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Prince Harry made a new friend at the Invictus Games last night but it appeared two-year-old Emily Henson was only after one thing: his popcorn. Prince Harry has been making many appearances at the Invictus Games this week, including one with his girlfriend Meghan Markle. This was their first public appearance together and has resulted in many engagement rumors.

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If you've seen the Red Hot Chili Peppers on their current North American tour and thought Anthony Kiedis wasn't moving around as fast as usual, it wasn't your imagination.

He tells ET Canada that he's been powering through a leg injury. He says, "I’m always getting banged up, and hurt, and repairing, and recovering, and hurting, and it’s just normal. At the moment, I have a torn tendon in my ankle from spinning around night after night, but it’ll heal."

Kiedis and the rest of the Peppers continue their tour tomorrow night in Buffalo, New York.

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[ORIGINAL STORY ]After a massive twelve year hiatus, a new chapter of DOOM will be released in less than three months from now.

Understandably, publisher Bethesda Softworks has released a three-part blog post detailing 22 reasons to love DOOM. Within the last part, there’s also a very interesting section about idTech 6, the new version of the legendary engine that powered DOOM, Quake and many other seminal games.

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Once upon a time, id Software’s engine was cutting edge in terms of technology. However, idTech 5 largely failed in its purpose and as a result, id Software hired several members of the Crytek tech team when it had the chance, including Lead Rendering Programmer Tiago Sousa.

Sousa detailed very plainly his goal with the new engine:

My hope is not a very humble one, but I’d like to help bring idTech back to the forefront of technology once again.

His colleague, Lead Project Programmer Billy Khan, added that the team’s goal is for DOOM to be the best looking title running at 1080P@60 (though that mainly refers to consoles, whereas PC gamers should be able to push frame rate and resolution well past those values).

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High Performance H.265 32 Channel NVR System

Various models of 8, 16 and 32 Channel NVR from various surveillance vendors come in new H.265 compression technology, and two of them are GW Security and USG with their H.265 DVR and NVR bundles.

Why H.265 compression?

Data throughput rate delivered between IP camera to the NVR, normally the video data traffic is flooding the local network, will cause the network saturated when large number of cameras transmit simultaneously to the NVR system. The higher resolution and the higher mega pixel the cameras record the huge video data transmitted to the NVR system. Large number of channels NVR such as 32-channel NVR GW Security or Q-See come with higher mega pixels IP camera. This will definitely shortage the available network bandwidth, and when the network segment used by your business computer network is in the same network segment of your video traffic this would saturate your business network and causing bottleneck data traffic.

Lower bit-rate

It is therefore a video compression technology is used to compress the video data to smaller format and the most common video compression technology is H.264. And the latest compression technology today is H.265 which double the data compression ratio up to 50~60%. With this new compression technology, the camera can improve video quality with low bit-rate and enable the camera to deliver smooth superb HD video with much lower bandwidth than video with H.264 compression format. And in turn this technology will reduce the network bandwidth and reduce the video storage size. And even you can transfer much higher resolution images from bigger mega pixel IP camera through the local business computer network with much lower bandwidth not to overwhelmed the LAN network in some degrees.

H.265 DVR

Today you can find various models of NVR camera system in H.265 format, various models of 8, 16, 24 and 32 channel NVR come in H.265 DVR system, I meant H.265 NVR system since many people stuck with DVR instead of NVR term even though they are different in some points. Normally in DVR you use analog cameras that connect them using coaxial cable directly to the DVR system, not overwhelmed your business LAN network such as Amcrest HDCVI DVR system with coaxial connection. However, your DVR connects to your local network should you require remote viewing via internet.

GW Security is one of camera security vendors that offer various models of NVR and IP cameras either using H.264 compression (such as in 16-channel GW NVR system) and latest H.265 compression technology, NVR system that capable of recording up to 4K video from higher mega pixel of IP camera.

GW Security 32 Channel H265 NVR System

GW Security 32 Channel H265 NVR System

GW Security Vs USG

Let’s have a look at comparison between what GW Security offers in its 32 channel NVR system using H.265 technology and Urban Security Group (USG) with its 36 channel NVR. GW security offers in a bundle with 32x IP cameras of 3MP 1080p resolution, while USG come with the bundle of 36 channel camera and 32x 5MP IP cameras. Table 1 shows you spec comparison between GW Security and USG H.265 DVR system, while table 2 shows you spec comparison between the cameras that come with their NVR bundle.

USG H265 4K 36 Channel NVR System

USG H265 4K 36 Channel NVR System

Both NVR systems are designed with latest H.265 compression technology and are capable of recording up to 4K video quality. USG comes with 36 channel design, unusual actually since typically surveillance system comes with 4, 8, 16, 24 or 32 channel NVR or DVR. On the other hand GW Security comes with typical 32 channel NVR and maximum recording bandwidth is up to 320Mbps, while USG doesn’t specify the maximum recording bandwidth. You might be guessing that the maximum recording bandwidth is something about multiplication between 36 and 8MP or higher, just around the same as GW.

USG offers larger storage space capacity with the available of 8 SATA ports with 4TB each for total space of up to 32TB, twice as much storage capacity as GW offers with its 2 SATA ports. Backing up to USB 3.0 external Hard drive is faster with the available USB 3.0 port, 10x faster than normally USB 2.0 port can transfer. Both H.265 DVR system support 3x USB ports with one of them is USB 3.0 type.

POE ports

Technically having the built-in POE switch in the NVR system is better than you have to connect the POE switch somewhere within the network segment away from the NVR device that will just broadcast the traffic within the local network. Connecting the camera directly to each of built-in POE switch is something like analog camera with coaxial cable connect direct to the DVR system such as GW 16-channel DVR with coaxial cable. However, connecting the camera directly to the NVR has limited distance of up to 300 ft between camera to NVR.

Providing separate network segment for your large volume of cameras such as 32 channel NVR with bigger MP cameras is better to isolate the broadcast domain not to flooding a single network segment.

