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Q: How do you update a QuadTree after an object has moved in C++? The easiest method is removing and inserting the object, but there are probably faster methods. (If I'm overthinking this and I should just do it the simple way, let me know)
Here are some notes about my QuadTree

*

*The objects that are moving are AABBs and may be bigger than the
smallest QuadTree node.

*The objects are not removed when creating children QuadTrees. That
means the root QuadTree has a pointer to every object inside the
QuadTree.

*The objects are stored as pointers in a vector outside of the QuadTree.

So far, each time an object moves it calls a function called Update() on the root QuadTree. It includes itself and its past bounding box before it moved in the parameters. I'm  not sure how to make the function though.
Posting the entire code to my QuadTree here would make my post quite long, so I've created a GitHub repository for easier reading.
Edit: For anyone looking for an answer this seems to update objects by removing and deleting them and is pretty efficient judging by the test he did in the comments.

A: It'll be really hard to do better than remove and re-insert, especially in your case, since:

*

*Removing seems super cheap (remove the pointer from the corresponding node's vector)

*When looking for which node to move the object to, you need to traverse the tree the exact same way as when inserting, after which:

*Insertion is pretty cheap

The only thing I would try if performance is really an issue is some sort of insertion from the leaves. Let's say your tree is pretty large and that objects usually move to immediately adjacent nodes, you could request insertion in the parent node, which would pass it to its parent if needed. Something like:
void insert_from_leaf(object* o) {
  if (!is_in_this_subtree(o)) {
    parent->insert_from_leaf(o);
    return;
  }
  find_child_node_for_object(o)->insert(0);
}

Basically, it might be more efficient to walk the tree from the leaf the object is coming from than always starting from the root since adjacent nodes tend to share a close ancestor.
In the worse case, you'll end up doing twice the work because you'll go back all the way to the root. In the best case, both source and destination share an immediate parent.
How good a gain this would be entirely depends on the layout of your particular tree, its size, and a bunch of other factors so you should measure the performance of your code before and after implementing something like this.

A: There are few solutions for that:
You can recreate whole tree each update. You can also simple remove and insert object when it moves.
Another solution (in my case it gives me the best performance) is to store only static objects in quad tree. I stored dynamic objcts in list (in my game there is much less dynamic objects than static).
Also you can read about other spatial data structures like grid, it is much simplier to move objects between cells.

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SilverBack Offers Management Services to Cognex
By Kevin Newcomb | January 09, 2001
SilverBack Technologies Inc., a leading full-service Management Service Provider (MSP), Monday (Jan 8) announced that Cognex Corporation, the world's leading supplier of machine vision systems, has selected its InfoCare service to provide advanced IT monitoring, security and reporting capabilities to help deliver information services more cost-effectively.
"IT managers can spend lots of time chasing down problems, using a number of disparate tools that are not integrated," Skip MacAskill, SilverBack VP marketing, told ASP News. "When we explain that we can give them one place to go for information, in real time, with a big-picture view of their systems, you can immediately see the light bulbs going off."
SilverBack's InfoCare solution is a management service that enables businesses to run their IT computing environments more proactively and efficiently. InfoCare provides multiple monitoring, reporting and security applications within a single subscription-based service offering. All applications are integrated and hosted securely on the customer's site, providing maximum application control and guaranteed access. SilverBack's turnkey installation and maintenance model, broad suite of features and overall ease of use correlate to increased network uptime and improved IT efficiency.
Cognex has chosen to implement SilverBack's base InfoCare service and plans to roll out additional services and features during the coming months. Since deployment, Cognex has realized significantly improved IT efficiency through the ability to deploy valued IT resources and staff members to other areas of IT, including capacity planning and proactive network monitoring and reporting.
InfoCare is the foundation that future SilverBack offerings will build on, said MacAskill. At this point, SilverBack customers are at the point where they benefit most from the assessment and discovery of their network, alert and escalation features, performance metrics, and security scanning -- all features of InfoCare. "People still need to know the basics -- what's in their environment. You have to start with the fundamentals," he said.
"We'll be adding value-added offerings as we expand our scope," MacAskill said. "It's one thing to be able to understand your technical environment. It's quite another to understand the business-level environment and see how the business itself is affected by the technology."
For Cognex, a multinational company with revenue of approximately $250 million and regional offices throughout the U.S. and overseas, InfoCare provides a cost-effective IT management service which delivers multiple industry-leading software applications including performance monitoring, asset inventory, security scanning and alert escalation for better care of networks.
"We have only had InfoCare up and running for four weeks now, and already we've seen dramatic IS improvements through the ability to proactively capture and analyze valuable network and systems information to help us better control our IT resources," said Bob Cuneo, director of IT at Cognex. "In minutes I was receiving actionable IT information that I wasn't getting from our previous reporting system. With InfoCare, I have access to real-time data that is specific to each device within my network and systems environment. For the first time in recent memory, I control the network; the network doesn't control me."
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Ousted HP CEO Carly Fiorina calls Apple's Tim Cook a hypocrite for stance on Indiana law
Posted: April 3, 2015 1:25PM
in General Discussion edited April 2015
While many of Silicon Valley's elite are in lockstep opposition to Indiana's new "religious freedom" law, former Hewlett-Packard chief and potential Republican presidential candidate Carly Fiorina has taken the other side, accusing Apple CEO Tim Cook of acting hypocritically by opposing Indiana's law but continuing to do business in oppressive countries around the world.
"When Tim Cook is upset about all the places that he does business because of the way they treat gays and women, he needs to withdraw from 90 percent of the markets that he's in, including China and Saudi Arabia," Fiorina said to the Wall Street Journal. "But I don't hear him being upset about that."
Last weekend, Cook penned an editorial blasting state legislatures across the country for passing so-called "religious freedom" laws "designed to enshrine discrimination in state law." He was responding in part to a bill recently enacted in Indiana which would allow businesses to cite religious beliefs when defending themselves against discrimination suits.
Opponents of the law feared that it would give businesses a way to legally discriminate against gays and lesbians, after a federal appeals court ruling forced Indiana to recognize same-sex marriages late last year.
Following a raucous national outcry, which included an announcement from Salesforce CEO Marc Benioff that his company -- one of Indiana's largest employers -- would pare down operations in the state as a result, Indiana's legislature amended the bill to include specific protections against discrimination.
Fiorina, who fancies herself a candidate for the presidency in 2016 despite her disastrous California U.S. Senate campaign in 2010, blamed the outcry on "narrow special interests." Technology leaders who have opposed the law, including Cook, have displayed "a level of hypocrisy here that really is unfortunate," she added.
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eightzero Posts: 2,772member
There is a difference between doing business in a country with its own sovereignty; and speaking up as a citizen of a self-governing republic and commenting on its law making.
suddenly newton Posts: 13,812member
So glad HP doesn't do business in China. Oh wait. [B]Rule of the troll:[/B] It's only hypocritical when Apple does it.
paulmjohnson Posts: 1,380member
I heard a similar argument from the right saying that "liberals" (is there anything more demonic in the US!) are hypocrites because they want equality for homosexuals in Indiana, but are also wanting a nuclear deal with Iran, who demonize gay people.
They don't seem to understand that just because you can't make everything better, it doesn't mean you shouldn't try to make something better.
If Cook and others are able to play a part in making the world a more equal place, good on them.
Same goes for the CEO of Wal Mart who's pressure seems to have had a positive outcome in Alabama.
applesauce007 Posts: 1,687member
She is really a dangerous airhead.
That's why she was fired at HP.
netrox Posts: 1,282member
There is no hypocrisy, idiot. Tim Cook did not boycott Indiana, he expressed his disapproval and said Apple is open to all.
peteo Posts: 402member
Really? How can she even think of running for president after her captastic tenure as ceo of HP?
"She has frequently been ranked as one of the worst tech CEOs of all time"
This latest coment just proves my point. Clueless
sestewart Posts: 102member
Amen, Sister!
Romans 1, 16-32
Originally Posted by sestewart
If you want to live your life according to some made up horseshit from 2000 years ago, fair play to you. Don't assume to discriminate against people who don't.
tmay Posts: 5,824member
I knew some RF engineers that worked at HP before Agilent spunoff. Carly wanted to be treated like a rockstar, bottom line, with all of the bonafide perks that go with it. I don't even recall what torpedo she fired into HP at the time, but I thing that she was behind absorbing another PC builder; can you say Compaq?
She has often been ranked as one of the worst CEO's of all time. Perfect for a politician.
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freerange Posts: 1,595member
And this woman thinks she's qualified to be president of the country? ROFLOL
mangy dog Posts: 13member
We should listen to Carly when she's proven herself to be 1/100th as competent as Tim Cook. She's nothing more than a failed CEO and a failed politician.
richl Posts: 2,213member
Tim, like Apple as a whole, chooses battles that he can win. He won in Indiana.
frood Posts: 771member
I wrecked a company, and since that didn't work out so well, I want to run the country! I think Tim is pretty consistent. To my knowledge he did not threaten to boycott Indiana nor cease having Apple do business there. He issued strong words in the form of his personal opinion. Carly making bold statements based upon what we wishes were facts to create a headline that she wishes were reality probably aren't the traits I'd put at the top of the list for the next Presidential hopeful.
Tim merely let his views be known, as he does with China and Saudi Arabia. He'd love them to change their laws and lets it be known but he's not going to be irrational about it. Apple has actually done quite a bit above and beyond to ensure if foreign factories are ran above the criteria most foreign governments set. Carly should also be aware that citizens of a country (you know, the little people she'll need if she wants to get elected) *do* have a voice, and even a duty, to let their stance on issues be known within their own country. Citizens of a different country usually do not have a direct path influence other countries' stances directly, and instead would rely on the officials they elected to influence foreign policy. Aparantly we now know Carly would be all for letting foreign countries abuse their people as long as they keep sending us the cheap widgets.
Maybe we should allow discrimination against women in the workplace since you know the bible says "A woman should learn in quietness and full submission. I do not permit a woman to teach or to have authority over a man; she must be silent" (1 Timothy 2:11-12)
splif Posts: 603member
Originally Posted by AppleInsider
Way to set yourself up for inevitable questions about your corporate policies during your tenure and your almost certain expedient demise in an election.
rogifan Posts: 10,669member
Go Carly! Screw the haters.
ralphmouth Posts: 192member
You carefully pick your battles depending on the specific country and what is most pressing. In the US, it is gay rights. In China and other developing countries, it is pollution and human rights. Tim knows and understands this.
prairiewalker Posts: 51member
Mr. Cook is a citizen of the United States, not of any of the other countries. As such he has the right to express his opinion and possibly influence the actions of states where Apple does business. It is less likely that expressing the same opinion with statements in other countries will be effective. Of course he does influence how Apple treats its employees and customers world-wide.
Ousted CEO Florina, to my knowledge, has not expressed her opinions on the laws being discussed. Does she think these laws that give businesses license to discriminate under the guise of protecting religions from government interference are a good idea?
mstone Posts: 11,510member
She has said she may announce her candidacy for the Republican nomination for President. I don't think she has a chance in hell, but if she intends to run then attacking liberal philosophies is the logical first course of action and there is no higher profile target than names like Tim Cook and Apple.
I would be willing to bet she has an iPhone and an iPad. Perhaps she should toss them and get herself some Motorola kit so to not be a hypocrite.
techprod1gy Posts: 838member
99% of that written word contradicts itself in one way or another. Please come up with something original and relevant. The assholes who wrote this stuff discriminated against most of humanity.


