![]() You may call the office of the Board of Taxation at 73.Īny taxes remaining unpaid after the 10th of February, May, August and November are subject to interest at the rate of 8% per year for delinquencies up to $1,500 and 18% per year for delinquencies over $1,500. Appeal forms and information is available from The Ocean County Board of Taxation, Ocean County Courthouse, located at the corner of Washington Street and Hooper Avenue in Toms River. Appeals for added or omitted assessments must be filed by December 1st of the current year. Appeals must be filed by April 1st of the current year with the County Board of Taxation. Property owners may file an appeal if they want to dispute the assessed value of their property. If you have any questions regarding the assessed value of your property please contact the Tax Assessor’s Office, 60 ext. The Tax Assessor is responsible for establishing the taxable value of your property. The Tax Collector is responsible for the billing and collection of taxes. The Tax Collector is a statutory officer of the State of New Jersey and is obligated to comply with all State Statutes regarding property tax collection including billing, due dates, interest on delinquent tax payments and tax sale procedures. When the 10th falls on a weekend or legal holiday, the grace period is extended to the next business day. Therefore, payments must be received in our office on or before the 10th. The governing body has granted a 10 day grace period on each quarter. Failure to receive a tax bill does not exempt you from paying taxes or the interest due on delinquent taxes. Property taxes are due on February 1, May 1, August 1, and November 1. The tax bill contains the portion of taxes that we collect for the schools and county as well as the municipal taxes. They have the third and fourth quarters of the current year and the first and second quarters of the next year. Tax bills are normally mailed in June or July each year. The Tax Collector is responsible for the billing, collection, reporting and enforcement of taxes. Stafford Township is a calendar year municipality. Samantha Christensen, CTC - Clerk/Bookkeeper Payments deposited in the boxes by 3:00 p.m. There are also drop boxes located near the parking lot in the back of the building and inside the lobby. Any delinquency in excess of $10,000.00 as of December 31st each year is subject to a 6% year end penalty. Interest is calculated at 8% per annum on the first $1,500.00 of delinquency and 18% per annum for any delinquency over $1,500.00. If the 10th falls on a weekend or holiday, the next business day is the end of the grace period. To avoid interest, payments must be receivedin our office by the 10th of the month due. If you are paying through your bank online, include your Block/Lot/Qual number as your account number and allow enough time for your bank to send the check to our office. Checks should be made payable to Township of Stafford-Taxes. Payments can be accepted in person or by mail only at this time. The 2015 tax rate was $2.247 per hundred. The 2016 tax rate was $2.329 per hundred. The 2017 tax rate was $2.353 per hundred. The 2018 tax rate was $2.278 per hundred. The 2019 tax rate was $2.292 per hundred. The 2020 tax rate was $2.325 per hundred. The 2021 tax rate was $2.322 per hundred. The 2022 tax rate was $2.354 per hundred. THURSDAY & FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 23 & 24, 2023 - THANKSGIVING DAY MUNICIPAL OFFICES WILL BE CLOSED ON THE FOLLOWING DATES: SPEECH DISABILITY: VISIT or call 711 2018 Homestead Benefit payments were paid to eligible taxpayers on the 2022 2nd quarter taxes due May 1, 2022.Ģ017 Homestead Benefit payments were paid to eligible taxpayers on the 2021 2nd quarter taxes due May 1, 2021. Please contact the State of New Jersey with any questions you may have at the following: The deadline to submit applications to the State of New Jersey OCTOBER 31, 2023. The State of New Jersey has begun mailing the applications for the 2022 Property Tax Relief Program, also known as the Senior Freeze. If you purchased or sold your property during the year, you would also have to utilize your closing papers for any pro-rated amounts.* You must use your receipts, cancelled checks or mortgage statement along with your tax bill for income tax purposes. *Please note that our office does not send out statements of taxes paid for the prior year. PAYMENTS ARE NEXT DUE NOVEMBER 1, 2023, AND MUST BE RECEIVED IN OUR OFFICE BY NOVEMTO AVOID INTEREST SINCE THE TENTH FALLS ON A RECOGNIZED HOLIDAY.Ģ023 third quarter estimated tax bills were mailed on June 13, 2023. IF A PROPERTY IS NOT LISTED, IT MEANS IT IS PAID IN FULL THROUGH THE 2023 4TH QUARTER. THE AMOUNTS ARE LISTED ON THE ABOVE CHART. THE 2023 FINAL/2024 PRELIMINARY TAX BILLS WERE MAILED AUGUST 21, 2023. CLICK FOR 2023 4TH QUARTER & PRIOR BALANCES AS OF SEPTEMWITH INTEREST THROUGH OCTOBER 2, 2023.