Take a look the table carefully to see which H.265 DVR bundle is suitable to your business need. For example with the QR code scanning feature and P2P feature is much easier for remote access configuration with your Smartphone. Thanks that both NVR systems support P2P technology.

The good thing with the camera included in each of the H.265 DVR bundle is the varifocal lens ranging from 2.8 mm ~ 12 mm you can manually adjust the focal length to fit the view angle to meet your need. You can position the camera in certain place and then you can manually adjust the zoom appropriately. USG comes with bigger mega pixel resolution than GW, however GW camera supports H.265 or H.264 compression compared with USG that supports only H.264. Should you use the maximum resolution of the camera with standard H.264 compression, you better replace the camera with H.265 support for saving the bandwidth up to 60%.

The following two tables represent the comparison between USG and GW Security H.265 DVR bundle, table 1 is for NVR comparison while table 2 is for camera spec comparison.

Table 1 USG Vs GW Security NVR comparison
USG H.265 Ultra 4K GW Security H.265 NVR
Model USGDJ2036X Security NVR GW5532NP
# Channel 36 channel – connect and record up to 36x 8MP H.265 IP camera  32-Channel NVR – connect and record up to 32x 8MP H.265 IP camera
Video Resolution 4K / 8MP / 3MP / 1080p / 960p / 720p@30fps real-time each channel Support up to 4K/8MP/5MP/3MP 1536p@ 30fps Real time each channel
Recording playback quality 1Ch / 4Ch / 9Ch / 16 Ch playback simultaneously 3MP 11Ch real time Playback simultaneously
Max recording bandwidth Unknown 320Mbps
Internal Storage 8x SATA 4TB / port – up to 32 TB 2x SATA ports up to 8TB / port – up to 16TB
USB Ports 1x USB 3.0 – for backup

2x USB 2.0 – for backup and mouse

1 x USB 3.0 for backup / upgrade

1 x USB 2.0 for backup

1 x USB 2.0 front panel for mouse

e-SATA Port Yes, 1x Yes, 1x
Ethernet Ports 1x RJ45 Gigabit Ethernet Port 1x RJ45 10/100Mbps Ethernet port
POE ports N/A

In this bundle comes with 2x 16-port POE switch

Built-in 16 ports POE to camera

In this bundle comes with 1x 16-port POE switch

Alarm 10Ch alarm input 16Ch alarm input / 1Ch out
Video input 36CH 4K 8MP (3840 x 2160)

36CH 3K 3MP (2048 x 2160)

36CH 2MP (1920 x 1080)

support up to 4K/8MP/5MP/3MP 1536p @30fps Real time each channel
Audio input 36CH network audio input 32CH network audio input
Video output 1CH VGA plus 1 CH HDMI 1CH VGA plus 1 CH HDMI
Audio output 1CH RCA 1CH RCA
QR Code Scanning Yes, P2P cloud connection Yes, built-in P2P service
# included camera 32 x 5MP bullet IP camera 32 x 3MP 1536p bullet IP Camera
Price in this bundle $4,999.00 $5,299.00

Included camera in this bundle you can look at the spec comparison on the following table 2.

Table 2 USG Vs GW Security IP camera comparison
USG GW Security
Model USGDK7050 5MP bullet camera GW3555IP 1536p bullet camera
Resolution 2592 x 1920 pixels 5MP 1080p 3MP
Lens Varifocal 2.8 ~ 12 mm Varifocal 2.8 ~ 12 mm
POE Yes Yes
Video compression H.264 H.265/H.264
Night vision Yes Yes
IR LEDs and distance 72 pcs

Up to 200 ft

42 pcs

Up to 130 ft

Weatherproof Unspecified Yes, IP66
P2P Yes Yes
Onvif Yes Yes
QR Code scan Yes Yes

It’s a good thing that you should check the following link to see a complete product’s spec and price for each of the 36 and 32 channel NVR bundle offered by each of the vendors.

  1. GW Security 32 Channel H.265 NVR spec details and price
  2. USG 36 Channel H.265 NVR spec details and price

To significantly reduce the available bandwidth in your business computer network, upgrade your NVR / DVR system and all the connected IP cameras with the ones that support H.265 latest compression technology such as these 32 channel NVR products with H.265 DVR or NVR systems, to save the available bandwidth up to 60% for video data traffic.

See also best 4 camera security system with DVR – DVR/NVR system with 4 outdoor cameras.

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Portland, OR – Western Arts Alliance (WAA), the Portland-based performing arts service organization, is launching Advancing Indigenous Performance (AIP), a national program to create new touring and presentation opportunities for Indigenous performing artists. With a lead grant from The Andrew W. Mellon Foundation, and additional support from the Doris Duke Charitable Foundation, the National Endowment for the Arts, and Native Arts & Cultures Foundation, WAA is more than half-way to its goal of raising $1 million to support the program through 2021.

Advancing Indigenous Performance will invest in building the professional capacities of Indigenous performing artists as it works to break down barriers in the performing arts. Finding more opportunities for performing arts centers to present the work of Indigenous performing artists will help erase centuries of invisibility, break down stereotypes, and contribute to the resiliency of Indigenous people in communities across the country.

“Artistic development, managing a career, building new work, touring and performing are tough enough for any artist, but for Indigenous artists, the challenges are greatly complicated by ongoing issues of colonization, racism, stereotyping, and access to resources,” said Tim Wilson, Executive Director of Western Arts Alliance. AIP will build capacity and networking opportunities for Indigenous performing artists (Alaskan Natives, Native Hawaiians, and Native American artists in the contiguous United States) through competitive grants that include mentoring aimed at career-advancement; professional development; showcasing opportunities; and, travel subsidies. Twelve artists will participate in the program for three years, with a total investment in each artist of $40,000.

The program will also work to educate arts presenting and touring professionals about the cultural origins and work of Indigenous artists, and build strategies for integrating them into mainstream presenting and touring models. In addition, an Indigenous Artist Touring Fund will provide fee support to cultural organizations engaging Indigenous performing artists.

