![]() Violence seemed imminent until Clay negotiated a compromise: tariffs were lowered and South Carolina dropped nullification. When South Carolina undertook to nullify the tariff, Jackson ordered armed forces to Charleston and privately threatened to hang Calhoun. Calhoun, leader of forces trying to rid themselves of a high protective tariff. Jackson met head-on the challenge of John C. ![]() His views won approval from the American electorate in 1832 he polled more than 56 percent of the popular vote and almost five times as many electoral votes as Clay. “The bank,” Jackson told Martin Van Buren, “is trying to kill me, but I will kill it!” Jackson, in vetoing the recharter bill, charged the Bank with undue economic privilege. When Jackson appeared hostile toward it, the Bank threw its power against him.Ĭlay and Webster, who had acted as attorneys for the Bank, led the fight for its recharter in Congress. The greatest party battle centered around the Second Bank of the United States, a private corporation but virtually a Government-sponsored monopoly. Hostile cartoonists portrayed him as King Andrew I.īehind their accusations lay the fact that Jackson, unlike previous Presidents, did not defer to Congress in policy-making but used his power of the veto and his party leadership to assume command. Henry Clay, Daniel Webster, and other Whig leaders proclaimed themselves defenders of popular liberties against the usurpation of Jackson. Decrying officeholders who seemed to enjoy life tenure, he believed Government duties could be “so plain and simple” that offices should rotate among deserving applicants.Īs national politics polarized around Jackson and his opposition, two parties grew out of the old Republican Party–the Democratic Republicans, or Democrats, adhering to Jackson and the National Republicans, or Whigs, opposing him. Already state machines were being built on patronage, and a New York Senator openly proclaimed “that to the victors belong the spoils. He also tried to democratize Federal officeholding. In his first Annual Message to Congress, Jackson recommended eliminating the Electoral College. In 1824 some state political factions rallied around Jackson by 1828 enough had joined “Old Hickory” to win numerous state elections and control of the Federal administration in Washington. A major general in the War of 1812, Jackson became a national hero when he defeated the British at New Orleans. He was the first man elected from Tennessee to the House of Representatives, and he served briefly in the Senate. Jackson prospered sufficiently to buy slaves and to build a mansion, the Hermitage, near Nashville. Fiercely jealous of his honor, he engaged in brawls, and in a duel killed a man who cast an unjustified slur on his wife Rachel. But in his late teens he read law for about two years, and he became an outstanding young lawyer in Tennessee. More nearly than any of his predecessors, Andrew Jackson was elected by popular vote as President he sought to act as the direct representative of the common man.īorn in a backwoods settlement in the Carolinas in 1767, he received sporadic education. ![]() The biography for President Jackson and past presidents is courtesy of the White House Historical Association.Īndrew Jackson was the seventh President of the United States from 1829 to 1837, seeking to act as the direct representative of the common man. Get Involved Show submenu for “Get Involved””.The White House Show submenu for “The White House””.Office of the United States Trade Representative. ![]() Office of Science and Technology Policy.Executive Offices Show submenu for “Executive Offices””.Administration Show submenu for “Administration””.
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![]() ![]() In a companion work, we apply this technique to search for exotic objects beyond the standard model known as Proca stars which, if real, may account for part of what we know as dark matter. Moreover, as the number of gravitational wave detections quickly increases, we can now reliably compare them to any simulations that supercomputers can deliver. While this may seem a trivial change, this allows us to use numerical simulations as is, making them free from unavoidable integration errors. We flip things around: Rather than taking integrals on our simulations, we propose taking derivatives on the detector data. Here, we present a simple way to avoid these errors, allowing for studies of a wider range of astrophysical phenomena. While this sounds easy enough, this operation is subject to well-known errors that we have under control for only a handful of systems we simulate. Therefore, obtaining the strain requires us to take two integrals. However, most simulations do not provide us with the strain directly but a related parameter, known as the Newman-Penrose scalar, which tracks the “acceleration” of spacetime. Researchers then deduce the origin of the waves by comparing these measurements to predictions for the strain produced by possible sources, much like the popular Shazam app tells you which song is being played. These detectors measure the subtle stretching and squeezing of spacetime, known as strain. to the LIGO and Virgo detectors, researchers now regularly observe ripples in spacetime known as gravitational waves, which are caused by catastrophic cosmic events such as black-hole mergers, star explosions, or the big bang itself.8Department of Electrical Engineering (ESAT), KU Leuven, Kasteelpark Arenberg 10, B-3001 Leuven, Belgium.7Institute for Theoretical Physics, KU