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Extremelot è un gioco di ruolo online italiano in stile fantasy medioevale, strutturato in forma di chat, fondato nel 1998.

Il sito nella prima metà degli anni 2000 contava oltre 50.000 personaggi iscritti e poco più di un centinaio giocanti, dei quali circa mille connessi contemporaneamente nei momenti di punta. Nel 2016 i personaggi erano circa 14.000, dei quali quelli connessi contemporaneamente arrivavano raramente a 480-520 nei momenti di picco massimo.

Sviluppo
Progettato e realizzato da un gruppo di tre amici programmatori, rappresentati nel gioco dai Nobili Erik, Thorm e Petrus, ispirato dalla saga di Tolkien Il Signore degli Anelli e dalla saga Dragonlance, il gioco era inizialmente ospitato su server della Tin.it e realizzato in JavaScript con un motore in Perl, dopo un periodo di chiusura in conseguenza di continui attacchi hacker il sito venne riprogettato interamente in linguaggio ASP implementando successivamente un server di database Mysql.

In seguito all'espansione del numero dei giocatori online (da meno di cento a quasi un migliaio) lo spazio offerto da Tin.it si rivelò inadeguato poiché i continui rallentamenti e le cadute del server rendevano difficile lo sviluppo di un gioco fluido. La proprietà decise quindi di spostare il gioco su server propri e successivamente, per far fronte alla gestione dei nuovi costi e dell'ambientazione sempre più complessa, venne istituita una Associazione, la Compagnia del Granducato a cui questi ultimi vennero affidati.

Dopo alcuni anni, nel periodo di massima espansione del gioco, complesse questioni economiche e legali portarono allo scontro insanabile tra i proprietari che si risolsero con la nascita di Dreamalot (anche scritto DreamALOT), un gioco indipendente gestito dalla Compagnia del Granducato. L'attuale Extremelot è invece gestita da Petrus, Erik e dalla società ICR 2000 Net ed è ospitata all'interno della comunità virtuale Leonardo.it.

Nel corso degli anni, per sopperire ai costi della gestione del gioco, sono state proposte dalla Proprietà alcune forme di autofinanziamento: banner pubblicitari, acquisto di gadget (chat privata chiamata Magione, Lista Amici per consultazione rapida dei presenti e mailing list, Estensione discussioni preferite per poter ampliare il numero di thread a cui accedere rapidamente, Estensione spazio posta per poter conservare fino a 150 messaggi personali), adesioni all'Associazione Compagnia del Granducato, raduni ufficiali.

Il 30 giugno 2017 la proprietà ha comunicato attraverso la bacheca interna al gioco la chiusura di Extremelot, prevista per il mese di dicembre 2017. Nei giorni seguenti la notizia è stata riportata su diversi siti, trovando spazio anche fra gli articoli de La Stampa. La notizia viene poi smentita con un'intervista rilasciata in data 23 maggio 2018 sulle pagine del portale GDR-online.

Da marzo 2018 il gioco è stato rinnovato e l'utenza ha ripreso a crescere arrivando a una media di 800 collegati la sera. Per celebrare il 25° anno dalla sua fondazione, in primavera 2022 è stato lanciato il progetto "Extremelands", raccogliendo sotto il titolo diversi territori di gioco, tra cui lo stesso "Extremelot" insieme alle "Terre Imperiali" e all'isola "Dorada".

Modalità di gioco
Ogni giocatore crea il proprio personaggio, scegliendo una razza e una immagine che potrà modificare nel tempo. Una volta creato il proprio personaggio, potrà impostare il proprio allineamento a scelta tra tre generici (Positivo, Neutrale, Negativo), i dati personali e dell'aspetto. Poi il giocatore seleziona una chat in cui vuole giocare: ogni chat rappresenta un luogo, per esempio la Taverna, i Giardini, il Tempio e così via. Giocare significa scrivere cosa fa il proprio personaggio, descrivendone le mosse (camminare, ridere, bere, ...) e riportando le parole che dice: in tal modo, i personaggi possono interagire tra loro, parlando, passeggiando insieme, sfidandosi a duello e in generale, vivendo la loro vita. Tali descrizioni sono racchiuse all'interno di quella che viene chiamata "azione", cioè un messaggio inviato in chat. L'unica vera regola è che ogni giocatore deve descrivere esclusivamente come il proprio personaggio si trova ad agire: non si devono descrivere pensieri, intenzioni (dichiarazione d'intenti) o speranze, né si deve descrivere cosa accade ai personaggi degli altri (suggerimento d'esito, auto-conclusiva), poiché devono essere i giocatori a stabilire l'esito. Ad esempio, un giocatore descrive che il proprio personaggio cerca di tirare un pugno sul volto di un altro personaggio, ma è il giocatore di quest'ultimo che deve scrivere se il colpo va a segno. In caso di diatribe, si può richiedere l'intervento del fato, un mestiere a scopo ludico-organizzativo, che metterà a disposizione uno degli appartenenti per fungere da arbitro che stabilirà l'esito. Se ancora una volta dovessero esserci incomprensioni da una delle due parti, il giocatore potrà salvare la sua "giocata" e inoltrarla alla CRL (Commissione Risoluzioni Ludiche), un altro organo di tipo organizzativo che darà un responso insindacabile sulla questione.

Sono presenti numerose razze fantasy interpretabili, e nel momento dell'iscrizione si può scegliere tra dieci (Drow, Elfi, Fate, Folletti, Gnomi, Hobbit, Kendot, Mezzelfi, Nani, Umani).
Per mantenere costante all'interno del gioco la percentuale di personaggi delle diverse razze, può capitare che alcune di queste non siano selezionabili (generalmente accade per la razza Drow).
La scelta di alcune razze è preclusa per via delle maggiori capacità e della più difficile interpretazione, che richiedono un giocatore più esperto (Angeli, Demoni, Mannari e Vampiri).

Sono presenti varie corporazioni (nel senso delle gilde medioevali). Le corporazioni incarnano la vocazione di un personaggio, che può dunque decidere di affiliarsi a seconda delle sue inclinazioni (ad esempio, può scegliere di essere un guerriero piuttosto che un fruitore di magia, oppure un artista, oppure un devoto ad una divinità, e così via). La carriera in queste corporazioni è soggetta unicamente al tempo e all'impegno che si dedica al gioco, oltre che alla propria abilità nell'interpretare il personaggio. Fare parte di una corporazione apre orizzonti di gioco più ampi rispetto al non farne parte poiché esse, in quanto vere e proprie potenze politiche, prendono posizione negli eventi che riguardano il Granducato: tali eventi, denominati quest, sono gestite dalla Compagnia dell'Anello del Fato, che si occupa appunto di ravvivare il gioco della land creando situazioni, nemici, pericoli di ogni sorta.

Altre associazioni sono i Clan, e ne fanno parte esclusivamente personaggi aventi la stessa razza. Nonostante questo, è tollerata, all'interno dell'associazione, la presenza di una "mascotte", ossia di un personaggio di razza diversa, ma che per storia personale si è trovato a interagire spesso con quel gruppo di gioco. Immaginiamo ad esempio un bambino di razza umana, abbandonato in tenera età in una foresta e cresciuto da un gruppo di mannari: sebbene non appartenga alla loro razza, potrà sicuramente essere accolto dal Clan come un membro effettivo. Tali organismi rappresentano la "famiglia" del personaggio (sebbene non necessariamente di sangue), che si circonda di suoi simili: il loro ruolo dovrebbe essere simile a quello delle gilde, in quanto rappresentano dei centri di potere che prendono posizione nello svolgersi degli eventi. Tuttavia, complici i pochi controlli sulla qualità del gioco interno e sull'effettiva presenza nella vita della land, i Clan spesso non costituiscono una garanzia di gioco attivo, con conseguente peso nullo sul corso degli eventi. Naturalmente esistono le eccezioni.

