In cases where no presidential candidate wins a majority of electoral votes, the Constitution sends the vote to the House of Representatives. But to win the presidency, you need more than a plurality (the most electoral votes), you need a majority (more than half), and Jackson was 32 electoral votes shy of the mark. When the votes were tallied, Andrew Jackson won a plurality of both the popular vote and the Electoral College. This is the first of two occasions when the man ultimately elected president first lost both the popular vote and the electoral vote.īack in 1824, there were four contenders for the presidency, all members of the same Democratic-Republican party: Andrew Jackson, John Quincy Adams, William Crawford and Henry Clay. John Quincy Adams, 6th president of the United States. Take a look at all five times a president won the White House while losing the popular vote. But if their opponent wins a bunch of smaller states by tight margins, he or she could still win the Electoral College. For example, if one candidate wins by large percentages in a handful of very populous states, for example, they’ll probably win the popular vote. Since most states (48 plus Washington, D.C.) award all of their electoral votes to the person who wins the statewide popular vote, it’s mathematically possible to win more electoral votes while still losing the popular vote. California, a much more populous state, has 53 representatives in the House, but each of those congressmen and women represent more than 700,000 Californians. Wyoming, for example, has one House representative for all of its roughly 570,000 residents. This guaranteed minimum means that states with smaller populations end up having greater representation in the Electoral College per capita. Electors are apportioned according to the population of each state, but even the least populous states are constitutionally guaranteed a minimum of three electors (one representative and two senators). States are allotted electoral votes based on the number of representatives they have in the House plus their two senators. To win a modern presidential election, a candidate needs to capture 270 of the 538 total electoral votes. READ MORE: What Is the Electoral College and Why Was It Created? Instead, Article II, section I of the Constitution provides for the indirect election of the nation’s highest offices by a group of state-appointed “electors.” Collectively, this group is known as the Electoral College. president and vice president aren’t elected by direct popular vote. But in five incredibly close elections-including those for two of the past three presidents-the winner of the Electoral College was in fact the loser of the popular vote. Of the 58 presidential elections in the history of the United States, 53 of the winners took both the Electoral College and the popular vote.
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Harmony park safari in huntsville10/3/2023 The owner said she was hoping to reopen it next year. A bit disappointing (to me) was the petting zoo was closed due to Covid. The Zebras were off site while birthing their young. There were lots of deer and Emus, horses, goats, ostriches, peacocks, some lamas, turtles & tortoises, a Chanel, a giraffe, a gator, and probably many more I’ve left off. Needless to say, we went through the park 3 times and got one refill. You could get refills on the same day for an additional $5.00. She had the most fun.EVER! Admission was $11 each and a bucket of food was $10. We took our Granddaughter to her “first ever” safari park - the Harmony Park Safari. I did like the fact that there wasn’t a bunch of walking and getting dirty. We did have to go to the car wash to remove some mud and mouth smudges and to vacuum out the car. Several of the animals had huge horns and did come up against our car but we escaped unscathed thankfully. If your window is rolled down they are coming in face first! I thought I was fast enough but had a donkey in my face and dumped my pet food all over the inside of our car. The steers, donkeys, llamas, deer, ponies, yaks, etc, etc., come right up to your car to get food pellets from you. Once we did get up there the girl taking entrance fees was very friendly and advised they were not offering the Jeep rentals because of the virus so you were taking a risk to drive a nice car through. That took ONE HOUR! We just sat and occasionally moved a foot or two. There was no way to exit until you got to the paying gate. We pulled in and you see immediately “in line” and are stuck. We were in Huntsville for the weekend and our driving through the mountains and saw this in google. We had no idea what we were getting into here. Maybe one day we will be back in the area and the reptile exhibits will be