Notes: I had to go to Norwich today but had a bit of time either side of my appointment to do a spot of geocaching in some of the villages I passed along the way. The longest walk was around Long Stratton, where I encountered this rather appealing door to a barn. Not sure if this is where the keep the lady cows, but it was a curious shade of pink!
Notes: I snagged a bargain on eBay the other day – a Lensbaby Scout to fit my EOS 5DMkIII and 12mm Fisheye Optic, for about a fifth of the cost to buy new. It arrived in the post today, so I had a bit of fun playing with my pink LED tree. While Canon's 8-15mm Fisheye strives to minimize internal flare, the Lensbaby optic goes all out to embrace it. Of course, you get a different sort of picture, but that's the point. Some examples from 2013, 2014 and 2015 show you what great results I got. I loved the Canon lens to bits, but couldn't justify keeping it for the amount of time I used it. However, this Lensbaby optic can be used on my 5D for almost-circular fisheye results, akin to the Canon at 8mm (you could fake it easily enough with a black mask). But when used on my Panasonic Micro 4/3rds bodies (the GH3 and GX7) with my Composer Pro, it will produce results much like the full frame fisheye effect of the Canon at 15mm. A double win, for just over fifty quid! And since you can't get much more distorted than a fisheye lens, it makes a perfect shot for Treasure Hunt Theme #26 – Distorted.


text:
Main navigation EN
Convenient to Go!
Products from the "Convenient to Go!" line are sure to appeal to all barbecue, picnic and hiking enthusiasts. They do not require refrigeration, so you can take them with you anywhere.
Convenient to Go
BROCKA SAUSAGE ON THE GO
ŚLĄSKA SAUSAGE ON THE GO
BARBECUE ON THE GO
HAM WIENERS ON THE GO
LET'S MEET ON THE WEB
Keep up to date our product premieres, promotions and contests.
Subscribe to the newsletter to receive information about the latest promotions.
I hereby give consent for Sokołów S.A. with its registered office located at al. 550-lecia 1, 08-300 Sokołów Podlaski to process my personal data within the scope of marketing purposes specified in the contact form, i.e. the service of information materials concerning the activities of the company, current offer and promotional campaigns. The consent can be withdrawn at any time. Withdrawal of consent shall not affect the lawfulness of the processing carried out on the basis of consent before its withdrawal.
line is open between 8:00 and 16:00
Member of a group
You can upload up to 4 documents not larger than 5MB. Allowed extensions: jpg, jpeg, png, pdf.
I hereby give consent for my personal data to be processed by "SOKOŁÓW" S.A. with its registered office located in Sokołów Podlaski, 08-300 Sokołów Podlaski, al. 550-lecia 1, within the scope specified in the contact form, for the purpose of responding to my message/query. Consent can be withdrawn at any time. The withdrawal of consent does not affect the lawfulness of the processing, which was made on the basis of consent before its withdrawal.
Copyright © 2021 Sokolow.pl All rights reserved | Personal data policy | Designed by Amooco Agency.

redpajama_set_name: RedPajamaCommonCrawl


The first lesson is for free, with no compromise (30 mins). Just to meet each other and to find out what you need, how you prefer to learn the language, and also to allow me to identify your level and goals and provide you with an understanding of my methodology.
As you can see, you have nothing to lose. I encourage you to try it. Come on, hurry up and book your free lesson now!


text:
JWGP
2016, F1, Ferrari, Formula 1, Formula One, Scuderia Ferrari
Formula One: VIDEO | Scuderia Ferrari preview the Austrian GP
June 30, 2016 Jon Wilde - @jonnywilde	1 Comment
Formula One moves to Austria for the first in a string of six races that will complete the European season. Gone are the times of the old airport layout, marked by hay bales. The current Spielberg track, located in the Southeastern Bundesstate of Styria, was built in 1969 and has gone through many changes in layout, before being reintroduced in 2014 after an eleven-year absence.
"It seems like the track is situated in the middle of the mountains" comments Sebastian Vettel. "I think the track is great. You have a lot of elevation changes, up and down, which makes it always nice. You see the mountains around. When you're lucky you can even see some snow on the top of the mountains around. The weather can be either very good or quite bad, but usually it is a place to enjoy. The track is very short, there aren't many corners. So, it is incredibly important to get every single corner right. The lap is very short, so you do a lot of laps and it's important to find the rhythm very quickly and just go with it, especially during the race."
"It's another challenging track, very different from Baku where we've just come from, but also very different from Canada and Monaco" adds Jock Clear, Scuderia Ferrari's Head of Race Activities. "As always, we try to approach these Grand Prix races with new parts, new updates, new setups, specifically designed with the difficulties of each track. Austria is a very simple track with only five real corners and some good straights. So, it is a balance of power circuit with the downforce circuit. In terms of technical challenge it's one of the shortest tracks, so that all the very small details make slightly a more significant impact on your lap time. The circuit itself has been resurfaced this year, yet we don't know what this surface is going to give us. We don't know the impact on the tires, but that's the same for all the teams. Perhaps it will be a different situation from last year but we can't answer until we get there and we do our practice running on Friday".
2016AustriaAustrianGPF1FerrariFIAFormula 1Formula OneKimi RaikkonenScuderia FerrariSebastian Vettel
Previous PostFormula Student: Zero to 100 km/h in 1.5 second! A world record with an electric racing car.Next PostFormula One: Austrian GP – Tyre compound selction reminder & preview
One thought on "Formula One: VIDEO | Scuderia Ferrari preview the Austrian GP"
Lorene says:
This shows real extpierse. Thanks for the answer.
Omologato
Erreà Sport
Formula One: Montoya joins Cameo
Formula One: MISSON WINNOW branding to feature in revised Ferrari livery
Formula One: Three Car Teams and Budget Caps
Formula One: Should Red Bull Racing rest Ricciardo?
Formula One: CONFIRMED – Ricciardo leave to Red Bull Racing at the end of 2018
Formula One: Kimi talks to his Fans on via Instagram
Formula One: The Race behind the Races
Formula One: Arm the Sprinklers!
#MsportXtra
Lotus Vapor Cigarett… on Formula One: MISSON WINNOW bra…
Formula One: MISSON… on Formula One: Scuderia Ferrari…
Tommy Mac (@tommymac… on Formula One: Should Red Bull R…
Joking on Formula One: Should Red Bull R…
S Stivala on Formula One: Three Car Teams a…
Archives Select Month January 2019 October 2018 September 2018 August 2018 July 2018 June 2018 May 2018 April 2018 March 2018 February 2018 January 2018 December 2017 October 2017 September 2017 August 2017 July 2017 June 2017 May 2017 April 2017 March 2017 February 2017 January 2017 December 2016 November 2016 October 2016 September 2016 August 2016 July 2016 June 2016 May 2016 April 2016 March 2016 February 2016 January 2016 December 2015 November 2015 October 2015 September 2015
Categories Select Category 2016 (389) 2017 (99) 2018 (31) 2019 (1) Abu Dhabi (20) Alex Rosi (1) Alex Rossi (4) Alex Zanardi (2) Austin (4) Bahrain (10) BMW Motorsport (5) Brazil (7) Broadcasting (35) Discount Code (1) eDams (3) Engines (14) ERS (1) EV (13) F1 (598) F2 (4) FE (24) Ferrari (41) FIA (176) FOM (119) Football (4) Force India (29) Formua One (8) Formula 1 (493) Formula E (51) Formula One (515) French GP (4) Fun (2) Go Pro (2) GP2 (4) Haas F1 team (16) Honda (34) Ilmor (2) Indycar (10) Lewis Hamilton (53) Lotus F1 Team (8) Manor (23) Manor Marussia (5) Mclaren (67) Mercedes Benz (96) Mexico (13) Motorsport (145) Nascar (3) Nico Rosberg (32) Palmer (3) Pirelli (49) Power Unit (20) Putrajaya ePrix (1) Red Bull Racing (69) Regulations (26) Renault (44) Rolex 24hrs Daytona (2) Russia (4) Russian GP (11) Sauber F1 Team (20) Scuderia Ferrari (40) Sochi (1) Social Media (77) Sponsorship (190) Sport (51) Toro Rosso (25) tyres (25) UBS (6) Uncategorized (12) Volvo (1) WEC (5) Williams (28) WTCC (1)
Opinionated MotorSport Journal
Follow JWGP on WordPress.com


FDX members include financial institutions, data aggregators, fintechs and banking core processors. Other recent new members include American Express, Blend, FirstBank, Fiserv, Goldman Sachs, Navy Federal Credit Union, Quovo and Trust Stamp, according to a press release. Together, the members of FDX are implementing technical standards intended to make it easier and safer for consumers to use their financial data with third parties.
This is an excerpt. Read the full story in the Dodd Frank Update.


