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Q: Using ffmpeg to create a video from a sequence of TGA images, with a depth of field blur effect sourced from the TGA's alpha channel I'm working on turning a sequence of TGA images into a video using ffmpeg.  I want the video to have a depth of field blur effect.  The alpha channel of each TGA contains a depth-mask, where black=close and white=far.  I want to use this info to add DOF blur to the final output of that frame.  After searching, the closest answer I could find was this
FFMPEG filter to boxblur and greyscale a video using alpha mask, but it is for a static dof-mask.  The DOF mask I would be using is obviously changing every frame, and an alpha channel instead of a seperate png.
Here is my current cmd line
ffmpeg -framerate 60 -i image.%10d.tga -c:v libx264 -preset slow -crf 0 -c:a copy -pix_fmt yuv420p output0.mp4

It seems the answer would involve some use of alphamerge/alphaextract/boxblur, but I'm brand new to ffmpeg so I don't know how to formulate the command.
Here is an example of the type of TGA  I would use https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/19482624/alphachanneltest.tga
Thanks in advance.

A: The syntax is along the same lines as in the linked Q/A.
ffmpeg -framerate 60 -i image.%10d.tga \
       -filter_complex "[0:v]boxblur=5[v];[0:v][v]overlay[vout]" \
       -map "[vout]" -preset slow -crf 0 -pix_fmt yuv420p output0.mp4

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Dawn Of The Robot Empire Brings Machine Mashing To Vive & Early Access
By Kevin Eva	 Last updated Apr 15, 2016
First-person shooters (FPS) are set to thrive on the HTC Vive virtual reality (VR) head-mounted display (HMD) thanks to its accurate position-tracked controllers. The kit only launched earlier this month but there's already another entry into this popular genre to test out. Indie developer oeFUN has launched an Early Access version of a new Room Scale VR FPS named Dawn of the Robot Empire over on Steam, which looks to be similar to other experiences such as The Brookhaven Experiment and Jeeboman.
Dawn of the Robot Empire pits players against waves of approaching robots, allowing them to fight back with a laser pistol, staff and shield. "Dawn of the Robot Empire is my 1st VR game," the developer explains. "I've really tried to make the interactions feel as physical as possible to make it seem like you're in the world and can interact with it. e.g. the laser pistol not only shoots; you can use it to "bash" enemies. An example of this is seen in the game trailer where you can 'spear' a robotic snake with your staff weapon and then bash it's armored eye till it breaks. It's something that you've probably seen in a fantasy movie or performed in another game by pushing an "action" button. But here you're really doing it. The haptic feedback makes all those hits really connect."
The full launch for the title is expected in around two to three months from now. VRFocus will bring you more information about the game as it revealed.
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namespace blink {

class FilterData;
class LayoutObject;
class LayoutSVGResourceFilter;

class SVGFilterRecordingContext {
    USING_FAST_MALLOC(SVGFilterRecordingContext);
    WTF_MAKE_NONCOPYABLE(SVGFilterRecordingContext);
public:
    explicit SVGFilterRecordingContext(GraphicsContext* initialContext) : m_initialContext(initialContext) { }

    GraphicsContext* beginContent(FilterData*);
    void endContent(FilterData*);

    GraphicsContext* paintingContext() const { return m_initialContext; }

private:
    OwnPtr<PaintController> m_paintController;
    OwnPtr<GraphicsContext> m_context;
    GraphicsContext* m_initialContext;
};

class SVGFilterPainter {
    STACK_ALLOCATED();
public:
    SVGFilterPainter(LayoutSVGResourceFilter& filter) : m_filter(filter) { }

    // Returns the context that should be used to paint the filter contents, or
    // null if the content should not be recorded.
    GraphicsContext* prepareEffect(const LayoutObject&, SVGFilterRecordingContext&);
    void finishEffect(const LayoutObject&, SVGFilterRecordingContext&);

private:
    LayoutSVGResourceFilter& m_filter;
};

} // namespace blink

#endif // SVGFilterPainter_h

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{-# LANGUAGE FlexibleContexts #-}
module Reduction where

import Obsidian

import Prelude hiding (zipWith)

import Control.Monad

import Data.Word

---------------------------------------------------------------------------
-- reduceLocalSilly
---------------------------------------------------------------------------
sumUp :: Pull Word32 EWord32 -> EWord32
sumUp arr
  | len arr == 1 = arr ! 0
  | otherwise    =
      let (a1,a2) = halve arr
          arr'    = zipWith (+) a1 a2
      in sumUp arr'

sumUp' :: Pull Word32 EWord32 -> Program Block EWord32
sumUp' arr
  | len arr == 1 = return (arr ! 0)
  | otherwise    = do
      let (a1,a2) = halve arr
      arr' <-  forcePull (zipWith (+) a1 a2)
      sumUp' arr'

sumUpT :: Pull Word32 EWord32 -> Program Thread EWord32
sumUpT arr
  | len arr == 1 = return (arr ! 0)
  | otherwise    = do
      let (a1,a2) = halve arr
      arr' <- forcePull (zipWith (+) a1 a2)
      sumUpT arr'

mapSumUp :: Pull EWord32 (SPull EWord32) -> Push Grid EWord32 EWord32
mapSumUp arr = pConcat (fmap body arr)
  where
    body arr = singletonPush (return (sumUp arr))

mapSumUp' :: Pull EWord32 (SPull EWord32) -> Push Grid EWord32 EWord32
mapSumUp' arr = pConcat (fmap body arr)
  where
    body arr = singletonPush (sumUp' arr)