Beginnings are always very difficult for me. Perhaps I was marked for this fate by way I was born. My mother was in labor for two lays and two nights. To this day she describes in vivid detail the horror of my birth. There was a knife next to her bed; they had to wrestle it away from her. She wanted to kill herself.... Finally I came into the world, feet first.
When I gave birth to Angelica, it also took me two days and two nights of primal pain. I could not deliver. Way past the deadline, I was weeks overdue. In the end the birth was not at all natural; helped along by the doctors, it was anticlimactic. Angelica's appearance, however, absolved all the guilt I had carried around for years; I was overwhelmed with a beautiful feeling of relief.
Men in America give out cigars to celebrate the birth of their sons. I participate in this peculiar custom by presenting this cigar story to celebrate my daughter, born in the midst of this project.
Tobacco originated in the American continent, and smoking is an American phenomenon. Tobacco was considered a sacred plant by the American Indians. Smoking the weed was part of their religious rituals from the time of the discovery of fire, from the time the fire was stolen from the Gods and given to the people. The smoke functioned in much the same fashion as the burning of sandalwood and various other spices in Asia. It was a ladder to the realm of the Gods, the direct connection to the Divine powers.
Several years ago I had to pass through a cigar factory regularly on the way to my workspace. Seeing the women making cigars made me curious about tobacco, smoke and fire. I am not a smoker and yet, as if drawn by a magnet, I went further and further into the symbolism of the cigar and tobacco leaf. With this unlikely subject to consume me, I got in touch with a memory deep inside each one of us: when the first spark produced the first flame. I went far from my background in Yugoslavia, to a culture entirely different, in Africa, only to discover this same memory.
The spirit of lightning and fire is everywhere, and as this natural force traveled, it was colored by the different cultures it touched, given a variety of names and forms by the minds it inspired, the hearts it penetrated: the energy with which the World began, with which it will end, the energy of Fire, the Creator and the Destroyer.
My parents took us to a funeral rite in Bali. It was twilight. There were many dressed-up people, dancing and feasting; it was a great celebration. When the funeral procession finally emerged, everyone was so excited. A group of men came out carrying the corpse, which was wrapped in a huge banana leaf and covered with lotus flowers. The structure upon which the corpse was placed was built from bamboo sticks, and to me it seemed endless in height. When they brought out his wife, the crowd went into a frenzy. She was dressed in the finest embroidered silks, covered head to toe in jewels and wore a gold crown on her head, with flowers all over. She climbed onto a tall ladder and sat next to her late husband. At this point my memory blurs. They proceeded to light the structure on fire. It became my nightmare. Someone said that the bride goes to the heavenly abode with the husband. My father assured me that this is not the case anymore; there is a law against it. I don't know to this day what happened.
I had nightmares for years after. Did she scream in the flame? Did she die with the man wrapped in the banana leaf? Twenty years later, while traveling through India, I saw a TV show about Sati, the practice of putting to death the bride of the dead man. Apparently, to this day it goes on. In fact the subject of the show was a sixteen-year-old bride who was put to death that year in a village. In Sati, a woman is drugged, then a group of men come to the home and start dancing around her, chanting a death song, and then they kill her. This is a way to ensure that the inheritance stays in the husband's family and is not passed over to the wife. If somehow the woman manages to escape this dreadful fate, she is doomed in the community and may end up killing herself in despair or turning to prostitution to survive. One of the images from this show that stuck in my mind was a rally of villagers protesting the law which forbade the custom of bride burning. Behind the main speaker was a picture of a beautiful woman enveloped in flames. The audience was composed of angry chanting men. It sends a shiver through my spine.
Raised in an atheistic environment, I've never been taught a religion. This made me free to enter temples, churches, mosques and synagogues and marvel at the spiritual source in much the same way. The theatrical quality of religious rituals moves me. I especially feel close to the ancient nature religions, particularly Zoroastrianism, because there the element of fire is central to worship. In Zoroastrianism, fire is believed to be the son of God and is called on as a Warrior. The most sacred of fires, the Bahram fire, is required in order to do battle with the spiritual demons of darkness.
Millennia of millennia ago, my ancestors migrated from the Himalayas. This warrior tribe walked for miles, making rest stops of a few days, then continuing on to look for their new home. They needed a sign in order to settle down. The sacred fire was carried in golden pots and was never allowed to die out. Not only was it a source of spiritual strength, warmth and light, it was also a protection against wild beasts at night. When they reached the river Danube, they were very impressed and decided to rest awhile on this fertile soil. That very night a bolt of lightning struck at the center of the river and a two-headed bird came out with a loud thunderclap. At its stomach was a Red and blue spiral which revolved with great speed and emanated tremendous heat. Then the bird turned into a puff of smoke and disappeared. Since the tribe worshiped Perun, the God of Thunder, they knew that this was the auspicious sign they were looking for, and made this land their home. Somewhere in my genetic makeup, the memory of this story is encoded.