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The tour departs from our office at 87 High Street on the Royal Mile at 10.00hrs and encompasses the picturesque fishing villages of East Neuk of Fife and the world-famous town of St. Andrews - Scotland's home of Golf and a visit to a Whisky Distillery.

We leave Edinburgh and travel north to the famous Forth Bridge where we stop for pictures before entering the Kingdom of Fife. Fife is well known for its picturesque little fishing villages. We will stop at Anstruther with its prize-winning delicacy "Fish and Chips" and its picturesque harbour.

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Full Fix: For Honor connection issues on Windows 10, 8.1, 7

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People love the idea behind For Honor. We haven’t seen a game that simulates medieval combat so well, while adding up much-needed complexity in a while. And that’s exactly what convinced players to buy this game.

While For Honor does have the Single Player mode, it looks like an extended tutorial, which lasts for about 6 hours. On the other hand, multiplayer is the real gem of this title. But for some players, it appears to be a hidden gem.

According to numerous reports from players, For Honor’s connectivity is a disaster. The game’s official Steam page is flooded with negative reviews by players who constantly fail to connect to duels, and other multiplayer modes.

Here’s what some of them say:

  • “The game in a nutshell: “A connection error has occured. Returning to main menu.” Don’t waste money and time until this gets fixed.”
  • It’s a great game. I really like it. and it’s the friendliest community I’ve met in a LOOOONG while. There’s only one problem, you will have connection problems more often than not because someone thought than not having dedicated servers was a good idea.”
  • “*fifteenth attempt at completing a game, finally about to kill the last guy* A connection error has occured. Returning to main menu. *breaks down crying*”

As one player stated on the forums, it’s unacceptable for Ubisoft to allow so many connection issues in a game that advertises on the multiplayer mode. Ubisoft needs to do something immediately, if they don’t want to end up with another solid game ruined by technical issues.

So, while we wait for Ubisoft to fix the ongoing problem, perhaps by releasing a patch or two, we can try to solve connection problems on our own. So, check out a few solutions we gathered, that might help you with dealing with connection issues in For Honor.

How to fix For Honor connection issues

For Honor is an interesting game, but gamers reported various connection issues. Speaking of connectivity problems, here are some common issues reported by users.

  • For Honor servers unreachable – Sometimes you might encounter a problem with For Honor due to your antivirus. To fix the issue, be sure to check if your antivirus or firewall is interfering with the game.
  • For Honor matchmaking failed, connection failed – These messages can appear if the necessary ports aren’t forwarded. To fix that, it’s advised to open your router’s configuration and forward the necessary ports.
  • For Honor 7-00000005 – This is another common error that can appear in For Honor. If this error occurs, reset your hosts file to default and check if that solves the issue.
  • For Honor connection error 0006000037 – If you encounter this error message, you might be able to fix the problem simply by enabling UPnP feature on your router.
  • For Honor connection error has occurred, with session has been lost – These problems can be quite problematic, but you should be able to fix most of them by using one of our solutions.

Solution 1 – Uninstall the game with UPlay, delete the folder

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Some players suggest that the most effective solution for this problem is to simply reinstall the game. So, the first thing you’re going to do is go and uninstall For Honor from uPlay. But that’s not all, because if you do just that, and install the game again, it’ll stay the same.

What you need to do is to delete the For Honor folder, as well. Locate the folder, and then delete it. It usually takes up to 1GB of space. Once you’ve deleted the game folder, install the game again, and see if the connection issues still occur.

Solution 2 – Check your antivirus

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According to users, the most common cause for For Honor connection issues can be your antivirus. To fix the problem, first you need to add For Honor in your list of exceptions in both your antivirus and firewall.

This process varies for each antivirus application, so you might need to look for a guide on how to add exceptions in your antivirus/firewall. If the game isn’t blocked by your antivirus/firewall, your next step would be to disable certain antivirus features and check if that helps.

In case that doesn’t work, you should disable your antivirus software completely to see if there are any changes. If not, your last step would be to remove your antivirus completely from your PC. After doing that, try to start the game again.

If removing the antivirus solves the problem, you should consider switching to a different antivirus solution. There are many great antivirus tools that won’t interfere with your games thanks to the Gaming Mode feature. If you’re looking antivirus that won’t cause issues with games while offering great protection, we strongly suggest that you check out BullGuard.

Solution 3 – Check your ports

If you still experience connection issues, you can try with forwarding ports in your modem. The following ports need to be forwarded for the best possible experience:

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Solution 4 – Restart your modem/router

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Sometimes issues with your modem or router can interfere with For Honor and cause connection issues to occur. To fix the problem, it’s advised that you turn off your router and modem. Wait for a few moments and then turn the modem/router back on again.

Wait for a few moments while your router boots. After Internet connection is established, try to run For Honor again and check if the issue is resolved.

Solution 5 – Enable UPnP

According to users, sometimes your ports aren’t properly forwarded and that can lead to connectivity issues in For Honor. To fix that, you can manually forward the ports or you can turn on UPnP feature.

If you’re not familiar, UPnP stands for Universal Plug and Play, and thanks to this feature, applications can automatically forward the required ports. To enable this feature, you need to open your router’s configuration page, locate UPnP feature and enable it.

To see how to properly do that, we advise you to check your router manual for detailed instructions. Once you enable this feature, check if the problem is still there.

Solution 6 – Reset hosts file

If you’re having connection issues with For Honor, the problem might be related to your hosts file. Sometimes this file can be altered by a third-party application, and that will prevent you from connecting to For Honor’s servers.

However, you can fix the problem simply by resetting the hosts files. We already wrote a detailed guide on how to reset hosts file on Windows 10, so be sure to check it out for more instructions. Keep in mind that sometimes you might encounter certain issues while modifying this file, but we already wrote a guide on how to deal with Access denied message while editing hosts file, so be sure to check it out.

