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Consider us paperless. In most cases, you will need to upload your supporting documents rather than mailing or faxing them.

Uploading will save you the time, effort, and expense of mailing transcripts and supporting documents. Plus, it can speed up the review of your application - so that you can obtain an admission decision sooner. We suggest you submit documents as soon as possible to prevent any delays to your application review.

Do not mail, fax or submit electronically copies of the documents that you havealready uploadedto your application; doing so may slow down the review of your application.

McGill University reserves the right to remove an uploaded document if the quality of the document is unacceptable, if a virus is detected, or if it does not match the checklist request. This will result in delays in reviewing your application and making a decision, so please follow these guidelines.

Make sure topreview your document prior to uploadingand check that it fulfills all of the following requirements.You cannot edit or delete the document once it has been submitted.

SeeFrequently Asked Questions.

Transcripts received via the upload process are considered unofficial. If you are offered admission, you will then need to provide official transcripts (sent to us by mail in a sealed envelope directly from the institution). Your offer of admission will be contingent upon the receipt and verification of your official documents. Please do not send official records until we request them.

McGill University reserves the right to require official academic credentials at any time during the admission process, and to rescind any offer of admission made if discrepancies between unofficial and official transcripts are found.

Unofficial transcripts must meet all the requirements for uploaded documents listed above, in addition to the following:

Do not upload your syllabus, course schedule, or any other documents with your transcripts.

This is the entire transcript/report issued by your high school. This should be on school letterhead with a school stamp, with contact information of a school official, such as the Guidance Counselor, Principal, or Director. It may also be obtained from a self-serve high school web system (where available).

This is a document obtained from your academic institution. It will be a complete academic record with the institutions name, grading scheme, your name, names and numbers of courses, credits, and the grades you have received. This document may be:

A copy or student copy of an official transcript issued by the university or college, or

A transcript obtained from a self-serve university/college web system.

The instructions below assume the use of LibreOffice.org, a suite offree, multi-platform office software. Other software can be used to convert documents to PDF, including Microsoft Word, Adobe Acrobat and CutePDF Writer. Applicants should feel free to use the software of their choice; however, please keep in mind the file requirements.

The file size restriction for the type of document you are uploading will be indicated on the upload page. Most documents cannot exceed 3MB each (3000KB). To reduce the size of the file:

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In the previous article in this series, I showed you how to use the Storage Client Library to do many of the operations needed to manage files in blob storage, such as upload, download, copy, delete, list, and rename. The CloudBlockBlob.UploadFile works fine, but it can be tuned for special cases such as very slow internet access.

When I worked for a startup, one of the things our desktop product did was upload a bunch of images and an MP3 file to Azure blob storage. The MP3 could be as large as 20 MB. Many of our customers lived in areas with broadband upload speeds of 1.0 mbps on a good day. When we tested using File.Upload on a 20MB file with minimal broadband speed, we found the upload would time out and eventually fail. It just couldnt send up enough bytes and get a handshake back quickly enough to be successful.

In order to make our product work for all customers, we changed the upload to send the file up in blocks. The customer could set the block size. If the customer had pretty good internet speed (5 mbps or higher), they might set the block size as high as 1 MB. If they had pretty bad internet speed (1 mbps or lower), they could set the block size as low as 256kb. This is small enough for a block to be uploaded and the handshake completed, and then it could start on the next block.

In this article, Im going to discuss two ways to upload a file in blocks. One way is to use the parameters that can be changed when calling the UploadFile method on the CloudBlockBlob object. The other way is to programmatically break the file into blocks and upload them one by one, then ask Azure to reassemble them.

Lets start with using the built-in functions for uploading a file. I messed around with this a bit back in 2010-2011, but the properties as used back then are obsolete, and/or have been moved to different objects of the Storage Client Library since then. Bing-ing SingleBlobUploadThresholdInBytes only returned 8 articles. (Think about that. What have you searched for lately that only returned 8 results?) Most of the articles were from 2010-2011; the others were from MSDN, which offered a useful explanation like this: This is the threshold in bytes for a single blob upload. Wow, incredibly helpful.

I managed to track down someone on the Azure Storage team at Microsoft to help me understand this, so at the time of this writing, I think only three people in the world know how to use this correctly me, the guy at Microsoft who owns it, and one of the other Azure MVPs. So after you read this, you will be part of a very elite group.

There are three properties directly involved.

