![]() ![]() As these reforms were implemented, life expectancy in Ireland would rise to more than fifty years by the turn of the century. Within five years, mass starvation would contribute to the deaths of over one million people on the island, while a further one million would emigrate this also created a legacy of emigration from Ireland, which saw the population continue to fall until the mid-1900s, and the total population of the island is still well below its pre-famine level of 8.5 million people.įollowing the end of the Great Famine, life expectancy would begin to gradually increase in Ireland, as post-famine reforms would see improvements in the living standards of the country’s peasantry, most notably the Land Wars, a largely successful series of strikes, boycotts and protests aimed at reform of the country's agricultural land distribution, which began in the 1870s and lasted into the 20 th century. ![]() Additionally, authorities forcefully redirected much of the country's surplus grain to the British mainland, which exacerbated the situation. ![]() The famine came as a result of a Europe-wide potato blight, which had a disproportionally devastating impact on the Irish population due to the dependency on potatoes (particularly in the south and east), and the prevalence of a single variety of potato on the island that allowed the blight to spread faster than in other areas of Europe. However, this figure would see a dramatic decline with the beginning of the Great Famine in 1845, and dropped below 21 years in the second half of the decade (in 1849 alone, life expectancy fell to just 14 years). At the beginning of the 1840s, life expectancy from birth in Ireland was just over 38 years. ![]()
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![]() ![]() How does funding work? How do boards function? How are programs administered on a day-to-day basis? How is community advocacy done or community building? What does outreach entail? Theory is applied to practice, resulting in more prepared students. But they also have a chance to broaden their skills to match organizational needs, work alongside administration and staff, provide direct service, programming, evaluation, and more. Obviously, students gain invaluable experience just working inside a community-based organization. At the end of the semester and internship experience, interns have created a portfolio that documents all the work at their internship site. This seminar allows students to share experiences and gain clarity as they reflect on their internship work. ![]() The internship is accompanied by a weekly group seminar led by Lesley faculty who have expertise in the field. Center on Information and Research on Civic Learning and Engagement, Tufts University.The De Cordova Museum and Sculpture Park.Recently, students have completed internships at places such as: Often, it's what takes the student to the next step in their career. Program faculty consider the internship experience to be one of the cornerstones of the program, a critical step for successfully preparing a student for work in the community. Internships have taken place in Massachusetts and surrounding states. One of the most important and exciting courses is a required one-semester, 150-hour internship at a location related to the student’s specialization or learning goals. in Arts, Community, and Education program, students interested in arts-based community work and research get training in essential skills such as researching community needs, writing grant proposals, fundraising, culturally responsive arts administration leadership, and building community support through equity, access and inclusion. ![]() ![]() Incompatible with strong oxidizing agents,strong acids. Appearance: Colourless crystals or white powder OU Chemical Safety Data (No longer updated) More details.Hannover, Institut für Organische Chemie der Universität. Experimental Density: 4.072 g/mL Alfa Aesar 10924, 12117, 12887, 87635 Cesium carbonate: A powerful inorganic base in organic synthesis.2 It is employed as base for the Heck coupling reaction of 4-trifluoromethyl-1-chlorobenzene 3 and aryl chlorides. 1 It is a potential chemoselective catalyst for the reduction of aldehydes and ketones to alcohols. ![]() Very soluble in 100?C water Kaye & Laby (No longer updated) Cesium carbonate is a powerful inorganic base widely used in organic synthesis. Soluble in ether Kaye & Laby (No longer updated) Soluble in ethanol Kaye & Laby (No longer updated) ![]()