-- {{{0,1,2,3,4,5,6,7}},{{8,9,10,11,12,13,14,15}}}
mapSumUpT :: Pull EWord32 (SPull (SPull EWord32)) -> Push Grid EWord32 EWord32
mapSumUpT arr = pConcat (fmap body arr)
  where
    body arr = tConcat (fmap bodyThread arr)
    bodyThread arr = singletonPush (sumUpT arr)

---------------------------------------------------------------------------
--
---------------------------------------------------------------------------

reduceLocal :: (Forceable t, Storable a, Pushable t )
               => (a -> a -> a)
               -> SPull a
               -> Program t (SPush t a)
reduceLocal f arr
  | len arr == 1 = return $ push arr
  | otherwise    =
    do
      let (a1,a2) = halve arr
      arr' <- force $ push $ zipWith f a1 a2
      reduceLocal f arr'

reduceLocal' :: (Forceable t, Storable a, Pushable t )
               => (a -> a -> a)
               -> SPull a
               -> Program t a
reduceLocal' f arr
  | len arr == 1 = return (arr ! 0)
  | otherwise    =
    do
      let (a1,a2) = halve arr
      arr' <- force $ push $ zipWith f a1 a2
      reduceLocal' f arr'

-- local = pJoin

reduceBlocks :: Storable a
          => (a -> a -> a)
          -> SPull a -> Program Block a
reduceBlocks f arr =
    do
      imm <- force $ pConcat (fmap body (splitUp 32 arr))
      reduceLocal' f imm
  where
    body arr = singletonPush (reduceLocal' f arr)

reduceGrid :: Storable a
          => (a -> a -> a)
          -> DPull a -> DPush Grid a
reduceGrid f arr = pConcat $ fmap body (splitUp 4096 arr)
    where
      body arr = singletonPush (reduceBlocks f arr)

reduce :: Storable a
          => (a -> a -> a)
          -> DPull a -> DPush Grid a
reduce = reduceGrid

-- reduce :: MemoryOps a
--           => (a -> a -> a)
--           -> DPull a -> DPush Grid a
-- -- reduce f = pConcatMap $ pJoin . liftM push . reduceLocal f
-- reduce f arr = pConcat (fmap (reduceLocal f) (splitUp 256 arr))

-- reduceExperiment :: MemoryOps a
--                     => (a -> a -> a)
--                     -> DPull a -> DPush Grid a
-- reduceExperiment f arr =
--     pJoin $ do
--       imm <-  force <- pConcat $ fmap (reduceWarps f) (splitUp 256 arr)
--         -- imm :: SPull (SPush a)
--       undefined -- pConcat (fmap (reduceLocal f) imm )

input :: DPull EInt32
input = undefinedGlobal (variable "X")

-- getReduce = putStrLn $ genKernel "reduce" (reduce (+) . splitUp 256) (input :- ())


