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Lionel Messi Displays New Tattoo After Reaching World Cup Semi Final
Saturday, December 10, 2022 at 9:05 AM by Lukman Mumuni
Lionel Messi has tattooed the World Cup trophy on his right leg to show his intent
The seven-time Ballon d'Or winner has dreams of winning the tournament in Qatar
Messi has revealed his desire to retire from international football after the World Cup
Lionel Messi is giving it his all to win the one trophy that has eluded him in an illustrious career that seems to be headed to a glittering end.
The Argentina superstar has been the brightest spot for his country at the World Cup, leading them through to the semi-finals.
Last night at the Lusail stadium, Messi scored and provided an assist as the two-time world champions edged the Netherlands on penalty penalties.
Lionel Messi has revealed a tattoo of him winning the World Cup in Qatar. Credit: @FIFAcom @ESPNFC
After the match, Messi display a statement of intent after revealing a tattoo of the World Cup on his right leg.
Messi celebrates Emi Martinez after penalty heroics against Holland
His dreams are well on course as Argentina set up a clash with Croatia in the last four of the World Cup in Qatar.
Messi has won every trophy at both international and club level except the World Cup.
The seven-time Ballon d'Or winner could finally see his dream come true with two games remaining in Qatar.
Messi celebrates Emi Martinez
Earlier, Sports Brief reported that Lionel Messi's dream of winning the World Cup in on course thanks to the brilliance of goalkeeper Emi Martinez during the penalty shootout against the Netherlands.
The Argentina shot-stopper was the hero of the night after saving the first two spot kicks from the Dutch team to send the South Americans through to the semi-finals of the World Cup.
World Cup 2022: Watch Holland's last gasp goal which broke Argentina hearts
Messi was once again at his absolute best, providing an assist and scoring to give Argentina a two-goal lead.
Messi slams van Gaal
Lionel Messi was incensed with Netherlands Head Coach Louis Van Gaal after a highly-tempered World Cup quarterfinal match.
Argentina beat the Netherlands on post-match penalties to set up a semifinal date with Croatia but the game was marred by ugly confrontations. Lionel Messi with Netherlands manager Louis van Gaal following the FIFA World Cup Quarter-Final match at the Lusail Stadium in Lusail, Qatar.
Nahuel Molina and Messi had put Argentina on their way with a goal in each half only for Wout Weghorst to score a late brace to restore parity. Argentina's goalkeeper Emi Martinez saved two spot-kicks to help his side go through.
Source: Sports Brief News
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The requirements for an entry visa to Bahrain differ from nationality to nationality so it is recommended to double check the requirements prior to travelling. Currently, every nationality wishing to enter the Kingdom of Bahrain requires an entry visa. The exceptions to this rule are nationals of countries members of the Gulf Cooperation Council (Kuwait, Oman, Qatar, United Arab Emirates and Kingdom of Saudi Arabia), and residents of GCC countries who have been living in that country for more than 6 months and have valid return visa to their country of residency.
Nationals of the European Union, the United States of America, Canada, New Zealand, Japan, Hong Kong, Brunei, Malaysia, Singapore and South Korea can receive an entry visa upon arrival at the airport in the Kingdom of Bahrain.
All entry visas are issued for a fee, including a new visa or visa extensions (in cases where visa extensions are allowed).
All other nationalities have to obtain pre-issued entry visa prior to travelling to Bahrain, either through the Bahraini Embassies in their respective countries or a Bahraini sponsor or travel agency or local hotel.
For visitors, there are two types of tourist visa: Visit visa and Transit visa, and they are both issued based on the required duration of stay. Visit visas are issued for individuals invited by companies in Bahrain and valid for two months from the entry date, with the possibility to extend one additional month. Transit visas are issued following a formal request from certified companies such as hotels or commercial institutions. Transit visas are valid for 14 days and are renewed on a case-by-case basis.
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Best Multiplayer Games to Play While Stuck at Home
10 months ago Alex Co 1
With a lot of the world's cities going into quarantine/lockdown due to the COVID-19 pandemic, possibly one of the most safest ways to entertain yourselves with friends is by playing multiplayer video games. Having said that, MP1st has rounded up what we consider to be the best multiplayer games to play while you're on lockdown.
This is in no particular order, and most of the games have worldwide pandemics as the theme as well (think of these titles as games where you can actually fight back to whatever's causing the world grief). Ready? Read on and see if you agree with our list.
Best Multiplayer Games to Play While Stuck at Home:
Given the crisis the world is going through now, there's not a game more apt on this list than The Division 2. While this might hit too close to some, the game's overall gameplay and loot system should be a good distraction. This game is particularly fun when played with friends, as there are a ton of activities to do outside of the main campaign.
Read more on The Division 2 here.
By now, everyone should be familiar with Bungie's Destiny 2. It's an expansive looter shooter that has captured the hearts and minds of millions of Guardians across the world. There are weekly events, seasonal events, and lots more being introduced to the game every time. And the fact that it's now a free-to-play title. it means you won't run out of people to play with.
Read more on Destiny 2.
Just released this month, Call of Duty: Warzone is Modern Warfare's battle royale component, though with one major selling point: it's free for everyone! You can play Warzone even if you don't own Modern Warfare! It offers crossplay too so you can play with pals even if they're on different platforms.
Judging from the reception so far, Warzone is here to stay and could possibly be the the king of battle royale games when all is said and done.
Read more on Call of Duty: Warzone.
Who doesn't want some good ol' fashioned chaotic multiplayer, right? For that kind of carnage and mayhem (organized mayhem, in fact), there's none better than the Battlefield franchise! Battlefield V is still roping in a ton of players on a daily basis, and DICE has been steadfast in their post-launch support when it comes to content, bug fixing and more.
Read more on Battlefield V.
From the makers of Titanfall (Respawn Entertainment), is Apex Legends, one of the most successful free-to-play titles around. It's battle royale but mixed in with heroes that have special abilities on their own. There are seasonal events pimped out for the game every month, and more.
Read more on Apex Legends.
Of course, this list won't be complete without the latest Call of Duty title included. Modern Warfare brings the franchise back to its boots on ground roots, though one with a slightly slower experience. Infinity Ward has been consistent in updating the Battle Pass, and free content drops, and we don't expect it to stop anytime soon.
This is one $60 purchas that's well worth the price if you're a Call of Duty fan.
Read more on Call of Duty: Modern Warfare.
The "oldest" game in the bunch, Left 4 Dead 2 is still as fun today as it was years ago. While we're not in any kind of zombie apocalypse, it's always fun to bash zombies' heads in, right? And add in friends, and it's a ton more fun.
If you want something more recent when it comes to your zombie games, maybe World War Z by Saber Interactive will tickle your fancy. It has classes, different weapons, stage and more. It will even offer crossplay starting on March 24, 2020 as well, so you can play with your zombie-killing pals regardless of their platform.
Read more on World War Z.
Possibly the least known game in the lot, Dead Nation is a top-down shooter developed by Housemarque (Resogun). Players can kit their character out with different weapons, armor pieces and more, and the level of challenge in completing each stage is excellent.
Who doesn't want a shooter where you can not only play with friends, but obtain a ton of different loot, too! This is where Borderlands 3 comes in. Gearbox is back and once again brings their own zany take on violence and mayhem. There are different classes that should fit the playstyle you prefer, there's co-op, and there's loads of guns to be discovered! Oh, did we mention that Gearbox is supporting it with seasonal free content as well? Yep, they are.
Read more on Borderlands 3.
Escape From Tarkov is an indie, Massively multiplayer online first-person shooter (MMOFPS) developed by Russian studio Battlestate Games. It's set in a fictional part of Russia, where a war between two private military companies is happening, and players can choose which side to fight for.
The game still isn't in its final version though players can play it in beta form.
Yeah, we're kinda cheating with The Last of Us since it's known more for its single-player than its multiplayer. But hey, you can play both, right? Enjoy the compelling campaign, and stay for the gritty multiplayer which is still up and running today.
Well, there you have it! Obviously, we can't include each and every multiplayer game imaginable but figured the titles mentioned here should hold people over until they're ready to step outside. If you got any recommendations of your own, feel free to share them in the comments below.
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Every now and then, in an innocuous building in an industrial part of Anchorage, magic happens. I was very fortunate to be painting at my studio on nights when a band would rehearse down the hall. The band was Nellie Clay & The Lucky Dogs and they were great! I would turn off whatever I was listening to, pour myself a drink and listen to the emerging tracks that would ultimately comprise the newly released CD, Never Did What I Shoulda Done. I knew Clay's voice before we ever met, which ended up being in a friendly vie for the building's shared bathroom. We chatted and I learned that Clay is also a painter, as well as a musician, and that her music has taken front and center in her artistic career.
Clay's musical style falls under the vague and wide umbrella of "Americana." The Americana Music Association describes this genre as " contemporary music that incorporates elements of various American roots music styles, including country, roots-rock, folk, bluegrass, R&B and blues, resulting in a distinctive roots-oriented sound that lives in a world apart from the pure forms of the genres upon which it may draw. While acoustic instruments are often present and vital, Americana also often uses a full electric band." However, with such a loose definition, it's best just to hear Clay's music, rather than to try to make it fit into a box, no matter how big and vague that box may be.
Never Did What I Shoulda Done was released at the end of October 2015, and as luck would have it, I was passing through Nashville just a few days later so the timing was perfect to reconnect with Clay. She drinks Bourbon. I drink Scotch. But on this occasion, we opted for fruity, pretty drinks with sugary rims, along with crab cakes and great conversation about a million things, but mostly about her music and career.
Never Did What I Shoulda Done is Clay's second CD. Her first effort, Born Too Late, she describes as pre-mature because not only was it low budget, but it was also very early in her career and she feels that her voice, as an instrument, was not where it is now. As a listener, however, one can hear the tones, style and ideas that flourish in Never Did What I Shoulda Done. The first CD holds its own, even though Clay may see it with the same chagrin that many artists view early work-at once vulnerable and foreshadowing.
On Never Did What I Shoulda Done, all the basic tracks were recorded live in Anchorage, but she flew her producer engineer from Brooklyn to work with them. One of Clay's key supporters and collaborators is Tim Easton, a fellow musician who lives in Nashville and plays in Alaska often. Clay met Easton around a campfire at Salmonstock a few years ago. He does some back up vocals on the album and encouraged Clay to move to Nashville; after all, a great album is the best calling card anyone could hope for. The integrity of the album, sound advice, and Clay's feeling that her time in Alaska was done made the move to Nashville a no-brainer. Clay never thought she would leave Alaska, thought she would live in the woods forever, but she "wanted to grow as an artist, to learn from people that were much better than me and collaborate with other people, and to live for experience," she told me. "My Dad died in a tragic car crash unexpectedly three years ago, and especially after that, I wanted to live for experiences. I wanted to have beautiful experiences and opportunities for growth. I want to see what I can do, play new venues, a change of scenery."
Being in a highly competitive and professional environment like Nashville raises the bar for Clay and her fellow musicians. She describes her ongoing experience of adapting to the city and the industry not as struggling, but as scrambling to catch up, quickly making connections and learning the ropes. The level of professionalism in Nashville, she says, "blows my mind."
Originally from Oklahoma, Clay has academic/formal, training as a visual artist. She was working at The Museum of Russian Art in Minneapolis doing art restoration when she decided to visit a friend who had recently moved to Alaska. That visit, and Alaska, changed the trajectory of her life and career, adding a layer of genuine virtuosity to the world of music as we know it in Anchorage. Now the sound of her voice is filling new spaces in Nashville's hopping music scene, and becoming part of something bigger.
She relocated to Nashville about a year ago, after nine formative years in Alaska. Living off the grid provided space and time for Clay to discover music quickly, deeply, and without compromise. Prior to coming to Alaska and intuitively making the leap from visual arts to music, Clay had zero experience as a musician. She is quick to point out that there is no auto-tuning employed in the recording of the album, something that she is very proud of.
Of all the instruments Clay taught herself to play, and continues to practice and perfect, her voice is the most sublime. Like a swig of Black Maple Hill Bourbon, her voice easily delves raspy depths just above the heart and then up into a light and lingering wisp. Her vibrato is slight, hinting of darker times without giving in to them. There is love in this album, so much love, and in so many forms-from her firmly planted feet in Dust Bowl history, in a Woody Guthrie sort of way, to her personal experiences with family relationships, and of course, any love song filled with fun and hope is the cherry on top.
Unlike visual arts, "what I love about music is that you're creating something with other people. I prefer not to play alone," she says. "I like the magic of creating something in time and space with other people. It's the coolest thing on earth. And forcing myself to be in front of people and doing something that is uncomfortable, it forces me to step outside of that box. I can say or sing things that are terribly revealing and personal in a song and to a whole room full of strangers that I could never sit down and tell a friend face-to-face. I can't explain it. It's liberating. I liken painting to a meditation, and music to a bloodletting." We laugh and order another round of pretty drinks.
I asked Clay about her growing number of fans and their desire to know her. She laughs and says she probably has ten. But then she expounds, "They [fans] do want access to you as a human being, as an individual, and I open myself up to that because my writing is personal. But the best way to know me is through my music. You know my music, you know me, period."
Alaskan fans, new and old, will have a chance to hear Nellie play next summer although tour dates have not yet solidified. So, in the meantime, do yourself a favor, pour yourself some bourbon, slip on your headphones, and put on the newly released CD, Never Did What I Shoulda Done. Don't forget the candied lemons.
Never Did What I Shoulda Done is on Amazon and iTunes, and will soon be available at nellieclaymusic.com.