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Erik Wemple wants "Fox & Friends" killed. That's some violent language from a newspaper that takes political violence so seriously.
Wemple is the media reporter at The Washington Post. His employer has dedicated vast resources over the last 18 months to oppose Donald Trump, first as a candidate, then as president.
Some of their reporting has been excellent, such as David Fahrenthold's dig into Trump's (un)charitable giving, which earned a Pulitzer. Some of it has been simple echoing of NY Times reports, or repetition of anonymously-sourced "within the administration" bits. Just about all of it fits a narrative of painting President Trump as a bad man, damaged goods, who stole the election.
Listen, I know, and most people know that "kill" is the word for cancel in the television and movie industry. To "kill a show" is commonly used. But bans on violent words in rhetoric should apply equally. WaPo can't attack Sarah Palin's use of a "target" graphic in a political presentation but then condone Wemple's use of the word "kill" even when the context of both is clearly not violent.
Connecting violence only to conservatives who use certain terms or imagery while giving the left a pass is simply unjustified bias. WaPo is one of the worst.
In August 2016, a WaPo opinion piece ominously intoned, "Political violence is a terrible inherent risk to any free society." It was especially hard on Trump, comparing him to Sen. Joe McCarthy.
On June 15 of this year, WaPo attempted to shift blame for the calamitous shooting of Republican lawmakers on a Virginia baseball field away from leftist rhetoric. They didn't go as far as the NYT in connecting Sarah Palin's "target" map to Rep. Gabby Giffords shooter, but they came close.
Even if Jared Lee Loughner had never picked up a gun and headed to the constituent meeting where he shot Giffords in 2011, that map would have had no place in reasonable American political discourse. No one needs to assert a totally unproven connection between a Facebook image and an assassination attempt to make that clear.
But today, it's okay for Wemple to headline a piece "Kill 'Fox & Friends' before it's too late." His complaint? That they're too friendly to Trump.
Again, "Fox & Friends" and Trump prove what a noxious combination they've become. The former churns out questionable information or mere pro-Trump cheerleading, and the latter amplifies it. Thus far, this symbiosis has clarified just what "Fox & Friends" is — a propaganda mill — and the type of media coverage the president fancies — straight-up sycophancy.
After eight years of media sycophancy to President Obama, and all the virtue signaling done by the main stream media about using violent words, once again, WaPo and Wemple's bias is showing.


