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New Patent Reveals Facebook Can Secretly Watch You With Your Camera, Here's How to Stop It - Duration: 6:53.
New Patent Reveals Facebook Can Secretly Watch You With Your Camera, Here�s How to Stop
It
By Matt Agorist
A newly discovered patent , filed on behalf of the social media monolith, Facebook, is
disturbing, to say the least � and, grounds for the immediate covering of your webcam
or smartphone camera.
The patent, titled, Techniques for Emotion Detection and Content Delivery, explains how
the device�s camera will be used to view the user�s face to determine their mental
state: ie sad, happy, angry, etc.
When Facebook identifies your mental state, they will use it to keep you on the site longer.
Facebook would analyze the images of your face and determine how or what to show you
next to keep you engaged.
For example, if you smiled at a meme a friend posted, Facebook would recognize this via
your camera and it would work to show you more memes related to that one.
This patent, quite literally, puts the �face� in Facebook.
It�s not just facial expressions either; Facebook wants you to continuously stare at
their platform as well.
According to their examples in the patent application, if you were viewing videos of
a kitten and looked away, Facebook would take note and stop showing you videos that don�t
keep you staring directly at the screen.
The secret recording of your face also helps Facebook to directly target ads that fit your
desires.
If you watched an ad for scotch, Facebook would know you didn�t look away and it would
then target you for more ads of that nature.
The patent was submitted in February of 2014 and published on November of 24, 2015.
However, it was just granted on May 25, and discovered by the group CB Insights.
As CB Insights reports, aside from spying on you through your camera and recording your
face, the algorithm will monitor an entire slew of input and interaction methods to keep
you on the platform.
THIS PATENT WOULD AUTOMATICALLY ADD EMOTIONAL INFORMATION TO TEXT MESSAGES, PREDICTING THE
USER�S EMOTION BASED ON METHODS OF KEYBOARD INPUT.
THE VISUAL FORMAT OF THE TEXT MESSAGE WOULD ADAPT IN REAL TIME BASED ON THE USER�S PREDICTED
EMOTION.
AS THE PATENT NOTES (AND AS MANY PEOPLE HAVE LIKELY EXPERIENCED), IT CAN BE HARD TO CONVEY
MOOD AND INTENDED MEANING IN A TEXT-ONLY MESSAGE; THIS SYSTEM WOULD AIM TO REDUCE MISUNDERSTANDINGS.
THE SYSTEM COULD PICK UP DATA FROM THE KEYBOARD, MOUSE, TOUCH PAD, TOUCH SCREEN, OR OTHER INPUT
DEVICES, AND THE PATENT MENTIONS PREDICTING EMOTION BASED ON RELATIVE TYPING SPEED, HOW
HARD THE KEYS ARE PRESSED, MOVEMENT (USING THE PHONE�S ACCELEROMETER), LOCATION, AND
OTHER FACTORS.
Naturally, Facebook is being as ambiguous as they can over news of the patent, claiming
they may or may not use it.
�We often seek patents for technology we never implement, and patents should not be
taken as an indication of future plans,� said a Facebook spokesperson.
However, as the Independent reports, the document raises yet more concern about a company that,
in 2014, was found to have secretly manipulated hundreds of thousands of users� News Feeds
as part of an experiment to work out whether it could affect people�s emotions.
The company later admitted that it �failed to communicate clearly why and how we did
it.�
What�s more, the world was shocked last year when an image of Mark Zuckerberg surfaced
which showed the social media CEO using tape to cover his webcam and microphone.
Zuckerberg clearly knows everything his company does and he�s taking no chances.
While there is no indication this secret facial spying has gone live yet, it is highly unlikely
that Facebook users would even be notified of its activation.
Given the already Orwellian nature of Facebook�s Terms of Service and Permissions for using
their app or platform, you�ve likely already agreed to allow them to watch you in bed as
you scroll through your newsfeed.
Just to use the Facebook platform, users have to agree to allow the social media giant access
to their camera and microphone � in the background � without their consent.
Once these permissions were released several years ago, users began to notice advertisements
based on sounds or images from nearby that did not take place on Facebook, or even on
the device.
The feature has been available for a couple of years, as a 2016 Independent article noted,
but recent warnings from Kelli Burns, mass communication professor at the University
of South Florida, have drawn attention to it.
Professor Burns has said that the tool appears to be using the audio it gathers not simply
to help out users, but might be doing so to listen in to discussions and serve them with
relevant advertising.
She says that to test the feature, she discussed certain topics around the phone and then found
that the site appeared to show relevant ads.
Although Facebook explicitly denies doing such a thing, the mass of claims by those
who�ve witnessed it first hand says otherwise.
Now for the good news.
The easiest way to stop Facebook from spying on you is to stop using it.
However, that is not an option for all folks.
Aside from the obvious taping of your camera and microphone, you can disable these functions
within the Facebook app itself.
For the iPhone:
Go into your �Settings� app and scroll down until you find the Facebook app, tap
it open.
Under �Facebook� tap on �Settings� and you�ll see a list labeled �Allow Facebook
to Access.� The microphone and camera will both be under this list.
Simply tap on the toggles to disable or enable any of the features you think violate your
privacy (location, camera, microphone).
For an Android phone:
Go into your settings and tap on �Applications� then �Application Manager.�
Once in �Application Manager,� look for the Facebook app and tap on �More� (top
right corner).
You�ll now see a list of options, tap on �Permissions.�
Under �Permissions� you�ll have the option to disable the microphone (simply tap
on it) and other features like the camera.
You can do the same with any other app you think is eavesdropping into your conversations.
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The Truth About Prepositions and the End of Sentences - Duration: 3:26.
The Truth About Prepositions and the End of Sentences
A great man once said, "This is the sort of English up with which I will not put."
Eloquently highlighting the ridiculousness of strictly adhering to the rule against ending
a sentence with a preposition, Winston Churchill may not have realized that his defiance is
supported by history.
As it turns out, there was never any such generally recognized rule.
So where did the idea that you shouldn't end a sentence with a preposition start?