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Малый песочник () — кулик, мелкая птица из семейства бекасовых. Гнездится главным образом в южной части тундры в Канаде и Аляске, лишь незначительная часть (около 0,1 % от всей популяции) отмечена на территории России — на побережье Колючинской губы на Чукотке. Зимует на побережьях Южной Америки и Вест-Индии. Стайная птица.

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Внешний вид
Мелкий кулик с длинными, как у ходулочников, ногами, и тонким, коротким и затупленным на конце клювом. Как и у других песочников, шея и крылья удлинённые, а хвост короткий. Ноги чёрные, частично покрыты плавательными перепонками, что позволяет птицам легко передвигаться по мягкому илистому грунту и плавающим листьям растений. Длина тела 13—15 см, размах крыльев 34—37 см, масса 20—41 г.

Обычно сравнивают 4 мелких вида песочников, ноги которых окрашены в тёмный черноватый цвет: помимо малого, сюда относят перепончатопалого песочника, кулика-воробья и песочника-красношейку. В гнездовом наряде малый кулик выделяется более тусклым, невзрачным оперением. В верхней части оперения преобладают серовато-жёлтые тона, иногда с лёгким (но не интенсивным, как у других видов) рыжеватым оттенком. На общем фоне хорошо выделяются чёрные со светлыми каёмками плечевые перья. Горло и брюхо беловатые, с тёмными пестринами на груди и передней части боков.

Вне сезона размножения оперение верхней части тела становится ещё более тусклым монотонно-серым; в этом наряде кулика по окрасу практически не возможно отличить от других видов из четвёрки. Отличительные особенности малого кулика зимой (а также летом вдобавок к оперению) — форма клюва, строение ног и голос. Клюв у описываемого вида прямой, несколько утолщённый и притупленный на конце (это также характерно для песочника-красношейки, но у перепончатопалого он заметно загнут книзу и уплощён, а у кулика-воробья почти прямой и острый). Плавательные перепонки также развиты у перепончатопалого песочника, однако отсутствуют у двух других видов. У бонапартова песочника, также распространённого в Северной Америке, основание подклювья жёлтое, над глазом развита белая полоса, перепонки между пальцами отсутствуют, крылья более длинные и всегда выступают за кончик хвоста.

Голос

Голос в сравнении с другими черноногими песочниками более низкий и дребезжащий. Его описывают как громкую трель «крип», «чрек», «чрап», иногда «чиррап». Иногда на взлёте издаёт мягкий чирикающий звук. Брачная песня самца, исполняемая на лету — монотонно повторяющиеся звуки «рии..рии..рии…» либо «ди..джп..ди..джп..ди..джп…».

Распространение
Около 85 % всей популяции малого песочника гнездится на севере Канады, оставшиеся 15 % на Аляске к востоку от мыса Барроу. В России отмечена лишь небольшое поселение этих птиц на побережье Колючинской губы и косе Беляка на Чукотке. Южная граница гнездовий на Аляске проходит по дельте Юкона, северо-восточному побережью Большого Медвежьего озера, восточнее опускается к югу до юго-западной части Гудзонова залива. Кулик распространён на южном и восточном побережье Гудзонова залива, на полуострове Унгава на севере Лабрадора, на северных и восточных берегах Ньюфаундленда к югу до пролива Белл-Айл. В Канадском Арктическом архипелаге песочник населяет острова Банкс, Виктория, Кинг-Вильям, Баффинова Земля, Саутгемптон, Принс-Чарльз и возможно Сомерсет.

Типичная перелётная птица, зимует на илистых и песчаных пляжах на морских побережьях и пресноводных водоёмах Вест-Индии, Суринама, Гайаны и северной Бразилии. Незначительная часть перезимовывает на юге Флориды.

Размножение
Моногам, пары нередко сохраняются в течение нескольких лет. К местам гнездовий прилетает в конце мая, гнездится на сырых участках тундры, часто возле рек, озёр и разливов. Обычно самцы прибывают на несколько дней раньше. Они занимают участок и пытаются привлечь самок, паря над ним и издавая резкие крики. Приметив потенциальную партнёршу, самец выкапывает несколько неглубоких ямок в грунте и демонстрирует их самке. Последняя выбирает одно из импровизированных гнёзд и откладывает в него 4 яйца по одному в сутки. Период инкубации продолжается около 19 дней, насиживают поочерёдно оба родителя. Птенцы появляются на свет покрытые пухом, и уже вскоре после этого самостоятельно кормятся насекомыми. Примерно через 10 дней после вылупления самка навсегда покидает выводок, самец же остаётся с птенцами до того момента, когда они начнут летать. Птенцы начинают перепархивать в возрасте двух недель, а ещё через 5 дней полностью встают на крыло.

