David Trone (D-6th) released his second 60-second video Thursday, with a narrator summarizing the three-term congressman’s background and plan for the U.S. POLITICAL BRIEFS: TRONE DROPS NEW AD REPUBLICANS ON CRIME: U.S. ![]() OPINION: STATE DEMS FAILS TO ADDRESS CRIME ISSUE: The biggest disappointment from the 2023 legislative session was the lack of support by the Democratic majority in Annapolis - despite their stated concerns about gun violence - refused to act on legislation that would implement real, hard jail time for repeat violent criminals who use guns to hurt people. Economists and state leaders warn of unpleasant short-term effects that could become painful long-term if negotiations stall. With roughly two weeks left before the so-called X Date, lawmakers from both parties are negotiating to avoid defaulting on debt payments. Liz Bowie/The Baltimore Banner.įEDERAL DEFAULT COULD BRING LONG-TERM PAIN TO MARYLANDERS: Thousands of Marylanders could be out of a paycheck or other benefits if federal leaders fail to reach an agreement to increase the nation’s debt ceiling. Still, Choudhury is facing criticism for what some consider a brusque management style that is driving away experienced staff members alienating legislators and causing conflict with a board that shares responsibility for directing state aid to education. ‘VISIONARY’ CHOUDHURY CRITICIZED FOR MANAGEMENT STYLE: In nearly two years as Maryland’s top education leader, Mohammed Choudhury has been praised as a “brilliant” leader with an analytical mind who can find policy solutions that are creative and well thought out. ![]() Josh Kurtz and Bryan Sears/Maryland Matters.īPW OKs COMPENSATION FOR WRONGFULLY CONVICTION MAN: The Maryland Board of Public Works approved financial compensation for another wrongly convicted individual Wednesday, marking the 20th such award since the passage of a law regulating the process. Only one of the governor’s three vetoes actually sends a piece of legislation back to the drawing board the other two were versions of bills he had previously signed, meaning “it is not necessary for me to sign” the companion legislation, Moore said in veto messages to legislative leaders.Wes Moore vetoed three bills and decided which others he will allow to go into effect without his signature, including the repeal of a law formerly used against the LGBTQ community. MOORE VETOES THREE BILLS: The work of the 2023 legislative session came to a close Friday when Gov.
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![]() The widths suggested how much food a person should choose from each group. Six swaths of color swept from the apex of MyPyramid to the base: orange for grains, green for vegetables, red for fruits, a teeny band of yellow for oils, blue for milk, and purple for meat and beans. MyPyramid, unveiled in 2005, was essentially the Food Guide Pyramid turned on its side, without any explanatory text. It grouped healthy proteins (fish, poultry, beans, and nuts) into the same category as unhealthy proteins (red meat and processed meat), and overemphasized the importance of dairy products. With fat relegated to the “use sparingly” tip, it ignored the health benefits of plant oils-and instead pointed Americans to the type of low-fat diet that can worsen blood cholesterol profiles and make it harder to keep weight in check. ![]() With an overstuffed breadbasket as its base, the Food Guide Pyramid failed to show that whole wheat, brown rice, and other whole grains are healthier than refined grains. ![]() And MyPyramid, its 2005 replacement, was vague and confusing. The problem with the US government’s original Food Guide Pyramid, released in 1992, was that it conveyed the wrong dietary advice. The layers represent major food groups that contribute to the total diet. The shape immediately suggests that some foods are good and should be eaten often, and that others aren’t so good and should be eaten only occasionally. Translating nutrition advice into a colorful pyramid is great way to illustrate what foods make up a healthy diet. The Healthy Eating Pyramid and the Healthy Eating Plate will change to reflect important new evidence.Ī look back: Problems with the Food Guide Pyramid and MyPyramid They aren’t set in stone, though, because nutrition researchers will undoubtedly turn up new information in the years ahead.