Many writers in Restoration Era England (1660-1689), and in particular "Glorious John" Dryden
(one of the greatest poets, dramatists and literary critics of the 17th century), believed
they had vastly improved the quality of English literature over their "Tudor and Elizabethan
ancestors:"
The language, wit, and conversation of our age, are improved and refined above the last
. . . these absurdities, which those poets [e.g. Shakespeare] committed [were due to]
the want of education and learning.
The additional education and learning that Dryden claimed included a mastery of Latin,
a language he revered.
And, since in Latin one cannot end a sentence with a preposition, Dryden contended that
it shouldn't be allowed in English either.
(This is the exact same reasoning behind why, for a very brief time, it was considered incorrect
in some circles to split an infinitive.)
Influential, many listened to him including Bishop Robert Lowth, a fellow of the Royal
Society of London and author of A Short Introduction to English Grammar (1762).
An extremely popular textbook on the subject, the Short Introduction included what came
to be known as "Dryden's rule," although even Lowth acknowledged that ending a sentence
with a preposition was not only dominant "in common conversation [but also that it] suits
very well with the familiar style in writing."
Nonetheless, since Lowth, like Dryden, felt that "placing the preposition before the
relative is more graceful," and since those two literary giants were in favor of it, many
adopted the style.
By the dawn of the 20th century, it had taken on the characteristics of a rule – particularly
among grammar school teachers.
However, literary scholars knew better (but no one was listening to them).
As late as 1926, when Henry Fowler published a Dictionary of Modern English Usage, he described
the "rule" as a "cherished superstition."
As for today, according to the Oxford Dictionaries, there are four primary types of sentences
where it sounds more natural to end a sentence with a preposition:
Infinitive: Joe had no one to go with.
Who, what, where type questions: What song were you listening to?
Passive: The cat was let in.
Relative clauses: That's the man she lived with.
The Oxford Dictionaries website also recommend a joke to really drive the point home:
A snobbish English teacher was sitting in an Atlanta airport coffee shop waiting for
her flight back to Connecticut when a friendly Southern Belle sat down next to her.
"Where y'all goin' to?" asked the Southern Belle.
Turning her nose in the air, the snob replied, "I don't answer people who end their sentences
with prepositions."
The Southern Belle thought a moment, and tried again.
"Where y'all going' to, BITCH?"
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It's gone.
And then, with a mighty bellow,
I flew into the giant metal creature and laid him low!
Is that another way of saying you fell on your huge ass?
As a matter of fact, falling was a tactic lulling the Destroyer...
My Queen, I'm so sorry for your loss.
How is he?
He mourns for his brother.
And...
He misses her.
The mortal.
You'll be a wise king.
There will never be a wiser king than you.
Or a better father.
I have much to learn.
I know that now.
Someday, perhaps,
I shall make you proud.
You've already made me proud.(CoolestClips4K)
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Why does my cat lick me?
Is it for salt or whatever taste is on my hands?
Or is a sign of affection or all of the above?
Yes, your cat licking you can be "all of the above"
but most often it really is a sign of affection.
Another way of showing affection is gently biting on your nose or your face.
Also, looking at you and slowly blinking her eyes
is a way of saying "I love you."
You can respond in the same way, if you want.
I do it with Destin all the time. ;)
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What I'm doing right now is i'm trying to put my songs to work.
A lot of protest songs.
A lot of songs of information and power.
And I'm calling the album Medicine Songs.
They are very diverse, and they reflect feelings that I think make sense in any country.
The various flavours that other instruments and other artists can bring to a song
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And I think audiences like it too.
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Long before the birth of light, there was darkness.
And from that darkness came the Dark Elves.
Millennia ago, the most ruthless of their kind, Malekith
sought to transform our universe back into one of eternal night.
Such evil was possible through the power of the Aether,
an ancient force of infinite destruction.
Malekith.
Asgard's forces are upon us.
The noble armies of Asgard, led by my father, King Bor,
waged a mighty war against these creatures.
Send in the Cursed!
As the Nine Worlds converged above him,
Malekith could at last unleash the Aether.
But Asgard ripped the weapon from his grasp.
Without it, the Dark Elves fell.
With the battle all but lost,
Malekith sacrificed his own people
in a desperate attempt to lay waste to Asgard's army.
Their deaths will mean our survival.
This war is far from over.
Malekith was vanquished, and the Aether was no more.
Or so we were led to believe.
Sire, the Aether. Shall we destroy it?
If only we could.
But its power is too great.
Bury it deep.
Somewhere no one will ever find it.
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Rep. Rosa DeLauro Defends Social Safety Net In Book | Morning Joe | MSNBC - Duration: 2:07.
CEO PROBABLY IS BECAUSE OF THE TOUGH CHOICES JEFF MADE.
WE WISH HE WOULD HAVE MADE ONE LESS TOUGH CHOICE AND STAYED IN.
HE HAS A RECENT ARTICLE THAT TALKED ABOUT -- DIDN'T TALK
ABOUT THE TAX STRUCTURE IN CONNECTICUT AND QUALITY OF LIFE
IN DOWNTOWN BOSTON AND QUALITY OF LIFE IS IMPORTANT WHERE
BUSINESSES GO. >> TELL US ABOUT YOUR BOOK, WHY
DID YOU WRITE IT? >> I WROTE IT BECAUSE I DEEPLY
BELIEVE THAT -- BELIEVE IN THE SOCIAL SAFETY NET.
I THINK IT IS A REFLECTION OF THE VALUES OF THIS COUNTRY.
I THINK IT IS ABOUT SHARED RESPONSIBILITY AND
ACCOUNTABILITY FOR ONE ANOTHER, PARTICULARLY WHEN PEOPLE ARE IN
TIMES OF NEED. AND IT IS NOW UNDER SERIOUS
ATTACK. YOU WILL RECALL THIS, JOE, THE
SOCIAL SAFETY NET, YOU KNOW, WHEN I ARRIVED IN THE CONGRESS,
IT HAD BEEN 40 YEARS OF BIPARTISAN SUPPORT.
AND THAT WAS CHALLENGED BY NEWT GINGRICH AND THAT'S WHEN THE
ATTACK WAS MADE, FOLLOWED BY THE TEA PARTY AND NOW ONE OF THE
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AND YOU KNOW, MY FOLKS WERE IN PUBLIC OFFICE.