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Литература

Ссылки
 Позвоночные животные России: Малый песочник

Птицы Северной Америки
Птицы Евразии
Песочники
Животные, описанные в 1766 году

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Bundesliga 2019-20: Stars to watch out for in Matchday 26
The German league is resuming after a brief absence for the coronavirus pandemic on May 16.
The Bundesliga is back in action from 16 May with Matchday 26 of the 2019/20 season. With all 18 teams and nine games involved from Saturday through Monday, we're highlighting stars you should keep your eyes on.
Here are the Bundesliga stars to watch on Matchday 26.
Erling Haaland and Jadon Sancho (Borussia Dortmund vs. Schalke)
Two of the brightest young talents in European and world football. Haaland and Sancho have been a dynamite duo for Dortmund since the Norweigian striker's arrival from Red Bull Salzburg in the winter transfer window. His nine goals in eight Bundesliga appearances, coupled with Sancho's incredible 14 goals and 15 assists across 23 league games this season make them two of the most goal-happy players in the Bundesliga.
But Saturday, for Haaland at least, will be a new experience to tick off his footballing bucket list. The formidable striker will play in his first Revierderby against BVB's arch-rivals Schalke. Haaland can certainly lean on Sancho's short but relatively sweet experience in 'the mother of all derbies' – the Englishman scored the winning goal at the Veltins-Arena last season, in his first start against Schalke in the league.
And it won't be just Haaland who is looking forward to being involved in such a game. "He's a good player, we're of a similar age," Schalke's on-loan Barcelona defender Jean-Clair Todibo told before the fixture. "He's a finisher, he's enjoyable to watch. I like facing good players like him."
Suat Serdar and Weston McKennie (Borussia Dortmund vs. Schalke)
On the other side of the Ruhr valley, the Royal Blues are gearing up for the Reviederby with two bright young talents of their own. Schalke's central midfield pair of top-scorer Serdar and versatile American McKennie will be key to the blue side coming away with anything from the Signal Iduna Park.
Serdar, 23, has become a Germany international this season thanks to his outstanding box-to-box performances for Schalke which see him sit top of the club's scoring charts in the Bundesliga with eight in total. McKennie, meanwhile, has played both on the right side of midfield and at centre-back this season, but has pinned down the spot next to Serdar in central midfield with his own strength on the ball and in a tackle – both of which will be key on Saturday.
Coming up against Dortmund's powerful midfield pair of Axel Witsel and Emre Can, the Schalke duo will certainly have their work cut out to come out on top in what is always one of the most important areas of a pitch to control. If Serdar and McKennie can combine to overcome Dortmund's opposition, it could be the first step towards derby success.
Timo Werner (RB Leipzig vs. Freiburg)
The second-top scorer in the Bundesliga this season with 21 goals from 25 appearances, Werner will be raring to go again when he and Leipzig take on Freiburg. The Germany forward's form had stuttered before the Bundesliga's pause in play, with just one goal in his last seven league games but remains just one goal from a new personal record in a single Bundesliga season.
And in recent months, the 24-year-old has become more of a winger than centre-forward for Leipzig under Julian Nagelsmann, with Patrik Schick leading the line. Goals are still very much at the front of his mind though as Werner told back in February. "Not many players my age have scored 20 goals in a season once, and I've done it twice. I'd like to score 30 in a season."
With Werner and Leipzig in action before top-scoring Robert Lewandowski is in action with Bayern Munich on Sunday, he has the perfect opportunity to make a statement against Freiburg, a task easier said than done against the talented Black Forrest side.
Alphonso Davies and Robert Lewandowski (Union Berlin vs. Bayern Munich)
One star who has been born in the last months of the 2019/20 season, and another who is primed and ready to return from injury, Davies and Lewandowski will be two players you won't want to miss this weekend.
Davies has sprung into the eye-line of the footballing world with his performances this season for Bayern. The Canadian refugee has made 21 appearances in the Bundesliga so far in 2019/20, with 17 of those being starts, despite being 19, due to defensive injuries. Playing at left-back, Davies – who can also play further up the pitch – has shown off his remarkable speed and dribbling ability as a perfect replacement for David Alaba – who has been playing at centre-back due to other injuries.
For Lewandowski, the sharp-shooting striker – who usually requires no introduction – is returning from injury and will be chomping at the bit to continue his pursuit of yet another Bundesliga record. The Pole has scored 25 league goals so far this season, and with nine games to play, is on course to make Gerd Müller and his 40-goal season record nervous. Having missed two games through injury, Lewandowski will want to return with a goal – for the same reasons as Werner – to make a statement.
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Kai Havertz (Werder Bremen vs. Bayer Leverkusen)
Both Havertz and Leverkusen will have been disappointed with the timing of the Bundesliga's enforced pause in play due to their form on the pitch. Leverkusen have suffered just one defeat in their last nine league outings, with an impressive 4-3 win over Borussia Dortmund in between.
While Havertz – off the back of his breakout 17-goal season in 2018/19 – had made a slow start to the current campaign but has burst back into life in 2020. The 20-year-old playmaker has scored four goals and provided as many assists from eight league outings since the turn of the year and will – as always – be key to making Leverkusen tick this weekend.
Havertz had one of his most impressive performances of last season at the Weserstadion against Bremen, scoring twice in Leverkusen's emphatic 6-2 win. And as one of the last teams to play in the first weekend back, Peter Bosz's side will want to make sure they re-start the season in winning ways with hopes of a late push for the title still alive.
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The Mystery of That Taylor Swift Face Recognition Kiosk Has Been Solved
By Melanie Ehrenkranz on at
In December of last year, Rolling Stone reported that at a Taylor Swift concert at the 2018 Rose Bowl there was a mysterious kiosk playing clips of the singer that doubled as a facial recognition system to flag any of Swift's stalkers. A number of reports covered the alleged kiosk – including Gizmodo – but little was known at the time about the surveillance system. But now we have answers to some key questions about this kiosk, including who was behind it.
ISM Connect, an event marketing and security company specialising in 'smart engagement technology', confirmed to Gizmodo on Friday that it supplied the kiosk at Swift's Rose Bowl concert. The company's connection to the kiosk was first reported by The Guardian on Friday, which cited blog posts and other documentation by the company.
Brian Becker, head of marketing at ISM Connect, told Gizmodo in an email on Friday that Swift's tour used the company's tech. When asked if ISM Connect had supplied its kiosk to Swift's Rose Bowl show, Becker responded: "Yes, Taylor Swift's tour used ISM Connect technology to improve the fan experience and the safety and security of the event". Becker also detailed how the surveillance system worked:
"We positioned large screens at each of the entrance points in the venues that hosted Taylor's tour. We were contracted to support security for the tour and on-the-ground venue teams. Each screen also included smart cameras designed to identify only those individuals who present a security risk based on pre-existing information. The cameras are used to reliably identify persons of interest and improve safety. This included known stalkers who might threaten Taylor Swift or present a threat to fans attending the event."
The Guardian repothat ISM Connect had "a series of posts on its website" detailing how the kiosks at the Swift concert worked, but they have reportedly since been taken down. The posts noted that the kiosks were displayed as 'selfie stations' at the concert with Swift trivia and footage on the screens, and were equipped with covert facial recognition cameras, according to The Guardian.
There is still a blog post with a reference to Taylor Swift's Reputation Tour. ISM Connect wrote that the company had a 'Selfie Countdown experience' at the singer's tour. The screens had both video and still images of Swift and allowed fans to take pictures of themselves with them. The post doesn't make any mention of hidden cameras or facial recognition tech, however. Instead, it boasts about how "these selfies acted as promotional vehicles for the tour by creating organic buzz on social platforms".
While the company doesn't explicitly state that the kiosks at the Swift concert doubled as surveillance systems, it did publish a blog post about two weeks after the Rolling Stone story (and the subsequent flood of media coverage) titled 'Breaking down misconceptions around visual matching within our venue technology'. The post details how ISM Connect's facial recognition technology works and paints it as an improvement over the "prior approach" in which "security personnel would review pictures as well as carry picture books of persons of interest (POIs) and attempt to identify them as they walked the event".
The company writes that it uses smart cameras "located at the entrance points of venues" to identify people of interest. The company claims that no video, images or information about the general public is stored if it isn't a match. If the system does flag a match, security personnel is given the information. "No information of the general public is stored or sent to a central command post," the blog post states. The original Rolling Stone article's only source, Oak View Group chief security officer Mike Downing, stated that photos taken by the kiosk at the Rose Bowl were sent to a "command post" in Nashville. We've asked ISM Connect to clarify this detail and will update when we hear back.
As for whether fans gave consent for the alleged facial recognition kiosk, the company wrote in the blog post that for its security products, there are signs at venues and on tickets informing fans that they are subject to being recorded. Quartz reported in December that "concert venues are typically private locations, meaning even after security checkpoints, its owners can subject concert-goers to any kind of surveillance they want, including facial recognition".
The company also wrote that its technology isn't deployed in states with strict laws around filming or biometric analysis. "While being filmed in public places such as shopping malls, transportation centres and convenience stores can be disconcerting," the post reads, "these actions are done to aid public safety".
[The Guardian]
Featured photo: Getty
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Melanie Ehrenkranz


