Remember when you had to fax documents, send and receive messages on your pager, print every single office document, and pass around the minutes of your weekly meetings that always had to be conducted face-to-face? Such tedious office tasks were the norm in companies during prehistoric times.
Quick technological advancements made most of these tasks obsolete. Now, offices have a vast selection of productivity-enhancing tools such as Microsoft Office 365, which turned office tasks into what they are now — fast, efficient, intelligent.
Sure, Office 365 is powerful, but it's had its share of application hiccups. OneDrive, for instance, has issues with file synchronization and other functionalities. Fortunately in early 2016, Microsoft enhanced synchronization, improved mobile device integration, and rolled out various administrative capabilities. So the issues have been addressed! Now, we look at how these improvements impact your business.
OneDrive, formerly known as "SkyDrive," makes storage a seamless process. SharePoint complements the platform by simplifying file access. Together, these two applications share a common home in Office 365 and make sharing and collaboration pain-free.
On the latest version of OneDrive for Business, users can sync SharePoint Online document libraries and OneDrive folders shared with a given user. If your organization relies heavily on OneDrive for file storage, this sync enhancement keeps you informed as entire file libraries get synced, giving you a clearer picture of the process.
With a shared folder syncing, the person you share a file with can access it offline while giving you the option to keep the shared file private. This is particularly useful to those who frequently share files with individuals outside of the organization. For instance, if you work with freelancers and often need to provide access to them but aren't sure whether the whole process is safe, you can rest assured that doing so would be easy with the enhanced OneDrive.
If you're an Office 365 mobile power user, you probably work on-the-go most of the time. Therefore, you'll definitely enjoy OneDrive's enhancements for mobile devices.
One such update is the introduction of a notification feature that works when a file is shared or uploaded on any of your OneDrive folders. This is a simple yet useful enhancement that improves collaboration with colleagues and/or outside parties alike. You'll stay notified of incoming files, reports, and other important documents, which is critical to your operations.
Do you often work with files that need feedback from a number of parties? With the integration of an analytics functionality in OneDrive, you'd know the exact number of views and unique viewers on your files, giving you insight into the level of interest certain files generated.
It seems long overdue, but the Office 2016 integration improvement is nonetheless a welcome one. In the past, you could check activities only on your own file (e.g., comments made in your Word document). But now, you can check the activities even on documents shared with you.
While it's not the most obvious improvement, being able to see changes made on files other than your own empowers you and the people you collaborate with a better view of a project's progress.
Other enhancements include a "dedicated OneDrive admin console," which provides greater flexibility on what you can do on your organization's shared drive.
With the administrative enhancements, you can work on the improved settings page that lets you limit what you share and with whom you share it at the security group level rather than at a tedious user level. Sync settings now allow blocking of specific file types, and on the storage side, you can set a default storage quota. These address bandwidth and security issues.
Businesses need a solid cloud storage platform like OneDrive, with scalable storage, instant access to files, and seamless file syncing. Microsoft followed through on their promised enhancements and consolidated these with previous updates to offer a worry-free Office experience. To get an even better scope of what all these apps can do for you, call Austin Technology's Office 365 experts today.


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NHS 'must work really well for older people' to be successful in future
Published on 31 March 2017 11:00 AM
As the NHS releases its Five Year Forward View, Age UK has highlighted how older people must be put at the centre of the UK's health service in order for it to be sustainable.
The Five Year Forward View setting out how the NHS will provide a better service in key areas
Part of the plan involves transforming older people's care to ease pressure on hospitals
Caroline Abrahams of Age UK says that while the charity supports this plan, the NHS must deliver in practice in order to succeed.
Forward view to tackle care gap and other key challenges
As it approaches its 70th anniversary, the NHS has unveiled its Five Year Forward View, outlining the main improvements it will make to the service over the next five years.
Better care for older people is one of the five areas in which it seeks to deliver practical change. To achieve this, services provided by GPs, hospitals, therapists, nurses and care staff will be brought together, with the aim of reducing the time spent in hospital.
This marks a key step towards integrated care and will use technology to meet rising demand and provide a higher quality of care.
