This document is a list of dates, all repeating "January 12, 2009". It does not contain any other text or information beyond listing the same date ten times in a row.
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The document discusses designing content for short attention spans. It notes that on average people will spend less than 3 minutes reading online. It emphasizes the importance of understanding audience and their needs. Traditional design focuses too much on aesthetics rather than usability and engagement. Mobile design does a better job prioritizing essential information. The key is focusing content on what is most important and keeping people engaged with concise, well-structured information.
The Beauty of Bootstrapping - Doing it AnywayChris Schultz
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This is my presentation from The Feast Conference. Notes on the presentation are here: http://www.voodooventures.com/2009/02/12/the-beauty-of-bootstrapping-doing-it-anyway/
These pictures demonstrate various compositional techniques including the rule of thirds, balancing elements, leading lines, symmetry, patterns, different viewpoints, background, depth, framing, cropping, and experimentation.
The student conducted an experiment to observe osmosis in eggs placed in different solutions. Eggs were placed in corn syrup, water, and vinegar and their weights and sizes were measured before and after. The corn syrup egg got smaller and lighter as the egg's concentration was higher than the corn syrup. The water egg got larger and heavier as the water's concentration was higher than the egg. The purpose was to see how osmosis affected the eggs in different concentration solutions.
The document describes an experiment to observe osmosis in eggs. It involves removing the shell from eggs using vinegar, weighing and measuring the eggs, placing one in corn syrup and one in water, then weighing and measuring them again. The results show the egg in corn syrup weighed slightly more but was 3cm smaller, while the egg in water more than doubled in weight and increased in size by 1.5cm, demonstrating osmosis.
The document discusses several human rights that children in developing countries are denied, including education, freedom of speech, and basic freedom. It focuses on children who are forced to work in unsafe factories instead of going to school and who cannot freely express themselves. These children have little access to healthcare, food, or play. The document urges readers to raise awareness of these issues and support organizations helping children in need. It provides examples from the novel "Iqbal" of how children are denied schooling and freedom of speech. The last paragraph emphasizes the importance of learning about and donating to causes addressing human rights violations against children globally.
This document describes an experiment on egg osmosis. An egg was placed in water and another in corn syrup to observe differences in size, weight, and appearance over time. As hypothesized, the corn syrup egg decreased in size and gained weight as water left the egg. The water egg increased in size as water entered the egg due to lower concentration than the surrounding water. The experiment demonstrated osmosis occurring across the eggs' membranes in the different solutions.
This document repeats the date "January 21, 2009" nine times without providing any other context or information. It does not convey any events, ideas, or meaningful content beyond stating the same date in each line. The document consists only of repeating the date January 21, 2009 on nine separate lines without any other text.
This document repeats the date March 04, 2009 seven times without providing any other context or information. It does not contain enough details to generate a meaningful 3 sentence summary.
This document repeats the date October 23, 2008 fourteen times and provides the heading "Notes for Oct 23". It suggests the document contains notes related to integers that were created on October 23, 2008.
The document describes an experiment to observe osmosis in eggs. It involves placing one egg in corn syrup and one in water, then measuring and weighing the eggs initially and after 24 hours. The hypothesis was that the egg in corn syrup would gain weight and size due to osmosis, while the egg in water would not change. The observations showed the corn syrup egg gained less weight and size, supporting water moving from the egg into the corn syrup by osmosis. The water egg remained the same, with water instead moving from the water into the egg.
The document discusses the pressures that girls face regarding their appearance and perceived perfection. It suggests that focusing so heavily on looks can be emotionally and mentally painful. True beauty comes from within, in one's soul, not from superficial or physical attributes.
This document repeats the date October 21, 2008 six times without providing any other context or information. It does not convey any events, ideas, or meaningful content beyond stating the same date on six separate lines.
This document consists of the date "November 18, 2008" repeated 13 times. It does not contain any other information beyond this repeated date. The document appears to be noting the same date of November 18, 2008 across 13 lines without providing any additional context or details.
This document simply repeats the date "November 24, 2008" fourteen times without providing any other context or information. It does not convey any meaningful content that can be summarized in three sentences or less.
This document provides a lesson on adding integers for students in grades 7-9. It introduces the rules and concepts for adding integers using algebra tiles, number lines, and algebra. Examples are provided to demonstrate how to add integers using these different methods. The key steps are to ignore the addition sign and do what the sign on the second integer tells you to do when adding integers algebraically.