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The rest of the wavelengths get absorbed or scattered.Ĭommon examples of opaque objects are wood, stone, metals, concrete, etc.ĭifference Between Transparent and Translucent Materialsīoth substances allow light to pass through them. The objects appear colored because of the reflection of a particular wavelength. Reflection: The incident light rays may get reflected at the surface of an opaque object. Due to cumulative scattering, the energy of the wave can be completely dissipated before the emergence of light from the other side. Scattering: The molecules of the medium can absorb and scatter light in random directions. This process highly reduces the intensity of the incident light. The causes behind opacity are,Ībsorption: The light rays can be absorbed inside the medium. Light rays can penetrate the substances to some depth. Any incident light gets reflected, absorbed, or scattered. Opaque substances do not allow the transmission of light. Some examples of translucent objects are frosted glass, butter paper, tissue, various plastics, and so on. fluctuation in composition) in a crystal structure can give rise to a scattering of light.īoundaries: Grain boundaries (in a polycrystalline structure) and cell boundaries (in an organism) can behave as scattering centers. At the points of fluctuations, the light rays get scattered.Ĭrystallographic Defects: Defects (e.g. Density fluctuations may cause scattering centers. Such density distribution can result in irregular refraction and transmission. Non-uniform Density: If a material has a non-uniform distribution of matter, its density is different at different parts. Translucency can occur due to the following properties, If any object is seen through a translucent material, the image appears fuzzy or blurred. Consequently, the light rays emerge in random directions. The light rays get scattered in the interior of such objects. glass) are used for lenses, spherical mirrors, spectacles, and many more.Ī substance is called translucent if it allows partial transmission. Window glasses are transparent in nature. Therefore, a clear image is seen on the other side of the substance. ![]() While passing through a transparent object, the amount of scattering is very less. Light rays follow Snell’s law of refraction. Most of the light, incident on a transparent object, transmits through it. The refractive index of transparent substances is nearly uniform. Light rays can pass through these substances. The second that has < 100% light transmission is a translucent object, while that completely blocks the light is opaque by nature.Īll these materials have some properties that we will understand on this page in detail.Ĭomparison of Transparent, Translucent, and Opaque Objects So, the first object that allows 100% light transmission is a transparent object. What these objects are, and why do we study them in physics? Well, physics is all about understanding the science behind real-life objects around us. However, on the other hand, some objects don't even allow light to pass through. Or there are objects that create an obstruction in the path of light and are not as clear reflector of light as clear glass does. Some objects allow light to pass through clear glass. ![]() Various objects that we see around exhibit some property. Some examples are oily paper, tissue, some plastics, etc. Any object, seen through a translucent material, appears fuzzy or blurred. A part of the incident light may get reflected or scattered as it passes through the interior of the material. Translucent materials allow partial transmission of light through them. ![]() As a result, light rays cannot pass through opaque materials. Opaque materials either reflect or absorb any incident light. One example of transparent material is pure glass. Any object can be seen through the transparent material. Materials, which allow complete transmission of light, are called transparent. Materials can be classified based on the amount of light they transmit. ![]() For more information on warranty replacement please visit the Warranty Services Page. ![]() If a SeaTools test generates an error, that means the drive will need to be replaced. errors after SeaTools passes the drive, please consult with your computer or motherboard manufacturer for instructions to disable S.M.A.R.T. If no update is available, or the update does not resolve the S.M.A.R.T. This may be remedied by going to the computer or motherboard manufacturer's website to check for an update for