I'm sure you've seen the above quote before. What does it really mean? Is it an ok from one of the world's great artists to literally steal from others? Is it an excuse to ignore copyright? No and no. It's a much deeper statement about the creative process.
What does it mean to steal like an artist? What was Picasso trying to say?
When you borrow something you plan on giving it back. At least you're supposed to. When you steal something you make it your own. It's the making it your own that Picasso was suggesting.
Great artists stealing doesn't mean they copy the work of others and pass it off as their own. It means they so absorb the work and ideas of others that they can recombine everything with their own work and thoughts to create something truly theirs.
It's a similar idea to the Medici effect, the idea of finding intersections at the crossroads of ideas in different disciplines and combining what you find into something new or unique to your discipline.
To make ideas your own you need to take them apart to understand how they were put together and why they were put together in a certain way. You have to assimilate and internalize those ideas so they mix with your own.
A few years ago I published a post about developing your voice as a blogger and suggested that your voice is what comes out after everything you take in is filtered through your thoughts and experiences.
Your voice as a writer, an artist, or a designer is the end product of this artistic theft Picasso talks about.
Your voice comes from filtering things through the sum of all your thoughts and experience. When you steal from other artists you do two things.
Vincent Van Gogh often referred to himself as a link in a chain. He saw his work as building on the work of those who came before him and leaving something behind for those who came after to build on top of.
In essence he stole from past masters, internalized what he took, reformed it as something of his own, and left it for others to then steal and continue the process.
Assuming you're on board with the idea of stealing as Picasso meant it here are a few ideas for how you can learn to steal better in order to grow as a designer.
Again the stealing part is about taking things in so your first step to steal and grow as a designer is to collect.
As Austin Kleon points out it's not about collecting indiscriminately, but rather selectively. Much of what's below is how to collect selectively.
Have you ever noticed once you become interested in some topic that you start noticing information about that topic wherever you go. I know when I start studying something like typography it seems like every magazine or blog post is about typefaces and line-height, and measure.
It's not some mystical thing at work. It's simply that you're more attentive to the things you're interested in.
It's important to set the path for your collections. What finds its way into your consciousness is what you develop an interest in. Put a little thought into how you want to grow as a designer. Set a direction for yourself. You'll discover yourself finding more things on that path to collect.
You're only going to be as good as the ideas and techniques you collect. Garbage in, garbage out. If you want to produce the best work you need to take in the best ideas.
What we collect and take in becomes the source material for what we create. The better the source material, the better the resulting end product.
One of the best ways to collect ideas is to read the ideas of others. Again read selectively. Read those things you're interested in and seek quality over quantity. Read the theory behind design to understand why different design principles work.
When I first started learning to build websites I would stop whenever I found a site I liked and start pouring over the code. I'd look at how the html was structured and how the css presented that html. I'd ask myself why the designer had chosen to do things that way and think if there was a better way to accomplish the same thing.
When I didn't have time to study the code at that moment, I'd bookmark the site and come back later to study it.
That's still one of the best way to learn how to develop websites. Think of your favorite sites as your mentors. They're all willing to tell you exactly how to develop a site of your own. Study their designs. Ask yourself why one design element is red or why another is off to the corner.
When you come across sites giving away snippets of code don't just copy the snippet and paste it into your site. When you copy code like that you borrow it. You don't make that code your own. You won't understand how to apply that code to a different problem or how to fix it when it doesn't work. You won't own the code. It will own you.
Read the tutorial explaining how the code works or better yet study it on your own. You can certainly use the code without doing either, but again you won't own it that way. You'll be borrowing it.
Always look deeper than what's on the surface in everything. You borrow the surface. When you dig deeper you steal what you unearth.
Don't limit yourself to collecting from the world of design. Look beyond design for inspiration and ideas. Collect things from other disciplines and think how they might be applied to a design problem.
Learn how other industries solve problems. Ask yourself if those solutions will work for some design problems you come across. Be open to taking in ideas that seem unrelated on the surface. Those ideas will modify your filter in unique and interesting ways.
Write more to be a better designer and design more to be a better writer. Learn a wider variety of things to see the commonalities between them.
Good artists borrow. They copy the techniques of others, but they never make those techniques their own. They never learn to apply them in ways beyond how they were originally presented.
Great artists steal. They internalize the ideas and techniques of others, mix them with everything else they have inside, and release them in new and interesting ways. By stealing they make those ideas and techniques their own.
Stealing in the sense Picasso meant isn't about ripping off your fellow designers. It's about learning what you can from them and filtering their ideas through yourself in order to build something new.
Be a link in the chain of design. Build on the ideas of others and leave behind something of yourself for other designers to build on.
In this way we all become better and we all push design further.
A fantastic collection of tips and insider advice about what it's really like to be a designer, this article kept me up far too late.
Thanks Dave. Sorry I kept you up late. I know the feeling though, I get caught up reading things online and stay up way too late myself pretty often too.
Ahhh inspirational 🙂 Picasso's quote is one of my wife's favorites (she's a ceramics artist). Her interpretation of the quote is identical with yours. Her opinion (perhaps even more appropriate in the world of clay than in graphical / web design) is that it is impossible for an artist to copy another idea. The idea always mutates in the hands of another artist, takes on new characteristics, is adjusted to a new aesthetic.
Thanks Glenn. It's a great quote isn't it. If you haven't read Austin Kleon's post (it's the first link in the post), it's much more inspirational than this one. After reading Austin's post awhile back I started thinking about this one.
That's an interesting point about working in clay. It's so physical it would be hard to every copy someone exactly. You really have no choice, but to add something of your own to the mix.
Really nice article. That's the best way to learn, and still it's not c/p from other.


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COLOMBO: Sri Lanka's ruling coalition has narrowly survived a keen challenge mounted by the opposition in a key provincial election, in a major blow to President Mahinda Rajapaksa who had campaigned personally for the party.
The United People's Freedom Alliance (UPFA) retained the Uva or the south-eastern provincial council by securing 19 out of 34 seats that went to the polls yesterday, but saw an unprecedented 22.98 percentage points drop in its popularity.
Main opposition United National Party's vote almost doubled, with the party winning 13 seats. The JVP or People's Liberation Front won 2 seats.
The UPFA had 25 seats previously. The drop in votes and in the number of seats compared with the previous election in 2009 for the ruling party was much significant.
The UNP's surge of over 100,000 votes in comparison was a major outcome for the faction ridden main opposition party.
For Rajapaksa, who took active part in campaigning in the election for his nephew and the incumbent chief minister, the result could not come as an inspiration.
He is widely expected to call for a snap presidential polls to seek a third successive term early next year.
A bitter pill for the Rajpaksa was the drop in vote at Moneragala, a predominantly rural majority Sinhala district. He saw vote drop to 58 per cent from 81 per cent at Moneragala.
In the multi-ethnic Badulla district with a large population of Indian-origin people, the ruling coalition's vote dropped to 47 per cent from 67 per cent.
The US Senate has passed with a unanimous vote a resolution designating Sep 30, when Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi visits the White House, as US-India Partnership Day.
Introduced by Mark R. Warner and John Cornyn, Democratic and Republican co-chairs of the US Senate's bipartisan India Caucus respectively, the resolution highlights the bilateral commitment to furthering the US-India relationship.
The resolution emphasises the mutual benefits of a thriving US-India partnership, stressing the importance of increasing collaboration in order to promote stability, democracy, and economic prosperity in the 21st century, according to a release from Warner's office.
"I am proud to sponsor this resolution celebrating the partnership between the US and India. We have already seen progress in the relationship in the first 100 days of Prime Minister Modi's administration, and I believe there is an opportunity to continue making progress that will benefit both of our countries," said Warner.
Warner had also published a "First 100-Days" plan that outlined 12 recommendations for action, seven of which have already been adopted by both governments. "As the world's two largest democracies, the US-India relationship remains one of the most important partnerships in the world," said Cornyn.
"We warmly welcome Prime Minister Modi to the United States and are hopeful we can work together to grow our relationship and identify areas we can strengthen in the years to come.
"As the co-founder and co-chair of the Senate India Caucus, I look forward to continuing to help the US-India partnership reach its full potential," said Cornyn.
COLOMBO: Sri Lankan President Mahinda Rajapaksa told two visiting BJP leaders that he deliberately refrained from wishing Prime Minister Narendra Modi on his birthday because he did not want to disturb the Premier with Chinese President Xi Jinping visiting Gujarat.
BJP national secretary P Muralidhar Rao and the party'sglobal convenor of overseas affairs Vijay Jolly held a 45-minute meeting with Rajapaksa at the Presidential Palace here.
Rajapaksa politely told the visiting BJP leaders that he deliberately did not wish Prime Minister Modi on his birthday on September 17 because he did not want to disturb him during Xi's visit, a BJP statement said.
It said that the Sri Lankan President, however, said he shall wish belated happy birthday to the Indian Prime Minister at the United Nations soon.
The statement said the role and stance of Prime Minister Modi on the concept of "Sabka Sath-Sabka Vikas" was repeatedly stressed by the BJP leaders in their friendly advice to the Sri Lankan government on the vexed Tamil question.
The two leaders discussed a wide-range of issues, particularly relating to ethnic Tamils of Sri Lanka in the meeting with Rajapaksa.
They are in Colombo, participating in the Asian Political Parties conference attended by 41 Nations and 360 Political Parties of Asia.


