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Functional pmo8/9/2023 ![]() ![]() Functional managers reside within Information Systems & Technology (IST) and within other business units on campus. The functional manager is the person who has management authority within a business unit/department with direct supervision over one or more resources on the project/program team, and/or direct responsibility for the functions affected by or that affect the project/program deliverable(s). A strong PMO function will clearly define the benefits of the projects in the portfolio or enterprise and align these to your business strategy to produce. Implicit in the definition of the matrix organization is the recognition that the project is temporary whereas the functional departments are more permanent. ![]()
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Javascript array splice replace8/9/2023 ![]() The following code demonstrates using the slice() method with a negative index. Slice with start index 2 will return all the items starting from index 2 to the end of the array. Use this method when you want to create a new array from the items of a specific array within a defined range.Ĭode const originalBirds = Ĭonst copyBirds = originalBirds.slice(2) The array.slice() will not modify the original array.The Array.slice() returns a shallow portion of an array into a new array object based on the start and end index position. undefined Remove an Item from an Array Using Array Slice() Undefined is returned if array.shift() is applied on an empty array. The following code demonstrates what happens when the shift() method is applied to an empty array. Use this method when you want to remove the first item of the array and return it.Ĭonsole.log(bird) // return the first item that is removedĬonsole.log(birds) // returns the array after removing the first item The shift() method mutates the same array and changes the length of the array.The Array.shift() is used to remove the first item of an array and returns the removed item. undefined Remove an Item from an Array Using Array Shift() Undefined is returned when array.pop() is applied on an empty array. The following code demonstrates what happens when the array.pop() method is applied to an empty array. const birds = Ĭonsole.log(bird) // return the last item that is removedĬonsole.log(birds) // returns the array after removing the last item The following code demonstrates how to use the pop() method to remove the last item of the array. Use this method when you want to remove the last item of the array and return it. The pop() method mutates the same array and changes the length of the array.The Array.pop() removes the last item of an array and returns it. Output Remove an Item from an Array Using Array Pop() const birds = Ĭonst filteredBirds = birds.filter( bird => bird.length > 4) The following code demonstrates how to use the array.filter() with the arrow function. So a new array is returned with items matching the condition, and other unmatched items of the array are ignored in the new array. In the example, the filter condition is to pick items with numeric values and values greater than 18 are applied to the array. If (age > 18 & !Number.isNaN(age) ) return true The following code demonstrates how to use the array.filter() with the callback function. The array.filter() can also be used along with the arrow function and the inline callback functions. Use this method when you want to remove an item from an array based on a specific condition(s). The array.filter() does not mutate the existing array but instead returns a new array.The values that do not satisfy the applied condition will be ignored.The Array.filter() method will create a new array based on the values that satisfy the applied condition. ![]() birds.splice(0,2) Remove an Item from an Array Using Array filter() The above code is similar to the following code. If you specify any negative value to the start position, the start index will be set to 0. Start position is set to 2 and `deletecount` is set to 2, so 2 items( “”finch”, “owl””) starting index position 2 is removed from the array. Let’s see another example of deleting multiple values from an array by specifying the desired count in place of deletecount. Start position is an index of parrot, and the deletecount value is set as 1, so one value from the start position parrot is deleted. Use this method when you want to delete an item in a specific position of an array.Ĭode const birds = īirds. While using the splice() method, the original array will be modified. The Array.splice() method is used to remove/add/replace elements in a specific place of an array. Remove an Item from an Array Using Array Splice() Remove an Item from an Array Using the “delete” keyword.Remove an Item from an Array Using Array Length.Remove an Item from an Array Using Array Slice().Remove an Item from an Array Using Array Shift(). ![]() ![]()