the computer's BIOS. fields that some manufacturers' BIOS's cannot interpret correctly. Some drives, such as Solid State Drives (SSDs), include additional S.M.A.R.T. parameters along with several other separate tests, allowing a complete hard disk health check. Additionally, you download and run the SeaTools diagnostic test. If the drive is under warranty, this is a valid reason to consider a replacement. Otherwise, when a disk drive issues a S.M.A.R.T. error there are no methods to repair the underlying problem, whatever it is. If you find and fix a ventilation problem and the average temperature drops to a normal range, then the S.M.A.R.T. error may disappear. First, check to see if your system has adequate ventilation and that all fans are in good working order. specifications and thresholds as well.Ī system S.M.A.R.T. error means you should backup your data as soon as possible and maintain consistent backups.Ī S.M.A.R.T. warning based on excessive average temperature is common, and can sometimes be fixed by improving ventilation. Option 1: CHKDSK Utility Option 2: Seagate SeaTools Option 3: MiniTool Partition Wizard a Free Third-Party Tool Bottom Line Seagate Disk Tools FAQ When Do You Need to Diagnose Seagate Hard Drive In 1980, Seagate (Seagate Technology PLC), an American data storage company, developed the first 5.25-inch hard disk drive (HDD). Different drive manufacturers will have different S.M.A.R.T. The specifics of these thresholds are not made publicly available and can differ between designs. A few of these areas include read retries (meaning data wasn't read correctly the first time), slow spin up, high temperature, and excessive bad sector. The drive monitors several kinds of performance areas. Step 1 Once you have your Seagate Disk Drive connected to your PC, got the Search Panel on the home screen and type in Device Manager. The system will report an error when a S.M.A.R.T. A S.M.A.R.T. error is a prediction that the diagnostic test will soon fail. Select your Seagate hard disk from the list and click on the Search for lost data button. Launch Disk Drill after the installation is complete. The free version will let you recover up to 500 MB of data. Even some diagnostic tests could still have a PASS status. Download Disk Drill and install it on your PC. It is important to realize that the drive may appear to be functioning normally. S.M.A.R.T. errors are a near-term prediction of drive failure. It's also available for Linux and Mac operating systems, as well as included in a couple of LiveCD/LiveUSB programs.You may find that your system reports that a S.M.A.R.T. The latest version works with Windows 11, 10, 8, 7, and Vista, but there's an outdated edition you can get for older Windows versions. This program can be downloaded for Windows as a portable program or as a regular program with a normal installer. GSmartControl runs three self-tests to find drive faults: Short Self-test takes around 2 minutes to complete and is used to detect a completely damaged hard drive, Extended Self-test takes 70 minutes to finish and examines the entire surface of a hard drive to find faults, and Conveyance Self-test is a 5-minute test that's supposed to find damages that occurred during the transporting of a drive. View and save SMART attribute values like the power cycle count, multi-zone error rate, calibration retry count, and many others. GSmartControl can run various hard drive tests with detailed results and give an overall health assessment of a drive. When exporting information, it includes everything, not just a specific result you want to save Doesn't support every USB and RAID device ![]() I call it my "Quick Tuneup," for people who ask me to make their PC run faster, yet I don't have time to just take it and sit with it for awhile. If you just do this step alone, will do wonders for PC's. Otherwise you can just start it as you need. ![]() Remove all programs from startup, all of them unless you REALLY want that program running all the time. I try not to keep anything too important, although that's also because I don't worry too much about pictures, although as I age, I do find myself reminiscing a bit more.