens, the chief executive of repair website iFixit, offers instructions on how to disassemble electronics and sells replacement parts. The first time Wiens tried to get inside an AirPod, he cut himself and bled all over it. Another time, the battery combusted in a poof of smoke on his team.
AirPods were never meant to be opened, Wiens warned me.
But I wanted to see for myself. With Wiens watching, I began the operation with the silver cap at the end of the AirPod stick. You might think it unscrews to let you get inside. No such luck. It's glued in there, and I couldn't yank it out even after carefully heating the AirPod to loosen the glue. That meant I had to cut in — and to save my fingers, Wiens lent me a special vibrating knife that slices plastic.
Inside the AirPod, I found so much glue I couldn't even tug out the now-exposed end of the battery with tweezers. So I cut very carefully along the edges of the AirPod stick, to crack open a section like the top of a coconut. There, at last, was the battery, about as thick as a large spaghetti noodle.
I had avoided spilling blood, but after all the cutting I still had a problem: My AirPod was now a Humpty Dumpty in so many pieces I'd never be able to reassemble it again. Wiens said he had tried this five times, across both the first- and second-generation AirPods, and awarded AirPods a repairability score of zero out of 10. "There is no way we can feasibly understand taking the battery out without completely destroying the AirPod," he said.
I asked Apple whether that was true. It didn't answer.
Greenwashing is in fashion
The cause of death on my AirPods was clear: bad product design.
Earlier this year, the website Vice called AirPods a "tragedy" of disposable wealth. I see them as a symptom of Apple's preoccupation with thin products. It's the tech-world version of fashion's fixation on skinny models, where Apple sets the trend and other manufacturers feel pressure to follow.
Excessive thinness isn't healthy for gadgets, either. Apple's desire to shave a few millimeters off designs has resulted in MacBook keyboards that fail, iPads that catch fire at recycling centers and now millions of AirPods that will probably end up in the trash.
Sealing up electronics with glue instead of screws and latches can help make devices lighter and more resistant to moisture and dust. But great ear buds — even ones tiny enough to sit in your ears — don't have to be impenetrable. iFixit found a way to pop open Samsung's $129 Galaxy Buds, so replacement batteries can slip in kind of like on a watch. Samsung doesn't officially offer this repair option, but iFixit sells a pair of replacement batteries for $29.
Apple's disposable AirPod design is expensive for us. But it's doing permanent damage to our environment. That's not how Apple talks about it, though.
"Apple's products are designed with the environment in mind," said Lodes, the Apple spokeswoman. "Everything from the materials we select to the way we approach recycling is meant to leave the world better than we found it."
How exactly are AirPods designed with the environment in mind? Because you can bring them to Apple to be recycled. "We work closely with our recyclers to ensure AirPods are properly recycled and provide support to recyclers outside of our supply chain as well," Lodes said.
That's like saying your daily paper coffee cup habit is good for the environment because you always put it in the recycling bin. AirPods may be worse than that: They're so small, there's isn't much material that can be recycled from them. Significant energy, water and materials go just into the process of making AirPods.
The golden rule for helping Earth is to produce less new stuff. Electronics companies can do that by making their products last as long as possible through repair and reuse — all but impossible with AirPods.
In the Greenpeace 2017 Guide to Greener Electronics, Apple got a "B-" grade overall because of its commitments to using renewable energy and efforts to create a closed-loop supply chain. But the environmental group gave Apple a "D" in the category of product life extension, because it has "consistently made it more difficult for customers to repair their devices, replace their batteries, or upgrade the devices so that they continue to stay in use."
Apple isn't the only tech company guilty of pushing consumption over repair. New $130 headphones from Amazon called Echo Buds contain batteries that can't be repaired, the company told me. (Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos owns The Washington Post.) Microsoft says it would also replace an entire unit when the battery fails on its $249 Surface Earbuds.
Before this trend continues, let's agree on a common-sense rule suggested by Wiens: The life span of an expensive, resource-intensive gadget shouldn't be limited to the life span of one consumable component. You wouldn't buy an electric toothbrush where you couldn't replace the brush. Or a car with glued-on tires.
Apple kept fundamentally the same design for AirPods between its first- and second-generation of the headphones, which debuted in March. Now, the Apple rumor mill has lit up with hints of forthcoming third-generation AirPods in pre-release code for iOS 13.2.
Let's hope this time around, AirPods really are "designed with the environment in mind." Not to mention our wallets.
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Control Your Time With This Helpful Advice
Have you often wished you had more time in the day? Do you never have adequate time to accomplish your goals? If this is the case, this article on time management will help you quite a bit. The tips that are introduced in this article will help you to efficiently use your time.
Take some time to schedule some time for your interruptions. You need to be able to plan some time that you can be taken away from from the tasks you're working on. For instance, maintaining concepts similar to "office hours." Office hours can be thought of as planned interruptions.
Do your best to use your time wisely. Think about how long it takes to complete tasks and be realistic. This can help you improve your life and manage your time better. Then when you have some free time, you can truly enjoy it.
Create a to-do list every morning before you begin your work. Sometimes time is eaten up in the day simply because you don't have a plan. Even a light sketch of a plan, like a simple to-do list is enough to save you precious minutes, even hours, during the day.
Rank your activities daily. You might quickly discover how much of your day is filled with that which is not truly urgent or even important. If you want to concentrate your efforts where they'll do the most good, make sure you determine the priority of each task as you receive it. List your tasks from most important to least important; begin at the top.
Do not rush through your day. If you rush through things and make mistakes, it is going to take you far longer to fix those mistakes than it would have for you to do it right the first time. Slow and careful work will be more productive than rushed, sloppy work.
Break down your tasks into smaller ones. Sometimes having a big task or project that is big can be overwhelming. Instead of getting overwhelmed, think of the task in smaller parts and work on each smaller part. This can help keep you focused and help you use your time wisely.
Don't dismiss the simplicity of a simple pocket sized planner with pages for you to write in appointments, birthdays, lists and other important things. People tend to rely too much on electronic gadgets to help them manage their lives but paper and pen can often be the most effective way to organize your thoughts.
A great tip for self-improvement is to only follow up with clients when absolutely necessary. If you can pass on follow up calls onto a subordinate, then do so. You need to handle what is most important for you and delegate effectively. This will go a long way with managing your time.
These tips should get you set on the path to a more efficient and less stressful life. Time runs out quickly, and it's time to stop letting it go by. By using your time in a more efficient fashion, you can accomplish more and have more free time for your own interests.…


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Rory McIlroy gives Europe ideal start as they seek dramatic Ryder Cup revival
A woefully out-of-form Rory McIlroy gave Europe's Ryder Cup team the immediate boost they needed as they sought to pull off another miracle on the final day at Whistling Straits.
Trailing 11-5, Padraig Harrington's team needed a comeback greater than the one the Europeans pulled off at Medinah in 2012 and he put his faith in McIlroy to lead from the front.
The Northern Irishman, on a run of five successive defeats, started as if he meant business with his opening drive just short of the green at the 350-yard first.
Xander Schauffele also found the front fringe but, while McIlroy chipped to five feet and holed for birdie, his opponent missed from closer range and Europe were one up.
"Clearly Rory is a champion so let him go a lead," Harrington told Sky Sports.
"He has led this team quite a bit and has done a job amongst the team so why not? Put him out there and see what he can do.
"If he can take Xander down, who is obviously playing well, that is a great bit of inspiration for the team.
"He wanted it (the first spot), that's for sure, but it was our decision at the end of the day. Everyone is happy with where they are playing for sure."
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New York and San Francisco Mayors Announce Joint "Digital Cities" Technology Summits
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In recent years, NYC has seen notable tech industry growth, in part due to mobile app developers. The city is often referred to as "Silicon Alley," as the east coast counterpart to Silicon Valley in California. Bloomberg recently announce another technology-based initiative aimed at helping NYC's citizens. The partnership with Nextdoor.com creates a social network for city residents and is meant to help them share local information, including safety alerts.


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Mashed potatoes mystery: Belhaven residents finding bowls of the spuds in their yards
Some Belhaven residents see it as a harmless prank and others felt unsafe after someone left bowls of mashe potatoes at some homes in the Jackson neighborhood, WJTV reported.
"This neighborhood does a lot of quirky things, we decorate road signs we put Christmas trees in our potholes, so it's not surprising at all, that's why I love this neighborhood, because they do so many strange things, but it's definitely one of the weirdest things I've seen since living in Jackson," Jordan Lewis told WJTV'sMargaret-Ann Carter. Lewis said she found mashed potatoes on her car.
Lewis posted to Facebook about the strange find and discovered she wasn't alone. Several residents said they also found a bowl of potatoes on their property.
"They've found it on their mailboxes, on their cars... So we don't know if someone is just playing a prank or if someone just had a lot of leftovers," Lewis said.
When leaving for work one morning, Sebastian Bjernegard said he almost stepped in a styrofoam bowl of mashed potatoes on his doorstep.
