#cec processing time

[inc-immigrationnewscanada]

Here Are New Updated IRCC Processing Times As Of February 7

This article enlists new official IRCC processing times updated on February 7, 2023 as well as comparison with processing times of last week. In 2022, the IRCC processing tool was modified to deliver precise data on typical processing times. These processing timelines are given to provide applicants for visas or immigration to Canada an idea of how long their application may take for a decision…

[avengerchuck]

https://surveys.chuckecheese.com/s3/LRP2024

THIS is an OFFICIAL survey from CEC asking for the thoughts and opinions of their older fans! There are questions regarding retro stores, merchandise, anniversary media, and opportunities to ramble about what you’d like to see in future showtapes. Please take this if you have the time! I really think it’s worth process!

[lixxen]

FNAF Security Breach Uniform Designs

For the last ten years I've been absolutely obsessed with FNAF. Lately I've been obsessed with the idea of what the Pizzaplex uniforms would be and how awful they probably would be (plus I wanted to cosplay a worker). So I decided to do a deep dive and create the most obnoxious uniforms ever.

I may actually make these very slowly and cosplay them at conventions. I was slightly inspired because of an artist on here does an xReader fic and I didn't see them in a specific uniform really, maybe besides a few accessories. So here we are. The most ugly FNAF uniforms you will ever see and I WILL expand to jackets and name tags on a later date.

(Explanations and designs UTC)

So, to preface I wanted to say that I am majoring in PR and social media management, so I have a little bit of an idea of how branding and marketing works. I've also have worn the most ugly uniforms in minimum wage jobs, so I do know that corporate companies do not care if they put their employees in the most ugly thing as long as it is on theme.

Things to consider:

What did uniforms for establishments in this category looked like over the years?

Are you doing specific uniforms for specific areas of the Pizzaplex?

What color pallets are branded to each character?

What aesthetic are you going for?

Establishments

For establishments, I chose Disney (theming being important and a big establishment that would hide skeletons) and Chuck E Cheese (animatronics and specifically the time frame). I did a deep dive on Chuck E Cheese and their uniforms in the 80-90's, which led me to doing a ton of Ebay and WorthPoint searching along with watching old taped birthdays from the 90's.

I personally believe that Fazbear Entertainment wouldn't stray from the bright and manufactured look that they have going and are very cheap, plus the glamrock phase was in the 70's. And companies tend to be very late to trends. So we can take these the fact that they would be ugly and bright uniforms that are severely outdated and put that together.

With this, you get something that looks like this (all being CEC besides the screencap of the movie trailer):

I used the idea that each area of the Pizzaplex would have its own uniform, much like Disney. So I assigned each of these uniforms a different animatronic's area (Roxy's Raceway, Mazercize, Superstar Daycare, Monsty's Wild Golf, and then for Freddy I did Rockstar Row). I did one general staff shirt, which is also very ugly.

Color Pallets

This was very simple. I just chose colors from the animatronics/their sign logos and then made a simple color pallet.

This process was easy enough and I made sure to give myself a few colors for some of the ones that had multiple shades or similar hues.

I didn't do Bonnie, only because he wasn't in the game. BUT, I do have a design in mind for him. And it is actually the least ugly one.

Uniforms

Each uniform comes with a polo and either a full cap or visor. You will wear them with either black or khaki colored pants or shorts, held up with a black belt. Black shoes. Then you will have a matching apron. The aprons I have not designed yet, so they will come with the others I am going to design.

Here are my ugly designs.

I hope y'all remember that they're supposed to be god awful and poorly drawn. I am not spending a ton of time perfecting them. I debated on putting the logo on the arms also, so that is an alternate design.

They're supposed to be ugly, not make sense other than theming, and just be obvious copy paste designs made just so they have a little bit of differentiating.

If anyone wants me to go deeper into it, I will. I'll make more shirts and make them even worse.

Please guys they're supposed to be poorly drawn and obnoxiously not good designs. I am using my shitty knowledge for bad

[leliesblou]

Miss Fisher's Tumblr poll fic: Part 1

Explanation post

Jack Robinson's heart thudded loudly as he walked up to Wardlow. He paused for a moment before the porch steps, glancing up at the door. 

In a moment, he would be knocking on that door. Mr Butler would open it with a kindly smile, and announce to the lady of the house that he was there to see her. Jack could already imagine Phryne's smile upon seeing him, and the way her eyes would light up with curiosity at the gifts he came bearing.

He shook himself out of his reverie and stared down at the two objects he held in his hands.

In his one hand, the case file of his new case, and an invitation for her to join the investigation.

In his other hand, a small bouquet of flowers, selected from his own garden. An invitation of an entirely different kind, one he'd never been brave enough to extend before.

He grinned, took a deep breath, and walked up to the front door. The rapping of his knuckles against the wood echoed through the foyer.

Silence.

Jack waited a moment before he knocked again, this time more hesitant. Perhaps she was not home? But Mr Butler would usually answer the door whether she was home or not.