Once you reset your hosts file to default, check if the problem is still there.

Solution 7 – Flash your DNS

In some cases, For Honor connection issues can occur due to problems with your DNS cache. However, you can fix this problem simply by cleaning your DNS cache. This is quite simple, and you can do it by following these steps:

  1. Open Win + X menu. You can do that by pressing Windows Key + X shortcut. Now choose Command Prompt (Admin) or PowerShell (Admin) from the list.
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  2. When Command Prompt starts, enter ipconfig /flushdns and press Enter to run it.
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After running this command, your DNS cache will reset and the problem should be resolved.

Solution 8 – Check for problematic third-party applications

Sometimes certain applications can interfere with your game and lead to For Honor issues. To fix the problem, you need to find and remove the problematic applications. Simply disable all applications before starting the game and check if that helps.

Alternatively, you can perform a Clean boot and disable all startup applications and services. To do that, follow these steps:

  1. Press Windows Key + R and enter msconfig. Press Enter or click OK.
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  2. System Configuration window will now appear. Go to Services tab and check Hide all Microsoft services. Now click Disable all button.
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  3. Go to Startup tab and click Open Task Manager.
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  4. List of startup applications will appear. Select first item on the list, right-click it and choose Disable from the menu. Repeat this step for all startup applications.
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  5. After disabling all startup applications, close Task Manager and go to System Configuration window. Click Apply and OK and restart your PC.
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Once your PC restarts, check if the problem is still there. If not, you can enable services and applications one by one until you find the problematic application. Once you find it, use uninstaller software, such as Revo Uninstaller to remove it completely from your PC.

After removing the application, the issue should be completely resolved.

Let’s be honest, these workarounds will hardly be helpful to everyone, because the problem in most cases is related to the game, not your computer. However, as a few users reported that these solutions fixed their problems, they’re still worth a shot.

What’s your experience with For Honor so far? Let us know in the comments below.

Editor’s Note: This post was originally published in March 2017 and has been since completely revamped and updated for freshness, accuracy, and comprehensiveness.

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George Saunders became the second American (and second in a row) to win the Man Booker Prize on October 17, for his novel Lincoln in the Bardo. Author Neil Smith interviewed Saunders at the release of his novel earlier this year. Here is an extended version of their exchange:

Q: Your lead character, the deceased wooden-toothed printer Hans Vollman, is always naked with a perpetual erection, yet Lincoln in the Bardo is incredibly poignant. How did you balance the slapstick comedy with the tragedy of a grief-stricken Abraham Lincoln, who’s mourning the loss of his beloved son, Willie?

A: Well, the facile answer is: line by line. But it’s also the true answer. I imagine writing as being like riding a bike: the rider is always intuitively making adjustments to counter any tilting. In this book, on the compositional level, the comic was a way of leavening the possibly dull historicity: that sense that can get into a book with historical roots that the book’s purpose is just to “be an account.” In early drafts, I felt that and leaned a little toward the comic  to right the bike. Comedy and tragedy work together in the “good cop/bad cop” mode, one enabling and enriching the other.

That’s the technical answer. But I also think that’s the way life actually is: comic and tragic. We aren’t entirely comfortable with that, so we make this division, tragic versus comic, but a quick look at just about any day will tell us that this binary is actually a unit. Another way of saying this: our notion of “the comic” stems from that moment when some notion of order that we’ve imposed on the world, often out of a sense of anxiety or a desire for control, shows itself to be inadequate. And the same could be said for “the tragic.” We try to imagine that the world is tragic, but that concept is seen to be inadequate when, for example, a nobly grieving gentleman cuts a fart. Which, you know, they do from time to time.

Q: As the Civil War rages on, Lincoln is convinced he must obliterate the enemy, “kill them and deny them their livelihood.” He says that “the swiftest halt to the thing (therefore the greatest mercy) might be the bloodiest” and that he “must end suffering by causing more suffering.” How difficult was it for you – having memorably spoken on kindness and compassion – to get inside the brain of another kind, compassionate man, Abraham Lincoln, who needed to cause the death of thousands of sons like Willie to save a country and ensure freedom?

A: The only way I know to do that – to “get inside the brain” of a character – is to write and revise obsessively, and let the text lead me in. Most of my writing goes from the very particular – what a moment feels like, what a character is hearing or thinking – and the larger things get made out of a succession of such true moments.

When I was writing Lincoln, it was sort of a combinatorial thing: part me, part him. I was projecting my ideas onto his evolving reality while trying to mimic “him” – his voice, his way of thinking. But that process also is being refereed, as it were, by reality. At that point in the book, all the prior text told me that the lesson Lincoln had learned had to do with achieving, through his grief, a better understanding of our common sorrow – all people suffering, all the time, and an associated arising compassion. But then reality reminded me that Lincoln, thus informed, now had to go back to the White House and resume the war, and it also told me just how he was going to do it: via a 19th-century form of Total War. So, these two facts just stood there, looking at me with curiosity, like, “Well, which one of us do you choose?” And in those situations, in fiction, the best answer is: both. Or, since both of you are true, I have to try to find a way to accommodate you both, to let the two of you co-exist. What had looked like an artistic impasse suddenly seemed like the truth: the truth of Lincoln’s situation, and at least a viable version of how he actually might have resolved it within himself.

After the fact, that looks like it necessitated being inside Lincoln’s brain, but I’d say it was more about being actively inside one’s own text, if that makes sense.

The only way I know to do that, to 'get inside the brain' of a character, is to write and revise obsessively, and let the text lead me in

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Q: One quote in the book says of Lincoln, “He had a great kindness of heart. His mind was full of tender sensibilities; he was extremely humane.” Yet other quotes call him “vain, weak, puerile, hypocritical” or say, “Cursed are the warmongers, however just they believe their cause.” In researching Lincoln, were you surprised to discover how reviled he also was? Have we forgotten this side of him?