When Angelique Kerber hired Wim Fissette at the end of 2017, she was "curious" as to what they could achieve together.
Seven months later and any questions she had have been answered. Kerber is a Wimbledon champion. The German, who won two Grand Slam titles in 201d6, dropped out of the top 20 last year. But she was not content to led the slide linger. Kerber and coach Fissette sat down to discuss her goals.
"Last year when I started with Angie, I looked at all her stats from the year before and I saw she was serving 75 percent to the backhand," the Fissette told ESPN.com at Wimbledon.
"So I told her, that is something that needs to change, the percentage going to the forehand needs to be much higher. After the first month, she played in Australia, we saw the stats and we saw immediately how much she improved."
Rarely has there been such a direct connection between the Royal Box and a player on Centre Court, but the friendship between Meghan Markle and Serena Williams shone brightly on women's finals day.
Fissette is one of a number of leading coaches on tour who has embraced the WTA's partnership with SAP, the German-based enterprise software company.
Using Hawkeye technology and the umpire's score pad, SAP produces Tennis Analytics for Coaches and live stats available during matches, a tool that is often showed when coaches come onto the court during WTA matches. After matches, coaches can consult the Tournament Performance Centre to get even more detail.
Having coached Kim Clijsters, Victoria Azarenka, Simona Halep and Johanna Konta, Fissette has a resume few other coaches can equal. As one of the coaches consulted by the WTA and SAP when they were putting it together, Fissette says the SAP stats have "changed my life."
"Instead of waiting two hours on the court, to watch one match for two hours, to have this little amount of data, now I can go home, sit at my computer or wherever I want, drink coffee at Starbucks and can start my analysis, and I am a much better coach than I was before," he said.
"Before we had this, I went to watch matches with a piece of paper, and I was putting dots where the first serve landed and stripes for the second. Now we have this, within 20, 30 minutes, I can look at the stats of one player, let's say, of all their matches on grass, on hard court. I can look at 10 different matches and compare them.
"I call this my assistant coach, because at the end, there is so much data and I have to decide what is important for me, and what is important for my player going into one match. You can overload your player with stats, and it's about picking maybe two or three really important things to take into a match, and it's of course the job of the coach to find the right ones."
Coaches also have to understand how their player's minds work, so what worked for Clijsters may not be what worked for Azarenka. Kerber, again, was different.
"Vika, she wanted to have lots of information, the more the better," Fissette said. "She could really use it in a match. Angelique is a little different because she plays more with feelings, emotions, intuition, so I have to be careful not to give her two much. Let's say two, three, very important things and not more.
"Kim, she was 100 percent intuition player, on feelings. With Angie, she's more a counter-puncher, and it's very important to see where serves are landing, what does she do in this situation, so it's more a tactical game."
When testing the tool, the WTA and SAP overcame a number of challenges, from making sure the tablet that housed the program worked when exposed to hot temperatures, to reducing the glare of the sun and ensuring the connection was strong enough.
Trust between player and coach is paramount to success in any sport. That players can now see the stats themselves means they are more unlikely to question their coach. "It's a complete change of communication, a lot more trust coming from the player toward the coach," Fissette said.
Of course, since every coach has access to the same range of stats, there are few secrets in terms of strategy, at least so long as the respective coaching teams do their research.
On-court coaching is allowed on the WTA Tour, but not at Grand Slams events. Richard Lewis, the CEO of the All England Club, said this week this he does not believe in the merits of on-court coaching, and it doesn't look like this will change anytime soon. For Lewis, and others, the beauty of tennis is its gladiatorial nature, problem-solving an art in itself.
"As a coach at Grand Slams, you have less influence during the match, but I always try to prepare my player the best and prepare for anything that can happen during a match," Fissette said. "It's up to the player. It's not like I can program my player and she does exactly that. The player still has to make big decisions in the match and be responsible for their game. I could say, 'Hit the serve down the T at 200 kmh' and probably you're going to win, but you have to do it, right? That's always going to be the most important thing."
Fissette has now coached his way to three major titles. He and Kerber both need only the French Open to complete the full set. Perhaps the stats will unlock the secret.
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Karzai Urges US to Remember Afghanistan
At a hearing before the Senate Foreign Relations Committee yesterday, Afghan President Hamid Karzai testified on post-conflict Afghanistan. Karzai stated, "Whatever the United States does in Iraq it should not reduce its attention to Afghanistan." Karzai also listed his priorities, which include more funding for reconstruction, the Afghan National Army, and for Afghanistan's budget. In regards to current reconstruction efforts, Karzai said that he is "not happy with the reconstruction activities to the provinces" and that "there needs to be more support of the rural areas."
The ranking Democrat on the Committee, Senator Joseph Biden (D-DE), said that the "facts make one thing clear. There is a great deal of work to do in Afghanistan and an obligation to do so." We need to not only "fight for the sake of Afghanistan but for our own national security, " he continued.
Senator Barbara Boxer (D-CA), the only woman on the Committee, stated that "women are facing harsh restrictions from local leaders, and that is why we need an expansion of ISAF" (International Security Assistance Forces) within and beyond Kabul. To emphasize the insufficient number of peacekeeping troops in Afghanistan, Boxer said that there is one peacekeeping soldier for every 48 people in Kosovo as compared to one peacekeeping soldier for every 5,380 people in Afghanistan. In addition, she referred to a recent Human Rights Report detailing the severe treatment women are facing in Herat under the control of warlord Ismail Khan, including being forced to undergo gynecological exams to see if they had engaged in any sexual relations.
At a hearing earlier this month, Afghanistan's Ambassador to the United States, Ishaq Shahryar, called for the US to support expansion of ISAF beyond Kabul, to increase the force's size to at least 15,000 troops, to fund the Afghan Freedom Support Act, and to send reconstruction funding directly to the central Afghan government.
Boxer said that it was the "women's movement in the United States that galvanized support to liberate the Afghan people." The Feminist Majority has been leading the call for ISAF expansion, increases in reconstruction funding, and particularly for more resources to support the work of the Ministry of Women's Affairs and the Independent Human Rights Commission.
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We dish out details, photos, and videos of Apple's hotly anticipated next-generation iPhone, which comes with that fingerprint scanner, three color choices, and an A7 chip.
CUPERTINO, Calif. -- Apple pulled back the curtain on its buzzy iPhone 5 successor at a Tuesday launch event held here at the company's headquarters. Physically, the gold, "space gray," or white aluminum iPhone 5S closely resembles the iPhone before it (bye-bye, basic black), but Apple has bulked up its flagship smartphone with a fingerprint scanner, a faster 64-bit A7 processor, and high-end camera features. What the 5S doesn't have, though, is a larger screen: it's exactly the same as last year's iPhone 5, and Apple's other new iPhone, the 5C.
The iPhone 5S costs the same on contract as the iPhone 5 did at launch: $199 for the 16GB version, $299 for 32GB, and $399 for 64GB. Protective cases that Apple made specifically for the device will cost $39 each, and you had better believe there will be a flurry of third-party cases.