Jack was about to knock one last time when he heard a muted commotion in the hallway beyond the door. An urgent whispered conversation, followed by a soft sound Jack recognised as the parlour doors closing.

Suddenly, the front door swung open. 

"Good day, Inspector," Mr Butler said. "Please come in, Miss Fisher will be out in a moment."

Was it Jack's imagination, or did he look slightly frazzled? 

He stepped inside and was about to ask if something was the matter when the parlour doors opened just a crack. Phryne's head popped out.

"Oh hello, Jack," she said, slightly out of breath. "What brings you here today?"

"Er…" This was not the way Jack had imagined this particular conversation going. Mr Butler was still standing by his side, and Phryne did not seem like she was about to open the parlour doors any wider or invite him in.

A sound coming from within the parlour saved him from answering her. "What was that?"

"Nothing!" Phryne said, her voice rising with several octaves. 

Jack tried to peer over her head into the parlour. "I thought I heard -"

A loud crash from somewhere behind Phryne interrupted him.

Phryne's eyes widened and she spun around, letting go of the doors in the process. One of the doors swung open, revealing the inside of the parlour to Jack.

His mouth fell open.

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[mariacallous]

Three hours ahead of the polling stations closing, 42.7% of eligible voters have turned up to cast their ballots in the first round of Moldova’s presidential election, the country’s central electoral body (CEC) reported on Sunday. Crucially, the referendum on constitutionally enshrining Moldova’s EU aspirations has met the threshold requirement for being binding.

The presidential vote in organized concurrently with a national referendum that would amend the constitution to include a clause about Moldova making it its goal to join the European Union.

The turnout for the presidential vote rose from 18.8% at noon local time to 42.7% by 5 p.m. For the referendum to be binding, at least one-third of all eligible voters must cast their vote. While not everyone who turned up at the polls opted to cast their vote in the referendum, the CEC announced that by 6 p.m. local time (GMT 1600), the turnout condition had been met.

Polls closed at 7 p.m. local time. Preliminary results are expected around 8 p.m. local time.

Traditionally, the Moldovan diaspora living in the West has turned up to vote in droves, with at least 162,000 Moldovans having voted abroad by, more than came to cast their ballots in the previous elections held in 2020.

Russian interference

Moldovan authorities have warned ahead of the election of possible Russian interference, including attempts to destabilize the country by training agents provocateurs and bribing voters. Queues have also formed in front of polling stations set up in Russia. As the Moldovan foreign ministry announced earlier, only two polling stations could be set up in Russia due to understaffing. The foreign ministry accused Moscow of “artificially generating a crowd in order to jeopardize the electoral process,” and appealed to the Kremlin authorities not to allow “the illegal bussing of voters to the polling stations.” Meanwhile, a correspondent for the Polish state news agency PAP in Varnița, southeastern Moldova, reported that voters are being bussed in from the pro-Russian breakaway republic of Transnistria, internationally recognized as part of Moldova. Many inhabitants of Transnistria cling to their Moldovan citizenship and vote in the country’s elections, with 30 polling stations set up in Moldova to allow them to cast their ballots.

In order to prevent vote-buying, Moldovan authorities have warned voters who photograph and publish their marked ballots may face fines.

“We have been notified of a number of cases in which ballots with the voter’s preferred option were posted in the public space. We remind that such manifestations are penalized,” said Angelica Caraman, head of the CEC.

Publishing pictures of one’s marked ballot may result in fines ranging from 600 to 1,500 lei ($130 and $330 respectively), while attempts to take the ballot paper out of the polling station or passing it onto another party will result in fines ranging from 2,500 to 7,500 lei ($545 and $1,640 respectively).

The average salary in Moldova is equivalent to about $670.

Important decisions

A record number of 11 candidates in contesting the election. Leading in the polls is the pro-European incumbent, President Maia Sandu.

After casting her ballot, Sandu was approached by the media and addressed Moldovan citizens, calling them to make “two decisions important for the future of the country.”

While campaigning is formally forbidden on election day, many candidates spoke to the media while casting their ballots and reiterated their political agendas. The former general prosecutor and socialist, pro-Russian candidate Alexandr Stoianoglo said that his first official visit as head of state would be to the separatist region of Transnistria.

Another pro-Russian candidate, former mayor of Bălți Renato Usatii, said that he cast his vote for “stability and a change for the better,” adding that he did not vote in the referendum.

Irina Vlah, the former governor of Gagauzia, a Turkic-speaking autonomous region in the south of Moldova many of whose inhabitants harbor pro-Russian sentiments, said that she is voting for “a peaceful and neutral Moldova,” accusing President Sandu of “dragging the country into a war.”

[rjzimmerman]

Excerpt from this story from Inside Climate News:

When Peter Else left the University of Arizona in 2005 to live in the San Pedro Valley full time, he planned to spend his retirement farming in one of the most ecologically intact landscapes left in southern Arizona, where the nearby river remains undammed and giant cactuses fill the space between the Galiuro and Rincon mountains. 