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Mystic messenger characters sum up8/9/2023 ![]() ![]() Hourglasses. Limited resources that you can use to do various things in the game (which will be explained later). But no worries, let me move onto the two options available to you! Of course, if you have a busy schedule or can’t access your phone at all hours then this becomes a problem. Personally, I enjoyed playing it in real time since I felt like Cheritz did the pacing pretty well. Chats stay open until the next scheduled chat opens, and that’s when the old one closes and becomes a missed chat. If you miss too many chats though (especially in the prologue) you’ll head to a bad end. If you miss these chats then the characters will just talk amongst themselves or to themselves. ![]() GAME MECHANICS:įirst thing to know is that the game is free and runs in real time, meaning that chat rooms open up at scheduled times for you to join. You are then recruited (read: forced) to join and help them invite guests to the 3rd party that the RFA is holding, and while doing that you go through a journey, potentially uncovering the secrets of the organization, and helping the cast overcome hurdles in their life. This app leads you into the chat room of a fundraising organization, known as the RFA, and there you meet the cast of Mystic Messenger. You, being the gullible good Samaritan that you are, head to the apartment to leave a note but instead end up with a messenger app downloaded onto your phone. SUMMARY:Īn unknown person requests your help in returning a phone that they picked up all they have is an address. *WARNING* There are some minor chat spoilers below. Seriously, Mystic Messenger is just a great game that will hopefully make you laugh, cry, and love. On another note, they’re all so positive and supportive which is a nice thing to experience from time to time (when the conflict is external rather than internal). I felt like each of the characters had relatable struggles and they all learn a valuable life lesson, which I’m sure you could take away from this game. Even when you see tropes coming at you miles away, the characters and their stories pull you in and it’s just so much fun to chat with them and experience the story. The overarching story of Mystic Messenger probably isn’t going to blow your mind but in my opinion its execution is where Cheritz deserves all the kudos. I’m an internet child and so hearing their pop culture references, their slang, and the way they express themselves through their typing was just so funny and familiar. It’s unique, clever, and the humor of the characters is so on point for me. I’m just going to start by saying I love this game SO MUCH. Posted on SeptemUpdated on October 10, 2016ĭecided to write an introduction, some thoughts, and provide resources on the latest game that has consumed my life, and the lives of many others. ![]()
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Chatbot design examples8/9/2023 ![]() ![]() In other words, transactional bots work due to the predetermined scheme or menu, just like bank voice assistants, that provide the customer communication indirectly, requiring them to use various digits to perform actions.Ĭonversational bots are much more advanced, frequently based on Artificial Intelligence, and can both simulate human interactions and are able to natural language understanding, and recognize the customer's request. While transactional chatbots are able to perform only certain tasks and answers, that were programmed by their developers, conversational bots can use natural language processing. The Evolution of Chatbotsįor instance, there are at least two different generations: transactional and conversational chatbots. Notwithstanding the fact, that there are a lot of diverse deep learning models and advanced technologies such as machine learning, there is still a lot of work to be done in order to make them full-fledged standalone software, that can work without human intervention. It will be fair to say, that despite the usage of chatbots is growing in popularity, chatbots are still developing. ![]() ![]() As an alternative, chatbots can be used for statistical analysis, marketing, analysis of user feedback, as sales agent assistants, content analysis, entertainment, etc. In this form, they can be implemented into most industries, successfully performing tasks. Therefore, the company can better operate its human resources, release more employees and assign them new, more important tasks.Ĭlearly, the most common type of chatbot is virtual assistants (VA). In such situations, the program gets all the needed information from the source and is able to answer numerous numbers of clients at the same time. There is no need to explain why software is more effective than a human being in circumstances when the process requires operating with a huge amount of data as soon as possible.Īdditionally, chatbots are a great choice for answering routine questions, also known as Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ). They can be used in any sphere, yet, the best condition to use chatbots is when you need to cope with big data. The usage of chatbots can highly improve productivity, thanks to all of its features. Today, we will try to find out what are Chatbots, what purposes they serve, and if are there any successful chatbot use cases. However, chatbots can be used not only for this industry. In fact, we have already discussed the role of chatbot integrations in Logistics and the benefits they bring. The number of features and functions they provide and the overall advantage of their use can be seen with the naked eye. Recently, chatbots are gaining more and more popularity. ![]()