text:
Dinosaur 'feathers' are no such thing
Dinosaur 'feathers' are no such thing, ABC/AFP, 23 May 2007 ...
[Above: The caption says: "The first feathered dinosaur fossil found in China - Sinosauropteryx. The feathers can be seen in the dark line running along the specimen's back," American Museum of Natural History]
The theory that dinosaurs gave rise to birds has been dealt a blow by palaeontologists who have examined critical evidence from a Chinese fossil. The discoverers of the turkey-sized dinosaur Sinosauropteryx say it would have had primitive feathers, supporting the bird-from-dinosaurs theory. But the latest research says these 'proto-feathers' are really frilly structures on the creature's back. Researchers led by South African academic Professor Theagarten Lingham-Soliar at the University of KwaZulu-Natal publish their study in the Proceedings of the Royal Society B.
The debate focuses on Sinosauropteryx, a fossil found in 1994 by a farmer in Liaoning province, northeastern China. This region is a treasure trove of the Early Cretaceous period some 130 million years ago. The long-tailed, meat-eating dinosaur was covered with a down of fibres that its Chinese researchers said were primitive feathers. Although the 'feathers' were clearly not capable of flight, their existence dramatically supported a theory first aired in the 1970s that birds evolved from dinosaurs. As a result, a once-outlandish notion has become the mainstream concept for the ascent of Aves, as birds are classified.
But when researchers examined a recently discovered specimen of Sinosauropteryx, also from Liaoning, they came to very different conclusions. When they examined the fossil under a high-powered microscope, the researchers said the two-branched structures, called rachis with barbs, are really the remains of a frill of collagen fibres that ran down the dinosaur's back from head to tail. "The fibres show a striking similarity to the structure and levels of organisation of dermal collagen," the kind of tough elastic strands found on the skin of sharks and reptiles today, the investigators say. The fibres have an unusual beaded structure, but this most likely was caused by a natural twisting of these strands, and a clumping together caused by dehydration, when the dinosaur died and its tissues started to dry. The tough fibres could have been either a form of armour to protect the small dinosaur from predators, or perhaps had a structural use, by stiffening its tail.
The first known bird is Archaeopteryx, which lived around 150 million years ago. What is missing are the links between Archaeopteryx and other species that would show how it evolved. But the fossil record is frustratingly small and incomplete and this is why debate has been so fierce.
The birds-from-dinosaur theory is based on the idea that small, specialised theropod dinosaurs gained an advantage by developing plant-eating habits, growing feathers to keep warm and taking to the trees for safety. From there, it was a relatively small step for these carnivorous, bipedal dinosaurs with three-toed feet to developing gliding skills and then the ability to fly.
Lingham-Soliar's team does not take issue with the theory itself. But they are dismayed by what they see as a reckless leap to the conclusion that Sinosauropteryx had the all-important proto-feathers, even though this dinosaur was phylogenetically far removed from Archaeopteryx. The evidence in support of the primitive feathers lacked serious investigation, Lingham-Soliar says. "There is not a single close-up representation of the integumental structure alleged to be a proto-feather," Lingham-Soliar says. Given that the evolution of the feather is a pivotal moment in the history of life, he says "scientific rigour is called for". [See also: Dinosaurs link to birds is shot down (The Australian); Feathered dinosaur finding won't fly, say scientists (CBC); Feathers fly over cornerstone fossil (Independent Online); Feathers fly over key evidence in the rise of dino-birds (PhysOrg.com) & Paleontologists shoot down dinosaur bird theory (NEWS.com.au).
So Sinosauropteryx the "feathered dinosaur" joins the list of "nearly all ... evolutionary stories" that "have now been `debunked':
"It must be significant that nearly all the evolutionary stories I learned as a student, from Trueman's Ostrea/Gryphaea to Carruthers' Zaphrentis delanouei, have now been `debunked'. Similarly, my own experience of more than twenty years looking for evolutionary lineages among the Mesozoic Brachiopoda has proved them equally elusive." (Ager, D.V., 'The nature of the fossil record," Presidential Address delivered 5 March 1976, Proceedings of the Geologists' Association, Vol. 87, No. 2, 1976, p.131-135, p.132)
I remember when the discovery of Sinosauropteryx was first reported in 1998 and, although I had accepted universal common ancestry (but not evolution) , and therefore that birds and reptiles (not necessarily dinosaurs) shared a common ancestor, I have always been sceptical of these Chinese "feathered dinosaur" claims, regarding them as the paleontological equivalent of early astronomers seeing canals on Mars, i.e. what they want to be there. See my comments in previous posts of 24-Sep-05; 25-Oct-05; 01-Mar-06; 16-Mar-06 & 07-May-06.
While no doubt some (if not most) creationist/IDists will hail this as evidence that birds and dinosaurs are not related at all, that will be a misunderstanding of the evidence and what is being claimed by the authors of the Proceedings of the Royal Society B article, which is that these structures are not "protofeathers," and therefore these are not "feathered dinosaurs," and they are not evidence that birds are directly descended from these Chinese theropod dinosaurs (and presumably any theropod dinosaurs, if not any dinosaurs at all), but being reptiles they still share a common ancestor with birds.
Nevertheless, this is going to be very embarrassing for those Darwinists like Mark Norell who have pushed these "feathered dinosaur" claims in the media; and the gullible journalists who accepted those claims uncritically, and will further cause the public to distrust confident-sounding claims about evolution!
It will also probably cause a major shake-up in paleontology because a lot of time, energy and, above all prestige, has been invested in this Chinese "feathered dinosaur" theory, despite the obvious fact that, as the late Ernst Mayr (who was an ornithologist) pointed out, the "bipedal dinosaurs that are most birdlike occurred in the later Cretaceous, some 70-100 million years ago, while Archaeopteryx, the oldest known fossil bird, lived 145 million years ago" (i.e. ~45 million years earlier) and "Archaeopteryx has so many advanced avian characters that the origin of birds must be placed considerably earlier than the late Jurassic, perhaps in the Triassic":
"The greatest current controversy in phylogeny will perhaps be settled by invoking parallelophyly; it concerns the origin of birds. There is no argument over the conclusion that birds derived from the archosaurian lineage of the diapsid reptiles. But when this happened is the argument. As far back as the 1860s, T.H. Huxley called attention to the remarkable similarity of the avian skeleton to that of certain reptiles and concluded that the birds had descended from dinosaurs. Later, other authors postulated a much earlier origin, but recently the dinosaur origin has been proclaimed by the cladists with such vigor that at present it seems to be the most widely accepted explanation of the origin of birds. Indeed, the similarity of the pelvis and legs between birds and certain bipedal dinosaurs is astonishingly close ... However, the arguments of their opponents are also very persuasive. The fossil chronology seems to be in conflict with the dinosaur theory. The particular bipedal dinosaurs that are most birdlike occurred in the later Cretaceous, some 70-100 million years ago, while Archaeopteryx, the oldest known fossil bird, lived 145 million years ago. Archaeopteryx has so many advanced avian characters that the origin of birds must be placed considerably earlier than the late Jurassic, perhaps in the Triassic, but no birdlike dinosaurs are known from that period. Furthermore, the digits in the dinosaurian hand are 2, 3, 4 while in the avian hand they are l, 2, 3. Also, the anterior extremities of the birdlike dinosaurs are very much reduced and in no way preadapted to become wings. It is quite inconceivable how they could have possibly shifted to flight. These are only a few of the numerous facts in conflict with a Cretaceous origin of birds from a dinosaurian ancestry. The argument will probably not be fully settled until more Triassic fossils are found." (Mayr, E.W., "What Evolution Is," Basic Books: New York NY, 2001, pp.227-227. Emphasis original).
The problem, as ID biologist Jonathan Wells pointed out in his book, "Icons of Evolution" (2000), is the over-emphasis on "cladistics" where "character comparisons take precedence over everything else" and "The order in which animals appear in the fossil record also becomes secondary or irrelevant":
"In cladistics, character comparisons take precedence over everything else. `The anatomical details or characters,' writes paleontologist Pat Shipman, `constitute the evidence, which ultimately adds up to a certainty approaching proof' [Shipman, P., "Taking Wing: Archaeopteryx and the Evolution of Bird Flight," Simon & Schuster: New York NY, 1998, p.33] of evolutionary relationships. Other factors are discounted. For example, physical difficulties inherent in the `ground up' theory of the origin of flight are unimportant; what matters is that birds are anatomically more similar to two-legged running dinosaurs than to four-legged climbing reptiles. To a `cladist' (someone who uses the cladistic method), the debate over the origin of flight is secondary, if not irrelevant. The order in which animals appear in the fossil record also becomes secondary or irrelevant. If evolutionary relationships are inferred solely on the basis of character comparisons, an animal can be the descendant of another even if the supposed ancestor doesn't appear until millions of years later. The fossil record is simply re-arranged to fit the results of cladistic analysis. ... Applying cladistics to the evolution of birds leads to the conclusion that the ancestor of Archaeopteryx was a two-legged dinosaur. Ironically, once cladistics took over and similarity became the only criterion for relationships, paleontologists found that the most likely candidates for the ancestor of Archaeopteryx lived tens of millions of years later. .... According to cladists, the animals with the right features were bird-like dinosaurs that lived in the Cretaceous period, long after Archaeopteryx had become extinct. But then, in order to make bird-like dinosaurs the ancestors of birds, the fossil evidence must be re-arranged. ... The obvious objection that an animal cannot be older than its ancestor is discounted by assuming that the ancestral form must have been there before its descendant, but its fossil remains cannot be found. In other words, advocates of cladistics cite the imperfection of the geological record the very same reason Darwin gave for the troubling absence of transitional forms. As a result, however, the gaps in the fossil record become more pronounced than ever before. Immense stretches of time are left with no fossil evidence to support cladistic phylogenies. Critics of cladistic methodology argue that the features on which cladists base their analyses may have evolved independently, and don't necessarily point to common ancestry. Critics also argue that although the fossil record is incomplete, it is not as incomplete as cladistic analyses imply. Cladists disagree, and the result has been a raging controversy." (Wells, J., "Icons of Evolution: Science or Myth?: Why Much of What We Teach About Evolution is Wrong," Regnery: Washington DC, 2000, pp.119-120. Emphasis in original)
Then the problem in turn for cladistics is convergence or homoplasy, "when characters are similar, but are not derived from a common ancestor." If such homoplastic characters are fed into a cladistic computer system, the cladogram generated will look authoritative but it will in fact be another case of GIGO (garbage-in-garbage-out)! But if characters can be so similar that they fool some of the world's leading paleontologists, yet that close similarity may not be due to direct inheritance from a common ancestor, then how could evolutionists ever be sure that any one fossil is directly descended from another?
So now that these Chinese "feathered dinosaurs" (and presumably all theropod dinosaurs, if not all dinosaurs) are not ancestral to birds, apart from correcting all those museum exhibits, books, journals, articles and websites, paleontologists will have to look again for "the origin of birds ... considerably earlier than the late Jurassic [~160-145 mya], perhaps in the Triassic [~250-200 mya], but no birdlike dinosaurs are known from that period!"
That is, if Darwinism is true, and the first bird was not supernaturally progressively mediately created, in a (or a series of) "leap[s] across genetic hyperspace":
"1. Could the human eye have arisen directly from no eye at all, in single step? ... The answer to Question 1 is clearly a decisive no [naturalistically] . The odds against a `yes' answer for questions like Question 1 are many billions of times greater than the number of atoms in the universe. It would need a gigantic and vanishingly improbable leap across genetic hyperspace." (Dawkins, R., "The Blind Watchmaker," W.W. Norton & Co: New York NY, 1986, p.77. Emphasis original).
"There is another mathematical space filled, not with nine-gened biomorphs but with flesh and blood animals made of billions of cells, each containing tens of thousands of genes. This is not biomorph space but real genetic space. The actual animals that have ever lived on Earth are a tiny subset of the theoretical animals that could exist. These real animals are the products of a very small number of evolutionary trajectories through genetic space. The vast majority of theoretical trajectories through animal space give rise to impossible monsters. Real animals are dotted around here and there among the hypothetical monsters, each perched in its own unique place in genetic hyperspace. Each real animal is surrounded by a little cluster of neighbours, most of whom have never existed, but a few of whom are its ancestors, its descendants and its cousins. Sitting somewhere in this huge mathematical space are humans and hyenas, amoebas and aardvarks, flatworms and squids, dodos and dinosaurs. In theory, if we were skilled enough at genetic engineering, we could move from any point in animal space to any other point. From any starting point we could move through the maze in such a way as to recreate the dodo, the tyrannosaur and trilobites. If only we knew which genes to tinker with, which bits of chromosome to duplicate, invert or delete. I doubt if we shall ever know enough to do it, but these dear dead creatures are lurking there forever in their private corners of that huge genetic hypervolume, waiting to be found if we but had the knowledge to navigate the right course through the maze." (Dawkins, 1986, p.73) .
from a reptilian (or even a dinosaurian) ancestor!
Stephen E. Jones, BSc. (Biology).
Leviticus 9:23-24. 23Moses and Aaron then went into the Tent of Meeting. When they came out, they blessed the people; and the glory of the LORD appeared to all the people. 24Fire came out from the presence of the LORD and consumed the burnt offering and the fat portions on the altar. And when all the people saw it, they shouted for joy and fell facedown.
A proposal to radiocarbon-date the pollen of the S...
Bogus: Shroud of Turin? #5: Pollen on the Shroud f...
Re: "If the universe is billions of years old ... ...
Bogus: Shroud of Turin? #4


