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![]() How to identify the most appropriate method to solve a quadratic equation.if b 2 − 4 ac if b 2 − 4 ac = 0, the equation has 1 real solution.If b 2 − 4 ac > 0, the equation has 2 real solutions.For a quadratic equation of the form ax 2 + bx + c = 0,.Using the Discriminant, b 2 − 4 ac, to Determine the Number and Type of Solutions of a Quadratic Equation.Then substitute in the values of a, b, c. Write the quadratic equation in standard form, ax 2 + bx + c = 0.How to solve a quadratic equation using the Quadratic Formula.We start with the standard form of a quadratic equation and solve it for x by completing the square. Now we will go through the steps of completing the square using the general form of a quadratic equation to solve a quadratic equation for x. We have already seen how to solve a formula for a specific variable ‘in general’, so that we would do the algebraic steps only once, and then use the new formula to find the value of the specific variable. ![]() In this section we will derive and use a formula to find the solution of a quadratic equation. Mathematicians look for patterns when they do things over and over in order to make their work easier. By the end of the exercise set, you may have been wondering ‘isn’t there an easier way to do this?’ The answer is ‘yes’. When we solved quadratic equations in the last section by completing the square, we took the same steps every time. ![]() Solve Quadratic Equations Using the Quadratic Formula ![]() ![]() The three began working on the project without the knowledge of anyone else at Nintendo EAD Tokyo. The original Flipnote application cannot be transferred onto the Nintendo 3DS but instead, a successor titled Flipnote Studio 3D was released for the platform.įlipnote Studio was developed by Dove Windsor, Yoshiaki Koizumi and Hideaki Shimizu. Īfter the closure of the Nintendo DSi Shop on March 31, 2017, the original Flipnote Studio is no longer available for download. However, users were still able to transfer Flipnotes from their Flipnote Hatena account to the Flipnote Gallery World service provided with Flipnote Studio 3D, until it was shut down on April 2, 2018. The service officially retired on May 31, 2013. It was later included as a preloaded program on the Nintendo DSi and DSi XL with firmware version 1.4.Īn online service, titled Flipnote Hatena ( うごメモはてな, Ugomemo Hatena), allowed users to download flipnotes created by other users and to post stills from flipnotes to the sharing site Miiverse. It was released in Japan on December 24, 2008, in North America on August 12, 2009, and in Europe and Australia on August 14. ![]() In English-language keynote addresses and conferences prior to its release, the application was referred to as Moving Notepad by Nintendo, and was announced at E3 2009 officially as Flipnote Studio. Developed by Dove Windsor with Nintendo EAD Tokyo, Flipnote Studio allowed the user to create both word-based and picture-based notes with the stylus, add sound, and combine them to create frame-by-frame flipbook-style animations. In addition, it provides a consistent API and various utilities for dealing with both animation formats so that other developers can easily create their own tools and applications around them.Single-player, multiplayer online and locallyįlipnote Studio, known in Japan as Moving Notepad ( うごくメモ帳, Ugoku Memochō), is a free downloadable application available through the Nintendo DSi's DSiWare digital distribution service. This library hopes to aid in the long-term preservation and enjoyment of these animations, by enabling them to be played in any modern web browser. It also seems particularly unlikely that Nintendo is going to produce a new entry in the series any time soon. kwz respectively.Īt the time of writing, the only official software that can load and play these animations are the original Flipnote Studio apps themselves, which are now rather hard to obtain due to the Nintendo DSi Shop closing down in 2016, and Flipnote Studio 3D having a limited release outside of Japan. ppm (not to be confused with the Netpbm format of the same extension) and Flipnote Studio 3D uses. Nintendo created proprietary file formats for storing user-created Flipnote animations Flipnote Studio uses. There's even several high-profile artists such as Kéké who are rocking their Flipnote Studio creations on social media! Why this library exists The British animation studio Aardman created several original shorts for it, it's been used to create multiple music videos, and a user even spent 4 years creating a full 30-minute anime primarily animated in Flipnote Studio 3D.Įven though it has been several years since the last Flipnote Studio installment was released (and the online services for both apps have since been retired) there is still a notable community of people actively creating Flipnotes, thanks mostly to fan-built services such as Sudomemo, Kaeru Gallery, IPGFlip. ![]() In 2013 it recieved a sequel on the Nintendo 3DS called Flipnote Studio 3D, which expanded upon the original's feature set and added the ability to use 3D depth.įlipnote Studio has had quite a legacy. Released in 2009, Flipnote Studio is an application for the Nintendo DSi console which allows users to create flipbook-style animations with the console's touch screen, cameras and microphone. ![]() Since the tests take a second or two to run, you can do the same. That variability is the reason that we run benchmark software multiple times when we test a laptop or CPU, to compute an average. Time of day will as well it’s no surprise that you’ll probably note higher speeds at midnight, say, when fewer people will be streaming. The amount of data each test uses, the latency to and from each server, and the always changing network conditions on the Internet will introduce some unavoidable variability. And router manufacturers are increasingly including speed tests in their products’ firmware and/or the mobile apps they distribute with their products (although in that latter case, you’ll be using a wireless connection).