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OCS 2007 R2 documents
Published 31/01/2009 | By RasmusH
Microsoft has released a bunch of OCS 2007 R2 documents this week, the last one were this Friday
I have put this list together:
Getting Started with Microsoft Office Communicator Web Access 2007 R2
This document outlines new features and common tasks in Office Communicator 2007 R2.
Microsoft Office Communicator 2007 R2 Phone Edition User's Guide
This documentation gets you started with Office Communicator 2007 R2 Phone Edition.
Microsoft Office Communicator 2007 R2 Phone Edition Deployment Guide
This guide describes the steps that are required to manage Communicator Phone Edition in an organization.
The 2007 R2 Version of Microsoft Office Communicator Mobile for Windows Mobile Getting Started Guide
This guide introduces the new features that are available with Communicator Mobile and discusses how you can put Communicator Mobile to work for you to increase call completion rates and improve your communication when you are away from the office.
The 2007 R2 Version of Microsoft Office Communicator Mobile for Windows Mobile: Frequently Asked Questions
This document answers some of the most frequently asked questions about the 2007 R2 Version of Microsoft Office Communicator Mobile for Windows Mobile.
Office Communications Server 2007 R2 Quick Reference for Communications Server 2007 R2 Attendant
This quick reference card summarizes the tasks most commonly performed when using Office Communications Server 2007 R2 Attendant.
Quick Reference Card for Communicator Mobile 2007 R2
This quick reference card summarizes the common calling, IM, presence, and contact management tasks in the 2007 R2 Version of Microsoft Office Communicator Mobile for Windows Mobile.
Microsoft Office Communicator 2007 R2 Deployment Guide
This document outlines new deployment considerations for Office Communicator 2007 R2.
Microsoft Office Communications Server 2007 R2 Attendant Deployment Guide
This guide describes how to successfully install Microsoft Office Communications Server 2007 R2 Attendant in your organization.
Microsoft Office Communicator 2007 R2 Quick Reference Card for Contact Management, Presence, and Instant Messaging
This quick reference card summarizes the common contact management, presence, and IM tasks in Microsoft Office Communicator 2007 R2.
Microsoft Office Communicator 2007 R2 Getting Started Guide
Microsoft Office Communicator 2007 R2 Quick Reference Card for Phone and Video
This quick reference card summarizes the common phone and video tasks in Microsoft Office Communicator 2007 R2.
Microsoft Office Communicator 2007 R2 Testing and Troubleshooting Guide
This document explains how to install, configure, and test Microsoft Office Communicator 2007 R2 in a laboratory environment.
Microsoft Office Communicator 2007 R2 Quick Reference Card for Conferencing
This quick reference card summarizes the common conferencing tasks in Microsoft Office Communicator 2007 R2.
Microsoft Office Communicator 2007 R2 Quick Reference Card for Keyboard Shortcuts
This quick reference card summarizes keyboard shortcuts for Microsoft Office Communicator 2007 R2.
Microsoft Office Communicator Web Access 2007 R2 Quick Reference Card
This quick reference card summarizes the common instant messaging, presence, conferencing, and desktop sharing features of Communicator Web Access.
Microsoft Office Communications Server 2007 R2 Quick Reference for Dial-in Conferencing
This quick reference card summarizes the dial-in conferencing features in Microsoft Office Communications Server 2007 R2.
Getting Started with the Microsoft Office Live Meeting Client for Microsoft Office Communications Server 2007 R2
This document outlines new features and common tasks in the Microsoft Office Live Meeting Client for Microsoft Office Communications Server 2007 R2.
Meeting Client for Office Communications Server 2007 R2 Testing and Troubleshooting Guide
This guide explains in detail how to test and troubleshoot Microsoft Office Live Meeting 2007 hosted on Office Communications Server 2007.
Microsoft Office Live Meeting Quick Reference for Microsoft Office Communications Server 2007 R2
This quick reference card summarizes the common tasks associated with using the Live Meeting client with Office Communications Server 2007 R2.
Deploying the Microsoft Office Live Meeting 2007 Client with Office Communications Server 2007 R2
This guide helps administrators deploy the meeting client for a Microsoft Office Communications Server 2007 R2 environment.
Microsoft Office Communications Server 2007 R2 Group Chat What's New Guide
This guide provides details of feature changes between MindAlign 6.5 and Office Communications Server 2007 R2 Group Chat.
Microsoft Office Communications Server 2007 R2 Group Chat Quick Reference Card