A "stable" cascade is nothing else than a fixed projection of your entire world on a giant texture, of which we render a fixed window that fits around the projection of view frustum each frame, making sure that we always slide this fixed window by an integral number of texels each frame.
As we have to be sure that the "window" will fit the frustum in all cases, to determine its size a way is to fit the frustum in a sphere and then size the window using the radius of such sphere.
Render shadows to a deferred shadow buffer, enabling the possibility of rendering one cascade at a time. It also makes way easier to cross-fade cascades and possible rendering shadows at half-res (that is a good idea... upsampling with bilateral filtering or similar). It's possible to use hi-stencil and hi-z (on ps3, also depth range) in various ways to accelerate this.
Tune cascade shadow filtering to try to match filter size across different resolutions (that's to say, filter less far cascades).
Shadow a pixel using the best cascade that contains that pixel, instead of relying of the frustum split planes (this makes a bit harder to fade between cascades, but not too much). Use scissors or clipping planes to avoid rendering stuff that is already rendered in previous cascades into more coarse ones. Microsoft has a pair of nice articles.
Compute light near-far planes to be tight around the frustum but avoid culling objects before the near plane (a.k.a. "pancake": clamp depth in the vertex shader, it's not a big deal as the projection is orthographic but it can screw self shadowing of such clipped objects, you need to give a bit of "buffer" space to the near plane). The downside is that you get more raster pressure as the hi-z will not reject the objects that are compressed on the near plane... you can solve that either by giving a small linear range for the pancaked objects or marking and using stencil/hi-stencil where they get drawn.
Cull small objects aggressively from distant cascades. Avoid rendering objects in far cascades if they were rendered completely in the previous ones.
Pack shadowmaps! Do not render things behind the frustum and maximize the area in front of it! This and this articles have some good ideas. You can also pack two shadowmaps into a two-channel 16-bit target if double-depth fill is not giving you a big speedup.
I'm playing Crysis 2. Nice game, starts a bit weak with a too forced story but it improves A LOT later on. Graphically is great as I'm sure you've all noticed, ok long story short, I still probably love Modern Warfare and Red Dead a bit more but it does not disappoint. Somewhat the art direction on Crysis 2 looks a bit "hyperrealistic" to me most of the times with very soft and exaggerated ambient fill, even more accentuated by the huge bloom. But well, technically is impressive and it is surely a good game.
Lods pop noticeably, small objects are faded out pretty aggressively. Still during "normal" gameplay it's not too evident.
DOF is pretty smart. It seems to filter with a "ring" pattern that I guess is both an optimization and a way to simulate bokeh. It looks like what you get from a catadioptric mirror lens, but it's reasonable also because most lenses will have a sharp out of focus either before of after the focal plane, as the bokeh shape of one is the inverse of the other (so if a lens has a nice gaussian-like out of focus after the focal plane, it will get an harsh negative-gaussian one before). It also manages to blur correctly objects before the focal plane, kudos for that.
Decent post-filtering AA, even if with some defects (ghosting of objects in motion), not the best I've seen but good.
Shadows. Stable CSM. A weird circular filter is applied to them. No fading between cascades. A dithering pattern that seems to be linked to the light space. Far cascades are updated every other frame.
Ok. So the last item caught my attention. How to do that? Well, it's not that hard if you think about it. If you observe the update of the CSM, you'll notice that even when you rotate the view your far cascades move only by a few texels, so we could just add a bit of space there and assume that updating these cascaded every other frame won't create problems.
But what if we want to be accurate? Well it turns out it's not really hard at all! We know what is the window we rendered last frame, and where we should render this frame. Most of the new frame is already rendered in the last one, we could just shift the data in the right place.
It turns out, we don't even need that, if we want to apply this incremental update only once and then re-render, we can just shift our "zero" of the shadowmap uv and wrap. We still need to render the new data and resolve it, but that is only a few texels wide border! Even culling the objects to render only the ones that fall in that border is really trivial.
Really, we could do an incremental update for every cascade... forever! If it wasn't for two things: moving objects and the fact that we can't fix our cascade (light) near/far z, but we usually to maximize the resolution need to fit it each frame (or so).
We could alleviate the latter problem by having the "shifting" shader also re-range the "cached" last frame data into the new near/far range. The moving objects one can be solved by having them rendered into a separate buffer or a copy of the buffer. Both solutions though need more memory and bandwidth (resolve time on 360) so they can be good only if that is not already a major bottleneck (that's to say, if you packed your cascaded well).
Debugging DirectX9 is so stressful!
I've been working on console games for the past five years, so I don't know much about the PC tech these days. Now I'm on a console/pc title and I just had to debug the PC build.
I got so stressed I actually almost got sick that night. And then yes, it turned out to be a really small bug that I could totally have debugged easier without hooking these tools anyway.
NVidia perfHud is rather useless (even if I hear it's better than Pix for profiling, which I believe as Pix currently is unable to do any profiling at all) and the Intel GPA thing did not seem to really work at all (it took 20 minutes just to load the capture and it gave me some weird results, even if it looks better than Pix, it's promising I guess) - Update: newer versions of GPA seem to work fine, and actually it's now my preferred DX9 tool!
ATI has a Gpu PerfStudio thing which is decent, but it deprecated DX9, the current version is for DX10/11 only.
For some things I would even say the old 3d reaper (or ripper) and DXexplorer are better tools!
Do you have "failed builds"?
Sometimes we are so used to our industy workflows that we "accept" things that are terribly wrong without questioning them anymore. It's like when some medias start broadcasting false facts, or misusing words, and slowly the wrong becomes right.
What does it mean that a "build failed"? An entire build fails, catastrophically? Not even a single source file compiled? Or maybe it's only a bit of the frontend that did not compile? Or a single art asset? It's like saying that a car does not work just because the air conditioning does not turn on.
Ban the "broken build" concept. Ban "game crashes". The audio system failed? Well I guess we have a build of the game without the audio. The rendering crashes? Well I guess we have to disable that (and maybe use a minimal "debug" version instead i.e. animation skeletons and collision meshes).
A game is a complex collection of components. Then why if just one component does not work, we consider the entire thing "bad"? Decouple, my friend!
...because it will assume you are. Especially if you work on a franchise iteration and you change anything.
Fight Night Champion went from 60fps to 30fps. The most generous reaction among professional reviewers is that it was a step back done in order to have better lighting and graphics. Most of the general internet public (or the part of it that is vocal, on the forums and comment sections of websites) just took it as a downgrade impacting both graphics and gameplay.
Of course nothing of this is true. Fight Night Round 4 was already a game with very highly rated graphics, there would have been no need to impact the fluidity of the gameplay in order to have even better lighting.
The lighting was designed from day zero to be able to run at 60fps, going to 30 in gameplay does not really bring us much as the worst-case performance scenario were the non-interactive sequences, that were 30fps in Round 4 too.
At a given point during pre-production, we started building tests for 30fps gameplay, first videos in after-effects (adding motion blur via optical flow), then after these proved to be interesting we went for a prototype in game and blind testing.
Most of our testers and producers likes the gameplay of the 30fps with motionblur version better than the 60fps one. Note that the game itself still runs at 60 (120hz for the physics). Even our users think the same, most did notice that now the punches "feel" more powerful and the game more "cinematic".
The motion blur implementation itself is extremely good, blurring correctly out of the skinned characters silhouettes. To the point that when in some early screenshots we photoshopped in the blur effect, we were not really able to achieve an as good effect as the real in game one.
Still, when you release the technical details that no one really understands, people just assume that you're a moron and they know better. They like the feeling of the new game better, but they hate the 30fps rating... This is just an example, but it happens all the time for many feature that you change.
I'm tired, so I'll write this as a "note to self" (even more than how I usually do here).
Hot-swapping (and similar concepts) are often implemented with object handles and a "manager". Refcounting is often used to manage object lifetime.
A possible implementation is to have all the resources stored in the manager, let's say in an array, and the handles could be the index into this array. Or the handle could be a pointer to a shared object that points to the resource on the heap (same as C++ TR1 shared_ptr, but sharing also the pointer, not only the refcount) and the manager can just have an array of pointers to the resources on the heap.
This works well, but it introduces an indirection that will cause cache misses every time we have to access to the actual resource, especially if the resource is small and could be stored directly in the structures that need it, for example shader constants that can be represented just with the GPU pointer that contains the data to be set in the ring buffer (i.e. NVidia OpenGL bindless API see http://developer.download.nvidia.com/opengl/tutorials/bindless_graphics.pdf).
Also, in general reference counting is not the best idea to manage object lifetime. It leaks memory if we have cyclic references, leaks that are not hard to detect with a debugging allocator but that can be complex to fix. It's also not too fast when destructing objects, as an object desctruction can trigger a chain of RC destructions or RC decrements that can cause more cache misses.
Storing the objects to be "patched" in the manager. We avoid handles, but when a pointer to a resource is obtained, the location of the pointer is stored in the manager (via a multimap: resource pointer to list of locations that point to it).
Still it can be wrapped in something having the interface of a shared_ptr, so the solution allows to go back to a more standard object handle implementation if wanted.
It's even an alternative to intrusive_ptr (Boost), that is a good (performance-wise) way of doing RC (without hot-swapping) that also does not incur in space penalty in the objects that point to resources but it can be used only to point to objects that implement a given interface.
It will have way worse performance every time you change one of the pointers to a resource!
Requires a complex data structure, difficult to implement and balance.
In general it will require more space.
It will have worse performance on object creation and most probably, destruction (handles and RC are not great in destruction too, it's hard to say because they can trigger a chain of RC destructions or decrements that results in cache misses).
It will be harder and slower to make thread-safe, even assuming that the hotswapping happens while the application is single-threaded.
"Hardcoded" Garbage Collection. Very similar to having an "update" function that triggers the caching of resource pointers to resource caches in the various classes, but without the need of having to waste space... Every class that holds references to GC objects implements a "walking" function that will mark them. Every GC object will need a flag to check if it was marked. We still need a manager with a list of all the GC objects.
Safe even in presence of cycles.
Changing a resource is almost as expensive as a GC, we will need to walk through all the references!
Different interface, can't change your mind easily.
You will need to be a genius to have the GC or the reference-updating process run in parallel or incrementally.
Changing a resource is still expensive, we will need to walk through all the references.
We probably still would need to maintain a separate list of resources, other than the list of patching locations, if we need to be able to enumerate and find them... In general it will require more space.
Permutation array. We add a second indirection level, to be able to sort resources to cause less cache misses. An handle in an index into an array of indices (permutation) of the array that stores the resources.
Resources can be easily moved around in memory, and be sorted to be cache-friendly.
Many times the resources are actually small, so the array of indices won't cache-miss less than the actual array of resources!
But maybe this is all wrong, as I said, I'm tired. I'll think about it more another day... Comments as always are welcome.
p.s. Hybrids are also possible I guess... Like dividing the locations roughly into buckets (i.e. depending on part of the msb of the pointed resource) thus trying to minimize the cost of mutating pointers in the first solution (list add and delete would be needed only if the pointer changes to a resource in a different bucket).