As news spread on social media, people started forming theories about the appearance of the mashed potatoes. Some people worried that they were poisoned in an effort to kill animals in the neighborhood. Some joked that it is a mashed potatoes fairy. However, neighbors don't think the Jackson Police Department needs to become involved.
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In this day and age where almost everyone owns a digital camera, printed photos have become a rarity. Instead of keeping them in an album like the good old days, people now prefer to show their pictures off on Facebook, Instagram, and other social media platforms. Going to a print shop to have the photos framed is no longer the norm.
But you should know that your social media accounts are at risk of hacking and if you're not lucky, you could end up losing all the pictures that you have saved there! Even if you keep them in your SD card or your computer and mobile phone's storage, there's still a risk of these devices getting damaged sooner or later.
In this case, you should consider investing in the best digital picture frame. This device works just like a typical picture but the only difference is that you no longer have to go through the hassles of having your photos printed! What's more, it's capable of displaying not only your photos but also the videos you have taken. The digital picture frame allows you to treasure and shows off several of your favorite pictures at the same time!
Digital Picture Frames vs. Tablets
Digital frames have similar size and shape with tablets. Yet, they differ in purpose and come with different price tags as well. Sure, tablets have more functionality and allow you to check your email, play games, watch videos, and more.
But the best digital photo frame is ideal for "old school" users who simply want to watch photos or videos and not do anything else! In fact, this device is a great gift for your grandparents who may not find it comfortable to use a tablet or smartphone. It's perfect for anyone who is not tech savvy and those who find it a challenge to learn how to use a tablet.
The overall functionality of the digital photo frame is more straightforward. It doesn't come with any complicated and confusing features. Furthermore, the device usually comes with a remote, which makes it easier to control without the need to go near the frame and touch the screen. When you need to change the images on the frame, simply plug a new SD card or USB and the images will be updated.
Digital Photo Frame
Easy installation and setup
It's possible to use a camera card or thumb drive
Audio and video capability
Pix-Star Wi-Fi Digital Photo Frame
Equipped with high-tech image sharing
Wi-Fi Capable & LED backlight
Capable of displaying up to 25 frames
NIX Advance Digital Photo Frame
Great image quality photo frame
Easy to use even for digital Beginners
NIX Frame can easily play videos & music
Nixplay W08E Digital Photo Frame
Provides incredible image quality
Can be integrated with Alexa
Offers free storage of up to 10 GB
Andoer 15 inch Digital Picture Frame
Displays great picture quality
Andoer Digital Picture Frame is easy to set up
Sleek and gorgeous design
Features to Look for in the Best Digital Picture Frame
When looking for the best electronic picture frame, there are certain features that you must take into consideration.
Although the resolution is not really that big of a deal, this feature is not something that you should ignore. When it comes to this feature, the lowest resolution that you should consider is at 640 x 480 pixels.
Anything that's less than that will make your photos look grainy and pixelated. So before you make a purchase, carefully check the resolution. Even with similar frame models, the frame's resolution could change the overall size of the frame.
Aspect Ratio
The aspect ratio is also an important factor to consider, which would vary from 4:3 to 16:9. 4:3 is the ratio that's ideal for photos taken by point and shoot cameras, while the 16:9 ratio gives the frame a widescreen look although some parts might actually be cut off the shot just so the photo can fit the screen.
Consider the look that you want to achieve when it comes to figuring out the most suitable aspect ratio for your digital picture frame.
Storage Capacity
The best electronic photo frame comes with three basic memory options; memory cards, internal memory, and cloud storage. Internal memory makes it possible for you to store photos into the frame itself so there's no longer a need to stick a memory card into the frame.
Due to the limited size of the digital photo frame, most of the frames don't have enough internal memory and some don't have anything at all. Most of the digital frames have card slots for SD/SDHC as well as USB ports that will allow you to view photos using external storage.
With this method, there will be a cord or card sticking out or connecting the frame to a computer. Some of the photo frames provide a free email address and offer online or cloud storage options either through Wi-Fi or Bluetooth.
All you need to do is email the photos to the email address and these pictures will automatically be displayed on the digital photo frame. As for the cloud storage, it gives you the option to organize the pictures into playlists, add music, or even upload videos into your frame.
Some of the most basic connectivity options include Bluetooth, USB, and Wi-Fi. The best WiFi digital photo frame allows you to download photos from your computer or online storage site into the frame. Using a suitable camera or smartphone, the Bluetooth will be able to wirelessly download the photos from your camera or phone and into the frame.
When deciding on the most ideal connectivity option for your digital photo frame, consider your own personal preferences. Of course, you need to also take into consideration the devices that you use to take the photos. You will also find frames that have both Bluetooth and Wi-Fi. These frames allow you to load photos from anywhere you are through Wi-Fi.
Extra Features
The best digital picture frame also comes with extra features that can certainly make a huge difference in the overall user experience. Some of these features include the automatic adjustment of the photo orientation, which helps to ensure that your photos are displayed either in portrait or landscape.
There are also digital frames that allow you to browse the Internet, display news feed, and stream radio stations. But it should be noted that the more features you get, the more complicated the setup could turn out.
How Much Do Digital Picture Frames Usually Cost?
The cost of digital picture frames varies a lot. For $40, you can have a basic digital frame that's around 7-8 inches. This frame already comes with a USB port and a card slot for SD/SDHC. However, you cannot expect excellent functionality and quality at this price range. But there are some models of digital frames that may work well even if they are cheap.
If you go for the price range of $50 to $100, you can already find digital frames that have resolutions of 1024×768 pixels. At this price range, some of the digital frames may also include features like stereo speakers, calendar, clock, and remote controls. The smaller frames in this range of price offer a good balance between quality and extra features.
If you go for those models that cost around $100 to $150, you'll find screens that are 10 to 15 inches. Most of the frames that are in this price range are already equipped with internal storage and ports for external photo storage.
Others may also come with multimedia photo frames that have cloud storage options. If you go higher than $150, you'll find digital picture frames that have screens up to 21.5 inches and have a truly impressive resolution. At this range, the frames also come with features like cloud storage, Wi-Fi connectivity, and internal storage.
Smart Displays
The Smart Display is a new product category launched during Amazon's Echo Show. This device features stationary displays that come with a virtual assistant. It incorporates Alexa, Amazon's assistant. You can also opt for Smart Displays that are powered by Google Assistant.
The Echo Show works just like a digital picture frame and comes with high-tech features, such as the ability to showcase photographs through a slideshow along with a wide range of functionalities such as watching videos on YouTube, listening to music, and more! Of course, you can also use the device to ask for assistance from Alexa or Google Assistant.
The Smart Displays have almost the same price as some of the best WiFi photo frames in the market. However, there are certain disadvantages to consider. First of all, the high-tech functionality might be a bit more difficult to navigate, especially for non-techie individuals.
Another downside is that they are usually connected to specific digital photo services. For instance, Google Photos is linked with Google Assistant displays while the Prime Photos is linked with the Echo Displays.
If you are already using these services or you wouldn't mind giving them a try, then these devices are great. However, if you prefer to display photos coming from a USB stick or display images from other photo sharing services like Instagram and Flickr, then you should opt for the other models.
Activity Sensors
The best digital picture frame is one that comes equipped with an activity sensor, capable of detecting any activity in the room. It will only activate once it detects that somebody is around. This feature is a great way to save energy. Just remember that if you've got pets roaming around the house, this could trigger the sensor and will unnecessarily activate the digital frame.
Another option would be to set a sleep timer, which will automatically turn on or off the frame at a particular time of the day. Some of the best frames in the market have both options, which is a great way to ensure that the frame will only be turned on whenever you want it to.
FAQs about Digital Picture Frames
How many digital photos can the frame hold?
This will depend on how much your internal storage is capable of holding and the amount of the extra storage that you'll buy, which comes in the form of SD cards. Of course, this will also depend on the size of the photos that you're going to upload on the digital frame.
For your reference, a memory of 1GB is capable of holding up to 450 of 6 megapixel JPEG photos. From here, you can calculate the approximate amount of storage space that your digital frame should have. Remember that if the photos have higher resolutions, the 1 GB storage will hold fewer photos.
Do the frames need to be plugged into a power outlet?
Most of the digital photo frames have to be plugged into a socket for them to work although there are also a few models that are powered by rechargeable batteries, such as the Kodak EasyShare. However, the batteries will only last a few hours at a time so you cannot just simply rely on the battery alone.
Can the digital frames be mounted into the wall?
There are some models that come with the kit that allows you to easily mount them into the wall. However, some of the digital frames need to be plugged into an outlet so this must be taken into consideration when mounting the frame. If you want to mount the frame, you'll have to take into consideration the power cord, which might appear unsightly on your wall.
What is the best place to put your digital photo frame?
The LCD screens of the digital photo frame may not be able to work well if displayed under sunlight since the glare will make it difficult to view the pictures. Thus, it's highly recommended that you display the frame in an area of your house that's relatively shady and is far from direct sunlight.
Best Digital Picture Frames in 2019
You'll find several different models of digital picture frames in the market today and it can be hard to decide which of them you should buy. This is why it's important that you take time to do your research. Reading electronic picture frame reviews is also highly recommended. To help you with this process, we have prepared a top 10 list of some of the best digital picture frames in 2019.