This guide provides instructions about how to use Microsoft Office Communications Server 2007 R2 Group Chat.
Microsoft Office Communications Server 2007 R2 Group Chat Getting Started Guide
Microsoft Office Communications Server 2007 R2 Group Chat Planning and Deployment Guide
This guide covers implementation of Office Communications Server 2007 R2 Group Chat.
Microsoft Office Communications Server 2007 R2 Client Group Policy Settings
This spreadsheet lists the Group Policy settings for Office Communications Server 2007 R2 clients.
Microsoft Office Communications Server 2007 R2 Group Chat Testing and Troubleshooting Guide
Tips and Tricks Flash Cards
Step-by-step instructions for how to use your company's unified communications software and technology
Office Communications Server 2007 R2 Release Notes
These documents contain important information that you should know before you deploy and use Microsoft Office Communications Server 2007 R2 and clients.
OCS 2007 Speech Server Developer Edition
Microsoft has released Microsoft Office Communications Server 2007 Speech Server Developer Edition
With Microsoft Office Communications Server 2007 Speech Server, you can develop and deploy interactive voice response (IVR) applications. Speech Server combines speech technologies, Voice over IP (VoIP), and telephony capabilities into a single system and a single code base.
Get it here:
http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyID=bb183640-4b8f-4828-80c9-e83c3b2e7a2c&DisplayLang=en
OCS 2007 Document: Edge Server Deployment Guide update
Microsoft has release a updated version of the Office Communications Server 2007 Document: Edge Server Deployment Guide. This document guides you through the deployment of edge servers in your Microsoft Office Communications Server 2007 topology.
http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyID=ed45b74e-00c4-40d2-abee-216ce50f5ad2&DisplayLang=en
Office Communicator Attendant (New screenshot)
I promised a few days ago that i would bring you another screenshot of the Office Communicator Attendant, so here it is
(Previous article: http://it-proknowledge.blogspot.com/2009/01/office-communicator-attendant.html)
UPDATE: See also here: http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyID=0005b7b9-b40e-4e56-9ece-acc4b1d2f92e&DisplayLang=en
New phone device
As a replacement for the polycom CX200 phone, there are rumors of a "improved" model to hit the market after the OCS 2007 R2 release
As promised a few days ago, i have found a picture of this device, but i have no other details than it will be a USB device as the CX200 was.
[UPDATE] feb. 2009
The above rumor was somewhat right. Polycom is working on a new device, but not at an replacement for CX200. The new device may look as below, and may get the name CX300. But i font think we will be able to buy this before Q3 or Q4 2009
OCS 2007 R2 Monitoring Server
The new OCS will feature a few new server roles including the Monitoring Server
Single server for all monitoring
Immediate access to call data
Usage reporting/ROI analysis
Export into billing, compliance, asset mgmt systems
Below you can see a screendump af a CDR report
Office Communications Server 2007 R2 Launch is coming
Microsoft is preparing for the R2 Launch and is inviting everyone to the virtual event.
Check out the reminder site:
http://www.microsoft.com/communicationsserver/r2-virtual-launch/event/default.htm
Also a pointer to the site www.OCSR2LAUNCH.com, but the real content isn't available yet.
Rasmus Hald
OCS 2007 R2 Hardware Recommendations
Below you can find the Hardware Recommendations for Office Communications Server 2007 R2 enterprise edition:
Front-end server:
x64 Dual Quad-Core CPU or 4 way Dual-Core CPU
10K rpm disk drives
Back-end SQL server:
10K or 15K RPM disk drives (multiple disks)
Other servers :
use Front-end or Back-end spec as appropriate
I expect that the recommendations for Standard Edition deployments will be similar
Phones and Devices for Office Communicator
On the Microsoft TechNet website, Microsoft has collected all the certified devices for OC 2007 & OC 2007 R2
Phones and Devices Optimized for Microsoft Office Communicator:
http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/bb970310.aspx
We can expect some new releases of devices after MS puts R2 on the street. I have heard Polycom will be improving the CX200 USB handset with a NUM pad.
Watch the TechNet website (or this blog) for udates on new devices.
OCS 2007 R2 HD Video
The Next release af Microsoft Office Communications Server will be supporting HD video quality for video calls and 2 person video conferences.
Below you can find some of the requirements for HD video:
P2P only
RTVideo
720P24 (24 frames per second)
Quad Core Machine
up to 1.5M bps bandwidth
Tandberg HD camera for OCS 2007 R2 will be released soon:
USB support
720P30
Below you can see a picture of Tandbergs next HD video camera for OCS