THEY WERE MEMBERS OF THE CITY COUNCIL.
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GOVERNMENT CAN WORK FOR PEOPLE. THAT'S WHAT I DESCRIBE IN THIS
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YEARS TO MAKE THIS HAPPEN. >> ALL RIGHT.
>> CONGRESSMAN, THANK YOU. >> WONDERFUL TO SEE YOU.
>> LOVE TO TALK TO YOU ABOUT IT SOME MORE.
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Inspired by metal - Duration: 0:52.
Hello! We are Sabaton.
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but there were a lot of explosions…
Lots of tanks, of course…
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I can't hear anything— there were very loud explosions!
My friends!
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How I met Demi Lovato? Why It Was Disappointing... | 2Pals1Blog - Duration: 7:43.
I did something like this to her
She looked at me and then turned away
I went to her
And then security pushed me.
I asked how are my tattoos to her
She was like '' They are so cool'' even without checking...
Hi everyone welcome to our channel
Today we are gonna talk about
How I met Demi Lovato. and why it was
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Because you guys requested it so much in the
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109th Commencement of D'Youville College - May 20, 2017 - Duration: 2:18:54.
[MUSIC - "POMP AND CIRCUMSTANCE"]
Good morning.
To deliver the invocation, may I present Sister Nancy Kaczmarek,
Grey Nun of the Sacred Heart.
After the invocation, please remain standing
and join in the singing of the United States
and the Canadian national anthems.
Sister Nancy.
Let us stop, gather ourselves, be silent,
quiet our bodies and our minds, and be entirely
present to this graduation.
God of our understanding, we come to You on this joyous
day to celebrate this happy event
in the lives of our graduates.
We come together-- people at all different ages, stages,
places in our lives--
carrying all our experiences and hopes,
gathered here by our connection with D'Youville College,
taking our place in the stream of its history,
aware of our connectedness with one another.
Creator of the human mind which reflects Your own divine one,
we celebrate the gifts of knowledge, discovery, wisdom,
and maturity that our graduates have deepened
from the beginning of their D'Youville journey
to this point.
Nancy?
Stay tuned.
[LAUGHTER]
We celebrate their eagerness to share what they have learned.
Like Saint Marguerite d'Youville,
may they respond to the needs of their world,
inspired by genuine concern for others.
May they carry on the D'Youville tradition of generous service.
We pray that they will continue to grow in wisdom and age
and grace in all their lives.
For ourselves, we ask the grace of presence;
mindfulness; to be here right now rather than thinking
of the past or of the future; to be aware of the sights, sounds,
people around us; to listen to what is said;
to cherish each graduate, those we love
and those who are strangers, joined to all of us
by their D'Youville experience; to remember
that the accomplishments of these graduates
enrich us all because they enrich our world.
We ask this in the name of the God of all hopefullness,
eagerness, kindness, gentleness.
Amen.
Amen.
[MUSIC - "O CANADA"]
[MUSIC - "THE STAR SPANGLED BANNER"]
(SINGING) O say can you see, by the dawn's early light,
what so proudly we hailed at the twilight's last gleaming, whose
broad stripes and bright stars through the perilous fight o'er
the ramparts we watched were so gallantly streaming?
And the rockets' red glare, the bombs bursting in air,
gave proof through the night that our flag was still there.
O say does that star-spangled banner yet wave o'er
the land of the free and the home of the brave?
[CHEERING]
[APPLAUSE]
I now declare the 109th commencement
of D'Youville College in session.
Please be seated.
At this time, I would like to introduce today's stage party
to you.
And the stage party, please stand as your name is called.
Dr. Lorrie Clemo, president of D'Youville College;
Margaret Sullivan, our honored guest and keynote speaker;
Dr. Jason Adsit, dean of the School of Arts, Sciences,
and Education; Dr. Patricia Abbott, associate professor
and event marshall.
[CHEERING]
Dr. John Amershadian, past chairperson, board of trustees;
Mr. Paul Bauer, emeritus member, board of trustees;
Mr. Robert Bennett, member of the board of trustees;
Mr. Randy Bowen, associate vice president
for enrollment management; Ms. Kathleen Christie,
vice president for institutional advancement;
Ms. Jodene Cunningham, former member
of the board of trustees and president
of the alumni association; Ms. Melinda Disare,
member of the board of trustees; Dr. Maureen Finney,
dean of the School of Health Professions;
Mr. John Garfoot, vice president for finance;
Sister Nancy Kaczmarek, Grey Nun of the Sacred Heart;
Dr. Judith Lewis, dean of the School of Nursing.
[CHEERING]
Dr. Canio Marasco, dean of the School of Pharmacy.
[CHEERING]
Mr. Nate Marton, vice president for operations;
Mr. Robert Murphy, vice president for student affairs;
Dr. Arup Sen, vice president for academic affairs;
Mr. CJ Urlaub, chairperson, board of trustees.
And I am Dr. John Abbarno, professor and your emcee today.
[APPLAUSE]
Thank you.
This year the president of D'Youville college
is authorized to confer an honorary degree
upon the following candidate in recognition
of notable achievement in her field.
Margaret M. Sullivan will be escorted
by Charles "CJ" Urlaub, chairman of the board of trustees.
Ms. Sullivan will be presented by John Amershadian,
past chairperson, board of trustees.
D'Youville College is pleased to honor Margaret M. Sullivan.
Margaret M. Sullivan is a leading American journalist
with more than 35 years experience as a print
journalist, starting as a summer intern, reporter,
metro columnist, assistant city editor, the first female editor
and vice president of The Buffalo News,
to The New York Times and The Washington Post.
She has set the standard for all journalists,
both female and male.
After 32 years at The Buffalo News,
Margaret became the first woman public editor of The New York
Times, representing readers and responding to their concerns.
She was selected as the media columnist for The Washington
Post in 2016, a position she holds today.
Arthur Sulzberger Jr, the Times publisher, said Sullivan has,
quote, "ushered the position into a new age."
"I love newspapers, books, magazines, letters, libraries,"
she has said.
"They are all a part of my life, and I hope
they will be for a long time.
I love what they offer and what they represent--
thoughtfulness; tradition; a home for well-paid watchdog
journalism; the utility of information
that has been curated by intelligent editors;
the impact of a 90-point headline;
the beauty of a black-and-white photograph."