1 – Aluratek ADMPF310F 10″ Digital Photo Frame Review
The Aluratek ADMPF310F has limited video file compatibility. However, it has an excellent ability to play good music and display slideshows. It's also among the cheapest digital picture frames in the market today. This device is recommended if you don't mind uploading music and images into it. But if you want to play those photos and videos taken using your phone, you might as well choose something else.
This digital frame features a 10-inch LCD screen, which is a decent size compared to other models. It comes with up to 4 GB of internal storage plus an SD card and USB card slot, giving you plenty of options to upload photos. You can view the images on the screen in either portrait or landscape, but the frame itself can be positioned in a landscape way.
One of the issues that you'll encounter when installing this device is that the cord is a bit difficult to conceal. It also has a limited length so you'll be limited with the place to mount the device. Furthermore, the digital frame doesn't come equipped with a remote control so you won't be able to control the device without having to go near it.
Easy installation and setup
It's possible to use a camera card or thumb drive
Audio and video capability
The colors may appear a bit faded
Loading photos into the internal storage requires a lot of effort
The internal storage capacity is only limited to 512MB
2 – Pix-Star 10.4 Inch Wi-Fi Cloud Digital Photo Frame Review
This digital picture frame from Pix-Star offers impressive versatility allowing you to organize your photos in your own way wherever you may be in the world. It allows you to control several aspects such as how long each photo will be displayed and how the frame will transition in between photos.
Of all the digital photo frames in this list, the Pix-Star FotoConnect is the second most expensive. What's more, it's the only manufacturer that stands by its product by offering a two-year warranty. This long warranty coverage gives customers the confidence that the frame will last for a long time, making it a great purchase.
With this digital picture frame, you'll be able to display an extensive collection of photos coming from Instagram, Facebook, Flickr, and Dropbox. It's also possible to use an app from Android or Apple devices to send photos directly to the frame.
Equipped with high-tech image sharing features
LED backlight
Capable of displaying up to 25 frames coming from only one web account
Best Wi-Fi picture frame
It's more expensive than other models with similar featuresCLICK HERE TO VIEW PRICE ON AMAZON
3 – NIX Advance Digital Photo Frame Review
When looking for the best digital picture frame online, the NIX Advance X08E will surely come up on the list. This frame displays photos with excellent image quality without going beyond your budget. Featuring a sleek and slim design, which gives off a truly attractive finish, this digital frame is, without a doubt, one of the best digital frames in the market.
But for those who are looking for the best digital picture frame with WiFi, this frame may not be what you need because it doesn't come with any Wi-Fi connectivity. However, it does come with a slot for USB and SD card so you can use as much memory as you need to. This digital frame is ideal for those who are not too savvy with technology.
For instance, if you're going to give this digital picture frame to your grandparents as a gift, you can simply send them the SD card or USB with the photos. They simply have to insert it into the frame instead of having to plug it to a computer.
The display is not touchscreen. However, this device comes with a remote control that you can use to operate the frame from a distance. The square remote has a simple design. It's not like other remote controls that are filled with unnecessary buttons crammed into a tiny space.
The display interval of the frame can also be set for up to 24 hours per image, which is a great feature if you're going to use it for a wedding or other events where you need to play a slide show of photos during a presentation. As for the installation, this digital frame can't be easily mounted since there's no nail indent.
Great image quality
Easy to use even for those who are not digital savvy
It can easily play videos and music
Doesn't come with internal memory
It cannot connect to Wi-Fi
4 – Nixplay W08E- Silver Iris 8″ Wi-Fi Cloud Digital Photo Frame Review
You will appreciate Nixplay's Iris both inside out. Featuring a sleek finish and a high-quality screen, this digital frame is truly smart. It has the ability to dim or brighten the screen, depending on the level of brightness that you want to view the photos. This frame is also capable of sensing sounds, so it will start displaying the most recent photo when it detects motion in the room.
Of all the digital frames in this list, this is one of the easiest to use because it doesn't rely on SD cards or thumb drives to upload photos on the device. As a matter of fact, it doesn't come with any slots for any storage device. This digital frame is Wi-Fi enabled. Therefore, you can easily add images to it using an app on your phone.
You just need to download the app on your mobile phone and you'll be able to connect to as many as five frames! This will also come with a cloud account that will give you up to 10 GB of free storage. Therefore, you'll not have to worry about running out of space when using this digital frame. With this device, you'll be able to take new pictures for display, search for old photos from your phone and send them to the frame.
Provides incredible image quality
Can be integrated with Alexa
Offers free storage of up to 10 GB
One of the most expensive digital frames in the marketCLICK HERE TO VIEW PRICE ON AMAZON
5 – Andoer 15 inch Digital Picture Frame Review
This digital frame is different from the other frames on this list because of its white color. Also, the frame of this device is pretty big, measuring at 15 inches, which is almost as big as a laptop. For those who are looking for the best large digital photo frame, this device may be just what you need.
The screen doesn't have the same quality as the more expensive models and although the remote control looks pretty cheap, it has excellent functionality. It allows you to easily display videos or photos even from afar and you can even use it to play music. With its features and capabilities, this device works just like a mounted tablet. In fact, it also lets you read e-books and view the calendar.
When you browse through the digital picture frame reviews online, you'll know that most customers are buying this digital photo frame because of its qualities. It may not come with an onboard media, however, it can support any type of physical storage media and it's extremely easy to set up.
Displays great picture quality
Easy to set up
Sleek and gorgeous design
You could encounter issues when viewing the pictures from the sideCLICK HERE TO VIEW PRICE ON AMAZON
6 – Nixplay Seed 10 Inch WiFi Cloud Digital Photo Frame Review
The Nixplay Seed digital photo frame features a display resolution of 1024×768 with a screen size of 9.7 inches. It comes equipped with a dedicated motion sensor so there's no longer a need to turn the device on and off.
Furthermore, the frame has an internal memory of 8 GB, which means that there's more than enough space to store hundreds of images, including those coming from your social media accounts. In fact, this digital frame allows you to come up with a playlist from your favorite images and choose a combination of images to appear on the display.
Unfortunately, this digital frame may not be suitable for those who are fond of YouTube since it doesn't have video or audio capability. Furthermore, Nixplay provides free cloud storage of up to 10 GB of space that you can separately connect to up to five different frames. This digital frame comes with an internal gyroscope so you can either rest it horizontally or vertically and the images will adjust on their own.
Comes with 8 GB internal memory
High resolution
Highly stylish design
Hi-motion sensor
A bit complicated to useCLICK HERE TO VIEW PRICE ON AMAZON
7 – Micca 7-Inch Digital Photo Frame Review
This is among the cheapest digital frames in this list, and given its very cheap price, you cannot expect too much from it. For one, it doesn't have Wi-Fi and the screen is not IPS. Thus, you won't be able to view the photos from different angles, unlike with the other digital frames.
This device can store images from flash drives and SD cards up to 32 GB, which is definitely more than what you will need. Furthermore, it can play home videos and comes with a built-in speaker plus a jack for headphones.
Since it doesn't rely on cloud storage and cannot be connected to your social media accounts, this is the most suitable device for those who are not too savvy with technology.
Also, you have the option to get a remote control with this frame if you don't want to go through the hassle of having to flip it each time you need to change the settings. If you are in need of an affordable digital picture frame, this device is worth considering.
Offers incredible picture clarity
Enjoy viewing images with rich and vibrant colors
Features a stylish and sleek design
Photos have to be resized to fit wellCLICK HERE TO VIEW PRICE ON AMAZON
8 – TENKER PF0070 HD Digital Photo Frame Review
Another great choice for those who are in need of an affordable digital photo frame is the TENKER 7-inch HD photo frame. While it may not have all the great features that other models have, this device is a great start.
This digital photo frame supports a 1024×600 screen and partial 1080p HD video playback. And although the screen quality is not really perfect, it's pretty decent.
Furthermore, this device doesn't come with a slideshow feature, which is somewhat unusual. However, the auto-rotate feature makes it a practical choice for those who want to frequently change the orientation when viewing photos from the frame.
The TENKER's real strength lies in its ease of functionality and use. Simply plug in an SD card or USB drive on the device and it will immediately start displaying videos and photos. However, you cannot expect onboard storage from this device or Wi-Fi connectivity. The frame is pretty basic.
Auto-rotate functionality
HD resolution
Plug and play feature
There are complaints that the frame has the tendency to freezeCLICK HERE TO VIEW PRICE ON AMAZON
9 – PhotoSpring 10-Inch Digital Frame Review
This digital photo frame gives you the option to download photos automatically from your mobile phone through the PhotoSpring app. The frame has a storage capacity of 16 GB and comes with the option to share your photos with other PhotoSpring frames.
This device has a good list of features, which include the ability to automatically adjust photos so they will fit into the frame and auto share photos coming from your mobile phone. Its touchscreen display makes setting up this device so much easier. By merely touching the screen, you can stop the playback of photos and scroll them at your own pace.