available. Overall this is a great experience with more variety of animals than a petting zoo. We got stuck for a little bit by a large bull who was drinking water but eventually he got bored and moved. You are entering the main enclosure and are subject to what the animals are wanting to do. The giraffe, camel and tortoise seemed isolated in small pens. The cons- as some have pointed out the conditions of the enclosures we saw aren’t the best. Kids love activities like this and ours definitely did. Went through twice after wanting a refill on the bucket. We escaped relatively unharmed, minus the zebra that was chewing on our door handle? Now who can say they’ve had that happen? We’ve only seen something like this in Canada (Parc Omega) so we found this fun. We didn’t ask about car rentals due to COVID, but we did know the risk of using our car. It was only open for drive through due to COVID. We found it and decided to check it out with an 8 and 6 year old and a baby. This experience has positive and negative aspects. Skyrim reshade vs enb10/3/2023 Of course manual tweaking of configuration file must be done, it's up to you. If you wish to modify some game, download several versions of ENBSeries and try them all, which will look better, without graphic artifacts and with as much effects as possible. Versions for TES Skyrim, GTA 4, Deus Ex Human Revolution are not working as generic for different games. Old versions of ENBSeries may work with many games which are using direct3d8 or direct3d9 (dx8, dx9), newest versions in most cases will not work for other games, as they are hardcoded to be compatible with one game only or games which use same game engine without much changes. Convertors to dx10 or d11 are useless, because graphic modifications not existing for them. At this moment only direct3d8 to direct3d9 (dx8 to dx9) convertor is done, but i'm still planning to create versions for dx5,6,7 and opengl. Some versions of convertor included in graphic mods, check them also if target game won't work properly with convertor you are using. Graphic modifications do not have patch code in most cases, unless specified in documentation, they are changing graphic effects of the games and adding new effects, so they are decrease frame rate.Ĭonvertor is special library which translate old graphic technologies to newest supported by ENBSeries, convertor standalone do not add any graphic effect. For example, patches for Silent Hill Homecoming, Deus Ex Human Revolution and TES Skyrim may help to reduce lags, stuttering, crashes, bsods, increase performance, fix strange bugs on single core cpu systems. Patch is fixing specific bugs in the game it was developed for, but some of my patches work with other games, because frequently game developers do the same mistakes. This is hardly the least important tool on this list, but it’s necessary to understand before we take a look at some of the best presets available online.ENBSeries graphic modifications and patches are different. So most people prefer downloading presets uploaded by other users. While playing around with the program’s settings will eventually give you the perfect look for you, this can be a very time consuming trial-and-error process. It lets you tweak several effects like chromatic aberration, lighting, and a whole other slew of visual options. ReShade isn’t exactly a mod, but a graphics injector that works on many games. The sheer amount of variety can make modding appear to be a daunting task, so I’ve put together this list ranking all the best graphic-enhancing mods that can make your game more aesthetically pleasing.īut I’ve also dropped in a few options for the hardcore mod-enthusiasts out there too. This is generally achieved with a combination of tweaked graphic effects and updated textures in the form of custom content, either hyper-realistic or following the game’s original clay-like art style. They stay hard at work improving the game’s functionality, and more importantly, its looks. Luckily, Sims lovers in the fandom have always been a fertile breeding ground for passionate modders. Despite enjoying great popularity and still getting new content packs, The Sims 4 has been out for almost six years now.