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package log

import (
	"fmt"
	"os"
	"path/filepath"
	"runtime"
	"time"
)

// Logger is the interface for outputing log messages in different levels.
// A new Logger can be created with NewLogger() function.
// You can changed the output handler with SetHandler() function.
type Logger interface {
	// SetLevel changes the level of the logger. Default is logging.Info.
	SetLevel(Level)

	// SetHandler replaces the current handler for output. Default is logging.StderrHandler.
	SetHandler(Handler)

	// SetCallDepth sets the parameter passed to runtime.Caller().
	// It is used to get the file name from call stack.
	// For example you need to set it to 1 if you are using a wrapper around
	// the Logger. Default value is zero.
	SetCallDepth(int)

	// Fatal is equivalent to Logger.Critical followed by a call to os.Exit(1).
	Fatal(args ...interface{})
	Fatalf(format string, args ...interface{})
	Fatalln(args ...interface{})
	// Panic is equivalent to Logger.Critical followed by a call to panic().
	Panic(args ...interface{})
	Panicf(format string, args ...interface{})
	Panicln(args ...interface{})

	// Log functions
	Critical(args ...interface{})
	Criticalf(format string, args ...interface{})
	Criticalln(args ...interface{})
	Error(args ...interface{})
	Errorf(format string, args ...interface{})
	Errorln(args ...interface{})
	Warning(args ...interface{})
	Warningf(format string, args ...interface{})
	Warningln(args ...interface{})
	Warn(args ...interface{})
	Warnf(format string, args ...interface{})
	Warnln(args ...interface{})
	Notice(args ...interface{})
	Noticef(format string, args ...interface{})
	Noticeln(args ...interface{})
	Info(args ...interface{})
	Infof(format string, args ...interface{})
	Infoln(args ...interface{})
	Debug(args ...interface{})
	Debugf(format string, args ...interface{})
	Debugln(args ...interface{})
}

///////////////////////////
//                       //
// Logger implementation //
//                       //
///////////////////////////

// logger is the default Logger implementation.
type logger struct {
	Name      string
	Level     Level
	Handler   Handler
	calldepth int
}

// NewLogger returns a new Logger implementation. Do not forget to close it at exit.
func NewLogger(name string) Logger {
	return &logger{
		Name:    name,
		Level:   DefaultLevel,
		Handler: DefaultHandler,
	}
}

func (l *logger) SetLevel(level Level) { l.Level = level }
func (l *logger) SetHandler(b Handler) { l.Handler = b }
func (l *logger) SetCallDepth(n int)   { l.calldepth = n }

func (l *logger) log(level Level, message string) {
	if level > l.Level {
		return
	}

	_, file, line, ok := runtime.Caller(l.calldepth + 2)
	if !ok {
		file = "???"
		line = 0
	}

	rec := &Record{
		Message:     message,
		LoggerName:  l.Name,
		Level:       level,
		Time:        time.Now(),
		Filename:    file,
		Line:        line,
		ProcessName: procName,
		ProcessID:   pid,
	}

	l.Handler.Handle(rec)
}

// procName returns the name of the current process.
// func procName() string { return filepath.Base(os.Args[0]) }
var procName = filepath.Base(os.Args[0])
var pid = os.Getpid()

func (l *logger) Fatal(args ...interface{}) {
	l.log(CRITICAL, fmt.Sprint(args...))
	os.Exit(1)
}

func (l *logger) Fatalf(format string, args ...interface{}) {
	l.log(CRITICAL, fmt.Sprintf(format, args...))
	os.Exit(1)
}

func (l *logger) Fatalln(args ...interface{}) {
	l.log(CRITICAL, fmt.Sprintln(args...))
	os.Exit(1)
}

func (l *logger) Panic(args ...interface{}) {
	l.log(CRITICAL, fmt.Sprint(args...))
	panic(fmt.Sprint(args...))
}

func (l *logger) Panicf(format string, args ...interface{}) {
	l.log(CRITICAL, fmt.Sprintf(format, args...))
	panic(fmt.Sprintf(format, args...))
}

func (l *logger) Panicln(args ...interface{}) {
	l.log(CRITICAL, fmt.Sprintln(args...))
	panic(fmt.Sprintln(args...))
}

func (l *logger) Critical(args ...interface{}) {
	l.log(CRITICAL, fmt.Sprint(args...))
}

func (l *logger) Criticalf(format string, args ...interface{}) {
	l.log(CRITICAL, fmt.Sprintf(format, args...))
}

func (l *logger) Criticalln(args ...interface{}) {
	l.log(CRITICAL, fmt.Sprintln(args...))
}

func (l *logger) Error(args ...interface{}) {
	l.log(ERROR, fmt.Sprint(args...))
}

func (l *logger) Errorf(format string, args ...interface{}) {
	l.log(ERROR, fmt.Sprintf(format, args...))
}

func (l *logger) Errorln(args ...interface{}) {
	l.log(ERROR, fmt.Sprintln(args...))
}

func (l *logger) Warning(args ...interface{}) {
	l.log(WARNING, fmt.Sprint(args...))
}

func (l *logger) Warningf(format string, args ...interface{}) {
	l.log(WARNING, fmt.Sprintf(format, args...))
}

func (l *logger) Warningln(args ...interface{}) {
	l.log(WARNING, fmt.Sprintln(args...))
}

func (l *logger) Warn(args ...interface{}) {
	l.Warning(args)
}

func (l *logger) Warnf(format string, args ...interface{}) {
	l.Warningf(format, args)
}

func (l *logger) Warnln(args ...interface{}) {
	l.Warningln(args)
}

func (l *logger) Notice(args ...interface{}) {
	l.log(NOTICE, fmt.Sprint(args...))
}

func (l *logger) Noticef(format string, args ...interface{}) {
	l.log(NOTICE, fmt.Sprintf(format, args...))
}

func (l *logger) Noticeln(args ...interface{}) {
	l.log(NOTICE, fmt.Sprintln(args...))
}

func (l *logger) Info(args ...interface{}) {
	l.log(INFO, fmt.Sprint(args...))
}

func (l *logger) Infof(format string, args ...interface{}) {
	l.log(INFO, fmt.Sprintf(format, args...))
}

func (l *logger) Infoln(args ...interface{}) {
	l.log(INFO, fmt.Sprintln(args...))
}

func (l *logger) Debug(args ...interface{}) {
	l.log(DEBUG, fmt.Sprint(args...))
}

func (l *logger) Debugf(format string, args ...interface{}) {
	l.log(DEBUG, fmt.Sprintf(format, args...))
}

func (l *logger) Debugln(args ...interface{}) {
	l.log(DEBUG, fmt.Sprintln(args...))
}

redpajama_set_name: RedPajamaGithub


Every time the name Elon Musk is thrown around, most people will think of either his connection to PayPal, SpaceX, or Tesla cars. But now Elon is throwing his hat in the ring with integrated solar rooftop products. Tesla recently merged with Solar City and has brought them under their renewable energy umbrella. So, what exactly has Tesla's new solar arm been up to?
Elon relied on his newly established glass division and automobile glass techniques to help achieve the sleek look of his solar panels. It's worth considering though that they might have a competitive advantage on the actual roof material, but the efficiency of the actual photovoltaic components has yet to be determined.
Design factors aside, the economic argument is likely the hardest hurdle to overcome. Statements from Musk regarding the gross project cost for a typical residential project have only indicated that it would "cost less than a normal roof," which is a wild statement to make. That is unless Mr. Musk is limiting his sample population to the mansions of Silicon Valley. 80% of rooftops in the U.S.A. are made of composite shingle, or concrete tiles; not slate or clay tile.
However, these are just claims. This has yet to be proven and until it is, we cannot assume this cost estimate to be accurate until there is some evidence of its true cost. Tesla claims they will be able to achieve 40 cents a watt over time on a larger scale but we'll see. The success of the new panels depends on the actuality of said claims, consumer reception, and potential regulatory setbacks. Great thinking, but with such a long time to achieve economies of scale and widespread adoption, it's not a clear path to victory.
The other big developments coming from Tesla's solar arm is their new deployment of giant solar arrays. The focus seems to be on creating microgrids. Great press, and it's achieving two big goals: reducing the power of large inflated utilities, and providing renewable energy to remote areas.
A few days ago, Tesla flipped the on switch for a new project in Hawaii. In a partnership with Kaua'i Island Utility Cooperative, a 20-year deal was reached that will bring clean, renewable energy to the island. The project set up?
The solar panels are expected to provide energy 24 hours a day. If successful, this test project could be the future of island energy since importing fossil fuels to isolated islands is extremely expensive. In the next few years, we will be able to measure the success of Tesla's latest solar project.
Are Tesla and Elon Musk Going to Run into Problems in the Future? Maybe.
One of the largest problems Tesla may run into is in the acquisition of SolarCity. The 2.6-billion-dollar merger has raised a lot of eyebrows from Solar and Wall Street execs alike. At the time of the merger, SolarCity was hemorrhaging cash and had more complaints filed against them than any other solar installer (link to Chris's article). Tesla stockholders have been so upset with how Musk handled the acquisition that numerous lawsuits have been filed against the company. We will see in the long run if this was a good move, but for now, there are a huge number of skeptics and for good reason.
Another problem is on the electric vehicle side. It seems the release of Tesla's model 3 may not meet projections. This has caused such a buzz on Wall Street that numerous big time traders have put a SELL on the company's stock. This is a red flag since the stock has been a BUY, BUY, BUY for the last couple years.
At the end of the day, it is still Elon Musk and Tesla, but these problems are definitely something to keep track of in the next couple months.
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text:
#include "mitkLookupTable.h"
#include <itkProcessObject.h>