Įdit: ALMOST FORGOT, IMPORTANT. So I can always download it, and have it safe again. On a side note, I did buy a spare 1tb external HD, and ran some recovery programs (Particularly Recuva) to recover what files I could I lost, but it's hard to sort, so for now, it'll sit until something important comes up I need to look for, and even then most of what's important is in my email, such as my Resume. Other than that, I'm good to go, with a lot of free space now. Then I download my games that I might play, and HW Monitor (Cause that's my go to for temp monitoring). Basically start making sure all "Settings," are correct. Then with any spare time while windows updates, I customize the PC, set my settings, my color scheme, make sure all the diagnostics info is turned off so I don't send a bunch of info to windows, download the 3 top browsers, and config them etc. I removed all the excess antivirus, personally I don't believe in antivirus, and Windows Defender is good enough, although I typically disable that too, including my firewalls (I don't suggest for every person), and UAC. I left one program, the HP Omen Command Center, but that's just cause I haven't decided if I wanted to keep it or not.Īll the while running windows updates in the background, to get that knocked out too (Will also install all drivers important, so you shouldn't have to worry about anything but graphics, if necessary for your PC/Games). For example, if you have an HP assistant, uninstall every program that says HP on it is what I did. Instead in your case, I'd remove everything that doesn't look useful, or like a driver (Intel stuff mostly). Then I start by going to appwiz.cpl (Programs and features) and uninstall just about everything, usually I say I uninstall what I know is not needed, but realistically that takes an eye for in the first place. I just had the misfortune of being too careless, and formatted my data drive by accident, so I decided to just do a fresh install on my windows drive too, and start from scratch, using the built in recovery software, so I have all the bells and whistles too. IMO, Why download bloatware, to remove bloatware. Otherwise, onto my long I talk too much post. It doesn't take as long as you think, and is only a one time go, once your set and ready, your good to go. Do it manually, it's the safest, and IMO most effective way to do it. Sorry I'm not reading all the comments on this one, just going to give my recommendation as an old old tech. I just wish I can get rid of whatever I want to maximize my resources like I can with other OS's etc, but that's why you simply use each one for for use cases. Wish I could get rid of edge as well or any built in app that windows forces on you really, but it's the cost of windows unfortunately. I consider spyware that comes built in bloat and thus get rid of it as much as possible myself. If you're q bit more technical it typically bothers you more, because you know what's going on in the background a bit more? but if you're a standard consumer you typically don't know and it is what is for you once apps are gone. There are scripts and 3rd party programs to stop all of that and help configure faster as most folks don't pay attention to what happens behind the scenes. Certain services and configuration that cqn bog down your computer some or send your data also needs to to configured for them. Pick, Assemble and Install: Video Guide.No intentionally harmful, misleading or joke advice.No excessive posting (more than one submission in 24 hours).No selling, trading or requests for valuation.No self-promotion, advertising, begging, or surveys.No submissions about memes, jokes, meta, or hypothetical / dream builds.No titles that are all-caps, clickbait, PSAs, pro-tips or contain emoji.No submissions about retailer or customer service experiences.No submissions about sales, deals or unauthorized giveaways.No submissions about hardware news, rumors, or reviews.Please keep in mind that we are here to help you build a computer, not to build it for you. Submit Build Help/Ready post Submit Troubleshooting post Submit other post New Here? BuildAPC Beginner's Guide Live Chat on Discord Daily Simple Questions threads As you experiment, discover more photo tips and tools you can use to advance your photo skills. No matter which type you prefer, reflectors are great tools for manipulating light. Gold reflector: This option results in similar brightness but reflects warmer tones than your current setting’s lighting.Silver reflector: This reflects slightly brighter than the light you're shooting in without changing your image's color or tone.White reflector: This traditional reflector offers a soft, natural glow very similar to your setting’s current lighting. ![]() Let's look into these available options now: However, there are some exceptions that can slightly change the brightness or tone of your final photo. When you use a reflector, the quality of light that bounces off its surface will be the same quality that matches the scene in which you're shooting. Placing one or more reflectors can help you manipulate the available light to your advantage and achieve your desired effect. When you take photos in different locations and at different times of the day, you’ll quickly discover that some objects absorb light while others cause light to bounce or spread. A reflector is good for creating fill light or lessening shadows. It doesn't create light rather, it redirects light that is already there. What is a reflector?