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India of the Past
Preserving memories of India and Indians
My family in Bannu and India
1931: Death and Dance
Bannu (NWFP) was peaceful during partition 1947-48
Jamadarin Mai and me - breaking down the untouchability barrier
My Years in Maharani's College Jaipur
A Tribute To My Wife After Two Decades
"भारत छोड़ो 1942" - मेरे परिवार की भूमिका
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No. 806, L/NK Sadhon Gopal Mukherjee (1900-1918)
India Before Independence: Memories
WW II Rice-Wheat Nonfermented Dosa
Journey Across India, 1950
Mumbai's Lasting Legacy
The Idea of Pakistan 1930
Suffering the Partition in Bannu, Kohat and Parichnar
Festival of Classical Music – Delhi 1957
Jatinder Sethi
Life Back Then
ravi shanker
bade ghulam ali khan
Jatinder Sethi was born in Lyallpur, now Faisalabad, in pre-Independence India. He finished his M.A. (English) from Delhi University in 1956, and went off to London to study Advertising in 1958. He passed his Membership Exam of The Institute of Practitioners in Advertising (M.I.P.A) in1965, and joined Rallis India in Bombay. Later, for over 20 years, he worked for the advertising agency Ogilvy &amp\; Mather. Now retired, he helps his son in his ad agency in Delhi.
Ed. Note. Mr. Sethi's article on Delhi in the 1950s is a complement to this article.
Kaun Jaye Dilli Kee Galiana Chode Kar कौन जाये दिल्ली की गलियां छोड़कर ?
Who wants to leave Delhi?
The old Urdu poet was right then, and it applied to Delhi of my time also - the late 1950s.
Delhi was the hub of cultural and intellectual activities, fired by the late Chacha Nehru, and politically aware Punjabis of Partitioned India. At that time, they gathered at the India Coffee House, Janpath, New Delhi. This was the crowd that produced well-known writers, photographers, journalists and even Prime Minister (Inder Kumar Gujral) of the country.
Delhi of that period had three very well-known and popular annual cultural events.
One of them was Phool wallon Kee Sair. The patron was Nehru himself. This festival was organized by all the flower sellers of Kutub for three days. It attracted a small crowd than other festival because, in those days, the Kutub was far away from Delhi city, and surrounded by jungle areas. And difficult to reach. (It is said that it used to take over 35 days for the last Mughal Emperor, Bahadur Shah Zafar, to reach Mehrauli (Kutub) from Red Fort).
Another festival was the Sir Shankerlal Annual Mushaira at the Chelmsford Club. This was one of most popular functions visited by Delhiwallas. (See Mushaira at indiaofthepast.org)
And the third was the Annual Classical Music Festival.
In those days, it was always held at the historical Constitution Club, housed at the (wartime) barracks at Curzon Road. It was meant for the Members of the Indian Constitution Assembly to foster social contact and provide amenities to discharge of Parliamentary and allied social obligations. It was inaugurated by Sarvapalli Radhakrishanan, (Vice President of India, who went on to become the President of India.)
And it is this third annual festival that I remember - of those three nights in 1956/57.
It was the Golden Age of Indian classical music. So many great masters of Indian classical music used to be on the stage on the grounds of Constitution Club, all at the same time. And all the three nights. In actual fact, the nightly programme, invariably, used to end not at night - but in the early hours of the dawn. (The Mushaira used to end after midnight.)
No one from the audience ever wanted to get up and leave while these Ustads of the Indian classical music were singing or playing their instruments. It seemed they were glued to their seats and did not want to leave either.
Another fact of this three night function was that ALL the great musicians were present every night, whether they were scheduled to perform or not. It is my great fortune that I was a member of the audience during the festival of 1956/57 of classical music for three nights.
I can proudly claim of having seen and listened to all those great artists, most of them no more in this world.
Bade Ghulam Ali Khan Sahib singing Baju Band Khul Khiul Jaiy and Yaad Piya Kee Aaye.
The sheer personality and presence of people like Pt. Omkarnath Thakur, Bade Ghulam Ali Khan, Rasoolan Bai, Gangu Bai Hangal, Girija Devi and Bismillah Khan Sahib was awesome
And others like Pt. Ravi Shanker, Ustad Ali Akbar Khan, Vilayat Khan sahib with the great Sarangi player Bundu Khan and other sarangi players, and presence of table players like Ustad Allah Rakha, Ahmed Jan Thirakwa seemed as if the Chaar Chaand Aasmaan Say Utter Aiye Hain"
MUSIC &amp\; NOTHING BUT MUSIC FOR THE SOUL-FOR THREE DAYS!
It was Shakespeare who wrote "If music be the food of love, play on, give me excess of it\; that surfeiting, the appetite may sicken, and so die."
How true! If music be the food of love, play on! That's exactly what used to happen every night. There was no restricted time-schedule to play or any Bandish on time.
Theses Ustads, once on the stage were themselves lost in their music as the listeners. No one ever wanted to stop the melodious voice of Bade Ghulam Ali Khan sahib.
Bade Ghulam Ali Khan Sahib, huge like a monarch, bewhiskered, sitting cross-legged, singing. He had a very melodious voice, interesting style that captivated the audience, asking for more and more, no matter what time of the night it was. Baju Bund Khul Jaiy and Yaad Piya Kee Aiye.
Many other classical singers have, later on sang Yaad Piya Kee Aaye (including Pakistani Ustads) but no one touches the height of Bade Ghulam Ali Khan Sahib.
Audience asked for Aaye Na Baalam Kaya Karun Sajni and Prem Ki Maar Katar, and Khan Sahib lovingly obliged.
Then there was the great Pt. Omkarnath Thakur, blessed with a thunderous voice at one time, and suddenly becoming a whisper/hum that used to hypnotize the listeners and move them to tears. Jogi Mat Ja and Maey Nahi Makhan Khayo.
And what can one say about Girija Devi? Listening to the thumri Ras ke Bhare tore Nain, one got lost in the gushing sound of Ganga at Banaras.
Read what she has to say in her biography:
I thought of Thumri as a medium through which to express myself. The emotions of love, longing, and devotion are an integral part of Thumri, and I thought that with the right kind of music, I could make the lyrics come alive.
Now, one can go to Youtube or "google" the name of old masters, and then hear their recordings. But the recorded music, even on expensive speakers is not an iota of experience we, the old timers, had listening "LIVE" on those three nights during 1956/57.
Difference between mushaira and classical music concert
The Annual Mushaira had hardly any female poets participating. However, on this stage of Indian Classical Music, there were many female artists and all great performers.
Another difference between this function and the Mushaira was the behavior of the audience. Mind you, the audience in both functions used to be the same elite of Delhi, but the response and behaviour was completely different.
Here the audience, sober, appreciative of classical music, either just kept nodding their heads, or clapping their hands with the taal. And sometimes "Wah Wah" would be heard. Most of this audience used to sit on the ground.
The Two great Annual Festivals of Delhi, now lost, and two different behaviors.
Some memorable moments lost forever...Pity
Jugal Bandi
Listening to the Jugal Bandi of Pt. Ravi Shanker on Sitar, Ustad Ali Akbar Khan on Sarod with the third great Ustad Allah Rakha on Tabla was an experience to die for.
These three were the inseparable partners and pillars of Indian Classical Music.
Pt. Ravi Shankar and Ustad Ali Akbar Khan, both disciples of Baba Allauddin Khan, broke up after Pt. Ravi Shankar left his wife-daughter of his guru Allauddin Khan, and sister of Ustad Ali Akbar Khan.
Jugal Bandi of Ustad Vilayat Khan, a sitar maestro, and Ustad Bismillah Khan, shehnai wizard.
Their duet continued to enthrall audiences of Bombay in the 1990s. (Vilayat Khan later away to America)
There was a rivalry between two great sitar players - Pt. Ravi Shanker and Ustad Vilayat Khan. Most of the audience favored and loved both the Sitar players but it seems that both the players got more interested in experimenting with Western musicians, both pop and classical instrumentalists, including the Beatles and Yehudi Menuhin
Other gems of this festival
Ustad Bundu Khan, Sarangi Player, was the man who brought the Sarangi out of the Kothas, where this instrument was primarily an accompanist to Bais (women) doing Mujras (dances). (Incidentally, I believe even Bade Ghulam Ali Khan Sahib started as a Sarangi Player at a Kotha)
Bundu Khan's sarangi almost talked to you. You could almost hear each and every word being played. And when two Ustads-Bundu Khan on Sarangi and Ahmed Jan Thirakwa on Tabla, the stage used to get fired. Ustad Bundu Khan Sahib took this instrument to the heights of Everest.
Like Bundu Khan Sahib, Ustad Bismillah Khan Sahib was a most welcomed Instrumentalist. This Banaras walla Shehnai Player, took this instrument out of the Shadi-Barat Tamasha to be the most loved instrument by millions.
While these two greats were playing on the stage of Constitution Club, not a soul moved. It invariably ended early morning after playing hundreds of requests.
And what a treat it used to be, at the break of a dawn, listening to Ustad Bismillah Khan playing Piloor and Kajri
To enjoy this instrument, imagine yourself at the Khan Sahib's Holy City of Banaras sitting on the banks of Ganga, and listening to young Bismillah.
It seems like an Indian tradition that almost great Indian Musicians started their godly gift very early in life. Bismillah was no different. Bismillah also started playing Shehnai at the age six, right on the banks of Holy Ganga.
To end my visit to the 1950s of my Delhi, here is a quote about Bismillah from one of the articles in the Hindustan Times:
In a Shiva-fixated city, shehnai maestro, Bismillah Khan, then 12 years old, first caught a glimpse of the boss. Little Bismillah was practising on the stone balcony of the Balaji temple when Shiva - the god, who locals say will never leave the city - visited him doused in ittar.
And Shivji told him: Son, play. Your name is joined with mine... Ishwar, Allah, Bismillah," says Ustad Nazim Khan, Bismillah's son.
I came to Delhi in early 1947, at the age of 16, after the division of the country. I was a witness to the First Independence Day flag hoisting by our then very popular Prime Minister Nehru at the historic Red Fort. And it was there that I heard the Shehnai of Bismillah for the first time,
Later on I was, like millions moved by the death of Mahatma Gandhi. And I remember walking along with the Hajoom from the Birla House to the Rajghat for the funeral of the Father of the Nation.
It was this emotional bond of that time for young people that made my heart later on enjoy the Indian cultural heritage of music and poetry.
Though I am tone deaf to the intricacy of music, I still enjoy it on my own!
© Jatinder Sethi 2017
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Russian Orthodox Church Asks UN, Western Leaders For Help In Ukraine
By Webmaster on December 14, 2018 Governance & Unity News, Governance Top Stories
Source: Radio Free Europe / Radio Liberty
Patriarch Kirill has sent a letter to world leaders asking them to assist followers of Russian Orthodoxy in Ukraine. (file photo)
The Russian Orthodox Church has called on international leaders to "protect" its followers in Ukraine in the face of what it called official pressure on Moscow-appointed clerics.
In a statement issued on December 14, the Russian Orthodox Church said Patriarch Kirill has sent a letter to the UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres, Thomas Greminger, the secretary-general of the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe (OSCE), German Chancellor Angela Merkel, French President Emmanuel Macron, Pope Francis, and other spiritual leaders, urging them to help protect believers and their faith in Ukraine.
"The interference by the leaders of the secular Ukrainian state in church affairs has recently assumed the shape of undue pressure being exerted on the bishops and priests of the Ukrainian Orthodox Church, which can be defined as the start of all-out persecution," Patriarch Kirill was quoted as saying in the statement.
The statement was issued a day before a meeting on December 15 of senior figures from Orthodox Christian communities in Ukraine in Kyiv in a bid to form a new, unified, independent Ukrainian Orthodox Church and elect a leader, known as a Primate.
The meeting could be a crucial step in years of efforts to create a church in Ukraine that is independent of Moscow.
The Ukrainian Orthodox Church of the Kyiv Patriarchate said on December 13 that Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew of Constantinople, the "first among equals" in the global Eastern Orthodox faith, will hand over a "tomos" — a decree granting autocephaly, or independence — to the future head of the local Orthodox Church in Ukraine on January 6.
Ukraine currently has three main Orthodox denominations: the Ukrainian Orthodox Church of the Moscow Patriarchate, which remained subordinate to Russia after the breakup of the Soviet Union, and two breakaway entities — the Ukrainian Orthodox Church of the Kyiv Patriarchate and the Ukrainian Autocephalous Orthodox Church.
Bartholomew announced the decision to recognize Ukraine's request for an autocephalous church in October.
The announcement by Bartholomew, who is considered the leader of the 300-million-strong worldwide Orthodox community, came amid deepening tension over efforts by Ukrainian Orthodox churches to formally break away from Russia's orbit.
It also prompted the Russian Orthodox Church to announce days later that it was ending its relationship with the Ecumenical Patriarchate in protest.
The developments have added to tensions between Kyiv and Moscow, already high since Russia's 2014 seizure of Crimea and the war in eastern Ukraine between government forces and Moscow-backed separatists.
The Moscow Patriarchate has announced that its representatives will not attend the December 15 gathering.
With reporting by AP and Interfax
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When I prepared this gluten free, vegan toasted pumpkin cranberry granola last week, my first thought was that it was too toasted. A little burnt, if we're being honest. My second thought was that it was probably too toasted, but what did I care? It was absolutely delicious. My suspicions were confirmed when the two friends I shared it with as holiday gifts texted to tell me how much they'd loved it. One even called it the best she'd ever had. That is high praise, so I'm super excited to share the recipe with you today.
For this recipe, I really wanted the toasted flavor, but I still tested it int he dehydrator, which means you can prep it either raw or cooked. I do recommend the toasted version: it's more flavorful!
1. Pre-heat your oven to 325 F.
2. Mix the buckwheaties, sunflower or pumpkin seeds, pecan, cranberries, and flax meal in a large mixing bowl.
3. In a blender, blend the syrup, pumpkin, almond butter, coconut oil, vanilla, cinnamon, ginger, nutmeg, and sea salt. Pour the mixture over the dry ingredients, and mix thoroughly.
4. Oven option: Spread the granola onto a parchment lined baking sheet. Bake for 25-30 minutes, or until it's quite toasty and fragrant. Start checking it at the 18-20 minute mark, to be sure it doesn't burn.
Dehydrator option: Dehydrate granola at 115 degrees for 8 hours, mixing it around a couple of times.
While I challenge you not to prepare this granola and eat it all yourself within days (or, um, hours), it makes a perfect holiday gift, too.
If you're looking for something cute to gift with your granola, you can try a nut milk duo! I've been giving folks a container of vanilla cinnamon pecan milk, along with Brazil nut cacao milk (a new favorite–recipe to come).
A really cute, and delicious gift.
Tomorrow, let's take a break from edible giving, shall we? Instead, I'll be sharing a round up of holiday-ready vegan meals. See you soon!
You can safely say that *both* friends called it the best they'd ever had!
This looks like the best granola ever! It looks wonderfully crunchy and clumpy, just how I like it. I can imagine how perfect it would be drowned in creamy nut milk.
Yes — the combo of that and the cinnamon pecan milk was to die for.
This is PERFECT. As you know, with GD I have to watch my carb intake & most cereals are totally off-limits. But this looks like a great ratio of fat/protein/carbs. So excited to make it.
Oh, I'll do this. Granola is my favorite food group. I think I'll do a half-raw compromise – because if I bother to sprout the buckwheat I'd rather keep it raw. But pumpkin seeds in particular are just better toasted, so I'll toast them separately and dehydrate the rest.
Gena! Have you tried chocolate brazil nut milk from Sun in Bloom, that café in Brooklyn? I was hesitant to try it at first – but it's delicious.
I've totally had it. SO. GOOD.
This looks amazingly delicious with great texture, thanks!
Ha! Yes, that's kind of what happened in my home.
I made carrot cake granola using carrot puré instead of canned pumpkin. It's delicious!
I also added walnuts and coconut flakes and used raisins in place of cranberries.