#include <vtkColorTransferFunction.h>
#include <vtkPiecewiseFunction.h>

#include <mitkLookupTableProperty.h>
#include <Colortables/Jet.h>
#include <Colortables/HotIron.h>
#include <Colortables/PETColor.h>
#include <Colortables/PET20.h>

const char* const mitk::LookupTable::typenameList[] =
{
  "Grayscale",
  "Inverse Grayscale",
  "Hot Iron",
  "Jet",
  "Legacy Binary",
  "Legacy Rainbow Color",
  "Multilabel",
  "PET Color",
  "PET 20",
  "END_OF_ARRAY" // Do not add typenames after this entry (see QmitkDataManagerView::ColormapMenuAboutToShow())
};

mitk::LookupTable::LookupTable():
  m_Window(0.0),
  m_Level(0.0),
  m_Opacity(1.0),
  m_type(mitk::LookupTable::GRAYSCALE)
{
  m_LookupTable = vtkSmartPointer<vtkLookupTable>::New();
  this->BuildGrayScaleLookupTable();
}

mitk::LookupTable::LookupTable(const LookupTable& other)
  : itk::DataObject()
  , m_LookupTable(vtkSmartPointer<vtkLookupTable>::New())
{
  m_LookupTable->DeepCopy(other.m_LookupTable);
}

mitk::LookupTable::~LookupTable()
{
}

void mitk::LookupTable::SetVtkLookupTable( vtkSmartPointer<vtkLookupTable> lut )
{
  if ((!lut) || (m_LookupTable == lut))
  {
    return;
  }

  m_LookupTable = lut;
  this->Modified();
}

void mitk::LookupTable::SetType(const mitk::LookupTable::LookupTableType type)
{
  if (m_type == type)
    return;

  switch(type)
  {
  case (mitk::LookupTable::GRAYSCALE):
    this->BuildGrayScaleLookupTable();
    break;
  case (mitk::LookupTable::INVERSE_GRAYSCALE):
    this->BuildInverseGrayScaleLookupTable();
    break;
  case (mitk::LookupTable::HOT_IRON):
    this->BuildHotIronLookupTable();
    break;
  case (mitk::LookupTable::JET):
    this->BuildJetLookupTable();
    break;
  case (mitk::LookupTable::LEGACY_BINARY):
    this->BuildLegacyBinaryLookupTable();
    break;
  case (mitk::LookupTable::MULTILABEL):
    this->BuildMultiLabelLookupTable();
    break;
  case (mitk::LookupTable::PET_COLOR):
    this->BuildPETColorLookupTable();
    break;
  case (mitk::LookupTable::PET_20):
    this->BuildPET20LookupTable();
    break;
  case (mitk::LookupTable::LEGACY_RAINBOW_COLOR):
    this->BuildLegacyRainbowColorLookupTable();
    break;
  default:
    MITK_ERROR << "non-existing colormap";
    return;
  }

  m_type = type;
}

void mitk::LookupTable::SetType(const std::string& typeName)
{
  int i = 0;
  std::string lutType = this->typenameList[i];

  while (lutType != "END_OF_ARRAY")
  {
    if (lutType == typeName)
    {
      this->SetType(static_cast<mitk::LookupTable::LookupTableType>(i));
    }

    lutType = this->typenameList[++i];
  }
}

const std::string mitk::LookupTable::GetActiveTypeAsString()
{
  return std::string(typenameList[(int)m_type]);
}

void mitk::LookupTable::ChangeOpacityForAll( float opacity )
{

  int noValues = m_LookupTable->GetNumberOfTableValues ();

  double rgba[ 4 ];

  for ( int i = 0;i < noValues;i++ )
  {
    m_LookupTable->GetTableValue ( i, rgba );
    rgba[ 3 ] = opacity;
    m_LookupTable->SetTableValue ( i, rgba );
  }
  this->Modified();  // need to call modified, since LookupTableProperty seems to be unchanged so no widget-update is executed
}

void mitk::LookupTable::ChangeOpacity(int index, float opacity )
{

  int noValues = m_LookupTable->GetNumberOfTableValues ();
  if (index>noValues)
  {
    MITK_INFO << "could not change opacity. index exceed size of lut ... " << std::endl;
    return;
  }

  double rgba[ 4 ];

  m_LookupTable->GetTableValue ( index, rgba );
  rgba[ 3 ] = opacity;
  m_LookupTable->SetTableValue ( index, rgba );

  this->Modified();  // need to call modified, since LookupTableProperty seems to be unchanged so no widget-update is executed
}

void mitk::LookupTable::GetColor(int x, double rgb[3])
{
  this->GetVtkLookupTable()->GetColor(x,rgb);
}

void mitk::LookupTable::GetTableValue(int x, double rgba[4])
{
  this->GetVtkLookupTable()->GetTableValue(x,rgba);
}

void mitk::LookupTable::SetTableValue(int x, double rgba[4])
{
  this->GetVtkLookupTable()->SetTableValue(x,rgba);
}

vtkSmartPointer<vtkLookupTable> mitk::LookupTable::GetVtkLookupTable() const
{
  return m_LookupTable;
}

mitk::LookupTable::RawLookupTableType * mitk::LookupTable::GetRawLookupTable() const
{
  return m_LookupTable->GetPointer( 0 );
}

/*!
* \brief equality operator inplementation
*/
bool mitk::LookupTable::operator==( const mitk::LookupTable& other ) const
{
  if ( m_LookupTable == other.GetVtkLookupTable())
    return true;
  vtkLookupTable* olut = other.GetVtkLookupTable();
  if (olut == NULL)
    return false;

  bool equal = (m_LookupTable->GetNumberOfColors() == olut->GetNumberOfColors())
      && (m_LookupTable->GetTableRange()[0] == olut->GetTableRange()[0])
      && (m_LookupTable->GetTableRange()[1] == olut->GetTableRange()[1])
      && (m_LookupTable->GetHueRange()[0] == olut->GetHueRange()[0])
      && (m_LookupTable->GetHueRange()[1] == olut->GetHueRange()[1])
      && (m_LookupTable->GetSaturationRange()[0] == olut->GetSaturationRange()[0])
      && (m_LookupTable->GetSaturationRange()[1] == olut->GetSaturationRange()[1])
      && (m_LookupTable->GetValueRange()[0] == olut->GetValueRange()[0])
      && (m_LookupTable->GetValueRange()[1] == olut->GetValueRange()[1])
      && (m_LookupTable->GetAlphaRange()[0] == olut->GetAlphaRange()[0])
      && (m_LookupTable->GetAlphaRange()[1] == olut->GetAlphaRange()[1])
      && (m_LookupTable->GetRamp() == olut->GetRamp())
      && (m_LookupTable->GetScale() == olut->GetScale())
      && (m_LookupTable->GetAlpha() == olut->GetAlpha())
      && (m_LookupTable->GetTable()->GetNumberOfTuples() == olut->GetTable()->GetNumberOfTuples());
  if (equal == false)
    return false;
  for (vtkIdType i=0; i < m_LookupTable->GetNumberOfTableValues(); i++)
  {
    bool tvequal = (m_LookupTable->GetTableValue(i)[0] == olut->GetTableValue(i)[0])
        && (m_LookupTable->GetTableValue(i)[1] == olut->GetTableValue(i)[1])
        && (m_LookupTable->GetTableValue(i)[2] == olut->GetTableValue(i)[2])
        && (m_LookupTable->GetTableValue(i)[3] == olut->GetTableValue(i)[3]);
    if (tvequal == false)
      return false;
  }
  return true;
}

/*!
* \brief un-equality operator implementation
*/
bool mitk::LookupTable::operator!=( const mitk::LookupTable& other ) const
{
  return !(*this == other);
}