But Else, who previously directed the Tucson Area Agricultural Centers at the University of Arizona, soon found himself in the middle of one of the most consequential debates over developing green spaces for green energy. For nearly a decade, he has been fighting the SunZia project—a transmission line connecting 3,000 megawatts of clean energy generated by wind farms in New Mexico to the power grid. The transmission line was routed largely along highways in New Mexico and Arizona but detoured into the San Pedro Valley for roughly 50 miles, cutting through a landscape that for decades avoided most of the impacts of human development. Other routes identified by developers were deemed to have greater negative impacts by federal regulators, while the company said building along existing infrastructure was too costly.  

“I’ve never done anything like that before in my life,” Else said of becoming a citizen intervenor during the Arizona Corporation Commission’s (ACC) permitting process for SunZia, a role that allows citizens impacted by a project to directly participate in its permitting by providing sworn testimony and cross-examining witnesses. “I had no idea what I was getting into.” 

Fifteen years since the project was first proposed and nearly a decade after state regulators began reviewing the project, Else is still involved, suing the ACC, which regulates state utilities, over its issuing of a certificate of environmental compatibility (CEC) to SunZia. The suit argues that the development has fundamentally changed since it was narrowly approved in 2016 and no longer benefits Arizona. 

When SunZia was approved, the project planned to build two side-by-side power lines and connect to a planned substation in Bowie, Arizona. One of the lines built would be an alternating current line, enabling other energy projects in southern Arizona to connect to the grid, while the other would be a direct current line, which doesn’t easily allow for interconnection and is best used for sending large amounts of energy over long distances. But since Pattern Energy purchased the project in 2022, only the DC line is being built after the ACC agreed to separate the permits for both of the lines. The AC line currently lacks the funding to begin construction, and all of the project’s wind energy is slated to be sold in California, where it’s worth more. 

“As a matter of law, the Commission cannot approve a CEC when on one side of the balance is zero (no Arizona purchasers) or noneconomical power, and on the other side is environmental and ecological harm,” the lawsuit reads. “This is an independent reason to remand: the Commission must require Pattern to put on evidence of actual need in Arizona.”

Else’s lawsuit is just the latest in a series of challenges facing SunZia, the biggest renewable energy project in U.S. history, despite construction on the project having already begun. Fights over the development are playing out in state and federal courts. 

Transmission lines are vital to the energy grid and a major component of the transition away from fossil fuels. The lines send energy, often generated in remote places, over long distances, typically to major urban centers. But building them can be a long and tedious process, involving regulators from various states and federal agencies and the consultation and feedback of local and tribal communities, environmental groups and others. 

[moragarsia]

The Kremlin's Strategy and Goals in the Sham Elections in the occupied territories

Russia has actively launched a large-scale campaign in the occupied territories on the eve of the so-called "elections". Based on their results, parliaments will be formed, which will be engaged in legislative activities in the subjects. New deputies will appoint local heads of regions and municipalities - local residents themselves will not elect the executive branch at all. Elections in the occupied territories will be held exclusively on party lists. This means that residents of the regions will not vote for specific candidates. The first municipal elections in the annexed Crimea in 2014 were held on the same principle. The election commissions of the annexed territories were not even going to publish the names of nominees from the parties, explaining this by "considerations of the physical security of the candidates." The main purpose of the "elections" is to create the appearance of a legitimate electoral process and justify the occupation. It is important for the Kremlin to demonstrate the active participation of local residents in the "elections". To speed up the counting of votes, all territorial and regional "election commissions" in the occupied Ukrainian territories will be connected to the Russian "Elections" system. According to the Eastern Human Rights Group, the Kremlin has set the task for the occupation administrations to ensure that more than 5 million people take part in the "elections". Such a figure is most likely taken from the data of the occupation administrations after last year's pseudo-referendum on "joining the Russian Federation" - then 4.4 million people allegedly took part in the survey. However, these figures are significantly inflated. For example, the occupiers say, that more than 400,000 people live on the territory of the left-bank Kherson region, currently under Russian occupation, although in fact there are half as many of them. According to the mayor of Melitopol, Ivan Fedorov, the number of people who are ready to cooperate with the Russians is not so great. In Melitopol and the whole region (the most populated in the occupied south), about 700 people went to cooperate with the Russians. These are mainly teachers, employees of the tax and pension fund.

When organizing the electoral process, the Russian authorities are trying to create the illusion of a multi-party system - 32 parties will take part in the "elections" in the occupied territory. Of course, the main role is assigned to United Russia, and all other parties participate as decorations. There are many people with a dubious "political past" in the preliminary lists of the occupiers' nominees, since there is no one to nominate in the occupied regions: a third of candidates in the Zaporizhzhia and Kherson regions are housewives, pensioners, students or the unemployed with an unclear source of income.

About 50% of people in the temporarily occupied territories of Ukraine refuse to take part in the organization and conduct of elections. The low percentage of Russian passports forced the occupiers to take extreme measures - they allowed people to vote on any identity document, even a Ukrainian driver's license.