![]() ![]() Under "Basics," users can crop and rotate images, Auto Correct for one-touch editing, or fix exposure, red eyes, small touchup, or saturation. The several options at the top of the screen gives users the chance to see the results of their edits before saving. These options are very beginner-friendly – in the white balance, for example, small icons show users which sort of light they are correcting for, like sunny, cloudy, or indoor lighting. Under the "Tuning" heading, users can fix white balance, highlights, fill light, sharpen, or soften focus. It’s a little redundant, but doesn’t clutter the screen. When highlighting a photo, several of these options can also be found at the bottom of the screen, marked by icons: Create Album, Edit Photo, E-mail Photo, and Delete Photo. Clicking on it brings up the options: Edit Photo, Rotate Right, Rotate Left, Revert (to original image), E-mail Photo, Link, Embed, Download, Use As Album Cover, Use As Profile Image, Use as Gallery Background, Remove From Album, and Remove From Library. Hovering over an image brings up a "Photo Options" menu. ![]() Images can be viewed as a single image with remaining images horizontally at the top of the screen, a grid of images, or a table of information (image on left with date taken, date posted, date modified, width and height, and rating on the right).Ĭaptions can be added under the images, and a rating of 1 to 5 stars can be given. Images can also be sorted by Date, Caption, or Rating. On the main "My Photos" page, a scroll bar at the top allows viewers to adjust the view of their images, making them larger or smaller. With the Facebook option, users can reload the edited images and drop them right back into their original Facebook album, although it doesn’t replace the old, unedited version. Users can log into their Facebook, Photobucket, and Picasa accounts right in the Express window, and can then edit photos on those sites. Interesting to note is Photoshop Express’ compatibility with other networking sites. ![]() ![]() There are two big selector buttons on the main interface, which allow one to either compress or decompress data. Choose to either zip or unzip files, and preview their content with a capable archive visualizer Bandizip Portable aims at impressing users with a compression and decompression tool that sports a comprehensive format compatibility list, coupled with intuitive handling for keeping things accessible. Nowadays, there’s increasing availability and diversity for such apps, therefore standing out in such a pool usually takes something different. With “Fast Drag & Drop”, “High Speed Archiving”, and “Code Page” functions, BandiZip might be the sensation in archiving software market.īack in the days when floppy disks roamed the digital world and file archives were just emerging concepts, there wasn’t much choice in terms of compression software. BandiZip has “Code Page”, and it will allow you to select a language in archive without breaking international characters. It will increase the extraction speed dramatically.Īnother advantage of BandiZip is that it supports Unicode system perfectly. BandiZip’s “Fast Drag & Drop” function does not use temporary folder, and it just extracts to the targeted folder directly. It will increase the archiving speed dramatically.Ī number of file archiving software extract files to temporary folder, and then it copies the files to the targeted folder. Bandizip’s “High Speed Archiving” function will allow you to compress or bypass the files its own algorithm. These files are hard to compress and sometimes the file size could be bigger than the original one. ![]() ![]() When you archive multimedia files (AVI, WMV, MP3…) or archived files (ZIP, RAR, 7Z…), you can’t get good compression results. Bandizip has very fast Zip algorithm for compression & extraction by “Fast Drag and Drop” and “High Speed Archiving” function. BandiZip supports for ZIP, 7Z, RAR, ALZ, EGG, TAR, BH, LZH, GZ, BZ2, ISO, CAB, WIM, XZ, ARJ, and Z archives files and users can create self-extracting files (.EXE) and multi-volume (split) archives files. BandiZip Portable is an intuitive and fast archiving application that supports WinZip, 7-Zip, and WinRAR, as well as other archive formats. ![]() ![]() ![]() The only people I've ever met who believe that Discord is better know nothing of TS and have 0% experience in server administration on the front or back end. Give me a break guys, git gud if you want to compete with TS. Also, who in their right mind makes an invitation link default to unlimited uses for 30 minutes only? As if everyone out there is paying attention to their DM's enough that they would always be online to accept the link in that amount of time. In which case you're probably a loser with no life so you have fun getting back on a server while the rest of us have fun with ours. With Teamspeak you can easily lock your server down so that it's impossible for anyone to defeat a ban without spending an insane amount of time on it. I own a couple Discord servers and the two programs don't even function in the same universe of permissions excellence.Īdministration of Teamspeak is the most powerful out there hands down, from a security perspective Discord bans and kicks are easily defeated. Roles in Discord is like trying to survive without all of your major organs in Teamspeak. Who even creates a program that requires special connection instances to run scripts and shit? With TS you can simply connect a plugin or addon or extra coding on the server itself that doesn't require you to mooch off of your girlfriends pc to run a bot. Talk about broke as hell and unintuitive.