Along with the cheaper, riotously colored iPhone 5C ($99 for 16GB for a two-year contract), the iPhone 5S goes on sale September 20 in various countries like the US, UK, China, Canada, Australia, France, Germany, Japan, and Singapore. Both phones will come to 100 countries and 270 carriers in December.
The optional fingerprint scanner rescues Apple's reputation as a smartphone maker with cutting-edge features that actually influence how people use their phones. The new scanner, called the Touch ID sensor, is integrated into the home button and adds some classy materials with its sapphire crystal topper and "stainless-steel detection ring." Now you tap to activate your phone, instead of pressing the button (but the button still depresses for normal navigation actions.
Touch ID scans subepidermal skin layers, Apple says, and has "360-degree readability," meaning it should be able to recognize your fingerprint regardless of orientation.
In addition to the Touch ID sensor doubling as your security key instead of a four-key password, you can also purchase apps and other iTunes content with a tap of your finger. Fingerprint information is never available to other apps, Apple says, nor will it be stored in the cloud.
As for guest profiles, yes, you can store details for multiple fingers -- yours and someone else's.
In classic Apple style, Touch ID is easy to set up as you tap and circle your finger to capture multiple fingerprint angles. In fact, setup is a bit like a video game that collects more prints the more you tap. After that, you scan your fingerprint and voila, you're in. The entire setup process takes a minute or less. Log-in is as quick as clicking.
How did it feel during a brief hands-on session after Apple's event? Surprisingly easy and fast. We were able to have Touch ID scan our fingerprint after about a dozen or so tap-clicks. After the process is done, the scan happens instantaneously: it feels just like clicking a home button. The scan becomes unnoticeable. There is a little adjustment, though, to getting used to how the button now works capacitively and as a click button.
If you don't want to use the fingerprint scanner, you don't have to. There's still the option to use the four-digit PIN password or no password at all. The benefit? No longer having to enter your iTunes ID in order to make purchases.
Hardware design stays the course with identical dimensions and the same chamfered edges as the iPhone (that means the 45-degree angles on the corners). The "space gray" design with the silver and black colors has a look that feels like a cross between the iPhone 5 and the 4/4S' silver-and-black banded design, which is to say that it looks very cool and familiar. It actually looks more distinctive than the all-black iPhone 5, and should be more scratch-resistant (we knew more than a few people who had the all-black previously and collected scuffs).
The gold is pale and shimmery, just like champagne. It isn't an offensive shade by any means. The white and silver version looks just like last year's model.
Apple's $39 leather iPhone cases make the 5S look almost 5C-like from a distance, but there are plenty of other cases the 5S should be compatible with: after all, it's the same exact shape as the 5.
Here's something new: the iPhone 5S will have the first 64-bit chip in a mobile phone, but will be backward-compatible with 32-bit apps. Under the hood, Apple's A7 processor promises to power the iPhone 5S with 56 times the graphics performance of the very first iPhone, and about 40 times its CPU muscle.
iPhone 5S fingerprint scanner the end of passwords?
New to the iPhone 5S is the M7 motion coprocessor, which joins the A7 chip in processing. Specifically, the M7 chip keeps tabs on the accelerometer, gyroscope, and compass data. At the end of the day, that makes it possible for wearables like fitness bands and other accessories to tap into that data faster and more efficiently. It's a fascinating idea, but was only mentioned briefly during Apple's event. Keep an eye on this M7 processor: if any chip ever makes it into a future iWatch, it could be this one.
Battery life is a big issue in the smartphone world, and Apple remains coy with actual milliamp hour capacity. Apple takes the iPhone 5S to 10 hours of talk time over 3G (but what about LTE, Apple?!), 10 hours of LTE browsing, and 10 hours of video. You also get 10.4 days (250 hours) in standby mode, a full day longer than on the iPhone 5 (225 hours).
Once again, the iPhone is without NFC, which makes it the only major platform to exclude the short-range protocol. Apple has stubbornly used workaround features like the wallet and perhaps this new Touch ID scanner to circumvent NFC's specific brand of device-to-device communication.
When it comes to camera territory, Apple has traditionally been a gold standard, highly consistent in all scenarios without fussing with controls. This has been slipping with competitors' improved cameras in rival phones like the Samsung Galaxy S4, Nokia Lumia 925, and especially the Nokia Lumia 1020 (and its 41-megapixel camera).
Here, Apple once again challenges the field with a lot of built-in logic that makes for automatic adjustments of everything from white balance to the color temperature of the new, dual-tone LED flash.
In addition, Apple gives its iPhone 5S a five-element lens that Apple designed in-house. Its sensor size is 15 percent larger than before, and it packs in a f/2.2 aperture. The result? More light for theoretically better pictures.
You won't find more megapixels in this version of the iSight camera, which means images top out at 8 megapixels. However, you'll find an all-new burst mode that snares snaps at a rate of 10 frames per second when you hold your finger down on the shutter. Burst mode is very fast, and the iPhone 5S automatically picks the best of the bunch, nesting the rest in a sort of digital subfolder. A subtle gray dot designates the best one, but you can easily scan these and pick your own to save.
You can also take shots that span a 28-megapixel panorama. Apple will now automatically adjust exposure as you move, which is a nice touch. There's auto image stabilization as well. Read even more about the iPhone 5S camera here.
Yep, the iPhone 5S comes in gold.
The iPhone 5S once again ups the ante with 1080p HD recording for the front-facing camera. The rear captures video at the usual 30fps as well as 120fps for slow-motion video (as do the HTC One and Samsung Galaxy S4.) In the app, slow-mo can be selected for various parts of the clip you shot by sliding little markers, much like editing a video clip in iMovie.
It's hard to tell camera quality in a brief hands-on, but the 5S burst mode is speedy, much more so than the iPhone 5's, and the autopicking of "best shots" in bundled photo collections within the app should avoid a sensation of filling your Camera Roll with identical retakes.
In many ways, Apple's camera functions are still in catch-up mode, with Apple just now getting around to features like burst capture. However, Apple's strength is in bringing consistently great photos to the mass market, and the new baked-in camera features seem to integrate quite nicely with iOS 7's new software.
Calling it "the most forward-thinking phone anyone's ever made," Apple ships this new iPhone with iOS 7 software inside, which Apple previewed earlier this summer. A brighter, more colorful interface is one major cosmetic enhancement. A Control Center you can call up from any screen for one-touch settings, and new camera apps are more substantial features.
In other ways, Apple's fingerprint scanner does add a shot of technical intrigue that we'll need to take a closer look at to see if it's more gimmick than game-changer. If Touch ID ends up being a standard that app developers can tap into to make purchases easier and log-ins more self-contained, it could be a wonderful time-saver...and something that could find its way into the rest of Apple's product line.
How good the camera and A7 processor are, really, remains to be seen. The real question in our minds is this: will more people pick the 5S or the 5C, or another phone entirely? It looks like Apple is using this year to refine peripheral technology around the iPhone rather than heading in a bold new direction. That said, if Touch ID makes the iPhone 5S more secure, it'll be no small feature. We'll also be keeping an eye on the M7 chip: Apple might be making a play for iOS health-tracking apps and gear to beat competitors to market, or, failing that, to just plain beat them.
How large a leap the iPhone 5S is over last year's 5 remains to be seen. Will it be a bigger leap forward than the iPhone 4S was over the 4? We don't know yet, but that new home button's pretty nice.
Note: Also check out the latest on the iPhone 5C, and all of today's Apple news.