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Date: Thu,14 Nov 2013
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One of my all-time favourite fantasy cycles is the Chronicles of Thomas Covenant by Stephen Donaldson. They were the first adult fantasy books I ever read other than the classics such as Tolkien. My grandfather sent me a copy of the first book in paperback when I was living in France, "You'll like this. The cover says it all…"
Well, if it did, I have to say, I didn't fancy it. Bear in mind the fantasy genre hadn't come my way back then and flicking through the first chapters the style didn't appeal, the hero was an anti-hero and even commits unspeakable acts. I didn't care for the way the opening chapters were written and honestly, the only reason I persevered was because I had already read my way through all the English language books in the local library. Reading in French wasn't quite as relaxing and engaged areas of the brain other than the imagination.
Then, within the pages, I met the central character of the story... and it wasn't hero or heroine, it was the Land. I was hooked. The plot deepened and it became more than a living landscape that sang to me of my own roots and the moors of home. It became a story of the awakening of beauty in a soul to whom it had been lost, it was the opening to love and trust in a place of darkness.
"Something there is in beauty
which grows in the soul of the beholder
like a flower:
fragile --
for many are the blights which may waste
the beauty
for the beholder --
and imperishable --
for the beauty may die,
or the world may die,
but the soul in which the flower grows
survives."
Stephen R. Donaldson
There have been many books that have made me laugh and cry… but I think few have touched such a deep place with such intimacy. Yet it is just a story… something unreal, made-up… and still, somehow the leper's journey into his own inner darkness leads to light.
I couldn't wait for the second series…and my horror when I found the land wasted was real. Again I had to persevere. No longer because there were things I did not like, but , as Covenant says, "This you have to understand. There's only one way to hurt a man who's lost everything. Give him back something broken." And this time he wasn't alone... there was a woman with him, Linden Avery… a doctor. And she too was broken, feeling the hurt of the Land through her physician's senses in every pore.
I suppose you could read the books as just stories. Like most people I suspect, I don't read that way. Imagination paints pictures into which I step and live the story with the characters and see the parallels between their stories and challenges and my own, played out in full view or hidden in symbolism within the tale. Fantasy became a firm favourite because of this depth.
"Fantasy is hardly an escape from reality. It's a way of understanding it."
Lloyd Alexander
As a reader, Linden was a challenge. You couldn't like her. She was uncomfortable, damaged, withdrawn from her own reality by hiding within the utter professionalism of the hyper-reality of medicine. There is a moment when the story breaks through her barriers and a litany commences in her mind, "You never loved me anyway." I won't spoil the story by telling you why, but it rose from the deep past, a child's cry in a woman's mind that defined the reality she believed in for herself and which built a barrier she dare not cross for fear of what the truth might really be… and for fear of finding that pain once again… fresh in memory and anew in her current situation.
It has been this phrase that has been playing through my mind the past few days as I have pondered the way in which we perceive reality; how we unconsciously… often helplessly… allow the past to layer veil after veil upon the truth of who we are and the lives we live. We construct barriers of logic and reason, and walls equally secure, if not thicker, of fantasy and emotion behind which we can hide. The rose coloured veils are perhaps the hardest to rend because they destroy our illusions of self and make us question who we are, who we think we are and why we prefer to live in the illusion rather than face the reality in the mirror. I think it is a question we must all face at some point in our lives when we begin to seek to understand rather than simply move through life day by day.
"The heart cherishes secrets not worth the telling"
Near the end of the second trilogy of the Chronicles, there is a moment of utter transcendence, which left me gasping at its beauty the first time I read it. It illustrated the power hidden, latent, within each of us to shape our lives and futures. It showed what can be achieved by the human heart that is truly open to love and learns the meaning of that much overused word 'unconditional'. In letting go of past belief and allowing the veils of self-imposed illusion to be rent we can find a freedom to act, to live and to be in truth, accepting the sometimes inevitable hurts of life as part of the process, but knowing, quite simply, that beyond them lies a path to freedom and joy.
"Despair and bitterness are not the only songs in the world"
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Звание «заслуженный мастер спорта СССР» (до 1983 года официальное название — «заслуженный мастер спорта») было учреждено в 1934 году.