By Heim. Woodwind Methods. Published by Kendor Music Inc.
Clarinet. Instrumental Folio. Size 9x12 inches. 84 pages. Published by Hal Leonard.
Composed by Reginald Kell. Instructional book for clarinet. With technical studies. 24 pages. Published by International Music Co.


text:
ABB and Ericsson Join Forces to Accelerate Wireless Automation for Flexible Factories
ABB and Ericsson today strengthened their long-standing relationship with the signing of a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) at Hannover Messe 2019. The collaboration enhances their joint vision for the future of flexible production with advanced automation and wireless communication
Complementary technologies and experiences will accelerate the industrial ecosystem to realize the benefits of Industry 4.0 and 5G, unlocking new business opportunities
Intelligent automation system deployed at Ericsson's manufacturing facilities in Tallinn, Estonia uses fully automated flexible robotics cell solution from ABB
ABB and Ericsson have strengthened their commitment to accelerate the industrial ecosystem for flexible wireless automation, which will enable enhanced connected services, industrial IoT and artificial intelligence technologies in the future.
The partners signed a Memorandum of Understanding at Hannover Messe 2019, establishing their joint vision for future flexible production with automation and wireless communication. The collaboration comes during the Industry 4.0 era and 5G connectivity which allow businesses to realize increased productivity, with the help of automation and digitalization.
The MoU confirms the partners' agreement to continue their strong research collaboration, explore improvements in manufacturing processes and automation, and discover new business opportunities for the industrial ecosystem.
"We are very excited to extend our partnership with Ericsson as the world moves closer to the era of 5G technology," said ABB CEO Ulrich Spiesshofer. "ABB's leadership in digital industries combined with Ericsson's pioneering work in connectivity will open up new opportunities for customers to enhance productivity and competitiveness by digitalizing their businesses."
"Ericsson and ABB already have a strong collaboration in research for 5G and Industrial IoT technologies," Börje Ekholm, President and CEO, Ericsson said. "With this MoU, we strengthen our partnership to accelerate the industrial ecosystem and realize the full potential of flexible automation, unlocking new business opportunities enabled by combining 5G and Industry 4.0."
The two partners are already fast-tracking the introduction of a new generation of intelligent factory technologies, with Ericsson deploying an intelligent automation system at its manufacturing facilities in Tallinn, Estonia. ABB has provided a fully automated flexible robotics cell solution that assembles 5G radios for Ericsson.
At the Hannover Messe 2019, ABB and Ericsson are exhibiting their latest and most innovative technologies and showcasing how they are enabling the "factory of the future" with the latest flexible robotics, wireless technologies, 5G, Industrial IoT and motion control technology.
To watch the video, click here .
ABB Ltd Affolternstrasse 44 8050 Zurich Switzerland
Media Relations ABB +41 43 317 71 11 E-mail: media.relations@ch.abb.com
Investor Relations Phone: +41 43 317 71 11 Email: investor.relations@ch.abb.com


LD 389, "An Act to Facilitate the State's Existing Commitment to the Production of Liquid Biofuels," sponsored by Rep. Steven Butterfield, was signed into law in May.
The Old Town Fuel and Fiber mill, formally Red Shield, is leading the way in the state for pulp and paper mills to produce biofuels in a "near-neutral" extraction process that was pioneered with UMaine scientists. The Old Town mill is viewed as a model for others around the state. Butterfield's bill is a step towards the goal of helping all mills diversify their operations.
Butterfield envisions electric or hydrogen based vehicles as the future modes of transport.
The bill was Rep. Butterfield¹s first, as he was recently elected to the House last November.
Butterfield sponsored a related bill, LD 589, but was unable to secure funding this year. That bill increased an existing tax credit for the production of liquid biofuels from $0.05 per gallon to $0.15 per gallon, and would have introduced a new tax credit equal to 25% of the cost of upgrading an existing mill to produce biofuels as Old Town Fuel and Fiber will.
Butterfield plans to reintroduce the same basic bill in a future legislative session.
Butterfield sits on the Labor Committee and represents House District 16, which covers a portion of Bangor. He is returning to the University of Maine this fall as a student in the International Affairs program.