Ī reflector is a photography tool used to redirect light to a subject or scene. Let's explore what a reflector is and how it can help you manipulate or redirect light in your photos. ![]() You also need to understand how light affects photos, whether there's not enough, too much, or if it's in the wrong place entirely. Photography is about more than just understanding how your camera works. Learn about reflectors, the different types available, and how to use them to redirect light and lessen shadows. ![]() When you’ve found a word, circle it with a pen or pencil. DOWNLOAD HERE Harry Potter Word Scramble We all know there are some unusual names in Harry Potter. Kids will love searching for unique Harry Potter terms like Mudblood and Dementor in this free printable Harry Potter word search. Search for the words listed at the bottom of the paper among the random letters in the grid above. Harry Potter Word Search Word searches are a great way to keep kids focused and calm. Simply print the free Harry Potter themed word search onto white printer paper. Simple or tough, all are available and even the biggest Harry Potter fan will be happy to find words from such printables. Put the kids on teams and see who can find the most words the fastest! For all the amazing party activities, games, decorations and food, visit our Harry Potter birthday party planning round up! Free and Printable Harry Potter Things Word Searches From the characters’ name to different episodes, the following word searches are full of variations that one may desire. We included fifteen Harry Potter specific words and terms, including: Quidditch Wizard Sorting Hat Spell Owl Gryffindor Hogwarts Scar Robe Harry. If your little wizard is having a Harry Potter themed birthday, this can be a great way to get the kids to calm down for a few minutes (you know what I’m talking about!) or a nice ice breaker game as kids are arriving. This Harry Potter Word Search is a fun and FREE printable activity for kids Kids can find all the Harry Potter related words, and we’ve provided an answer key to help them check their work or give a helpful hint. Download and print this worksheet and relive all the magic (get it) of the novels Print for your family, classroom, or anyone who enjoys a little wizardly edu-tainment. All the words are hidden vertically, horizontally, or diagonallyin both directions. Free Printable Harry Potter Word Search By Gavin Smith / JanuBanish boredom faster than using Riddikulus Finding the words in this Harry Potter word search is easier than finding the snitch, or finding a unicorn in the Forbidden Forest. Thanks so much for reading all about our Harry Potter Printables. Scramble Words is a free online word scramble game, with many exciting twists and. Free printable Harry Potter word search is the perfect solo activity for a rainy day for both kids and adults. What did I miss? Do you have a Harry Potter themed party or activity in your future? I hope this post helped! Depending on the printable, you can choose to print in black and white or color, and choose which type of paper would be best (for signs and printable art, I would probably use cardstock). Upload to your favorite photo processing site (I love Walgreens, Target and Costco) or print at your home computer. We used this word search puzzle to teach our kids about Universal and talk about the things we could do when we got to the park. There are already some great printables, trivia games, and polls out there and I do have some of my own activities for Harry Potter in the works. Download printable and save to your computer (I often just download to my desktop). If you don’t see directions on the post, here’s what to do: like this list of 48 Harry Potter writing prompts + free printable or our. These free printables include the answer keys too. Find out where in the world your surname originated, what it originally meant. These free printables are easy to download! These Harry Potter activities include a Harry Potter word search printable and character scramble, plus a Harry Potter Challenge to see how much you know about each house at Hogwarts. Kids can find all the Harry Potter related words, and we’ve provided an answer key to help them check their work or give a helpful hint.