ĭon’t be surprised if testing on more than one service yields slightly different results. Your ISP might also offer a speed test tool, though you may need to do a little poking around for it. Those aren’t your only options for testing your broadband connection MegaPath also offers a speed test, as well as what it calls Speed Test Plus, which evaluates the quality of your connection in addition to its raw speed. This may take anywhere from a few seconds to a few minutes, depending on your network speed. is an HTML 5-based bandwidth graph that doesn’t rely on Adobe Flash.Īll you have to do at this point is click the green “Begin Test” button, and will check both your download and upload speed. There’s an HTML 5 version of Ookla’s , or you can use, which also uses HTML 5. There are a couple of alternatives if you don’t have Flash installed (and don’t want it installed). Ookla’s is the most common site to test your internet connection all you need is a web browser with JavaScript turned on (it usually is unless you switched it off) and Adobe Flash installed. You’re perfectly welcome to go elsewhere, too. If you use Microsoft’s Bing search engine, you can get your results back from your speed test back in a flash.Īnd here’s Google’s speed test, alongside its results: Mark Hachman / IDG Here’s what Bing shows you: Mark Hachman / IDG Make sure your Wi-Fi router is away from other electronic devices like cordless phones, and temporarily disconnect any other devices from your Wi-Fi network-after all, you don’t want another computer on your network to download a gigabyte worth of software updates while you run your tests. If you’re stuck using Wi-Fi-say, you have a MacBook Air or a tablet or some other device that doesn’t have an ethernet port-do what you can to minimize interference. MicrosoftĬlick the Network column in Windows Task Manager to see which apps, if any, are sending/receiving data on your network. Again, we’re trying to learn how much bandwidth is coming directly into your home, before it begins getting divvied up among connected devices. If you have any other wired devices on your home network, plug your test computer directly into the modem so those don’t interfere. If you have any questions, feel free to comment.Let’s turn to the PC. For best results, you’ll want to use a wired connection if at all possible that way, you don’t have to worry about interference and performance fluctuations that can occur while you’re on Wi-Fi. When using GPRS, it took a whopping 16 seconds to load! Overall, this is a great tool that is built right into Chrome that you can use for testing your website load time on slower connections. Click on the Add Custom Profile button to add a new profile. If you want to use your own specific values, you can click the Add button under Custom. The throttling only works for the tab you have it enabled for. Just make sure you are in the same tab where the developer tools are being displayed. Pick one of the options and then reload the page you are on or type in another URL in the address bar. The slowest is GPRS followed by Regular 2G, then Good 2G, then Regular 3G, Good 3G, Regular 4G, DSL and then WiFi. The choices range from Offline to WiFi and the numbers are shown as Latency, Download, Upload. If you click on that, you’ll get a dropdown list of a pre-configured speeds that you can use to simulate a slow connection. On the right, you should see a label called No Throttling. Now go ahead and click on the Network tab. To do this, click on the three vertical dots and then click on the middle dock position. I prefer it docked at the bottom of the screen, since you can see more data. This will bring up the Developer Tools window, which will probably be docked on the right side of the screen. ![]() Then, enter the remote address or domain, remote port, and finally select 'Block' or 'Allow'.Ĭlick 'Add' to add the rule, which will be persistently saved, and show up as a 'User' rule. In this dialog box, enter the path to the program (or click 'Browse' to open a file chooser window). This will bring up an 'Add Rule' dialog box: To manually add a rule, click on the 'add rule' button at the bottom of the rules window. Generally rules are created in response to an alert (unless the user has selected the "temporarily" button). Also, an 'Allow' rule will be created, and will show up under under this tab. If you are not logged in, and a process attempts to access the network will be automatically allowed. This tab shows rules the user has created, either manually via the 'add rule' button, or by clicking 'Block' or 'Allow' in a LuLu alert window. When the 'Allow Installed Programs' option has been selected (either during installation, or via LuLu's preferences), any applications or program that was (pre)installed will be automatically allowed to connect to the network. Also, an 'Allow' rule will be created, and will show up under this tab. When the 'Allow Apple Programs' option has been selected (either during installation, or via LuLu's preferences), any process that is signed by Apple proper will be automatically allowed to connect to the network. These rules are for Apple/macOS processes that must be allowed to access to the network in order to preserve system functionality. The second tab shows LuLu's