![]() The leotards stuff is so much fun." (Instagram team profile, Instagram profile, nottinghampost. The siblings have also run gymnastics experience days. At the age of just 24, cricketer Joshua Downie passed away due to a sudden heart attack while he was in a net session. She co-founded a line of leotards with her sister Rebecca. Cricketer Joshua Downie, brother of Team Great Britain Olympian gymnasts Becky and Ellie, died after suffering a heart attack in the nets. Josh, brother of Olympic gymnasts Becky and Ellie Downie, collapsed in the nets in Birkenhead, near Liverpool, on May 6 and was pronounced dead that evening. ![]() Working through it it's just learning coping strategies and everyone is different." (, ) British gymnasts Becky and Ellie Downie tragically lost their brother last week 24-year-old Josh Downie died suddenly after collapsing with a heart attack The sisters withdrew from Olympic. I had a similar experience at the worlds and I crumbled in qualification, it was terrible. I felt anxious and a psychologist asked me if I felt worried about retaining my title, and luckily he was there to have a chat with. A mother has paid tribute to her beautiful. Downie has also been busy launching a new career chapter as a personal trainer and coach since retiring from gymnastics in January, after the last few years took a toll on her mental health. It was the first time going into a competition with holding a title and trying to retain it. image captionCricket was a huge part of Josh Downies life, his mother said. She has spoken about experiencing heightened anxiety related to competition since the 2019 European Championships in Szczecin, Poland. Competing and winning medals for Great Britain has meant everything and more to me and I'll miss it enormously." (, bbc.co.uk,, ) Gymnastics has been my life for as long as I can remember and I'm proud of everything I was fortunate enough to achieve in the sport. To say it's been a difficult decision is a massive understatement, but after a really tough last few years, I've made the decision to prioritise my mental health and happiness. "With a heavy heart and an array of emotions, today is the day I announce my retirement from gymnastics. In January 2023 she announced her retirement from competition. Cricketer Joshua Downie, brother of Team Great Britain Olympian gymnasts Becky and Ellie, died after suffering a heart attack in the nets. Nottinghamshire Cricketer Josh Downie, aged 24, Dies After Heart Attack At Practice Session.
It could also rub some retailers the wrong way. The new feature not only requires that people use Chrome, but they must then download a browser extension, two obvious barriers. ![]() The challenge for Pinterest, though, will be getting people to actually use them, especially this new extension. The new extension is the latest in a line of Pinterest features that could rival Google’s image search functionality. It also won’t show promoted pins in search results, which means the new browser extension won’t bring in ad dollars.īut it will get people searching Pinterest more often. While it’s possible Pinterest’s recommended images may include similar-looking items that are for sale through the service, called “buyable pins,” the company is “not prioritizing” those kinds of pins, according to a company spokesperson. Eventually, Pinterest would love to help users buy the products they find see online but don’t know where to buy them.īut that won’t be the main priority for the new browser tool, at least not right away. The “visual search” technology is not new - you could already use it, but only on Pinterest’s website. As co-founder Evan Sharp explained it at a press event last month: “You shouldn’t have to put your thoughts into words to find great ideas.” The idea here is that Pinterest wants to be the search engine for images, and that includes images you see on other websites or even images you come across in the real world. If you click on one of the search results, you’ll then be taken to Pinterest. The new tool lets you select an item in any photograph online, and ask Pinterest to surface similar items using its image recognition software.įor example: If you see an image of sunglasses you like on, you could use the extension to browse similar glasses from Pinterest without ever leaving Nordstrom’s website. The new feature is part of an update the company launched Tuesday to its Chrome extension, the browser tool that lets you save images you see online back to Pinterest as you surf the web. If you find an item you like online - an article of clothing or a piece of furniture, for example - you’ll now be able to find that item, or similar items, on Pinterest without ever visiting Pinterest’s website. You can drag and drop your apps as well to remove them from your Mac. You can view a full list of all your installed apps in this app, and then you can choose the one that you want to get rid of from your computer. This is a free app uninstaller that helps you remove applications as well as their related files from your machine. If you’ve ever looked up the Internet for a Mac app uninstaller, you’ve likely seen AppCleaner. ![]()