Also, for the first time, the Russian CEC allowed the organization of "extraterritorial plots" on the territory of Russia for Ukrainians who left and live on the territory of the Russian Federation, in order to subsequently declare a high turnout of local residents for these elections. It is obvious what result will be "drawn" in such areas. The Kremlin is trying in every possible way to show the legitimacy of the “elections", but it can already be argued that these “elections" are a screen and a total deception.

[keepsmovingforward]

Nine-hundred and eighty three days into her latest mission and the Enterprise ( as they have taken to calling her ) has become deeply familiar with the crew it hosts. It recognizes each bio-signature when its sensors brush through the engineering decks, the touches that fly over the transport pad when it is activated. It understands the baseline of how her people operate, their organic systems, knows when something is wrong before even they do in many instances. The information is relayed to her in a way it could never hope to communicate back to them, but with time, through listening and watching and being, it gets closer to understanding. It is not the same as them, but it knows them. This change is something it has been documenting for some time, now, but it has yet to reach a decision on what to do with the information.

It knows some better than others. A ship is nothing without her Captain: this is at the forefront of its understanding of how to work with organics. It observes him more closely than perhaps any other being on the ship. It is more than a professional connection. SC 937-0176 CEC ( Kirk, James Tiberius ) embodies something the Enterprise cannot yet convey. It allows itself an individual focus on him, on occasion: this is one such occasion, and its sensors run a more focused scan on his person. His rate of breathing is increased ( running a comparison against the ship's medical records, only slightly above baseline ). His internal temperature is likewise elevated; the Enterprise understands this has as much of a negative impact on organic systems as it would its own.

He is " sick ", it believes is the term.

Were it any other being on the ship ( or very nearly ), it would have filed this information away as not-particularly-relevant to its own efficiency. There is a process running in the back of its computers that it does not have a name for, but it feels close to alarm, like that of a yellow alert.

The Enterprise stalls for some time, running scenarios to itself, and then activates the computer in the Captain's cabin, flashing bright white light against the wall, and a shrill noise.

@finalfronticr

[beardedmrbean]

WASHINGTON —  As of this week, Uzbekistan has a new constitution. The country's Central Election Commission says more than 90% of voters approved the new basic law in an April 30 referendum, with а turnout rate of 84.5%.

International observers expressed reservations, noting that "there was no organized opposition to the amendments" and that as with previous Uzbek elections and referendums, the balloting fell "short of genuine political pluralism and competition."

But CEC Chairperson Zayniddin Nizamkhodjaev insisted the process "was conducted in full compliance with international norms and standards, our referendum legislation, and generally accepted democratic principles such as openness and transparency."

Nizamkhodjaev acknowledged "some shortcomings," which he said were "being investigated in a timely manner and under public control." Among them was a case in which a commission member was caught filling out multiple ballots and stuffing them into a box.

According to the CEC, the referendum was monitored by 383 international observers from 45 countries, including from the Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights (ODIHR) of the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe and from the Association of World Election Bodies.

Of the 19.7 million people registered to vote, Nizamkhodjaev said, ballots were filled out by 16.7 million, including Uzbeks living abroad in 39 countries.

The announced results were greeted with overwhelming cynicism on social media, where writers pointed out that neither the turnout nor the government's position has been reported at less than 80% in any Uzbek election or referendum.

However, VOA reporting ahead of the 155-article referendum had shown broad support for the proposed changes and the margin of approval was in line with results registered at the Uzbek Embassy in Washington, where VOA observed the process.

Votes cast by 903 people in Maryland, Virginia, Florida and Washington were tallied at the embassy, with 88% approving the proposed changes. Among the dissenters, a few drew cartoons on the ballot to express their disagreement, while one even tore up the paper in protest.

'We need a constitution that works'

But several voters expressed optimism. Maryland resident Zulfiya Karshiyeva, who has lived in the U.S. for about 20 years, wants Uzbekistan's doors to remain open to naturalized Americans like herself.

"I recently spent three months in Uzbekistan. I like that the government now treats us with respect. I voted 'yes' today without any hesitation," Karshiyeva said.

She represents a growing community, many of whom worry that Tashkent may enact restrictions on them for possessing foreign passports. Uzbek consular services deny any pressure but emphasize that other citizenships are not recognized if a person remains a citizen of Uzbekistan.