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Roger moore alabama8/9/2023 ![]() The Moores have already filed paperwork stating that they will appeal, so this may go on – or not Accordingly, Defendants’ motion is granted in its entirety.” “Although Kayla Moore was not a signatory to that contract, her claims are barred by the First Amendment. “The Court agrees that Judge Moore’s claims are barred by the unambiguous contractual language, which precludes the very causes of action he now brings,” Cronan wrote in the 26-page decision against Moore and his co-plaintiff spouse. District Court to New York federal court - and that’s where it ended today, kind of. Following a dust-up over jurisdiction, the matter went from D.C. To be specific, Moore, who faced an avalanche of allegations of sexual misconduct with minors during his unsuccessful 2017 Senate bid, alleged in his initial September 2018 filing that his signature on a release “was obtained through fraud” and therefore “void and inoperative.” Moore also made it pretty obvious that he was not at all amused by the self-described pedophile detecting instrument that a disguised Cohen kept moving his way to louder beeps in the interview.Ĭiting the same release the Larry Klayman-represented Moore had in fact signed, the Borat star disagreed with the contract interpretation. Cronan in an opinion ( read it here) released on Emmy nominations morning.Īfter having appeared on the third episode of the 2018 Showtime satire, the former Alabama state judicial official proclaimed he had been hoodwinked into going before the cameras, suing for some pretty big bucks. “Defendants have moved for summary judgment, arguing that Plaintiffs’ claims are barred by both a waiver clause in the agreement that Judge Moore signed prior to the interview and also by the First Amendment of the U.S. After almost three years of legal dogfighting between the savvy Who Is America? frontman and the scandal-plagued Moore, a federal judge Tuesday has put the kibosh on the latter’s $95 million defamation lawsuit. PREVIOUS EXCLUSIVE, July 13, 2021: It looks like Sacha Baron Cohen is getting the last laugh over failed Alabama Senate candidate Roy Moore. Moore’s frivolous lawsuit is finally over,” Baron Cohen’s lawyer Russell Smith told Deadline today. “After nearly four years of litigation, it seems Mr. Emmy Snubs & Surprises: 'Falcon & The Winter Soldier,' Ted Danson, 'Masked Singer' & 'Small Axe' Shunned 'The Boys' Proves Superpowered ![]()
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Infographic inspiration 20158/9/2023 ![]() This is built in Javascript, and anyone can share the interactive version by using the embed code on their own website. In this case, you can see the original interactive version on the Visme site, that includes additional information when you mouse over each process step. Dindra Desmipian Pro 784 222k Dindra Desmipian Pro 465 145k Terran Washington Pro 185 97. Attributed to: Innovating Infographics in Public Health funded. ![]() The infographic design is very significant. Want more inspiration Browse our search results. The 7 Graphic Principles of Public Health Infographic Design (2015). ICIT 2015 The 7th International Conference on Information Technology doi:10.15849/icit.2015.0100 ICIT. One of the advantages of using Visme as the platform to design your infographic is that you can create interactive elements in your design. Infographic 28,269 inspirational designs, illustrations, and graphic elements from the world’s best designers. This is one of the most amazing infographics I’ve ever seen. ![]() Iterate - Choose one design direction or combine a few different ideas from your concepts.įinalize - The final step is to finalize your design with the appropriate Copyright or Creative Commons license, and export the final design to a few different file formats as necessary. Concert Hotels has a host of fantastic infographics, and 100 Years of Rock connects every popular music genre from 1910 to 2015 in one interactive blast. Wireframe - Wireframe your story before you start any design workĭesign Concepts - Experiment with design ideas by creating rough concepts that visualize your data in a handful of different ways ![]() Most of my designs follow this 5-step process:ĭata Research - Start with the data. The team at created an interactive infographic version of it using the Visme design platform. is a fantastic online design platform for infographics, presentations, reports and more. My data visualization and infographics design company, InfoNewt, uses this process when designing infographics for clients, and I teach this process in my workshops and classes. The Process of Designing an Infographic is an interactive design that outlines my own infographic design process. ![]()