Leuven, Celestijnenlaan 200D, B-3001 Leuven, Belgium.6Department of Physics, Indian Institute of Technology Bombay, Powai, Mumbai, Maharashtra 400076, India.5Observatori Astronòmic, Universitat de València, C/ Catedrático José Beltrán 2, 46980 Paterna (València), Spain.4Departamento de Matemática da Universidade de Aveiro and Centre for Research and Development in Mathematics and Applications (CIDMA), Campus de Santiago, 3810-183 Aveiro, Portugal.Moliner 50, 46100 Burjassot (València), Spain 3Departamento de Astronomía y Astrofísica, Universitat de València, Dr.2Department of Physics, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Shatin, New Territories, Hong Kong.1Instituto Galego de Física de Altas Enerxías, Universidade de Santiago de Compostela, 15782 Santiago de Compostela, Galicia, Spain.Font 3,5, Carlos Herdeiro 4, Eugen Radu 4, and Tjonnie G. F. ![]() Leong 2, Alejandro Torres-Forné 3,5, Koustav Chandra 6, José A. Wong 2,†, Nicolas Sanchis-Gual 3,4, Samson H. W. Juan Calderón Bustillo 1,2,*, Isaac C. F. We remove the need to obtain strain waveforms from numerical relativity simulations, avoiding the associated systematic errors. Finally, we show that our framework fixes significant biases in the interpretation of the high-mass gravitational-wave trigger S200114f arising from the usage of strain templates. We find, however, that integration errors would strongly impact our analysis if GW190521 was 4 times louder. Next, we reanalyze the event GW190521 under the hypothesis of a Proca-star merger, obtaining results equivalent to those previously published, where we used the classical strain framework. We first demonstrate this formalism, and the impact of integration artifacts in strain templates, through the recovery of numerically simulated signals from head-on collisions of Proca stars injected in Advanced LIGO noise. By taking second-order finite differences on the detector data and inferring the corresponding background noise distribution, we develop a framework to perform gravitational-wave data analysis directly using ψ 4 ( t ) templates. Therefore, obtaining strain templates involves an integration process that introduces artifacts that need to be treated in a rather manual way. These, however, commonly output a quantity known as the Newman-Penrose scalar ψ 4 ( t ) which, under the Bondi gauge, is related to the gravitational-wave strain by ψ 4 ( t ) = d 2 h ( t ) / d t 2. Detection and parameter inference of gravitational-wave signals from compact mergers rely on the comparison of the incoming detector strain data d ( t ) to waveform templates for the gravitational-wave strain h ( t ) that ultimately rely on the resolution of Einstein’s equations via numerical relativity simulations. Internal circuit protection, self-resetting Individual color-changing LEDs indicate charging and syncing status for each bay Locking front panel secures tablets while chargingĬhargeSensor technology detects the power profile of each device and delivers up to 10 watts for each connected device (5 volts 2.1 amps) simultaneously Link 3 MultiDocks together to charge and sync 30 units simultaneously Space-efficient, securable charging and storage for iOS and Android tablets, smartphones and more Stack 3 MultiDocks together to sync 30 tablets in the same amount of counter space, from a single host computer. But in that space, each MultiDock unit packs storage, charging, and syncing capability for 10 tablets. Its footprint is minimal: only slightly larger than a laptop computer. I’ve also made sure to spread the load across the various ports to try and ensure that the iPads aren’t sharing ports at any time (these chargers are 2.4A per two ports).MultiDock is a single, space-efficient charging station for storing, charging, and syncing 10, 20 or even 30 iPad tablets or other devices. There are other things too (like the GoPro batteries and Phantom remote which need to be plugged in on occasion so those extra ports will get used from time to time). When the kids put their iPads and things on there I think I have 11 devices charging away at the moment (although that does include a visiting family members tablet + watch. I now have 12 USB ports available and can plug in ALL the things at once. 3 x Kmart charging stations screwed down to an Ikea lack table (which I already had). I might still go down this path one day to hide everything away but this would be a piece of furniture in its own right!įor now I went with the much cheaper plan. Originally I started drawing up plans for a custom timber box which be pretty similar to the Multidock layout, but I quickly came to realise it was going to set me back a significant amount to build before I added any electronics to it and even so would take up a fair bit of space. ![]() So do other people have issues in providing enough USB power points? What is your solution(s)? There are also a bunch of stock Apple chargers + docks and speakers of various kinds in bedrooms plugged into powerboards (I think one room has a powerboard with USB ports) but mostly not, again mostly thanks to the placement of wall outlets making distances the limiting factor unless you go out and buy 3m long lightning/micro USB cables. For most older houses the location of the points makes these less useful much of the time. On a side note, I love this idea but only when the power point is accessible or permanently houses a dock (like behind a bedside table). I’ve got one of these in the Kitchen, mostly because the old powerpoint died and I figured while I was replacing it I might as well