This is the threshold in bytes for a single blob upload. (Haha! Kidding!) This setting determines whether the blob will be uploaded in one shot (Put Blob) or multiple requests (Put Block). It does not determine the block size. It basically says if the file is smaller than this size, upload it as one block. If the file size is larger than this value, break it into blocks and upload it.

The minimum value for this is 1MB (1024 * 1024). This means you can not use this to chunk files that are smaller than 1 MB. ParallelOperationThreadCount must be equal to 1 (more on that below). Also, this works with the Upload* APIs (such as UploadFile) but not to blob streams. If you use OpenWrite to get a stream and write to it, it will always be uploaded behind the scenes using Put Block calls.

This property is found in the BlobRequestOptions class. To use it, create a BlobRequestOptions object and then assign it to the CloudBlobClients DefaultRequestOptions property.

This sets the size of the blocks to use when you do a Put Blob and it breaks it into blocks to upload because the file is larger than the value of SingleBlobUploadThresholdInBytes.

By default, this is 4MB (4 * 1024 * 1024).

This is a property on the CloudBlockBlob object or CloudPageBlob object, whichever you are using. You can use this when streaming files up to Azure as well (like when youre using UploadStream instead of UploadFile).

This specifies how many parallel PutBlock or PutPage operations should be pending at a time.

If this is set to anything but 1, SingleBlobUploadThresholdInBytes will be ignored. After all, if you ask the file to be sent up in multiple threads, theres no way to do that but to send it up in blocks, right?

This is a property of the BlobRequestOptions object.

So for example, if you use these values:

and call blob.UploadFile, if the file is less than 1MB, it will use one Put Blob to upload it. If the file is larger than 1 MB, it will split it into 256kb blocks and send the blocks up as multiple requests.

You might also consider changing the default Retry Policy. If youre chunking the file because you think the client will have problems uploading it because their internet connection is poor, you might want to set it to only retry once, or not at all. Otherwise it may time out, then wait X seconds and time out again, etc, when it will never succeed. For this reason, Im only having it retry once in the code below.

Uploading a file using the .NET Storage SDK

TimeSpan backOffPeriod = TimeSpan.FromSeconds(2);

int retryCount = 1;

BlobRequestOptions bro = new BlobRequestOptions()

{

SingleBlobUploadThresholdInBytes = 1024 * 1024, //1MB, the minimum

ParallelOperationThreadCount = 1,

RetryPolicy = new ExponentialRetry(backOffPeriod, retryCount),

};

CloudStorageAccount cloudStorageAccount = CloudStorageAccount.Parse(ConnectionString);

CloudBlobClient cloudBlobClient = cloudStorageAccount.CreateCloudBlobClient();

cloudBlobClient.DefaultRequestOptions = bro;

cloudBlobContainer = cloudBlobClient.GetContainerReference(ContainerName);

CloudBlockBlob blob = cloudBlobContainer.GetBlockBlobReference(Path.GetFileName(fileName));

blob.StreamWriteSizeInBytes = 256 * 1024; //256 k

blob.UploadFromFile(fileName, FileMode.Open);

In the code above, you can see that I create a BlobRequestOptions object, assign the values of SingleBlobUploadThresholdInBytes, ParallelOperationThreadCount, and RetryPolicy. Then after instantiating the CloudBlobClient, I set the DefaultRequestOptions to my BlobRequestOptions object. After getting a reference to the blob, I set the StreamWriteSizeInBytes. Then I upload the file.

If I turn fiddler on and use the code above to upload a 5MB file, I see multiple requests one for each block. These calls are made consecutively because they are all running in a single thread (ParallelOperationThreadCount = 1).

Figure 1: Fiddler View

And if I look at any one line, I can see the size of the request. For all but the last two, the block size is the same as StreamWriteSizeInBytes. The last two send out the remainder of the blocks.

Figure 2: Fiddler Details

If you can set a couple of properties and upload a file in blocks easily, why would you want to do it programmatically? The case that immediately comes to mind is if you have files that are less than 1 MB and you want to send them up in 256kb blocks. The minimum value for SingleBlobUploadThresholdInBytes is 1 MB, so you can not use the method above.

Another case is if you want to let the user pause the upload process, then come back later and restart it. Ill talk about this after the code for uploading a file in blocks.

To programmatically upload a file in blocks, you first open a file stream for the file. Then repeatedly read a block of the file, set a block ID, calculate the MD5 hash of the block and write the block to blob storage. Keep a list of the block IDs as you go. When youre done, you call PutBlockList and pass it the list of block IDs. Azure will put the blocks together in the order specified in the list, and then commit them. If you get the Block List out of order, or you dont put all of the blocks before committing the list, your file will be corrupted.