Ĭontinue Reading How to Print Your Printables ![]() Enjoy our free online word search puzzle with easy, medium and hard levels. ![]() Download pdf or image and print it out later. This Harry Potter Word Search, from Literacy Learn, is a fun and FREE printable activity for kids! Free printable Harry Potter word search puzzle. ![]() ![]() ![]() There are also plenty of videos on YouTube if you want to go even more in-depth. You can also use this for different games like Valorant, I've had same success with this exact configuration. Note: You have to open Process Lasso each time you start your system before launching OW2. Don't touch anything else.Ĥ.) Alt tab, and go back to Process Lasso and click on the "Active Processes" tab.ĥ.) Find OW2 process, right click on it and apply following:Ħ.) Go to "File" tab, and save your profile. such as CPU affinities and priority classes, Process Lasso enables full. On top of giving you such control if you're someone who knows what he's doing, it does this by default to some extent without you having to thinker and worry.Ģ.) Open Process Lasso, go to "Main" tab and make sure "ProBalance" is enabled. The application process is conducted from 17th March 2021 to 31st March 2021. In my own words, Process Lasso is basically Task Manager on steroids that gives you complete control on how many cores each app/service can use until the point you can run your whole system on a single core while you game. My input latency improved, game became more responsive and fluid, and if you're a madman with this program you can achieve stable 500-600 FPS depending on your hardware. Turns out, it wasn't a joke and the results were there. I gave up until I stumbled upon a post for another game and I've decided to give this program a go. 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Short Questions Megathread OWL 2022 Off-Season Tracker Edit Flairsīe nice, stay on topic, don't spoil results for 24 hours, adhere to Reddiquette. ![]() IG Metall and the Works Council Chair Uwe Herzig of Grohmann Engineering stated that wages under Tesla were 25‒30 percent below the Metal Industry ("Gesamtmetall") collective agreements. In January 2017, Tesla acquired Grohmann Engineering (now Tesla Automation). As a result, a non-unionized Tesla weakens IG Metall's bargaining power in the overall automotive sector in Germany due to fewer union members and a higher labor supply. Electric vehicle production requires 30 percent fewer workers than traditional combustion-engine vehicles. Tesla is one of the few auto manufacturers in Germany that have not signed any company collective agreements, nor joined the Employer Association Gesamtmetall as of 2021. A day after the announcement, a complaint was lodged with the NLRB against Tesla for allegedly firing over 18 employees who participated in the Workers United organization. Workers United successfully led the union drive at a Starbucks store six miles away in Buffalo. Workers United is affiliated to Service Employees International Union. In February 2023, workers at Gigafactory New York in Buffalo involved with labeling data for Tesla Autopilot announced a unionization effort with Workers United. Former and current Tesla employees told CNBC that they believed the company continued to monitor its workers on social media as of 2022. MikeWorldWide monitored discussions on social networks alleging unfair labor practices at Tesla and monitored discussions on a sexual harassment lawsuit. Later, in June 2022, a CNBC report found that Tesla paid public relations firm MikeWorldWide to monitor a Tesla employee Facebook group and to conduct research on Tesla union organizers on social media from 2017 to 2018. UAW president Ray Curry responded that Tesla should recognize it broke the law if it was serious about supporting organizing. In March 2022 Musk invited the UAW union to hold a vote at their convenience. The case was appealed to the United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit, which in 2023 affirmed the NRLB's order. Additionally Tesla would have to put up a notice in all of its US factories addressing the unlawful tweet. Musk was ordered to delete that tweet (which implied workers would lose stocks if they formed a union), and offer Ortiz his job back with back pay. But why pay union dues & give up stock options for nothing?. In 2018, CEO Elon Musk tweeted "Nothing stopping Tesla team at our car plant from voting union. I'd like hereby to invite UAW to hold a union vote at their convenience. Our real challenge is Bay Area has negative unemployment, so if we don't treat and compensate our (awesome) people well, they have many other offers and will just leave! In January 2023, IG Metall called for an investigation into Tesla over allegations of long working hours and forced non-disclosure agreements. Tesla concluded a pay-related works agreement with Tesla Automation's Works Council, while refusing to sign a collective agreement with IG Metall. In Germany, Tesla and Tesla Automation's