Ogni personaggio può al massimo fare parte contemporaneamente di una gilda, un mestiere (equivalente ad una gilda, ma percepisce uno stipendio) ed un Clan: come segno dell'affiliazione riceve un simbolo, che compare accanto al suo nome quando invia un'azione; al giocatore è possibile scegliere se far comparire il simbolo di gilda, di mestiere o di Clan. L'appartenenza contemporanea a due corporazioni è vincolata alla coerenza: ad esempio, non è coerente che un personaggio faccia parte di un mestiere governativo, al servizio dei Nobili, e anche di una gilda di rivoluzionari sovversivi che puntano alla distruzione del Governo (a meno che non sia per motivi di spionaggio interno); allo stesso modo, non è coerente che un personaggio facente parte dell'Armata Ducale come soldato abbia anche il tempo di studiare magia come Mago. Viene fatta eccezione per i mestieri organizzativi i quali non consentono che il giocatore possa fare contemporaneamente parte anche di una gilda. Questa misura preventiva cerca di impedire favoreggiamenti per la propria fazione.

Cambiamenti durante gli anni

I primi anni di gioco furono svolti all'insegna della cosiddetta "turnazione selvaggia" dove ognuno inviava la propria azione (azionava, in gergo) appena aveva finito di scriverla, senza aspettare che gli altri con cui interagiva avessero risposto alla precedente: lo stile era scarno ed essenziale, una o due frasi al massimo.

Negli ultimi dieci anni, i giocatori hanno iniziato a elaborare azioni sempre più complesse e dettagliate. Così, è stato deciso di stabilire una regolamentazione delle turnazioni: ogni giocatore deve aspettare che tutti i giocatori con cui sta interagendo abbiano mandato la propria azione. Questo, se da un lato ha permesso di giocare in modo più ordinato, ha dilatato a dismisura i tempi di attesa: tra un'azione e l'altra dello stesso giocatore può intercorrere anche mezz'ora, in caso di chat affollate. A seguito di molte lamentele, uno dei proprietari della land, Erik, ha imposto una lunghezza massima per ciascuna azione, 900 caratteri, spazi inclusi. Questo provvedimento ha contribuito solo in parte a velocizzare le "giocate" (cioè le partite), in quanto molti giocatori sono costretti a rileggere e tagliare parti di azioni per farle entrare nei 900 caratteri, con conseguente ulteriore dilatarsi dei tempi.

Nel corso degli anni, la varietà delle locazioni di gioco è aumentata esponenzialmente, riducendo la densità dei personaggi: sono state aperte molte chat, in cui si può interagire con un paesaggio e con contesti molto diversi, ad esempio caverne buie e oscure, boschi lussureggianti, ridenti borghi e isole deserte.

Se precedentemente la mappa comprendeva solamente il GranDucato, negli anni si sono aggiunte "Le Nuove Terre", le "Terre di Esperia" il "Regno di Mot". Quest'ultimo resta, a livello di gioco, un colosso rivale del GranDucato. Dal 2018 un'altra fazione è entrata a far parte delle terre di Extremelot: "L'Impero di Angravia".

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Is There Such Thing As An 'Outsider' In London?
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Kyra Hanson Is There Such Thing As An 'Outsider' In London?
London: a city of outsiders
Photo: James Beard (2015) From the Londonist Flickr Pool
In cities like Paris, Berlin and Mexico City the nature of 'belonging' is well defined. In London you have the whole world crammed into a city. This is the view of writer SJ Fowler, who suggests that in London there are few outsiders, purely because everyone is an outsider.
Despite growing up in Devon and curating over 150 events in 18 countries Fowler feels most at home in London. His latest event Global Cities, created for the London Literature Festival, suggests that London is a city shaped by those who venture here.
"Ian Sinclair, the absolute archetype of a Londoner is actually Welsh," says Fowler, "yet he's more rooted in defining contemporary, artistic and literary ideas about London than nearly anyone else."
In Fowler's experience, the only way you can become an outsider is to make yourself one. "That feeling," he says, "can only relate to how that person defines the insider, so it's always about perception."
But what of the crucial aspect of language? What if English is only your second, or third, or fourth language? Doesn't that make you an outsider in London? "It's a paradoxical advantage if you come to London and you speak English," says Fowler, "you're not really speaking 'Englishness', you're speaking the world language.
"You're learning the way to speak to someone from Serbia, Japan, China."
Personally, Fowler can't resist the allure of Polish shops and likens walking down a London street to travelling. "Growing up in Devon might be the reason why when I'm walking down a street and see a Polish shop I go in and talk to the person."
"It's like being surrounded by growth, different cultures, different backgrounds, different childhoods, different languages, different approaches to thinking."
On 9 October Steven J Fowler comperes a discussion with writers Iain Sinclair, Jana Putrle Srdic, Livia Franchini and Karlis Verdins about London from from an outsiders/insiders perspective. Global City London Inside Out is part of London Literature Festival at The Southbank Centre.
What's The Best Book About London?