spend the extra bucks to get this convenience. That covers the basic charging needs I have for my iPhone 8, the ATV4 remote and my blood pressure cuff. On my side of the room, I do have a table so I’ve added an Ikea Riggard lamp with Qi charging + 1 x USB A port. (She doesn’t have space for a table in “her corner”. It also works as a nice little shelf to hold all the things out of the way rather than just sitting on the arm of her lounge chair. I need to get a longer power cable and tidy up the routing a little to better hide it, but it provides 4 ports of power to charge her iPad, Apple Pencil, and Kindle (which have nice short cables) as well as one spare port for a longer lightning cable so she can run it down to the lounge to allow her to keep working/playing with a device while it charges. I recently grabbed one of these and bolted it to the wall above my wifes lounge chair. Luckily there I also have a small UPS for the home theatre which provides another two ports. I mean 3 kids with iPads only leaves two ports for all the other things which are quickly overwhelmed. It used to be the ‘everything’ charger until everything sort of became too much with all the iPads, Kindles, 3DS, tiny helicopters, Garmin Watch, Sphero… etc etc etc… all the things that charge via USB. ![]() ![]() The main charging solution for us lives in the lounge room, it’s a Griffin Powerdock 5 and serves all the kids iPads and various other things. In talking about locking up an iPad while it’s charging overnight I started talking about my charging solution(s) around the house but figured it was worthy of its own topic so have started this thread. Continuing the discussion from "Bed-time lock" for iPad?: ![]() Prices may also vary by location and retailer. ![]() Please note that taste is subjective and may vary from person to person. ![]() Here is the list of names and details of the best grapefruit juice brands for weight loss. Therefore, be careful when you go to buy grapefruit juices of different brands, first check the ingredients of the juices to supplement the good nutrients for your body. While when we use some other types of grapefruit juices there is a risk of harm to health as they have too much sugar in them. Here’s a table comparing the 10 grapefruit juice brands based on their ingredients, taste, price, and availability: (Last Updated: Oct, 14, 2023) Brand Ingredients Taste Buy It Now! 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Adding grapefruit juice to your daily routine is considered to be healthy. ![]() According to a Wikipedia entry "Their marriage first became strained around April 1974 when he began taking art classes from Norman Raeben, a 73-year-old Russian immigrant. Heading straight for a fall" Considering the song was written in 1975, it is my reading of it, that Bob rang her up one day looking for sympathy when he realised his marriage to Sara Lownds was on the rocks. "hearing a voice I'd known a couple of light years ago I put these lyrics in my top ten because of the raw sadness and pain that they are able to drudge up but also because it's that raw truth that comes through and her strength to say no to being in that position again. And given that he thought her poetry was lousy I think she more than makes up for it with these lyrics. She brought diamonds to the relationship and all she got from him was rust. ![]() He just wasn't capable of returning the favor and she got nada from him for emotional support when it came to her life and hard times. But it wasn't an adult to adult relationship emotionally. It's obvious she cared for him during this time as a mother would for a wounded child. Joan clearly is saying that she was there for him emotionally during a period in his life when he was "temporarily lost at sea" meaning a vulnerable scary place, maybe even going through an identity crisis, which isn't unusual with such successful artists and with as much fame as Dylan. People people, it's just not that complicated! The title simply is stating from Joan's point of view the inequity of the relationship. She tends to go slightly overboard on the vibrato, but it bothers me less with her than others who do this.And if you're offering me diamonds and rust Followed by the abrupt return to the sad minor key when they start to talk again. She changes the sound as the scene is changed and we can hear the lightness and happiness of their reuniting. The guitar part is unique, as is the chord progression. It is so beautiful, and it is an icon at her absolute best. “Diamonds and Rust” is another song that I cannot believe does not get more airplay. It appears he may even want to give the relationship another go–but for her it is a hard no. The music swells to a crescendo… Baez and Dylan The scene is described in one of the best bridges of all time: At first it is as magical as the movies. They decide to meet after all these years. Her description of the onslaught of her feelings and her recollection of their relationship is great songwriting. What does she mean by “Diamonds and Rust”? Well, some of her memories of him have aged like diamonds, some like rust. It brings about a flood of thoughts and emotions. Ten years after their breakup, Joan gets a phone call from Dylan. It is such a personal tale with unique details that help bring the story to life with universal observations that solidify the song as applicable to any relationship. Baez was not a great songwriter she was a great singer. “Diamonds and Rust” is the song that Joan Baez wrote about her relationship with Bob