default or system rules. In other words, it is a combination of the default, apple, baseline, user, and unclassified rules. There are several tabs in the rules window, aimed at organizing the rules: The Rules window can be accessed either by launching LuLu's application ( /Applications/LuLu.app), or by clicking on 'Rules.' in LuLu's status bar menu: Want to view a program's path(s)? Simply double click (or ^+click and select "→ Show Path(s)") on any program in the Rules window: a path), allows the rule to be applied even if the program is moved, or updated. If signed, a program is identified in the Rules window by name and its code signing (bundle) identifier (e.g. However, if you select the "Remote Endpoint" option, your decision will be scoped, and only will be applied subsequent connections that match the same (remote) destination: That is to say, your decision will be applied to subsequent connections (regardless of their destination) for this process, and any other instances. Unless you click the "temporarily" button, a persistent rule will be created to remember your decision.īy default, your decision (block or allow) applies to the entire process. To approve the outgoing connection, simply click "Allow". Other elements include of the alert, that onces clicked provide more information, include:Ĭontains an anti-virus detection ratio for process that is attempting to create the outgoing connection.ĭisplay the hierarchy (ancestry) for the process that is attempting to create the outgoing connection. Various elements of the alert are click-able, such as a button to display the process's code signing information: The alert contains information about the process attempting the connection, as well as information about the connection's destination. Here's a LuLu alert, displayed when LuLu checks for an update (by requesting the remote products.json file): ![]() Get it for PowerPC or Intel.Once LuLu is installed, it aims to alert you anytime a new or unauthorized outgoing network connection is created. Note that support ended for all releases listed below and hence they won't receive any further updates. You can find recommendations for the respective operating system version below. We provide older releases for users who wish to deploy our software on legacy releases of Mac OS X. Older versions of Mac OS X and VLC media player The last version is 3.0.4 and can be found here. Support for NPAPI plugins was removed from all modern web browsers, so VLC's plugin is no longer maintained. You can also choose to install a Universal Binary. If you need help in finding the correct package matching your Mac's processor architecture, please see this official support document by Apple. Note that the first generation of Intel-based Macs equipped with Core Solo or Core Duo processors is no longer supported. Previous devices are supported by older releases. It runs on any Mac with a 64-bit Intel processor or an Apple Silicon chip. VLC media player requires Mac OS X 10.7.5 or later. ![]() ![]() How do I create a new Facebook post on the PC app? ![]() To change your profile picture on the PC app, click on your profile picture in the top-left corner of the screen, then click on "Update Profile Picture". How do I change my profile picture on the PC app? To log out of your Facebook account on the PC app, click on the downward arrow icon in the top-right corner of the screen, then click on "Log Out". How do I log out of my Facebook account on the PC app? No, you need to have a Facebook account in order to use the Facebook app on PC. Alternatively, you can also download the app from Facebook's website or FileHorse.Ĭan I use the Facebook app on my PC without a Facebook account? Simply search for " Facebook" and click on "Install". You can download the app for PC from the Microsoft Store. How do I download and install the Facebook app on my PC? The primary language in this app is English, but it also comes with built-in support for more than 30 additional international languages, including German, French, Italian, Portuguese, Russian, Japanese, and Chinese. Like many other Windows 10 apps, you can control all facets of Facebook for Windows PC using a traditional keyboard and mouse, or a fully-optimized touch interface suitable for users on Windows 10 laptops and tablets. In addition to sizeable install size, this app also requires a comprehensive set of permissions to access your local hardware services, including location detection, webcam, microphone, Windows contacts, access to the internet, calendar data, appointments, picture library, and video library. For error-free content reproduction, this app also requires the presence of a Direct9-capable GPU card, as well as at least 2GB of free memory. Please be aware that this is not a small app, and that it will take at least half a gigabyte of data from your local storage (and even more after it starts caching data collected from your social feeds). Used by more than 2 billion users each month, Facebook continues to innovate in the field of social networking, adding new features and streamlining their user interface and services to become more approachable, easy to use, and meaningfully impact your digital and real-world social interactions.