Mariel Montales' GCT Shots and Angles Powerpointspmath
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This document defines and provides examples of various camera shots and angles used in filmmaking. It discusses extreme long shots and long shots that show wide landscapes, as well as medium shots, chest shots, and close-ups that frame characters from different parts of the body. It also covers point-of-view shots, eye-level shots, high and low angles, and oblique tilted shots used to set a scene's atmosphere from different perspectives. Each term includes a photo credit linking to an example image on Flickr to illustrate the technique.
The speaker describes how they could write a song by their new piano about losing a love battle and cupid shooting an arrow. They express that writing the song would not be difficult for them to do with their new piano. The song would be about heartbreak and moving on from a lost love.
This document discusses different types of camera shots including extreme long shots, extreme close ups, eye level shots, low angle shots, long shots, over the shoulder shots, high angle shots, medium shots, two shots, rule of thirds composition, chest shots, and point of view shots. Each shot is defined along with examples and links to additional information sources. Photos are included and credited to illustrate different shots.
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This document defines and provides examples of various camera shots and angles used in filmmaking and photography. It discusses shots like extreme long shots, long shots, medium shots, and extreme close ups. It also covers different camera angles such as eye level shots, high angle shots, and oblique shots. Composition, the rule of thirds, point of view, and two shots are also defined. Each term includes a short definition and example image.
This document repeats the date January 09, 2009 ten times without providing any other context or information. It does not convey any events, ideas, or meaningful content beyond stating the same date on ten separate lines.
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This document appears to be lyrics from the song "Pretty Hurts" by Beyonc辿. It discusses the pressures girls face to look perfect and how perfection is portrayed as a disease. It also references beauty pageants and fixing one's appearance through surgery.
A girl is told she is pretty but that pretty hurts. She is told to fix her appearance and teeth for a beauty pageant where perfection is valued but causes pain. Ultimately, inner soul and character matter more than physical appearance.
This document repeats the date March 04, 2009 seven times without providing any other context or information. It does not contain enough details to generate a meaningful 3 sentence summary.
This document repeats the date October 23, 2008 fourteen times and provides the heading "Notes for Oct 23". It suggests the document contains notes related to integers that were created on October 23, 2008.
The document describes an experiment to observe osmosis in eggs. It involves placing one egg in corn syrup and one in water, then measuring and weighing the eggs initially and after 24 hours. The hypothesis was that the egg in corn syrup would gain weight and size due to osmosis, while the egg in water would not change. The observations showed the corn syrup egg gained less weight and size, supporting water moving from the egg into the corn syrup by osmosis. The water egg remained the same, with water instead moving from the water into the egg.
The document discusses the pressures that girls face regarding their appearance and perceived perfection. It suggests that focusing so heavily on looks can be emotionally and mentally painful. True beauty comes from within, in one's soul, not from superficial or physical attributes.
This document repeats the date October 21, 2008 six times without providing any other context or information. It does not convey any events, ideas, or meaningful content beyond stating the same date on six separate lines.
This document consists of the date "November 18, 2008" repeated 13 times. It does not contain any other information beyond this repeated date. The document appears to be noting the same date of November 18, 2008 across 13 lines without providing any additional context or details.
This document simply repeats the date "November 24, 2008" fourteen times without providing any other context or information. It does not convey any meaningful content that can be summarized in three sentences or less.
This document provides a lesson on adding integers for students in grades 7-9. It introduces the rules and concepts for adding integers using algebra tiles, number lines, and algebra. Examples are provided to demonstrate how to add integers using these different methods. The key steps are to ignore the addition sign and do what the sign on the second integer tells you to do when adding integers algebraically.
Mariel Montales' GCT Shots and Angles Powerpointspmath
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This document defines and provides examples of various camera shots and angles used in filmmaking. It discusses extreme long shots and long shots that show wide landscapes, as well as medium shots, chest shots, and close-ups that frame characters from different parts of the body. It also covers point-of-view shots, eye-level shots, high and low angles, and oblique tilted shots used to set a scene's atmosphere from different perspectives. Each term includes a photo credit linking to an example image on Flickr to illustrate the technique.
The speaker describes how they could write a song by their new piano about losing a love battle and cupid shooting an arrow. They express that writing the song would not be difficult for them to do with their new piano. The song would be about heartbreak and moving on from a lost love.
This document discusses different types of camera shots including extreme long shots, extreme close ups, eye level shots, low angle shots, long shots, over the shoulder shots, high angle shots, medium shots, two shots, rule of thirds composition, chest shots, and point of view shots. Each shot is defined along with examples and links to additional information sources. Photos are included and credited to illustrate different shots.