text:
bool is_whitespace(const std::string& str);
std::string into_whitespace(const std::string& str);
void strip_leading_line(std::string& str);
void strip_trailing_line(std::string& str);
void strip_leading_whitespace(std::string& str);
void strip_leading_whitespace_multiline(std::string& str);
void strip_trailing_whitespace(std::string& str);
void strip_trailing_whitespace_multiline(std::string& str);
void strip_surrounding_whitespace(std::string& str);
void strip_surrounding_whitespace_multiline(std::string& str);

std::string join(const std::vector<std::string>& vec, const std::string& str);
std::string join(const std::vector<std::string>& vec, const std::string& str, const size_t& spos);

std::string findAndReplaceAll(const std::string& orig, const std::string& toSearch, const std::string& replaceStr);

#endif //STRFNS_H_

redpajama_set_name: RedPajamaGithub


A wide range of new measures to address climate change, promote greener choices, and encourage economic investment will allow British Columbia to meet the challenges of the future.
Balanced Budget 2008 overturns the notion that you have to choose either a strong economy or a healthy environment. It encourages cleaner choices, invests more than $1 billion in climate action initiatives, lowers taxes to stimulate investment, and increases funding for health care and education to their highest levels ever in British Columbia.
Minister Carole Taylor answering questions from members of the media at the budget lockup, February 19, 2008.
Minister Carole Taylor talks to the news media and stakeholders at the budget lockup, February 19, 2008.
Reader-friendly, plain-language overview of Balanced Budget 2008.
The Finance Minister's address to the Legislative Assembly of British Columbia.
Webcast of Minister Carole Taylor's Budget Speech to the Legislative Assembly.


Living Room — This living room, is one of the 32 designs published under the gallery: Breathtaking Feng Shui Living Room Design. In the next page, we have the feng shui living room colors feng shui living room color [ ... ]. While in	the previous page, we have the interior design with feng simple feng shui living room design feng shui paint colors for home [ ... ].


text:
Balenciaga Sues Company Responsible For Designing Their Controversial Campaign
This week, the revered high fashion brand launched a whopping $25 million investigation against North Six, the company that designed their shocking ad campaign.
Source: SOPA Images / Getty
Balenciaga is firing back against the production company that created their controversial child BDSM-themed campaign.
This week, the revered high fashion brand launched a whopping $25 million investigation against North Six, the company that designed their shocking ad campaign, according to TMZ.
Reps from the French fashion house said they had no creative control over the photo shoot. According to the outlet, North Six's employees were responsible for the logistics behind the production, such as coordinating equipment, crew, and locations for the shoot. Balenciaga, who made headlines last month for severing ties with Kanye West, also claimed they had absolutely nothing to do with North Six's set design concept for the ad.
As previously reported, the inappropriate campaign featured young toddlers posing in an office next to legal docs regarding a Supreme Court case dealing with child pornography. The children could be seen holding teddy bears that donned what many perceived to be BDSM gear. Balenciaga has been slammed with criticism since the campaign debuted.
Insiders close to North Six claimed their staff wasn't present during the time of final staging for the shoot. According to sources, the agency hired a 3rd party designer named Nicholas Des Jardins to handle the campaign shoot. He's also listed as a defendant in the lawsuit, but it's unclear if Balenciaga is holding him accountable for placing the egregious child porn documents on set.
The famous high fashion brand has worked with North Six in the past on projects, but it looks like their business relationship will be severed now due to the company's pending suit.
Kim Kardashian urges Balenciaga to take accountability
Social media has been buzzing about who should be held responsible for the questionable campaign. Some people believe that Balenciaga is attempting to shift the blame to North Six to avoid tarnishing the brand's name. Earlier this week, reality TV powerhouse Kim Kardashian, who has partnered with Balenciaga in the past, urged reps from the fashion house to take responsibility for the inappropriate campaign."The safety of children must be held with the highest regard, and any attempts to normalize child abuse of any kind should have no place in our society — period," the star tweeted Sunday. "I am currently re-evaluating my relationship with the brand, basing it off their willingness to accept accountability for something that should have never happened to begin with — & the actions I am expecting to see them take to protect children."
Read her full statement below.
https://twitter.com/KimKardashian/status/1597017102665142272?ref_src=twsrc%5Egoogle%7Ctwcamp%5Eserp%7Ctwgr%5EtweetDON'T MISS…
Balenciaga's New Sock Booties Leave Fashionistas Confused
Balenciaga Sues Company Responsible For Designing Their Controversial Campaign was originally published on hellobeautiful.com


text:
Q: Why am I getting "[Errno 11] Resource temporarily unavailable" under these circumstances? I'm running the Python script below on Ubuntu 20.04. My user is a member of dialout.
$ ./test_serial.py
Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "./test_serial.py", line 20, in <module>
    data = os.read(fd, 1024)
BlockingIOError: [Errno 11] Resource temporarily unavailable

$ ls -al /dev/ttyUSB*
crw-rw---- 1 root dialout 188, 0 Feb 10 16:12 /dev/ttyUSB0
crw-rw---- 1 root dialout 188, 1 Feb 10 17:56 /dev/ttyUSB1

The script:
#! /usr/bin/env python3

import os
import termios

DEVICE = "/dev/serial/by-id/usb-FTDI_FT232R_USB_UART_AB0NTUNC-if00-port0"
DEVICE = "/dev/ttyUSB0"

fd = os.open(DEVICE, os.O_RDWR | os.O_NONBLOCK)
if fd >= 0:
    if os.isatty(fd):
        # Configure the serial port.
        tios = termios.tcgetattr(fd)
        tios[2] &= ~termios.CBAUD
        tios[2] |= termios.B115200
        termios.tcsetattr(fd, termios.TCSANOW, tios)

data = os.read(fd, 1024)

print(data)

dmesg:
[ 1254.255499] usb 1-3: USB disconnect, device number 3
[ 1254.256536] ftdi_sio ttyUSB0: FTDI USB Serial Device converter now disconnected from ttyUSB0
[ 1254.256604] ftdi_sio 1-3:1.0: device disconnected
[ 1257.829592] usb 1-3: new full-speed USB device number 4 using xhci_hcd
[ 1257.985421] usb 1-3: New USB device found, idVendor=0403, idProduct=6001, bcdDevice= 6.00
[ 1257.985441] usb 1-3: New USB device strings: Mfr=1, Product=2, SerialNumber=3
[ 1257.985448] usb 1-3: Product: FT232R USB UART
[ 1257.985454] usb 1-3: Manufacturer: FTDI
[ 1257.985460] usb 1-3: SerialNumber: A500INN8
[ 1257.989360] ftdi_sio 1-3:1.0: FTDI USB Serial Device converter detected
[ 1257.989490] usb 1-3: Detected FT232RL
[ 1257.990398] usb 1-3: FTDI USB Serial Device converter now attached to ttyUSB0
[ 4076.157451] usb 1-1: new full-speed USB device number 5 using xhci_hcd
[ 4076.311520] usb 1-1: New USB device found, idVendor=0403, idProduct=6001, bcdDevice= 6.00
[ 4076.311537] usb 1-1: New USB device strings: Mfr=1, Product=2, SerialNumber=3
[ 4076.311544] usb 1-1: Product: FT232R USB UART
[ 4076.311550] usb 1-1: Manufacturer: FTDI
[ 4076.311554] usb 1-1: SerialNumber: AB0NTUNC
[ 4076.315282] ftdi_sio 1-1:1.0: FTDI USB Serial Device converter detected
[ 4076.315368] usb 1-1: Detected FT232RL
[ 4076.316294] usb 1-1: FTDI USB Serial Device converter now attached to ttyUSB1

redpajama_set_name: RedPajamaStackExchange


Jeff - "Mark came the morning we had scheduled and did very high quality work. Was considerate of my needs while he was working. Mark and his wife communicated with me throughout the process".
Lynn - "He was extremely knowledgeable about what was needed and where things needed to be placed to meet code. He did the job quickly and was very kind and professional. He cleaned up before he left. I would definitely call him again".
Karen - "Mark was fantastic to work with. He kept me informed of all problems - large and small - while he was here. As we went through the house, I kept mentioning electrical items I had installed but had failed to tell him about on his original visit when he came to quote. These were worked in and he was very relaxed about it. He was always on time and came with materials he need for that day.
Inez - "....he was prompt, did great work, and charges a fair price. On top of that, he is a classy guy. I'll hire him anytime that I need electrical work."
Robert - "I trust him with my families life, right? Always professional".
Dan - "Evers has proven to be very professional as well as affordable. His work in the past has been great!"