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Процесс века () — идиоматическое выражение, используемое для описания некоторых известных судебных процессов со времён XX века. Часто используется в качестве риторического приёма для придания важности судебному делу, при этом являясь субъективным мнением.

Оценки явления
Как отмечала в 1999 году газета The Washington Post:

Примерный список
 Дело Дрейфуса (государственная измена и шпионаж в пользу Германии) (1894—1899)
 Процесс Леона Чолгоша (убийство президента США Уильяма Мак-Кинли) (1901)
 Гарри Кендалл Тоу (убийство Стэнфорда Уайта) (1906)
 Уильям Хейвуд (убийство) (1907)
 Сакко и Ванцетти (убийство) (1920—1927)
 Леопольд и Лёб (убийство) (1924)
 Обезьяний процесс (нарушение Акта Батлера) (1925)
 Глория Вандербилт (опека) (1934)
 Похищение и убийство Чарльза Линдберга — младшего (1935)
 Нюрнбергский процесс (1945—1946)
 Хисс-Чемберс (шпионаж в пользу СССР) (1948—1950)
 Юлиус и Этель Розенберги (шпионаж в пользу СССР) (1951)
 Адольф Эйхман (преступления против человечества) (1961)
 Чикагская семёрка (подготовка бунта) (1969)
 Чарльз Мэнсон и его семья (Убийство Шэрон Тейт (1970)
 Тед Банди (серийные убийства) (1979)
 Клаус фон Бюлов (убийство) (1982—1985)
 Клаус Барби (преступления против человечства) (1987)
 Имельда Маркос (рэкет, заговор, мошенничество и воспрепятствование правосудию) (1988)<ref>Craig Wolff, The Marcos Verdict; Marcos Is Cleared of All Charges In Racketeering and Fraud Case . The New York Times. 3 July 1990.</ref>
 Суд над Николае и Еленой Чаушеску (разрушение национальной экономики, вооружённое выступление против народа и государства, разрушение государственных институтов, геноцид) (1989)
 Лайл и Эрик Менендес (убийство) (1990)
 Визкондская резня (убийства и изнасилования) (1991)
 Антонио Санчез (изнасилование и убийство)(1993—1995)
 Дело Симпсона (убийство) (1995)
 Йоландо Сальдивар (убийство) (1995)
 Импичмент Билла Клинтона (лжесвидетельствование и воспрепятствование правосудию) (1999))
 Джозеф Эстрада (коррупция) (2001—2007)
 Слободан Милошевич (совершение военных преступлений) (2002—2005)
 Трибунал над Саддамом Хусейном (совершение военных преступлений и преступлений против человечества) (2004—2006)
 Суд над Майклом Джексоном (домогательства к несовершеннолетним) (2005)
 Суд над Конрадом Мюрреем (непредумышленное убийство (2011)
 Резня в Магинданао (2010—2019)
 Дело Кейси Энтони (убийство, причинение смерти по неосторожности и насилие над ребёнком) (2011)
 Андерс Беринг Брейвик (терроризм) (2012)
 Бо Силай (превышение должностных полномочий и коррупция) (2013)
 Ли Джэ Ён (коррупция)
 Суд над Хоакином Гусманом (незаконный оборот наркотиков, отмывание денег и убийство) (2018—2019)
 Суд над лидерами движения за независимость Каталонии (2019)
 Первый импичмент Дональда Трампа (2019–2020)
Суд над Дереком Шовиным за убийство Джорджа Флойда

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 Cause célèbre''
 Преступление века
 Медийный цирк

Примечания

Ссылки
 MSNBC survey on the topic from 2000

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Resolutie 1179 van de Veiligheidsraad van de Verenigde Naties werd op 29 juni 1998 aangenomen door de VN-Veiligheidsraad met unanimiteit van stemmen.

