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The Wolff Baronetcy, of Town Hill in Southampton in the County of Southampton, was a title in the Baronetage of Great Britain. It was created on 27 October 1766 for Jacob Wolff by King George III. His father, Godfrey (Carl Gottfried) Wolff (1704–1788) had already been created a Baron of the Holy Roman Empire in 1761 by Emperor Francis I.

History
On his father's side Sir Jacob Wolff descended from the Lutheran noble family  in Sagan (Silesia). During the Counter-Reformation in the 17th century, they left for the Baltic region, then under the  Swedish crown, where the Luthran faith prevailed. When Peter the Great conquered the Baltic coast, Sir Jacob Wolff's father, Godfrey (Carl Gottfried) Wolff (1704–1788), was deported together with his family to Vologda and later came to live in Moscau, where Sir Jacob Wolff was born on the 27 January 1739.

Sir Jacob Wolff was sent by his uncle, also named Jacob Wolff (1698–1759), to London to look after his business interests there. The latter was a leading banker in Saint Petersburg, then capital of the Russian Empire. There he also served as consul and general resident of the Kingdom of Great Britain. After the death of his childless uncle, Sir Jacob Wolff inherited his fortune of £120,000.

Sir Jacob Wolff was naturalised 1762 as a British citizen and married 1766 Anne the daughter of Edward Weston of Somerby Hall, Lincolnshire. The couple first lived at Cams Hall, Hampshire and later Mellyfont Abbey, Wookey, Somerset, and Chulmleigh, Devon and were buried at St Matthew's church, Wookey, Somerset where a monument stands in memory of the 1st Baronet, the Dame and their children.

Sir James William Weston Wolff, the only son of Sir Jacob Wolff, married Francis Adkins in 1800. They had three daughters, Lucie, Sophie and Charlotte. The title became extinct on the death of the second Baronet in 1837.

Wolff baronets, of Town Hill (1766)
 Sir Jacob Wolff, 1st Baronet (1739–1809);
 Sir James William Weston Wolff, 2nd Baronet (1778–1837).

Further reading
 Nicolas Frhr. von Wolff: Die Reichsfreiherren von Wolff in Livland 1670-1920. 1. Auflage, K. Mattiesens Buchdruckerei Ant.-Ges., Tartu 1936;
 Margrit Schulte-Beerbühl: ″Deutsche Kaufleute in London - Welthandel und Einbürgerung (1660-1818)″, R. Oldenbourg Verlag, München 2007, ISBN 978-3-486-58038-9.

External links
 About the Wolff baronets in John Debrett: "Debrett's Baronetage of England", p.774

Extinct baronetcies in the Baronetage of Great Britain
Extinct baronetcies in the Baronetage of England
1766 establishments in England
Baltic-German people
Baltic nobility
German noble families
Russian noble families