The block ids must all be the same size for all of the blocks, or your upload/commit will fail. I usually just number them from 1 to whatever, using a block ID that is formatted to a 7-character string. So for 1, Ill get 0000001. Note that block ids have to be a base 64 string.

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CBSE term 1 result 2022: The students who took the class 10 and 12 term I exam are eagerly waiting for Central Board of Secondary Education to announce the term 1 results. CBSEtill now has not announced any particular date for releasing results. However, it is expected to be out in March 2022. On being asked about CBSE term 1 result release date, CBSE spokesperson Rama Sharma told media, "As of now, there is no update on term 1 result announcement."

Another possibility has been highlighted by an official of CBSE. The official said that the board is working to announce the term 1 result in March, but there are views to announce the term 1 result jointly with term 2. An official announcement on term 1 results will be out soon.

Central Board of Secondary Education has issued guidelines for conducting practical examinations for classes 10th and 12th. The practical examination shall be conducted strictly in accordance with the guidelines. Guidelines highlight that the bifurcation of Term I and Term II shall be kept in mind while making preparations and planning for practicals.

Practical examinations or internal assessments will be conducted from March 2, 2022. Official notice reads, Last date will be 10 days before the date of last examination of respective classes. No extension of the dates shall be considered by the Board. It further reads, While uploading the marks, school, the internal examiner and the external examiner shall ensure that correct marks are uploaded as no correction in the marks will be allowed once marks are uploaded. Schools and examiners shall. While uploading marks, also keep in mind maximum marks allotted for internal assessment of Term II as per guidelines issued by CBSE.

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Google Photos users were thrown for a loop last year when the company announced that it would no longer offer free, unlimited storage for photos and videos. You now get up to 15GB of total storage for free from Google. Grabbing more space requires a Google One subscription that starts at $1.99 per month.

For anyone looking for an alternative, one site worth considering is iDrive Photos, available from the folks behind the iDrive online backup site. Currently starting at $4.95 per year (and just 99 cents for the first year), iDrive Photos provides unlimited, full-resolution storage space for your photos and videos.

Through mobile apps for iOS and Android, you upload the photos from your mobile device to your iDrive storage space, either automatically or manually. From there, you can organize them into albums, restore them to a different device, and share them with other people.

The big caveat is that the $4.95-per-year plan limits you to uploading photos and video just from your mobile device. To upload from your computer, youll have to spring for a 5TB desktop plan to the tune of $79.50 per year. Here's how to use iDrive Photos as your online photo manager.

Browse to the iDrive Photos website and click Sign Up Now. You can choose to sign up for a free, 7-day trial account that includes 1TB of space. This requires your name, email address, and a password for your account but no payment details. Alternatively, go for the Unlimited Photo Backup Plan, which asks for your contact details and your credit card payment information.

Your next step is to download and install the iDrive Photo Backup app on your iOS or Android device. At the initial screen, sign in to your iDrive account and grant iDrive Photos access to your photos and videos, if you want to upload photos from your library.

Choose All Photos to give unlimited access, or Select Photos to choose only certain photos. You can then opt to allow or not allow notifications from the app.

The app will automatically start uploading photos from your library. To check on the progress of the upload, tap the Settings gear icon in the upper-left corner. The Settings screen shows how many items are left to upload. On an iPhone, tap the option for Start Supercharged Backup to see more details on the progress.

At this point, the app recommends that you plug in your iPhone or iPad to make sure it wont power off due to a weak battery charge. Tap Exit Supercharged Backup to return to the Settings screen. After the upload has finished, the status indicates that the backup is complete.

On an Android phone, there is no option for Supercharged Backup. Instead, the section for Upload in progress displays the status of the upload. After the upload is done, the status indicates that the backup has completed.

After the initial upload, you may want to tweak some of the settings in the app, which you can do at the Settings screen. If youd rather not have new photos and videos automatically backed up to iDrive, turn off the switch for Auto Upload. You can always turn it back on, and any photos or videos not yet uploaded will then be sent to iDrive.

Under the More section, you can opt to use cellular data to upload your photos and videos. Just keep in mind that any large or long videos will chew up some of your cellular data. On an Android device, you can switch the visual theme of the app between light and dark. You can also change your password and set up a passcode to further secure your photos.

One of the major benefits of backing up your photos and videos online is that you can restore them to your mobile device. You might do this if you lose any photos or videos on your current device, move to a new device, or have multiple devices.