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EC approves Romania's €36M bailout of Tarom
Airlines Business & Finance
February 27, 2020 by Wilson Juma
The European Commission has approved Romania's plans to grant a loan of 36.7 million euros to the Tarom operator. The measure will ensure the orderly continuation of air transport services, in particular on many routes on which Tarom is the sole supplier. And will avoid harming passengers, without having an impact on competition in the single market.
The airline faces a severe shortage of liquidity, due to the sharp increase in operating costs generated by its former fleet in recent years. In the absence of aid, Tarom will no longer be able to meet its payment obligations while keeping operations running.
EC Guidelines on rescue and restructuring aid allow the support of companies in difficulty, provided that public aid measures are limited in time and scope and support a common interest. Rescue assistance can be granted for a maximum of six months to give the company time to find solutions in an emergency situation.
In the present case, the Commission has taken into account the following elements: the loan will cover only Tarom's demonstrated liquidity needs over the next six months and Romania will strictly monitor how the funds are used; and Romania promised to ensure that, after six months, the loan will be fully repaid, or Tarom will submit a settlement plan or carry out a comprehensive restructuring to make it viable in the long term. Such possible restructuring would be subject to the evaluation and approval of the Commission.


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TEMP_DIR=./temp/$1/out

if [ -d "$TEMP_DIR" ]; then
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aws s3 cp $MRLOADER_S3_ROOT/output/$1/ $TEMP_DIR --recursive > /dev/null
cat $TEMP_DIR/part* > $TEMP_DIR/merge.txt
sort -n $TEMP_DIR/merge.txt > $1.sorted.txt
export col2='$2'

cat << EOF | gnuplot > $1.png
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set xtic auto
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set title "Batch Latency"
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The general objective of the system is to provide efficiency, steadiness in the use of power appliances, by ensuring continuous availability of power supply even in the absence of mains. Uninterruptability of the system made it possible to eliminate all suspense from mains outage during the execution of an important and urgent assignment as may be required.
For better production of the system, the system was operated at a fully charged condition of the battery.
The project was rated 200W of 220V and 50Hz. It was expected that at this condition, it was favourable to carry load of the stipulated power. Loads of low power factors are not helpful since they produce spikes. Overloading is not potent to provide zero change over time and the inverter had LEDs which indicates mains failure and battery discharge and system fault.
This solar power source makes it possible to provide a clean reliable supply of alternative electricity free of sags or surges which could be found in the line voltage frequency.
The solar power system (SPS) system achieved this by direct current from solar panel and by rectifying the standard main supply, using the direct current to charge the batteries and to provide clean alternative power by passing the energy a filter system.
It has zero change over time and LEDs which indicates mains fail and battery discharge level and it provides 100% protection against line noise, spikes surges and audio frequency interference.
1. Inverter unit: This unit converts a DC voltage into AC voltage with the help of the inverter unit.
Battery Unit: This is a secondary cell unit, capable of storing enough DC voltage from either sun or AC main, of which is later converted to AC voltage.


The UCL Institute for Sustainable Resources (ISR) is a cross-disciplinary institute set up to carry out research, teaching and enterprise work in sustainable use of resources and the environment and to bring together capabilities from across UCL.
UCL ISR is a partner institute to the UCL Energy Institute (UCL-Energy) and engages in research and teaching sharing administrative support. The institutes are based in The Bartlett, UCL's Faculty of the Built Environment. UCL ISR's agenda is governed by an executive group consisting of internal Directors and academics.


- Needle, thread, pins, scissors.
* Template that I used.
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1. Print the template out and stick them together.
3. Sew it on using a whip stitch. Use an online video for reference.
a) Remake the front of Captain America's shield for the back.
**** I chose to use grey fleece on the back.
5. Cut out a grey circle and put the good sides together. Blanket stitch around, leaving a hole to turn it inside out.
6. Stuff it with stuffing.
7. Ladder stitch it closed.
8. CONGRATULATIONS - your shield is complete!
*** I do not own the videos above. They are links I found online while making my own. The photographs below belong to me.


"Throughout my career I followed an exercise program in order to maintain my safety and productivity while in space. Back on Earth, I now spend two hours at the gym several times each week. My exercise goal is to stay healthy and maintain an active lifestyle."
"A personal exercise program allows me to live my life to the fullest. Healthy living provides me with an advantage in my work, sports and social life. I am mentally sharper and at my physical best when fit and healthy."
"...fitness was always extremely important for me...at playoff time...into the third period...be the guy who still has lots of energy and has the strength physically and mentally to push yourself even harder."
"...to be the dad my kids deserve..."