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The global automotive HMI market size was valued at $14,807.4 million in 2017, and is projected to reach $33,590.4 million by 2025, registering a CAGR of 11.1% from 2018 to 2025. The central display segment was the highest contributor to the market, with $6,527.1 million in 2017, and is estimated to reach $13,725.6 million by 2025, at a CAGR of 10.0% during the forecast period. In 2017, Asia-Pacific accounted for the highest share in the global automotive HMI market analysis.
The HMI system uses display units as a main component. HMI system is used as a communication medium for information and entertainment. The ADAS systems gather data from various sensors and showcases through display systems. The display systems help the driver in taking measures for better control of the vehicle.
Increase in adoption of better interior for vehicles, rise in concern of consumer toward safety & security features, are the main factors that boost the growth of the automotive HMI market. In addition, growth in production and sales of vehicles in developing countries of Asia-Pacific is also influencing the automotive HMI market growth. The growth of the automotive HMI market share directly depends on the advancement of infotainment and communication systems.
The global automotive HMI market is segmented based on product, technology, and region. Based on product type, the market is segmented into central display, instrument cluster, head-up display, and others. In 2017, central display segment dominated the market, in terms of revenue, and is expected to maintain this trend in the coming years. On the basis of technology, the market is categorized into visual interface, acoustic, mechanical, and others. Visual interface is expected to secure the highest share during the forecast period.
Based on region, the market is analyzed across North America, Europe, Asia-Pacific, and LAMEA. In 2017, Asia-Pacific accounted for the highest share in the automotive HMI market and is anticipated to secure the leading position during the forecast period.
All vehicle OEMs are focusing on enhanced capabilities on visibility and display of information for the driver. With rear seat entertainment, the overall entertainment facilities in vehicles are enhanced. With better connectivity and internet speed, HMI vendors are offering best-in class experience for drivers and passengers with mobile features, voice recognition and controls. The interactivity and communication of vehicles and humans have increased tremendously in the past few years. Moreover, consumer interest to connect multiple electronic devices in a vehicle are fueling OEMs to provide more features that allow connectivity to various electronic devices. For example, HARMAN can offer HMI with designs either from OEMs, tier-1 suppliers or HARMAN itself for instrument cluster system, complex 3D scenes development and multiscreen HMI solutions. All these elements help in providing relevant information helping the driver to focus on roads.
With increase in adoption of connected and autonomous vehicles, the automotive HMI industry is expected to witness greater emphasis on various ADAS and automotive HMI market segmentation to satisfy the vehicle customers as per automotive HMI market forecast. With the help of head-up display (HUD), the driver gets assistance in finding the road lines, thus helping in fog and rainfall. While designing the ADAS, the HMI visualization is an important criteria , as HMI and ADAS are expected to jointly enhance the capabilities of autonomous driving. ADAS communicates information to driver and HMI provides the interface for the communication between humans and vehicle. the ADAS transmits data or video collected by sensors through HMI display or an alert system detecting road condition or call for attention when there is a probability of collision and immediate collision avoidance operation is required. It is important for HMI developers to provide most reasonable and easy to access communication mode and UI for the driver to respond quickly.
The automotive environment is changing at a rapid pace due to globalization. The increase in automotive sales has been caused due to the improvement in manufacturing facilities in most of the emerging countries such as China, India, and Brazil. Global automotive sector promises better productivity and sales as this sector consists of different segments such as passenger car and commercial vehicles, which in turn drives excellent profitability. This factor majorly influences prominent players of automotive sector to invest and expand the business through different segments to gain better profitability. Also, increase in disposable income of consumers and surge in car sale across the globe fuel the rise in sale of automotive vehicle. Developing countries such as India, China, and Brazil, are the most promising countries for the automotive sector. China, being the world's largest market for vehicles, is expected to grow further over the next few years as most OEMs are also making large investments in this sector. Along with China, the U.S. automotive HMI market is also anticipated to grow in the near future.
High cost of advanced HMI systems pre-installed in vehicles are restricting the adoption of HMI among cost-sensitive consumers. The cost of the display and touchscreens make HMI costlier than the earlier used analog instrument clusters. Moreover, many vehicle OEMs are focusing on integrated central displays eliminating the instrument clusters behind steering. The manufacturing cost of primary display systems that provides an integrated view of car components and also a medium for ADAS visualization for safer driving. The head-up display (HUDs) are high-cost HMI products but is expected to grow substantially during the forecast period. The increasing adoption of ADAS and safety features are expected to fuel the growth momentum of HMI market. However, the high cost of rear-seat entertainment and HUDs are restricting the growth of automotive HMI market.
In recent years, consumers have shifted their interest to automotive vehicles, as these vehicles do not consume any kind of fuel such as petrol, diesel, or gasoline and are technologically advanced as against traditional vehicles and cost low amount of maintenance, and thereby reduce the customer's expense. With increasing adoption of autonomous vehicles, the emphasis on connected vehicles and infotainment for drivers and passengers have increased. Moreover, the information related to safe driving and surround view of the vehicles are being focused for the OEMs. Most OEMS are looking to leverage the HMI systems to enhance the interiors of the vehicles as well. The evolution of display systems are expected to impact the automotive HMI market trends. Such rise in the sales of the autonomous vehicles due to their advanced features is expected to create numerous automotive HMI market opportunity.
Key players operating in the global automotive HMI market are Continental AG, Robert Bosch GmbH, Panasonic Corporation, Visteon Corporation, Alpine Electronics, Inc., Clarion Co. Ltd., Nuance Communications, Inc., Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd. (Harman International Industries, Inc.), Nuance Communications, Inc., and Valeo.
This study presents analytical depiction of the automotive HMI market analysis along with the current trends and future estimations to depict the imminent investment pockets.
The overall automotive HMI market potential is determined to understand the profitable trends to gain a stronger foothold.
The current automotive HMI market is quantitatively analyzed from 2017 to 2025 to benchmark the financial competency.
The HMI system uses display units as main component. The HMI products are communication channels for drivers and passengers with the vehicle. The HMI products are used for in-vehicle information and entertainment purposes. The sensors integrated in vehicles capture various images, videos, and data of the surroundings, which are displayed or notified via the HMI systems. The HMI products are evolving with touchscreens, voice controls, gesture recognition, and others. Furthermore, betterment of vehicle interiors is also driving the automotive HMI market.
Increase in adoption of HMI system for vehicles and rise in digital information display toward safety & security features boost the growth of the automotive HMI market. In addition, growth in production and sale of vehicles in developing countries of Asia-Pacific is also influencing the growth of automotive HMI market. The growth of the automotive HMI market directly depends on the advancement & expansion of infotainment system.
Among the analyzed regions, currently, Asia-Pacific is the highest revenue contributor, and is expected to remain dominant during the forecast period, followed by North America, Europe and LAMEA. This growth is attributed to increase in demand for various types of vehicles.