A Lackawanna native, Margaret graduated
from Nardin Academy in Buffalo.
A graduate of Georgetown University,
she holds her master's degree from Northwestern University's
Medill School of Journalism.
A recipient of numerous awards and honors,
she has served on the Pulitzer Prize board
and is the chair of their commentary jury.
Margaret has been elected a director of the American
Society of News Editors and led its First Amendment Committee.
Earlier this year, she received the prestigious First Amendment
Award from the New England First Amendment Coalition.
For her inspiration to students of the written word,
dedication to freedom of the press, her talent
to bring to her countless readers
clarity and understanding of the world about us,
D'Youville College is honored to bestow on Margaret M.
Sullivan the degree of Doctor of Humane Letters, honoris causa,
presented this 20th day of May in the year of our Lord 2017
in Buffalo, New York.
[APPLAUSE]
By the virtue of the authority vested in me
by the board of trustees of D'Youville College
and the regents of the University of the State of New
York, I do hereby confer upon the degree
of Doctor of Humane Letters, honoris causa,
with all the rights, privileges, and honors pertaining
thereunto.
In testimony whereof I give you this diploma
signed by an authorized member of the board of trustees
and bearing the corporate seal of D'Youville College.
I ask that you be invested with the hood signifying the degree.
Congratulations.
[APPLAUSE]
I am pleased to introduce our speaker this morning.
Ladies and gentlemen, Margaret M. Sullivan.
[APPLAUSE]
Well, thank you so much.
And I will absolutely be insisting
that my family and friends refer to me as Dr. Sullivan
from this moment forward.
I'm absolutely thrilled to be here on your big day.
It's fantastic.
And there's so much joy, I think, in the room,
and I'm so happy to be a part of it.
I want to greet Dr. Clemo, the board of trustees,
the deans, the members of the faculty,
and of course the graduates and your families and friends.
It's a really wonderful day.
I read up a little bit on graduation speeches
in preparation, and I was struck by some advice, which
was that graduation speeches, commencement speeches,
should be less like a TED Talk and more like a wedding toast.
So I won't be up here for half an hour, I promise you.
But I do have a couple of things I'd like to say.
First of all, it's really an honor
to be involved with the D'Youville commencement
because it's such an important institution in our community.
When I started proudly telling people
that I was speaking today, I immediately heard, my mother
went there.
My cousin went there.
My best friend went there.
As it happens, I am a proud graduate of Nardin Academy,
and the president of Nardin, Marsha Sullivan-- no relation--
is here.
And that too is such an important institution
in our community.
So as it happens, my favorite teacher at Nardin a few years
back was [? Joanne ?] [? Langan. ?] She is a graduate
of D'Youville, and she was in the same class as my godmother,
[? Jackie Saab-Taylor. ?] So I'm very connected to this school
and certainly extremely, extremely honored to be here.
It is also great for me to be back in Buffalo.
The city looks amazing in bloom with cranes everywhere,
and it looks great.
I feel as though it was actually my leaving here
that started the resurgence.
And if I had known, I would have left earlier, I promise you.
It's been interesting and kind of very surreal
being in Washington over the past year.
I spent four years in New York, finished my term at The New
York Times-- it is a term-limited job--
and went off to Washington thinking,
well, it would be interesting to write a column about media,
and it probably would be interesting to be there
when the first female president was in office.
I quickly after coming to Washington
went to the two political conventions
in Philadelphia and Cleveland, and I was struck there
in both of those places and have been struck ever
since at what a terribly divided country we live in.
It is upsetting and dispiriting in many ways
to know that we have in some ways
lost the ability to talk to each other.
And I have felt that very, very intensely.
I felt it at the conventions.
I feel it when I write a piece and people respond
to it in such extremely different ways,
sometimes with appreciation, sometimes
with insults and contempt.
It's very worrisome, and it's really
the thing that I want to talk about today,
because I feel as though we need to make
some kind of a move, each one of us, to get beyond that.
I've run into some amazing people over the past year.
When I was in Cleveland at the Republican National Convention,
I was of course talking to a lot of Trump delegates,
and I interviewed a woman whose name was Mary Sue McCartney,
and she was absolutely wonderful.
She was bubbly and she was from Dallas
and she was a true believer, and I quoted her
in a piece I wrote.
And I sent her a link to the piece, and she wrote back to me
and said how much she appreciated
being quoted and represented accurately,
and if I ever wanted to come to Dallas,
she would show me a great Texas welcome.
And that was a really nice moment.
I also had a correspondence with a man
from coal country in Kentucky whose name
was Mitch Kennedy, who was responding to a piece I wrote
and telling me how disenfranchised he felt
and why he had come to the political decisions he had come
to.
And we went back and forth by email.
It was not very easy.
It was a difficult kind of back and forth,
but I think that I learned a lot.
And I wasn't trying to get anything particularly across
to him, but there was a listening there
and a little bit of an understanding that I think
was useful.
And I will tell you that the best kinds of responses
that I get to anything I write are when people say to me,
you know, I don't agree with you,
and I can tell my politics are different from yours,
but I appreciate that you seem open to other points of view.
And that's a great compliment.
And that actually is what I want to commend
to you as you go forward into the lives
that you're going to live.
I think that we need to hold two ideas in our heads
simultaneously.
We need to passionately stand up for what we believe
and to work for change based on those beliefs.
But at the same time, we have to be very careful
not to let hatred or scorn or contempt
enter into the equation.
And I think this is true in our personal lives
with our families and friends and also with anything we
do in the community, anything that might be more public.
My term for this is "optimistic engagement."
We need to really care about and be authentic about what
we believe and really think through it,
be engaged citizens, but also understand
that there are different points of view
and that we can listen to them but not necessarily agree.
That is really hard in real life.
I find it to be a challenge every day.
It's very hard to have people tell you, sometimes
in not very nice terms, that they think you're
wrong and maybe kind of stupid.
It's hard to say--
which is what I try to do--
thank you for sharing your thoughts.
I understand what you're saying, but I can't agree,
or something like that.
Or, you make a really good point.
I'll consider it.
So it's these two different ideas
that I'm hoping we can stay with.