Mae Concepcion's Shots and Angles PowerPointspmath
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This document defines and provides examples of various camera shots and angles used in filmmaking and photography. It discusses shots like extreme long shots, long shots, medium shots, and extreme close ups. It also covers different camera angles such as eye level shots, high angle shots, and oblique shots. Composition, the rule of thirds, point of view, and two shots are also defined. Each term includes a short definition and example image.
This document repeats the date January 09, 2009 ten times without providing any other context or information. It does not convey any events, ideas, or meaningful content beyond stating the same date on ten separate lines.
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This document appears to be lyrics from the song "Pretty Hurts" by Beyonc辿. It discusses the pressures girls face to look perfect and how perfection is portrayed as a disease. It also references beauty pageants and fixing one's appearance through surgery.
A girl is told she is pretty but that pretty hurts. She is told to fix her appearance and teeth for a beauty pageant where perfection is valued but causes pain. Ultimately, inner soul and character matter more than physical appearance.
A girl is told she is pretty but that pretty hurts. She is told to fix her appearance and teeth for a beauty pageant. However, the girl realizes that inner beauty and soul are more important than physical appearance. Pretty things are actually a disease that hurts.
The document describes a buff baby who can dance like a man and shake their fanny. The baby claims to be tough and able to punch buns, specifically punching the buns of any evil witches for fun.
The one thing left is falling and breaking down. The speaker's only star is now falling and burning to the ground. They are crying out and wanting their secret love to take them far, far away from where they are, anywhere but here, and answering their prayer to be taken away.
The song is about two people who have finally found where they belong after a lifetime of feeling out of place. When they meet, they instantly connect and realize they have both been searching their whole lives to find someone with whom they are perfectly compatible. Being together feels completely new and exciting to them, like "love is an open door" between them.
The document contains links to 5 images of different skateparks from around the world, including one in Roselle, Philippines, two in Tofino, Canada, one in Manhattan, New York, and one in Helsinki, Finland. The images provide examples of the design and infrastructure of skateparks globally.
The document is a collection of photo descriptions taken at a skate park for a field trip assignment focusing on lines. The photos showcase various angles, including diagonal, curved, horizontal, and straight lines. Elements like ramps, sidewalks, fences, stairs, benches, paths, walls and the skate park itself are depicted from different perspectives to feature the lines within each shot. The photos were edited with effects like splash, black and white, tone, and focus to draw attention to particular lines, colors and angles.
The document is a blog post by Mae Concepcion about a field trip to a skatepark. It includes links to Flickr photos of skatepark scenes and structures. The post then shares 5 photos Mae took at the skatepark, with explanations of the goals or aspects of each shot, such as capturing shadows of friends, showing the curve and depth of a skate ramp, or focusing on graffiti on the cement.
The document contains photos from various skateparks along with descriptions from the author of photos they took at a skatepark. The author's photos focus on different aspects of lines and curves within the skatepark, such as the scene as a whole, a rider's foot placement, curved platforms, stairs, trash cans, steps, elevations between platforms, the ground/skatepark line, curved surfaces, and slopes.
Mariel Montales' GCT Skatepark Field Trip Looking for Lines Powerpointspmath
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Mariel took photos during a field trip to a skate park to capture various lines and shapes within the park. Some photos focused on the lines and structures of the skate park itself, while others aimed to highlight people's movements or use frames like trees or arms to draw attention to certain lines and contours. Mariel experimented with editing apps to make colors or subjects pop and blur or focus different elements to draw the eye toward intended lines and shapes. The photos aimed to showcase the linear features and geometry of the skate park environment.
This document contains 5 summaries of photos, with the photographer explaining for each photo that they were trying to capture a specific point of view, visual element, or shot composition, such as the curve of a hill, a below-the-waist shot of someone skateboarding, a photo of two people jumping in the air, or an oblique shot of a ramp.
The document discusses various photographic techniques including: shot types like close-up shots, medium shots, and wide shots; camera angles such as bird's eye view shots taken from above and worm's eye view shots taken from below; and compositional techniques like rule of thirds and leading lines. Each section provides a short definition and example photo to illustrate the technique.
This document defines and provides examples of various camera shots and angles used in filmmaking, including extreme long shots, long shots, medium shots, close ups, over the shoulder shots, two shots, eye level shots, high angle shots, oblique shots, and point of view shots. Each type of shot is defined and an example image with a link is provided to illustrate the shot. Additional links to resources about camera shots and angles are also included.