Achtergrond
Nadat in 1964 geweld was uitgebroken tussen de Griekse- en Turkse bevolkingsgroep op Cyprus stationeerden de VN de UNFICYP-vredesmacht op het eiland. Die macht wordt sindsdien om het half jaar verlengd. In 1974 bezette Turkije het noorden van Cyprus na een Griekse poging tot staatsgreep. In 1983 werd dat noordelijke deel met Turkse steun van Cyprus afgescheurd. Midden 1990 begon het toetredingsproces van (Grieks-)Cyprus tot de Europese Unie, maar de EU erkende de Turkse Republiek Noord-Cyprus niet.

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Waarnemingen
Alle landen werden opgeroepen de soevereiniteit, onafhankelijkheid en
territoriale integriteit van Cyprus te respecteren. Zo mocht het eiland niet opgedeeld worden of en
een deel samengevoegd met een ander land. Intussen zaten de onderhandelingen over een politieke oplossing al
lange tijd in het slop.

Handelingen
Dat laatste was onaanvaardbaar. Een oplossing moest wel inhouden dat Cyprus één geheel bleef met twee
gelijkwaardige gemeenschappen in een federatie. De leiders van beide gemeenschappen, en vooral de
Turks-Cyprioten, werden opgeroepen hieraan mee te werken. Secretaris-generaal Kofi Annan
werd ten slotte gevraagd om tegen 10 december te rapporteren over de uitvoering van deze resolutie.

Verwante resoluties
 Resolutie 1146 Veiligheidsraad Verenigde Naties (1997)
 Resolutie 1178 Veiligheidsraad Verenigde Naties
 Resolutie 1217 Veiligheidsraad Verenigde Naties
 Resolutie 1218 Veiligheidsraad Verenigde Naties

 1179
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June 8, 2015 June 10, 2015 David John Chávez
Review: Belly laughs aplenty in Berkeley Rep's 'One Man, Two Guvnors'
Francis (Dan Donohue, center) coordinates a big dinner for his two masters with Alfie (Ron Campbell, left) and Gareth (Danny Scheie) in "One Man, Two Guvnors" at Berkeley Rep. (mellopix.com photo)
Poor audience volunteer.
This is the unassuming woman who had the horrible fortune of snagging a hella good seat for Berkeley Rep's latest production of "One Man, Two Guvnors," playing through June 28th at the Roda Theatre. She was brought, no, more like thunderously dragged onto the stage. What seemed like just a moment for her turned out to be an eternity in the midst of a chaotic dinner sequence that had the audience roaring with laughter.
"One Man, Two Guvnors," based on the Carlo Goldoni commedia dell'arte classic "The Servant of Two Masters" is rich in so many ways. Rich in tradition, taking a form that has held up well over many years. It's also rich in humor, taking stock commedia characters like the Arlecchino and the Pantalone and updating them to the 1960's at a Brighton, England boardwalk. And rich, as in playwright Richard Bean, who conceived this pithy adaptation from a Goldoni play that is terribly hilarious.
Francis Henshall (a devastatingly quick-witted Dan Donohue) is the servant to Roscoe Crabbe (A committed portrayal by "True Blood's" Helen Sadler). Now Roscoe is engaged to air-headed young'n Pauline (precisely dim-witted Sarah Moser), but Pauline is all about the actor Alan (a playful and hilarious turn by Brad Culver). Alan is in constant method acting mode, saying absurdly empty things such as "If you are a bus, your destiny is the bus station." Where things take a more chaotic turn is when Stanley Stubbers (William Connell) also hires Francis, and things get buck wild.
Physical humor is a staple of "One Man, Two Guvnors," exemplified by Francis (Donohue) struggling with a suitcase. (mellopix.com photo)
Now that's the basic premise. The nuance is much more hearty, identities are mistaken at breakneck speed, and honestly, there are plenty of times when I wasn't completely sure what the hell was going on.
Commedia as a form is not necessarily all about connecting every plot point together. That is also true for plays that are farcical. What director David Ivers understands brilliantly is that in this form, it's all about the laughter. Make them laugh, find the funny, and if you need to shove those laughs down the audience's bellies in order to regurgitate more laughs, so be it.
Ok, that may be a bit extreme, but so was the show. What works so well is the fact that in a style such as this, you never know what is going to happen. And nothing epitomizes the surprise and shock of the show than the faces of the wonderful Skiffle band that watches the proceedings from stage left and stage right.
This part gave a lot of clues as to what was happening, an unassuming and delightful band that laughed at every fresh ad lib. Like Donohue's lengthy discussion with an audience member about a hummus sandwich, much to the chagrin of the actual stage manager, who seemingly was desperate to move the action along. Donohue's reaction to this patron: Hummus? In Berkeley? Mooo (I added that last part, sorry).
There were plenty of other great moments and humor that were equal parts physical and equal parts wit, a show loaded with great bits and brilliant leitmotifs. Such as Lloyd Boateng's (a subtly histrionic performance by Gerry McIntyre) constant referencing of a prison stint and Alfie (succinctly fluid Ron Campbell) and his challenge of using the stairs. There was also the wonderful Bay Area performer Danny Scheie and his leading of the dinner scene as the headwaiter, one of Goldoni's wackiest scenes in the original source material.
Ivers, who is the artistic director of the Utah Shakespeare festival, brings things to a head in magical ways. And while there is plenty of convolution, made more challenging by some heavy British accents, none of that matters. What does matter more than anything is the laugh. The big, hearty, no-holds-barred belly laugh.
Which brings it all back to that audience volunteer. Now, without giving away anything at all, I will only say that this was the most brilliant and hilarious sequence in Bean's fantastic script. And it also makes you think. As in, did I really just see that?
Berkeley Repertory Theatre presents "One Man, Two Guvnors"
Written by Richard Bean
Directed by David Ivers
The Word: Despite the periodic challenges of following the story, what is clear is the day is the hilarity of the play, led brilliantly by Oregon Shakespeare Festival stalwart Donohue.
Stars: 4.5 out of 5
The Roda Theatre at Berkeley Rep
2025 Addison Street, Berkeley, CA
Tickets range from $29 – $89
For tickets and information, call (510) 657-2949 or visit www.berkeleyrep.org
Carlo Goldoni
commedia dell'arte
Dan Donohue
David Ivers
Richard Bean
The Servant of Two Masters
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Q: XSL 1.0 Convert DateTime from GMT to Local Time I am working on creating an XSL stylesheet that processes an XML file and produces an HTML file. The challenge I am having is that the datetime value in the XML file looks like "2011-01-07T18:56:31Z".
From what I can figure out, the Z indicates that it is at GMT and I'd like to convert it to my local time but I'm not sure how to do that.
I can parse the datetime value and get the year, month, day, hours, minutes and seconds but I need to convert it to my local time before I do that and I am unsure what, if any, functions exist in with XSL 1.0 that would allow me to do that.
Do you have any ideas?
Thanks,
Kevin

A: You can use date:add() and date:difference EXSLT functions, for wich there are pure XSLT implementations written by Jenni Tennison.


This watch is virtually identical in appearance to the watches worn by American troops in the Vietnam War. Unlike those timepieces, however, this modern version is built to be a bit more durable—the ones during the '60s and '70s were plastic and designed to be disposable. Because of its size (36mm including crown) and price, it's perfect for camping, hiking, and not worrying about. It's the basic watch for your active life that just happens to come with a bit of history.