non-union status and lower wages compared to industry standards weakens the power of the metalworkers' union IG Metall. The National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) deemed the California firings in 2017 illegal and retaliatory. Tesla responded by firing employees involved in both campaigns. Two American trade unions, the United Auto Workers and Workers United have unsuccessfully sought to unionize workers in California and New York respectively. Tesla is the only major American auto manufacturer not represented by a union in the US as of 2023. Despite allegations of high injury rates, long hours, and below-industry pay, efforts to unionize the workforce have been largely unsuccessful. Tesla CEO Elon Musk has commented negatively on trade unions in relation to Tesla. is an American electric car manufacturer which as of January 2023 employs over 127,000 workers across its global operations, none of which are unionized. IG Metall brochures in English and German language for Tesla employees ![]() Labor relations of the American car company ![]() The Chinese apps have been blocked as they posed a threat to the security and privacy of the people of India. However, the ban was lifted soon after. It was also banned in Nepal.Īs for India, PUBG Mobile is still operational for users although 59 Chinese apps have been banned in India. The game was said to be violent, an element of distraction, and a reason for many suicides and crimes in the country. The ban was imposed citing the same reasons as Pakistan. Last year, PUBG was banned in some parts of India such as Ahmedabad, Rajkot, Surat, Bhavnagar, Gir Somnath, and Panchmahal. To recall, this is not the first time PUBG has been involved in a situation like this. Following this, a formal hearing will take place on July 9 that will decide the fate of PUBG in the country. It is suggested that the Lahore High Court has asked the PTA to look into the matter and listen to all the complainants. CNN Sans ™ & © 2016 Cable News Network.The ban has been also imposed due to a number of suicide cases surfacing. India was PUBGs biggest market before the game was blacklisted with more. 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Your CNN account Log in to your CNN account Earlier this week, China accused Indian troops of illegally trespassing on Chinese territory in the Himalayas, setting the stage for another standoff. The situation on the border is heating up again. But negotiations between Indian and Chinese officials failed to break ground, and the tensions have spilled over into the trading relationship, worth more than $80 billion, between the two largest powers in Asia. That incident, which left 20 Indian soldiers dead, was followed by calls for calm and deescalation. The two countries, both nuclear powers, have been increasingly at odds since a deadly border clash in June. ![]() ![]() The moves are the latest sign that the relationship between India and China is fraying badly. The Global Times, a state-run tabloid, called the ban an “ill-intentioned attempt to deflect public attention away from its failure to contain a ravaging Covid-19 outbreak and a contracting economy,” citing a Chinese expert. Recent moves by India to ban Chinese apps “not only harm the legitimate rights and interests of Chinese investors and service providers, but also harm the interests of Indian consumers and the investment environment of India as an open economy,” he added. India has “abused the concept of national security and adopted discriminatory restrictive measures against Chinese companies,” Gao Feng, spokesman for China’s Ministry of Commerce, said at a regularly scheduled press briefing. Baidu declined to comment.Ĭhina on Thursday said it firmly opposes the ban. Tencent and Ant Group did not espond to requests for comment Thursday on this story. In the first half of this year, PUBG was downloaded more than 54 million times in India and saw $15.2 million in consumer spending from across the country’s App Store and Google Play, according to analytics firm Sensor Tower. PUBG was the top mobile game by monthly active users in India last year, according to analytics firm AppAnnie. (TCEHY)’s mobile game PlayerUnknown’s Battlegrounds, or PUBG, could be especially disruptive. The list on Wednesday included two apps named “VPN for Tik Tok,” which appear to be designed to skirt the restrictions. India had already blocked use of TikTok, the short video phenomenon from ByteDance, and scores of other apps in recent months. (BIDU) and Alipay, the mobile payment app from Ant Group, the financial affiliate of Jack Ma’s Alibaba The list also includes Chinese search giant Baidu TikTok ban undercuts ByteDance in one of the world's biggest digital markets A woman holds a phone with the Tiki's Tok application on the screen in New Delhi, India. ![]() Derived from the Italian word ‘ pittoresco’, ‘picturesque’ was seized upon at the end of the 18th Century by upper-class British artists who had been inspired by the luminous Italian landscape paintings they’d encountered while visiting the great hubs of European culture on what became known as The Grand Tour.