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I didn't care about the whole environment in this process, I wanted these objects looks stylized enough to me, so it took some time to reach the style. Make2D, Rhino's outline rendering system, has also been updated, adding support for clipping planes, plus new display options for hidden edges and for whole-scene silhouettes. A game of Tricks - Normal mapped sprites Posted on February 7, 2013 by Alain Honestly, I'm a bit ashamed at how little time we took to communicate this last year. The silhouette curves are projected flat and then placed on the world x,y-plane. make 2D mesh extraction more robust by incorporating it. Sitting area with sofa,vanity, 32" LCD TV, wireless. Revit should break down an exterior elevation and. I chose a simple file to run Make2D from both Rhino 5 and 6, and tried to get all the options as close as possible. If you have never used scripts before, you are missing out. Marker size must be large enough compared to the scene size to make calibration accurate. A game of Tricks – Normal mapped sprites Posted on February 7, 2013 by Alain Honestly, I'm a bit ashamed at how little time we took to communicate this last year. I am looking into the request to add scene silhouette in Make2D. The "Line style options" button opens up a second dialog where the point width, color, and layer attributes of the different kinds of curves can be set. It's exactly what I felt was missing from your other silhouette pic. To appear in the proceedings of I3D 2001 A Projective Drawing System Osama Tolba Julie Dorsey Leonard McMillan Laboratory for Computer Science Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, MA 02139 E-mail:ftolba,dorsey,[email protected] But there are a lot of frameworks that try to tackle this problem; let's see what they're worth! Orthello 2D (Free/$35). Extreme Photoshop CS [Matt Kloskowski] on Amazon. The software is designed to compute a few (k) eigenvalues with user specified features such as those of largest real part or largest magnitude. How To Create Silhouette Art. Learn more. Exporting this way does not automatically include silhouette lines. Customizing and Programming BricsCAD. A paper comparing different multi-view stereo reconstruction algorithms can be found here. Now Unity has opened. Try the command "silhouette" first, then Make2D of the silhouette. This is "Make2D-V6-Intro" by Rhino Tutorials on Vimeo, the home for high quality videos and the people who love them. All surface creation commands in Rhino result in the same object: a NURBS surface. 1) Use the 'move' command to place the figure into your scene. The alpha value of the Albedo colour controls the transparency level for the material. It is probably very difficult to to realize something like that, but there are programs which can produce OpenGL screenshots. Black Matte Hexagon. Then we apply a smart firmware implementation of Blind Sources Separation (BSS) to separate all entropy sources associated with specific Kelvin temperatures. This only has an effect if the Rendering The process of drawing graphics to the screen (or to a render texture). For more tutorials and inspiration visit Silhouette101. Available for free download in. Step 3 Position Figure in Scene & Make2D. Pinterest アカウントを作成またはログインしてください。レシピやインテリア、ファッションコーデなど試したくなるアイデアを見つけましょう。. This isn't uncommon. To help you more effectively use your software, we have provided you with these animation tips & tricks for each of our programs. How can I use Photoshop in order to rotate a bitmap image on the y-axis? I'm trying to make it so that the right side of the image will go "into" the screen, and the left side will go "out" of the. • By uploading your image and using the Murals Your Way 'Create Your Own' custom wall mural service you represent and warrant that (i) you lawfully own or otherwise lawfully possess all necessary rights with respect to your image submission, (ii) your image submission does not and will not infringe or otherwise violate any intellectual. Download 21,000+ Royalty Free City Scene Vector Images. Use for free on desktop, tablets & phones. Extreme Photoshop CS [Matt Kloskowski] on Amazon. Some fabrics can also be cut by this machine, up to 12 inches wide and 24 inches long, skipping the pattern step. Learn more. The invention is directed to a composition for use as a medium for making an image, such as an image of art, design or architecture. SWAg Test 3 study guide by amelia_willingham includes 367 questions covering vocabulary, terms and more. Transparency. The best way to take a 2D image into a 3D world is with a technique called layer stacking. A silhouette is a drawing of an object that shows the object's outline, but none of its features. The hidden line DXF export is more oriented towards shop drawing type output, it doesn't have the outline, silhouette, or shaded background image options. Exporting this way does not automatically include silhouette lines. 10/07/2019 ∙ by Bipul Islam, et al. It supports the entirety of the 3D pipeline—modeling, rigging, animation, simulation, rendering, compositing and motion tracking, video editing and 2D animation pipeline. Revit should break down an exterior elevation and. I agree with pior, i'd love to discover that there's some magic tech to make this look awesome, but after obsessively watching it in slowmo today it looks like they're treating it like 3d sprites almost - then with fairly low framerate it's possible to do most everything pose-to-pose, just probably with a ton of bones and really solid highrez models to achieve the look they want. using silhouettes and pastels/chalk - use water colours to create image of 'No Man's Land' - use a range of visual elements to reflect the purpose of -the work - build up layers of colours -combine colours, tones and tints to enhance the mood of a piece - Silk Paintings - Kensuke's Kingdom - create a scene from the book on silk to. Next, make two snips along the fold where you want something to pop out, and fold in the part you snipped. No need for flash. You can easily differentiate because each puzzle comes in both outline and shaded forms. Glue the bushes onto your diorama. Pixel Art Maker. The command options create the 2-D drawing. " Throughout the history of painting, this has been a way for artists to show off their technical skill. You searched for: make a snowman! Etsy is the home to thousands of handmade, vintage, and one-of-a-kind products and gifts related to your search. Toss your sketchbook aside! Use Canva to pull together a design mockup that will both impress and communicate. Rhino разполага с функция Make2D, която е изцяло преработена, за да предостави по-бързи, по-добри, по-изчистени и персонализирани резултати. Similar to cutout animation, silhouette animation uses cardboard or some kind of flat material, but the objects are all black and the shot is depicted with silhouettes only. This residency will be an opportunity to do collaborative, interpretive, rigorous animation work yielding a portfolio piece with high viewership. Make2D is better in Rhino 6, but still has some shortcomings. Dec 9, 2018- FREE Snowflake activities and crafts for kids. Students use Pattern Shapes to explore geometry and fractions, creating their own designs, or filling in outlines. Outline renders can also now be controlled via Grasshopper, which gets a set of new Make2D components. Animation is the process of creating the illusion of motion and shape change by means of the rapid display of a sequence of static images that minimally differ from each other. The main character of this installation is a visitor, who's asked to rotate the garment, representing wealth and poverty on its sides. Search, Browse and Discover the best how to videos across the web using the largest how to video index on the web. You searched for: scene silhouette! Etsy is the home to thousands of handmade, vintage, and one-of-a-kind products and gifts related to your search. In this book, Matt Kloskowski walks you through some of the most popular styles and techniques in professional Photoshop design and illustration today. The 3D models are also very close to Watanabe san's drawings. php(143) : runtime-created function(1) : eval()'d code(156) : runtime-created function(1. No professional experience required. I chose fades for most scene transitions. Make a 2D sprite from an object's shape. If you want to re-create this animation, save the 2D Animation assets to your own Creative Cloud account. Sorting (by distance, angle, etc. 606320 >>606253 >>606264 Btw dude blender does have it I use it all the time Look up face weighted normals It's that very same shader, but you have to get an add-on for it, and you have to click the thing after you finish modifying each time, so you can essentially model something, literally bevel the whole thing and get the same result, and also there's. So this is funny to ask but i really need to know how to make a 2D people that when you orbit the 2D people is always facing you. I wish we could have the equivalent to Rhino's "Whole Scene Silhouettes" as part of hidden line rendering in VW. We have everything you may need available in our online store to start your 3D projects. There are also silhouette copies of each person. By default, the main camera in Unity renders its view to the screen. The main character of this installation is a visitor, who's asked to rotate the garment, representing wealth and poverty on its sides. UPDATED FOR V17. Four Christmas tree cards wishing you a Merry Christmas. Whole-scene silhouettes are now computed: Make2D All The Things. These Top 10 Projects to make with your Silhouette are so much fun! The Top 10 Project features came from submissions on my Silhouette Look Book! {Be sure to add your Silhouette projects. For more tutorials and inspiration visit Silhouette101. Canva makes it easy to bring your ideas to people with plenty of tools to. Make2D doesn't work with objects behind the camera – so make sure there are none selected for your scene. Those silhouettes are traced in outlines in illustrator first, then made by using PlanarSrf in Rhino. In maths we have been continuing with addition and subtraction with Miss Mackintosh and chance and uncertainty with Mrs Starkey. The following patterns, though, are free, and are specifically for paper-cutting use. As we are accustomed to, Aaron Nace takes you through the steps on how to do it, and do it well. Credit Link. Jan 2, 2019- All things crafty to make for #Christmas! #crafts. One of the interest of this capability is that it also allows you to make 2D kinematics studies in the Sketcher. flat and then placed on the world x,y-plane. The best way to do this, is to look at an object silhouettes and notice what details are needed to distinguish it from other objects. Rhino разполага с функция Make2D, която е изцяло преработена, за да предостави по-бързи, по-добри, по-изчистени и персонализирани резултати. #2D #bicycle #carrying #couples #dog #female #kids #male #people #pointing #silhouette #sit #sitting #standing #two #walking. Lay 4X8' sheet of pressure-treated plywood on a flat, level surface. The resulting. Transparency. Abbyson Melania Floor Mirror – Silver. I believe that this is a good image because it shows a unique scene with unique and diverse colors. That's true. 1025 Free Characters 3d models found. But there are a lot of frameworks that try to tackle this problem; let's see what they're worth! Orthello 2D (Free/$35). Why can't you make 2D silhouettes and 3D people transparent? How do you update a thumbnail image for an Imported Model? How do you hide the Object Icons of Groups in Lumion 8. Exporting this way does not automatically include silhouette lines. "So she was wearing the house in many ways," says del Toro. This isn't uncommon. Set the