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Metal Cat and Brendon Clark just keep on trucking.
The Metallic Cat gelding and Clark knocked out another premier event title Saturday night with the National Reined Cow Horse Association (NRCHA) Stallion Stakes Limited Open Championship in Las Vegas, Nevada.
Clark, of Hollister, California, said he's learned a lot from the dependable young horse, who he previously piloted to the 2017 NRCHA Derby Limited Open Championship.
They took the NRCHA Stakes Limited Open Championship with a composite of 632 (209 herd/212.5 rein/210.5 cow). The title paid $7,779, boosting the horse's lifetime Equi-Stat record to more than $20,000.
Nicknamed "Banjo," the gelding is owned by Clark's friends from Australia, Quinton Kersch and Sandy Kersch, and Las Vegas restaurateur Jonathan Fine.
Clark, who posted his first cow horse earnings to Equi-Stat in 2015, said Banjo's consistency has helped him as he's started his career as a trainer. The Australian native switched to horses after a bull-riding career that included time on the Professional Bull Riders tour.
Bred by Bill Coburn, of Redding, California, Metal Cat is one of 8 money earners from the mare Tipofthestar. The daughter of Grays Starlight now has a produce record of approximately $170,000.


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Särnmanssjöarna är en sjö i Älvdalens kommun i Dalarna och ingår i . Sjön har en area på  kvadratkilometer och ligger  meter över havet. Sjön avvattnas av vattendraget Stora Njupån. Vid provfiske har röding fångats i sjön.

Delavrinningsområde
Särnmanssjöarna ingår i det delavrinningsområde (683269-133760) som SMHI kallar för Utloppet av Särnmanssjöarna. Medelhöjden är  meter över havet och ytan är  kvadratkilometer. Det finns inga avrinningsområden uppströms utan avrinningsområdet är högsta punkten. Stora Njupån som avvattnar avrinningsområdet har biflödesordning 4, vilket innebär att vattnet flödar genom totalt 4 vattendrag innan det når havet efter  kilometer. Avrinningsområdet består mestadels av kalfjäll (71 procent). Avrinningsområdet har  kvadratkilometer vattenytor vilket ger det en sjöprocent på  procent.

Se även
 Lista över insjöar i Älvdalens kommun

Källor

Externa länkar

Insjöar i Dalälvens avrinningsområde
Insjöar i Dalarna
Insjöar i Älvdalens kommun


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Juan Cruz Komar (born 13 August 1996) is an Argentine professional footballer who plays as a centre-back for Rosario Central.

Club career

Komar is a youth exponent from Boca Juniors. At 3 November 2014, he made his first team debut in a league game against San Lorenzo de Almagro in a 2-0 away defeat. He played the entire game.
In January 2016, he started playing at Talleres.

References

Living people
1996 births
Argentine people of Ukrainian descent
Argentine footballers
Footballers from Rosario, Santa Fe
Association football defenders
Boca Juniors footballers
Talleres de Córdoba footballers
Rosario Central footballers
Argentine Primera División players