Age UK supports drive for better care
"It's good to see that improving provision for our older population is one of the five priorities in NHS's new plan and we strongly support the ambition of joining up care around their needs," said Age UK's Charity Director Caroline Abrahams in support of the new plan.
"Older people repeatedly tell us that they want to live independently and it is good for the taxpayer too as care homes and hospital care cost a lot more than someone living in their own home."
She noted that older people are the majority users of the NHS so it must work effectively for them if it is to be a successful service. "We hope the detail set out in the plan will spell out what that looks like in practice."
Which other areas are going to be improved?
In addition to care for older people, the other main areas affected by the Five Year Forward View are:
Improved cancer care, which the NHS aims to save an extra 5000 lives a year
Boosting mental health services by increasing beds for children and young people
Better access to GP services through longer opening hours
More efficient services and less waste

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Born in a rural Indian village to a destitute single mother who abandoned her at the age of two, Sabina was sentenced to a miserable life certain to end quietly, anonymously and early, thanks to a congenital heart defect that could only be repaired by a costly surgery in a far away city.
The tens of thousands of dollars needed for this surgery may as well have been billions. And from her home in the foothills of the Himalayas, a world-class cardiac hospital in Kolkata was an insurmountable, interplanetary distance.
But Sabina's story has played out differently than that of countless millions of orphaned children living in poor countries around the world. At her most vulnerable point — as a frail, sickly toddler on the brink of starvation — Sabina was rescued by Asia's Hope in India. And like all the children welcomed by Asia's Hope, she was placed in a loving, Christian home with a mom and a dad who accepted her as their own daughter, surrounded by siblings who, like Sabina had themselves been rescued from a life of poverty, loneliness and exploitation.
No longer unwanted and vulnerable, Sabina's daily life — and long-term outlook — was immediately transformed. Anil and Latika, her mom and dad, bathed her, fed her, clothed her. They tended gently to the sores that covered her face. They taught her to walk, to sing, to dance. At the age of six, Sabina was still small, but no longer emaciated. Her eyes, which were before hollow and haunted, now illuminated dark rooms. And her smile seemed of its own power to chase away clouds.
Sabina was now healthy enough for a life-saving open heart surgery. And because she was an Asia's Hope kid, all her parents had to do is ask. Even before hearing the cost, I said, "Yes. Of course. We will do for Sabina what I would do for my own child." I knew that the Asia's Hope community would respond with its characteristic generosity.
I added a giving page to the Asia's Hope website, sent out an email and posted the request on Facebook and Twitter. Within a few short days, our supporters contributed enough money for the surgery. After a couple of weeks, we raised the full amount needed for the surgery, travel, recovery and follow up care.
Last Thursday, skilled surgeons carefully opened Sabina's chest and, over a period of nearly 8 hours, repaired valves, ventricles and arteries before carefully stitching her up and gently bandaging her tiny body. She awoke surrounded by loving family, embraced by the prayers of 800 Asia's Hope kids and 200 staff in Cambodia, Thailand and India, and thousands of Asia's Hope supporters in the U.S, Canada and Australia.
This morning, doctors allowed Pastors Amber and Sunil to bring phones into the recovery room, and I was blessed to receive a video call from my little friend, Sabina. "Jaimashi!" she beamed, her smile bright as ever. "Jaimashi, Sabina!" I replied.
Pastor Amber tenderly untied Sabina's gown, briefly revealing the bandages that trace a shocking outline of a truly massive incision. It's amazing to me that such a little girl could not only endure such a traumatic procedure, but come out of it smiling.
Sabina's doctors expect her to recover fully and live a normal, healthy life. We'll have to watch her closely, and she may need to have some additional procedures as she grows. But her parents know — and she will come to understand — that she is so deeply loved, so well-supported, that she will always receive the care she needs to flourish as a beloved daughter in God's beautiful family.
The joy of Sabina's successful surgery was, however, dimmed this week by the sudden, tragic and devastating influenza death of 8 year old Nikita, another of our children rescued by Asia's Hope India. Nikita's early life was not entirely unlike Sabina's. She lived in extreme poverty until she was brought at the age of five to Asia's Hope.