height to 8, subdivision axis to 8 and the subdivision height to 10, (this can differ depending on the poly count restrictions on the character, although it is easier to remove polygons later than to try and add them. If two objects pass through each other, the Make2D command will not create the intersection line where the objects intersect. Rhino has many tools for constructing surfaces directly or from existing. I guess she could just have messy hair though. Script I share above handles this issue. or any associated Resellers cannot accept responsibility for any loss or damage to the work piece, machine or any individual, howsoever caused by misusing the software. What is this 3D design software? MoI (short for "Moment of Inspiration") is a 3D modeling software that has been specifically developed for artists and designers. The following patterns, though, are free, and are specifically for paper-cutting use. The cutter used for the little Bunnies in the first photo is available as a seperate item. The course contains many sample movies and stills to illustrate the principles and techniques of animation. I'll post the cut scene in a later post once we start looking at storyboards. You'll find a wide selection of shapes and styles of the Christmas trees that will work for just about any craft project. Available for free download in. The thoughts and opinions expressed are those of the writer and not Gamasutra or its parent. Now let's get started with 2D Principles in Animation. " Throughout the history of painting, this has been a way for artists to show off their technical skill. Dots are displayed in the layer color. Improvements to Make2D including an improved UI, dashed hidden line layers, a new Grasshopper Make2D component to create compositions with custom logic, support for clipping planes, support for whole scene silhouettes. She cuts out the scene from paper and places it inside the roll creating a silhouette of life inside a paper roll. For silhouette lines, see the Silhouette and Make2D commands. The command options create the 2-D drawing from the current view, current construction plane, create a four-view layout using US or European projection angles. Making Progress: Bottom Half We began with the bottom half since all we needed to do was paint the background and the silhouettes. The exercise model can be downloaded here: https://www. Somewhere in space, this may all be happening right now. Use simple entities. In this tutorial we will be making this image:. A paper comparing different multi-view stereo reconstruction algorithms can be found here. Those silhouettes are traced in outlines in illustrator first, then made by using PlanarSrf in Rhino. Download Silhouette scene with rhino in the field Vector Art. Pixel Art is really popular in games these days, and for some great reasons: Looks. Keats is called to the scene when he receives a distress call from an unknown woman, which he presumes to be either Ellen or the mysterious figure in the cloak. Jan 2, 2019- All things crafty to make for #Christmas! #crafts. engineering design standards make 2D. Since then, DSLRs have been used to capture most of the professional quality stop motion that you see, from feature films to music videos to broadcast television series and commercials. Create Nativity Silhouette Yard Templates style with PhotoShop, Illustrator, InDesign, 3DS Max, Maya or Cinema 4D. An effects artist isolates the foreground and creates the final scene. "People were sweating," recalls Liddell. I guess she could just have messy hair though. Model Boundary will use the outer silhouette of the Composite Model (all the 3D Components visible in the 3D View) at the time of calculation. Travel expenses and room and board are provided. The command can be used to create a 3D model from a 2D object (like shape layers or text). These printable Christmas tree templates are blank images of Christmas trees that you can print out and then have your child cut out and decorate. For silhouette lines, see the Silhouette and Make2D commands. 5 tips for making great animations for 2D games August 31, 2012 | By Kim advises they master silhouettes: "You have to be careful about the negative space. ARPACK software is capable of solving large scale symmetric, nonsymmetric, and generalized eigenproblems from significant application areas. 2D to 3D video conversion (also called 2D to stereo 3D conversion and stereo conversion) is the process of transforming 2D ("flat") film to 3D form, which in almost all cases is stereo, so it is the process of creating imagery for each eye from one 2D image. Get started on your new game prototype quickly with this low poly, hand painted cemetery starter set. We used the smallest Bunny cutter and the large (13 cm) Easter Egg cutter for this 3D Cookie Scene. Once constrained, the set is considered as rigid and can be easily moved just by dragging one of its elements. The main characters: A ball and a cube. A new addition to Photoshop CS5 Extended is the Repoussé command. In this book, Matt Kloskowski walks you through some of the most popular styles and techniques in professional Photoshop design and illustration today. Anna Maria Island – The Anna Maria Island Community Center is a phenomenal community resource that house classes, courses, workshops, an exercise center and cafe. As you zoom in and out, the dot displays the same size. Improvements to Make2D including an improved UI, dashed hidden line layers, a new Grasshopper Make2D component to create compositions with custom logic, support for clipping planes, support for whole scene silhouettes. Marker size must be large enough compared to the scene size to make calibration accurate. STORYBOARDS part I- a conversation with story artist DEAN ROBERTS As in all films the storyboarding process begins quite early, most times without the luxury of fully completed designs to help you along the way to finishing your sequence. Drastically reduce the time needed to create customized, rigged and ready-to-animate 3D characters with Autodesk® Character Generator, a new, easy-to-use, web-based service. Yay! I love two-for-one deals, don't you? First, I'm going to teach you how to create a silhouette of any image using FREE editing software (no Photoshop required). A silhouette is a drawing of an object that shows the object's outline, but none of its features. Bring a cast of characters to life. Choose your favorite nude silhouette photographs from millions of available designs. Make2D is better in Rhino 6, but still has some shortcomings. Cricut Flowers can be a little tough to assemble. Credit Link. No matter what you're looking for or where you are in the world, our global marketplace of sellers can help you find unique and affordable options. The NURBS form can represent simple shapes, such as planes and cylinders, as well as free-form, sculptured surfaces. *FREE* shipping on qualifying offers. Using the same methods, you can also use larger cuts of plywood as the base for several trees. The clock looks like the thing from steins;gate so I didn't think it was related at first too, but the silhouettes are making me second guess. It was just added to Rhino V6 for Windows and the linework looks so great. I am looking into the request to add scene silhouette in Make2D. Plus Black and white images! 42 images in all! Graphics are created in vector image software and are saved at High Quality 300. Later to use this Video Ad in social media- youtube, facebook etc. Note: For the most impact, create three different reindeer body silhouettes in different sizes. It limits itself to algorithms that "reconstruct dense. Then, cut out your drawing and glue it to the popped out area of the card so it has a 3D effect when the recipient opens it. Any preference to whether it should be added as an option or simply add it as a new "visible" layer in all cases?. While Malta's gorgeous scenery offered as spectacular backdrop, the heat proved to be a formidable obstacle, especially in August, when the filmmakers shot the crucifixion scene over the course of four extremely humid, 90-degree days. She cuts out the scene from paper and places it inside the roll creating a silhouette of life inside a paper roll. Whole-scene Silhouettes are now computed. VCarve Pro also includes an extensive selection of video tutorials, which are accessible from the Tutorial Video Browser link when application first starts. Ask Question In the "Scene" tab go to "Passes" and enable "Object Index". Example 2: Automatically Converting an image into DXF drawing format Scan your sketch and save it as a PDF or image format (e. We'll start with a photograph of a tractor. Your cost is the same but it helps support this site and the fun freebies we share. This isn't uncommon. All nude silhouette photographs ship within 48 hours and include a 30-day money-back guarantee. I agree with pior, i'd love to discover that there's some magic tech to make this look awesome, but after obsessively watching it in slowmo today it looks like they're treating it like 3d sprites almost - then with fairly low framerate it's possible to do most everything pose-to-pose, just probably with a ton of bones and really solid highrez models to achieve the look they want. 2) Change the view to your saved perspective view and position your figures to. Frame-by-frame animation changes the contents of the Stage in every frame. I've labeled the 3 points for the left vector: A, B and C. The characters all seem to be 'under' the fog, but the tops of tall trees and buildings. Marker size must be large enough compared to the scene size to make calibration accurate. using silhouettes and pastels/chalk - use water colours to create image of 'No Man's Land' - use a range of visual elements to reflect the purpose of -the work - build up layers of colours -combine colours, tones and tints to enhance the mood of a piece - Silk Paintings - Kensuke's Kingdom - create a scene from the book on silk to. For subject. The best selection of Royalty Free City Scene Vector Art, Graphics and Stock Illustrations. If two objects pass through each other, the Make2D command will not create the intersection line where the objects intersect. 1) Use the 'move' command to place the figure into your scene. Features include extremely fast 3D graphics, unlimited viewports, shaded, working views, perspective working views, named views, floating views, full-screen display, 3D stereo view modes, draw order support, two‑point perspective, clipping planes, and one-to-one scale to view models at full size. You searched for: make a snowman! Etsy is the home to thousands of handmade, vintage, and one-of-a-kind products and gifts related to your search. Silhouette lighting can be used to create a dramatic effect for any scene. And if you want to change the photoshop image, just open it, alter it, save it, and it will automatically be updated in your Illustrator file. This is one of the oldest forms of stop motion and is rarely used today. I have a tutorial for you today, one in my Electronic Cutting Machine series sharing some things that I've leant using the Silhouette Cameo. Eftink, Benjamin Paul; Maloy, Stuart Andrew. The ability to accurately reconstruct the 3D facets of a scene is one of the key problems in robotic vision. Then in a video editor, remove or replace the sound channel with some other sounds. By default, the main camera in Unity renders its view to the screen. To help you more effectively use your software, we have provided you with these animation tips & tricks for each of our programs. The silhouette is supported by MTC for the older models, does not work well with the Cameo 3. Mark the vanishing point (VP) on the horizon line. (Any color would look great, but black is classic. ) Transfer onto a clean paper towel and allow to dry.