This document defines and provides examples of various camera shots and angles used in filmmaking, including extreme long shots, extreme close ups, eye level shots, long shots, medium shots, and point of view shots. Each term is defined and an example photo is provided along with its source and photo credit. Standard shots like close ups, two shots, and over the shoulder shots are also explained visually through example photos. Principles of composition and the rule of thirds are outlined.
The document defines various types of camera shots including extreme long shots, extreme close ups, eye level shots, long shots, over the shoulder shots, high angle shots, medium shots, two-shots, oblique shots, and shots that follow the rule of thirds. Each shot is defined along with a link providing more information and an example image with photo credits. The shots describe different angles, distances, scales, and compositions used to frame subjects or scenes in photography.
The narrator describes growing up in the Philippines until moving to Canada at age 11. Some significant events included their mother having a miscarriage, and their grandmother passing away from a stroke on the narrator's seventh birthday. Getting their first dog Carlo at age 4 was impactful, though Carlo later choked on a plastic bag. The narrator hopes to become a successful computer engineer or work in computer science, living with their future family and dogs in a large house.
Ancient Egypt had borders along the Mediterranean Sea and Nile River, which was important for trading goods via boats with other cultures like Rome and Greece. Egyptians believed in multiple gods and goddesses and that the Pharaoh was a supreme ruler who was descended from the gods. Education started at age 5-14 and focused on subjects like geography, economics, religion, arts, and history over three time periods and 31 dynasties.
The document contains notes on Egyptian gods taken using the Cornell note-taking system. It lists 5 gods - Horus, Sobek, Ma'at, Thoth, and Khnum - along with 1-3 main ideas or supporting ideas about each, including their associations and typical depictions.
The document outlines key Egyptian gods and goddesses including Horus, the original sky god and son of Osiris and Isis who is depicted as a falcon-headed child; Thoth, the scribe of the gods who invented writing and controlled magicians, depicted with the head of an ibis; and the two female goddesses Maat, the goddess of truth and justice symbolized by a feather, and Hathor, the goddess of love, music and dancing, identified with Aphrodite and depicted as a cow or woman with a cow's head or horns.
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Technology use over time and its impact on consumers and businesses.pptxkaylagaze
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In this presentation, I explore how technology has changed consumer behaviour and its impact on consumers and businesses. I will focus on internet access, digital devices, how customers search for information and what they buy online, video consumption, and lastly consumer trends.
Just like life, our code must evolve to meet the demands of an ever-changing world. Adaptability is key in developing for the web, tablets, APIs, or serverless applications. Multi-runtime development is the future, and that future is dynamic. Enter BoxLang: Dynamic. Modular. Productive. (www.boxlang.io)
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Unlock your creative potential with powerful IDE tools designed for BoxLang, offering an intuitive development experience that streamlines your workflow. Join us as we redefine JVM development and step into the era of BoxLang. Welcome to the future.
UiPath Document Understanding - Generative AI and Active learning capabilitiesDianaGray10
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This session focus on Generative AI features and Active learning modern experience with Document understanding.
Topics Covered:
Overview of Document Understanding
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What is Generative Classification?
How to use Generative Extraction activities?
What is Generative Validation?
How Active learning modern experience accelerate model training?
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FinTech - US Annual Funding Report - 2024.pptxTracxn
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US FinTech 2024, offering a comprehensive analysis of key trends, funding activities, and top-performing sectors that shaped the FinTech ecosystem in the US 2024. The report delivers detailed data and insights into the region's funding landscape and other developments. We believe this report will provide you with valuable insights to understand the evolving market dynamics.
Technology use over time and its impact on consumers and businesses.pptxkaylagaze
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In this presentation, I will discuss how technology has changed consumer behaviour and its impact on consumers and businesses. I will focus on internet access, digital devices, how customers search for information and what they buy online, video consumption, and lastly consumer trends.
Unlock AI Creativity: Image Generation with DALL揃EExpeed Software
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Discover the power of AI image generation with DALL揃E, an advanced AI model that transforms text prompts into stunning, high-quality visuals. This presentation explores how artificial intelligence is revolutionizing digital creativity, from graphic design to content creation and marketing. Learn about the technology behind DALL揃E, its real-world applications, and how businesses can leverage AI-generated art for innovation. Whether you're a designer, developer, or marketer, this guide will help you unlock new creative possibilities with AI-driven image synthesis.