Īnd the graphics have begun to show their age despite the game’s cartoonish style slowing the process(and everyone waiting for Sims 5 details). Knotless box braids on short hair10/3/2023 “Knotless braids are considered a protective style and work to protect the hair from damaging situations such as drying weather climates and high-manipulation styling,” says Whitney White, hairstylist and co-founder of Melanin Haircare. Knotless Braids Help Keep Your Natural Hair Healthy “Traditional braids create more tension on the hair, while knotless braids are weightless,” she says. It is usually very tight and can cause breakage.” Master hairstylist and content creator Pearl Ransome agrees. “This can sometimes be irritating to the scalp. “With traditional box braids, the braiding hair is wrapped around the client's hair, forming a knot that sits on top of the scalp,” Foster explains. The difference between knotless box braids and traditional box braids, well, is the knot. The Difference Between Knotless Braids and Traditional Box Braids Knotless braids are a variation of box braids. “It gives the appearance of a natural braid coming out of the scalp.” She notes that they generally lay flat to the scalp and aren’t big and bulky. “Knotless braids are single extension braids where the client’s hair is braided first and is added to the braid,” Foster says. Pearl Ransome is a master braider, content creator, and ambassador for Red by Kiss.įirst, let’s get to the bottom of this celebrity-favorite braiding style. Whitney White is a hairstylist and co-founder of Melanin Haircare. If you’re thinking knotless box braids might be perfect for your next protective style, we broke down everything you need to know from three professionals in the field of natural hair and braided hairstyles.Ībout the Experts: Courtney Fosteris a licensed cosmetologist, certified hair loss practitioner, and educator with more than 10 years of styling experience. The beloved protective style can be worn in hundreds of different ways, including a high ponytail, half-up, half-down, an updo, or just down. No matter the knotless braids hairstyle, it looks good for any occasions, whether hanging at home, out to brunch with friends, or getting photos taken by the paparazzi on the red carpet.Īlthough knotless box braids are generally installed the same way, that doesn’t mean all looks are similar. The braided hairstyle can be styled in a variety of different ways, catering to your personal style. Knotless box braids are endlessly popular for a good reason. Install android ndk windows10/3/2023 There are multiple builds available, with different terms and support options. It is the official reference implementation of Java SE since version 7. The implementation is licensed under the GNU General Public License version 2 with a linking exception. It is the result of an effort Sun Microsystems began in 2006. OpenJDK is a free and open-source implementation of the Java Platform, Standard Edition. I’ll show you how to install that here, but if you use a different JDK that will be different for you. Also, I switched to AdoptOpenJDK instead of the traditional Oracle JDK. 10.3 Rio changed the versions of the SDK and NDK that it uses, so this guide won’t work with other versions. This assumes you already have RAD Studio, Delphi, or C++Builder 10.3 Rio already installed. So this is a great way to troubleshoot installation issues. I also occasionally run into people who are having trouble getting things installed for various reasons. Not to say you can’t do all of that with the automatic install, but sometimes it is nice to get your hands dirty. Also, this allows you to share SDKs between multiple installations, and also place the tools like ADB on your path for easy use. I’m a big believer in understanding the way the underlying systems work, and installing this way is more work, but you are able to see how everything works together. Still, sometimes it is nice to be able to manually install everything, which brings me to this guide. When you hit "Return" the text should be displayed in white text.10.3 Rio’s installer (I use and recommend the EXE/web over the ISO, since it is faster and more flexible) does a fantastic job of installing and setting everything up for Android development, without requiring any manual steps. Paste the path ("CMD-V" on Mac OS X or "Ctrl-V" on Windows) into the Android SDK field. Open the Projucer application and navigate to menu item Projucer > Global Search Paths. /Users/username/Library/Android/sdk (on Mac OS X)Ĭopy this path from the SDK Manager window to your clipboard ("CMD-C" on Mac OS X or "Ctrl-C" on Windows).C:\Users\username\AppData\Local\Android\sdk (on Windows).The path will be something like this (where "username" is your user name): The location of the Android SDK is shown at top of the SDK Manager window. (If you are not familiar with the Projucer, you may wish to refer to Tutorial: Projucer Part 1: Getting started with the Projucer.) To do this we need to know where the Android SDKs (and the NDK) are installed. Now that Android Studio, the Android SDKs, and the Android NDK are installed we can configure the Projucer to create JUCE-based Android Studio projects for us. It is fine to install additional items if you wish. This is shown in the following screenshot.