īut the ‘picturesque’ paintings that artists such as William Gilpin began to create differed strikingly from the wide-open and liberating vistas you find in paintings by such masters of ‘ pittoresco’ style as Claude Lorrain or Salvator Rosa. Surely it is a word at furthest possible remove from the realm of propaganda? In fact, it has a rather sinister political past. ‘Picturesque’ is the word we reach for to describe the allure of a charming vista or natural scene. It wasn’t long before the nickname ‘silhouette’ stuck, the music of the word long outliving the snippy circumstances of its coinage. Soon, anything that smacked of extreme frugality was said to be done ‘ à la Silhouette’, including the production of cheap likenesses of sitters cut out from black paper instead of more elaborately painted portraits. In an effort to bring France’s swelling debts under control, Silhouette proposed taxing those who displayed signs of conspicuous wealth, such as the ownership of expensive works of art. It was coined in the 18th Century as a kind of sarcastic dig against the economic policies of Louis XV’s Treasury Chief, Étienne de Silhouette. That is what it means, right? In fact, the word’s origin is rather less liltingly lyrical than you might guess. Like a compressed one-word poem, silhouette’s syllables respire with an easy elegance that seems utterly in harmony with the exquisite simplicity of the phenomenon for which it stands: the fleeting shadow of someone cast against a white wall. ‘Silhouette’ isn’t so much a word one says as whispers. By stripping away its sense of shadowy mystery and retaining only its hint of hideousness, our modern usage of ‘grotesque’ has muted the word’s edgy magic. ‘Grotto’ in turn gave birth to ‘ grottesco’ (or ‘resembling a grotto’). The space itself was labelled a ‘ grotto’ (meaning ‘cave’) for the manner in which it was accessed by the many visitors it soon attracted (including Michelangelo and Raphael), who were variously lowered down by ropes or left to crawl inside. Imagine the child’s shock when he found himself surrounded by an elaborate braid of arabesque patterns into which were woven a macabre menagerie of hybrid human-beasts. The dark chamber into which the boy collapsed was a basement of the fabled first-Century Domus Aurea – an elaborate compound built by Emperor Nero after the great fire of 64 AD. It’s thought that the word ‘grotesque’ likely owes its origin to weird wall designs that were rediscovered in Rome in the early 15th Century when a young boy fell through a fissure in the city’s Esquiline Hill. But this particular kind of ghastly nastiness has an intriguing cultural backstory – one that plunges us deep below ground and into the time-buried rooms of a long-lost palace. To the modern ear, calling something ‘grotesque’ is just a swankier way of saying it’s grim and nasty. What follows is a brief exploration of some of the more fascinating coinages of words that have long since eased their way from their artistic origins into casual conversation. To dig deeper into the biographies of such ordinary words as ‘silhouette’, ‘panorama’ and ‘dude’ is to uncover surprising histories that change the way we understand and appreciate their resonance and ever-evolving meaning. Rather, ‘landscape’ was created to denote a painterly illusion of such rural reality: the rendering in pigment on canvas of a 2D replica of hills and fields, rivers and trees – not the thing itself.Ī quick glance back at the words we use every day to discuss our experience of the world reveals a hidden reliance on language hatched by art and artists. The word itself was devised in the early 17th Century not to describe an actual out-of-doors expanse of inland terrain or a gardener’s manicuring of a natural scene. How black women were whitewashed by artīefore anyone ever walked through a ‘landscape’, an artist painted one. Which came first, the chicken or the Fabergé egg – the world itself, or the artistic expressions we use to see and describe it? While it is always observed with surprise when reality appears to imitate art, in fact the world of painting, drawing, and sculpture is responsible for giving us a great deal of the language with which we understand and articulate our experience of being in the universe. |
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