1949
 Сегалович, Лев Маркович

1950
 Аристакесян, Эдуард Оганезович
 Кудрявцев, Василий Васильевич

1951
 Горгаслидзе, Шалва Феофанович
 Гудушаури, Левон Евстафьевич

1955
 Шоцикас, Альгирдас Стасисович

1957
 Енгибарян, Владимир Николаевич
 Мухин, Лев Дмитриевич
 Сафронов, Владимир Константинович
 Шатков, Геннадий Иванович
 Медведев, Валентин Филиппович

1958
 Засухин, Александр Федосеевич
 Степанов, Борис Андреевич

1960
 Григорьев, Олег Георгиевич
 Сивко, Сергей Александрович

1962
 Абрамов, Андрей Васильевич

1963
 Быстров, Виктор Михайлович
 Лагутин, Борис Николаевич

1964
 Киселёв, Алексей Иванович
 Попенченко, Валерий Владимирович
 Степашкин, Станислав Иванович
 Тамулис, Ричардас Ионович

1965
 Баранников, Виликтон Иннокентьевич
 Изосимов, Александр Владимирович
 Меднов, Виктор Иванович
 Никоноров, Борис Николаевич
 Позняк, Дан Иванович
 Стольников, Владимир Григорьевич

1966
 Лясота, Аскольд Константинович

1967
 Агеев, Виктор Петрович

1968
 Латышов, Александр Петрович (?)
 Нурмаханов, Абдысалан Нурмаханович
 Соколов, Валериан Сергеевич

1969
 Фролов, Евгений Васильевич

1970
 Фролов, Валерий Петрович

1971
 Трегубов, Валерий Григорьевич

1972
 Кузнецов, Борис Георгиевич
 Лемешев, Вячеслав Иванович
 Стивенсон, Теофило (Куба)

1974
 Рискиев, Руфат Асадович
 Соломин, Василий Анатольевич

1975
 Засыпко, Владислав Петрович
 Климанов, Анатолий Николаевич

1977
 Горстков, Евгений Николаевич
 Лимасов, Валерий Павлович
 Рыбаков, Виктор Григорьевич (в 1985 лишён звания за «серьёзное служебное нарушение», когда работал тренером в ГСВГ)

1978
 Львов, Валерий Константинович
 Рачков, Валерий Александрович
 Савченко, Виктор Григорьевич

1980
 Сабиров, Шамиль Алтаевич

1981
 Квачадзе, Давид Иванович
 Конакбаев, Серик Керимбекович
 Кошкин, Александр Николаевич
 Крупин, Александр Рюрикович
 Мирошниченко, Виктор Владимирович
 Шишов, Василий Александрович

1982
 Александров, Юрий Васильевич
 Ягубкин, Александр Геннадьевич

1988
 Яновский, Вячеслав Евгеньевич

1989
 Акопкохян, Исраел Акопович
 Арбачаков, Юрий Яковлевич
 Демьяненко, Виктор Леонидович
 Курнявка, Андрей Петрович
 Мунчян, Ншан Аракелович
 Ружников, Игорь Иванович
 Хаматов, Айрат Касымович
 Шанавазов, Нурмагомед Магомедсаидович

1990
 Булаков, Анатолий Николаевич
 Шин, Владимир Николаевич

1991
 Лаптев, Валерий Янович
 Цзю, Константин Борисович
 Назаров, Орзубек Пулетович
 Нурказов, Сергей Токенович
 Ткаченко, Александр Николаевич
 Качановский, Виталий Николаевич
 Григорян, Артур Размикович

1992
 Зауличный, Ростислав Мирославович

Год присвоения неизвестен
 Вартанов, Георгий Амазаспович (? 1945)

См. также
 Список выдающихся боксёров СССР
 Список заслуженных мастеров спорта России по боксу

Примечания

Литература
 Бокс. Энциклопедия / Составитель Тараторин Н. Н. — : «Терра. Спорт», 1998. — 320 с. — ISBN 5-93127-006-X
 «Советский спорт» (газета), 1990—1992.

Бокс
Заслуженный мастер спорта

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Easily-accessible trains travel from Riverside to Grand Central in less than an hour.
Aside from beautiful waterfront views, residents enjoy gourmet markets, quaint dining experiences and convenient proximity to neighboring towns like Old Greenwich.
The colonial Samuel Ferris House and cast-iron Riverside Avenue Bridge are both listed on the National Register of Historic Places.