įacebook for Windows 10 app can be downloaded from the Microsoft Store by simply clicking on the button “ Get”. Also, you can download Messenger for PC, the official Facebook app. The app has full support for Facebook Groups, sharing of updates, photos, and videos (including access to video live streams), access to friends’ social feeds, advanced notification systems, and much more. Like you would expect, Facebook for Windows 11/10 features all the social sharing services available in the full web version, with an added bonus of better visual presentation and a more streamlined interface. Features such as Groups, Watch, and Marketplace make it effortless to connect with loved ones and discover new friends. The Facebook application facilitates connecting with friends, family, and communities who share similar interests. Available on the Microsoft store for every user running the latest version of Windows OS, this app brings the entire world to your PC and laptop monitor, this app allows you to stay in touch with your family, share and view photos, engage in direct chat, discover new friends and become connected with the discourse from people from all around the world. ![]() On Monday, a federal judge blocked the Biden Administration from imposing a vaccine mandate for health care workers in 10 states. ![]() These new requirements have sparked some lawsuits, too. airline to adopt a vaccine mandate, announced in late September that following the requirement, 99.5% of employees were vaccinated. And United Airlines, which was the first U.S. For example, New York City Schools’ vaccine mandate resulted in 96% of teachers getting a shot, the city’s mayor said in October. that have instituted vaccine mandates have been successful in getting employees inoculated. Many large companies and government entities around the U.S. ![]() While the fate of the OSHA rule plays out in the courts, many businesses have already imposed or are considering imposing strict vaccine and testing rules. In the meantime, the White House is urging businesses to proceed with adopting the rules. Last week, the Biden Administration asked a federal court to intervene and lift the stay. 4 that would require businesses with 100 or more employees to ensure their workforce is fully vaccinated or tests negative for COVID-19 at least weekly has been stayed. An Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) rule issued on Nov. ![]() There is currently no such rule in effect for private employers in the U.S., despite the Biden Administration’s repeated attempts to establish one. “It doesn’t have to be part of the doctrine of the faith that you attend, so it’s a really squishy standard it’s really hard to put a finger on that.”įederal employees are already subject to a COVID-19 vaccine mandate, and 92% have received at least one dose, the White House said on Nov. “You can’t just say in a blanket manner that the Pope says it’s okay to get vaccines so we’re not giving religious exemptions to Catholics,” Enoch says. More importantly, what employers assess is not so much whether perceived leaders of an organized religion endorse vaccines but whether an individual’s religious belief is authentic and informs other aspects of their life beyond getting out of a COVID-19 vaccination. The requester can be part of a minority sect or small religious community, but you can’t just make a religion up. “There are people who are going to have a sincerely held religious belief, but there’s a lot of folks out there who just object to the vaccine, and this will be their avenue to not get it,” says Ed Enoch, an attorney in Augusta, Ga., who has been fielding calls from clients at small and mid-size local businesses about everything from handling religious exemptions to vaccine mandates.Įvery request for a religious exemption from the COVID-19 vaccine has to be considered individually. The task before HR leaders is tricky: they have to figure out whether employees are applying for an exemption based on authentic religious beliefs or whether it’s a cover for their political views. As businesses across the country start imposing strict COVID-19 vaccine and testing requirements, some employees are claiming religious exemptions to avoid getting vaccinated-putting human resources departments on the frontlines of a fraught political issue that has already proven fertile ground for lawsuits. The biggest mistake a firm can make when deciding which type of solution to use when it comes to professional services invoicing is to pick one that is unable to accurately model their business. It is part of a financial management solution, time and expense tracking tool, or services automation suite. For professional services firms, consultant billing software isn’t usually offered as a standalone solution. Of course, the answer isn’t really that simple. The simple answer to what to use in place of Excel is professional services consultant billing software. A simple mistake could cost thousands of dollars in revenue! Is that any way to run a services business? If Not Excel, Then What? This took hours and it was very easy to make mistakes due to copy and paste errors. When I would prepare invoices for professional services on about 10 projects on a monthly basis, I would have to download time and expenses from one system, key them into Excel invoice templates manually, and then send each invoice to the group’s VP for approval. Using Excel for invoicing is labor intensive and error prone. When it comes to professional services billing and consultant invoicing, however, that is where the benefits of using Excel end. Talk to anyone who has spent time managing a consulting firm and they will tell you that they spend most of their time “putting out fires.” As a result, Excel becomes a manager’s go-to fire extinguisher–it’s easy to understand, it can get the job done quickly, and its flexibility allows you to make things look the way you want. Stop Using Excel Templates for Professional Services InvoicesĪ key trait of any growing services business is the ability for top management to solve problems quickly and efficiently. The first step in improving the professional services billing process- fire Excel. Bottom line: processes to invoice for professional services should be simple and transparent. ![]() While these experiences took place some time ago, I still hear stories from professional services firms every day struggling with the same problems. Unfortunately for that client, those expenses had to be written off. We found more than $400K in client-reimbursable expenses that were never billed due to a lack of structure and control in their professional services invoice process. One particularly notable example exposed itself during the implementation process of our consultant billing software at a prominent technology company. More importantly, the manual processes reduced the visibility senior management had into the performance of the firm.