A: I hadn’t known about it. There’s a wonderful book by Larry Tagg, The Unpopular Mr. Lincoln: The Story of America’s Most Reviled President, that lists just about every negative thing anyone ever said publicly about Lincoln. It’s kind of amazing, a good lesson in rejecting, or at least looking askance at, the historical instant and a reminder of the incredible revising that history is always doing. It also seems that Lincoln’s assassination did a lot to make him the hero we now understand him to be. It quickly recast everything he had done in a saintly light, and it made a lot of those critics reverse themselves dramatically.

Q: The slave character Thomas Havens experiences freedom for the first time while inhabiting Lincoln’s body. “Turn us loose, sir,” Havens instructs Lincoln, “let us at it, let us show what we can do.” Another slave, Elson Farwell, fights the sadistic Lieutenant Cecil Stone “with a fury that suggested the two might well fight into eternity.” How hard was it to write from their point of view?

A: Not that hard, honestly. I just followed the same approach that I used to write the other characters. This usually entails trying to find some version of that character within myself and then exaggerating what I find. With Elson Farwell, I did the thought experiment of wondering what type of slave I would have been, had I been born in 1850 or so. And my attention went to that part of myself that feels it can overcome obstacles by being very efficient and positive, and then I just let that play out in that particular historical circumstance. Of course, part of it is trying to find a lively and compelling voice for the character. The sum total of this approach, whether you start out to write “a slave” or “a woman” or “a lonely king,” is to write yourself out of that category of person and toward some individual person.

With Havens, I was trying to imagine a man whose life would most have touched a 19th-century white person – that is, a white person who would have claimed that slavery was “not so bad.” I tried to imagine that scenario – a slave with the best master possible – and demonstrate that, even under those conditions, it was an evil and degrading institution.

In my understanding of the way fiction works, characters are in a story to enact or fully dramatize the narrative logic. So the slave characters had the job of representing the totality of that institution in their persons, with the added difficulty that, structurally speaking, they weren’t going to get much time on stage. My main approach, as mentioned above, is to try and love my characters by finding some corollary of them in myself, and then to set about “proving” my love by telling their stories with as much detail and truthfulness as I can.

Q: Lincoln describes love this way: “two passing temporarinesses developed feelings for one another.” How do we live with ourselves knowing that life and love are temporary?

A: Well, I think trying to come to some accommodation with that contradiction is what it’s all about. And, of course, it’s very difficult, nearly impossible, to actually keep these two thoughts in the mind at once: one, I love you; and two, you and I are temporary. This is the reason people get driven insane by grief. It’s also the reason, I suspect, for so much of the excess we see in life – political and personal – that comes out of a spirit of manic denial of that contradiction. “If I can get enough power, death won’t be true” or “If I can have enough fun, I can avoid thinking of death.” The trick as I see it is to try to begin to accept that truth that we are all conditional, and yet live in as happy and positive a way as we can. Whether we like it or not – and we don’t –that’s the truth of the world. So, can we find a way to manage our minds and hearts so as not to wilt in the face of that truth?

That all sounds pretty good but it’s virtually impossible except, I think, for a handful of spiritually awakened people in the history of the world. But maybe there’s some value in remembering Chekhov’s notion that art doesn’t have to solve problems, it just has to formulate them correctly. So if we formulate this problem correctly – we die, we really do die – then maybe we do some small work in puncturing our own delusions.

Q: Your character Lawrence T. DeCroix, the boastful owner of a former pickle factory, says, “Strange, isn’t it? To have dedicated one’s life to a certain venture, neglecting other aspects of one’s life, only to have that venture, in the end, amount to nothing at all, the products of one’s labours utterly forgotten?” He may be talking about pickles, but this is the nightmare of many writers too. Is it yours?

A: Oh, for sure. And not only that, I think it’s a certainty that all our work will come to nothing – unless there’s self-Googling in the afterlife, which I sincerely hope there’s not. I had a close call on an airplane one time and during it had zero thought of “my accomplishments.” Even a day later, just imagining my meagre number of books on some lonely shelf felt: “Huh? Why?” But I’ve also noticed that I’m a better person when I’m struggling with an artistic problem; I have more, and better, energy. So in that way, it’s maybe analogous to working out: there’s no question that, in the end, the thing rotting in the ground will show very little evidence of all that bench-pressing. But, life is more fun when one is in shape.

Q: Lincoln in the Bardo reimagines a president from 150 years ago. How do you think contemporary presidents will be imagined 150 years from now?

A: I guess it depends on what happens between now and then. If all the meanness of Trump’s agenda gets normalized and traditionalized, they might well be naming airports after him.

I’d say Trump’s Inauguration Day characterization of the Obamas was correct: “magnificent.” The more I learn of Trump and his movement, the more one word comes to mind: “frightened.” It seems like he has some inner terror that he projects onto the world, finding fear and decay and “carnage” in places where a calmer, more confident person would see something different and more hopeful – or might find workability, potential, etc.

It’s all very complicated, because us liberals have been saying for years that the money we observed to be floating inexorably upward was decimating and dehumanizing the middle class, and the conservatives were often trying to get tax breaks for the rich and otherwise endorsing a trickle-down theory of economics. And then along comes Trump, appealing to those left-behind people, but employing an aggressive right-wing language that had been normalized by conservative media such as Fox and its even-worse “alt-right” brethren. It’s complicated even further, in my view, by the degradation of the means by which we might discuss and dissect such things, the rise of “one-line media” such as Twitter.

I’m starting to intuit two different ways of relating to a world as big and complicated as ours. One way is by having one’s politics shaped by projection; the other is to have them shaped by experience. When I was reporting on the Trump rallies [for the New Yorker], I was struck by how much of the agenda was informed by projection: people with strong feelings about immigration who had never met an undocumented person; people with an anti-Muslim agenda who knew no Muslims. I think there might be [an opportunity] to challenge people who support Trump to get out and meet some of these people they are demonizing. And this falls well within American tradition, our emphasis on real-world knowledge. So if we buy into that notion, literature and art have important work to do: they can personalize and individuate the groups that Trump is marginalizing and bring them to life for people who don’t have any day-to-day exposure. I realize this is a pretty rosy idea of what art can do, and who participates in it, but anything that trains us or encourages us to think in specifics, and empathetically, can only help.