This device comes with a mobile app that makes uploading photos into the frame easier and faster. As mentioned on some of the digital photo frame reviews, customers love the fact that they are able to send photos from their phone directly to the frame.
Automated collection of photos
Easy to use
Highly portable
Simple photo sharing feature
Photos can only be uploaded using Wi-Fi
May encounter some problems during uploading
10 – Sungale 10 inch Digital Photo Frame with Remote Control Review
It seems that Sungale has taken the traditional approach when making this digital photo frame. In fact, the Sungale Cloud Frame is highly recommended to users who prefer the "old school" way. With its basic and simple functionality, this device is highly usable and is very versatile. It allows multiple users to connect to one single frame, which means that anyone is able to send photos directly to this frame.
Despite its basic functionality, this digital photo frame is capable of displaying crisp, saturated, and high-quality images. It comes with simple touchscreen controls and an interface that makes navigating easier. It also allows you to watch Netflix and video chat although most users would prefer to use other devices for these things.
Without the matte finish, the display of this digital frame is really glossy and could cause glare. Also, the unsightly fingerprints resulting from the touchscreen can affect the viewing experience.
Ideas for office use
HD screen
Includes a remote control
The rotate button is not working as expectedCLICK HERE TO VIEW PRICE ON AMAZON
Nixplay Seed Digital Photo Frame
Comes with 8 GB internal memory
High resolution
Highly stylish design
Nixplay has Hi-motion sensor
Micca 7-Inch Digital Photo Frame
Offers incredible picture clarity
Display images with rich & vibrant colors
It is stylish & sleek design
TENKER PF0070 Digital Photo Frame
Auto-rotate functionality
HD resolution
TENKER Digital Photo Frame comes with Plug & play feature
PhotoSpring 10-Inch Digital Frame
Automated collection of photos
Easy to use
Highly portable
Simple photo sharing feature
Sungale 10 inch Digital Photo Frame
Ideas for office use
Sungale Digital Photo Frame comes with HD screen
Includes a remote control
When it comes to buying the best digital picture frame, there are lots of important factors to consider. It should be capable of displaying quality images and should allow you to easily upload your photos. Above all, it should be of excellent quality and guaranteed to last for a long time so you will not end up wasting your money.
When it comes to this, the Pix-Star 10.4 Inch Wi-Fi Cloud Photo Frame is highly recommended. This digital photo frame offers impressive versatility and allows you to easily upload your photos coming from your social media accounts and Dropbox. What's more, the manufacturer offers a 2-year warranty for this device, which is an indication that the product is indeed guaranteed to last for a long time.
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Solid Edge: Repair, Analyze and Optimize in One
6th June 2016
"This collaboration with 3YOURMIND offers our users completely new possibilities. The 3D printing of a Solid Edge file is now easily possible with just a few clicks," says Dan Staples. And he adds: "On the platform, users can choose between a wide range of materials and choose their desired material properties like biocompatible, for example, or materials suitable for rapid prototyping. This will help our users print their 3D files to the highest standards. "
With the free plugin, Solid Edge users can use a full range of 3D design features from within the CAD system and upload the finished file with just one click to the 3YOURMIND online portal. Here they can compare various 3Dprinting providers and materials options, with real-time price information for each material type. The printability-analysis and optimization functions of the plugin assure that users not to waste time and money with unprintable designs. Therefore it vastly improves user-experience and the speed at which 3D projects can be processed. In addition, the cloud capabilities of ST9 are providing faster and more flexible deployment options, improving user access, and remote collaboration across design teams.
For more information on the 3YOURMIND/Solid Edge plugin, visit the Solid Edge App Store or visit 3YOURMIND.com
About 3YOURMIND:
3YOURMIND offers intelligent 3D printing solutions for industry and architecture. Their comparison tool (on 3yourmind.com) presents a convenient way of ordering a 3D printed model of a prototype online. Users can upload a 3D file, which is automatically repaired and optimized to achieve a better 3Dprint result (increasing the likelihood of being printed correctly on the first attempt, saving time and money). Afterwards, the user can compare prices of various 3D printing services and choose different materials. The clients and partners of 3YOURMIND are DAX30 groups and 3D printing suppliers. In April 2016, 3YOURMIND was awarded with the German Innovation Prize.
About Solid Edge:
Solid Edge is a portfolio of affordable, easy-to-use software tools that address all aspects of the product development process – 3D design, simulation, manufacturing, design management and more, thanks to a growing ecosystem of apps. Solid Edge combines the speed and simplicity of direct modeling with the flexibility and control of parametric design – made possible with synchronous technology.


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Shortly over a decade ago, I was in Germany for the first time and thought a nutritous day's intake of stuff included: cigarettes, coffee, alcohol, fried crap, squalor, some cheese and perhaps some ice cream and a Ritter Sport and some more ice cream and a cigarette. In the painful decade between now and then I have, for various and sundry reasons, given up, in this order: cigarettes, being messy, alcohol, dairy and sugar (the cigarettees sometime around 1995, the being-messy about 2001, the other three last November). I have also completely redesigned my diet and "workout lifestyle" to quasi-monastic parameters, and am now a kind of unholy Monk/Monica Gellar hybrid of anal-retentive-control-freaky-micromanaged FUN. Certain oversized alcoholic friends of mine have even accused me of belonging to the Women's Christian Temperance Union (though I say: a brother like yours would drive *anyone* to the Women's Christian Temperance Union!), and I realize that in my newly-non-intoxicated state I am not as much "fun" as I used to be. Though really I am a lot more "fun" on the inside–drinking made me feel depressed and dead inside and aggressive and prone to extremely bad decisions. Not to mention it gives you a big dumb gut and hangovers that cut into study time.
>>>INTERJECTION. Oh my God. There is currently an ad on the TV for a portable implanted defibrilator. Eat whatever you want and just zap yourself back to life, just like the Superfans. Da Bears indeed. See also, "idiocracy" comment below.<<<
Anyway, to sum up: I don't drink anymore, and I realize this makes me almost-expellable from the Big Brainy Grad Student Decadents' Club, but whatevs. The club's officers were going to draft a manifesto to kick me out but they turned in a paper and got drunk instead. My point is, aside from merciless self-pushing and unreasonable expectations of myself, I don't have any "vices" left (all right, Disneyland counts as a vice. A big one). Except one big, big ginormous one that will remain firmly in place for the rest of humanity: coffee. There's this great old episode of NewsRadio where they parody "Titanic" (if any movie deserved it…melodrama AND a boat, what's not to hate?) and Dave Foley is dying on a plank of lumber and all he can think about is coffee. That's me. On my death bed I will probably a) yell at someone, b) make fun of someone inappropriately, c) attempt to paw my gentleman friend Professor Awesome (who will certainly be long-estranged or predeceased by then and yet I will find him for this express purpose), and d) ask for coffee. I have been in love with coffee since I was 13 or 14 years old and though I could probably switch to decaf and get a nice placebo going, the idea of quitting coffee is fairly terrifying to me. And yet, also enticing, since at one time or another I was simlarly enamored of cigarettes, alcohol, fried crap, dairy and sugar (and being messy). In this vein I attempted to de-coffify myself this past Sunday morn, when Prof. Awesome and I decided to hit the beach for a brief jaunt–or for what I thought was a brief jaunt, and thereby did not find it important to make some coffee before we left. The 8 minutes it would have taken to brew and drink it? Not worth it–it was a beautiful day. I ate an orange. Vitamin C wakes you up, right? Prof. Awesome doesn't drink coffee and I bet he's awake right this second. Fuck coffee! It seemed like such a good idea at the time. Jump cut to 2 hours later, as the Prof and I enjoy a delicious hippie lunch in Laguna Beach–so hippie, in fact, that the establishment does not serve coffee or anything else with caffeine in it. And here's how this lunch went.
PROF. AWESOME: You know, Laguna's pretty nice. I think I could live down here if I had to stay in the area. It's even possible to find affordable housing. There are places to walk, etc…
ME: Uh huh (coffee coffee coffee oh my god please let there be coffee someday again soon).
PROF. AWESOME: Because only about two percent of scholars are at all "famous" and the rest of us toil in obscurity and that's just fine with us.
ME: Seriously (much like I am toiling in the non-coffeedom of my current existence, which I cannot fathom I have deserved even with my nebulous history of misdeeds to humanity)
PROF. AWESOME: I enjoy eating Christian babies.
ME: Sure, sure, yeah, exactly (I'd like to dry a Christian baby out in the sun, grind it down and run some hot water through it to make Christian Baby Coffee is what I'd like to do).
So, for those of you at all worried that I am going to turn into some sort of sanctimonious fuckface with no "flaws" (except all the other ones), rest assured that my tiny experiment with caffeine withdrawal was pretty impressive and for the good of humankind I don't plan on attempting it again anytime soon. Now get that devil's liquor out of my face and go alphabetize your clothes, you degenerates.


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A study that has been published in a medical journal suggests that people who suffer traumatic brain injuries could continue to have trouble sleeping for as long as 18 months after the injury date. What might be even more alarming for Louisiana residents is that many sufferers do not know how much disruption this causes to their sleep.