She too was given a new home, new parents and a group of siblings who loved her well. Her time in our care was as much a blessing for us as it was for her.
One daughter saved. One daughter lost. Such an equation is meaningless in the mathematics of the heart. One life doesn't cancel the other. This is no zero-sum game.
Today, we hold extraordinary joy in one hand and crushing sorrow in the other. We cry out, "Why, God?" and "Jaimashi!" in the same breath. We are healed. We are pierced.
It would be far easier to never care enough to experience such pain. Many do. Why should you or I invest so much time, money, effort and emotional capital into an orphaned child — one of millions — living on the other side of the world? Not my fault, not my problem.
But as I've come to experience the heart of a Father who would send his own son to pay the debt for my rebellious, stubborn, selfish heart, I've also come to understand that the hurt and the healing all come in through the same wounds.
You can't shut your ears to the cries of the poor and still hear the symphony of grace that turns deserts into gardens, sutures shattered hearts and turns orphans into sons and daughters.
I'm grateful for all of you who have joined me, who have joined Amber and Sunil, Savorn and Tutu, Anil and Latika and so many others in welcoming Sabina and Nikita and hundreds of other children like them. It's an honor to serve with you, and even to mourn with you.
Summer 2017 — It's a wrap.


The position oversees a portfolio valued at more than $100 billion.
SACRAMENTO, CA – The California State Teachers' Retirement System (CalSTRS) today launched a national search for a Director of Global Equities to oversee a portfolio valued at more than $100 billion.
The director reports to the Chief Investment Officer, provides leadership to investment staff and investment expertise to the Teachers' Retirement Board on U.S. and non-U.S. equity investments. The position directs both internal and external investment managers and provides strategic direction for CalSTRS largest asset class.
The incoming director follows Elleen Okada who took the reins as Director of Global Equities 11 years ago. Okada arrived at CalSTRS 36 years ago as an accountant and rose through the investment ranks. She took leave on March 28, 2008 but her retirement becomes effective Nov. 1.
When Okada arrived at CalSTRS, investment assets totaled $2.4 billion and the pension plan was funded at about 30 percent, Ailman added. Today, assets are nearly 71 times that value and the pension plan is funded at 87 percent.


Marijuana Myth Busting: Does Holding In Smoke Get You Higher?
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Welcome to marijuana myth busting. Willie Nelson, America's most beloved marijuana connoisseur, appeared in a Jimmy Fallon skit over the weekend poking fun at the octogenarian's favorite activity. The punchline was unspoken — just a thick cloud of smoke.
There have been several studies that demonstrate the futility of attempting to intensify your high by holding in the smoke. Your lungs instantly absorb the cannabinoids after inhalation. The membranes of the cilia of your lungs get coated by the smoke. So the intoxicating effect is already triggered.
So what happens when you hold the smoke? You do damage to your lungs. The tars present in the combusted plant matter absorb at a slower rate than cannabinoids, so all you are doing is allowing the tar to irritate your lungs.
In a 1989 study, subjects were asked to hold their breath in three different intervals ranging from zero to 20 seconds. There was no measurable difference between those who held the smoke and those that immediately exhaled.
For those of you who swear that you get higher, you may be getting a stronger head rush from oxygen deprivation and an increased heart rate — not from the smoke.
But it makes for a funny video.


We expect our friends to tell the truth, because it forms the core of trust. We are disappointed if they deceive us and betray that trust. We expect a little less of big business, knowing that the "truth" for them is sometimes a malleable commodity. But we can still accept those semi-truths, as long as they are wrapped in a warm fuzzy cloak of integrity.
And then we have our politicians, many of whom regard the truth as a chimera that can shape-shift at will. For them, integrity merely a word in the dictionary, and not one they have to look up often. There are people who base their lives around "whatever is right," but they are rarely politicians, whose creed is "whatever works." We trust our friends; we tolerate our corporations, but we rarely, if ever, trust our politicians.
Right, Ali, I'll give that priceless jewel of mendacity and denial 10 out of 10.