738 products . Tags: 5ll 900 Gold Spiral Chute . Gold Concentration Machine . Gold . Tags: Gold Refining Plant . Centrifugal Gold Concentrator . 6) Water supplying systems with multiple sets of big power submersible slurry pumps, hoses, valves, etc. .. stone crushing equipment in the world, it is ideally suitable for primary.
Large raw chrome ore for primary crushing are fed into the jaw crusher by Plate feeder and are reduced to 8 inches or smaller. . Submerged Spiral Classifier.
5842 products . Gold Flotation Plant in Classification Non Ferrous Metals and .. be different, and the mixed ore can be classified by screw classifier. 3. .. in the world, it is ideally suitable for primary and secondary crushing. . 6) Water supplying systems with multiple sets of big power submersible slurry pumps, hoses, valves,.
Jaw Crusher is preferable to be selected as primary machine for various materials with . 4)Rock gold mining equipment high weir spiral classifier . spiral classifier, high weir type double spiral classifier, immersed type single spiral classifier.


Armstrong Rhead Limited was formed in August 1993 as a private partnership by Malcolm Armstrong and Michael Rhead.
The practice is a highly experienced mechanical and electrical building services design and project management consultancy.
The company has evolved during its formation and we operate with all the latest software and use in house trained staff when undertaking the design on its projects.
We are a fully accredited Low Carbon Energy Assessor (LCEA) Practice up to building complexity level 5 with the approved body of CIBSE.
In addition we offer a full design services using the latest version of Revit MEP with only directly employed resources and have been successful in the delivery of several projects using this software.
We have extensive experience operating within the Commercial, Industrial, Educational and Domestic sectors.
We are a highly professional team engineers and technicians where we pride ourselves in our quality of service and innovative sustainable designs.
The full extent and nature of services offered are typically governed by a Clients particular needs. However commissions involving partial or unconventional services are, therefore, as welcome as full duty commissions.
Projects undertaken by the practice range from small scale developments up to multi-million pound contracts.
The broad spectrum of our commissions covers educational facilities to modern high quality office accommodation, industrial complexes to leisure centres.
Clients requirements are met with imaginative, energy efficient, cost controlled solutions integrated into the building envelope.
A full understanding of future maintenance realities and environmental comfort conditions enable simple, refined solutions to be achieved.
So if you would like to work with a practice built on traditional values of honesty, integrity and a personal service combined with imaginative thinking please contact us.
Our long term success is due to the amount of repeat business we obtain with our valued and well respected Clients.


Many solutions Intentionally create a closed system, which can be tedious to maneuver away from once you get started. However, with a platform named Ecwid, you no longer need to worry about this. Actually, the entire aim of the business, which began in 2009, is to quickly and quickly make an online store system on your present websites.
That raised my Attention, because I know the struggles that come along with attempting to migrate sites, particularly in regards to ecommerce. So, I needed to gather a comprehensive review of the Ecwid system to find out if it is worth the time.
It's rather Remarkable what Ecwid has achieved since 2009, with over 1 million retailers getting signed up. What is even more cool is that the Ecwid retailers span over 175 distinct countries, demonstrating that this is not only a platform for most people in the united states or Europe. Even businesses in developing countries have a opportunity to find an internet store going, and you do not have to squander your previous website if you have one.
Along with The total merchant count, over 20,000 active users are using the Ecwid Shopping Cart for WordPress. The gap between that 20,000 along with also the 1 million is the fact you don't need a WordPress site in order to implement Ecwid. So, the 20,000 only refers to WordPress users using the plugin.
Ecwid is a hosted Alternative for building an online store. Unlike competing products like Shopify, Bigcommerce and Volusion, which permit you to build a new site with e-commerce performance, Ecwid is targeted more towards people who already have a site and simply want to add an online store for this.
Much like other E-commerce platforms, Ecwid lets you set up'catalogs' of goods, and add photographs, pricing, weight etc. for each. You can define shipping prices, accept credit card payments and so on — all the crucial things that you would expect to be able to perform with an e-commerce alternative.
However it differs Apart from competing products such as Shopify, Volusion, Squarespace and Bigcommerce since it isn't really designed to let you create a fully-featured, standalone e-commerce site; instead, it's designed to enable you add an internet store to an existing online existence.
The Product operates by giving you a widget that gets placed on other sites — hence the title Ecwid: it is short for'E-commerce Widget'. You get a couple lines of HTML code (the widget) to add to an present site or societal networking profile, and your shop is displayed wherever you have added this code.
Ecwid makes Strides in the market by catering to businesses which don't want to start a brand new site. The main attribute is that you can choose your old website and quickly integrate the Ecwid system inside a couple of minutes.
You can also Mirror the system onto various different websites if you plan on selling elsewhere on the web. Handle all these sites from one location rather than switching between multiple dashboards.
Another pleasant Attribute is the syncing between multiple devices. Sell on-the-go with your smartphone. This means that you can go to a tradeshow to make a number of sales and each one these earnings are represented onto the back part of your website.
The system is Also designed to integrate nicely with social networks, and that means that you may sell your items on Facebook if needed. One part of Ecwid we particularly enjoy is the shipping aspect. With real time transport integrations you always know what's happening with your orders and where they are being shipped to.
Thank you Into Ecwid's point-of-sale (POS) functionality, you can use your Ecwid shop to sell not only online but in physical locations too — in stores, market stalls, at concerts and so on.
Together with Ecwid's POS Functionality, irrespective of if a customer buys a product in store, online, on their phone or via Facebook, everything stays in sync – i.e., the retailer's catalogue, inventory and customer / trade info.
There is a couple of methods that you can use this attribute: the simplest is likely to use'Paypal Here.' This entails downloading the Ecwid iOS program from the Apple's App store, linking it to the Paypal Here support, and then taking payments using a cell card reader (pictured above).
If you're located outside That the US / UK, or want to utilize another mobile device type, the fantastic thing is that Ecwid also functions together with the Vend, Clover, NCR Silver and Square POS systems. These all ease using a wider range of hardware at a physical retail location (full-sized card readers, receipt printers, cash drawers tablet racks etc.) and are usable in more nations.
Although you could avail Of this Paypal Here POS option on most of paid-for programs, you'll want to be on the priciest'Unlimited' program if you want to avail of a Vend, Clover, NCR Silver or Square integration.
Granted, it is a pretty Standard plan, in which attributes such as discount vouchers and support aren't available, and it merely lets you sell up to ten products in two classes — but this could actually be adequate for some users, and using it's a good way to try the system out.
However, A key point to notice about the free plan is the fact that it isn't good from an SEO standpoint — you need to be on a paid program to make certain your product pages speak to search engines correctly (more on SEO below).
Ecwid is forward of the Pack in that its storefronts could be automatically translated into nearly 50 different languages — customers can view your shop in their own language, without you having to worry about creating alternate versions of it. Ecwid provides this performance by detecting visitors' language mechanically according to their browser settings / IP address.
Competing products such as Shopify And Bigcommerce are yet to supply this type of performance — that they force you to rely on third party programs, the creation of numerous stores or Google Translate to supply different language versions of your store, which can be less than ideal. Therefore a definite win for Ecwid here.
1 area where Ecwid doesn't perform quite so Well on the search engine optimization front involves AMP — accelerated cellular pages. As the name suggests, AMP pages load faster on cellular devices. This motivates people to remain longer on your page, thus increasing'dwell time' –something that's considered by many SEO experts consider to be rewarded by Google with preferential treatment in search results. Additionally, Google sometimes highlights AMP webpages in carousels in search results, giving AMP content an extra little boost.
The Export option permits you to export product information, orders and clients (in CSV format) and means that if you feel the need to migrate your shop to another e-commerce platform, then you shouldn't have any significant difficulties doing so.
WordPress does not Supplied any e-commerce performance from the box, so anyone wanting to market on the stage will require a third-party alternative like Ecwid. There's an Ecwid plugin available, therefore adding an Ecwid shop to your WordPress site is quite simple — you can get up and running with a couple clicks.
Squarespace comes with Increasingly good e-commerce attributes, but the amount of payment gateway options is very limited — you have to utilize Stripe or Paypal. (And using Stripe only works if you are selling goods from certain countries). Another main problem with the built-in Squarespace marketing software is that they don't facilitate dropshipping, and complete export of merchandise is not currently possible.
As With Squarespace, there is currently no dropshipping choice for Wix users, so again Ecwid can provide a good workaround. A dedicated program is offered by Ecwid to enable you integrate the product onto a Wix store easily.
Ecwid provides a pretty Restricted number integrations with other well-known apps. Integrations do exist together with key services Mailchimp, Xero and Freshbooks; but to be honest the range of integrations could be more extensive — competing products like Shopify offer a much wider range of programs. Notable omissions in the Ecwid store comprise Quickbooks and Zendesk, such as (that said, a Quickbooks integration is coming shortly ).
Ecwid's Interface is rather easy to use. Like most similar online store builders, you receive a vertical menu on the left which lets you access key functionality, and the place on the right is used to display or edit associated products, website reports and content.
As with any e-commerce tool, you'll need to Spend a fair amount of time getting your head around producing catalogues and product variants, establishing transport rates and so on…but there is nothing that should represent too much of a learning curve.
If You're stuck nonetheless, you could always get in contact with Ecwid's support staff — more on that later — or, if you're on a'Business' or'Unlimited', you can take advantage of the included customization service (you get 2 hours and 12 hours customization period from Ecwidon these plans).
I'm not a Lawyer, so please be aware that the below observations should not be interpreted as legal information, but I'm going to do my best to spell out some of the key GDPR issues facing Ecwid users below.
With the introduction of The EU's new GDPR laws, there are many legal steps that site owners now need to take to ensure they are adequately protecting EU customers' and visitors' privacy. There are serious financial penalties for not doing this (to the point where it's typically a great idea to consult a lawyer on what to do); and even when your company isn't located in the EU, then you still will need to comply with the regulations where any website visits in the EU are concerned.
There doesn't seem to be Whatever stops you meeting the first few requirements easily enough with Ecwid, although you will have to devote time and potentially money generating adequate notices and crafting information capture forms so that they are GDPR compliant.
Now, out of the box at There is not a way to take care of the cookie consent issue with Ecwid. Nor is there a decent program accessible from the Ecwid app store (the only option on this front I can find, the'EU cookie banner', doesn't appear to supply the essential functionality — even though costing $1.99 per month to utilize ).
It Appears to me that the only option available to Ecwid users is to use a specialist product such as CookiePro, which will provide all the essential functionality to make cookie approval fully GDPR compliant. Despite being a powerful product however, Cookiepro does require quite a lot of configuration and you'll need to put quite a lot of time apart to set this up.
I Truly enjoy The simple fact which you're able to run a website without paying anything. This makes the setup process that much simpler, because you just need to punch in your email and create a password to proceed right to the backend port.
The machine has Wizards for every platform that you want to place your store on. In case you have a WordPress site, just walk through three steps to get up and running. You can also click on choices like Facebook and Joomla, based on where you would like to market.
The backend Design is perfect, because it walks you through every site creation and integration measure with some fine text and photos. As soon as you get your store implemented on a website or societal page it looks fairly slick.
The layout Depends upon the subject you've got on your website, however as you can see below, it displays photos well and looks clean and easy to navigate. I especially enjoy the Shopping Bag place, which is outstanding and easy to find for clients when they want to market.
The closing Design item which makes sense to mention is your language instrument. Since running an online store generally requires one to reach out to people from throughout the world, you are bound to stumble upon some customers who'd love to read product webpages and other content in their native tongue. Ecwid supports 45 languages, so when a user wants to translate from English into Spanish, that's no problem at all.
A Few of the apps Can give you a hand with rating and reviews, rewards programs, automatic ad tools, analytics, custom design themes and much more.
Moreover, Google now indexes AJAX sites, so all Ecwid shops are indexed by Google with no extra effort. It gets even better with WordPress sites, since you acquire access to additional SEO plugins as well as the default search engine functionality on the dashboard.
Each measure is Clear and concise, so that you can just go in there and sort in a product name, price and image then save the merchandise for afterwards. Obviously you can always open the More Powerful Options, but they different these for if you are all set to start ramping up your store.
Ecwid offers A Chat With Earnings feature which is one of my favorite ways to talk with companies. Simply send them a query and you are able to work on something else until they respond.
It's not always Simple to find an ecommerce platform that does not charge transaction fees, but that is just what you get with Ecwid. They never charge any sort of transaction fee with any of those programs they provide, making it desirable for any shop that's trying to keep down costs and also to improve margins.
Remember that Ecwid is not a payment processor, which means you've got to set up something such as PayPal or Stripe to process all of the transactions that come through your website. It's rather simple to implement these systems, since Ecwid incorporates with over 40 international payment options. However, each of those processors have their particular transaction fees so you have to get ready for them.
· The'starter website' option is a fantastic stopgap measure for merchants who need a store quickly, but have yet to develop a full site to add the Ecwid widget to.
Ecwid comes With four strategies, one of which is completely free. They promote the free program like crazy, and mention that a number of other platforms drag you in free trial, even where you may finally need to pay.
The Free plan Lets you sell 10 products, while the Venture program ups that count to 100 products and you get things like an iPhone management program. The Business plan goes up to 2500 products for a superb price and you also get live chat service. Priority support comes alongside the Unlimited program and you might also sell an unlimited number of merchandise.