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GameDev.netDirectSound3D
What's the deal with 3D sound under DirectX
Brian Schmidt
When Microsoft released DirectX 3 in September 1996, there were both cheers and jeers for the inclusion of DirectSound3D, the new 3D audio API. Since then, there's been much confusion over differing "standards" such as DirectSound3D, A3D, Dev3D and 3Dxp. This document will give some suggestions for programming 3D audio into your application as well as briefly describe how and why these differing pseudo-standards came into being as well as why they are no longer necessary. This should give you a better understanding of DirectSound3D so you can make better choices when deciding how to program audio in your DirectX application. It will also help you ensure that your application can support the entire range of coming sound cards that will support DirectSound3D acceleration. This brief assumes you already know the basics of DirectSound programming.
Using The DirectSound3D API
This year, several companies will be shipping sound cards that are designed to accelerate DirectSound3D. In fact, many computer systems will likely be shipping with DirectSound3D accelerators pre-installed. To take full advantage of these cards, and make your game sound the best it can, you should start using the DirectSound3D API whenever it makes sense in your game. DirectSound3D (DS3D) is a set of DirectSound API calls that allows for the placement of sounds using a 3D-coordinate system instead of a simple "left-right" pan. DS3D also automatically calculates things like attenuation due to distance and Doppler shift to easily enhance sound realism in a game. (See the DirectSound documentation for a full explanation of DirectSound3D).
It would be nice to simply use the DirectSound3D API for every sound all the time. However, the software 3D audio algorithm that ships with DirectSound3D is somewhat slow (about 5.5%/channel on a P100), so it's not optimal on slower or non-accelerated systems. There are two ways around this problem:
Leave it up to the user. One game that used DS3D gave the player a "sound realism" slider. At one end, all sounds were mono, using the normal stereo DirectSound API, at the other; more sounds are played and all sounds used the DirectSound3D API.
Automatically detect when acceleration is present. If there's no 3D audio acceleration, use the less-CPU intensive stereo DirectSound API; if there is acceleration, use the DirectSound3D API, and use more sounds (DirectSound can tell you how many 3D sounds can be accelerated).
Solution #1 is easy; if the realism slider is set high, use DirectSound3D, otherwise, use the lower-CPU-using DirectSound.
Solution #2 is also easy and may be the best general solution.
You can query DirectSound to see if 3D audio acceleration is present by using IDirectSound::GetCaps.
Of interest is the dwMaxHw3DAllBuffers member. If it is non-0, you have accelerated 3D audio present in the user's system and can use the DirectSound3D API without worrying about CPU usage. While the game is playing, you can also make additional calls to IDirectSound::GetCaps, checking the dwFreeHw3DAllBuffers to determine how many 3d audio buffers are available for additional sounds.
Of course, if you're shipping your game with DirectX 3, dwMaxHw3DAllBuffers will always return 0. That is because DirectX 3 doesn't support 3D audio acceleration (see below). However, that's ok. When the player buys a new soundcard and installs it, their system will be upgraded to DirectX 5 (or they install your game on a newer PC that comes with DS3D acceleration), dwMaxHw3DAllBuffers will return a non-0 value and viola, your 3D audio will be accelerated.
When using DirectSound3D, it is important that you not set the DSBCAPS_LOCSOFTWARE flag when you create the sound buffer. Doing so will force DirectSound to use its own 3D audio algorithm in software, disabling any hardware acceleration for that buffer. If no flag is set, DirectSound will accelerate the buffer if it can, or you can explicitly set the DBSCAPS_LOCHARDWARE flag. Note that by explicitly setting the DBSCAPS_LOCHARDWARE flag, that the buffer creation will fail if no accelerating resources are available.
Some programmers may be using A3D's, A3Dcreate and checking its return value to see if hardware acceleration is present. However, you are better off in the long run by using the GetCaps method instead. By using GetCaps, you will be able to determine if the 3D audio is accelerated on the system, possibly by a board that does not support A3D. The rule is all boards will support GetCaps; an A3D board will support GetCaps as well as A3D. At the very least, if you still use A3Dcreate, also check GetCaps. Then you're assured that you'll cover all 3D audio accelerators. Note that, with DirectX 5, A3D, Dev3D and 3Dxp become unnecessary even if you ship your game with DirectX 3. (See below) If you are using A3D, it is recommended that you NOT use the A3D resource manager. Since the resource manager is not standard DirectSound, it will not supported by all sound cards. You're much better off using GetCaps, and checking dwFreeHw3DAllBuffers for additional buffers.
Selecting Speaker Configuration
It's the nature of 3D audio that different processes must be used depending on what the listener's playback configuration is. For example, a sound card may use one algorithm for headphone playback and a very different algorithm for speaker playback. If, for example, the player is wearing headphones, but the sound card is set for speaker playback, the player will hear little or no 3D audio effects. For this reason, it becomes very important for games to support and query the user for their listening configuration, usually in a configuration screen. DirectSound provides a method for telling the sound card which output device the player is using the IDirectSound::SetSpeakerConfig method. DirectSound object. The single parameter is a mask with defined parameters like DSSPEAKER_HEADPHONE, or DSSPEAKER_STEREO. For those more detail-orientated, you can also set the specific angle separation between the listener and the speakers. By allowing the user to set this parameter, you can be more assured that they will be able to get the best 3D audio effects from your game. (Note: some sound card control panels also allow output configuration selection. In these cases the control panel may conflict with the setting made by SetSpeakerConfig. A good solution to this may be the following: Use GetSpeakerConfig to get the current setting, which may have been changed by an external control panel and reflect the current setting in your sound control panel. Only use SetSpeakerConfig if the player explicitly sets it. Also, make sure the manual and help commands clearly explain the speaker/headphone configuration you offer).
Supporting Special Features of Particular Soundcards
Suppose you know that a particular model of DS3D accelerator supports a feature not currently defined by the DirectSound API; reverb, for example. How can you have your game utilize reverberation if the player has a sound card that supports it and not blow up on cards that don't? Fortunately, Microsoft has created a method that allows for just that. The IDirectSoundPropertySet interface allows a programmer to support extended services offered by sound cards and their associated drivers such as reverberation or other features. To use the special features on sound cards, you must first see if the card supports the IDirectSoundPropertySet interface, and obtain a pointer to the interface if it is supported. You do this by calling the QueryInterface method of an IDirectSound3DBuffer interface.
The query will succeed only if the 3-D buffer is accelerated. If it does succeed, you can now look for a particular property set or property within a set, using the IDirectSoundPropertySet::QuerySupport method. The meanings and values of the property set parameters (PropertySetID and PropertyID) are defined by the hardware vendor and are published by them. Parameters for the property sets can also be passed to and from the driver by using the pPropertyParams structure. The data is again defined by the particular hardware vendor.
That's about all you need to know how to best use DirectSound3D in your game. All of the details are in dsound.doc in the DirectX 5 SDK. If you're interested in a bit of history of how DirectSound3D came about (as well as A3D and others), it's summarized here:
The story of DirectSound3D, A3D, Dev3D and 3Dxp.
DirectSound
DirectX 1 and 2 shipped with DirectSound. DirectSound supported basic wavefile mixing along with the control of pitch, volume and simple left/right pan. The basic mixer, performed all in software, was moderately efficient, getting the job done on most systems. DirectSound also supported the offloading of the mixing, panning and pitch-shifting to external hardware, or "audio acceleration." However, due to the limitations of the ISA bus, accelerating the audio meant that the sound card manufacturers had to place (at the time) expensive dedicated audio RAM on their soundcards. Therefore, few mainstream soundcards (the AWE being the notable exception) actually supported audio acceleration. Besides, processors were getting faster, so the benefit of acceleration was less dramatic (DirectSound mixes normal stereo at about 0.6%/voice on a P200).
DirectX 3's DirectSound3D: The Big Controversy
When DirectSound3D was announced, the 3D audio companies and makers of audio cards were very excited. Microsoft would provide a standard API for 3D Sound that developers could use that would work with any sound card. DirectSound3D would provide a basic 3D audio algorithm in software and allow for the acceleration of that algorithm, just like "regular" stereo DirectSound. The sound card companies had various algorithms (QSound, Aureal, Creative Labs, etc.) that performed 3D audio processing, and they were ready to create audio cards to accelerate DirectSound3D.
The big problem was that, several months prior to the release of DirectX 3 and DirectSound3D, Microsoft announced that they would not allow for 3rd party 3D audio algorithms to be used to accelerate DirectSound3D; Microsoft would provide the 3D audio algorithm that was to be used. They then structured DirectX 3's DirectSound3D to make it 'impossible' to use 3rd party algorithms. To say that the sound card companies were not happy about this would be quite an understatement. They each had invested years into developing their own 3D audio algorithms, and were told that they couldn't use them in their sound cards. Microsoft had done a great service by establishing a standard API, but now the sound card companies couldn't use it to create products based on their own 3D audio technology. The result was
DirectX 3's DirectSound3D had no provision for 3D audio acceleration
Sound card manufacturers were faced with the prospect of not being able to use their own 3D audio technologies to accelerate DirectSound3D
The Workarounds: A3D, Dev3D, 3Dxp
The soundcard companies didn't take the Microsoft decision lying down. Though they were grateful for Microsoft's release of a standard API, they went looking for some way to allow the creation of audio cards that would perform 3D audio acceleration despite the DirectX 3 DirectSound3D architecture, which didn't allow it. They liked the idea of using the Microsoft API; they just needed some kind of 'workaround.' (For those interested, the problem with DirectX 3's DirectSound3D was that it did not pass the x,y,z source and listener parameters from the API down to the device driver, where the information is needed to do acceleration). Separately, 2 different companies created two different 'workarounds' for the problem, called A3D and Dev3D. They involve adding a small number of non-Microsoft API calls to game source code that allow for the use of the DirectSound3D API by spoofing various parts of DirectSound. During this time, the ia-sig 3dwg (Interactive Audio- special interest group: 3D audio working group, a voluntary consortium of 3d audio and sound card companies) was working on 2 fronts:
get Microsoft to change their "no 3rd party 3D audio acceleration" stance
Come up with an industry-standard 'workaround'
Bottom line: The consortium created an industry standard called 3Dxp that combined A3D and Dev3D and made it an open standard. So, A3D, Dev3D and 3Dxp were all created for the sole purpose of getting 3D audio acceleration to work with DirectX 3's DirectSound3D, since Microsoft said it wasn't going to allow it by 'approved' methods..
Better bottom line: Microsoft changed its mind.
DirectX 5: DX5 allows 3rd party 3D audio
After a lot of discussion, both internally and externally, Microsoft's DirectSound team, The IASIG 3DWG, and the individual 3D sound companies came into agreement that DS5 will support third party acceleration of 3D sound. With DirectX 5, DirectSound3D has the capability of having sound cards that use third party 3D audio algorithms accelerate DirectSound3D properly, through Microsoft-approved methods (xyz parameters now get sent from the API to the driver). Therefore, with DirectX 5, the workarounds A3D, Dev3D and 3Dxp become unnecessary. This is because the workarounds are no longer needed; you can use 100% Microsoft DirectSound/DirectSound3D API calls and your code will work on all 3D sound cards. This will even work on games that were written with DirectX 3. Here's how it works:
You write a game using DirectX 3. You use the DirectSound3D API (maybe checking to see if 3D audio acceleration is present using GetCaps). You ship your game with DirectX 3. If the game is played on a DirectX 3 system, GetCaps will always return 0 for the dwMaxHw3DAllBuffers member. So your game decides to play sounds with the DirectSound stereo API. This summer, the player of your game buys a new XYZ 3D audio sound card. When they install the sound card, DirectX 5 is also installed, updating DirectX on their system. Now, GetCaps returns some non-0 value for dwMaxHw3DAllBuffers. Your game then decides to use the DirectSound3D API. Then, when they play the game their 3D audio will be accelerated by their new card.
So, by using GetCaps, your application can see if 3D audio acceleration is present, allowing you to use the benefits of the new generation of 3D audio soundcards that are starting to appear in the market.
3D audio can add a whole new dimension to the soundtrack for you game. Immersing the player with 3D sound makes for a more exciting experience. By checking for accelerated systems and using the DirectSound3D API, your application will be able to support and take advantage of this exciting new technology.
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