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If the gears of governance no longer drive growth and profitability in your company, Corporate Concinnity in the Boardroom will serve as the manual to get you back on track. Today's companies and their boards of directors are operating in increasingly complex and risky environments. As a result, the who and the what of governance work has begun to change to better enable boards to advise, support, and challenge the C-suite. While such changes are necessary and a critical step in the right direction, they are far from sufficient. The way boards and company management work together must evolve as well, not only to navigate the risks of complexity and change, but also to create and take advantage of the opportunities inherent in them. Corporate Concinnity in the Boardroom: 10 Imperatives to Drive High Performing Companies directly addresses the way to foster effective boardroom-C-suite collaboration. It provides a new framework for corporate governance that creates concinnityan elegant and delicate integration of the perspectives, guidance, and experiences that provide a platform for the powerful progress critical to successful governance teams. True concinnity retains the honesty and raw energy that drive successful boards while eschewing the command and control model of governance that plagues too many boardrooms. Falls's 10 imperatives bring together the key pieces of wisdom she has gathered during her career. She shines a light on the importance of clarity around roles and responsibilities, flexibility and creative adaptation during problem solving, and harmonious interpersonal dynamics in times of both upheaval and growth. When these pieces are in place, the gears of boardroom concinnity operate so smoothly we barely notice they're turning. But if the gears of governance no longer drive growth and profitability in your company, Corporate Concinnity in the Boardroom will serve as the manual to get you back on track.


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Q: How to merge images and keep orginal transformations I have a problem with a simple iPad image collage app. I have a UIImageView where it's possible to drag'n'drop different UIImageViews into. The dragged views can be rotated and stretched. When the user have finished editing the image, I'll merge all the images in on final image. My solution have been to use UIGraphics and draw the large image, then loop through all subviews and draw them in the context:
- (UIImage*)mergeImages
{
    CGSize imageSize = imageView.frame.size;
    UIGraphicsBeginImageContext(imageSize);

    [imageView.image drawInRect:CGRectMake(0, 0, imageSize.width, imageSize.height)];

    [[imageView subviews] enumerateObjectsUsingBlock:^(id object, NSUInteger index, BOOL *stop) {

        UIImage *imageOriginal = ((UIImageView*)object).image;
        CGRect rect = ((UIImageView*)object).frame;

        UIImage *imageToAdd = [self scaleImage:imageOriginal :rect.size];

        // Find the w/h ratioes
        float widthRatio = rect.size.width / imageOriginal.size.width;
        float heightRatio = rect.size.height / imageOriginal.size.height;

        // Calculate point to draw at
        CGPoint pointToDrawAt;
        if (widthRatio > heightRatio)
            pointToDrawAt = CGPointMake(rect.origin.x + (rect.size.width / 2) - (imageToAdd.size.width / 2), rect.origin.y);
        else
            pointToDrawAt = CGPointMake(rect.origin.x, rect.origin.y + (rect.size.width / 2) - (imageToAdd.size.height / 2));

        [imageToAdd drawAtPoint:pointToDrawAt];

    }];
    UIImage *newImage = UIGraphicsGetImageFromCurrentImageContext();
    UIGraphicsEndImageContext();

    // Save image in photogalery
    UIImageWriteToSavedPhotosAlbum(newImage, nil, nil, nil);

    return newImage;
}

The above works fines as long the images isn't rotated. So my question is:
Is there a way I can find the rotation angle from the subview, or do I have to subclass UIView and make it a property? Or is there another way I can merge images and get the drawing specific properties like angle and filters?
If I can help with further code or anything just comment. And thanks in advance :)

A: UIImages have a property called "imageOrientation" which can be queried. Once you know this, you can apply a CGAffineTransform to the context to get the image to render as you see it. There was a recent posting on this - in the past few days - if you search on 'CGAffineTransform' you should be able to find it (or a similar post) and see how its done.

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