Researchers in Switzerland conducted the study by monitoring 31 people with mild-to-severe TBIs and 42 healthy control subjects for 18 months. All of the participants self-reported how much sleep they got each night and how sleepy they felt during the day. Additionally, the researchers performed comprehensive sleep evaluations to measure eye movement, brain activity, heart rhythm and muscle activity. The assessments included a sleep video, wearing a wrist device for two weeks to measure body movement and a test that measured how fast they dozed off in a peaceful environment to determine daytime sleepiness.
A data analysis found that 67 percent of the TBI sufferers experienced an excessive amount of sleepiness during the day compared to 19 percent of the healthy participants. However, the TBI participants did not report feeling sleepier. The researchers also discovered that the TBI participants slept an average of eight hours, while the healthy participants slept an average of seven hours. Those who had mild injuries were just as likely to have trouble sleeping as those who had severe injuries.
Although the researchers say that more research is required to confirm these findings, they note that daytime sleepiness correlates with safety issues such as workplace or auto accidents. The authors recommend that people diagnosed with TBI have their doctors monitor them for sleep problems and daytime sleepiness.
Commonly associated with football and other contact sports, a brain injury can also be incurred by a fall or a car crash. When it is caused by another person's negligence, the victim may want to have legal assistance in attempting to obtain compensation from the at-fault party for medical bills and other losses.


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The rate that consumers are canceling traditional pay-TV is higher than expected.
Quick definitions:
1) Cord-Cutters — Consumers who cancel traditional pay-TV
2) Cord-Nevers — Consumers who have not yet subscribed to traditional pay-TV
3) Cord-Shavers — Consumers who reduce their pay-TV bill. An example of this would be moving from able ($103/month) to a lower cost streaming service such as SlingTV.
Growth in total cord-cutters:
1) 2016: 16.7m
2) 2017: 22.2m (↑33% YoY)
Growth in total cord-nevers:
1) 2016: 32.5m
2) 2017: 34.4m (↑6% YoY)
The big question. Are Skinny Bundles Really Cord Cutting? For Most Cable Networks The Answer Is No
More on this topic. Cord Cutting Is Expected to Nearly Double Over the Next 4 Years, Eroding the TV Ad Market
Individuals w/ traditional pay-TV:
1) 2017: 196.3m
2) 2021: 181.7m
Time spent (video only) by screen:
1) TV: 3h 58m
2) Digital: 1h 17m
Television still leads the way in video time but is declining in every groupyounger than 65.


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Green's theorem
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Green's theorem proof (part 1)
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Let's say we have a path in the xy plane. That's my y-axis, that is my x-axis, in my path will look like this. Let's say it looks like that; trying to draw a bit of an arbitrary path, and let's say we go in a counter clockwise direction like that along our path. And we could call this path-- so we're going in a counter clockwise direction --we could call that path c. And let's say we also have a vector field. And our vector field is going to be a little unusual; I'll call it p. p of xy. It only has an i component, or all of its vectors are only multiples of the i-unit vector. So it's capital P of xy times the unit vector i. There is no j component, so if you have to visualize this vector field, all of the vectors, they're all multiples of the i-unit vector. Or they could be negative multiples, so they could also go in that direction. But they don't go diagonal or they don't go up. They all go left to right or right to left. That's what this vector field would look like. Now what I'm interested in doing is figuring out the line integral over a closed loop-- the closed loop c, or the closed path c --of p dot dr, which is just our standard kind of way of solving for a line integral. And we've seen what dr is in the past. dr is equal to dx times i plus dy times the j-unit vector. And you might say, isn't it dx, dt times dt? Let me write that: can't dr be written as dx, dt times dti plus dy, dt times dtj? And it could, but if you imagine these differentials could cancel out, and you're just left with the dx and a dy, and we've seen that multiple times. And I'm going to leave it in this form because hopefully, if we're careful, we won't have to deal with the third parameter, t. So let's just look at it in this form right here with just the dx's and the dy's. So this integral can be rewritten as the line integral, the curve c-- actually let me do it over down here. The line integral over the path of the curve c of p dot dr. So we take the product of each of the coefficients, let's say the coefficient of the i component, so we get p-- I'll do that in green, actually do that purple color --so we get p of xy times dx plus-- well there's no 0 times j times dy; 0 times dy id just going to be 0 --so this our line integral simplified to this right here. This is equal to this original integral up here, so we're literally just taking the line integral around this path. Now I said that we play our cards right, we're not going to have to deal with the third variable, t; that we might be able just solve this integral only in terms of x. And so let's see if we can do that. So let's look at our minimum and maximum x points. That looks like our minimum x point. Let's call that a. Let's call that our maximum x point; let's call that b. What we could do is we can break up this curve into two functions of x. y is functions of x. So this bottom one right here we could call as y1 of x. This is just a standard curve; you know when we were just dealing with standard calculus, this is just you can imagine this is f of x and it's a function of x. And this is y2 of x. Just like that. So you can imagine two paths; one path defined by y1 of x-- let me do that in a different color; magenta --one path defined by y1 of x as we go from x is equal to a to x is equal to b, and then another path defined by y2 of x as we go from x is equal to b to x is equal to a. That is our curve. So what we could do is, we could rewrite this integral-- which is the same thing as that integral --as this is equal to the integral-- we'll first do this first path --of x going from a to b of p of x. And I could to say p of x and y, but we know along this path y is a function of x. So we say x and y1 of x. Wherever we see a y we substitute it with a y1 of x, dx. So that covers that first path; I'll do it in the same color. We could imagine this is c1. This is kind of the first half of our curve-- well it's not exactly the half --but that takes us right from that point to that point. And then we want to complete the circle. Maybe I'll do that, and I'll do that in yellow. That's going to be equal to-- sorry we're going to have to add these two --plus the integral from x is equal to b to x is equal to a of-- do it in that same color --of p of x. And now y is going to be y2 of x. Wherever you see a y, you can substitute with y2 of x along this curve. y2 of x, dx. This is already getting interesting and you might already see where I'm going with this. So this is the curve c2. too I think you appreciate if you take the union of c1 and c2, we've got our whole curve. So let's see if we can simplify this integral a little bit. Well one thing we want to do, we might want to make their end points the same. So if you swap a and b here, it just turns the integral negative. So you make this into a b, that into an a, and then make that plus sign into a minus sign. And now we can rewrite this whole thing as being equal to the integral from a to b of this thing, of p of x and y1 of x minus this thing, minus p of x and y2 of x, and then all of that times dx. I'll write it in a third color. Now, I'm going to do something a little bit arbitrary, but I think you'll appreciate why I did this by the end of this video, and it's just a very simple operation. What I'm going to do is I'm going to swap these two. So I'm essentially going to multiply this whole thing by negative 1, or essentially multiply and divide by negative 1. So I can multiply this by negative 1 and then multiply the outside by negative 1, and I will not have changed the integral; I'm multiplying by negative 1 twice. So if I swap these two things, if I multiply the inside times negative 1, so this is going to be equal to-- do the outside of the integral, a to b. If I multiply the inside-- I'll do a dx out here --if I multiply the inside of the integral by negative 1, these two guys switch. So it becomes p of x of y2 of x. And then you're going to have minus p of x and y1 of x. My handwriting's getting a little messy. But I can't just multiply just the inside by minus 1. I don't want to change the integral, so I multiplied the inside by minus 1, let me multiply the outside by minus 1. And since I multiplied by minus 1 twice, these two things are equivalent. Or you could say this is the negative of that. Either way, I think you appreciate that I haven't changed the integral at all, numerically. I multiplied the inside and the outside by minus 1. And now the next step I'm going to do, it might look a little bit foreign to you, but I think you'll appreciate it. It might be obvious to you if you've recently done some double integrals. So this thing can be rewritten as minus the integral from a to b of-- and let me do a new color --of the function p of x, y evaluated at y2 of x minus-- and let me make it very clear; this is y is equal to y2 of x --minus this function evaluated at y is equal to y1 of x. And of course all of that times dx. This statement and what we saw right here-- this statement right here --are completely identical. And then if we assume that a partial derivative of capital P with respect to y exists, hopefully you'll realize-- and I'll focus on this a little bit because I don't want to confuse you on this step. Let me write the outside of this integral. So this is going to be equal to-- and this is kind of a neat outcome, and we're starting to build up to a very neat outcome, which will probably have to take the next video to do --so we do the outside dx. If we assume that capital P has a partial derivative, this right here is the exact same thing. This right here is the exact same thing as the partial derivative of P with respect to y, dy, the antiderivative of that from y1 of x to y2 of x. I want to make you feel comfortable that these two things are equivalent. And to realize they're equivalent, you'll probably just have to start here and then go to that. We're used to seeing this; we're used to seeing a double integral like this, and then the very first step we say, OK to solve this double integral we start on the inside integral right there, and we say, OK let's take the antiderivative of this with respect to y. So if you take the antiderivative of the partial of p with respect to y, you're going to end up with p. And since this is a definite integral, the boundaries are going to be in terms of x, you're going to evaluate that from y is equal to y2 of x, and you're going to subtract from that y is equal to y1 of x. Normally we start with something like this, and we go to something like this. This is kind of unusual that we started, we kind of solved, we started with the solution of the definite integral, and then we slowly built back to the definite integral. So hopefully you realize that this is true, that this is just we're kind of going in a reverse direction than we normally do. And if you do realize that, then we've just established a pretty neat outcome. Because what is this right here? Let me go back, let me see if I can fit everything. I have some function-- and I'm assuming that the partial of P with respect to y exists --but I have some function defined over the xy plane. You know, you could imagine we're dealing in three dimensions now. We'll draw a little bit neater. So that's y, that's x, that's z, so this, you could imagine, is some surface; it just happens to be the partial of P with respect to x. So it's some surface on the xy plane like that. And what are we doing? We're taking the double integral under that surface, around this region. The region's boundaries in terms of y are defined by y2 and y1 of x. So you literally have that curve. That's y2 on top, y1 on the bottom. And so we're essentially taking the volume above. So if you imagine with the base is-- the whole floor of this is going to be the area inside of this curve, and then the height is going to be the function partial of P with respect to y. It's going to be a little hard for me to draw, but this is essentially some type of a volume, if you want to visualize it that way. But the really neat outcome here is if you call this region r, we've just simplified this line integral. And this was a special one. It only had an x-component, the vector field, but we've just simplified this line integral to being equivalent to-- maybe I should write this line integral because that's what's the really neat outcome. We've just established that this thing right here, which is the same as our original one, so let me write that. The closed line integral around the curve c of p of xy, dx, we've just established that that's the same thing as the double integral over the region r-- this is the region r --of the partial of P with respect to y. And we could write dy, dx, or we could write da, whatever you want to write, but this is the double integral over that region. The neat thing here is using a vector field that only had an x-component, we were able to connect its line integral to the double integral over region-- oh, and I forgot something very important. We had a negative sign out here. So this was a minus sign out here. Or we could even put the minus in here, but I think you get the general idea. In the next video, I'm going to do the same exact thing with the vector field that only has vectors in the y-direction. And then we'll connect the two and we'll end up with Green's theorem.