I've always had little Post-it notes on my desk
or in my workplace over the years.
Warren Buffett is the owner of The Buffalo News,
and when I became editor of The Buffalo News,
I asked him what advice he might have.
And he told me two or three things
that, while they might not seem profound,
were pretty good guidance.
And I jotted them down on a Post-it note
and kept it actually in a desk drawer for a while.
And at the same time I called a person
who had been one of my idols growing up, Ben Bradlee,
the famous editor of The Washington Post,
who has passed away now.
But I called him and said, I'm a new editor
of a regional newspaper, and what would your advice be?
And he did talk with me and gave me some advice,
one piece of which was talking about working
for the owners, who for him were the Graham family.
And he said, if you want them with you on the landing,
you'd better make sure they're with you on the takeoff.
And I found that to be useful as we wrote
and published difficult stories at The Buffalo News,
to always keep that communication open and keep
my boss and keep his boss informed of what we were doing.
Right now I have two signs on my desk.
Again, nothing terribly profound, but one of them
says "Fact check!
Are you sure?"
And it helps me be accurate.
Because I write an opinion column
and I want to be true to what I believe
and not be swept up in someone else's point of view,
I have a little Post-it that says
"what do you really think?"
So those are my current pieces of advice to myself.
But I have had one over the years,
and I think I'm going to re-install it.
And this is really the thought that I want to leave you with.
And it's from the great civil rights
leader and spiritual leader Mahatma
Gandhi, who said "we must be the change we
want to see in the world."
And I think that's the message that I'd
like to leave with you today, that you
can be the change that you want to see in the world,
and that in doing so we can make small, incremental changes that
actually might end up being larger than we think.
And just the other note I wanted to make
is that we all get a lot of help getting to the point
that you guys are at today.
You really don't get here on your own.
So I want to encourage you to express the gratitude that I
know you feel to your parents, to your friends,
to your family members, or to your mentors,
whoever they may be.
Those words of appreciation and gratitude and thanks
really go a long way.
And I want to thank you for having me here today.
It is a great honor.
Thank you.
[APPLAUSE]
Thank you, Ms. Sullivan.
I am pleased to present Cindy Chin, representing the Liberal
Arts program and the English department,
who will now give the salutatory.
Cindy.
Thank you, Dr. Abbarno.
Good morning, President Clemo, fellow graduates, faculty,
staff, family, special guests, and members
of the D'Youville community.
It is an immense honor to be representing the liberal arts
department and the English program
as well as my fellow graduates.
When we embarked on our college journeys,
I am sure that we all had different reasons
for choosing D'Youville.
My journey, however, is one that many of you
probably won't be able to relate to.
As you'll see, our stories are very different.
I come from a small island in the Caribbean,
while many of you are able to go home on the weekends
and do your laundry.
I also need a passport to get home.
I decided to get into the liberal arts and study English,
whereas many of you are preparing
for a career in the health field wearing scrubs.
I came here unsure what I wanted to do with my life,
while many of you already knew that you
wanted to be a nurse or occupational therapist
or whatever.
One thing we do have in common, however,
is our shared experiences here at D'Youville--
living in the west side of Buffalo,
getting coffee at Tipico, trudging
through three feet of snow to get
to classes, 7-Eleven late-night meals,
and the never-ending printing headaches.
I am also sure that we can all list three to four professors
by their first names and at least one
who has influenced our lives very much.
That said, I would like to share a story with you
today about an experience I've had here
with one such professor.
So hold onto your caps as we travel the back
in time for just a moment.
Here's the context.
It had always been my dream to study in the United States,
but my family really didn't want me to go to college.
Instead, they wanted me to stay home and take over the family
business.
So when I came to D'Youville in the fall of 2013,
I already felt immense pressure to do well
and to finish in as short a time as possible.
For me, failure was not an option.
Fast forward to the end of my first semester as a sophomore.
I received a C in a biology course
I had to take as part of my core curriculum.
Even though the course had nothing to do with my major,
I was distraught--
irrationally, I know.
So I did what every upset student would do--
I cried to my academic advisor, Dr. McGeachy.
I burst into her office in tears and told her
how my life was over.
However, she did not hand me a box of tissues
as I expected her to.
She also did not give me a pep talk.
Instead, she asked me what my favorite color was.
Dumbfounded, I looked at her blankly
and told her it was green.
She then took out a green sheet of paper
and started cutting it with a pair of scissors.
I watched her in silence as she worked,
wondering why in the world my crying made her decide
to get crafty all of a sudden.
[LAUGHTER]
After she was done, she handed me a roughly cut green letter
C. My jaw dropped in disbelief as I thought to myself,
this lady is nuts!
And way to rub it in.
She looked at me with a smile and told me
that I should be proud of this C because I worked hard for it.
I thought, indeed I did, but I think you're missing the point.
It's a C.
She then asked, what's the worst thing
that would happen with getting this C?
I told her that my GPA will drop, to which she replied,
does that mean that you have failed?
And is it so hard and impossible to accept failure?
Suddenly a memory surfaced in my brain.
In my first semester as a freshman,
I took an English 111 class with Dr. McGeachy,
and she actually gave me a C-minus
on my first-ever college essay.
In my mind, I had failed immediately
after starting my college career.
But then I also remembered how that C-minus
motivated and pushed me to work even harder.
I took that C from Doctor McGeachy,
went home, and stuck it on my wall,
and it is still there today.
So let me bring you back to the present.
I have looked at that C every day for the past three years.
The green C reminds me that here at D'Youville we are
surrounded by people like her--
people who care, people who truly want to see us
succeed not just in school, but in life.
And equally important, every time
I see that C, I picture Dr. McGeachy's encouraging
smile reminding me that it's OK to fail.
Now, I know many of you are sitting there thinking,
she's whining about getting a C in biology?
I would have been happy with a C. I know--
I'm a nerd.
But the point I'm trying to make is that it's OK to fail.
In fact, it is essential to fail.
We learn more from our failures than our successes.
For example, I've learned that I never
want to take another science course again.
[LAUGHTER]
And trust me, I feel that in a lot of things--
like writing an engaging graduation speech.