/*!
* \brief assignment operator implementation
*/
mitk::LookupTable& mitk::LookupTable::operator=( const mitk::LookupTable& LookupTable )
{
  if ( this == &LookupTable )
  {
    return * this;
  }
  else
  {
    m_LookupTable = LookupTable.GetVtkLookupTable();
    return *this;
  }
}

void mitk::LookupTable::UpdateOutputInformation( )
{
  if ( this->GetSource( ) )
  {
    this->GetSource( ) ->UpdateOutputInformation( );
  }
}

void mitk::LookupTable::SetRequestedRegionToLargestPossibleRegion( )
{}

bool mitk::LookupTable::RequestedRegionIsOutsideOfTheBufferedRegion( )
{
  return false;
}

bool mitk::LookupTable::VerifyRequestedRegion( )
{
  //normally we should check if the requested region lies within the
  //largest possible region. Since for lookup-tables we assume, that the
  //requested region is always the largest possible region, we can always
  //return true!
  return true;
}

void mitk::LookupTable::SetRequestedRegion(const itk::DataObject *)
{
  //not implemented, since we always want to have the RequestedRegion
  //to be set to LargestPossibleRegion
}

vtkSmartPointer<vtkColorTransferFunction> mitk::LookupTable::CreateColorTransferFunction()
{
  vtkSmartPointer<vtkColorTransferFunction> colorFunction = vtkSmartPointer<vtkColorTransferFunction>::New();

  mitk::LookupTable::RawLookupTableType *rawLookupTable = this->GetRawLookupTable();
  int num_of_values = m_LookupTable->GetNumberOfTableValues();

  double* cols = new double[3*num_of_values];
  double* colsHead = cols;

  for (int i = 0; i<num_of_values; ++i)
  {
    *cols=static_cast<double>(*rawLookupTable)/255.0; ++cols; ++rawLookupTable;
    *cols=static_cast<double>(*rawLookupTable)/255.0; ++cols; ++rawLookupTable;
    *cols=static_cast<double>(*rawLookupTable)/255.0; ++cols; ++rawLookupTable;
    ++rawLookupTable;
  }
  colorFunction->BuildFunctionFromTable(m_LookupTable->GetTableRange()[0], m_LookupTable->GetTableRange()[1], num_of_values, colsHead);
  return colorFunction;
}

void mitk::LookupTable::CreateColorTransferFunction(vtkColorTransferFunction*& colorFunction)
{
  colorFunction = this->CreateColorTransferFunction();
}

vtkSmartPointer<vtkPiecewiseFunction> mitk::LookupTable::CreateOpacityTransferFunction()
{
  vtkSmartPointer<vtkPiecewiseFunction> opacityFunction = vtkSmartPointer<vtkPiecewiseFunction>::New();

  mitk::LookupTable::RawLookupTableType *rgba = this->GetRawLookupTable();
  int num_of_values=m_LookupTable->GetNumberOfTableValues();

  double *alphas = new double [num_of_values];
  double *alphasHead = alphas;

  rgba+=3;
  for(int i=0;i<num_of_values;++i)
  {
    *alphas=static_cast<double>(*rgba)/255.0; ++alphas; rgba+=4;
  }

  opacityFunction->BuildFunctionFromTable(m_LookupTable->GetTableRange()[0], m_LookupTable->GetTableRange()[1], num_of_values, alphasHead);
  return opacityFunction;
}

void mitk::LookupTable::CreateOpacityTransferFunction(vtkPiecewiseFunction*& opacityFunction)
{
  opacityFunction = this->CreateOpacityTransferFunction();
}

vtkSmartPointer<vtkPiecewiseFunction> mitk::LookupTable::CreateGradientTransferFunction()
{
  vtkSmartPointer<vtkPiecewiseFunction> gradientFunction = vtkSmartPointer<vtkPiecewiseFunction>::New();

  mitk::LookupTable::RawLookupTableType *rgba = this->GetRawLookupTable();
  int num_of_values=m_LookupTable->GetNumberOfTableValues();

  double *alphas = new double [num_of_values];
  double *alphasHead = alphas;

  rgba+=3;
  for(int i=0;i<num_of_values;++i)
  {
    *alphas=static_cast<double>(*rgba)/255.0; ++alphas; rgba+=4;
  }

  gradientFunction->BuildFunctionFromTable(m_LookupTable->GetTableRange()[0], m_LookupTable->GetTableRange()[1], num_of_values, alphasHead);
  return gradientFunction;
}

void mitk::LookupTable::CreateGradientTransferFunction(vtkPiecewiseFunction*& gradientFunction)
{
  gradientFunction = this->CreateGradientTransferFunction();
}

void mitk::LookupTable::PrintSelf(std::ostream &os, itk::Indent indent) const
{
  os << indent;
  m_LookupTable->PrintHeader(os, vtkIndent());
}

itk::LightObject::Pointer mitk::LookupTable::InternalClone() const
{
  itk::LightObject::Pointer result(new Self(*this));
  result->UnRegister();
  return result;
}

void mitk::LookupTable::BuildGrayScaleLookupTable()
{
  vtkSmartPointer<vtkLookupTable> lut = vtkSmartPointer<vtkLookupTable>::New();
  lut->SetRampToLinear();
  lut->SetSaturationRange( 0.0, 0.0 );
  lut->SetHueRange( 0.0, 0.0 );
  lut->SetValueRange( 0.0, 1.0 );
  lut->Build();

  m_LookupTable = lut;
  this->Modified();
}

void mitk::LookupTable::BuildLegacyBinaryLookupTable()
{
  vtkSmartPointer<vtkLookupTable> lut = vtkSmartPointer<vtkLookupTable>::New();
  lut->SetRampToLinear();
  lut->SetSaturationRange( 0.0, 0.0 );
  lut->SetHueRange( 0.0, 0.0 );
  lut->SetValueRange( 0.0, 1.0 );
  lut->Build();
  lut->SetTableValue(0,0.0,0.0,0.0,0.0);

  m_LookupTable = lut;
  this->Modified();
}

void mitk::LookupTable::BuildInverseGrayScaleLookupTable()
{
  vtkSmartPointer<vtkLookupTable> lut = vtkSmartPointer<vtkLookupTable>::New();
  lut->SetTableRange (0, 1);
  lut->SetSaturationRange (0, 0);
  lut->SetHueRange (0, 0);
  lut->SetValueRange (1, 0);
  lut->SetAlphaRange (1, 0);
  lut->Build();

  m_LookupTable = lut;
  this->Modified();
}

void mitk::LookupTable::BuildHotIronLookupTable()
{
  vtkSmartPointer<vtkLookupTable> lut = vtkSmartPointer<vtkLookupTable>::New();
  lut->SetNumberOfTableValues(256);
  lut->Build();

  for( int i=0; i<256; i++)
  {

    lut->SetTableValue(i, (double)HotIron[i][0]/255.0, (double)HotIron[i][1]/255.0, (double)HotIron[i][2]/255.0, 1.0);
  }

  m_LookupTable = lut;
  this->Modified();
}

void mitk::LookupTable::BuildJetLookupTable()
{
  vtkSmartPointer<vtkLookupTable> lut = vtkSmartPointer<vtkLookupTable>::New();
  lut->SetNumberOfTableValues(256);
  lut->Build();

  for (int i = 0; i < 256; i++)
  {
    lut->SetTableValue(i, (double)Jet[i][0] / 255.0, (double)Jet[i][1] / 255.0, (double)Jet[i][2] / 255.0, 1.0);
  }

  m_LookupTable = lut;
  this->Modified();
}

void mitk::LookupTable::BuildPETColorLookupTable()
{
  vtkSmartPointer<vtkLookupTable> lut = vtkSmartPointer<vtkLookupTable>::New();
  lut->SetNumberOfTableValues(256);
  lut->SetTableRange ( (m_Level - m_Window/2.0), (m_Level + m_Window/2.0) );
  lut->Build();

  for( int i=0; i<256; i++)
  {
    lut->SetTableValue(i, (double)PETColor[i][0]/255.0, (double)PETColor[i][1]/255.0, (double)PETColor[i][2]/255.0, 1.0);
  }

  m_LookupTable = lut;
  this->Modified();
}

void mitk::LookupTable::BuildPET20LookupTable()
{
  vtkSmartPointer<vtkLookupTable> lut = vtkSmartPointer<vtkLookupTable>::New();
  lut->SetNumberOfTableValues(256);
  lut->SetTableRange ( (m_Level - m_Window/2.0), (m_Level + m_Window/2.0) );
  lut->Build();

  for( int i=0; i<256; i++)
  {
    lut->SetTableValue(i, (double)PET20[i][0]/255.0, (double)PET20[i][1]/255.0, (double)PET20[i][2]/255.0, 1.0);
  }

  m_LookupTable = lut;
  this->Modified();
}

void mitk::LookupTable::BuildMultiLabelLookupTable()
{
  vtkSmartPointer<vtkLookupTable> lut = vtkSmartPointer<vtkLookupTable>::New();
  lut->SetNumberOfTableValues (256);
  lut->SetTableRange ( 0, 255 );
  lut->SetTableValue (0, 0.0, 0.0, 0.0, 0.0); // background

  lut->SetTableValue (1, 1.0, 1.0, 0.0, 0.4);
  lut->SetTableValue (2, 0.0, 1.0, 0.0, 0.4);
  lut->SetTableValue (3, 0.0, 0.0, 1.0, 0.4);
  lut->SetTableValue (4, 1.0, 1.0, 0.4, 0.4);
  lut->SetTableValue (5, 0.0, 0.4, 0.7, 0.4);
  lut->SetTableValue (6, 1.0, 0.0, 1.0, 0.4);