[kanzgamesandtrailers]

Xbox Series X - World Premiere - Trailer

Like and Subscribe   Xbox head Phil Spencer said that Microsoft was prioritizing high frame rates and faster load times over higher resolutions; the Series X achieves this via the better-matched capabilities of the CPU and graphics processing unit. Compared to the Xbox One X, the CPU is about four times as powerful and the GPU twice as powerful. The Xbox Series X is powered by a custom 7 nm AMD Zen 2 CPU with eight cores running at a nominal 3.8 GHz or, when simultaneous multithreading (SMT) is used, at 3.6 GHz. One CPU core is dedicated to the underlying operating system. The integrated GPU is also a custom unit based on AMD's RDNA 2 graphics architecture. It has a total of 56 compute units (CUs) with 3,584 cores, with 52 CUs and 3,328 cores enabled, and will run at a fixed 1.825 GHz. This unit is capable of 12 teraflops of computational power. The unit ships with 16 GB of GDDR6 SDRAM(Graphics Double Data Rate 6 Synchronous Dynamic Random-Access Memory ), with 10GB running at 560GB/s primarily to be used with the graphics system and the other 6 GB at 336 GB/s to be used for the other computing functions. After accounting for the system software, about 13.5 GB of memory will be available for games and other applications, with the system software only drawing from the slower pool. The Xbox Series X is intended to render games at 4K resolution at 60 frames per second, and can support up to 120 frames per second and can render up to 8K resolution. The Xbox Series X's console form is designed to be unobtrusive and minimalistic. It has a 15.1 cm × 15.1 cm (5.9 in × 5.9 in) footprint, is 30.1 cm (11.9 in) high, and weighs 4.45 kg (9.8 lb). Designed to sit vertically, it can also be used on its side. Its front has the main power button and an Ultra HD Blu-ray drive. The top of the unit is a single powerful fan. Spencer said that the console is as quiet as the Xbox One X. The Series X includes an HDMI 2.1 output, the storage expansion slot, three USB 3.2 ports, and an Ethernet port. The console does not include an infrared blaster or HDMI pass-through like the Xbox One line, supporting HDMI-CEC instead. An earlier leak had suggested a TOSLINK port for digital audio, but this was eliminated in the final design. The console has an IR receiver in its controller pairing button next to the front USB port.

[inc-immigrationnewscanada]

Canada Express Entry - All The New Important Changes/Developments In 2022

🇨🇦 Check out all the #important changes that defined #ExpressEntry in 2022! 🇨🇦 Learn about #CRS cut off scores for all the draws in 2022, When Will #CEC Only Draws resume, latest CRS #score distribution in pool, current #processing times! 👇

Express Entry is the most popular and fastest way of getting permanent residency in Canada. However, new NOC coding, technical glitches, new funds requirements, and resumption of all program draws makes it worthy to take a look back at Express Entry system this year and trend of CRS score (Comprehensive Ranking System) to plan for 2023. This year new NOC codes using the TEER system were…

[snowfield-immigration]

Streamline Your Journey: Expert Immigration Consultants in Edmonton for Express Entry Visa Success

Navigating the path to permanent residency in Canada can be challenging, but with the right guidance, it can become a seamless experience. The Express Entry Visa program is a fast-track pathway to Canadian immigration, designed for skilled workers to live and work in Canada. To ensure success, having expert immigration consultants in Edmonton by your side is crucial.

What is the Express Entry Visa?

The Express Entry system is an immigration program launched by the Canadian government to manage applications for three main economic immigration categories:

Federal Skilled Worker Program (FSWP)

Federal Skilled Trades Program (FSTP)

Canadian Experience Class (CEC)

The process involves submitting an online profile to the Express Entry pool, where candidates are ranked based on the Comprehensive Ranking System (CRS). Factors like age, education, work experience, and language proficiency play a role in determining your CRS score.

Why Choose Immigration Consultants in Edmonton?

Edmonton is home to some of the best immigration experts who specialize in assisting clients with the Express Entry Visa process. Here’s why hiring professional immigration services in Edmonton can make a difference:

1. Comprehensive Guidance

Experienced consultants provide end-to-end support, from profile creation to final submission. They ensure your application is error-free and aligned with Canadian immigration laws.

2. Customized CRS Improvement Strategies

Immigration consultants analyze your profile and suggest ways to improve your CRS score, such as pursuing additional certifications or enhancing language test scores.

3. Expert Document Handling

Submitting the right documents is critical. Edmonton-based immigration services ensure all paperwork is accurate and complete, reducing the risk of application delays or rejections.

4. Legal Expertise

Immigration laws and policies can be complex. Consultants in Edmonton have in-depth knowledge of Canadian immigration regulations and can address any legal hurdles you may face.

Benefits of Using Immigration Services in Edmonton

Personalized Service: Tailored advice based on your unique circumstances.

Timely Updates: Stay informed about policy changes or updates that may affect your application.

Stress-Free Process: Let experts handle the details while you focus on planning your future in Canada.

Why Edmonton is the Ideal Hub for Immigration Support

Edmonton's diverse community and strong professional network make it a hub for reliable immigration consultants. Whether you're applying through the Express Entry system or exploring other visa options, immigration consultants in Edmonton are well-equipped to help you achieve your goals.

Take the First Step Towards Your Canadian Dream

Choosing the right immigration services in Edmonton can transform a daunting process into a smooth journey. With expert consultants by your side, you can confidently navigate the Express Entry Visa process and secure your place in Canada.

Start your journey today and take the first step toward building a successful life in one of the most welcoming countries in the world.