I am sure all of you have had the privilege of meeting people
here who have consistently and generously given their time
and guidance to us, both when we needed them most and even when
we thought we didn't.
I never would have thought getting
that C would encourage and change me as much as it did.
It is the little things that members of the D'Youville
community have done for us that stand out the most.
And oftentimes it is the little things
that teach us the most valuable lessons about life.
We learn the most about ourselves through our failures,
or what we believe those to be.
Through failure we learn not just how to succeed
but how to be ourselves.
So my fellow graduates, whatever brought you here
to D'Youville, whatever your struggles in getting here
may have been, you are here now because you
have persevered and overcome your own set of failures.
And I am positive that we could not have gotten to this point
without the guidance, care, and support of generous professors,
staff members, family, friends, and each other,
our fellow classmates.
So to belabor this tortured metaphor,
as we set sail from the safe harbor of D'Youville,
we prepare ourselves to encounter new tidal waves
of ups and downs, embarking on our next journey across life's
open seas.
But be not afraid, as I am confident that our time here
at D'Youville has prepared us to face
and overcome these challenges.
Today we celebrate our failures and successes,
embrace them with open arms, and welcome the new challenges yet
to come, for we are ready.
Thank you, and congratulations, class of 2017.
[APPLAUSE]
Thank you, Cindy, for your reflections and your insights.
The degrees will now be conferred.
Out of respect for all the graduates and their families,
the audience is asked to withhold all applause
and cheering until all candidates have
received their diplomas.
I present Dr. Arup Sen, vice president for Academic Affairs,
who will introduce the candidates for degrees.
Dr. Sen.
Dr. Clemo, it is my privilege to report to you
that the candidates assembled here have qualified
in all respects for baccalaureate, master's,
or doctorate degrees by successfully completing
curricula offered by the schools of D'Youville college
and have been recommended by the faculty and board of trustees
to be awarded appropriate degrees in recognition
of their academic achievements.
I'm pleased to present the candidates hereinafter to be
named who have qualified in all respects
for the degrees of Bachelor of Arts; Bachelor of Science;
Combined Bachelor and Master's of Science;
Master's of Science; Master's of Business Administration;
Doctor of Physical Therapy; Doctor of Chiropractic;
Doctor of Pharmacy; Doctor of Nurse Practice;
and Doctor of Educational Leadership and Health Policy.
Graduates, please stand.
By virtue of the authority vested in me
by the board of trustees of D'Youville College
I do hereby confer upon these degrees
according to the department in which you
have qualified with all honors, privileges,
and responsibilities pertaining thereunto.
Please be seated.
School of Arts, Sciences, and Education Dean Jason Adsit.
[READING NAMES]
Assisting with the presentation is Sharon Cudney,
assistant clinical professor of Nursing, and Paige's mother.
[READING NAMES]
Bachelor of science.
[READING NAMES]
[READING NAMES]
Bachelor and Master of Science.
[READING NAMES]
Master of Science.
[READING NAMES]
Assisting with the presentation is
Ben Randle, director of Veterans Affairs and Mary's brother.
[READING NAMES]
Master of Business Administration.
[READING NAMES]
School of Arts, Science, and Education.
Please applaud.
[APPLAUSE]
[CHEERING]
School of Health Professions Dean Maureen Finney.
[READING NAMES]
OK.
[READING NAMES]
Assisting with the presentation is Beverly Taggart,
assistant director of pharmacy admissions and Trevor's mother.
[READING NAMES]
Bachelor and Master's of Science.
[READING NAMES]
Assisting with the presentation is
Joanne Bovey, administrative assistant in Pharmacy
and Alexandra's mother.
[READING NAMES]
Master's of Science.
[READING NAMES]
[READING NAMES]
Dr. Megan Hendel.
Megan is also receiving her MBA today.
Doctor of Education.
[READING NAMES]
Doctor of Physical Therapy.
[READING NAMES]
Please join me and the graduates of the School
of Health Professions.
[APPLAUSE]
[CHEERING]
School of Nursing Dean Judith Lewis.
[READING NAMES]
Danielle Marie Previti.
Danielle is also receiving a second degree
in health services management.
[READING NAMES]
Assisting with the presentation is
Megan Harmon, associate director of undergraduate admissions
and Kelly's cousin.
[READING NAMES]
Master of Science.
[READING NAMES]
Assisting with the presentation is Dr. Robert Leopold,
associate dean and chair of Pharmacy Practice and Anna
Maria's husband.
[APPLAUSE]
[READING NAMES]
[READING NAMES]
Doctor of Nursing Practice.
[READING NAMES]
Please join me in congratulating the School
of Nursing graduates.
[APPLAUSE]
[CHEERING]
School of Pharmacy Dean Canio Marasco.
[CHEERING]
[READING NAMES]
Please join me in welcoming all the graduates.
[CHEERING]
[APPLAUSE]
A final ceremonial tradition, the turning
of the tassel on the graduation cap,
acknowledges the conferral of degrees.
Graduates, to signify achievement of baccalaureate
and graduate status in the academic community,
I now ask all degree recipients to rise and share
in the ceremony.
Graduates, please move your tassel from right to left.
Congratulations.
[CHEERING]
[APPLAUSE]
Please be seated.
Graduates, you are now alumni/alumnae
of D'Youville College.
[CHEERING]
[APPLAUSE]
Thank you, graduates, for giving us
the chance to be such a large part of your lives.
In return, you've been part of our lives,
and we are truly, truly grateful.
You are now part of the history, one that began over
100 years ago when the Grey Nuns naming this institution
after their patron saint, Marguerite d'Youville,
wanted to give women an opportunity
to earn a baccalaureate degree.
The very first semester had nine women enrolled.
As you can see looking around this room,
we've grown a little since then.
Today we are 3,000 students strong.
But at the core, the same spirit that we were founded on in 1908
remains--
to teach students knowledge and compassion;
how to lead productive lives; to be better people;
to give of yourselves as you would want others
to give to you; and it may sound cliche,
but we believe it to be true--
to make the world a better place.
As alumni, you're part of a legacy.
We hope you will cherish, that you will nourish,
that you will spread unique D'Youville experience wherever
you go.
We'll always be here for you--
the college, the alumni association,
your favorite professors.