To restore all the items from iDrive Photos on an iPhone or iPad, open the Settings screen and select Start Supercharged Restore. The status will indicate that a restore is in progress, showing the number of items left to restore. Stay on this screen while the process is underway.

When it's finished, the app will switch back to the Settings screen, indicating that all the items have been restored. Tapping the option for Start Supercharged Restore displays a message telling you that there are no new files for restore.

On an Android device, open the Settings screen and tap Restore All. The status indicates the progress of the restore, telling you how many items have been restored out of a certain total. After the process completes, the countdown stops. Tapping the option again tells you that all files have already been restored.

If you need to download, share, delete, or tag an image, tap the three-dot icon in the upper right and select Edit. Select any photos you wish to use. Tap the Download icon to save the photos on your device. This command works only if the photo you choose is not already stored on your device.

Tap the heart-shaped Favorite icon to add the images to your favorites. You can tap the Share icon to send photos to others from the iOS share pane. Tap the trashcan icon to delete any selected files.

You can also perform these actions from individual photos. Tap a specific photo to view it. From this screen, you can download the file, tag it as a favorite, share it, or delete it. Swipe to the left or right to view your other images. Tap the Info icon for a photo to see its full name and date.

You can view photos designated as Favorites or those previously shared with others. Tap the three-dot icon and selectShared Filesto see a list of files that youve shared with other people. TapFavoritesto see ones you tagged as favorites.

Tap the Filter icon in the upper-right corner of the app and you can opt to see only photos or only videos. You can also search for files by name.

If you prefer to view and manage your photos from a computer, you can sign into the iDrive Photos website. Select the Photos category in the left pane to see all your saved photos. From this window you can also share or download items from the top of the page.

Click a photo to view it up close. From here, you can share, rotate, download, or print the photo. You can also view it in full screen and see additional information.

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(Pocket-lint) - Meta is globally rolling out Reels to all users of Facebook's iOS and Android apps in more than 150 countries. Here's everything you need to know about Reels, including how they work on Facebook.

Also: Instagram Reels: Everything we know about the TikTok clone

Often described as a clone of TikTok, Reels actually first debuted on Instagram last year.

Facebook didn't begin rolling out Reels until 2021 - and it was limited to the US. In 2022, Facebook released Reels globally. (Keep in mind Meta, which owns Facebook, also owns Instagram.)

Anyway, with Reels, you can make quick videos and edit them - including by adding music to or using audio from another persons video. Reels can be recorded in a series of clips or all at once using video uploads from your phones photo library or by uploading new video during the creation process. You can also "remix" others videos (duet them) and upload clips up to 60 seconds in length. You can save drafts, too, and Meta is adding even more clipping tools in 2022.

TikTok, which helped popularise short-form video content, offers all these capabilities. But, unlike with TikTok, you don't have to download anything else to use Reels. Just open Facebook or Instagram.

Here is how Facebook describes Reels:

"Facebook Reels are a new way to create short, entertaining videos, get discovered by new audiences and be part of cultural moments on Facebook. Effects and music can be added to your reel or use your own original audio, allowing you to bring your ideas to life and share them with your audience. Reels you create will appear in places like Facebook Feed, the Reels section on Facebook, or your Reels profile."

To create a Facebook Reel, follow these steps:

Note: If you are 18 and older, reels on Facebook are set to public, but you can change the audience for each individual reel. Your friends may also see your reels in areas like Facebook Feed.

At the moment, on Facebook, the Reels you create will appear in places like Facebook Feed, the Reels section on Facebook, or your Reels profile.

But Meta said that, starting in February 2022, users will be able to share Reels in more places on Facebook, including in Stories and the platforms Watch tab.

Yes. If you have a public Instagram account, you will be asked to opt-in to share your Instagram Reels on Facebook. Likes and comments will be shown on the reel on both Instagram and Facebook.

Meta recently added more "monetisation" ads to Facebook Reels. That means you'll see banner ads that appear as a semi-transparent overlay at the bottom of a reel, for instance, or static sticker ads "that can be placed by a creator anywhere within their reel". Facebook is also giving creators in "nearly all countries where in-stream ads are available" access to its ad-placement program.

Facebook is also rolling out paid Stars - which is a way for followers to directly donate to creators.

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Whenever we come across the list of the worlds richest people, by default our mind gravitates towards adults who did well in their career/business.

You will be surprised to know that there are a bunch of kids including teenagers who are considered to be one of the richest in the world because of their inheritance.