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The best principle for the solution of internal problems is to thoroughly employ the senses. If we wish to find an alternative definition of Preksha Dhyan, we can say it is: 'The art of seeing', 'The art of listening', 'The art of tasting', 'The art of smelling' and 'The art of feeling'. Preksha Dhyan is an art. Balanced management of the senses will result in Art. Sketching lines in proper style result in an artistic picture. What were mere lines turned into a picture. The lines individually did not seem attractive but the resultant picture possesses artful beauty. We, too, can transform our inner world into a very beautiful world. As long as our senses are not employed thoroughly, our inner world is also not beautiful. Whatsoever may be the outer appearance of a person, his inner world is not good. Only after coming in contact with another, can we know how that person is. I have seen people who are very beautiful and attractive in their outer forms, but when anger or restlessness rises, their outer appearance gets completely dissolved. The agitation is so forceful that not only the person's home gets affected; entire neighbourhoods can get filled with tension & distress. The ugliness of the inner world emerges in our behaviour because of the unbalanced management of the senses. First of all, practice balanced management of the senses. Then, reduce the wavering nature of the mind by practicing concentration on one object. Don't let your mind wander. We do not know how to harmonize our thoughts. The flow of thoughts is continuous. We do not know how to employ them thoroughly either. Every second, about 30-35 thoughts go back and forth. One thought is followed by the next, & the second followed by a third. At a time, many thoughts strike our minds, & if we do not regulate them properly, problems arise. By Preksha Meditation we learn the art of regulating our thoughts in the right direction.
Often a question arises in our minds: why should we restrain our senses? Why should we try to make our mind stable? Why should we practice concentration? After all, what is the need? Life goes on anyway. There is no trouble in living life as it is. Then why take such pains? This is the thought of our progressive world. Do we wish to remain on the level of sensual consciousness? Or do we want to reach the world that lies beyond the senses? The experience of the extra-sensory-world is completely different from that of sensual consciousness. Once the first experience of extra-sensory perception sprouts in a person, and the person sees the first rays shine, he/she visualizes a new world. I would like to narrate a poignant story in this context.
A king's procession was out on the roads. (In the olden days, when a king set out on his royal procession, there would be such pomp and show, such a display of wealth and prosperity, that thousands and thousands of subjects would gather outside to witness the grand spectacle.) The procession went by. As it neared the market, thousands of people remained standing to greet their king. At one point, the king saw a few children playing quietly in a playground. He was amazed that these children were not at all attracted to his grand procession, while so many thousands were enthusiastically watching it. They were not even lifting their eyes up from the game that absorbed them so thoroughly. It is a contrary truth of the world that he who attracts the sight of people does not feel attracted to them, and those who are not attracted by a person automatically draw that person to them. The king's attention was riveted to these children. He asked his mahout to stop the elephant and he stepped down. People around got worried as to what made the king step down like this from his mount, all of a sudden.
Everybody was frightened. They gathered around, and asked His Highness, "What is the matter, Your Majesty?"
The king replied, "I want to go there!" and he reached the playground where the children were playing. The king stood there for a while. Even then, the children did not notice him. One child was sitting atop a sand dune, and 4-5 children were in front of him. The child did not even look up & see the king. After a while, the king said "Oh children! See who has come!" The leader of the group replied, "Whosoever it may be, what do I care?"
"See, the king is in front of you!"
"If he be in front, what of it?"
"Oh, children! You are so clever, but you are playing with mud!"
"What would an earthen puppet do if not play with the earth?"
The king did not expect such an answer from a little boy. But the answer came from that higher level of consciousness, which is beyond the senses, not from the sensory world. The king was astonished.
The king said: "Hey, child! You are very sweet. Would you like to come with me and live in my palace?"
The child answered: "Let me think."
The child was absorbed in meditation for 2 - 3 minutes. He then opened his eyes and said: "I would like to go with you on two conditions. If you accept them, I will come. If not, I won't."
"What are they?"
"The first condition is that when I am sleep, you must guard me."
The king answered, "I am guarded by other people, how I can guard you?"
"The second condition is that you must stay with me 24 hours."
"But I have to rule the kingdom. It is not possible for me to be with you all the 24 hours. Sorry, I cannot fulfil both your conditions."
"In that case, I, too, cannot come and live with you in your palace. When I sleep, the Lord stays awake and guards me, and the Lord stays with me all 24 hours of the day. Why would I leave Him and come to live with you?"
One must analyse this story. From where did this answer emerge? When it is known that the king is interested in taking someone to his palace, anyone would leave everything and reach there promptly. The attraction of power and wealth would bring one from any corner of the world, be it as far away as London or Italy or anywhere else. Then how could a mere child give such an answer? From where could this answer have come? This answer emerged from the world beyond the senses. Neither any temptations of kingdom or wealth, nor the attraction of living in a royal palace - the only wish is to live in the kingdom within, the only aspiration is to live in the world beyond the senses.
The aim of Preksha Meditation is to develop the consciousness beyond the senses. Lots of people do not experience the world beyond the senses. They never come to know of it, and those who have experienced it cannot describe the taste of this world.


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COVID Vaccines: The Most Lethal Example of Israel's Disregard for Palestinian Lives
It is one thing to blockade the people of Gaza for supposedly security purposes. It is another level of deplorable to deny them a life-saving vaccine
As many around the world with the privilege of decision, autonomy and movement are debating whether or not to take the COVID-19 vaccine when it becomes available to them, for others the issue is not when they will receive it but if and how the vaccine will be made available to them.
Such is the case for the people of Gaza.
Israel's violations towards Palestinians are often justified as protecting Israel's security and national interests. However, failing to provide vaccines for Palestinians in the Occupied Palestinian Territory has nothing to do with security, and little to do with protecting the State of Israel. It is more akin to a complete disregard for the humanity and lives of Palestinians.
As people in Gaza and the rest of the occupied Palestinian territories continue to contract and die of COVID-19, Israel continues to deny that it has any responsibility with respect to the provision of vaccines, despite this being completely untrue under international humanitarian law and international human rights law.
It is one thing to blockade a people for supposedly security purposes, as Israel has done with respect to Gaza since 2007, which is already an inhumane act with little justification, but it is another level of deplorable behavior to then deny those who are occupied and blockaded a life-saving vaccine during a once-in-a-century pandemic that has killed over 1.9 million people worldwide.
The worst part is that it is well within Israel's capabilities to provide that vaccine.
In fact, we are seeing Israel leading the world in vaccinating for COVID-19, with nearly two million Israelis, 20 percent of the population, having already received the first dose, yet Israel has failed to step up and vaccinate Palestinians. Israel has given Palestinians in East Jerusalem access to the vaccine, however the remainder of Palestinians living in the West Bank and Gaza are ignored.