Can we give them a round of applause?
[CHEERING]
[APPLAUSE]
And a memorable shared experience.
We hope all of you will stay in touch,
that you will contribute your time, talent, and treasure,
and that you visit.
Please do not be a stranger.
Thank you for being part of our history,
and congratulations to all of our graduates.
You made it!
[CHEERING]
[APPLAUSE]
We wish you Godspeed.
And to close out the 2017 commencement ceremony,
we will have the benediction followed by the singing
of the alma mater.
The benediction will be delivered
by Dr. G. John M. Abbarno, professor of philosophy.
Let us pray that the God of wisdom and harmony
bless you on this day for your academic accomplishments
as you embark on pathways beyond the halls of D'Youville
College.
For this milestone we acknowledge your awards.
We also give thanks for your family, friends, faculty,
staff, administrators, and others near or distant
who have supported your efforts along this way.
At this moment we take pride in the character each of you
will display in the world as your journey continues.
And should you encounter setbacks, as life may present,
think back on this day of celebration
for a source of confidence in your knowing
of your own ability to surmount any challenge.
May your journey be blessed with courage and integrity
so that what you believe will be what you do.
Instill hope in those less fortunate.
Be beacons of faith and reason to improve humanity,
ennobling each other toward a more truthful, peaceful,
and loving community.
We ask that God's blessings be upon you a lifetime, echoing
of goodwill.
Amen.
[APPLAUSE]
[MUSIC - "D'YOUVILLE COLLEGE ALMA MATER"]
(SINGING) D'Youville alma mater, our song we raise to thee;
a song of love, a song of praise, a song of loyalty.
We love thy gracious, kindly ways,
we praise thy spirit high.
Our loyalty to thy fair name will never fade or die.
When we shall leave thy sheltering
arms, thy ivy-covered walls, our spirits
shall return again to walk thy quiet halls.
Thy teachings shall remain with us
although all else departs, and red and white, thy colors,
bloom like roses in our hearts.
[APPLAUSE]
I'd like to thank Loraine O'Donnell for the singing
of the alma mater.
She is the managing director of our Kavinoky Theater.
Thank you, Loraine.
[APPLAUSE]
[MUSIC PLAYING]
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These Are The Most Disgusting Animals On The Planet - Duration: 5:15.
Nature is a beautiful, majestic thing…until it makes you want to puke your guts out.
For every bunny rabbit or kitten, there's a horrible animal out there that will find
you...and destroy your soul.
Nature can be some nasty business, and while all life is sacred, that doesn't mean that
all life is attractive.
Here are a few ugly, wonderful creatures that you'd never, ever want to keep as a pet.
Probably.
Horned lizard
When it comes to self defense out in the wild, nothing's off limits, and that includes making
your own body parts pop.
When the horned lizard is threatened, it'll shoot streams of its own foul-smelling blood
— from its face.
The sanguine stream can reach distances of up to five feet.
It does this by regulating the blood flow in its head, and explosively rupturing its
own blood vessels.
There are few things less appetizing than being sprayed in the e face by a stream of
blood, so most predators eyeing the horned lizard just opt for a shower and ordering
a pizza instead.
Hagfish
If the name didn't already tip you off, spoiler alert, the hagfish is gross.
While the eel-like fish is usually just under two feet long, the big boys can reach over
four feet.
And they're the only known animal with a skull, but no real spine.
When agitated, the humble hagfish defends itself by oozing a whole lot of mucus out
of pores along its body, totally killing the mood.
Slime itself isn't an inherently gross defense mechanism, but the hagfish can produce up
to 20 liters of the stuff at once.
That's ten large soda bottles full of phlegm.
You're welcome.
Parasitic wasp
This might be the biggest jerk in the entire animal kingdom.
The parasitic wasp can only lay eggs in a living host, which is probably a horrifying
ordeal unto itself.
But the cruelty doesn't stop there.
Several dozen wasp larvae eventually emerge from the host, which is often a big, meaty
caterpillar, while a couple remain behind and control it from the inside, like a Voltron
devised by Satan.
"And I'll form the head!"
This causes the dessicated, zombie caterpillar to stay and defend the growing larvae until
it dies from starvation.
And they probably never pick up the check either.
Koalas
We don't mean to shame you, koalas, but when you guys have so much chlamydia that it's
actually threatening the survival of your species, it might be time to re-evaluate your
life choices.
"Hey girl."
"Hey girl."
"Hey girl, I know you hear me."
In some parts of Australia, only 10 percent of koalas are were STD-free in 2013, matching
statistics that biologists haven't seen since studying the cast of Jersey Shore.
Koalas are far, far from the worst or scariest animal in the outback, but they're certainly
the most deceptive.
Underneath all of that cuddly fur lies some really bad decisions.
And probably some unusual discharge.
Fulmar
The fulmar looks a bit like a typical seagull, so even though it's a trash bird, it's not
too obviously disgusting.
But the fulmar's defense mechanism is exceedingly gross.
It's so gross that it's the source of their name, which literally translates to "foul
gull."
The bird stores a disgusting gumbo of fish oils and wax in its digestive system, and
is known to projectile vomit the mixture at predators when threatened.
While this evil jambalaya can also be a food source to baby fulmars, the puke smells like
rotten fish and guts — since that's what it is.
And it's so sticky that it can ruin the feathers of other birds, making them unable to fly,
and eventually killing them.
So, yes.
Death by vomit is a real thing.
Thanks, nature.
Pipa pipa toad
Giving birth in the traditional manner is weird enough if you think about it too hard,
but the Surinam, or Pipa Pipa toad, takes it to a whole new level.
While mating, the male toad embeds fertilized eggs into a thin layer of skin on the female
toad's back.
As the eggs develop, they form safe pockets beneath the toad's skin.
When fully developed, the toad's terrible little babies burst through holes in her back,
like a scene from Gremlins, but way, way wetter.
In 2005, awareness of this toad partially inspired a word to describe viewers' revulsion
at seeing this method of birth: "trypophobia," or a fear of irregular holes.
Not many animals inspire new names for fears, so congratulations on taking gross terror
to a whole new level.
Sea cucumber
The technical term for moving guts from your insides to your outsides is "evisceration,"
and the sea cucumber is an expert at doing this to itself.