  lut->SetTableValue (7, 1.0, 0.5, 0.0, 0.4);
  lut->SetTableValue (8, 0.0, 1.0, 0.5, 0.4);
  lut->SetTableValue (9, 0.5, 0.0, 1.0, 0.4);
  lut->SetTableValue (10, 1.0, 1.0, 0.5, 0.4);
  lut->SetTableValue (11, 0.5, 1.0, 1.0, 0.4);
  lut->SetTableValue (12, 1.0, 0.5, 0.6, 0.4);
  lut->SetTableValue (13, 1.0, 0.3, 0.3, 0.4);
  lut->SetTableValue (14, 0.4, 0.7, 1.0, 0.4);
  lut->SetTableValue (15, 0.4, 0.5, 1.0, 0.4);
  lut->SetTableValue (16, 0.8, 0.5, 1.0, 0.4);
  lut->SetTableValue (17, 1.0, 0.3, 1.0, 0.4);
  lut->SetTableValue (18, 1.0, 0.5, 0.6, 0.4);
  lut->SetTableValue (19, 1.0, 0.5, 0.4, 0.4);
  lut->SetTableValue (20, 0.4, 0.5, 0.4, 0.4);
  lut->SetTableValue (21, 1.0, 0.5, 0.76, 0.4);
  lut->SetTableValue (22, 0.76, 0.4, 0.4, 0.4);
  lut->SetTableValue (23, 1.0, 0.5, 0.4, 0.4);
  lut->SetTableValue (24, 0.76, 0.3, 0.4, 0.4);
  lut->SetTableValue (25, 1.0, 0.3, 0.4, 0.4);

  for (int i = 26; i < 256; i++)
  {
    if (i%12 == 0)
      lut->SetTableValue (i, 1.0, 0.0, 0.0, 0.4);
    else if (i%12 == 1)
      lut->SetTableValue (i, 0.0, 1.0, 0.0, 0.4);
    else if (i%12 == 2)
      lut->SetTableValue (i, 0.0, 0.0, 1.0, 0.4);
    else if (i%12 == 3)
      lut->SetTableValue (i, 1.0, 1.0, 0.0, 0.4);
    else if (i%12 == 4)
      lut->SetTableValue (i, 0.0, 1.0, 1.0, 0.4);
    else if (i%12 == 5)
      lut->SetTableValue (i, 1.0, 0.0, 1.0, 0.4);
    else if (i%12 == 6)
      lut->SetTableValue (i, 1.0, 0.5, 0.0, 0.4);
    else if (i%12 == 7)
      lut->SetTableValue (i, 0.0, 1.0, 0.5, 0.4);
    else if (i%12 == 8)
      lut->SetTableValue (i, 0.5, 0.0, 1.0, 0.4);
    else if (i%12 == 9)
      lut->SetTableValue (i, 1.0, 1.0, 0.5, 0.4);
    else if (i%12 == 10)
      lut->SetTableValue (i, 0.5, 1.0, 1.0, 0.4);
    else if (i%12 == 11)
      lut->SetTableValue (i, 1.0, 0.5, 1.0, 0.4);
  }

  m_LookupTable = lut;
  this->Modified();
}

void mitk::LookupTable::BuildLegacyRainbowColorLookupTable()
{
  vtkSmartPointer<vtkLookupTable> lut = vtkSmartPointer<vtkLookupTable>::New();
  lut->SetRampToLinear();
  lut->SetHueRange(0.6667, 0.0);
  lut->SetTableRange(0.0, 20.0);
  lut->Build();

  m_LookupTable = lut;
  this->Modified();
}


What Are Extension Lines in Technical Drawing?
Professional drawers, draftsmen and architects, among many other technical professionals, use extension lines to present a clear-cut means for identifying key areas in blueprints, drafts and product manuals. With the correct use of extension lines, a complex image can become an accurate and usable product.
The term "extension line" is often used interchangeably with "dimension line"; however, they are two distinct tools when dealing with technical drawing. Dimension lines present certain measurements of and between items in a drawing. Extension lines, on the other hand, are seen simply as extensions of these items. Where items in blueprints can be busy and complex, an extension line is an easy way to interpret the basis of the item.
Extension lines usually connect dimension lines to different features on parts and images on the page. They are drawn perpendicularly when connecting dimension lines. For example, an extension line will reach beyond a complex object to connect with a dimension line that may give a specific height or distance. The extension line is an extension on the object.
When drawing an extension line, you should leave a 1/16-inch gap between the outline of an object and the beginning of an extension line. Extension lines will extend another 1/8-inch beyond the outermost dimension line.
Extension lines should never directly intersect with dimension lines or with object outlines on the page. Break the extension line on both sides of an object rather than cutting through an already existing line.


Going through a divorce can be one of the most stressful things a person ever endures. According to the American Institute of Stress, divorce is second only to the death of a spouse in terms of the stress it brings to a person's life. Although some couples will simply not be able to divorce without court intervention, preventing courtroom litigation can significantly reduce the emotional and financial costs of a divorce. For couples that are able to at least partially cooperate, mediation may be the best way to end their marriage fairly and civilly.
If your divorce ends up in litigation, any decision you and your spouse cannot agree to will be made by the judge. Judges can make decisions regarding spousal maintenance, child support, property division, and more. Although courts will always try to be as fair as possible, often court-ordered decisions do not fully satisfy either spouse. Mediation, on the other hand, puts much more control in the hands of the spouses. With help from the mediator, spouses negotiate and come to their own conclusions about things like property division and maintenance payments. Studies have shown that when individuals have more say over these types of decisions that they are more likely to comply with the judge's final divorce decree. This results in fewer instances of returning to court to enforce or modify the decree.
Divorce litigation can require a significant amount of time and money. It can include a lengthy discovery period, preliminary hearings, pretrial motions, and a trial which lasts several days. A litigated divorce can often end up taking months or even years to finalize. The mediation process is almost always a much faster and less expensive way to reach agreements about divorce issues.
A courtroom showdown can be quite stressful for both parties. Mediation avoids the courtroom and is conducted in a much more casual manner than litigation. This allows the spouses to let their guard down and feel more comfortable. During mediation, spouses will work toward solutions with guidance and help from a qualified mediator. He or she will not make decisions for you but will instead act as a neutral facilitator.
Mediation is an alternative way to resolve disputes between you and your soon-to-be-ex-spouse which is much less expensive and time-consuming than litigation. To speak with certified Geneva divorce mediator, call 630-232-9700 today.


Guide to Enköping Parish, Sweden ancestry, family history, and genealogy: birth records, marriage records, death records, census records, family history, and military records.
This parish broke off of Vårfrukyrka in about 1300 and was called Sankt Ilian. Shortly after another parish was broke off from this one and was called Sankt Olof.
Sankt Ilian was renamed in 1548 and called Enköping. In 1548 Sankt Olof dissolved as the parish was recombined with Enköping.
Enköping was divided into various districts (rotar). Each district (rote) was divided into sections (qvarter) and each "qvarter" was given a number.
Click Sweden, Uppsala Records for a full listing of microfilmed records (some digitized online) at the Family History Library, that may be digitized. Check back occasionally to see if your records have become available. In the meantime, some of them might be available at a Family History Center near you. Click on "Places within Sweden, Uppsala and then select your parish.


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6-та планерно-десантна бригада Великої Британії ( — військове з'єднання, бригада повітряно-десантних військ Великої Британії часів Другої світової війни. Сформована 23 квітня 1943 року та була включена до 6-ї дивізії, разом з 3-ю та 5-ю парашутними бригадами.

6 червня 1944 року під час висадки в Нормандії бригада брала участь в операції «Маллард», утримуючи після висадки посадочним способом південний фланг Нормандського плацдарму над річкою Орн. У серпні 1944 року на завершальному етапі операції «Оверлорд» разом з іншими частинами 6-ї повітряно-десантної дивізії 6-та бригада брала участь у наступі до річки Сени. У вересні 1944 року бригаду з рештою дивізії повернули до континентальної Європи. В грудні після початку несподіваного наступу німецької армії в Арденнах, більш відомому як «битва на виступі», 6-ту планерно-десантну бригаду терміново перекинули до Франції на посилення позицій британських військ на цьому стратегічному напрямку. У березні 1945 року бригада взяла участь в останній повітряно-десантній операції на Західному фронтові, в операції «Версіті». Після чого десантне з'єднання з боями пройшло через Німеччину, до кінця війни вийшло до Балтійського моря у Вісмара.

Наприкінці травня 1945 року бригада була виведена з Німеччини до Англії, але 10 жовтня 1945 року у складі 6-ї дивізії була відправлена до Палестини для забезпечення внутрішньої безпеки в регіоні, де розпочалося повстання євреїв та зростання терористичної активності. Після прибуття на Близький Схід 1-ї парашутної бригади, 6-ту бригаду вивели зі складу повітряно-десантних військ Великої Британії та повернули піхоті; частина була перейменована на 31-шу окрему піхотну бригаду.

Див. також
 6-та повітряно-десантна бригада (СРСР)
 Операція «Дедстік»
 Операція «Ледброук»
 506-й парашутно-десантний полк (США)
 Бій за Мервільську батарею
 6-та парашутна дивізія (Третій Рейх)

Примітки
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Джерела

Література
 Ambrose, Stephen E (2003). Pegasus Bridge. London, United Kingdom: Pocket Books. ISBN 978-0-7434-5068-3.

Посилання

Бригади Великої Британії
Повітрянодесантні війська Великої Британії
Військові формування, засновані 1943
Військові формування, розформовані 1946
Засновані у Великій Британії 1943


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