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World Report 2021 - Kazakhstan
President Kasym-Jomart Tokaev's promises for reform did not bring about meaningful improvements in Kazakhstan's human rights record in 2020. Government critics faced harassment and prosecution, and free speech was suppressed, especially in the context of the Covid-19 pandemic. Although Kazakhstan adopted a new peaceful assemblies law, authorities with rare exception continued to detain peaceful protesters. Rights defender Max Bokaev remained unjustly jailed and authorities banned an opposition group. Kazakhstan adopted long-promised amendments to the Trade Union Law, but restrictions on independent organizing persist. On September 23, Kazakhstan joined the Second Optional Protocol to the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights (ICCPR), paving the way for full ratification.
Although authorities hailed a new public assemblies law, signed by the president in May, as a reform, the law imposes onerous rules, bans spontaneous protests, and prohibits unregistered groups and some people with disabilities from organizing protests. Authorities allowed an opposition rally in mid-September and a rally for political reforms on October 31 to proceed, but hundreds of people who tried to exercise their right to peacefully protest on other occasions in 2020 were detained, fined, or sentenced to short-term custodial sentences for administrative offenses.
On August 12, an Almaty court convicted the activist Asya Tulesova of insulting the police and using violence against a police officer, fined her, and placed restrictions on her freedom of movement for 18 months. Tulesova had angrily confronted the police, knocking off an officer's hat, in response to police forcefully detaining dozens of people at a peaceful protest on June 6.
An Almaty court on June 22 convicted political activist Alnur Ilyashev of "disseminating knowingly false information" for social media posts criticizing the majority Nur Otan party. The court imposed restrictions on his freedom of movement and required him to serve 100 hours' community service annually for three years and banned him from civic activities for five years.
Police on February 24 announced the death in custody of Dulat Agadil, an outspoken government critic who had participated in numerous unsanctioned protests. Officials cited acute heart failure as the reason, but the suspicious circumstances of his death prompted protests and calls for an independent investigation, which authorities are obligated to conduct under human rights law.
An Almaty court on March 11 fined activists Arina Osinovskaya and Fariza Ospan on petty hooliganism charges for burning a funeral wreath in public. The symbolic act took place during a March 8 women's rights rally.
Authorities on March 3 paroled Mukhtar Dzhakishev, former head of the state-owned energy agency Kazatomprom. He had served nearly 11 years in prison on embezzlement and fraud charges. His allegations of torture were never investigated.
Journalists in Kazakhstan face harassment, arrest, and prosecution for carrying out their work. Authorities retaliated against journalists and others who criticized the authorities' response to the Covid-19 pandemic. A judge in April sentenced a man to 10 days in detention for uploading a video to Facebook showing long lines of people waiting for social assistance during the pandemic.
According to Adilsoz, a local media watchdog, between January and July, seven journalists were physically attacked, and 21 journalists, bloggers, and activists were detained, seven of whom while reporting. Adilsoz reported that authorities brought 38 criminal cases against journalists for alleged crimes such as spreading false information, defamation, and incitement.
In June, Kazakhstan decriminalized defamation. The Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe (OSCE) Representative on Freedom of the Media Harlem Désir welcomed the development and urged the authorities to also decriminalize "insult" and "disseminating knowingly false information."
An appeals court in January acquitted Amangeldy Batyrbekov, editor of Saryagash Info. In September 2019 Batyrbekov, who published articles critical of the head of a local education department, was sentenced to 27 months in prison for libel and insult.
Arrest and Harassment of Opposition Members
In February, authorities detained several activists to prevent them from taking part in the founding assembly of the Democratic Party of Kazakhstan (DPK). At time of writing, DPK was still unregistered.
Authorities continue to target perceived or actual supporters of the banned Democratic Choice of Kazakhstan (DVK). Police interrogated 52 people suspected of DVK membership in Shymkent in January, and opened a criminal case against 15 people in Almaty in March.
In May the opposition Koshe (Street) Party was banned by court order as "extremist." Dozens of Street Party activists were prosecuted for participating in unsanctioned peaceful protests.
In response to long-standing International Labour Organization (ILO) criticism of restrictions on trade union organizing and freedom of association, and of the restrictive 2014 Trade Union Law, parliament in April amended the law, removing trade union affiliation and two-step registration requirements. Kazakhstan's largest independent trade union, the Congress of Free Trade Unions of Kazakhstan, remains unregistered. On March 20, Erlan Baltabay, a trade union leader, was released from prison upon completion of his 21-week sentence for failing to pay a court-ordered fine.
Counterterrorism and Extremism
Since 2018, Kazakhstan has repatriated a total of 609 citizens, mostly women and children, from Syria who are Islamic State (ISIS) suspects or relatives. According to media reports, of those repatriated, 31 men and 12 women have been convicted of participating in a terrorist organization.
In January, reporting on her May 2019 visit to Kazakhstan, the United Nations Special Rapporteur for Protecting Human Rights while Countering Terrorism Fionnuala Ní Aoláin noted she was "seriously concerned about the use of the term 'extremism' in national law and practice." She concluded that the broad formulations of "extremism" and "inciting discord" in national law "are used to unduly restrict freedoms of religion, expression, assembly and association."
An Almaty court in January jailed Zhuldyzbek Taurbekov for seven years on charges of "terrorism propaganda" and "inciting hatred" for discussing Islam on Whatsapp. Kazakhstan's Supreme Court in January sent for retrial the case against another defendant, Dadash Mazhenov, who was convicted in 2018 on "terrorism propaganda" charges for posting online talks on Islam. Mazhenov alleged he was tortured in a labor camp in 2019.
Violence against Women and Girls
Violence against women and girls persisted as a serious problem. Kazakhstan's judiciary and legislation do not provide sufficient protection to victims, while police and service providers lack sufficient training to identify, prevent, and adequately respond to domestic violence. Parliament in September passed in its first reading of a draft domestic violence law. The draft does not criminalize domestic violence as a standalone offense, nor include a comprehensive definition of "family members."
Kazakhstan's constitution does not prohibit discrimination on the basis of gender identity or sexual orientation, and there is no stand-alone anti-discrimination law. Parliament in June adopted discriminatory amendments to the new health code that regulate aspects of health care for transgender people. The process for changing gender identity in Kazakhstan remains invasive and humiliating.
Feminita's Supreme Court appeal against the Justice Ministry's refusal to register their group, which focuses on the rights of lesbian, bisexual, and queer women, was unsuccessful.
Hundreds of thousands of people in Kazakhstan are at risk of poverty due in part to the government's inadequate measures to counter the Covid-19-related economic downturn. Kazakhstan's weak social protection system and the limited financial and in-kind relief the government provided to people who had lost jobs during the pandemic were ineffective in preventing poverty and economic hardship. Financial relief was lower than a monthly living wage needed to cover basic expenses. Mothers with multiple children across Kazakhstan continued to intermittently protest calling for increased social and housing benefits.
Progress on inclusive education remained slow. A mandatory medical and educational exam continued as the basis for determining a child's access to mainstream schools. Many children with disabilities remain isolated in segregated special schools or residential institutions, where they can face violence, neglect, physical restraint, and overmedication. Four children living in a residential institution in eastern Kazakhstan died in May and 16 others were hospitalized with measles and intestinal infections. Kazakhstan has no time-bound plan to close these institutions.
Torture and ill-treatment occur with impunity in Kazakhstan. The Coalition Against Torture, an anti-torture network of nongovernmental organizations and experts, reported they had received 140 complaints of torture between January and June. After an outbreak of ethnic violence on February 7 and 8, which left 10 Dungans and one Kazakh dead, the Dungan community in May issued a public appeal documenting the arbitrary arrests and torture of members of their community by law enforcement. The UN Committee on the Elimination of Racial Discrimination (CERD) issued a communication in August regarding Kazakhstan's Dungan minority under its early warning and urgent action procedure.
Between March and July, prison officials filed six defamation lawsuits against the Pavlodar-based human rights defender Elena Semenova. The officials alleged her reports of ill-treatment and torture of inmates were false and harmed their reputation. At time of writing, courts in two cases had found her guilty of defamation.
On December 27, 2019, the jailed businessman Iskander Erimbetov, who alleged in 2018 that he had been tortured in custody, was released on humanitarian grounds due to his ill-health. In a tweet, the US State Department welcomed his release and urged the Kazakh government to review other politically motivated cases of imprisonment.
A court in January sentenced ethnic Kazakhs Kaster Musakhanuly and Murager Alimuly to one year in prison for illegal border crossing but did not order their deportation to China. On October 17, Kazakhstan's migration agency granted them refugee status for one year.
Some measures that authorities implemented in response to the Covid-19 pandemic were arbitrary and disproportionate. Officials in Karaganda bolted shut entryways to entire residential buildings where Covid-19 cases were confirmed. Courts handed up to 15-day jail sentences to at least 1,626 people for violating state-imposed restrictions on movement. Others were criminally charged with spreading false information for criticizing the government's response to the pandemic. A Shymkent judge sentenced an activist to 35 days administrative arrest for allegedly violating emergency measures after he posted a video of himself passing through a police checkpoint.
The lockdown measures imposed in response to Covid-19 resulted in severe limitations on access to shelters or services for survivors of domestic violence. Authorities did not deem them as "essential services" to ensure they could continue operating during the lockdown.
The education of 4.5 million children was interrupted due to school closures. UN agencies estimate that 300,000 children in Kazakhstan lacked technical facilities to follow remote online learning, and children with disabilities were excluded from full participation.
The United Nations Human Rights Council (UNHRC) in March adopted the outcome of Kazakhstan's third Universal Periodic Review. In November, member states had called on Kazakhstan to criminalize all forms of violence against women and girls, guarantee freedom of peaceful assembly, ensure inclusive education for all children with disabilities, and amend restrictive laws regulating the right to freedom of expression.
The European Union and Kazakhstan strengthened relations through the entry into force in March of a bilateral Enhanced Partnership and Co-operation Agreement. In September, the EU urged Kazakhstan to ensure that the new peaceful assemblies law is implemented in a rights-respecting way, and welcomed Kazakhstan's progress towards the full abolition of the death penalty.
Jahresbericht zur Menschenrechtssituation im Jahr 2020
https://www.hrw.org/world-report/2021/country-chapters/kazakhstan
Periodischer Bericht