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05/26/21 Young, Hassan Lead Colleagues in Introducing Bipartisan Bill to Encourage Job Training Opportunities for Workers
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05/19/21 VIDEO: This Is the Time to Stand Shoulder to Shoulder with Israel
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04/22/21 "What They Are Saying": Endless Frontier Act
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by Ryan Blue
February is not only the month for Valentine's Day but also my wife, Amy's birthday. In honor of her, I wanted to post some thoughts on her favorite movie, Miss Congeniality, the story of an FBI "operative posing as a pageant contestant in order to ferret out a terrorist targeting the event."
The movie opens by introducing us to a not-so-graceful, bumbling FBI agent, Gracie Hart, a tough girl competing in a world of boys. She is a woman "without a discernible smidgen of estrogen." Everything about her is masculine, including her shoes. She is tough and she likes to work out by punching and kicking. Once it was decided that the FBI would send an undercover agent to the Miss United States pageant, 'dirty Harriet' was the least likely but only choice they had. However, after an extreme makeover, Mustang Sally is actually gorgeous, according to her fellow agent, even though walking in heels still proved to be a not so easy task.
Once a contestant in the pageant, Hart is now competing in a world of girls in which she feels 'totally' lost and draws a blank when trying to 'girl talk'. She must discover her feminine side if she is going to successfully convince everyone that she is a real beauty pageant contestant; but she also must retain her toughness if she is going to expose and capture the elusive terrorist. Hart's struggle throughout the undercover mission is being tough and being feminine at the same time, which is what will be required in order to catch the 'Citizen'. Gracie makes it to the top five and in her final interview, she demonstrates her femininity by stating her camaraderie with the other contestants and then demonstrates her toughness by stating that she would take out anyone who tried to hurt them. In the end, she is named Miss Congeniality and the movie concludes with the song lyrics, "she's a lady." Therefore, the message of Miss Congeniality is that a woman can be both tough and feminine at the same time.
I asked my wife why Miss Congeniality was her favorite movie. She teaches group strength training classes at a local athletic club, yet she is very feminine and absolutely gorgeous. I asked her if she liked the movie so much because she resonated with the message that a woman can be both tough and feminine at the same time. She accused me of psychoanalyzing her but acknowledged that she does believe that to be true.
Copyright 2008, Ryan Blue
Ryan Blue always writes with insight and knowledge in explaining his thoughts. I enjoyed his review of Miss Congeniality and hope to read more of his reviews on your blog. Martha Jenkins
Martin March 16, 2008 at 1:35 PM
Thanks for taking the time to post a comment. Yes, Ryan is a deep thinker and a good writer. I enjoy his posts, and I enjoy especially working with him on this Mosaic Movie Connect Group.
By the way, how do you know Ryan? :)
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Gone Baby Gone -- Choices that Define
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There Will be Blood -- moral disintegration person...
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Serpico -- Character in the midst of Corruption
Oscar Predictions 2008
Answers to the Mosaic Shawshank Quiz
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CT's 2007 Critics Choice Awards
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Miss Congeniality by Ryan Blue
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Eastern Promises -- Too violent for me
Life is Beautiful: A Modern Fable
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Wycoller Hall was a late sixteenth century manor house in the village of Wycoller, Lancashire, England. The hall was the centre of a sizable estate but subsequently fell into disrepair.... Wycoller Hall was a late sixteenth century manor house in the village of Wycoller, Lancashire, England. The hall was the centre of a sizable estate but subsequently fell into disrepair.
408 pages,  pages of plates : 24 cm Includes bibliographical references (pages 388-391)-and indexes Ghostbusting: the 'science' of investigating ghosts -- Encyclopedia of ghost reports.
Featuring hundreds of A to Z entries, The Element Encyclopedia of Ghosts and Hauntings is a fascinating compendium of worldwide paranormal activity, with explanations of strange phenomena from both folklore and modern scientific research.


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Time to stop fearing Arsenal and welcome back Welbeck
March 4, 2011 by Colin Randall
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The Emirates build-up, from Salut! Sunderland's viewpoint, is done.
We've run two completely different but equally compelling Q&A interviews with Arsenal supporters, one a Gooner and the other emphatically not, and Pete Sixsmith has reminded us all of Paul Danson's late bid, in 1996, for worst refereeing performance of the century award.
Do we expect much out of tomorrow? If truth be told, no. Our best hope is a combination of Chelsea-away form on our part and pre-Barca restraint on Arsenal's.
I see fat chance of that happening but, then, one much inferior Sunderland side came close to nicking a point in 2007 and another did get one a year and bit later. Why, I even saw us win at Highbury in a relegation season – 3-2 in the Worthington Cup, under of all people Howard Wilkinson. Either one of two of those results would be welcome tomorrow.
But even if we get the beating most pundits will predict, the good news is that Danny Welbeck is in with an outside chance of making the bench.
It is blindingly obvious that our decline has coincided with the absence of two or three key players of whom Welbeck – who started the season out of position and out of sorts, but became one of the Premier's most feared attacking players – is one and Lee Cattermole, for all his disciplinary troubles, is another.
Neither can get back soon enough for me.
This is how Steve Bruce put it at the club site (where, Pete, you'll be pleased to know I have posted a question about why Reserve games are being played behind closed doors):
"Danny only returned to training on Tuesday, but the way he has played over the last few days suggests it might not be too soon for him to make the substitutes' bench this weekend.
We'll assess it and make a decision on the day, but he has been looking extremely sharp and, while you don't want to bring a player back too early, it's possible he could be ready.
He was back at Manchester United for a few days for them to assess him and I think he did some training there, too, which would help explain why he's come back so strongly."
Lose, draw or – glory be – win at the Emirates, DW's imminent return is a reason to remain cheerful.
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You mean as long as we do everything that we failed to do last week Ian? Definitely.
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We could do with Danny back, and Campbell too for that matter.
Honestly, I think we're looking at a defeat at Arsenal. Unless we can provide the same kind of performance we put up at Chelsea and Man Utd (home draw), we're done.
But if our lads work really hard, close them down and don't give them the time or space to play like we did at Chelsea, we've got a chance.
Trouble is, if we play that way, by the 80th minute, tiredness sets in. Still, if Arsenal have one eye on Barca on Tuesday (they won't want to tire themselves) then we might sneak at least a point.


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It is easy to do great work at Jeron because we believe in initiative and innovative thinking. Our customers look to Jeron for high-quality communication solutions, and we look to people like you to go beyond their expectations. Our culture gives you the opportunities to do so. As a private company, we can develop technologies based upon our passion, knowledge, and vision, rather than shareholder demands.
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Q: Getting the PayerId from Paypal Android SDK Using the paypal android sdk I get this response from the paypal service:
{
  "client":{
     "environment":"sandbox",
     "paypal_sdk_version":"2.0.0",
     "platform":"Android",
     "product_name":"PayPal Android SDK;"
  },
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     "create_time":"2014-02-12T22:29:49Z",
     "id":"PAY-564191241M8701234KL57LXI",
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     "state":"approved"
},
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After this I need to verify that the payment went thought with my own webservice.
That webservice is an old one which was set up for Paypal Webview and expect the PayerId field.
I couldn't figure out how to get that.
Ideas?