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The ultimate guide to FL Studio 12.9 Crack, the revolutionary digital audio workstation that empowers musicians and producers of all levels. This software has become a cornerstone in the music industry, offering unparalleled creative capabilities, cutting-edge features, and an intuitive workflow.
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Transform Your Future with Front-End Development TrainingVtechlabs
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Kickstart your career in web development with our front-end web development course in Vadodara. Learn HTML, CSS, JavaScript, React, and more through hands-on projects and expert mentorship. Our front-end development course with placement includes real-world training, mock interviews, and job assistance to help you secure top roles like Front-End Developer, UI/UX Developer, and Web Designer.
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The Future of Repair: Transparent and Incremental by Botond DenesScyllaDB
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Regularly run repairs are essential to keep clusters healthy, yet having a good repair schedule is more challenging than it should be. Repairs often take a long time, preventing running them often. This has an impact on data consistency and also limits the usefulness of the new repair based tombstone garbage collection. We want to address these challenges by making repairs incremental and allowing for automatic repair scheduling, without relying on external tools.
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Free Download Wondershare Filmora 14.3.2.11147 Full Version - All-in-one home video editor to make a great video.Free Download Wondershare Filmora for Windows PC is an all-in-one home video editor with powerful functionality and a fully stacked feature set. Filmora has a simple drag-and-drop top interface, allowing you to be artistic with the story you want to create.Video Editing Simplified - Ignite Your Story. A powerful and intuitive video editing experience. Filmora 10 hash two new ways to edit: Action Cam Tool (Correct lens distortion, Clean up your audio, New speed controls) and Instant Cutter (Trim or merge clips quickly, Instant export).Filmora allows you to create projects in 4:3 or 16:9, so you can crop the videos or resize them to fit the size you want. This way, quickly converting a widescreen material to SD format is possible.
World Information Architecture Day 2025 - UX at a CrossroadsJoshua Randall
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User Experience stands at a crossroads: will we live up to our potential to design a better world? or will we be co-opted by product management or another business buzzword?
Looking backwards, this talk will show how UX has repeatedly failed to create a better world, drawing on industry data from Nielsen Norman Group, Baymard, MeasuringU, WebAIM, and others.
Looking forwards, this talk will argue that UX must resist hype, say no more often and collaborate less often (you read that right), and become a true profession in order to be able to design a better world.
Computational Photography: How Technology is Changing Way We Capture the WorldHusseinMalikMammadli
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Computational Photography (Computer Vision/Image): How Technology is Changing the Way We Capture the World
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What Makes "Deep Research"? A Dive into AI AgentsZilliz
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About this webinar:
Unless you live under a rock, you will have heard about OpenAIs release of Deep Research on Feb 2, 2025. This new product promises to revolutionize how we answer questions requiring the synthesis of large amounts of diverse information. But how does this technology work, and why is Deep Research a noticeable improvement over previous attempts? In this webinar, we will examine the concepts underpinning modern agents using our basic clone, Deep Searcher, as an example.
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DevNexus - Building 10x Development Organizations.pdfJustin Reock
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Developer Experience is Dead! Long Live Developer Experience!
In this keynote-style session, well take a detailed, granular look at the barriers to productivity developers face today and modern approaches for removing them. 10x developers may be a myth, but 10x organizations are very real, as proven by the influential study performed in the 1980s, The Coding War Games.
Right now, here in early 2025, we seem to be experiencing YAPP (Yet Another Productivity Philosophy), and that philosophy is converging on developer experience. It seems that with every new method, we invent to deliver products, whether physical or virtual, we reinvent productivity philosophies to go alongside them.
But which of these approaches works? DORA? SPACE? DevEx? What should we invest in and create urgency behind today so we dont have the same discussion again in a decade?
Formal Methods: Whence and Whither? [Martin Fr辰nzle Festkolloquium, 2025]Jonathan Bowen
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Alan Turing arguably wrote the first paper on formal methods 75 years ago. Since then, there have been claims and counterclaims about formal methods. Tool development has been slow but aided by Moores Law with the increasing power of computers. Although formal methods are not widespread in practical usage at a heavyweight level, their influence as crept into software engineering practice to the extent that they are no longer necessarily called formal methods in their use. In addition, in areas where safety and security are important, with the increasing use of computers in such applications, formal methods are a viable way to improve the reliability of such software-based systems. Their use in hardware where a mistake can be very costly is also important. This talk explores the journey of formal methods to the present day and speculates on future directions.