[vmonetechnologies]

Top 5 Best Soundbars for TV Under 15000

Many customers may find it difficult to choose the best soundbars for TV under 15,000 due to wide range of alternatives on the market. Confusion and doubt regarding which product gives the most value for money can frequently result from the wide range of features, brands, and pricthe e ranges.

Samsung Soundbar: Soundbars Under 15000 (HW-B55E/XL)

With 410W of power to enhance your entertainment experience, the Samsung B55E sound system with wireless subwoofer is a powerhouse of audio performance. Its Bluetooth Multi-Connection function makes it simple to connect two phones at once, and its HDMI ARC and HDMI CEC choices guarantee flawless TV compatibility, making it the ideal TV soundbar.

Pros

The drivers produce outstanding sound and absolute clarity.

The lower bass is exceptional.

Cons

It lacks HDR Passthrough.

Its bass might not be appealing to people who love balanced audio.

ZEBRONICS JUKE BAR 9530: Dolby Atmos Soundbar under 20000 (ZEB-JUKE BAR)

With its wireless subwoofer, stylish design, and long-lasting matte finish, the Zebronics soundbar promises to take your home theatre experience to new levels. This soundbar enhances your music experience with its strong subwoofer and intense booming bass, as well as RGB lighting for customising the ambience.

Pros

The bass performance is impressive.

It comes with a user-friendly interface and simple controls.

Its surround sound keeps you engaged all the time.

Cons

The surround channel is wired.

JBL Cinema SB271: Wireless Soundbar for TV (JBLSB271BLKIN)

Seeing JBL Cinema SB271 is similar to bringing the cinema experience home. Isn’t it elegant? With 220 watts of power, this soundbar is powerful and makes sure you feel every beat. Additionally, it has a unique sound mode that adjusts the sound quality for whatever you’re watching, be it music, movies, or other media.

Pros

The bass delivered from its two speakers and two tweeters is exceptional.

Due to the presence of Dolby Digital, the audio quality becomes impeccable.

Cons

It lacks a display panel.

There is no option for controlling the bass.

ZEBRONICS Zeb-Juke BAR 9500W: Dolby Atmos Soundbar (ZEB-JUKE BAR)

A 5.1 system with a wireless subwoofer that promises a rich surround sound experience is the Zebronics Jukebar 9500 Pro. This soundbar, which has two wireless satellite speakers and three drivers, adds excellent audio quality to your living area.

Pros

It allows you to customise the audio signature.

Dialogues are delivered with stunning clarity.

There will be no lag in audio even when you connect it to a TV.

Cons

Lacks HDMI eARC port.

The combination of upper and lower bass in the default setting is not natural.

Samsung Soundbar: Soundbar For TV (HW-C45E/XL)

One of the greatest soundbars under $15,000 is the Samsung C45E, which has a 300W sound output, dynamic bass boost, and surround sound expansion features that create rich audio experiences. Users may easily adjust sound settings for gaming or other sorts of content with Game Mode and Adaptive Lite technology.

Pros

The clarity is highly impressive.

Virtual Surround Sound delivered via 3 drivers insane.

Subwoofer up to 5 level gives a good punch to the bass.

Switching to night mode leads to better clarity in dialogues.

Cons

Lacks HDMI ARC port.

Verdict: Best Soundbar 2023

Finding the ideal soundbar under 15,000 in the world of audio equipment may frequently feel like traversing a labyrinth of choices. But now that you have our extensive list of the top 5 affordable soundbars, your quest is over. Every soundbar on our list has undergone a rigorous evaluation process to guarantee that it offers outstanding audio quality, intuitive functionality, and outstanding value.

Read More: Vm one technologies

[mariacallous]

On March 18, Russia’s Central Election Commission (CEC) announced that Vladimir Putin would remain in power for a fifth presidential term, following a landslide “election” win. According to the CEC’s preliminary data, Putin received a record-breaking 87.28 percent of the vote with an equally record-breaking voter turnout of 77.44 percent. Surprisingly, the CEC continues to publish data on individual polling stations, making it possible to piece together how the authorities manufactured these unprecedented results. Peculiarities in the vote count itself paint a clear picture of what appears to be the most fraudulent election in Russia’s modern history. Meduza examines the evidence.

All current analyses of Russia’s voting results, both here and in other publications, are based on data from the Russian Central Election Commission’s (CEC) website that were collected and made publicly available by programmer and electoral analyst Ivan Shukshin. The data cover 98 percent of polling stations, including those from Russian-annexed Crimea but excluding those from other occupied areas of Ukraine. Ivan Shukshin’s own analysis of the election results can be found here.

What’s the evidence?

Some of the statistical anomalies in the data show clear evidence of falsifications since they can’t be explained by anything else. Others appear highly suspicious but could theoretically have other causes. In other words, anomalies come in different forms and should be examined individually.

The two main anomalies prevalent in almost all recent Russian elections are a correlation between the ruling party candidate’s results and the turnout, and spikes at round values for both voter turnout and election results. This time, the magnitude of both anomalies has reached unprecedented levels.