Scottish Parliament's Environment, Climate Change and Land Reform (ECCLR) Committee released a reporting recommending urgent action on CCS.
Scottish Carbon Capture & Storage (SCCS) welcomed the report by the Scottish Parliament's Environment, Climate Change and Land Reform (ECCLR) Committee on Scotland's new Climate Change Bill and said it is pleased to see its support for carbon capture and storage (CCS).
Witnesses who provided evidence to the committee's inquiry emphasised the need for urgent action on climate change, and this message appears to have been heard loud and clear.
We are glad to see the committee recognise the crucial role of CCS in reducing Scotland's emissions in line with the ambitions of the Paris Agreement. CCS technologies are already operational across the world, and Scotland is in the enviable position of having extensive offshore geology that is well suited to the secure and permanent storage of carbon dioxide.
Scientists from SCCS partner institutions are carrying out world-leading research to develop and improve CCS technologies further. Together with the SCCS Team, they have also been key partners in the ACT Acorn project, which aims to develop the UK's first full-chain CCS project in north-east Scotland.
The accelerated delivery of CCS worldwide will be essential if we are to keep global average temperatures below 1.5°C; however, it is not a magic bullet, and it needs to be part of a mix of approaches, including renewable electricity generation, energy efficiency and behaviour change. Support from government is needed for all these approaches, and they should not be pitted against each other. CCS will require investment in new infrastructure for Scotland – although costs can be reduced by re-purposing legacy infrastructure from the oil and gas industry.
The sooner we start to deploy CCS, the sooner we can start making deep emissions reductions in industry, a sector which has so far shown slow progress in reducing its climate impact. Industrial emissions are an area where renewable electricity can have only a limited impact – most CO2 emissions come either from the process itself, or from a high demand for heat that can currently only be met by fossil fuels. This means that CCS is the only option for high-emitting industries to decarbonise – other than ceasing production, which would be catastrophic for jobs and the economy.
Once CCS infrastructure is in place we can start to produce low-carbon hydrogen in bulk from methane, which opens up new routes to displacing fossil fuels in heat and transport – two other sectors where significant progress on reducing emissions is needed. CCS infrastructure will also mean that we can start achieving "negative emissions" by applying CCS to biogenic sources of CO2, compensating for emissions which cannot be eliminated. Research shows that the earlier negative emissions technologies are deployed, the less they will be needed in future, which means a lower impact on land use.
CCS has a crucial role to play in a just transition to a low-carbon economy – retaining manufacturing jobs; replacing oil and gas jobs with low-carbon activities; and supporting the construction industry by providing low-carbon cement and steel. CCS helps to provide a viable future for communities currently dependent on a fossil fuel-based economy.


The New Zealand global business community is firing over the America's cup with several hundred kiwi entrepreneurs and expats connecting around an event of world class New Zealand. With entrepreneurial leaders like Rod Drury with 90 US staff growing to 300, expat Gower Smith with 120 staff and Moa Beer enjoying huge growth in the area over the last 3 months as well as selling roughly 8000x drinks on race days across the two Kiwi venues on Pier 29.
There's something much bigger than a bunch of companies trying to make money, this is in NZ Inc. It's a live community of kiwi entrepreneurs and businesses making things happen on their own and collectively.
Kiwi entrepreneurs and expats are everywhere around the America's cup, it's an amazing mix of social, networking, and global leadership that makes an electric entrepreneurial environment where connections and ideas are forged as the fabric of NZ Inc. get's stronger every step towards more NZ global success.
Kiwi Business is right at home in San Francisco and using the America's cup to connect the kiwi community, connect customers and grow with leadership in innovation on the water and off, from Sails to Sales.
Kiwi and Kiwi expat entrepreneurs and businesses love doing business in San Francisco and growing onto the rest of the US from here, because it's a progressive and responsive city with not just amazing talent, but engaged customers who enjoy trying new things and tend to have a belief that the next great products and businesses will come from around them in San Fran. So if you're a kiwi founded business, and you're in San Fran, you're doing smart business.
This is where New Zealand and our government is able to realise more of our investment into a global event happening in the innovation business capital of the world. New Zealand entrepreneurs and businesses leverage the business innovation hot spot and gateway city to the biggest market in the world, along with New Zealand's success in sailing and innovation & design leadership in the water.