Įnsure that at least the items that are shown selected in the screenshot above are selected on your system (on either Windows or Mac OS X). This is done using the installer on Windows, but on Mac OS X you need to finish the installation when Android Studio is first opened. Perform a standard install of Android Studio. You should be prompted to install this if necessary, either during the install process (on Windows) or when you first launch Android Studio (on Mac OS X). Note You may need to update your JDK (Java Development Kit) to 7.0 or later depending on your OS. After the download is complete, follow all of the instructions on the "Installing Android Studio" page that should have appeared after you initiated the download. Be prepared for this whole process to take a while. This is only the initial download, there are more items to install later. The download is quite large so may take some time (around 700MB on macOS and Windows). Installing the tools and development kitsīefore we create a JUCE application for Android we need some of the standard tools, Android SDKs, and the Android NDK (Native Development Kit).ĭownload Android Studio from the following URL: In this tutorial we will install and configure the tools necessary for building JUCE-based applications using the Android Studio application. This tutorial introduces the use of Android Studio for creating JUCE-based projects. Canvas tamu10/2/2023 So the fans should expect and Interesting encounter. This weekend is a massive game for our league campaign going forward and we are going to approach it with a lot of strength and determination, we know Kobs is going to bring the game to us at our own backyard, but we have prepared perfectly for this game. I am glad and happy that the Nile Special Rugby League is back and in full gear with a full season of 18 games, the pandemic slowed down so many teams since we didn’t get much time to train however we have managed to get preparations done in the shortest time possible and we are fired up as a team. We don’t expect a simple game but rather a challenge for us. The lions cup is back, we plan to defend it and play our game as planned and to the best of our strengths. My boys were abit rusty but they showed their hunger and zeal to dominate. Hello Rugby Fanatics out there…it is great to have the Nile Special rugby league back.įirst game against Impis was great.both teams showed they missed 15s rugby. A few Captains at the launch of the Nile Special Rugby Premier League. Here is what your Captain’s run looks like. The rugby fanatics also went through the captains of all the premiership teams to find out what they feel about the return of the league, how game day one was for them and what they hope game day two will be like. Before any rugby match day there is always a captain’s run, the session where the team practically goes through their game play and what they expect to put out on game day. Best news to happen to the Rugby Fanatics out there, we tried to engage a few stakeholders to get their views about the league. With the return of the Nile Special Rugby league last weekend. And from me, all the best to the UGANDA NATIONAL TEAMS. With all this, I can only ask how Uganda Rugby is going to manage the workload of key players like Phillip Wokorach, Pius Ogena, Byron Oketayot, Desire Ayera, to mention but a few. Group A: Madagascar vs Namibia in Madagascarįinal tournament in a single venue to be determined: Group B: Côte d’Ivoire or Rwanda vs Kenya in Côte d’Ivoire Group B: Morocco vs Côte d’Ivoire in Morocco Uganda Rugby captain Asuman Mugerwa talks to Debutant Daudi Semwami during this year’s Victoria Cup. This all comes at a time when Rugby Africa, the management body of Rugby in Africa has put out fixtures for the Men’s 15s competition. The statement reads ‘World Rugby Sevens Challenger Series participants Brazil, Chile, Hong Kong, Jamaica, Mexico, Tonga, Uganda and Zimbabwe will all take part in the Olympic repechage in June 2020 to try and secure their ticket to the Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games.’ The final play-off tournament will be hosted alongside the Cathay Pacific/HSBC Hong Kong Sevens event on 3-5 April, 2020.’īesides the Challenger Series, World Rugby announced the repechage tournament in which Uganda will participate to get a chance of joining their neighbors Kenya at the Olympics. They will be joined by three invitational teams from the Americas in Colombia, Mexico and Paraguay. The teams who will compete in the 2020 World Rugby Sevens Challenger Series are Brazil, Chile, Germany, Hong Kong, Italy, Jamaica, Japan, Papua New Guinea, Portugal, Tonga, Uganda, Uruguay and Zimbabwe. Uganda Men’s 15s celebrate a try against their fierce Rivals, Zimbambwe. Thirteen nations have earned their place in the Challenger Series by finishing as the top ranked nations who are not already competing in the HSBC World Rugby Sevens Series at their respective regional sevens competitions in 2019. In the official announcement, World Rugby announced: ‘The two legs of the inaugural World Rugby Sevens Challenger Series will be played in South America in Viña del Mar, Chile (15-16 February, 2020), and Montevideo, Uruguay (22-23 February, 2020).’ Photo blender app10/2/2023 If you are a devoted fan of artistic photography be sure to visit these two pages: Art and Photo Filters & Effects. If you need more inspiration check our blog post devoted to the art of double exposure. See for yourself: in the example above a silhouette photo of two bikers is merged with an image of blooming poppies.Īpart from images with trees and flowers you can use seascapes, photos of clouds, sunset, dawn or night sky with stars, etc. Hope you enjoy and like this beautiful Photo Blender : Bokeh Effect photo editor app. Show your creativity to look more beautiful and stunning by using this Photo Blender : Photo Editor app, its powerful photo editing app. It’s a good idea to overlay a flower background with a silhouette photo. Photo Blender : Photo Editor app is enhancing the beauty of original photo and will make the beautiful bokeh mixture photo. This online double exposure effect can blend two images in different modes: convert them into black and white or merge them without changing their color. Here you can merge your pictures online and for free to create stylish photo works, e.g.
Xmedia recode vs avidemux10/2/2023 At the same time “real life” footage with a lot of textures might require much lower quantizers, especially in dark scenes. Nevertheless material with few textures, like Anime and Cartoons, can cope with much higher quantizers. A quantizer of 22 seems to be reasonable for most purposes. Using a quantizer higher than 32 will result in almost unwatchable video. Using a quantizer lower than 16 usually is overkill, except for mastering purposes. Nevertheless a quantizer setting in the range between 16 and 32 should give satisfactory results in most cases. Furthermore the quantizer setting highly depends on contents of your video. Remarks: Choosing the proper quantizer setting for a CRF (or QP) encode is not trivial! That's because visual quality is highly subjective: What some people consider “good quality” other people will consider “horrible quality” - and vice versa. This should give approximately the same file size as before, but better visual quality! Another important advantage of CRF mode is that it will benefit from adaptive quantization, something that QP mode can't do. When switching from QP to CRF mode, you may want to slightly lower the quantizer. It's recommended to prefer CRF mode over QP mode, although CRF is a bit slower. Therefore the CRF mode should give the same subjective quality as QP mode, but it usually achieves a significant higher compression. For example it will raise the quantizers in “fast” scenes where the loss won't be visible anyway and lower the quantizers in “slow” scenes. The advantage of the CRF mode is that it suits the human perception much better than the QP mode. Internally CRF mode uses the same ratecontrol algorithm as x264's ABR mode, only without a target bitrate. To be more precise, this mode encodes at a constant “rate factor”, which is derived from the specified quantizer. It basically works similar to the QP Mode (see above), but it will encode with an average quantizer instead of a constant one. Single Pass - Constant Rate Factor: This mode is also known as the “CRF Mode” or “Constant Quality” mode. Avid pro tools audio interface10/2/2023 Low latency power: While HDX continues to provide the lowest latency possible, Thunderbolt 3 provides the fastest native connection for audio workstations or mobile workflows.įor more information about Pro Tools | MTRX II and the Thunderbolt 3 Option Card, please visit Meet Avid at NAMM Show 2023 (Anaheim, April 13-15) in booth 14416, North Hall to learn more.Increased channel count: Users can get up to 256 channels with MTRX II and up to 64 channels with MTRX Studio.Users can route from Pro Tools | HDX to another DAW over the Thunderbolt connection, compose in one DAW and record to Pro Tools. Multi DAW/Application Workflows: For systems that already leverage a DigiLink connection, Thunderbolt 3 opens up new workflows.Users can connect their workstation to their existing MTRX Studio or MTRX II to leverage DADMan with Pro Tools or any other application. Streamlined native Pro Tools solution: The Thunderbolt 3 Option Card brings simple and efficient Native connectivity to both Mac and PC machines.The new MTRX Thunderbolt 3 Module features include: Expanded summing mixer: With a summing mixer of 512 x 