Every year we witness the rise in the number of new millionaires and billionaires adding to the list. In the case of their children, much of the wealth is generally transferred to the kids and they become instant rich even before completion of their studies.

We are here to discuss a list of the worlds richest kids. Scroll down!

Most of the kids mentioned in our list below are yet to taste their teenage life. The richest kids in the world have built their net worth either through personal effort, achievements, awards, or inheritance from their parents/grandparents.

Here is the complete list of the Top 10 Richest Kids in the World as of 2022.

Net Worth: $5 billion+

Princess Charlotte of Cambridge is the richest kid in the world with an estimated net worth of $5 billion. Her brother Prince George might one day get the throne, however, the title of the richest kid in the world as of today is with Princess Charlotte of Cambridge.

She was born in the year 2015. She is the only daughter of Prince William, Duke of Cambridge. She is born in one of the worlds most powerful families. Prince Charlotte is in fourth succession place to the British throne.

Net Worth: More than $3 billion

Baby boy Prince George Alexander Louis is worth around $3 billion as of 2022 and ranks second in our list of the worlds richest kids. He is also a member of the British Royal family born in the year 2013 to Prince William and Catherine.

Prince George of Cambridge is third in line for the British throne. The Prince is also expected to get an inheritance of around $40 million from his father Prince Charles.

Net Worth: $1 billion

Blue Ivy Carter is a 7-year-old billionaire who is the daughter of power and prosperous couple of the hip-hop music industry Jay Z and Beyonc. She has a combined net worth of approximately $1 billion which makes her Americas richest kid.

Net Worth: $15 million

Akshay Ruparelia is an Indian-Origin British entrepreneur who created history by implementing his simple yet powerful idea at the age of just 19. He turned his idea into a million-pound enterprise. As of today, Doorsteps.co.uk is the 14th biggest estate agency in the UK and valued at approximately 12 million.

He founded Doorsteps.co.uk in December2016 which is an online real estate agency that facilitates its users to buy houses for very little commission. When he was preparing for his school exams he sold his first house.

The agency recruits property consultants on a contract basis who are freelancers. This step removes the requirement of traditional agents and thereby decreasing their operational costs drastically.

Net Worth: $12 million

Valentina Paloma Pinault is daughter of actress Salma Hayek and billionaire CEO Franois-Henri Pinault. The ten-year-old kid is expected to get an inheritance wealth of approximately $12 million. There are some estimates which peg this figure even higher.

Net Worth: $11 million

Ryan Guan is a six-year-old YouTuber who raked in a moolah by reviewing new toys and uploading videos where he is seen playing with them. Video sharing social media platform YouTube is a proven platform for the next generation wherein some online celebrities have subscribers and views which are more than T.V actors.

He is not only just an internet celebrity for his millions of young followers but a true friend. His YouTube channel Ryan Toys has more than 17 million subscribers.

Net Worth: $10 Million each

Ryan John and Phoebe Adele Gates are children of Software tycoon Bill Gates and Melinda Gates. Bill Gates, founder of Microsoft Corporation is popular for his philanthropic goals and charity.

Bill and Melinda made an announcement that their three kids will get a very minuscule amount of his total wealth of just $10 million each. This is done purposely so that it will encourage the kids to accomplish on their own.

Net Worth: $10 million

Dannielynn Birkhead is the daughter of the late actress and television personality Anna Nicole Smith who was declared sole heir to Smiths possessions. She took part in a campaign as a face of Guess Girls Spring line in 2013. Her mother also modeled for this company.

There was a lot of media attention when she took birth as many celebrated personalities like Howard K. Stern, Frederic von Anhalt, Alexander Denk, and Larry Birkhead claimed to be her dad. However, a formal DNA test revealed Larry Birkhead as her father.

Net worth: More than $5 million

Syed Sumail Hassan is a professional Dota 2 player and a member of Evil Geniuses team who won many Dota 2 championships like The International 2015.

He won prize money of more than $6.5 million. He created a record by becoming the youngest ever person to win more than $1 million in a single esports championship. He was featured in Time Magazines The 30 Most Influential Teen in the year 2016.

Net Worth: $2.5 million

Jackie Evancho began her career in singing at the age of 8 in a local talent show in New Jersey. She was not successful initially however she was later accepted for Americas Got Talent in the fifth season.

Her first album O Holy Night was released in 2010 and reached 2nd place on Billboards 200. There is no looking back since then as Jackie has featured in more than 10 music albums. She featured in Forbes 30 under 30 list of musicians in 2017.

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