Different kinds of sea cucumbers can eject their organs through their own mouths, butts,
or just through the sides of their bodies.
Most of them do it to ward off predators…but some just seem to do it for fun.
It's probably confusing to suddenly be tangled in a few feet of toxic intestine from the
thing you were going to eat, so most attackers just give up at that point, while the ol'
cucumber gets to healing everything it just shot out.
Vultures
Just about every vulture is gross.
They rarely hunt down any prey on their own, and some have bald heads designed to burrow
cleanly into rotting carcasses that they steal from other animals.
They also sometimes eat so much that they can't fly, and they're known to use every
manner of their own excrement to their advantage.
While the re's plenty to be said for recycling, covering oneself in urine and vomit is no
way to make friends.
That only works for Ted Nugent.
Vultures regularly consume things so repugnant that they've become immune to anthrax and
botulinum toxin.
Meanwhile, the average human can't even escape the local buffet without the runs.
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SE01E03 Cap Ferrat: pioneer in solar sailing - Duration: 0:30.
Cap Ferrat - Bay of Saint-Hospice:
let's discover a reserve Natura 2000.
Silent and odorless,
a funny ship glides,
above the Posidonia.
Cap Ferrat - Beach of Poloma:
the ship takes the sun-power.
This ship is a solar boat,
preserving translucent waters
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Sigma 24 105 VS Tamron 24-70 - Duration: 2:51.
I've been using the tamron 24 to 70 F 2.8 VC as my main lens but just over two
years and the one thing that always bothers me about it is the limited range.
It's almost made me fall out of love with it so I began shopping around for
its replacement I used to use a Canon 24 the 105 f4 but I was never truly happy
with it unless you stopped down to F 5.6 sharpness was never great. Saying that
though, I did use it my short film I did for this shot here ,and it worked really.
In my research I came across the Sigma 24 to 105 f4 after seeing
comparison video on Christopher Frost's channel and I wanted to see if it would
fit my needs. So I rented the lens from the lovely people at hireacamera.com
and thought I would put it through its paces for two weeks to see how it
compared to my 24 to 70. The handling is very nice it has a really smooth zoom
ring but the focus ring could do with being just a little bit larger. The extra
zoom range was also really handy as at 70 mm I'm locked to this unless I moved.
Sometimes that just isn't possible so the 105 came in really handy. The
image stabilization performed very well. Here is a shot of the Tamron with the
image stabilisation turned off and here it is turned on.
Here is the Sigma 24 to 105 without image stabilization turned on and here
it is but it turned on. Using the 24 to 105 is great but I was sorely
disappointed when it came to sharpness and image quality. Right away I was
noticing a much softer image to the Sigma both in the middle of the image
and in the corners. Here is a comparison of the 24 to 70 and the Sigma 24-105
at 24 mm. Sharpness is relatively good but it definitely goes
to the tamron. And here they are at 70 mm now. While I know comparing
them at these focal lengths is slightly unfair because the Sigma is only
halfway through its focal range, the difference in sharpness is astounding the Tamron
24-70 just blows the Sigma 24 to 105 out of the water even at 105mm when compared
with the Tamron 24 70 at 70 mil the Tamron easily outperforms the Sigma.
Both of these lenses cost the round of same amount between £600-£700.
This really was a test to see of the Sigma 24-105 could replace 24 to 70
in my arsenal and I have to be honest it's not going to you. Thanks for watching and
don't forget to subscribe and I'll see you next time on make film tell stories.
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Ver Vídeos 4K en pantallas FullHd ¿Real o Fake? ROOT - Duration: 4:10.
hello friends such as we are seeing here I have this xiaomi mi 5 fullhd screen and this
showing a YouTube video 4k
While many will be thinking that it is impossible YouTube videos in 4K resolution
Phones like this that do not have a 4k screen and effectively in illegal?
some can not, so this video I do not intend to deceive anyone
but if we can fool the phone and make you believe that you have a screen
4k YouTube to send us retransmit us videos 4k and as we are seeing need
a powerful connection because really youtube We are sending the video to 4k but then
not play a 4k by limited the screen
What use is this as basically utility that I see is to play pranks
make people believe you have a powerful phone capable of playing videos 4k when
really it is not so Similarly as we can not enlarge
modifying screen phone software we will not be able to increase the resolution
well to get deceive the phone you must have some requirements in the
phone as it is to have root permissions and also some knowledge because we will modify
file system build prop first of all say you do this under your
I auqnue responsibility before making video've tried several phones and no
It has given me any problems however recommend make a backup of the file build.prop
in case of problems for flash copy for recovery should not start your phone
and as we copy build.prop?
because we downloaded the application zipme press on the button to create a zip file
flasheable by recovery system and then and chose build.prop
click on create and choose the path that I'll put this case to store the copy
buildprop in the download folder and change the file name such buildprop
and let the extension zip as this it is a zip file and that should not change
and as we see here is in the download folder so we started the phone in recovery mode
click on install and seek copy buildprop in this case download folder and flasheamos
like any zip
Here we see that the maximum resolution is 1080 correct for this xiaomi mi 5
Okay now let's move on to what really we are interested in and modify the file buildprop
First of all let's copy the line we must introduce and to introduce this
line will use this file editor buildprop
so we open it and click on the symbol Pencil And we stand under the last
liena appears we as we are seeing here I have a hole for
introducing the line but it had that hollow click on enter and we will create spaces
Empty blank on actuation Now we long press on the espacion
acontinuacion empty and paste and click on save and see that the root permissions requests
by changing the system file
Now let's important settings applications installed and going to youtube and delete
data, by doing this we will not delete gamail our account or anything and reinitiated
the phone
and as two resolutions we appear which is also called quadhd 1440p and more
4k is known 2160p in some internet forums like xda say
it looks better to raise the resolution I I notice no difference and I see the truth
Like putting it to 1080 to comparing it with 4k this course so as I say is more
to spend jokes to some friend
in some phones like this that has already Some years may not be displayed on
4k but immediately below that is QHD therefore must have a processor
compatible with the decoder fails VP9 check list for processors
compatible
good friends I hope you found it useful this trick to your friends bromearcon us
We see you in another video soon
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