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Divine Mother, Almighty Mother, we pray for the victims of the Vegas shootings

Divine Mother, Almighty Mother, we pray for the victims of the Vegas shootings and others in their circle of family and friends who are grieving…

They’re hurting for many reasons, and we ask You to help them through this season of loss. We reach out to You, Our Divine Mother of compassion and our Source of every comfort, asking You to touch them with Your unfailing love and kindness. Comfort them as they’re going through their grief, give them hope and courage in the days to come.

For the days ahead will be difficult and filled with much pain. We ask Almighty Goddess that You put Your Mighty Arms around them and give them comfort and peace. Remind them that their loved ones are now in a better place. Remind them of your eternal promise to us all that we will be reunited one glorious days.

Till that day, Almighty Goddess, be with us all. In our moments of weakness, in the moments we can’t go on, let us feel your presence. Give us Your Love, Comfort & Peace for the dark days ahead. Give us the will to go on when it seems impossible to do so.

Almighty Goddess bless all of us who are grieving. Let us feel Your Divine Presence, now, when we need you most. Bless not only us but also our world. Bring peace and humanity back to our world. Fill those who have hatred in their heart for their fellow man into love. Let them lay down their guns and realize the value of life.

Please, Divine Mother, bring peace to our world so no one else has to suffer their loss of a loved one ever again to violence.

With You, Almighty Mother, all things are possible. You give us Your Love, Your Blessings and through You all things are possible. Mother, we now ask that you heal your children and bring peace to our world.

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Decoupling Uplink-Downlink Associations in 5G Cellular

22 Jan 2015

In existing 3G and 4G cellular networks, mobile devices associate with the same base station(BS) in the downlink(DL) and uplink(UL) directions. A key reason for this is that the overhead and control channels in each direction help inform communication in the other direction. For example, in LTE, the resource block assignments for both the DL and UL are given in DL control messages. In macrocell-based networks, there didn't appear to be any obvious reason to associate with different base stations in the two directions, since the same BS would generally provide the best performance in both directions. In the increasingly dense heterogeneous cellular networks(HCNs) of tomorrow, however, rate is largely determined by the load which can vary dramatically from BS to BS and between the DL and UL. Furthermore, there are very large received power disparities in the DL depending on the type of BS.

In this work WNCG students Sarabjot Singh and Xinchen Zhang, with faculty advisor Prof. Jeffrey Andrews, provided the first complete modeling and analysis of rate in the event of decoupled downlinks and uplinks in an HCN.  The WNCG research team proposed an accurate and tractable model to characterize the uplink SINR and rate distribution in a multi-tier HCN as a function of the association rules and power control parameters. Using the developed analysis, the researchers proved that the optimal degree of channel inversion (for uplink power control) increases with load imbalance in the network. In sharp contrast to the downlink, minimum path loss association is shown to be optimal for uplink rate. Moreover, with minimum path loss association and full channel inversion, uplink SIR is shown to be invariant of infrastructure density. It is further shown that a decoupled association--employing differing association strategies for uplink and downlink--leads to significant improvement in joint uplink-downlink rate coverage over the standard coupled association in HCNs.   In summary, there appear to be important advantages to decoupling the downlink and uplink in future 5G cellular networks, and this work should encourage further exploration in this direction and in the development of new control channel mechanisms that allow such decoupling.

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The Spurs dominated from start to finish in a 129-81 win over the Suns at Talking  Stick Resort Arena.  San Antonio was up 28-to-nine at the end of the  first quarter and then went off for 41 in the second.  LaMarcus Aldridge  scored 23 points with 13 rebounds for the Spurs,  who ended a two-game losing streak.  San Antonio lost point guard  Dejounte Murray to an ankle injury.  Phoenix shot 34-percent from the  field and was 3-for-32 from three as they struggled with Devin Booker  out.  Alex Len had 14 points as the Suns took a fourth straight loss.

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Chatter from down the beach wafts my way in the wind. And for just a moment, I imagine I am listening in on a casual talk amongst dogs.

“My owner arrives tomorrow.”

“Ours just left. I’m exhausted. My liver needs a week off.”

“What about you? When do your owners get in?”

*click for image creditBut no, this canine-esque conversation is actually a rather common one amongst the two-legged humans on the shore.

Since the majority of us in the islands tend to be employed in the hospitality industry, we all have owners. Whether it’s the owner of the restaurant we work at, the resort we manage, the villa we care for, the boat (or yacht) we work on, or even the actual island that we run. They are the rich and the uber rich and among the many things they own, they own us as well (at least in the figurative sense).

Though surprisingly enough, having as many billionaires floating around these waters as we do, there is a pleasant lack of snobbery, superiority, and the general obsession with status that tends to permeate upper crust circles in other parts of the world. The affluent who are attracted to the Caribbean, rather than somewhere decidedly more glamorous like Aspen or Monaco, are often drawn for the same reasons most of us decided to move here as well: the laid back vibes, the carefree fun, the low-maintenance lifestyle, and the privacy.

Down here, often times nobody knows – let alone cares – who you are or what you do/did back in the “real world”. People decide if they want to spend time with you or not based on your merits in the bar talk arena, rather than how many zeroes are in your bank account. In the states, the first question people always ask you is, What do you do?, and judge your worth accordingly. I imagine the notable decreased frequency with which this question comes up on a rock provides just as much, if not more, of a reprieve for the billionaires as it does for me.