īots. I mean seriously, who makes an account locked to 1 name on all servers without being able to do anything more than this stupid nickname of theirs? I have 5 different names I use depending on the game genre and most people don't use the same name across genres. And it's just barely been released and yet it's already better with all of it's bugs. MyTeamspeak is far superior to a Discord account. You will be astounded at the diffference. If you need an explanation then I think you should do some research first to see the difference. Yes Teamspeak costs you but you'd be crazy to think that the company isn't sacrificing a lot of profits by keeping it as cheap as it is for the features it offers. While still having less than 50% of the power of TS. I'm an overqualified Sales Operations Specialist and I've run the numbers on their business model and eventually it will be similar if not more expensive than TS. Their QA is virtually non existent and it's free services aren't going to last, eventually they will have to start charging for things. ![]() In this case you get what you pay for, Discord offers a lot of fancy promises and dreams for the future but they are short on competency and working builds. Whereas Teampseak so rarely crashes that most servers stay up a full year plus without breaking a sweat if a competent admin is at the con. I am on a lot of servers for it and am constantly seeing problems with text messages posting quickly or at all, voice going in and out like crazy, not to mention servers completely failing. STABILITY STABILITY STABILITY! Teamspeak's uptimes embarrass Discords. ![]() Click here for a list of other gaming subreddits. Posts and comments, whether in jest or with malice, that contain racist, sexist, homophobic content, threats, or other forms of toxicity will be removed, regardless of popularity or relevance.įor a more detailed explanation of these rules, click here. No referral, affiliate, livestream, and/or survey links.ĭiscussion Prompts must be submitted as self/text posts, not as image posts. This is not the place to spam your channel or stream. No screenshots of websites or Twitter.įollow the rules of promotion. No general URL shorteners (bitly, tinyurl, etc). ![]() Submit only the original source of the content. No Giveaways / Trades / Contests / Items for sale / Donation Requests / Crypto anything Cosplay posts from content creators who focus primarily is adult content will be removed. Mark your spoilers and NSFW submissions, comments and links. Posting guidelines: No bandwagon/raid/"pass it on" or direct reply posts, Posts must be in English, Pictures of children may be removed due to safety concerns, No "ragebait" posts Note that we do not allow non-gaming meme templates as submissions. Submissions must be directly gaming-related, not just a "forced" connection via the title or a caption added to the content. Directly messaging individual moderators may result in a temporary ban. Only message the team via the link above. Please comment around before posting.ĭo NOT private message or use reddit chat to contact moderators about moderator actions. Please note, you are required to have some r/gaming Community Karma to make a post. Simply message the moderators and ask us to look into it. If your submission does not appear, do not delete it. ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() The result is modern graphics cards with highly parallelized GPUs to quickly calculate surfaces and textures at high frame rates. ATI, NVIDIA and Co had to put enormous FPU processing power into their GPUs to meet these demands. It has been gamer’s demand for more and more highly detailed 3D worlds in modern ego shooters, that has fostered GPU development. OpenCL allows us to take advantage of the enormous power of modern graphics cards. However, there are conditions and certain modules where you feel (or hear from the howling of your CPU fan) how much your poor multi-core processor has to struggle. If you run a current version of darktable on a modern computer, you might not even notice any “slowness”. This is slower than “ordinary” 8 or 16bit integer algebra, but eliminates all problems of tonal breaks or loss of information.Ī lot of hand optimization has been invested to make darktable as fast as possible. Our decision to not compromise processing quality, has led to all calculations being done on 4 × 32bit floating point numbers. Both, in terms of memory requirements and in terms of CPU power, getting the best out of a typical 15, 20 or 25 Megapixel image can quickly bring your computer to its limits.ĭarktable’s requirements are no exception. Processing high resolution images belongs to the more demanding tasks in modern computing. As we still lack a detailed documentation of that topic, please find here a few explanations and howtos. Many readers will have already heard about GPU processing and the fact that darktable can make use of OpenCL to improve performance. ![]() ![]() ![]() In the first half of 2021, Vox Media has seen a shift in advertisers becoming more willing to do a do a direct buy, like a branded content deal, and supplement it with programmatic buying. We see that with advertisers like Target who spends more than 90% through private channels, and recently Walmart, HP and L’Oreal who have grown to almost 70% private.”