Dylan. ![]() This by specifying one or more space separated masks in “Always displayĪrchiving items for” option in Settings/Integration/Context menu items”, Normally Windows Explorer context menu contains only extractionĬommands if single archive has been right clicked.To detect ANSI (Windows), OEM (DOS), UTF-8 and UTF-16 encodings. If “Autodetect encoding” is enabled, the internal viewer attempts Is replaced with “Internal viewer/Autodetect encoding”. “Internal viewer/Use DOS encoding” option in “Settings/Viewer”.WinRAR attempts to detect ANSI, OEM and UTF-8 encodings of.If encoding of comment file specified in -z switch is notĭefined with -sc switch, RAR attempts to detect UTF-8, UTF-16LEĪnd UTF-16BE encodings based on the byte order mask and data.ioff2 to hibernate and -ioff3 to sleep your PC after completing Use -ioff or -ioff1 command line switch to turn PC off,.“Turn PC off when done” archiving option is changed to “When done”ĭrop down list, so you can turn off, hibernate or sleep your PC.Record protected archives and merged into a single file in arbitrary Size also as shuffled data including data taken from several recovery Now it can detect deletions and insertions of unlimited “Repair” command efficiency is improved for recovery record protected.Previous WinRAR icons are available as interface theme here: WinRAR uses the new icon set prepared by Aditya Nugraha Putra Full Changelogĭesigners participated in this endeavor and proud to announce that The default volume size is now megabytes (was bytes before) and some dialogues got changes to understand it’s purpose better.Īnother bigger and useful change is the automatically detection of ANSI, OEM and UTF-8 encodings of ZIP archive comments which is useful in case you open downloaded archives with Winrar which might showed previously the comment wrongly encoded. The new Beta version also fixes several Windows Explorer related problems which were reported by several people over the Internet. I only can assume Winrar only is here affected not the OS. There was an fix which tells us ‘when processing corrupted rar files’ it could lead into a possible security issue, I haven’t found the CVE (if existent/reported) so I can’t say much what was really affected here. Of course this is a matter of taste and Winrar supports themes, so if you not like the new design just rollback to the old set. ![]() The new Icon Set is coming from Aditya Nugraha Putra (), & IconDesignLab and there looking not bad (imho). ![]() Winrar released it’s new Beta version 5.60 today and the changelog is huge, there several important changes – the Icon Set was replaced – new options were added and a possible security risk was closed. ![]() If this is what you are after then the ArchiCAD/Rhino/GS combo is perfect!ġ- I started to look in to it when I was working in an architectural office that was using it in 2013. I was at a talk last month in NYC where they showcased an architecture firm who is using Rhino/GS to calculate the allowable built form and feasibility studies. There is a lot that can be done with this new integration! I feel people are still finding out the full potential. ![]() Using Rhino/GS for form finding and creating multiple fast iterations/options is also another advantage. I feel the connectivity of ArchiCAD / Rhino / Grasshopper allows for more parametric and complex geometry that was not possible with just using ArchiCAD. This might take a while to set up which layer you export to etc. To import items into ArchiCAD to their correct elements (walls, slabs, beams etc) and get the BIM functionality - you will have to use the Grasshopper Livelink and play around with the Grasshopper buttons. You also are not able to fully utilize the BIM capabilities of the model. All geometry comes in as Morphs when you import a 3D model from Rhino (.3dm) directly into ArchiCAD. What’s New In JixiPix Artista Impresso Pro 1.8. With layers photographers and artists now have the power to composite multiple impressionism styles for impressive results. Once completed, resize then hit the ‘Apply’ button to render small brushstrokes inside the Ellipse. With Layers, users can blend styles using brushes to paint on or off areas in the painting! Also, included is the powerful Ellipse Detail tool to add finely painted details to faces, flowers or to create focal points in landscapes. Plugin for Photoshop CS3+, Lightroom and Elements for Mac and WindowsĪ pro workflow adds impressionism styles per layer. ![]() One-of-a-kind ellipse detail tool renders small brush strokes inside the placed area.Mask with fill, invert and clear to support brushes and layers.Smart brushes to remove or add impressionism effect-the brushes are smart because they remove the effect by stroke.Save Preset to save customized paint palettes and keep all strokes & layers intact for future projects.Control over detail ellipse tool, stroke size, stroke volume, bristle strength & depth, artistic finishes and the painted edge.Pro Layers with built-in Impressionism styles for multi-layer types and options to duplicate, reorder, and delete them.Three Impressionism styles: Alla Prima, En Plein Air and Tache (pronounced tash). ![]() Then the Tache effect has its own custom set of brushes designed for depth. 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![]() You now have the entire background selected, which will turn transparent after following the instructions in the next step. You can leave any areas you don’t want to be selected. To add in new areas, such as the middle parts of blue in my example, you can select the Add to current selection option in the tool settings or hold in Shift while clicking on the extra areas.