For the Caribbean is the great equalizer. There’s something about the combination of sunshine, alcohol, and how the current can carry away the heaviest of burdens – at least for the time being – that seems to bring people back to the same level. Here, we’re reminded that we’re all just people. People who want to relax and enjoy life. People who like to get drunk and party sometimes like they did in college for a night (or two), free of guilt or criticism for being “irresponsible”. People who want to swim and nap and play and run around naked like they did when they were kids. People who want to escape the oppressive race that the world they live in holds them hostage to. People who like to talk to other people, just for the sake of relating and enjoying another human’s company, without the pressure of preconceived expectations.

It is here I get to occasionally cross paths with people who are literally shaping the world. Entrepreneurial giants, movie stars, musicians, legends of sport… people who back in the “real world”, I could never imagine meeting, let alone doing shots with. Yet here, it doesn’t hold the same weight as it would back there. Here, it’s so easy to forget about the things that make these people seem so utterly remote and unreachable elsewhere. Perhaps it’s the fact that we’re all barefoot. Or maybe it’s just that living down here, you’re so out of the loop with pop culture and have no idea what everyone is obsessed with until months after fads have already passed. Either way, it’s refreshing.

Typically, spending so much time within such close proximity to these levels of wealth would lead to a lot of envy, and even increased motivation to work harder towards the capitalist cause. But not in the Great Equalizer. The billionaires may own the islands and the toys on them, but we get to play with them too. And in spending time with these owners, I often get the inkling that a part of the reason they like to party with us is because on some level, they envy our lives – for we’re the ones who get to enjoy this all year round. We’re the ones “living the dream” that people from all walks of life fantasize about. As I sit on the beach of an island, watching its owner run around with a machete, barefoot and shirtless, tanned to a crisp, climbing coconut trees like one of the lost boys from NeverNeverLand, it’s clear that no one is immune to the Caribbean and its magical energy.

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Sure, we still get the occasional princess off a yacht who decides to come into the bar wearing head-to-toe Gucci, spike heels, and carrying a yippy dog in a sparkly bag. But rather than gaze at her with admiration and coveting her bling, here, everyone just shakes their heads and laughs as they watch her tottle across the dock, heels getting stuck between the planks. Didn’t she get the memo? We’re in the Caribbean. No one cares about having a Gucci unless it’s some kind of blended cocktail with rum in it.

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Chrissann’s home rock in the British Virgin Islands feels bigger to her than it actually is. Though after spending five years on a teensy one acre island, the current 13-mile long rock she’s residing on now IS ginormous, at least by comparison. As with everything in the tropics, it’s all about perspective. Once upon a time she used to care about things like matching her purse to her pumps but these days, any activities that require a bra and shoes go under careful, is-this-even-worth-it consideration. If island life has taught her anything at all, it’s that few things are more rewarding than time spent in the pool with a cocktail in hand. As the Editor in Chief of this site, she spends her days working from home with her blue-eyed sidekick, Island Dog Diego, writing, editing, and cultivating content in the hopes of bringing some laughter and lightness to her fellow island souls. She recently published her first children’s book, When You’re a Baby Who Lives on a Rock, and is pretty pumped to share it with all of the island mamas out there. Her days off are typically spent boating, hiking, and meeting up with the neighborhood's imperious roadside goats, who she shamelessly bribes into friendship. While normalcy was never listed as one of her special skills, Caribbean life may indeed be responsible for new levels of madness. She attributes at least a smidge of her insanity to the amount of time she spends talking to drunk people. If you’re somehow still reading this and feel inclined to find out more about this “Chrissann” of which we speak, you can also take a gander at her eponymous website or follow her daily escapades on Instagram @womanonarock.

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Ice Cube Leaves N.W.A, Goes Solo

Ice Cube left in late 1989 over royalty disputes; having written 45% of Straight Outta Compton himself, he felt he was not getting a fair share of the money and profits.

He wasted little time putting together his solo debut, 1990's AmeriKKKa's Most Wanted, but avoided mentioning his former label mates.

N.W.A's next release was some five months later, the EP 100 Miles and Runnin', but would not be equally diplomatic. They alluded to Ice Cube's departure in its eponymous single, stating the group "we started out with too much cargo/so I'm glad we got ridda Benedict Arnold". Also heard on the EP (which also found its way on Efil4zaggin) was "Real Niggaz", a full-blown diss on Cube where the remaining members accuse him of cowardice, and question his authenticity, longevity and originality: "How the fuck you think a rapper lasts/With your ass sayin shit, that was said in the past/Yo, be original, your shit is sloppy/Get off the dick, you motherfucking carbon-copy." The song "100 Miles and Runnin'" is also notable for being Dr. Dre's final uptempo record, which had been a common feature of late-80s hip hop.


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Home - Other - Express Home Expo 2015 to be held from 30th November to1st December at Faletti’s Hotel, Lahore

Express Home Expo 2015 to be held from 30th November to1st December at Faletti’s Hotel, Lahore

(Last Updated On: 02/11/2015)

Role of Express group has always been tremendous in making people socially aware. Apart from there quintessential work in their actual field, they have marked no limit in entertaining people and making them aware with the rising trends.

They have been presenting shows or events, which made them immensely popular among the every patriotic citizen of Pakistan.

The group has been organizing Family Entertainment Festivals to Education and Career Expos, and up the latest they have came up with another new initiative, Express Home Expo 2015.

Express Home Expo 2015

You are always up with decorating your home in a unique way which would surely be depicting your creativity and inventiveness. This expo lauds you to tell “everything about  real estate and home decor’.

And as you know the express event are always meeting up international standards, the ideas and objects regarding home decor will enhance your set ideas and will let you make your house picturesque.

The expo is also about Real estate, which is an emerging business in Pakistan. The event will be big boost for the Real Estate as always the event will be highly populated, which means deliverance to more people about your idea or message.