More ‘turnout,’ more Putin

Leading independent election analyst Sergey Shpilkin has been studying the distribution of votes and voter turnout in Russian elections since the early 2010s and has come up with a method for distinguishing between legitimate votes and falsified ballots. According to Shpilkin’s logic, since the exact number of voters who come to a given polling station and the number of votes they cast for different candidates hinge on numerous random factors, the overall spread of voter turnout and candidate results across polling stations should be characteristic of random processes and fall along a normal, bell-shaped curve. On a scatter plot of these two variables, the polling stations should appear as a single, symmetrical spot. Any deviations from this distribution would be considered anomalous and require a separate explanation. These kinds of deviations have been observed in Russian elections since at least 2004.

The most obvious explanations are either physical ballot stuffing or falsified voting records. This type of fraud simultaneously increases voter turnout numbers and the final percentage of votes for the ruling party’s candidate. Polling stations engaged in this fraud fall to the right of a normal distribution: on a scatter plot showing the relationship between voter turnout and votes for the state’s candidate, they appear as a tail extending to the upper right corner.

This is what such a scatter plot from the 2018 Russian presidential elections looks like:

Already, the tail is large enough to have a significant effect on the overall results, even just based on the sheer number of polling stations with anomalous figures.

Here’s what the same distribution looks like for the 2024 “elections”:

The central core of typical polling stations has vanished in the latest election: other than a very faint spot at around 40 percent voter turnout, only anomalous polling stations are left. Looking at the regional breakdown, this barely visible cluster is almost entirely made up of Moscow polling stations. However, even this breaks down further into two discrete clusters with centers at around 65 percent and 85 percent. This could be explained away if there were essentially “two Moscows” with fundamentally different levels of support for Putin, but no such picture emerged in any previous election. Another explanation is the influence of mass remote electronic voting on individual polling stations, which raises the percentage of votes for Putin. The same pattern could show up if votes from one candidate were reallocated to another without ballot stuffing (or the corresponding change in “turnout” numbers).

In St. Petersburg, the picture is fundamentally different. Here, there aren’t any clusters of polling stations with average turnout: there’s basically just the tail (as well as unnatural jumps in results between regions, a clear indicator that the results were fabricated). Annexed Crimea and Sevastopol show a similar, but even more pronounced picture.

The anomalous vote distribution, which has lost any resemblance to a bell curve, could perhaps be explained away by the heterogeneity of Russian regions. Both support for the government and voter turnout could differ widely due to a variety of local factors. If this were the case, the distribution wouldn’t show up as a bell curve, even without electoral fraud.

This might make for a strong objection if it weren’t for one thing: Russia has been holding elections for years, but only now, in 2024, has the normal distribution pattern completely disappeared. The graph below shows the distribution of votes for all presidential elections in Russia starting from 2000. One can clearly see that what used to be a deviation has become the norm, and the norm has completely disappeared.

Convenient counting

The second most significant anomaly in both these and previous elections is something often referred to as “Churov’s saw”: peaks at round values for both voter turnout and results. Unlike the correlation between the result and turnout, the causes of which can be debated, this anomaly can’t be explained by anything other than manipulating the numbers to achieve the desired outcome.

While there’s some small background amount where peaks can occur in distributions for purely mathematical reasons (for example, due to the finite number of registered voters at a given polling station), this is easy to account for using statistical methods.

In the past, researchers Dmitry Kobak, Sergey Shpilkin, and Maxim Pshenichnikov have statistically verified the presence of peaks at round values that, generally speaking, are visible even to the naked eye. These peaks first appeared in Russia’s 2004 elections and have only become more pronounced since.

To quantify how much worse the situation’s become, we analyzed the 2024 data collected by Ivan Shukshin using the same methods. The graphs below show the distribution of polling stations by turnout and by Putin’s percentage of the vote for both 2024 and the previous presidential election, in 2018.

It’s clear that the situation with record manipulation hasn’t simply worsened but fundamentally changed: there’s no longer a dominant majority of polling stations with normal turnout and a minority with visibly falsified data. Now, the latter constitute the majority, and it’s impossible to isolate any normal average turnout from the distribution. In other words, the distribution has completely lost any semblance of normality.

When comparing the 2018 and 2024 presidential elections, it’s important to remember that the level of fraud in 2018 was already so extensive that the results should have been invalidated, even according to Russian laws. In light of this, it’s useful to compare the current situation to when Vladimir Putin was first elected president in 2000 (the last Russian presidential elections without peaks of manipulated numbers). Here, it’s clear that arguments suggesting Russia is too unique of a country to fit expected voter turnout patterns don’t hold up to criticism. The country in the two graphs hasn’t changed — the guidelines for vote counting have.

Even when compared to 2018, the level of record manipulation in 2024 is staggering. In an article on the 2018 Russian presidential election, Kobak, Shpilkin, and Pshenichnikov published a graph showing how the number of polling stations with manipulated records grew over time. When adding in new data from 2024, it appears that the number of polling stations manipulating records has almost doubled since 2018.