Not be outdone, Mahfud MD, chief justice of the Constitutional Court, came up with a gem last week while entertaining Germany's chancellor, Angela Merkel. In response to her stated concerns about the freedom of religion and democracy in Indonesia, he lied shamelessly, asserting that "…the Constitutional Court has guaranteed the freedom of atheists and communists in this country, as long as they do not disturb the freedom of people of other religions. Freedom is equality," he declared.
Meanwhile, Alex Aan, a 32-year-old civil servant incarcerated in June for 30 months for declaring that he was an atheist, is probably sitting in his cell wondering what Mahfud is on about. The producers of a television program about Tan Malaka, a well-known Indonesian nationalist and communist, are also probably bemused as to why army chiefs banned the show from going to air last year if there is constitutionally protected tolerance in the country.
Mahfud, for this one, you are just behind Ali. Nine out of 10.
Politicians' lies, of course, are to gain political advantage, or to make individuals or the state look good on the world stage. For Muslims, such as the two worthies mentioned above, lying is not only permitted by the Qur'an; it is encouraged under certain circumstances, such as any anticipated harm (in the broadest sense) to one's self, fellow Muslims, or to Islam. This principle of Taqiyya is well-documented and widely used. If describing taqiyya as lying is too harsh for you, just call it "dissimulation" if it makes you feel more politically correct.
US President Barack Obama waxed lyrical about Indonesia being "a model for the world," heaping praise on its "religious tolerance" while pointedly ignoring the widely documented increase in religious bigotry, violence and intolerance. His "praise" came, not surprisingly, during his efforts to flog US$21.7-billion worth of Boeing planes to Lion Air. It makes the lie understandable, but it doesn't make it believable. Nine out of 10, Obama.
Five months later, British Prime Minister David Cameron, in an astonishing display of "me-too-ism" spouted an equally fatuous homily. Without even blushing, he intoned, "Indonesia's respect for democracy and minority religious groups should serve as an example for other Muslim nations." By the most amazing coincidence, he too was there to flog planes; in this case 11 Airbus A330 aircraft which he wanted Garuda Indonesia to buy for $505.5 million. I give Cameron 9.5 out of 10, just edging out Obama and Mahfud, but still running behind Ali's perfect score.
Well, no, Ali, Mahfud, Obama and Cameron – it's lying. And it diminishes both you and the institutions that you lie about. Nietzsche put his finger on it when he said, "I'm not upset that you lied to me; I'm upset that from now on I can't believe you." Small wonder that no one, but no one, trusts politicians.


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Wedding guest, not the best
The tamasha surrounding the Abhi-Ash marriage appears to lend credence to the speculation that the Bachchans are dying to become the first family of India, writes Pankaj Vohra inBetween Us.
india Updated: Apr 24, 2007 19:43 IST
Pankaj Vohra
The tamasha surrounding the marriage of Abhishek with Aishwarya Rai over the weekend appears to lend credence to the speculation that the Bachchans are dying to become the first family of India. The hype about the "most public private wedding" became overkill and showed the bankruptcy of the media as well as the control that marketing gurus have apparently managed to have over every single dimension of the media. The show put out for fans underlined the fact that Bachchans behaved as if they were shooting yet another film. The sanctity one would have normally attached with the actual wedding ceremony was put in the background.
It is a known fact that the Bachchans, who always lived in the shadow of the Nehru-Gandhis, are keen to break away and establish themselves as the new icons of India. There is nothing wrong in aspiring to be Family No. 1, except that the road to the top has to be through the service of the nation and not by lending one's name to each and every brand that comes in the way. Amitabh's name has figured prominently in the speculation over who could be the country's next President, something that has been firmly denied by him and his close associates. Perhaps, he realises that to get anywhere near the august office, he will have to get support from many major parties other than the Samajwadi Party.
Bachchan has come a long way since he carried two letters written by Indira Gandhi, on persistent requests from family friend Teji Bachchan, to Nargis Dutt and Khawaja Ahmed Abbas urging them to give him a break in films. Abbas cast him in Saat Hindustani and Nargis asked her husband Sunil Dutt to help him out. Recalling his first meeting, Dutt told me some years ago that when Amitabh met him, he asked what his greatest asset was. "My voice," the young man had answered, at which point Dutt told him that he would cast him in the role of a 'goonga' in his film, Reshma Aur Shera. Bachchan was, however, first noticed in Anand and subsequently starred in many films which turned out to be flops. Blitz columnist Krishna used to repeatedly refer to Amitabh as the "Sarkari-made hero". But with Prakash Mehra's Zanjeer, there was no looking back for the 'Angry Young Man'.