- COVID Has Given Israel an Excuse to Tighten the Blockade of Gaza
- Israel's Gulf Coup: How Palestinians Lost Their Arab Allies
- Coronavirus Is a Death Sentence for Palestinians Caged in Gaza
- COVID Vaccines for Gaza Isn't Charity. It's Israel's Legal and Humanitarian Duty
Israel denies even the most basic and vital provision of vaccines to Palestinians. The World Health Organization asked Israel informally to make the vaccine available for Palestinian health workers; Israel responded that due to shortages, they were not currently in a position to supply vaccines but would explore the option, despite surpassing the rest of the world in the rate at which it is vaccinating its people.
Despite the accolades, Israel's vaccination program cannot possibly be viewed as a success if it fails to vaccinate a large number of people – namely Palestinians – whom Israel has an obligation to vaccinate. If anything, this represents the gross failure of Israel's vaccination program.
Even if Israel was not the occupying power, with a legal obligation to vaccinate the people within those confines, as a country clearly with the capabilities to purchase and distribute vaccines – as Prime Minister Netanyahu has said "Israel is the world champion in vaccines" – Israel should be assisting those in its region who are struggling to gain vaccines.
New Zealand Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern has secured enough vaccines to ensure that everyone living in the Pacific Island nations will be covered. Australia has also made plans to ensure access to the vaccine in the Pacific Islands – and neither New Zealand nor Australia are engaging in a military occupation of these Pacific Island countries.
This is just what is done during times of global and regional need such as a pandemic. Countries should look out for those in their vicinity and all over the world who need assistance because we are all in this together – and that is before we even consider that Israel is actually obligated to do this under international law with respect to the occupied territories.
If the Palestinian Authority is able to obtain vaccines, which is challenging due to a lack of funds – there are reports that they may receive the vaccine from Russia but this has been stalled – then at the very least Israel must ensure these vaccines are not prevented from reaching Gaza due to border closures and the obstruction of medical supplies.
If Israel does not step in as it should to distribute vaccines to the occupied territories, then it is up to the international community to ensure that Palestinians have access to the vaccine. The Covax regime will only cover 20 percent of the population in the OPT and that will be the total coverage at the end of the program which will take time to deliver. This therefore leaves a considerable number of vulnerable people who will not receive the vaccine.
In particular, the two million people who reside in Gaza which has been deemed unlivable by UN experts, must receive the vaccine with urgency considering the blockaded nature of the enclave, which has resulted in a lack of medical care and medications. The people in Gaza must also have a high level of protection, not just the 20 percent offered by Covax to protect the community.
The World Health Organisation has said that it is coordinating with United Nations agencies to ensure the vaccine for Gaza but the extent of this assistance is uncertain at this stage particularly without the cooperation of Israel.
In the vacuum of real support from Israel, others such as the United Arab Emirates have provided assistance to Gaza in its effort to respond to COVID-19, including the provision of medical supplies and testing kits – and potentially vaccines. This is an interesting development in a period in which the UAE signed a controversial normalization deal with Israel. Qatar has also recently provided auxiliary COVID relief to the Gaza Strip.
Israel has said that if it has enough vaccines then it will "consider helping the Palestinian Authority." This is a strange and unfortunate statement because providing the vaccine to Palestinians isn't a choice for Israel nor will it be a benevolent act that should be applauded if Israel does assist the PA with vaccines – it is an obligation under international law.
Israel is ignoring its obligations to vaccinate those beyond its own population, rendering its "successful" vaccination rates that do not include Palestinians a shameful illustration of the complete disregard Israel has for Palestinian lives. It is not just in the best interests of Palestinians, but also Israel to urgently and comprehensively include Palestinians in its vaccination program in cooperation with Palestinian authorities.
Shannon Maree Torrens is an international and human rights lawyer from Sydney, Australia. She has worked at the United Nations international criminal tribunals and courts for the former Yugoslavia, Rwanda, Sierra Leone and Cambodia, and with the International Criminal Court. She holds a PhD in international criminal law from the University of Sydney. Twitter: @shannonmtorrens
This article has been updated in the light of further reporting on the response of the Israeli Ministry of Health to the WHO's informal request to supply Palestinians with COVID vaccines.


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Lately it seems like everyone and their mother is sick (except my mom because she has an incredible immune system…it's kind of annoying actually).
Anyway when I'm sick I'm a huge baby, I hate it so much I don't want to do anything except curl in a ball by the fire and watch the same episodes of law and order because I'm to weak (lazy*) to grab the remote and change the channel.
I live off of tea when I'm sick but not just any kind of tea…it's gotta be a green tea hot toddy. It's gotta have a little kick of whiskey in it. Don't look at me like that…it's not just because I love whiskey. It's because whiskey is actually good for your immune system believe it or not (in moderation of course). If you're feeling a little under the weather, give this recipe a try. It's sure to boost your immune system and make you feel all warm and fuzzy inside 🙂
Green Tea Hot Toddy Recipe
- 2 ounces good quality whiskey or bourbon (It's gotta be the good stuff!)
- 1 1/2 tablespoons honey
- 4 ounces water
- bag of green tea
- 2 teaspoons freshly squeezed lemon juice
- 1 slice fresh lemon as garnish
-Mix together whiskey, water, and lemon juice in a microwave safe bowl.
-Microwave for 1 minute, or until is is piping hot.
-Add tea bag and let steep for 3-5 minutes. Remove tea bag. Stir in the honey.
-Garnish with lemon slice, enjoy your green tea hot toddy, and feel better soon!
If you're not sick and bourbon is still your thing, try out this maple bourbon apple cider recipe…it's warm and delicious!


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Never Again: Important Museums and Memorials to Human Rights Disasters
The museums and memorials that chronicle the saddest chapters of the 20th century serve at least three essential functions: to tell the truth about what happened, to remember those who suffered, and to help prevent future atrocities through education and advocacy. Visiting any of the sites that follow is a distressing experience, and it shouldn't be undertaken lightly or, least of all, to satisfy a morbid curiosity. Instead, each of these informative, affecting, and important institutions should be used as a resource for promoting peace and defending human dignity. We've listed the museums and memorials according to the events they document, starting with the last decade of the 20th century and working back to its earliest years. If it's true that learning from the past makes its worst moments less likely to recur, these are the places with the most to teach us.
The remains of more than 250,000 people are interred at the Kigali Genocide Memorial in the Rwandan capital. By the most conservative estimates, that number is still only half the total of those slaughtered in the country's 1994 genocide targeting the Tutsi minority; some human rights groups say that more than a million were killed. The memorial center gives them a quiet burial place amid gardens and a Wall of Names listing known victims. Inside the facility, an audio tour (available in English) walks visitors through exhibits detailing the years of colonization and civil war leading up to the genocide, before documenting the violence with news images and video testimonies from survivors. Rows upon rows of snapshots of victims when they were alive, along with a section containing life-size photos of children who were killed, bear mute witness to stolen lives.
There was no escaping the written word in Apartheid-era South Africa. Identity papers, legal notices, and omnipresent warning signs were used to remind the country's nonwhite citizens of their second-class status and keep them out of restricted schools, jobs, and residential areas. Johannesburg's Apartheid Museum displays a multitude of those unsacred texts, as well as the weapons, tanks, and instruments of torture used on protesters and political prisoners when words failed to keep them in subjection (Apartheid was finally dismantled in the early '90s). For all the official writing exhibited at the museum, it's the images—such as South African Ernest Cole's unblinking black-and-white photographs (pictured) or film footage of Nelson Mandela leaving prison after 27 years—that linger. Another haunting memorial is Cape Town's District Six Museum, a time capsule preserving street signs, old photos, handwritten notes, clothes, and other personal belongings from a neighborhood of 60,000 that was demolished in the '70s.
A white headscarf was the symbol of the resistance during Argentina's Dirty War, which was waged by the ruling military dictatorship against actual and perceived dissidents from 1976 to 1983. The brave women known as the Mothers of the Plaza de Mayo, whose sons and daughters were tortured and executed by the regime, wore that headgear during weekly silent protests in front of the Casa Rosada presidential mansion in Buenos Aires. When you visit the plaza today, you'll see spray-painted white scarves marking the ground where the mothers gathered. In the city's northern Núñez neighborhood, a former naval facility (pictured) used as a secret detention center for the "disappeared" is now the Espacio Memoria y Derechos Humanos (Center for Memory and Human Rights). A museum takes visitors through the actual rooms where an estimated 5,000 prisoners were chained and beaten.
Another former prison, this one in Phnom Penh, is now a memorial and human rights museum. Originally a high school, Tuol Sleng was one of many sites where detainees were tortured and killed during the Khmer Rouge's brutal regime in Cambodia. Leader Pol Pot's campaign to reset the country to a "year zero" cleansed of ethnic homogeneity and anticommunism left more than a million people dead in just four years, 1975 to 1979. Today, stark cells and barbwire-lined walkways, all carved out of everyday classrooms, preserve how Tuol Sleng looked at the time. Paintings by former inmate Vann Nath, along with thousands of I.D. photos showing stunned, weary, and terror-stricken prisoners, represent those who suffered and died here. The peaceful White Lotus Room gives visitors a chance to reflect while watching twice-daily performances of traditional music.