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F.lux vs twilight8/9/2023 ![]() Now we can look this up on a EV/Lux conversion chart such as this one by Sekonic. So lets plug that into the equation to arrive at an EV value. So we know our general illuminance level is likely to be somewhere around 50 lux, that’s how much light is likely to be falling on our subject. It’s a living room, and we will be shooting at 24fps with a standard 180-degree shutter (or 1/48th sec) and we want to maintain a nice, shallow DoF with an f/stop of f/2.8. Let’s say we know we are planning the shoot to be interior nighttime. Any combination of aperture and shutter speed that results in the same EV value will result in the same exposure. Understanding Light: Exposure ValueĮxposure Value (EV) is a scale representing the combination of aperture f/stop and shutter speed. Of course, it depends on frame rate, shutter speed and ISO (or EI). What does this mean in terms of exposure? Typical lux values of surfaces illuminated by:Ġ.0001 lux – Moonless, overcast night sky.Ġ.002 lux – Moonless clear night sky with airglow.Ġ.27–1.0 lux – Full moon on a clear night.ģ.4 lux – Dark limit of civil twilight under a clear sky.Ĩ0 lux – Office building hallway/toilet lighting.Ĥ00 lux – Sunrise or sunset on a clear day.ġ000 lux – Overcast day typical TV studio lighting.ġ0000–25000 lux – Full daylight (not direct sun). So, just how bright is 1 lux? Understanding Light: Illuminance Remember also that light intensity falls off inversely to the square root of the distance from the source. A flux of 1000 lumens, concentrated into an area of one square metre, lights up that square metre with an illuminance of 1000 lux. The difference between the units lumen and lux is that the lux takes into account the area over which the luminous flux is spread. ![]() ![]() The Lumen is a measure of the total quantity of visible light emitted by a source (luminous flux). With that said, here are a few basic concepts that should be at the forefront of what we do. ![]() Of course for documentary and news, as well as most of us without Hollywood-sized crews and budgets, we’ve been shooting in available light for a long time, and will continue to do so. It wasn’t his first time either, and with continual improvements in sensitivity, we’ll see an increase in the number of high-profile films executed by smaller crews shooting only in the natural light that is available to them. More than ever we’re concerned with low light performance, and creative cinematographers are becoming more flexible than ever when it comes to how they use light.Įmmanuel “Chivo” Lubezki recently did the seemingly unthinkable for a Hollywood feature, shooting The Revenant using only available light. Light is one of those mysterious things we all know, but rarely stop to think about in much detail. Here are some useful facts and figures that may shed new light on your understanding of illumination. ![]()
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Green yellow red flag horizontal8/9/2023 ![]() ![]() the need for common cause, becomes a battle cry of sorts.". "So obviously in a moment of clear tragedy and senseless violence. Hanchard says it makes sense that the flag would be used during a collective crisis: In 2014, after Michael Brown was shot and killed by a white police officer, protesters wielded the Pan-African flag as they marched through the streets of Ferguson. They also come out when black people need a symbol of unity that stands outside the notion of Americanness. These days, Pan-African flags fly on some black owned businesses, or in neighborhoods in cities like Philadelphia, where Marcus Garvey had a big historical influence. Ghana, Libya, Malawi, Kenya and many other African countries adopted the red, black and green - often with the addition of gold, which sometimes symbolizes mineral wealth. Robert Hill says that the Pan-African flag went on to become the template for flags all over Africa as they gained independence. Fred Helf composed a popular song called " Every Race Has a Flag But the Coon."Ĭode Switch Encore: "You're A Grand Old Flag" Some years earlier, white minstrel singers were expressing the importance of flags as a matter of racial pride: In 1900, Will A. "Everybody immediately seeing that flag would recognize that this is a manifestation of black aspirations, black resistance to oppression." Media in category 'Flags with three horizontal stripes of green, yellow and red color combination' The following 43 files are in this category, out of 43 total. Garvey and the UNIA framed the need for a flag in a political context, Hill explains. And green was a symbol of growth and the natural fertility of Africa. Red stood for blood - both the blood shed by Africans who died in their fight for liberation, and the shared blood of the African people. ![]() The Pan-African flag's colors each had symbolic meaning. The great families of Japan The navy flag has a yellow central stripe. And it was the Irish struggle for independence that Hill says "unofficially gave Garvey a lot of the political vocabulary of his movement." Subcategories This category has the following 11 subcategories, out of 11 total. The most general and important of the The green, white and red Italian tricolour. Hill says that Garvey patterned his thinking on other nationalist movements at that time - the Jewish Zionist movement, the aftermath of the Russian Revolution, the fight against imperialism in China. At that time, the goal of Garvey's movement was to establish a political home for black people in Africa. ![]()