įast forward a few years to my work at BigTime, and I realized how common my story actually was. Every step of the process-creating, proofing, approving, adjusting, and sending invoices for professional services-introduced inefficiency. It didn’t take long, however, for me to find that this job consumed nearly 80% of my time. Even one small mistake could cost the firm tens of thousands of dollars, often without anyone even knowing. ![]() I knew how crucial it was to the group’s success. After working with the group for a while, I gained responsibility for overseeing the processes to invoice for professional services. One of my first professional jobs was in an operational role at a professional services firm. So why don’t firms dedicate the time to getting the process right when it comes to generating an invoice for professional services? Processes to Invoice for Professional Services Should Be Simple and Transparent Invoicing is one of the few actions in a consulting firm that has the most impact on keeping the lights on (i.e., cash flow). But quite often, even the professional service organizations (PSOs) with thousands of team members still approach this vital task incorrectly. The first step is consultant billing software. ![]() Of course, as professional service teams grow past 25 consultants, firms begin to focus on streamlining this process. For professional services organizations with just a few consultants, this is often the approach. Download an Excel invoice template for consultants, punch in your hours and rate, generate an invoice for professional services rendered, and send it to the client. Professional Services Invoicing: Tips From the TrenchesĪ process to invoice for professional servicesmight seem simple on the surface. 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However, if you have any problems during the download or installation process feel free to contact us but please make sure that you are following the steps carefully. ![]() In the table below you can see the minimum system requirements for this portable version of CS6. Minimum System Requirements for Adobe Photoshop CS6 Next the installation is as for any other kind of software but please read the minimum system requirements before installing it. After that you will need to follow the steps to the end. All you need to do is to download the rar file from the official website and run the setup.exe file. In addition the installation process of this portable version of Adobe Photoshop is very simple. How to install this Adobe Photoshop CS6 Portable? Therefore the downloading should start immediately. Furthermore all you need to do is to locate the download links below and click on any of it. ![]() In addition to download the process of downloading this software is very simple. 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Standard imaging protocols have been established to ensure consistent positioning and optimal visualization of regions of interest. Many radiographic projections can be used in investigation of the hip these are variably selected depending on the nature of the pathology and on the anatomic regions of concern. 1– 3 Radiography is also limited by its inability to demonstrate internal joint structures, including cartilage, labrum, capsule, and surrounding periarticular soft tissues. However, the shape, contour, and spatial relationships of bones may not be demonstrated by radiography to the same degree as by cross-sectional modalities such as computed tomography (CT) and magnetic resonance imaging (MRI). Advantages of plain radiography include ease of access, rapid acquisition, lack of any post processing, and flexibility in patient positioning. Radiography is the first line of imaging for investigation of all hip pathologies, as it can demonstrate gross osseous alignment, morphology, and integrity. Knowledge of the strengths and limitations of the various available radiologic modalities can facilitate and expedite efficient diagnosis and management of hip pathology. It is important for the orthopedic surgeon, radiologist, rheumatologist, and physiatrist, and all other allied musculoskeletal specialists, to understand the basic principles of hip imaging. ![]() Today, several imaging modalities are available to physicians each modality has a multitude of variations and protocols that can be optimized according to the patient profile, the clinical scenario, and the nature of the hip pathology. ![]() In situations where the clinical history and physical examination findings are equivocal, orthopedic diagnosis and management of hip disorders often require adjuvant radiologic evidence of disease before treatment and intervention are begun. Radiologic investigation of the hip has rapidly evolved through advances in technology and in knowledge about the causes and physiology of hip disease.
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