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March 5, 2018 / 9:58 PM / a year ago
North Korea leader Kim Jong Un wants to advance North-South relations: KCNA
SEOUL (Reuters) - North Korea's leader Kim Jong Un said it is his "firm will to vigorously advance" and "write a new history of national reunification" with South Korea to a visiting delegation of high-ranking South Korean officials, the North's official news agency said on Tuesday.
"Hearing the intention of President Moon Jae In for a summit from the special envoy of the south side, he exchanged views and made a satisfactory agreement," said Korean Central News Agency (KCNA) of the meeting that took place on Monday without detailing what that agreement was.
"He gave the important instruction to the relevant field to rapidly take practical steps for it. He also made an exchange of in-depth views on the issues for easing the acute military tensions on the Korean Peninsula and activating the versatile dialogue, contact, cooperation and exchange," the report said.
Reporting by Christine Kim; Editing by Hugh Lawson


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Is eSports the future of car marketing for manufacturers?
Author: Neil Thomason | Updated: 13 Jul 2018 12:20
Chances are you'll have heard the term eSports at least once, but never gave it a second thought or delved any further, writing it off as some electric racing nonsense before getting on with your life.
You would of course be wrong to do so and wrong in your assumption. eSports is a form of competitive video gaming, with the most popular competitions taking place in games such as League of Legends and Dota 2.
Don't worry if you've not heard of those games, that's not the point. The point is that by 2019 it is estimated that not only will eSports continue to sell out arenas but that 427 million people worldwide will be watching thanks to the growth of streaming platforms such as YouTube and Twitch.
This rapid growth has recently led to the International Olympic Committee to acknowledge the growing popularity of eSports, concluding that "Competitive eSports could be considered as a sporting activity, and the players involved prepare and train with an intensity which may be comparable to athletes in traditional sports", with the Olympic Games being seen as a potential method to legitimize eSports as long as any games used for the Olympics are fitting "with the rules and regulations of the Olympic movement".
Away from dreams of gaming being featured at the Olympics, FIFA has already forged ahead into this potentially lucrative market by hosting the eSport World Cup.
Electronic Arts and FIFA recently announced that more than 20 million players participated in FIFA 18's competitive gaming this season, with the global gaming series concluding at the FIFA eWorld Cup Grand Final at the O2 in London in August. This will see 32 competitors vying to be crowned the FIFA 18 world champion.
A sold-out Madison Square Garden hosted the 2016 League of Legends World Championships
The staggering amount of interest – from the spectators who pack into the arenas and tune in via the internet to watch to the ultra-skilled players themselves – shows why more and more companies are investing in competitive gaming.
Global esports revenues are expected to grow 38% to $906 million in 2018 and experience further growth to $1.65 billion by 2021, according to an annual report on eSports by market researcher Newzoo.
Even Premier League clubs are getting in on the action, with West Ham Utd and Manchester City among a growing contingent of football clubs who have signed FIFA players to contracts in order to boost their club profile and widen their global appeal.
So when will automotive manufacturers get in on the action?
With the worldwide popularity of racing games such as Gran Turismo and Forza Horizon, and the fact every manufacturer worth their salt has a variety of fast and furious models from the past to the present featured in both games, you have to wonder.
We are excited to welcome @BMW as our Official Partner for the 2017 #EULCS Summer Finals in Paris! #LaneToParis pic.twitter.com/Z4XXGRX2eM
— lolesports (@lolesports) August 30, 2017
BMW has previously used the huge success of eSports as a sponsoring opportunity, supporting the European League of Legends Championship Series 2017 summer finals in Paris, while Toyota likewise sponsored the inaugural season of Overwatch League earlier this year as well as providing behind-the-scenes content as a means of showing off some of its models.
This time, @Malik4play is joined by @Mickiepp and @HarryHook from the @DallasFuel. They talk about their favorite players to watch and what Mickie did with his first Overwatch League paycheck.
This is Access Granted, presented by @toyota pic.twitter.com/6qeHZS6lg1
— Overwatch League (@overwatchleague) May 22, 2018
But it has fallen to Nissan to make the first tentative steps from passive sponsorship to active participant.
After months of testing and fine-tuning, the 2018 FIA-certified Gran Turismo Championships launched in June under the banner of 'Starting a new era of motorsports'.
Racers worldwide are welcome to participate, with the season concluding at the Regional and World finals in October and November, where the Nations and Manufacturers trophies will await GT's top-ranking players.
These final exciting match-ups between Gran Turismo's best drivers will be hosted in stunning locations around the world and streamed online for everyone to enjoy, with the manufacturer announcing that the top drivers in the competition will win a trip to the NISMO Festival at the Fuji International Speedway in Japan and to the Tokyo headquarters of Polyphony Digital, the developers behind the game. An additional winner from the Nissan GT Sport Cup eRacing competition in Europe will also be selected.
Much like the EA/FIFA sponsored eWorld Cup, the GT Sport championships are the first online eSports racing championships sanctioned by the Federation Internationale de l'Automobile (FIA), arriving 10 years after the launch of the groundbreaking Nissan PlayStation GT Academy program which has previously given gamers the chance to become real-life Nissan race car drivers.
"We proved with the Nissan GT Academy that some of the fastest drivers in the world might never have had the opportunity to compete on a race track if it weren't for gaming," said Nissan's global motorsport director, Michael Carcamo. "These guys have gone from the couch to the cockpit and broken the traditional model of how to become a successful racing driver.
"And we're now seeing that online racing is not only an alternative to the real thing. To be recognized as an official FIA Manufacturers Series Champion through GT Sport is an incredible opportunity, and we're looking forward to having some of the best gamers in the world represent Nissan."
Whether other manufacturers will make the leap from passive sponsors to active participants in eSports remains to be seen, but with a new Forza Horizon game coming soon now would be as good a time as any to start.
Soon, you might even see manufacturers championing their car's scorching 0-60mph time, Nürburgring lap record and that their eSport team wipes the floor with the competition too.