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Circuit breaker update
Colin Riordan
Read a message from the Vice-Chancellor sent to staff today (19 October).
You may be aware that earlier today the Welsh Government confirmed the introduction of a 'circuit breaker' or 'firebreak' lockdown that will take effect from 18:00 on Friday 23 October and last until 00.01 on Monday 9 November.
Nonetheless, and in accordance with Welsh government guidance, Cardiff University will remain open. In-person teaching can continue, supported by the safety measures we have in place. We would encourage any member of the academic or professional services staff who may have concerns to discuss them with their Head of School or line manager.
Research conducted on campus can continue as now, and members of staff who deliver services on campus can continue to do so.
Those colleagues who are working from home or otherwise operating off-campus should continue to do so.
I realise that the continuing uncertainty and constraints generated by the coronavirus pandemic is a source of significant anxiety for many, but we all have a responsibility to support these further measures in the interests of helping to control the spread of the virus.
We are in the process of updating our intranet guidance, and I would urge you to check the Welsh Government advice regularly.
On behalf all my University Executive Board colleagues, thank you again for your continued hard work and dedication.
I hope to see many of you on Wednesday at our next all staff webinar, when we will be joined by NHS Wales colleagues.


Bedlington, Dr Pit I think!
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Did Bacci have an upstairs room, maybe for snooker? I can vaguely remember looking out of the window at a juicy pear tree. We probably climbed the back wall and nicked those pears at a later date!
I remember the pinball machine.
In the 60's for me, around the time Jimmy Millne's shop had the snack bar down one side.
oh yeah I can just about remember that did it get taken over by the big department store when it opened?
I think the Co-op were the next to take over. Shame it's closed now, that was a great shop.
yep you're right,got my first bike from there,you could get anything from a bike to a bed or a lawnmower if you like,brilliant.
Gone are the days when most folk could buy a bike, a bed, or a lawnmower in Bedlington. Happy days.
I was only in Bacci's billiard hall (I'm sure it was known as that and not a snooker hall) a couple of times as I probably wasn't 'old' enough to be a regular. I do remember that the place had a certain cache for being where the 'faces' or the tough lads hung out and was always being warned by my old man to stay clear. Wasn't the billiard hall upstairs via a rickety staircase??? Didn't he have another cafe at the Station - on the corner just along from the level-crossing; we used to go in there to play the pin-ball machines.
Eggy, are you not thinking of Moscardini's, where the Monsoon is now?