text:
Prince Harry And Meghan Markle Dined At Harlem Restaurant - Check Out Details About Their Recent Donation - yuetu.info
It's been just reported that Prince Harry and Meghan Markle dined at a famous restaurant. They also made an important donation.
The two of them are out in New York City, 'and as the couple makes their stops around the city, they stopped for some soul food in Harlem on Friday after visiting with students at P.S.123 Mahalia Jackson School,' The Shade Room notes.
TSR cited info from @harpersbazaarus, and noted that 'Harry and Meghan donated $25,000 to the employee relief fund at #Melba's, which is a soul food restaurant located on 114th St in Harlem. The fund helps to benefit employees that have been affected by the pandemic, and is in conjunction with the nonprofit Team Unity Incorporated. There is a $250,000 goal for the fund, with ninety percent of the funds going to the salaries of the employees at the restaurant and the remaining going to Team Unity, which benefits "multicultural education in the NYC Metropolitan area."'
TSR also noted that 'Melba Wilson, the owner of the restaurant, took to Twitter and said, "It was such an honor to officially welcome Prince Harry and Meghan, the Duke and Duchess of Sussex to Melba's!'
Someone said: 'Oh they in the hood lol I love they food,' and a commenter posted this: 'The British press currently thinking about how to spin this in a negative way lol.'
One fan said: 'British tabloids gonna be like " Meghan forces staff to rub her feet then is forced to pay a fee of $25K "' and a commenter posted: 'they really out here unproblematic & enjoying life since they left that toxic palace.'
One follower said: 'The daily mail gone find a way to make this negative,' and a fan wrote this: 'I love them but I know the Queen is ticked tf off.'
One follower posted this: 'Solange and Harry both got the second child assignment right,' and a follower said: 'Yasss Megan wanted her some Baked Macaroni and Cheese, Collard Greens and Fried Chicken.'
Someone else said: 'Y'all want Meghan to be the enemy so bad hidden behind racially ignorant motives , when she's a beautiful woman and a good person.'


text:
SLE Projects
SLE Sector
Intermodal importance
Regional Hubs
Intermodal Hubs
Rail Advantage
Intermodal Rail
Network and SRFI
Inland Ports
Transport Interface
Intermodal Rail Freight
Global Interface
Global Intermodal
Strategic Land Europe (SLE) covers a wide range of land planning, property and freight transport sectors.
Focused on a Europe-wide network of rail-connected inland and coastal port projects to support efficient and sustainable rail freight intermodal (container) terminals alongside logistics and manufacturing facilities, to facilitate more efficient and better use of rail from coastal container ports and inter-continental rail freight services such as the 'Silk Roads' to reduce road congestion and pollution for the long haul.
This strategy would allow the creation of 'electric hubs' at the rail freight terminals for re-charging loads and vehicle charging for local and regional distribution. It is possible that some of the electricity could be generated 'on-site' by solar and wind as well as minor support by methane.
Also at the hub, there is potential to change train loads to adapted passenger trains for central towns and city loads. It is expected that all the intermodal 'hubs' will be connected to electrified lines and that on-site shunting will be by electric re-chargable shunters, with further measures to reduce operational noise by good material choice and bunding.
This is a dynamic combination of inter-operational development and transport sectors that are constantly evolving in order to ensure most efficient and sustainable operations and performance.
SLE's Development Activities are:
Key activities include the constant tracking and analysing of the global, national and regional markets that may affect the choice of project now and in the future. These sectors primarily cover:
Strategic Land Europe has evolved from development and land planning activities from the late 80's with specific UK and European rail-connected port and inland strategic locations identified from the early 90's.
SLE members have been involved in a range of mixed and single-purpose strategic development including the gradual transformation of the early 'storage' warehouses, into distribution (short lease) and then into the logistics activities as they was best know currently.
Project Identification - exploring the optimum land and transport elements
Master Planning - local, regional and national interaction and securing planning authorisations
Visualisation - of available facilities, project visibility and infrastructure
Development Facilitation - assembly of development team and funding
Promotion - of sector and supporting projects
Regional and International Transport Policies
Rail, road & water freight intermodal sectors
Container Shipping, Container Ports and Intermodal operations
Strategic Land Europe (SLE) - What we do
Emerging intermodal rail freight infrastructure
Following on careers in property and land planning as well as architecture and master planning lard land projects, SLE first came together in 1992 in the UK and France on landmark projects, based around rail freight transport. Container port, shipping and transport expertise added to SLE's understanding.
At the time the UK was researching new and larger container ports that needed different infrastructure to conventional commercial ports and it was these, and the then recently opened Channel Tunnel that generated high levels of containerised road transport on the roads.
However, while all this early work was undertaken and locations identified, it remained far too early to link the locations to the slowly emerging rail freight network. As the container ports and use of containers grew, an understanding of the better use of rail began to emerge.
Several opportunities in the UK were explored as in France and the Baltics, as well as Turkey where the future was more easing identified than the infrastructure that lacked at that lime to support improvements.
With government legislation now in place for the use of rail freight, improved container ports as well as the ever-increasing size of container ships, this long-emerging rail freight network, including links to new rail freight services in the Middle and Far East, the need for new efficient and sustainable rail freight terminals, has become vital to ecology and transport interface on a global scale.
Updating and News
The shipping, logistics and supply chain sectors are now recognising that the scale that has emerged now needs more efficient and sustainable inland transport, which will entail the use of rail for major logistics hubs.
As this more sustainable use emerges it too has become better understood and the need more apparent. New intermodal infrastructure projects are now unfolding as of major National importance and SLE is involved and tracking this element with updates and news items under the NEWS section of its web site.
Enabling Rail Freight Efficiencies by Economies of Scale
INTERMODAL LOGISTICS - DEVELOPMENT COHESION
Strategic Land Europe (SLE)
SLE is a multi-disciplinary intermodal freight development business working between the container ports, rail freight operators and logistics development sectors, with the vision to create a network of multi-modal freight transport and logistics sites that deliver an efficient and ecologically sound approach to removing long-haul transport by road for freight traffic.
The Internet Revolution we are experiencing today is transforming economies that have toadapt, so we use our market knowledge and supply chain awareness to the business of land, logistics and the global transport ecosystem.
SLE identify locations and land that fit into a network of strategically located hubs to appropriately serve the end consumer of goods.
Deploying our unique range of skills as a single business entity, we are able to offer development opportunities to create the new market of Rail-connected Logistics facilities.
2019 © Strategic Land Europe • Enabling Rail Freight Efficiencies by Economies of Scale
ecommerce by CloudCommerceProContentysLogin
$SIGNUP$
$VALIDATION$
Working... Please wait