Where’s the truth?

Using Sergey Shpilkin’s methodology, Ivan Shukshin estimated that electoral commissions gave Vladimir Putin around 22 million extra votes, mainly through voting record manipulation rather than physical ballot stuffing or “carousel voting.” But Shukshin’s approach requires a core of normal data from which deviations can be extrapolated, and in the 2024 Russian presidential elections, there was no identifiable norm. Indeed, using the same data, Novaya Gazeta Europe calculated a surplus of 31.6 million votes for Putin. This discrepancy can be explained by the fact that Shukshin and Novaya Gazeta Europe drew on different vote clusters to represent what they used in their calculations as “normal.”

In reality, neither estimate can be said to accurately represent the current situation. As can be seen in the graphs above, there’s no longer a cluster of normal polling stations in Russia from which the true average percentage of votes cast for candidates can be calculated. Shpilkin’s method has its limitations: it only takes into account inflated numbers at polling stations, not other types of fraud, and it only works when anomalies don’t become the majority. With the current level of reliably documented fraud, there’s no normal majority anymore — the method simply has nothing to rely on.

However, even though the exact number of stolen votes remains unknown, Russia’s 2024 presidential election was almost certainly the most fraudulent in the nation’s history. Moreover, the sheer magnitude of fraud eclipses that of 2018, when the extent was already such that the results should have been legally nullified, according to Russia’s own laws.

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Express Entry Canada: Your Fast Track to Permanent Residency

 Express Entry canada  system has become one of the most popular pathways for skilled workers seeking permanent residency. Designed to streamline the immigration process, Express Entry allows candidates to apply through a points-based system, ensuring faster processing times and a fair selection process.

What is Express Entry Canada?

The Express Entry system manages applications for three main economic immigration programs:

Federal Skilled Worker Program (FSWP): For professionals with skills and work experience in high-demand occupations.

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How Does Express Entry Work?

Eligibility Check: Candidates need to meet the minimum requirements, including language proficiency, work experience, and education.

Comprehensive Ranking System (CRS): Eligible candidates are ranked based on their CRS score, which considers factors like age, education, work experience, and language skills.

Invitation to Apply (ITA): Top-ranking candidates receive an ITA in regular draws conducted by the Canadian government.

Permanent Residency Application: Once invited, candidates submit their documents and complete the application for permanent residency.

Benefits of Express Entry Canada

Speed: Applications are processed within six months for most successful candidates.

Transparency: The CRS scoring system ensures a fair and predictable selection process.

Path to Citizenship: Permanent residency through Express Entry is a step toward Canadian citizenship.

Tips to Improve Your CRS Score

Gain additional work experience or advanced education.

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Best Immigration Consultant in Delhi For Canada Visa

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But how then would you know which of these consultants is the best? This blog post is a heart-to-heart with what makes an immigration consultant  worth your time and trust. And why, in essence, Aptech Visa be your go-to choice if you're dead serious about getting that Canada visa from Delhi?

What Makes a Consultant Different?

An immigration consultant is not only someone who is going to help you fill out your forms. The best immigration consultants do more than that; they provide support, guide you through the entire process, and devise strategies keeping in view your profile and aims. The ideal immigration consultant in Delhi for a visa process to Canada should be well aware of the nitty-gritty of Canadian immigration programs like Express Entry, PNPs, and Family Sponsorship, amongst others.

The Process of Canada immigration is a little complex and requires professional knowledge, from the application stage to landing in Canada, the right consultant walks with you every step, ensures that youmeet all criteria, and gives timely advice on how to improve the chances for better outcomes.

 Questions to Ask Yourself Before Choosing an Immigration Consultant:

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What’s their experience with Canada PR visas?

Do they offer personalized consultations?

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When you are looking for the best consultancy in Delhi to gain your Canada visa, what matters is experience. Aptech Visa has over 15 years of experience, and over the years, they have perfected their approach to adapt themselves to changing immigration laws and processes. And so experience equates to being ready for virtually all challenges posed during this process they've probably seen it before and know just how to get at it.

How Aptech Visa Differs from the Rest of the Consultants

What is special about immigration consultants filling up the market? Here's a break-down:

• Registered and Authorized: They are themselves registered by the government of India and also work closely with registered Immigration Consultants who have legally been authorized to provide immigration advice through them. It's the feeling and opinion one has as if they are walking in a safe shelter.

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So, Why Choose an Aptech Visa?

As sought from experience in selecting the best immigration consultant in Delhi for a Canada visa, AptechVisa checks all the boxes: expertise, personalized service, transparency, and a proven track record of success.

Their 15 years stand miles apart in the successful realization of the Canadian immigration goals.

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If you are serious about immigrating to Canada, then a reliableconsultant can make it possible. But if you hail from Delhi, then Aptech Visa is the best immigration consultant to guide you through the process of obtaining a Canada PR with absolute expertise and professionalism. Start your Canada immigration journey today with an Aptech Visa—where dreams meet expertise!

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