Roberta Estes' latest blog entry sheds a great deal of light on what the discontinuation of Illumina's OmniExpress chip in favor of their new Global Screening Array (GSA) chip may mean for autosomal DNA testing for genealogy.
There is only about 20% of overlap between SNP locations previously tested by genetic genealogy companies and the SNPs tested by the GSA chip. I think Roberta's post is an important read for everyone interested in autosomal testing.
How reliable do you think the use of imputation is? It sounds a little scary--like a guessing game that could give false positives--which could really make a mess of things.
Like in My Heritage's case. They gave me a batch of DNA matches right out of the gate, but later took most of them back. One of them was an adoptee who had her hopes dashed with our close relationship that actually wasn't.
So pretty much we have discrete testing pools which do not reliably cross compare and, as all the companies eventually upgrade their chips, the millions of current test results become deprecated. You'll have to retest to compare against new testers and hopefully the database of old testers sticks around so you can still work against that.
I guess that's technology for you.
You can't retest if you're dead. I think we're on notice that there isn't much point in being tested in the hope of the results being useful to future generations.
Grrr! Technology should be smarter than that in this day and age!
I suppose this explains the advent of Gedmatch Genesis -- it's for people who tested with the new chip.
"How reliable do you think the use of imputation is?"
Well, it's been used for many years in SNP array testing, but as with all things that depend on DNA genotyping and interpretive algorithms, it really all depends on the size, validity, and thoroughness of the sample size, and on the accuracy and effectiveness of the algorithms used.
In this regard, in her blog Roberta makes a statement that may be a bit misleading: "Illumina has encouraged vendors to utilize the process called imputation to infer DNA results for their customers that are common in populations, but has not been directly tested in customer's DNA..." Some might read this as inferring imputation is something brand new with autosomal DNA. We have, in fact, been using forms of it for quite a while. A well know example is the BEAGLE routine that AncestryDNA uses. Too, if you look at the link Roberta provides to Illumina's explanation of imputation, you'll find that the datasheet is not new: it was written in 2013. There's even a post yesterday on Anthrogenica that states: "Until recently, the word imputation wasn't a part of the vocabulary of genetic genealogy..." So some incorrect assumptions are developing.
Debbie Kennett also blogged about the change to GSA on her site. She and Roberta both included links to this ISOGG chart that shows a comparison of the overlap of autosomal SNPs on the microarray chips in use by genealogy testing companies: https://isogg.org/wiki/Autosomal_SNP_comparison_chart. The new GSA chip is represented by 23andMe v5 and Living DNA.
I honestly have no basis to form an opinion on the reliability of the GSA chip. And despite the angle from which I view it, I have to recognize that genetic genealogy is not where Illumina makes its money, and is not near the top of its priority list. A quick look through Illumina's press releases tells us that. So it's little wonder that this news didn't make a bigger splash earlier, and that the genealogy testing companies likely carry little or no clout in the matter. Adapt or perish. And I'm certain they will all adapt.
What I do admit--in my uninformed opinion--is that the most troubling thing to me is the fractional overlap of SNP positions tested with OmniExpress compared to GSA. Comparing the GSA chip (23andMe v5) to the current AncestryDNA v2 product (OmniExpress chip), they overlap at only 149,394 SNPs, or 23.3%. With about 3 billion base pairs in a human genome, the 600K to 700K SNPs we've been testing represents only a minuscule fraction anyway. And if we reduce that fraction to an overlap of only 23%...well, I'm sure comparisons can be done; but my small brain can't fathom the statistical and mathematical hoops that will have to be jumped through to do it accurately.
Well, fudgesickle. Looks like all the links made it run afoul of the 8,000 character limit. I'll try breaking this in two.
Edited 14 months later: Because this post came up on a search regarding Living DNA's new Axiom (Sirius) chip from Thermo Fisher Scientific, and I saw I'd written "12andMe" instead of "23andMe." Arrgh; sorry Anne. Not the first time I've done that, but normally I catch-and-correct.
Catalog of Illumina's Human Infinium DNA Microarrays; this was taken from their website 5 Sep 2017. Note that the previous/current chip used by the major genetic genealogy companies is the Infinium OmniExpress-24 v1.2; the new chip is the Infinium Global Screening Array-24 v1.0. PDF file.
Also, there are over 3 billion base pairs, but about 99.5% is the same for all humans, so about 15 million may differ between two persons. Of those 15 million, about 4% is tested.
I agree that 23% overlap between the tests isn't much at all. That is surprisingly low, since you'd expect that both tests would aim at the most useful/interesting SNPs among those 15 million, whether the main purpose is medical or genealogical.
As usual, I see things differently.
The primary objective of auDNA is Medical. Genetic Genealogy has been a secondary concern. For me, if the medical community believes that this change is beneficial to medical research, then I am all for it. If the accuracy is good enough for medical research, it should be good enough for genealogy.
There has been resistance in the past to uploading all the DNA kits to gedmatch, but I do it specifically because of the differences between the number of SNP's used for comparison. I have never subscribed that uploading all kit is somehow a bad practice.This particular change only reinforces my belief that we all should be doing this.
There have always been differences in chips, and from what I have seen on Genesis, the differences in predictions are minor. I admit only looking at the closer matches.
So far, I haven't seen anyone argue that moving to the Illumina Global Screening Array chip is a bad thing. I also pointed out above that genetic genealogy is way down on the list of financial drivers for Illumina (and included links), and that we've been using imputation--in one form or another--for years; that, heck, AncestryDNA's BEAGLE is an imputation algorithm.
And in the field there really are no vendors, as in plural. I know of no commercial genetic genealogy company using anything but Illumina products. So I think the impact on genealogy will be what it will be, regardless.
You noted that there have always been differences in chips. Yep, there have. But never a difference this large, and I believe that's where some concern reasonably lies. I don't know if you checked the numbers. The overlap of SNPs tested between 23andMe v4 and v5, with the GSA chip, is only 18.7%; between AncestryDNA v2 and 23andMe v5, 23.3%; between FTDNA and the GSA chip, also 23.3%.
The GSA chip is testing 630,132 SNPs. Around the same number as always.
But about 77% of the SNPs the GSA chip is testing is different than any of our previous genetic genealogy tests.
Puts the whole concept of an imputed-by-genotype algorithm equals accuracy in a whole 'nuther light. As I said, I'm confident the folks with the really big brains can work it out. But if you were to draw me a Venn diagram with a 23% overlap and tell me that you could--with a very high degree of accuracy--tell me precisely the values of all the 650,000 points in Circle B by knowing only 23% of the shared points plus the 500,500 unique and different points in Circle A...I think it would be reasonable for me to be a tiny bit skeptical.
"There have always been differences in chips, and from what I have seen on Genesis, the differences in predictions are minor."
Just an aside, 23andMe is the only major player to have moved to the GSA chip as yet. And they only transitioned in August. They issued no press release that I could find, but I believe the change was made almost one month ago to the day. LivingDNA essentially launched with the GSA chip, but I imagine an infinitesimally small number of their rather new customer base had already tested with one of the Big 3 for comparison.
It would be interesting to see a statement from GEDmatch about this. I'm sure they're on top of it, but I can't imagine there was a significant database available with which to compare and contrast OmniExpress and GSA results for genealogical matching purposes much before a month or two ago. If one is even available now. And some serious number-crunching is going to have to be done if ever OmniExpress and GSA results can be accurately compared one-to-one.
Is there a known reason why GEDmatch could not merge kits together, especially ones from the old chips with ones from the new chips? That seems ideal, as the merged kit would be able to match kits from either chip family, with very high numbers of common SNP's. And there's less need for imputation. And a few no-calls might be replaced with good calls from the other. Seems like a big opportunity for GEDmatch, and easier for us with only one kit ID to use. I suspect they have thought of this already.
I'd merge my Ancestry kit with my Living DNA kit, and be able to compare well with anyone else.
I have no insider knowledge about GEDmatch (even though some of the planners and programmers are close enough for me to take to lunch...hm, there's a thought...), but I have to think the announcement of the discontinuation of the OmniExpress chipset is one reason GEDmatch Genesis has been in beta for so long. Genesis debuted, if my memory isn't a sieve, at the beginning of June. Six months is a hefty amount of time for a technology product to be in public beta mode.
I gotta believe a lot of the gray-matter cycles at GEDmatch are being expended on this very issue.
> "even though some of the planners and programmers are close enough for me to take to lunch..."
In terms of merging results together from multiple testing companies - absolutely no reason why it can't be done. I've done it myself for my tests from ftDNA and ancestry. No idea why gedmatch don't offer it as an extra service.
The issue with the new V5 chip remains the same though - just what are you going to compare the results to? If you want to compare two V5 datasets together, then that's no problem. But if you want to compare two datasets with only a 20% overlap, then you can only actually compare the 20% overlap, as Edison points out above with his Venn diagram visualisation.
The suggestion that it is reasonable to infer the point values for the other 80% is just silly.
I see no reason why you cannot determine the population (ethnic background) data from the new dataset and then use that to infer with reasonable accuracy the population data for the "missing" overlap. Unfortunately that goes nowhere to determining the last 5% of the data which is what the genetic genealogy community actually needs to work with.
The point that I was trying to make though was that if I merge my Living DNA kit with my Ancestry kit, then I can compare well with anyone. I'll have 600000 odd SNP's to compare with a v5 produced kit, and a mostly different 600000 odd SNP's to compare with kits from older chips. I no longer have to worry about the small overlap.
How do I manage duplicate kits at GEDmatch?
Might you be a Gainesville, FL auDNA tested genealogy angel?
Have you taken an autosomal DNA test and descend from a Rouse family from Georgia or North Carolina?