But there is another sphere in which Bachchan does not exactly shine: politics. Old timers in the Congress recall that before her death, Indira Gandhi had advised Rajiv that he should never allow "Teji's son to enter politics". Indira Gandhi's advice was probably based on her experience. But Rajiv, who grew up playing with Amitabh, gave him the Congress nomination from Allahabad against H.N. Bahuguna after his mother's assassination.
Amitabh won the seat convincingly and soon became a power centre within the Congress. But he appeared to have rubbed a lot of people the wrong way. V.P. Singh, for instance, constantly complained against him to Rajiv. Matters came to a head and a reluctant Bachchan resigned after a long meeting with Rajiv. Subsequently, his name (and that of his brother) was also dragged in the Bofors controversy. But nothing could be proved against him or Rajiv. Amitabh swore he would never be in politics again.
But the promise appears to have been shortlived now that he has got drawn into the glamour of politics once again through his close association with Mulayam Singh Yadav, an opponent of the Gandhi family. At one stage, wife Jaya made uncharitable remarks against Sonia Gandhi that a worried Amitabh tried to play down. After legendary poet Harivansh Rai Bachchan died, Rahul Gandhi represented his family at the funeral. But now the break seems to be complete with the Gandhis excluded from the wedding guest list.
Big B has become the Bad B for the Congress, campaigning as he is on TV for his friend Mulayam. Jaya is already an MP on the Samajwadi ticket. It is a matter of time till even Amitabh could be on the political centre stage in some form or the other. It is evident that he may come on the Congress radar very soon and the political rivalry may commence from where political friendship ended many years ago.
Coming back to the Abhishek-Aishwarya wedding, not one known literary figure was invited to the marriage of Harivansh Rai Bachchan's grandson. The disaffection was pronounced as the Bachchans owe their identity to the Hindi language and the recognition the literary world accorded to the family. It is being pointed out that the wedding had a guest list that, among others, included fixers and the like, while it ignored members of the literary circle. There is also criticism that the Bachchans, synonymous with class at one stage, have allowed their thirst for undue publicity to get the better of them. "The wedding should have been a sombre affair. Look at the dignified way with which Mukesh Ambani celebrated his birthday," a once close friend remarked.
The show must go on and even an offering to Tirupati was made a public event. But despite the media, the Bachchans will have to do a lot more if they want to become the first family of India.
First Published: Apr 23, 2007 00:23 IST


Isn't it crazy how, we could be on the path to success, flying higher than we ever have before, only to have life come crashing down on us at the worst moment possible? In these situations, it's not a question of "what if," but "what then?". How do we get back up, dust ourselves off, and get back in the game? Such was the situation for Joyce Muniz, a Brazilian born, Vienna made producer, DJ, radio host, and all-around superwoman. In this episode of In Conversation, we delve into her bounce back from a potentially fatal illness, creating a sample pack for LANDR, and keeping oneself grounded while in the spotlight.
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Fåglum is a cavity wall church in the south-western part of Västergötland. It originally had an apse and a narrow chancel-arch. One of the two timbers forming the south capping piece of the wall plate of the nave and the remains of a tie beam in the west gable come from oaks which were felled in the period 1133 - 1137.


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In order to reach these goals, the Research Liaison activity started in the beginning of 2015 at the premises of UArctic Thematic Networks office in Thule Institute, University of Oulu, Finland. The activity is financed by the Finnish Ministry of Education and Culture.
The key services of the Research Liaison are to integrate the Thematic Networks and Institutes with UArctic members to create synergies in research and education and to help them in identifying potential funding sources. In addition, the Research Liaison facilitates networking and collaboration within and between TNs and UArctic Institutes and with stakeholders, coordinates and supports the preparation of funding applications, and represent UArctic Research Area in national and international fora. Promotion of the UArctic Research Area and the dissemination of the results achieved via various forms of outreach are also within the focus of the Research Liaison.