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Anyone can give back, but Prink believes that it's also important to pay it forward. Whether spending a weekend volunteering or simply buying coffee for the next person in line, a selfless gesture goes a long way. Prink's employees take this concept to heart by working to improve the communities they love.
Through its Pay it Forward program, Prink partners with nonprofits and good causes to support important initiatives that benefit the community and have a positive impact on the environment. To pay homage to its local roots, a portion of all proceeds go to support causes that are close to its employees' hearts, including forest restoration projects and social services.
Prink's largest Pay it Forward initiative replenishes forests and urban areas one tree at a time all around the world. For every one of its bamboo and wood products sold, Prink plants a tree for communities in need throughout the world.
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Book Review: "Separate Beds" by Elizabeth Buchan
Summary from BN.com: Tom and Annie's kids have grown up, the mortgage is do-able, and they're about to get a gorgeous new, state-of-the-art French stove. Life is good- or so it seems. Beneath the veneer of professional success and domestic security, their marriage is crumbling, eaten away by years of resentment, loneliness, and the fall out from the estrangement of their daughter, and they've settled into simply being two strangers living under the same roof. Until the economy falls apart. Suddenly the dull but oddly comfortable predictability of their lives is upended by financial calamity-Tom loses his job, their son returns home, and Tom's mother moves in with them. As their world shrinks, Tom and Annie are forced closer together, and the chaos around them threatens to sweep away their bitterness and frustration, refreshing and possibly restoring the love that had been lying beneath all along. In Separate Beds, Elizabeth Buchan has captured the concerns and joys of contemporary women, and her timely, warm, and funny novel tracks the ebb and flow of family, fortune, and love that is familiar to so many readers.
Family stories always grab my attention. It's mainly because even though a family may seem like they have it all together from the outside, inside there are secrets and pains and sorrows hiding behind the smiling faces. There are four subplots in the book: Tom and Annie's story, Tom's mother's story, Jake's story and Emily's story. Out of the four, I found Jake's story about his estranged wife and the custody battle for their daughter to be the most interesting. While the others did have appeal, Jake's story grabbed my attention the most. It was mainly because it was the reverse of what most custody cases tend to be. Instead of the mother trying to retain custody, in this case she wanted to first give up her rights and then tries to get her daughter back. Jocasta comes off across as very selfish and only thinking of herself. I feel like she is one those women who was not meant to be a mother and only got roped in because of the one night stand. Jake's fight for his daughter and his discovery of who Jocasta really is becomes a major turning point in his life.
Tom and Annie's lives are at that middle aged point of life when the marriage seems stale and no one has the energy to make it come alive again. They seem to be going through the motions until a major incident happens that forces them to come back together and truly be husband and wife. I really like how this book upholds marriage when it counts. Tom and Annie could have given up a long time ago and either of them could have left. But instead they stayed together and gave it another chance.
I was hoping for a bit more in regards to Hermione's (Tom's mother) story. When the revelation comes out about her past, it wasn't as shocking as I thought it would be. Her relationship with Annie improves a bit by the end, but it still felt like there were major issues that were never going to get solved between the two of them. Emily's story is more interesting in regards to her sister. When she says to her mother "you still have another daughter" there's so much emotion in that statement. Her parents seemed to have grieved over the loss of one daughter leaving but seemed then to not give that same attention to Emily. Going out into the world and starting a career and a new life for herself invigorates her and allows her to truly live her life.
This is my first book of Buchan's that I've read and I enjoyed it immensely. Even though I'm not at Annie's stage of life, I still felt like I could relate to her and her family. The situations are slice of life stories and could happen to almost anyone. Their family struggles together and comes together to help out each other in times of need. The ending is hopeful without being too happy ending-ish. Buchan' has quite a few books on her back list so I'm looking forward to going back and discovering more of her work.
Separate Beds by Elizabeth Buchan is published by Viking (2011)
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Q: Как обеспечить минимальный радиус кубическим Безье? Строится кривая, состоящая из множества кубических Безье, следующих друг за другом. Пробую обеспечить отсутствие крутых поворотов со сверхмалым радиусом, изломов.
Для этого вычисляю угол, образующийся между условным последним отрезком (по двум последним точкам) и предполагаемым следующим отрезком (до точки со случайными координатами). Если угол меньше MIN_ANGLE, то вызываю рекурсивно функцию getPoint(), которая генерирует случайную точку, проверяет минимальный угол и записывает точки в lastTwoPoints для последующей проверки.
Дополнительно добавил проверку на минимальное и максимальное расстояние для предполагаемого отрезка: MIN_DISTANCE и MAX_DISTANCE. Так я пытаюсь исключить изломы на минимальных отрезках и перекосы при слишком больших.
Результат удовлетворительный, но не идеальный. Изломы все-таки не исключены, да к тому же при многократных неудачных попытках перебора точек иногда получаю ошибку Maximum call stack size exceeded.
Как обеспечить отсутствие изломов кривых Безье и схожих с ними участками со сверхмалыми радиусами?
Здесь строится SVG-path, который точно так же может быть отрисован и на Canvas, поэтому в метках стоит canvas и html5-canvas.