Ĭontinue clicking on the closed-off areas of the background to select them all. The middle bits of blue aren’t selected since they aren’t connected. You can see that all the blue connected to the spot I clicked on is selected. Then, you can click on one spot on the background of your logo or image to select the color. To use the tool, click the Fuzzy Select Tool from the toolbar or press U. This tool works well for the logo since the background is all one color. ![]() This means that if you click the background color, the entire background will be selected, except for any pixels of the same color that aren’t directly connected to the background. This tool selects pixels of the same color that are located next to your selected pixels. If the background of your image is all one color, then the Fuzzy Select Tool is an excellent way to select the background to make it transparent. You can then click and drag it out on the canvas to create the selection in your chosen shape around the subject.Įverything inside the circle or square shape will remain, and the rest of the image will become transparent when you follow the instructions in the next step. To select using this method, activate the Rectangle Select Tool ( R) or the Ellipse Select Tool ( E) from the toolbar. This selection option is best if you want to crop the photo into a square or circular shape. The first selection method is the easiest, but the selection is limited to a square, rectangle, or ellipse shape. Option 1: Using a Basic Square or Circle Selection Here are 4 of the best ways to create a selection in GIMP to make the background transparent. ![]() The method you use to select the areas depends on how complex your photo is, the colors in the image, and what works best for your workflow. Now that you have added an alpha channel to the layer, you can select the areas you want to be removed from the photo to make the background transparent. Select the Areas to Remove Using a Selection Tool There is no obvious indication that the layer has an alpha channel added, except for the option being greyed out. If the option is greyed out, the layer is already set correctly. Then select Add Alpha Channel from the options. To do this, right-click or Control + click on the layer in the Layers panel. To ensure the deleted or masked areas will be transparent, add an alpha channel to the layer. This step is important since GIMP doesn’t automatically set layers to include transparency. Once your photo is open in GIMP, you must ensure the image layer has an alpha channel. For the color-based selection methods, I will demonstrate with this Imagy.app logo that I want to remove the blue background from.įor the more complex selection options, I have opened this Focus photography of grey dog image from Unsplash. To remove the background, you must open the image you want to work on in GIMP. There are also two ways to remove the background, one is destructive, and you can’t retrieve the background later on, while the other is non-destructive and hides the background, so you can bring it back later if needed. You can try out the different selection options to see which works best for your image or graphic. When it comes to removing a background and making it transparent in GIMP, there are a few ways to go about it, and the method you choose depends on how simple or complex the image you are working with is. Step-by-Step of How to Remove a Background in GIMP Delete the background or add a layer mask.Select the areas to remove using a selection tool.Overview of How to Make a Background Transparent Delete the Background or Add a Layer Mask.Select the Areas to Remove Using a Selection Tool.Step-by-Step of How to Remove a Background in GIMP.Overview of How to Make a Background Transparent. If you’re practicing and you want to scramble a solved cube, you have to keep the cube intact and scramble it up manually. This is a trap that has caught many novice cubers. Now, is it always possible to solve this jumbled cube, without breaking it apart? You get what looks like a normal scrambled cube, and so far we’ve counted every way you could do this, (3 88!)(2 1212!). ![]() Suppose you break open a Rubik’s Cube, remove each cubie, and then put all the cubies back in random slots (with corner cubies only fitting in the corners, and edge cubies only in the edges). Here’s a thought experiment (which perhaps you’ve done for real!) to illustrate: It relates to a fact about Rubik’s Cube that is often felt, but not always understood. What’s left of the formula (3 88!)(2 1212!)/12 is that division by 12. Then there are 12 locations, so 12! is the number of ways they can go to those spots. Edges only have two orientations, so the 12 of them have a total of 2 12 mixes of orientations. The next chunk, (2 1212!), is the same idea, now for the edges. The 3 8 is their orientations, while the 8! is their locations. Thus the first chunk, (3 88!), counts every way the corner cubies can fit into the cube. That yields the calculation 8*7*6*5*4*3*2*1, which is 8!, or “eight factorial.” The second corner cubie is left with seven options, the next left with six, and so on, down to the last corner cubie, which must go in the last corner slot. There are eight corner slots, so the first corner cubie has eight options. ![]() Giant Jagged Rubik's Cube Is a Beautiful Nightmare.This Robot Can Solve a Rubik's Cube with One Hand. |
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