Saturday, May 20, 2017
Did JK Rowling Change the Images on her Magic In North America Series at the Pottermore Site
Did JK Rowling Change the Images on her Magic In North America Series at the Pottermore Site
If youre following the response of Native people to JK Rowling for her "History of Magic in North America" stories that are short backgrounds for the next movie, Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them, I think youll be interested in this bit of info.
Last Thursday (March 10, 2016) I began compiling a list of blog posts and threaded tweets by Native people who were responding to JK Rowlings "History of Magic in North America" series. I included a screen cap from the Pottermore site that had a flying eagle as the image for the story. Seeing that eagle struck me as odd, because the day of my first tweet (March 8, 2016) I had seen a different image on the Pottermore site--the one of an Indian standing on a cliff.
This morning (Tuesday, March 2016) I read an article at Hypable that describes a persons search to figure out who the founding group of Ilvermorny would be (in the movie, Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them) that is due out later this year. (Theres a lot to say about the Hypable article but thats for another post.) The article is by Andrew Sims. I looked him up on Twitter, found him, and found an interesting tweet from him, dated March 10 at 8:34 AM. Heres a screen cap:
Using the Internet WayBack Machine, I figured out that the image changed sometime between March 9 at 8:10:58 PM and March 10 at 5:17:17 AM.
Heres the image time stamped March 9 at 8:10:58 PM:
And heres the image time stamped March 10 at 5:17:17 AM:
As far as I know, JK Rowling has not responded to any of the criticisms Native people began putting forth on March 8th. Someone did make a change to the site. I suspect it was Rowling.
Will we hear more from her? Because she has tweeted in support of various marginalized groups before, her lack of response to us is troubling. As they say on TV "stay tuned" to AICL for updates.
Saturday, April 8, 2017
Digital Currency Exchange ShapeShift Raises 10 four Million Series A
Digital Currency Exchange ShapeShift Raises 10 four Million Series A
Digital Currency Exchange ShapeShift Raises $ten.4 Million Series A
Digital currency exchange startup�ShapeShift has closed a $10.4m Series A.
Led by Berlin-based Earlybird Venture Capital, the round incorporated participation from Lakestar, Blockchain Capital, Pantera Capital and Access Venture Partners, the firm stated these days.�Existing ShapeShift backers, like FundersClub, Digital Currency Group and Erik Voorhees (the companys founder and CEO) also�took element in the round.
The fresh capital will be utilised to increase the exchanges engineering crew, a move that would come ahead of two exchange-related items set to be released later this yr.
In interview, Voorhees mentioned that many of people hires would come on the engineering side, the two in preparation of those launches as effectively as an anticipate rise in volume. In accordance to ShapeShift, platform growth has averaged 48% per month in the last three years, seeing an regular month-to-month trade volume of about 50,000 bitcoins spread across 40 digital currencies and assets.
Despite the fact that tight-lipped about the precise nature of long term ShapeShift merchandise, Voorhees�indicated that each had been new sorts of exchange, 1 built fully close to wise contracts.
Much more broadly, Voorhees spoke to the exchanges�clear vision of the prospective diversity of cryptocurrency tokens, which was much less well understood by the sector in 2014.
He informed CoinDesk:
"What we noticed when we began was that tokens had been going to grow to be a widespread phenomenon. We believed there would be blockchain tokens representing all kinds of value past currency, and thats grow to be increasingly true, which is why ShapeShifts frictionless exchange is crucial."
Voorhees also stated that ShapeShifts policy of not holding any consumer assets or other particulars aided to give self-assurance that the impact of any hacks or other breaches would be minimum.
"We take buyer protection to a new level by not endangering them in the very first place," he said. "In the hack we suffered a 12 months ago, it was the very first exchange hack where customers werent at chance either in money or individual details."
The funding coincides with a broader uptick in interest for option cryptocurrencies, with this industry going through a latest boom�some suggest is a indicator it is building into a new asset class.
Disclosure:�CoinDesk is a subsidiary of Digital Currency Group, which has an ownership stake in ShapeShift.�
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Sunday, March 9, 2014
HP Pavilion g7t series Specifications
HP Pavilion g7t series is equipped with Intel Core i3-370M dual-core processor, 17.3” HD+ display, Altec Lansing speakers, three USB 2.0 ports, a VGA port, an HDMI port, HP webcam, and a six-cell Lithium-Ion battery.
HP Pavilion g7t series Specifications
Display
Diagonal Size : 17.3”
Resolution : 1600 x 900 (HD+)
Technology : HP BrightView LED display
Graphics Card
Intel® HD Graphics
Processor
Type : Intel® Core™ i3-370M dual-core processor
Speed : 2.4 GHz
Cache : 3MB L3
Memory
• 3GB DDR3 System Memory (2 Dimm)
• 2GB DDR3 System Memory (2 Dimm)
• 4GB DDR3 System Memory (2 Dimm)
• 6GB DDR3 System Memory (2 Dimm)
Slots : 2
Max : 8GB
Storage
• 500GB 5400 rpm hard drive
• 320GB 5400 rpm hard drive
• 500GB 7200 rpm hard drive
• 640GB 5400 rpm hard drive
• 750GB 5400 rpm hard drive
Optical Drive
Choices :
• SuperMulti 8X DVD+/-R/RW with Double Layer Support
• Blu-ray player & SuperMulti DVD burner
Communication
LAN : Integrated 10/100BASE-T Ethernet LAN (RJ-45 connector)
WLAN & Bluetooth :
802.11b/g/n WLAN
802.11b/g/n WLAN and Bluetooth®
Inputs and Controls
Standard Keyboard with numeric keypad
Audio
Altec Lansing speakers
Integrated Digital Microphone
Interface
3 x USB 2.0 ports
1 x VGA
1 x HDMI
1 x RJ-45
1 x Headphone Out
1 x Microphone In
Slots
Card Reader :
Multi-Format Digital Media Card Reader
Camera
HP webcam
Power
Battery : 6-Cell Lithium-Ion
Adapter :
65W AC (Shared Graphics)
90W AC (Dedicated Graphics)
Battery Life : up to 4.0 hours
Dimensions and Weight
Width : 16.22”
Depth : 10.55”
Height : 1.22” - 1.44”
Weight : 6.05 lbs
Operating System
Genuine Windows® 7 Home Premium 64-bit with Service Pack 1
Software
Office Software Choices :
• No Additional Office Software
• Microsoft® Office Home and Student 2010
• Microsoft® Office Home and Student 2010 + Adobe Acrobat X Standard
Security Software Choices :
• No additional security software
• Norton Internet Security™ 2011 - 15 Month Subscription (activation required)
• Norton Internet Security™ 2011 - 2 Year Subscription (activation required)
• Norton Internet Security™ 2011 - 3 Year Subscription from 2 Year Subscription
Theft Protection Choices :
• Computrace LoJack for Laptops, One Year
• Computrace LoJack for Laptops, Two Years
• Computrace LoJack for Laptops, Four Years
Photography Software Choices :
• Adobe® PhotoShop® Elements 9
Corel Utilities :
• WinZip® 15 + WinZip® Courier™ 3.0
Roxio Backup Software Choies :
• Roxio BackOnTrack 4
• Roxio BackOnTrack 4 Deluxe
Included :
HP Movie Store Powered by RoxioNow
Color
charcoal grey
sonoma red
pewter
butter gold
sweet purple
HP Pavilion g7t series