Date: 30th November-1st December, 2015

Venue: Faletti’s Hotel, Lahore

Exhibitor categories:

  • Builders & Developers projects
  •  Real Estate Agents and Brokers
  • Domestic Appliances
  • AC’s & Room Coolers
  • Door & Windows (Alum, Steel, Wood)
  • Property and Facility Manager
  • Paint Industry
  • UPS (Un-interrupted Power Supply)
  • Lightnings and Ceiling Fans
  • Furniture & Fixtures
  • Insurance Companies
  •  Kitchen Cabinets & Equipment
  • Banks & D.F.I’s
  • Electrical Cables & Wires
  • Bathroom Fittings & Fixtures
  • Carpet, False Ceiling & Wall Coverings
  • Apartments & Penthouse
  • Cement Manufacturers

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Home - Other - Humayun Saeed and Iman Ali teams up for ‘Main Punjab Nahi Jaongi’

Humayun Saeed and Iman Ali teams up for ‘Main Punjab Nahi Jaongi’

(Last Updated On: 02/04/2016)

It seems that this year will be a busier one for both the actors, Humayun Saeed and Iman Ali. Humayn has recently shown his potential on drama screens with ‘Dillagi’ and after this, he will be producing four films, all of which will be released in 2016.

On the other hand, Iman Ali, who is quite choosy about her projects will be doing some bulge work or it won’t be wrong that she’ll be leading the entertainment industry this year as she will be seen featuring in two songs, and up the latest she has roped in a lead role alongside Humayun Saeed in ‘Main Punjab Nahi Jaongi’.

Iman Ali is on a roll as her film alongside Fahad Mustafa, Mah-e-Meer will be releasing this month, and later the songs she have featured in will soon be coming out. The songs she’ll be featuring in have already created a hype all around, one of the songs named ‘Jind Jaan’ is by Shehzad Roy, whereas other one ‘Koi Rokay Na Mujhay’ will be showing off the brilliance of Farhan Saeed.

Apart from all these clear success, the elegant Iman Ali will be featuring in another mega project ‘Main Punjab Nahi Jaongi’, which will be directed by accomplished director Nadeem Baig and scripted by Khalilur Rehman Qamar.

Although, so far not much about the film is known but it seems that it will be a romantic film, which was earlier named ‘Wasal’.

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Itaewon the Burger | Yongsan-gu, Seoul

The patties are homemade twice a day, while the beef is imported from Australia. If you’re looking for a balance between grease and flavor, you should order the “Grilled Shrimp” burger. The “Grilled Shrimp” consists of a patty and grilled shrimp, topped with cheese, lettuce, tomato, and an onion.

For an extra 4,500 KRW, you receive a side of cajun fries and a drink. The vibe here is casual and customers can also order a variety of beers to wash down their burger.

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Judge to Trump: Muting, not blocking followers, may end suit

President Donald Trump speaks during a cabinet meeting at the White House, Thursday, March 8, 2018, in Washington. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)

A judge recommended Thursday that President Donald Trump mute rather than block some of his critics from following him on Twitter to resolve a First Amendment lawsuit.

U.S. District Judge Naomi Reice Buchwald suggested a settlement as the preferred outcome after hearing lawyers argue whether it's constitutional for Trump to block some followers.

"Isn't the answer he just mutes the person he finds personally offensive?" she asked. "He can avoid hearing them by muting them."

The hearing stemmed from a lawsuit filed in July by the Knight First Amendment Institute at Columbia University and seven people rejected by Trump after criticizing the Republican president.

Lawyers on both sides said they saw merit to the judge's suggestion but would need to consult with clients.

"It's not a perfect solution, but certainly, it is a pretty good one," said Katherine Fallow, a Knight institute lawyer.

U.S. Department of Justice attorney Michael Baer agreed muting would enable Trump to avoid reading a tweet he doesn't want to read.

If no deal is reached, lawyers will rely on a written decision from Buchwald, who warned they might not like the outcome.

"Like with every case, there is always a risk you can lose," she said. "If there's a settlement, that serves the interests of all parties. It's often considered the wisest way to go."

The lawsuit was filed after Trump blocked some individuals from @realdonaldtrump, a 9-year-old Twitter account with nearly 50 million followers.

Baer argued that it was Trump's prerogative, no different from the president deciding in a room filled with people not to listen to some.

Buchwald said citizens have the right to send communications to the president in a variety of ways.

She quickly added: "I'm not remotely suggesting that citizens have the right to insist someone in the government read their mail. ... No one has the time. There are not remotely enough hours in the day."

Baer urged the judge to toss the lawsuit on jurisdictional grounds or to find that blocking some followers doesn't violate the First Amendment because Trump is not regulating access to a public forum on Twitter.

Jameel Jaffer, the Knight institute's director, told Buchwald it was not necessary to issue an order against the president himself, since there are others involved with his account who can be required to enforce her decision.

Fallow asked Buchwald to find that Trump's Twitter feed is an official government account that operates as a public forum and thus blocking critics violates the First Amendment.


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The Metro Parks offer free programs for adults, age 50 and older

Barbara Toman just moved to Columbus with her husband.

She's discovering the Metro Parks through Metro Five-0, they're programs like this, designed specifically for people 50 and older.

"When you're fifty and older, it's hard to make friends and when you don't have children to naturally integrate into the community," Toman explains.

The program Toman participated in is one that teaches breathing exercises. But after she's done, she plans to hike the park and enjoy nature.

Metro Parks director Tim Moloney said people participate in the free programs for many reasons; to get out in nature, to learn something new or to be social.

"All of our Five-0 programs are rated from 1, which can be sedentary, all the way to 5, which can be a back-country hike to clear creek," Moloney says, "What we like to say is there's a program for everybody."

  • LEVEL 1 Fully accessible. Stationary and/or move at own pace
  • LEVEL 2 Less than one mile, mostly flat, may include unpaved or uneven terrain, slow pace
  • LEVEL 3 Up to 2 miles, some hills or uneven terrain and/or moderate pace
  • LEVEL 4 More than 2 miles. Hills and/or uneven terrain. Strenuous pace

The metro parks Five-0 programs happen at various parks throughout the year and the easiest way to find out about the programs is by picking up a Parkscope.

To learn more about programs available at the Metro Parks click here.

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