UArctic's Research Area -including the Research Liaison activity- is overseen by Vice-President Research Kari Laine, and managed by the Director of Thematic Networks Kirsi Latola. Research Coordinator Hannele Savela and Project Planner Outi Moilanen joined the team in the beginning of 2015. Please do not hesitate to contact us in any matters concerning UArctic's research, funding or cooperation activities. Let's boost Arctic research together!


NewTek Discussions > NewTek Forums > General Discussion > vray RT....frak!
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so..that's lie a 20 cpu render farm [160cores] in one computer for a game card...uh..w..ww....wow!
The product will support more than one GPU"
It looked 'done' in 2007 ..
yeah i'm just giving some folks on CGtalk a battering with fprime...!...which came out like 4+ years back...DOESN'T use GPU..uses old faithful cpu which is poop really!
and STILL vray RT is not fully workingwinthin the host app...but it does look FAB and fast!
dang, i'm sure mr worley arrived via a monolith on mars!
just to clarify there are 2 Vray RT's...one based on cpu and it's intergrated within 3dsmax and the GPU version which is just a concept thing currentlybut will become part of vray renderer soon.
Even Happy Digital is on the AD bandwagon. Price is a bit steep. Grass is already ok on vray with displacement. Almost 300US just for grass. It should be hdi they release for max. I wonder how long that movie took to render.
Vlado and CO were here at DD last week. They showed the RT. Also mentioned how it will be integrated in maya before too long. Got to meet Vlado and Peter in person.
Many of us were asking for GPU rendering for years and Chaosgroup (real innovators) bring it to Vray (best render engine imho).
Vray/max and Vray/maya are about to leave a crater in the industry with the addition of GPU rendering.
Core should take a look at this (either GPU rendering OR integrating Vray).
I bet that the Luxology guys will be adding GPU use to modo's engine (another great pbr engine) before too long.
Core should focus on setting up the app's render side controls for automatic LWF rendering. DD has custom tools built into LW to force it into LWF. It pipes out the renders to nuke for proper gamma space viewing of the EXR files. Core should just jump to this as a standard workflow.
Now we know what Graham has been up to! No LW version :(Very nice.
I'm not against having Vray for LW/LW Core, but I do hope Kray starts seeing the love it deserves.
Even Happy Digital is on the AD bandwagon.
and the pricing is relative- to what max/VRay/3ds plugins usually go for. The q is what people are willing to pay for a solution... I'm sure he's done his homework.
Did you try gpu rendering already? I tried the latest demo of RT vrayrt_demo_15001 and it was really slow. I couldn't render more than 15 objects and it has a timer built in for every press of a render. The demo experience was not satisfactory.
No, we just saw it in action. The Vray RT isn't really like f-prime speed but its nice to have it for placing reflector cards and lights. The GPU version will be what people want in speed and performance.
GPU power is going to bring about a revolution. I can't wait.
Is GPU rendering on the cards for CORE? It does seem things are heading that way.
Saying that, the open and flexible framework of CORE should mean adding it later is quite possible I guess.
I really hope to see this kind of technology in Core. Renderfarms era is about to end… at least for CPU ones!
Eddy, we will leverage as many GPU resources as we can (GPU SubDs in CORE are the beginning). That will increase as time goes on, tools get better, we get better a writing for the GPU, and so on.
What can I say- I'm deeply impressed! C4D, Max, and Maya users are lucky to have such an option in the future.
Glad to hear NT is really thinking about this. It's funny how half the developers seem to pass off GPUs still as if they've already been there and done that "GPU fad thing"...while the other half are embracing them and the fruits of their labor show.
If it wasn't such a big deal then Intel wouldn't feel compelled to play catch up or "trip up" with their next set of CPUs.
Something tells me that maybe, just maybe mental images will take the stick out of...um...you get it...now that Nvidia is over them.
Personally I don't care WHO gets the GPU accelerated products out there first in this first wave because it puts it out there for people to see, use and experience and more pressure on dragging the rest of the community along out of the CPU only mind set!