First things first; you need to decide exactly the type of coins you want to collect. There are numerous types of coins you can collect, for instance, just dimes or quarters, or coins with starts or wheat pennies. Or perhaps you just want to start with what may be in your pocket and pick all the quarters from a specific state or even a specific year of coin.
Once you decide which coins you wish to collect, the next step in the process is learn everything you can about the coin. There are a ton of books and specific websites denoting various types of coins. They will teach you everything from where the coin came from, to the specific grades and how much the coin is exactly worth. Once you start collecting a certain type of coin do not stop and move onto another set. Always complete one set first, set aside your mint set and then move on to the next desired coins.
The majority of silver coins, such as the half dollars, dimes and quarters that were minted prior to 1965 were made of pure silver. This would be a great place to start as most half dollars before 1970 were at least half silver, these coins are quite the moneymaker for any serious coin collector.
Once you have the desired set finished, go to a local coin collector shop. Here you will find professionals who can help you identify if your coin is just a typical one or perhaps it is a rare and prized coin. Make sure you have a display album or even a safe to keep your coins in so that they are not lost or mistaken for loose change. You'd really hate to lose your coins because someone wanted a soda pop from the vending machine!
The biggest downfall for people who are new to collecting is that they think they have to buy the most expensive coins first. This is just a myth; you should start out small and then work your way up. This way if you decide that coin collecting just isn't for you, you haven't lost too much money in your journey. The last downfall is that most people think it's better to have a shiny coin rather than a dirty one. Popular to contrary belief you should never clean a coin; it will greatly reduce the value as a collectible. Leave the coin as it is and let a more serious collector let you know what to do with it. Trust them but don't leave your coins with them.


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Norway raises its game in polar research
Offshore Marine Technology: 2nd Quarter 2017
Norway is set to transform its marine polar research capabilities through the commissioning, later this year, of the 100m x 21m, 9,000gt Kronprins Haakon, now at an advanced stage of construction at Fincantieri, Italy. The new ship will serve as Norway's main platform for polar expeditions and scientific missions and for studying the modalities and consequences of climate change in the Arctic environment.
The vessel is replete with instrumentation and equipment for oceanography, marine biology and meteorology studies and is equipped for fish stock monitoring and trawling, sea floor sampling/coring and underwater vehicle operations, and will accommodate about 35 scientific personnel.Based on Rolls-Royce Marine's NVC 395 Polar design, with detailed design performed by Fincantieri, Kronprins Haakon will be owned by the state through the Norwegian Polar Institute (NPI), and operated by the Norwegian Institute of Marine Research (IMR). Construction has been to Polar PC-3 class.
The Polar PC-3 standard meets the criteria for year-round operation in second-year ice, potentially with multi-year ice inclusions. The ship can maintain a speed of 5knots through 1m-thick ice, negotiate pressure ridges and make a maximum 12knots when navigating waters with a 0.4m-thick ice covering. The hull structure, appendages and cranes are designed for service in temperatures down to at least -35°C. At the same time, she fulfils the criteria for DNV GL's Polar-10 class notation, regarding operation in winter ice up to 1m in thickness.
Most of the main working deck is given over to laboratories and to special equipment and its means of deployment and retrieval. A 'scientific hangar' on the starboard side is dedicated to low-temperature sampling, either carried out over the side or via a 3m x 4m moon pool.
Fincantieri awarded the contract for the vessel's integrated propulsion system to Rolls-Royce. This is centred on clean design (CD) versions of B32:40 series, medium-speed diesel machinery as the prime movers for the main generators.Two 9-cylinder models and two 6-cylinder units drive the respective 4,100kWe and 2,750kWe gensets. Rolls-Royce has also supplied the vessel's two ice-class, 5,500kW US ARC 0.8 azimuthing main thrusters and two bow tunnel thrusters.The arrangements ensure a DP2 level of dynamic positioning. In open water, the ship will have a maximum cruising range of approximately 15,000nm and an endurance of 65 days at cruising speed.
Kronprins Haakon was transferred to a floating dock in February this year, and the start of the voyage to Norway for final completion is tentatively expected around 1 October.
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OFFICIAL FORBES LIST: Top 10 Richest People In Belize in 2019
03. Nigel Miguel
Nigel Patrick Miguel[1] (born April 8, 1963)[2] is a Belizean-American actor, film producer, and technical advisor who is currently the film commissioner for Belize. He is also a former professional basketball player. A native of Belize, he immigrated to the United States when he was six, and holds dual citizenship with both countries.[2]
Miguel played college basketball for the UCLA Bruins, earning all-conference honors in the Pacific-10 (currently known as the Pac-12). He played one season professionally in the Continental Basketball Association (CBA). Using his athletic skills and basketball talents, he later landed acting and advisor roles in commercials, movies, and television. In 1994, Miguel was appointed by Belize as goodwill ambassador to the United States, and the government named him its film commissioner in 2008. Miguel has also owned production company II Jam Casting & Production since 1995.
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Q: iteration through nested Dictionary and printing in Django html page I Have a Dictionary like this
mainDict={'RA CROXE-16353':
 {'ENGINEER_NAME': 'Leela', 'DESCRIPTION': 'M5  Rainbow when it is conversation with external',      'BINARIES': 'SYM'},
'RA CROXE-16344':
{'ENGINEER_NAME': 'MARK', 'DESCRIPTION': 'M5 Network SIP ISDN TLS call with VPN_G729', 'BINARIES': 'TEL.1.so'}
     }