Īt the same time, as advertisers push more money into the programmatic private market, they are increasingly not seeing programmatic versus direct buying as an either-or proposition. “2020 forced an evolution of brand strategies that prioritized higher quality inventory and specific guarantees that comes with private deals. “It feels like we’re really moving to the ‘Year of Private,’” said Jamie Calandruccio, svp of product marketing and partnerships at Operative, in an email. In the first half of 2021, the average CPM for display and video impressions sold privately, including through programmatic guaranteed and programmatic direct deals, was $6.77 versus $1.95 for impressions sold in the programmatic open marketplace, according to the data from Operative and STAQ. Helping to fuel the rebound has been advertisers moving more money from the programmatic open market to the private market where impressions can sell for four times the price because of inventory assurance that the private market provides. publishers’ programmatic revenues and ad CPMs through the first half of 2021 have exceeded their year-over-year comparisons for not only 2020 but also 2019, according to benchmarking data from ad tech provider Operative and its subsidiary STAQ. We saw that recovery in the second half and it’s continued through now,” said one publishing executive. “2020, for us, programmatic was the canary in the coal mine. However, the pandemic may have been the bigger immediate catalyst in improving publishers’ programmatic relationships with advertisers.Īs advertisers tightened their purse strings to manage the economic impacts of the pandemic, they leaned on purchasing standard ad formats, like banner ads as well as in-stream and out-stream video ads, programmatically because of the familiarity and reliability of the ad formats and the flexibility of the buying method. With the third-party cookie on its way out (eventually), advertisers are increasingly accepting that they need to work more closely with publishers that have the audience data to inform who will see a brand’s ads and that can ensure an advertiser knows what inventory they’re buying. Even at that, it took the cookie collapse to really push this control back into our court.” “It’s taken us this long to figure out how to regain that control. Having direct relationships with advertisers for programmatic sales “is what we’ve been fighting for since 2015 when the myth of programmatic was first busted and said, ‘Why shouldn’t we buy you in the open auction?’” said Scott Messer, svp of media at Leaf Group. And over the past year and a half, they have moved ever closer to that promised land. So they’ve been trying to work their way back to reestablishing direct relationships with advertisers while taking advantage of the efficiencies of automation. They may have provided the inventory on which the programmatic ad market is built, but the influx of intermediaries - from demand- and supply-side platforms to ad exchanges and agency trading desks - put them on the outskirts. Not only have programmatic ad prices rebounded to exceed pre-pandemic marks, but publishers are enjoying more direct dealings with advertisers purchasing their inventory programmatically through private channels.įor the better part of the past decade, publishers have tried to protect their positions in the programmatic ad ecosystem. Publishers have absorbed the hits of the pandemic and the third-party cookie’s eventual demise, and they found the two to have actually put their programmatic advertising businesses in a better place. BDG buys Some Spider Studios, Vice Media’s SPAC talks hit a lull, AT&T nears a sale of Xandr, newsrooms resist office return plans and more.3 questions with Just Women’s Sports’ Haley Rosen.Publishers look to beef up their editorial, tech and advertising teams.This week’s Media Briefing looks at how the pandemic and the cookie’s eventual demise have created the conditions for the programmatic ad market that publishers have been pushing for, with a shift to private buying coinciding with prices pushing past pre-pandemic levels. ![]() ![]() ![]() Boards that are intended for more accomplished riders can be challenging for newbies to ride. This watersport requires different wakesurfing boards and models according to skill level. ![]() If you are starting with wakesurfing, pick the “beginner boards” like Connelly Voodoo Wakesurf Board. Outboard motors do not feature protected fan blades, therefore presenting a risk to the rider. Outboard engine boats mean the engine is mounted externally to the back of the boat. Remember that boats with an outboard engine are not appropriate for Wakesurf. These boats have their engine near the back of it like Super Air Nautique G23. The best vessels for wakesurfing are the V-drive boats. Most beginners may ask – can you Wakesurf behind any boat? Although an old ship is not dismissed for wakesurfing, certain boats are designed to go above and beyond in making waves. ![]() Wake generator or more commonly known as the boat.Like most activities, you need to prepare yourself with everything you need before hopping on the adventure. Now that you get the idea of wakesurfing responsibly, it’s time for the nitty-gritty of wakesurfing. This reminder goes hand in hand with the first in this list, in ensuring to keep our waterways beautiful. Wakes and waves are optimized in deep waters and towards the middle of the lake is where the deep waters are.