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Does liquid lipo really work8/9/2023 ![]() ![]() Additional aftercare instructions will likely include the following: We’ll also schedule follow-up appointments that will allow us to measure your progress. We may recommend that you wear a compression garment to help your body adjust to its fat loss. In all, your results will continue showing in the next three to six months. You’ll see a reduction in fat within just a week of your procedure, although skin improvements will take a little longer to develop. The difference depends, in part, on how much of your body was treated. Some patients are instructed to stay home for several days, while others need at least a week. It’s important you take time away from work so your body can properly heal. You’ll need someone to drive you home as well as stay overnight to help you get situated. Once the surgery is complete, we’ll monitor you for a short period and then send you home to rest. We’ll monitor the laser’s temperature and ensure you remain comfortably reclined throughout your procedure. The fiber emits heat in a precise and controlled manner, and after the desired amount of fat has melted, it is smoothly suctioned out of the body. When we say tiny, we mean the approximate size of a pen tip – hardly visible and rapid to heal.Ī small tube containing the laser fiber is then inserted into the incision. Once the anesthetic has taken effect, we’ll make a tiny incision into the treatment area. You’ll be awake throughout the operation, thereby eliminating any side effects of sedation. ![]() We’ll start your procedure by cleansing the surgical site and injecting a local anesthetic. After treatment, you will therefore see a gradual improvement in your skin’s appearance and a reduction in concerns like: Ultimately, the heat remodels tissues in a way that ignites the body’s natural collagen production. The laser does produce thermal effects on collagen tissues and subdermal bands. We need to make an important distinction, however. This ensures treatment will not cause damage to your skin or the surrounding cells. Suctioning removes ruptured cells and leaked fatįat cells are more vulnerable to heat than other tissues, meaning they rupture at lower temperatures.With their membranes disrupted, targeted cells grow bigger just before they rupture.The heat penetrates specific cell membranes and causes fat to leak out.The laser emits light that is transformed into heat.You can think of this process as happening in four steps: Once they absorb the energy, they rupture and can be more easily removed by vacuuming. This makes them highly susceptible to heat damage. Fat cell membranes are held together by nothing more than hydration forces. We deliver the laser energy at a prescribed wavelength readily absorbed by fat cells. In this way, Smart Lipo serves as a tool to remove unwanted fat and improve tone and definition. Surrounding tissues also coagulate and become tighter to give you a smoother overall shape. Fatty tissue is then disrupted to make for easier removal.Įssentially, the laser melts fat so it can be removed with gentle suction. That tube contains the laser that, once activated, emits thermal energy to targeted fat cells. During the procedure, a small incision is made in the treatment area and a thin tube inserted. Smart Lipo is different from traditional liposuction in that it incorporates a laser, and for this reason, is often called laser lipo. And, finally, documented advantages include: The procedure has been heralded by researchers as delivering “good, reproducible results safely and effectively.” Over a five-year period, clinical studies reveal that patients maintain significant cosmetic improvements. Science also confirms it produces far fewer side effects, such as bruising and swelling. Studies show it involves less pain and a less traumatic outcome than conventional liposuction. Smart Lipo takes this one step further to provide a treatment that is more comfortable, safer, and requires less recovery time. It’s based on a fairly simple premise: to remove unwanted fat by suctioning it from common trouble spots like the abdomen, flanks, and thighs. Liposuction is the second most popular cosmetic procedure in the United States, bested only by breast augmentation. This more advanced technique provides greater comfort and faster results without compromising the dependability of traditional lipo, and it’s available from the trusted staff of Grossman Dermatology in Santa Monica, CA. ![]() But liposuction, designed to eliminate unwanted fat, has stayed relatively consistent until the development of Smart Lipo. Aesthetic technology has seen a surge in new techniques and treatments over the years. ![]() |