let lastTwoPoints = [];

const W = document.documentElement.clientWidth;
const H = document.documentElement.clientHeight;

const MIN_ANGLE = 60;
const MIN_DISTANCE = (Math.min(W,H))/20;
const MAX_DISTANCE = (Math.min(W,H))/4;

let svg = document.querySelector('svg');
let path = document.querySelector('path');

//svg.style.width = W;
//svg.style.height = H;

svg.setAttribute('viewbox', `0 0 ${W} ${H}`);

createPath();

function getPoint(){
    let x = getRandomNumber(W*0.6) + W*0.2;
    let y = getRandomNumber(H*0.6) + H*0.2;

    let point = [x,y];

    if(lastTwoPoints.length < 2){
        lastTwoPoints.push(point);
    } else {
        if(getAngle(...lastTwoPoints, point) < MIN_ANGLE
            || getDistance(lastTwoPoints[1],point) < MIN_DISTANCE
            || getDistance(lastTwoPoints[1],point) > MAX_DISTANCE){
            point = getPoint();
        } else {
            lastTwoPoints.shift();
            lastTwoPoints.push(point);
        }
    }
    return point;
}

function pointString(){
    let point = getPoint();
    return `${point[0]} ${point[1]} `;
}

function getDistance(pointA, pointB){
    return Math.sqrt((pointA[0] - pointB[0])**2 + (pointA[1] - pointB[1])**2);
}

function getAngle(pointA, pointB, pointC){ // angle in pointB
    let a = getDistance(pointA, pointB);
    let b = getDistance(pointB, pointC);
    let c = getDistance(pointC, pointA);
    return Math.acos((a*a + b*b - c*c)/(2*a*b))*(180/Math.PI);
}

function createPath() {

    let path_string = `M ${pointString()} C ${pointString()} ${pointString()} ${pointString()}`;

    for( let i = 0; i < 100; i++  ) {
      path_string += `S ${pointString()} ${pointString()} `
    }

    path.setAttribute('d', path_string);
}

function getRandomNumber(max) { return Math.floor( Math.random() * max ); }
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</svg>

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