64, MTRX II covers all monitoring needs from simple stereo mixes and cues to theatrical Atmos configurations.SPQ provides up to 16 filters per monitor channel up to 128 channels with adjustable delay and filters. Built in SPQ processing: Integrated SPQ processing allows users to calibrate their monitor system and correct for acoustic anomalies in the room.Fully customizable and increased IO Card count: Utilize all 8 option card slots in any combination with Avid’s MTRX IO cards, including DigiLink, 8 channel Mic/Line, 8 channel Line, 2 channel Line, 8 channel DA, Madi, AES, Dante 128 and SDI.This delivers a more versatile bi-directional workflow that leverages an Ethernet infrastructure to route audio between rooms and devices. Integrated and expandable Dante: With 256 integrated Dante channels, users can connect any MTRX II audio source to any Dante network.It connects to any DAW, expanding workflows to seamlessly route audio between Core Audio DAWs via Thunderbolt 3 to Pro Tools ® over DigiLink. MTRX Thunderbolt 3 Module: This optional module delivers 256 channels of native connectivity on both Mac and PC machines.The new Pro Tools | MTRX II features include: Furthermore, the introduction of Matrix II will enable us to reduce the backlog in our audio integrated solutions from the second quarter of 2022.” MTRX II provides even greater flexibility and expandability than MTRX, further empowering users with more built-in IO, more mixing, and more monitoring capability. “The Thunderbolt 3 Option Card is a pivotal development that opens multi-platform and native capabilities to our MTRX II and MTRX Studio users. “We’re excited to introduce Pro Tools | MTRX II and the Thunderbolt 3 module to provide our user community with the very best tools that fully unleash the creative capacity of Pro Tools software in their music and audio post production workflows,” said Rich Nevens, Senior Director, Audio Product Management at Avid. The addition of the new Thunderbolt™ 3 module brings the power of MTRX II and MTRX Studio interfaces to native audio applications, which can be used simultaneously with Pro Tools | HDX. For recording and post facilities as well as independent music and post users, MTRX II lets users capture all of the power of Pro Tools software-based workflows while gaining IO capacity, a larger routing matrix and more immersive monitoring capabilities. BURLINGTON, Mass., Ap(GLOBE NEWSWIRE) - Avid ® ( Nasdaq: AVID) today announced its new all-in-one audio interface, Pro Tools | MTRX II™, and introduced its new Pro Tools | MTRX Thunderbolt 3 Module™. Listening vs hearing ppt10/2/2023 Rehearsing - Your desire to talkFiltering – pseudo listeningJudging -Personal biasJargon (there are many others)(jargon)Slide16ġ. Internal distractions – day dreaming, hunger… listening to support others emotionally, not to judge.Slide14 to analyze, evaluate or judge a message containing opinions, points of view and attempts at persuasion and then making a decision based on your analysis. listening to learn/understand information such as facts, explanations, directions or news.(Who’s on 1st?)Slide12 Reflect – Say what you think the person is feelingĬonnections – connect info to what you already knowPatience – don’t interruptBody Language – positive, openEmpathize – understandingFeedback – ask questions, thanks Listening SkillsSlide11 Ask yourself, why are they different? What makes the difference? Is the result different?Self-Assessment ActivitySlide10Įye ContactFocus – concentrate on their voice Put SOCIAL, SCHOOL and HOME at the top ofĭown all the listening skills you use when you listen in those situations.Circle the skills you do NOT have in each column. What does a blank stare tell the speaker?Slide9 What does it mean?Feedback – respond by giving verbal and non verbal feedback to a speaker. Interpret - Giving meaning to what you heard. Ideas, thoughts and feelings we have shared with them just as we intended. Is the same message received.Effective CommunicationWhen the receiver understands the Why am I listening?What is my purpose?What skills do I need to listen properly?Slide7 It is told, the use of language and voice, and how the other person uses body language.- (remember our non-verbal discussions.) Slide6 Listening means paying attention not only to the story, but It decreases about 20-25% after a few days.Slide5 Is the ability to recall and remember information. Of what they hear!That is only half!(office scene)Slide4 After both people have shared their stories, you can take a few minutes to discuss what it was like to listen and be listened to in this way.Process created when sound waves hit your ears. There should be a 15- to 30-second pause before the other person starts sharing.
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