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UNSW student's pioneering artificial intelligence boosts IVF success
A problem first posed in a UNSW lecture has driven a current Medicine student to design a pioneering artificial intelligence system that is now helping women become pregnant via IVF.
Aengus Tran, 24, is in the final year of his undergraduate studies but has already joined forces with his brother Dimitry – an AGSM @ UNSW Business School Executive MBA alumnus – to set up a company called Harrison-AI which is improving embryo selection in IVF clinics.
The spark came from a visiting lecture by Dr Simon Cooke, the Scientific Director at IVF Australia, who explained how embryologists have traditionally manually assessed groups of embryos based on physical appearance at a limited number of critical development check points, before selecting which one they felt would be most likely to result in a pregnancy.
Aengus Tran identified that artificial intelligence could be used to make those decisions faster and also better – based on machine learning from thousands of previous successful and unsuccessful embryos – and ultimately designed a system that is now known as Ivy.
Ivy is a self-improving artificial intelligence that continuously learns from the embryos it analyses via a comprehensive three-dimensional assessment of the growth of the embryos through all stages of development in an incubator. It then relates this data to whether a fetal heart has developed or not.
"Ivy has taught itself how to select out the embryo with the highest potential to create a fetal heart," explains Tran, who is Chief Data Scientist at Harrison-AI. "It starts off with a completely blank canvas and it's not influenced by any previous human knowledge or bias. It has learned directly from thousands of embryos that have had a known fetal heart outcome and has slowly and steady improved itself to become better and better at selecting embryos."
Harrison-AI is now in partnership with Virtus Health, one of Australia's leading providers of assisted reproductive services, which is poised to introduce Ivy technology in IVF Australia clinics nationwide and also across Europe later this year.
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Army Field Band to perform in ECI
The internationally acclaimed United States Army Field Band of Washington, D.C., will continue its longstanding tradition of presenting free public performances when it appears in Portland and Muncie March 1 and 2, respectively.
The band will perform in the Jay County High School auditorium at 3 p.m. March 1, and at Emens Auditorium at 7:30 p.m. March 2. Tickets for both performances are free.
The Army Field Band's concert in Portland is presented by Arts Place.
The Concert Band and Soldiers' Chorus are the oldest and largest of the U.S. Army Field Band's performing components. These two ensembles combine to present joint concerts on their national tours. They have performed in all 50 states and 30 foreign countries for audiences totaling hundreds of millions, according to a press release.
The 65-member Concert Band and 29-member Soldiers' Chorus perform regularly in some of the most famous concert halls in the world, and just as often in the humblest auditoriums in the smallest of communities. Their program ranges from orchestral masterworks and operatic arias to Sousa marches, jazz classics, and Broadway musicals.
Free tickets for the Portland performance are available by mail, by sending a self-addressed stamped envelope with your request to U.S. Army Field Band Tickets, Arts Place, Inc., P.O. Box 804, Portland, Ind. 47371.
Free tickets for the Muncie performance are available by contacting the Emens box office, (765) 285-1539.
In addition to their national tours, formal concerts, chamber recitals, and educational outreach, members of the Concert Band and Soldiers' Chorus frequently represent the Army at formal and ceremonial functions, including the Presidential Inaugural Parade, presidential funerals, the Army All- American Bowl, and diplomatic efforts overseas. More than six decades as the military's most traveled musicians have earned them the title, "The Musical Ambassadors of the Army."
U.S. Army Field Band concert
WHEN: 3 p.m. March 1 in the Jay County High School auditorium, Portland, and 7:30 p.m. March 2 at Emens Auditorium, Muncie.
ADMISSION: Free. For Portland show, request free tickets by sending a self-addressed stamped envelope with request to U.S. Army Field Band Tickets, Arts Place, Inc., P.O. Box 804, Portland, Ind. 47371. For Muncie show, request free tickets by contacting the Emens box office, (765) 285-1539.


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I'm not sure why but I decided to pull my Alpha H Liquid Gold out of my skincare stash semi-recently but I am so glad that I did! The texture and appearance of my skin has improved so much and I can attribute it to product as it's all that changed. Not only that, I broke out quite substantially after becoming ill with what my doctor said was influenza and I believe this has significantly reduced healing times.
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You are the top secret agents of Syndicat – the world's biggest mafia organization. Syndicat has been hunting for this treasure for many years. Now it's time to finally steal the priceless artifact from the highly secured museum of arts. It's not an ordinary task, but probably the hardest mission in your career. There's no choice but to use all your special equipment to break the security systems and get the treasure before police comes to catch you in 60 minutes. (formerly Museum).