Īside from that, keeping away from the docks keep boat wakes diminishing soon enough, minimizing any adverse effects when they reach the shore. Staying at least 200 feet away from the coast provides you the benefit of getting the perfect wakes and waves. Be extra considerate during mornings and late evenings. Some Wakesurf spots are near residential areas, and homeowners might need some quiet. When wakesurfing, be mindful of the time and situation. While water activities and loud tunes are best partners, it may not always be the case. To most riders, the thrill of hitting the waves is better accompanied by marine audio stereos. Don’t worry the spot won’t leave and will still be there when you get back. Move to another location and return after a period. Pause for a while and allow the spot to collect itself. However, keep in mind that continuously riding the same line can harm shores and docks.Īfter a while of driving back and forth, you may have whipped up the waters. This opportunity tempts us to ride it repeatedly, considering there is no one else waiting to surf it. Wakesurfing allows us to ride our own tide sans the presence of other riders. Keep in mind these three Wakesurf manners every time you ride: 1. Wakesurfing responsibly is allowing yourself to have a good time but still respecting other boaters and homeowners nearby. The first thing you have to remember, as with surfing, is to Wakesurf responsibly. Wakesurf is technically still surfing, except for being towed and waves practically laid out to the rider. Many wakesurfers also began to use devices fixed to the board to secure their feet in place. They have progressively shortened in length as they took a page from windsurfing. The debate came from print media showing surfers riding behind motorboats between the 1950s and 1960s, and surfboard manufacturers claiming to have built wake-specific boards in the mid-60s.Īlthough the difference of opinion is still present, there is no doubt its popularity continued with the board’s evolution for Wakesurf. Its origins are slightly disputed, with different groups and companies declaring to create this sport. Wakesurf’s history dates as far back as the 1920s. Riders who are into this sport use unique boards mostly that are designed explicitly for wakes. ![]() The rider then pushes through the steep face below the wave’s peak, similar to surfing. As soon as the rider gets up stable on the wave, usually with a tow rope, the rope gets dropped. The rider relies on the boat’s wake without being directly dragged by the boat. Wakesurf is an adrenalin-packed water activity that involves a rider trailing behind a boat. With the board towing, it seems as if the ride is laid back. It looks quite simple – a board, a tow rope, and a boat. One of the water sports that have become increasingly popular in recent years is Wakesurf or wakesurfing. ![]() ![]() ![]() Similar to online course hubs like Udemy or Skillshare, but exclusively for Blender, professional artists from the Blender Foundation community like Julien Kaspar and Gleb Alexandrov take their time to explain the inner workings of Blender, investigating every topic possible from 3D modeling and basic animation, to expert sculpting, shader creation, and full-blown film production breakdowns. ![]() Training Courses, Workshops and Production Lessons Here’s a brief but expansive look at what this platform has to offer. This platform is also a continuation of the foundation’s belief in community by creating a space where all users, from hobbyists to industry professionals, can make and share projects. Today, it has expanded its offerings into a comprehensive list of content and services aimed at helping all levels of users master the system to its fullest potential.Īs a subscription-based service, Blender Cloud guarantees its members access to all Blender Institute training and production sessions, all Open Movies files, and many more essential features, like: What Is Blender Cloud?īlender Cloud was originally designed as an educational platform to help further promote the Blender software in an already competitive industry and raise funds for the not-for-profit Blender Foundation. Keep reading to find out more about what’s included in that monthly fee to help you decide whether or not it’s worth signing up for. While there are plenty of free and paid training options available from third-parties, there is also Blender Cloud.įor around $10 a month, the service provides access to a massive amount of training content curated and created by Blender’s official institute. The system is quite intuitive on its own, but that doesn’t mean there isn’t a need for additional training tools and support guides to grow your skills. ![]() As a free, open-source software for 3D modeling and animation, Blender has democratized the industry to a generation of aspiring designers, architects, and animators. ![]() |
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