The City of Brussels has appointed Mather & Co. to design the exciting new Belgian Beer Palace exhibition, located in the heart of Brussels.
Mather & Co. will work alongside architects Robbrecht en Daem and Baneton Garrino to convert the Palais de la Bourse, the old Brussels Stock Exchange, into an exciting visitor attraction on Belgian beer.
A 'Belgian Beer Passport' will be a key part of the exhibition, allowing visitors to build a menu of beers to try during their visit, which they can sample at the end of the visit on the panoramic rooftop bar offering spectacular views across the city.
Visitors will also be able to explore the history, the ingredients, the invention and craftmanship and the brewing process in a series of interactive galleries, before entering the lab to discover your own tastes and matching it to a complementary regional dish. It is an immersive and sensory experience for all ages.
The new attraction is scheduled to open late 2018. It will be jointly funded by Brussels Region, the European Fund ERDF, Beliris – City of Brussels, and the Belgian Brewers.


London: The Ray Society, 1846. Octavo, six folding uncoloured lithographs. Publisher's blue blind stamped cloth, neatly rebacked, bumped corners, bookplate, a good copy. Includes On the morphology of the coniferae by Dr. Zuccarini; On botanical geography by Professor Grisebach; On vegetable cells by Carl Nageli; Report on Botany by Dr... More about Reports and papers on Botany.
Item Details for Reports and papers on Botany.
Ask a Question about Reports and papers on Botany.
London: Weidenfeld and Nicolson, (1966. reprint). Octavo, colour plates, black and white photographs, text illustrations, dustwrapper with few tears, still a good copy.	More about The life of plants.
Item Details for The life of plants.
Ask a Question about The life of plants.
Birds in pine forests: a brief study of the relationships between bird populations and pine plantation habitats at Kowen Forest, ACT.
On assimilatory inhibition in chlorophyllous plants: presented to the University of Leipzig for the Degree of Doctor of Philosophy.
Control mechanisms in plant development.
Englewood Cliffs: Prentice-Hall Inc., 1970. Octavo, text illustrations, very good copy in worn dustwrapper.	More about Control mechanisms in plant development.
Item Details for Control mechanisms in plant development.
Ask a Question about Control mechanisms in plant development.
Plant systematics: a phylogenetic approach.
Judd, Walter S. et al.
Sunderland: Sinauer Associates, (2002. second edition). Quarto, black and white photographs, text illustrations, accompanying CD-ROM loosely inserted, as new in laminated boards. Incorporating phylogenetic principles and methods throughout, this text and CD-ROM moves from the careful explanation of phylogenetic methods and principles to the taxonomic survey of vascular plant families... More about Plant systematics: a phylogenetic approach.
Item Details for Plant systematics: a phylogenetic approach.
Ask a Question about Plant systematics: a phylogenetic approach.
Proceedings of the XII International Symposium on Biological Control of Weeds.
Julien, M.H., et al, editors.
Wallingford: CABI, 2008. Quarto, text illustrations, laminated boards. The control of invasive plant species is a global challenge, and effective biological control is a long-term solution which reduces the need for environmentally damaging chemical sprays. Covering the very latest research findings in all aspects of weed biocontrol, this comprehensive volume... More about Proceedings of the XII International Symposium on Biological Control of Weeds.
Item Details for Proceedings of the XII International Symposium on Biological Control of Weeds.
Ask a Question about Proceedings of the XII International Symposium on Biological Control of Weeds.
London: Blackie & Son, 1894. Quarto, 16 chromolithographic plates, engravings. Publisher's half calf, very worn, contents bright and crisp. First English edition.	More about The natural history of plants: their forms, growth, reproduction, and distribution.
Item Details for The natural history of plants: their forms, growth, reproduction, and distribution.
Ask a Question about The natural history of plants: their forms, growth, reproduction, and distribution.
The IUCN Plant Red Data Book.
Morges: IUCN, (1980. reprint). Octavo, dustwrapper.	More about The IUCN Plant Red Data Book.
Item Details for The IUCN Plant Red Data Book.
Ask a Question about The IUCN Plant Red Data Book.
Contributions to the embryology of the Orders Rosales and Myrtales.
Lund: C. W. K. Gleerup, 1939. Octavo, wrappers, text illustrations, inscriibed by the author.	More about Contributions to the embryology of the Orders Rosales and Myrtales.
Item Details for Contributions to the embryology of the Orders Rosales and Myrtales.
Ask a Question about Contributions to the embryology of the Orders Rosales and Myrtales.
Wallingford: Cabi publishing, 2015. Octavo, paperback, tables. This text leads the reader through a background of environmental influences and plant physiology to an understanding of production and postharvest systems, environmental adaptation techniques, and marketing strategies. Focusing on the principles behind production practices and their scientific basis, rather than detailed biological... More about Principles of tropical horticulture.
Item Details for Principles of tropical horticulture.
Ask a Question about Principles of tropical horticulture.
Anatomie et physiologie vegetales suivies de l'etude elementaire des principales familles, de la bacteriolgie et des fermentations.
Anatomy of flowering plants: an introduction to structure and development.
Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, (2007. third edition, revised). Octavo, paperback, black and white photographs, line drawings. In the third edition of her successful textbook, Paula Rudall provides a comprehensive yet succinct introduction to the anatomy of flowering plants. Thoroughly revised and updated throughout, the book covers all aspects of comparative... More about Anatomy of flowering plants: an introduction to structure and development.
Item Details for Anatomy of flowering plants: an introduction to structure and development.
Ask a Question about Anatomy of flowering plants: an introduction to structure and development.
An introduction to structural botany, parts one and two.
London: Adam and Charles Black, 1899- 1906. Octavo, line drawings, bookplates, bumped corners, torn title page, sound copies. Part I: Flowering plants. Part II: Flowerless Plants.	More about An introduction to structural botany, parts one and two.
Item Details for An introduction to structural botany, parts one and two.
Ask a Question about An introduction to structural botany, parts one and two.
Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, (2004. reprint). Octavo, text illustrations, signature, softcover. This book provides an overview of mangrove plants, with emphasis on the biology of individual species. The first part summarizes the general features of mangroves, including the geographical, floristic, architectural, morphological, reproductive, and anatomical characteristics of this unique vegetation... More about The botany of mangroves.
Item Details for The botany of mangroves.
Ask a Question about The botany of mangroves.
Forestry in crisis: the battle for the hills.
London: Christopher Helm, 1989. Octavo, paperback,	More about Forestry in crisis: the battle for the hills.
Item Details for Forestry in crisis: the battle for the hills.
Ask a Question about Forestry in crisis: the battle for the hills.


Fiona-Katharina Seiger obtained her PhD (2014) from the Department of Sociology, National University of Singapore. Her research centres on young migrants, citizenship claims and "mixed" ethnic identities. For her research projects, Fiona conducted extensive fieldwork in Japan and the Philippines.
In her doctoral thesis, she explored the material dimensions of ethnic identity constructions and identity claims through the study of Japanese-Filipino children in the Philippines and of the Non-Governmental Organizations (NGOs) advocating on their behalf. Fiona examined the construction of the "JFC", the Japanese-Filipino Child, through NGO discourses as well as the mobilization of Japanese-Filipino children's Japanese descent in claims-making and in struggles over resources.
During her post-doc at the Kyoto University Center for Southeast Asian Studies (Japan), Fiona focused on how Japanese-Filipino children and youth reconfigured their ethnic identifications upon migration to Japan. Her research was published in Mixed Race in Asia (2017), edited by Zarine L. Rocha and Farida Fozdar, in the journal Critical Asian Studies (2017) and is forthcoming in Social Identities.
Currently, Fiona works as a post-doctoral fellow at the Center for Migration and Intercultural Studies (CeMIS) at the University of Antwerp (Belgium), where she is an active consortium member of the Horizon 2020-funded project CROSS-MIGRATION and co-editor of the upcoming book Migration at Work: Opportunities, Imaginaries &Structures of Mobility.
She was a recipient of the Asia Research Institute (ARI) Graduate Student Scholarship, two Japan Foundation Grants, and the Japan Society for the Promotion of Sciences (JSPS) Post-Doctoral Fellowship.