Chilean dictator Augusto Pinochet was a master gaslighter, systematically covering up his crimes while convincing a large percentage of the populace that accusations of wrongdoing were made-up leftist propaganda. That makes the Museum of Memory and Human Rights in Santiago a vital recovery effort, finally exposing the facts about the killings, arrests without trial, and acts of torture carried out by Pinochet's military regime from 1973 to 1990. The damning documentary evidence is methodically presented across three levels and includes video clips, news photos, letters written from prison, and oral testimonies from survivors. The faces of victims are enshrined in a huge photo-mural with an accompanying interactive console through which you can learn their names and stories. Tales of violence and resilience are also related via a collection of arpilleras, colorful patchwork scenes made during the regime by artisans using cloth scraps and burlap.
In the countries of the former Soviet Union, reckoning with a history of state-sponsored violence has been fitful and fraught. Nowhere is that more true than in Russia, where creeping authoritarianism has encouraged a tendency to minimize Stalin's crimes. Still, Moscow's Gulag History State Museum does attempt an accurate depiction of the deathly labor camps in use from the 1930s to '50s, with prisoners' writings and tattered belongings illustrating how bleak conditions were (though the museum's narrow focus elides other Soviet barbarities). Elsewhere, Riga's Museum of the Occupation of Latvia; the Museum of Occupations and Freedom Fights (housed in a former KGB building) in Vilnius, Lithuania; and the House of Terror in Budapest relate the horrors of life under Soviet (and Nazi) occupation, albeit in a manner that critics say skips over the inhumane actions of local governments. Visit these with skepticism.
Pictured: re-creation of a gulag barracks at the Museum of the Occupation of Latvia
Only one building remained standing in central Hiroshima after the U.S. dropped a nuclear bomb on the city during World War II. The skeletal domed structure is now part of Hiroshima Peace Memorial Park, which also includes a museum detailing the unprecedented destruction brought to Hiroshima and Nagasaki in 1945. In addition to those events, the exhibit covers Hiroshima's long period of rebuilding and eventual emergence as a center of peace activism. Outside, a central stone arch (pictured) inscribed with the names of the victims stands near an eternal flame and monuments such as a statue of Sadako Sasaki, a 12-year-old girl who died from the effects of radiation exposure despite her belief that folding 1,000 origami cranes would somehow cure her. An enormous, multihued flock of paper fowl sent by people from around the world is displayed nearby.
The powerful sense of absence that personal objects evoke when removed from their owners has a shattering effect at the Auschwitz-Birkenau Memorial and Museum near Kraków, Poland. Located amid the original guard towers and barracks of two Nazi extermination camps—part of Hitler's program to destroy Jews and other non-Aryan groups—the museum houses a huge mass of items seized from detainees and found after the camps were liberated in 1945: eyeglasses, suitcases inscribed with the names of their owners, prayer shawls, striped camp uniforms, and mountains of decaying shoes. Of the dozens of non-site-specific institutions around the world dedicated to Holocaust research and remembrance, the most comprehensive is Yad Vashem in Jerusalem. Designed by Israeli architect Moshe Safdie to resemble a glass-and-concrete arrow cutting through Mount Herzl, the facility maintains an extensive archive and history museum with personal testimonies, photo portraits, art installations, and contemplative sites honoring the Holocaust's six million victims.
It has now been more than a century since the Ottoman Empire carried out systematic massacres and deportations of Armenians during and just after World War I, yet the government of Turkey still refuses to recognize those actions as genocidal. That lingering belligerence makes it all the more pressing to pay tribute to the 1.5 million people who were killed in mass executions and on death marches. Completed in 1967, the Tsitsernakaberd Memorial Complex in the Armenian capital of Yerevan features two hilltop reminders: a 44m (144-ft.)-high granite spire meant to symbolize the survival of the Armenian people and, next to it, a grouping of 12 inward-leaning basalt slabs huddled around an eternal flame. An adjoining museum recounts the history of the catastrophe. From the terrace, you can see Mount Ararat—another important landmark in Armenia's cultural identity.
The National Memorial for Peace and Justice (pictured) in Montgomery, Alabama centers on a walkway with 800 weathered steel columns. Each slab is inscribed with the name of a U.S. county where lynchings have taken place as well as with the names of African Americans murdered there by angry mobs and other enforcers of white supremacy. The walkway slopes downward so that eventually the columns are hanging overhead, recalling "black bodies swinging in the southern breeze," as Billie Holiday sang in "Strange Fruit." An accompanying museum displays photos and artifacts, such as jars of soil collected at lynching sites, and situates the violence in a context of injustice that began with slavery and continued through peonage, Jim Crow discrimination, and on to mass incarceration. Elsewhere in the U.S., the story of African American struggles and triumphs is told at landmarks and institutions such as the National Civil Rights Museum in Memphis and the National Museum of African American History and Culture in Washington, D.C.


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How Many Passengers Can a Boeing 747 Hold?
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The number of passengers a Boeing 747 can hold depends on the model of the plane and the class configuration used, according to Boeing. With a typical three-class configuration, the Boeing 747-400 can hold 416 passengers. With a typical two-class configuration, it can hold 524.
Bloomberg notes that the Boeing 747-400 model was the most common of the Boeing passenger jets before being largely replaced by Boeing 777s and planes made by other manufacturers, such as the Airbus SAS A380s. The relatively poor fuel efficiency of the Boeing 747-400 was one of the major reasons for the decline in the model's popularity.


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Failed vista image upload help
Hey guys new here, I created 2 vista images, 1 on desktop and 1 laptop. Laptop is failing and looking for help as to why. Attaching pic of message.
@Tom-Elliott Ok, well after upgrading to svn 2096, I am still unable to deploy a vista image to this laptop. I reuploaded the image just to make sure and still no go
Yes. Change the user to root and my guess is your root user does not have a password set. So make it just two single quotes. You will need to edit the .fogsettings file as it will pull in the info for the update. Edit the fogsettings file and then rerun the installer.
@Tom-Elliott That must have been what it was, I deleted the username and password in the .fogsettings file and it now works
@Tom-Elliott This is from my .fogsettings file
do I need to delete the username and password here?
Full fledged server
@the_duke are you installing a node or a full fledged fog server?
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@the_duke going on a limb that the db has a root user and password?
@Tom-Elliott apache is fine, just the database update failing
@Tom-Elliott same thing
@the_duke please rerun the installer in whole. My guess is the Config file is not present as it failed to even restart Apache before.
@Tom-Elliott Ok, now it restarted the apache2, but when I go to my web gui to update/install database schema, I get the update/installed failed
@the_duke now run
sudo a2dissite 001-fog. Then rerun
sudo service apache2 restart
@Tom-Elliott Here is what it it is saying now:
Restarting web server apache2 [fail]
- The apache2 configtest failed.
Output of config test was:
AH00526: Syntax error on line 12 of /etc/apache2/sites-enabled/001-fog.conf:
SSLCertificateFile: file '/var/www/fog/management/other/ssl/srvpublic.crt' does not exist or is empty
Action 'configtest' failed.
The Apache error log may have more information.
- The apache2 configtest failed.
@the_duke can you reboot?
@Tom-Elliott Tried that too, here's the output of that:
jcsadmin@jcstest69:~$ sudo service apache2 restart
- Restarting web server apache2 [fail]
- There are processes named 'apache2' running which do not match your pid file which are left untouched in the name of safety, Please review the situation by hand.
@Tom-Elliott sorry the sudo apache2 restart should've been sudo service apache2 restart
@Tom-Elliott Ok, installed revision 2096 and apache2 still failed. I then ran the commands that you posted and here is what came out:
Module authz_default already disabled
Module authz_default already disabled
ERROR: Module mem_cached does not exist!
jcsadmin@jcstest69:~$ sudo a2enmod authz_core
Module authz_core already enabled
jcsadmin@jcstest69:~$ sudo apache2 restart
Usage: apache2 [-D name] [-d directory] [-f file]
[-C "directive"] [-c "directive"]
[-k start|restart|graceful|graceful-stop|stop]
[-v] [-V] [-h] [-l] [-L] [-t] [-T] [-S] [-X]
-D name : define a name for use in <IfDefine name> directives
-d directory : specify an alternate initial ServerRoot
-f file : specify an alternate ServerConfigFile
-C "directive" : process directive before reading config files
-c "directive" : process directive after reading config files
-e level : show startup errors of level (see LogLevel)
-E file : log startup errors to file
-v : show version number
-V : show compile settings
-h : list available command line options (this page)
-l : list compiled in modules
-L : list available configuration directives
-t -D DUMP_VHOSTS : show parsed vhost settings
-t -D DUMP_RUN_CFG : show parsed run settings
-S : a synonym for -t -D DUMP_VHOSTS -D DUMP_RUN_CFG
-t -D DUMP_MODULES : show all loaded modules
-M : a synonym for -t -D DUMP_MODULES
-t : run syntax check for config files
-T : start without DocumentRoot(s) check
-X : debug mode (only one worker, do not detach)
To fix those issues run:
sudo a2dismod authz_default authz_default mem_cached; sudo a2enmod authz_core;sudo apache2 restart;
@Tom-Elliott Yes I did, I'll do this now