3DC, this vray demo...there is a bright future ahead in terms of GPU acceleration!
...but does Vray RT handle animation?
how about motion blur, is it any good?
hm, wonder what intel thinks about this,..
Its a real time previewer not a production renderer. It works off the vray software so I'm not sure if they will offer a stand alone ver that would work on its own since even if you have RT, how would you render what you previewed if you don't have vray, vray material, etc.
any mesh animation works like fprime or modo ipr. no particles, volumetrics. fprime is superior in features for now.
No I meant GPU rendering! I was asking _if_ it was on the cards, not that it _is_ on the cards, but from Jay's response, never say never!
So 3D apps will slowly be based on Graphic Cards.
And Graphic Cards will constantly improve. So the 3D apps will follow. On and on, for better quality and speed. Designed specifically to drain the customers pocket in a more continous basis than before!
Just like games ask for certain Graphic Cards, now so will the 3D apps that make em in the first place.
I do not think it is a previewer because of this: "What seperate their solution from all others is that the GPU rendering output MATCHES the production render quality from a CPU rendered frame buffer exactly!"
Previwerer only or renderer aswell per GPU?
two of them, In a close future we will not have to wait for a render, and this is amazing.
Im worried that in the future, you cant have an LW20.x because you dont have the NVIDIA Briliant Design 4.X. Per Quadro Duplo Graphic card yet!
And that costs a fortune!
But if you did have it, you can make movies in a week with that LW20.x!
Thats the dreaded position! Similar to games!
...But if you did have it, you can make movies in a week with that LW20.x!
Yes Neverko, I get you.
I just have the image of LW in the future, with its brand new capabilities, which are higher in quality and faster than usual, and in that image an attached small word saying 'NVIDIA Briliant Design TXV 6 or above' which is the last solution!
Now, LW can work with quite little hardware capabilities. Then, in that case above, you are cutt out! You cant upgrade without buying the harware aswell! I know quite alot of games that I didnt get to play cause it asked THEE last graphic card! Half Life was one of them.
Now theyll only changed the image at the NVIDIA site. Instead of the next game to promote their sales, they may use LW for instance. The two become one, in selling each other! At our expense, cause ever since 2003 I never HAD to buy a graphic card for LW. Should them to unite, Ill be pushed to do so!
we won't be relying much on cpus, but rather gpus.
however, it might be a very good thing, much easier upgrading a graphics card than a cpu.
i mean, on the motherboard i currently have, i'm pretty much stuck as far as cpu upgrade goes, i'd have to upgrade the whole computer.
absolutely, saw the demo some time back, looks like they improved it.
I know everyone wants real time, and that's the goal, but I'll gladly take a grainy preview that resolves its self to near final quality software rendering over a realtime render that looks like "the best" of 1999.
If the final render engine is GPU enabled and only takes 1/2 the time to get to final render then I'm all over that too!
I think though that half of the issue could be that MAYBE a good lighting artist was not a play with these cry engine videos? I wouldn't sneeze at having that engine going in the view port that's for sure!
the quality is pretty much like heavy interpolated mode in LW, so not all that.
I tried reading a tech paper on their site about it, and while I only understood 1 in 100 words, I could gather that yeah- there is only 1 bounce, and the samples are quite averaged. Still, there were examples around of stills using the tech that were quite impressive- I'd say more so than the video example. This tech was made to run on the xbox 360 as well- so they took that into consideration when making it.
As a previewer it is far superior to FPrime in both speed and functionality. It does volumetrics, fur and even individual parts of the shading such as reflection amount, reflection color, bump, subsurface amount, subsurface color and a huge list of similar isolated shading previews. It previews the alpha channel interactively, full scene ambient occlusion and oh so much more :) But it doesn't do progressive final frame rendering like FPrime. It is "only" an interactive previewer.
How is the previewer for 402? The problem I had with the demo of 302 ipr was it kept crashing with highpoly cad models and I couldn't resize it to more than half the screen. We were deciding between hypershot and modo for real time presentations to client so I tested modo for that but we decided to scrap that and wait for vray rt.