![]() The menu was moved to the left-hand side because, when using the bootstrap navbar 'hamburger icon' on the right on smaller devices, the icon jumped left to expand the dropdown menu which looked untidy. Originally there was only going to be a button to the instructions page but I decided to add an about page creating the need for a menu to select the pages.Since the original design there have been some changes. On smaller devices the menu will become a dropdown menu. The menu will allow the player access to instructions of how to play the game and some details about the story of Harry Potter and the author, J K Rawling. The win and lose messages will appear in the centre of the screen. The house crests will be grouped together in sqaure in the centre of the screen. The school crest will appear in the centre of the screen It would be nice for the game to have a leader board and the ability to create a user account so that the player could compete against friends. There needs to be a menu containing an instructions page and a page about both Harry Potter and J K Rawling to give background to the game. If a player hovers over one of the house crests it needs to light up. If the player is unsuccessful, a message relating to the house that was the last to be selected by the game must appear informing them they have been beaten by that house and when the player clicks on the message the game must return to the start of the game. If the player successfully replicates the pattern, a message needs to appear letting them know they have won that round and allowing them to click on the screen to return to the game at the next level. On subsequent levels the game must add a new randomly selected house from the list of houses available to light up and each house must light up separately in sequence. The game will randomly select which house to light up.Įach house must be able to light up if the game selects it. There will be a play-button infront of the 4 house crests to enable the player to start the game. In ScopeĬlicking on the school crest on the landing page will take the player into the game. The concept of the game is based on the 'Simon' game of the 1980's in the style of Harry Potter. When the player is playing the game, I want the game to give the player feedback relevant to Harry Potter. When the player first enters the website, I want it to look exciting and make them want to play. A player must want to interact with the website and the website must inturn give the player appropriate feedback. The objective of this project is to create an interactive and fun game for a player which they will want to play again and again. Since I am using Harry Potter as the theme I feel it is only right to talk a little about the author of Harry Potter in an about section. Ravenclaw are known for their intelligence, knowledge, forward planning and humour.Hufflepuff are known for their hardwork, patience, loyalty and fair play.Slytherin are known for their ambition, cunning, heritage and resourcefulness.Gryffindor are known for their bravery, helping others and chivalry.The game must give feedback in a fun way relating to Harry Potter and the Hogwarts houses. I want a game that uses different coloured lights to create a 'copy me' routine. ![]() It might be interesting to know aout the background to the game and its design. The instructions need to easy to access and follow. I am looking for a game that will help improve my memory, is easy to play and looks fun. View the live project here User Experience (UX) User Stories Clicking on the message will take the player back to the beginning of the game ready to start again. If the player is unsuccessful they will receive a message from the house of the last crest in the sequence for that round of the game. Clicking on Dobby will take the player to the next level of the game. If the player is successful they will receive a message from Dobby the house elf (a well known character and friend of Harry Potter). The player then needs to 'click' both crests in the same order as the game sequence. In the second round the crest from the first round will light up and the game will randomly select another of the 4 house crests to light up which could be the same as the first one. The player will need to 'click-on' the lit up crest to be able to move to the next round. In the first round the game will randomly select one of the 4 house crests and light it up. The concept of this game is to follow a random light pattern generated automatically by the game once the player has started to play. ![]() Siobhan-Baines-MS2-Harry Potter-Themed-Game This read-only mode also allows you to view all the changes made by the different authors that have worked on a document if you have Word’s track changes feature turned on.Support for Office for Mac 2011 ended on October 10, 2017. While the differences between these modes in these different applications is negligible, Word does offer a unique read-only mode that makes it easier for you to see, read, and navigate through all the pages in your document. This full screen mode is similar to what you’ll find in Pages or other word processors like Hog Bay Software’s Word 2011 has a few other welcomed improvements and additions. Office 2011 also marks the reintroduction of Visual Basic for Applications, which means that Word is no longer limited to Automator and AppleScript for automation. There’s better organization of the tools you use to manage footnotes, endnotes, and bibliographies, and a new customizable, distraction-free full screen mode. The equation editor, which appears as an Equation Tools Ribbon when you add an equation to your document, gives Word a leg up on Pages, which requires that you buy Word 2011 now has a built-in equation editor that makes it easy to add and edit mathematics equations. You’ll now see a search field at the top of every document that, when you type a word in the field, highlights every instance of that word in your document ![]() Word 2011 ships with over 50 layout themes, but you can also create custom themes to turn a generic Word template into something that’s unique to you and your business.Īnother excellent feature is full-on Spotlight integration and a new Spotlight-inspired tool for finding and replacing text in a document. Themes, which you can use with both word processing and desktop publishing documents, take advantage of the Styles used in a document, allowing you to make instantaneous changes to fonts, paragraphs, colors, and other layout elements simply by selecting a new theme. I could view documents on an iPad, but I could not use the Word Web App to edit them, at least not at this point in time.Īt the top of that list is Microsoft’s Themes. So by using any supported Web browser (Safari, Firefox, and Internet Explorer), you can access and edit your documents via the Web. This includes setting expiration dates for documents and controlling whether the contents of a document can be printed, edited, or copied.Īdditionally, if you save your documents to Microsoft’s SkyDrive, or if your business is using SharePoint Foundation for 2010 Enterprise, you have access to the This security feature requires that you use Microsoft’s Information Rights Management (IRM) tools, which also means that you’ll need a volume license edition of Office 2011 and a Microsoft Rights Management server, but the upside is that you’ll have much finer control over what other users can do with the documents you create. SkyDrive, simultaneous document editing, the option to communicate with others while you edit documents together, and improves the control you have over the kinds of rights users have to review and edit documents. ![]() Word 2011 has significantly improved collaboration tools, making it obvious that Microsoft now considers Word for Mac, and thereby the Mac itself, to be an enterprise-level work tool. King of the Word: Word’s new UI unifies the interface between Mac and Windows versions and offers Spotlight-like find and replace tools. And because you’re able to hide the Ribbon, you can get it out of the way when all you want to work with are words. While initially the Ribbon may seem daunting to master, in practice I found that I wasn’t wasting time looking for the tools I needed to get my work done. If you’d rather not use the Ribbon, you can hide it. ![]() Inserting an image into a document? The Ribbon contains everything you need to resize, color correct, wrap text around, or otherwise format that image. Adding a table or a chart? You’ll find a complete set of tools for editing and formatting the same. Working on a word processing document? The Ribbon displays a set of text formatting tools. Word 2011 has the Ribbon, an intelligent, customizable toolbar that provides you with a set of formatting tools suited to your current task. Word 2008 ( ) used the combination of a nearly useless Elements Gallery that appeared at the top of every document and a floating Toolbox to provide you with formatting tools for your document. Word 2011 has the same look and feel as Word for Windows, but is in many ways more refined and better organized than its Windows sibling. ![]()
Pro (1.6.7) to Mac OS X 10.12 Sierra app get via google drive. It also maps pressure and stabilizes line drawing with the ruler tool. Its capable of smoothing out position, pressure, tilt and rotational values. I generally think that after Snow Leopard, which was in my opinion the best Mac OS ever, all Apple OS went downhill in many aspects. Hej Stylus is the first stroke stabilizer software for mac OS X 10.8. Hej Stylus V3 is the first global pen stabilizer application for mac. Wacom is not the only one to suffer, but Wacom are either not the best in finding feasible solutions. This is also the case with Wacom devices - drivers simply wouldn't work because the technology in Apple is too new and more complex. Presets can be exchanged with other users, and can be loaded into the app. This allows users to save their favorite settings and name them. Hej Stylus also offers exchangeable presets. A pressure mapping system for modifying the pressure in/out of a stylus. Hej Stylus works globally with every other application installed on a Mac, making it a valuable addition to any designers or artists digital toolkit. Not to mention the every year changing of connection ports. Hej Stylus smoothes position, pressure, tilt and rotation. Worse than that, you can't even roll back to a previous OS, because the electronics inside is literally bound with the new OS and wouldn't work with older ones. I’m not entirely sure that will do what they claim but you can check it out for yourself easily enough by downloading it and trying it out. The idea is that by offsetting your stylus you can get more of a brush stroke. Not completely true - Apple have implemented so many compatibility changes recently, that a lot of stuff that used to work for years do not work any more. I haven’t had a chance to play around with this yet but it looks interesting. Janet Perlman wrote: ↑, 23:34By the way, it is not Apple at fault, it is Wacom, who have not updated their drivers. |