I don't know...those cry engine examples just don't look very accurate/good to me. They look like someone did a FG render with one bounce and a huge radius. Yeah...I see some bounced colors...but I wouldn't say it looks "real" let alone photo real.
Totally agree.. but that said - wouldn't you like CORE's viewport to look that good? When I saw the video, I was looking at it as a "damn, that'd be sweet if CORE had that as a switchable viewport mode."


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SDLP COUNCILLOR ELECTED BELFAST'S NEW LORD MAYOR
SDLP councillor Niocla Mallon elected Lord Mayor of Belfast
SDLP councillor Nichola Mallon has tonight been elected as the new Lord Mayor of Belfast.
She is only the third female Lord Mayor ever appointed in the city, following in the footsteps of Grace Bannister (Ulster Unionist) in 1981 and Naomi Long (Alliance) in 2009.
This year marks a first for Belfast with all three civic dignitaries being female – Deputy Lord Mayor Councillor Maire Hendron (Alliance) and High Sheriff Councillor Lydia Patterson (DUP) – completing the line-up.
Councillor Mallon was co-opted onto Belfast City Council representing the Oldpark district in January 2010, and was voted back onto Council at the recent Local Government Elections.
She currently sits on the Parks and Leisure Committee and the Licensing Committee, having previously been a member of the Strategic Policy and Resources Committee and Development Committee.
As well as being involved in many local enterprise groups, she works closely with community, health and sports organisations with specific focus on connecting with young people and supporting older people.
The 34-year-old married last year and lists reading, exercise (in moderation!) and spending time with family and friends as her leisuretime interests.
Councillor Mallon said: "It is a tremendous honour to be appointed as the Lord Mayor of Belfast.
"I want to congratulate Máirtín Ó Muilleoir on a fantastic year in office and thank my own party for nominating me to take on such a privileged position.
"I have had the privilege of representing the Oldpark area, the place I grew up in, for the last four and a half years.
"The most wonderful part of being a councillor, for me, continues to be the many unsung heroes I get to meet – all those people who through their compassion and selflessness, makes this city the special place that it is.
"All of these people – our coaches, carers, volunteers, business people, community and faith workers – put their local community first.
"It is these very people, who too often go unnoticed, who have inspired my vision for my year as Lord Mayor.
"I want to take The Lord Mayor's role out of City Hall and into people's lives – their homes, their communities, their places of work.
"I want to connect with those who at times feel invisible in our city. I want to celebrate and showcase our unsung heroes who really are Belfast's First Citizens.
"Belfast is a city for everyone. Where everyone belongs and where we are all the better for having each other. I look forward to the months ahead in my new role," she added.
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My Serendipity moment was quite Simple and Just occurred.
Charcoal and I shared part of a bag of Cotton Candy.
It always transports me to a simpler time and place~~the County Fair.
This is true on both accounts~~we used to only be able to get Cotton Candy at the Fair, now it is everywhere. AND life is NOT fair, but it goes both way~~we get good things, more than we deserve, but we don't complain about them. We also, get bad things, often more than we deserve, and sometimes exactly as we deserve, and boy, howdy, do we complain, BUT it is just called LIFE!!
I loved going to the fair with my family, and we spent most of the week there as my family volunteered with 4H and the Home Demonstration Club.
I loved walking through that ole tobacco warehouse with my parents, eating that sticky sugary goodness as it got on my face and hands in our humid heat...it was magical!
We saw and chatted with folks we saw often, only at this time of the year. Laughter filled the air...it was the goodness of society gathered for a week of merriment!
As we were enjoying our treat, the words of the song I share at the end were singing in my heart.
Pretty and white in a sky so blue, so blue, sky so blue?
Are only a part – it cannot be told, be told, cannot be told.
There must be a plan, we're not left to fate, to fate, not left to fate.
Oh my goodness! From the beginning to the end, you opened up the memory floodgate this morning! The county fair was pretty much the highlight of my summer for many years & we were also there pretty much everyday. And "Master Designer" - LOVE that song. I think i still have the "Tell It Like It Is" record album. It was played over & over & over.


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