I want to iterate through the dictionary so that I can print in the Table Format in Django.
CR              ENGINEER_NAME     DESCRIPTION                                        BINARIES

RA CROXE-16353  Leela             M5  Rainbow when it is conversation with external  SYM
RA CROXE-16344  MARK              M5 Network SIP ISDN TLS call with VPN_G729         TEL.1.so

Please, anyone, let me know how to proceed

        CR
        Engineer Name
        Description
        Binaries

    {% for key,value in mainDict.items %}
        {% for k,val in value.items %}

        {{key}}
         {{ value }}

        {% endfor %}
    {% endfor %}

I have tried to loop over the code with keys and values but I am unable to print in the required format.

A: I think what you need to start with is a structure like this in your views.py template function, which can then be looped much easier on the template side:
CRS = [
    {
          'CR': 'RA CROXE-16344'
          'ENGINEER_NAME': 'Leela',
          'DESCRIPTION': 'M5  Rainbow when it is conversation with external',
          'BINARIES': 'SYM'
    },
    {
          'CR': 'RA CROXE-16344'
          'ENGINEER_NAME': 'MARK',
          'DESCRIPTION': 'M5 Network SIP ISDN TLS call with VPN_G729',
          'BINARIES': 'TEL.1.so'
    }
]

So, something like this in views.py:
from django.http import HttpResponse
from django.template import loader

def index(request):
    CRS = [
        {
           'CR': 'RA CROXE-16344'
           'ENGINEER_NAME': 'Leela',
           'DESCRIPTION': 'M5  Rainbow when it is conversation with external',
           'BINARIES': 'SYM'
        },
        {
           'CR': 'RA CROXE-16344'
           'ENGINEER_NAME': 'MARK',
           'DESCRIPTION': 'M5 Network SIP ISDN TLS call with VPN_G729',
           'BINARIES': 'TEL.1.so'
        }
    ]
    template = loader.get_template('index.html')
    context = {
        'CRS': CRS,
    }
    return HttpResponse(template.render(context, request))

And the run with the following:

        CR
        Engineer Name
        Description
        Binaries

    {% for CR in CRS %}

        {{ CR.CR }}
        {{ CR.ENGINEEER_NAME }}
        {{ CR.DESCRIPTION }}
        {{ CR.BINARIES }}

    {% endfor %}


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Brock & Kiraz English boastfulness.
How to cite this entry? Sebastian P. Brock & George A. Kiraz, Gorgias Concise Syriac-English, English-Syriac Dictionary (Piscataway, NJ: Gorgias Press, 2015) ܫܒܗܪܢܘܬܐ [from sedra.bethmardutho.org, accessed on Apr. 26, 2019].
How to cite this entry? Louis Costaz, S. J., Dictionnaire Syriaque-Français / Syriac-English Dictionary / قاموس سرياني عربي (Beirut: Dar al-Machreq; transcribed into tables by the American Foundation for Syriac Studies, NJ) ܫܒܗܪܢܘܬܐ [from sedra.bethmardutho.org, accessed on Apr. 26, 2019].
How to cite this entry? George A. Kiraz, SEDRA 3 ܫܒܗܪܢܘܬܐ [from sedra.bethmardutho.org, accessed on Apr. 26, 2019].


If a company allways orders the PCBs from the same manufacturer, the required manufacturing data is also allways the same. The FloWare mudule Post Processing offers a feature set to generate the output in allways the same way in OrCAD PCB Editor and Allegro PCB Editor. You can generate sets of output data of existing reports in allways the same order. Before you can run scripts or other SKILL (FloWare) routines to define parameter settings. The configuration will be saved in the database and the output job can created with exactly the same settings.
You can define in Post Processing different output jobs and start them individually. The created files can follow a naming convention (Wildcards, Variables and Pattern Tags).


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Revealing Voices: Jen Semler
Jen Semler's post is part of our Revealing Voices blog series.
Looking down at my History of Modern Philosophy syllabus, I saw the usual suspects: Descartes, Leibniz, Clarke, Locke, Hume, and Kant. But I also saw two names that I had never heard of: Princess Elisabeth (1618-1680) and Émilie Du Châtelet (1706-1749). Who were these women, and why hadn't I heard of them before?
Like most modern philosophy courses, my class started with Descartes, who many consider the father of modern philosophy. We learned about his view on mind-body dualism, and we talked about the gaping hole in his theory: the problem of how the immaterial soul could interact with the physical body. And of course, it made sense that we study—or, at the very least, name—the first person to point out this flaw.
At this point, I learned that Princess Elisabeth wasn't on the syllabus simply to have a token woman represented on the reading list, or as a mere means for our professor to promote his own research project. The reality was that Princess Elisabeth made crucial contributions to the philosophical discourse in her own right. I was honestly surprised that I had never heard her name in my other philosophy classes.
The more I thought about this, the more it started to bother me. How are professors teaching the mind-body problem without giving credit to Princess Elisabeth for her contribution? Especially in philosophy, where we often try to associate the names of thinkers with their philosophical views. We've even invented adjectives to describe certain perspectives: Humean, Hobbesian, Lockean, Cartesian. Why aren't we labeling anyone's views as "Princess Elisabethan"?
Moreover, if Descartes is the father of modern philosophy, is Princess Elisabeth the mother of modern philosophy? After all, she was the person who pushed back against Descartes' view and propelled the conversation forward about the relationship between the mind and the body. Maybe it's too much to call her the mother of modern philosophy, but shouldn't she at least be the sister, or the cool aunt? As I thought about these questions, I realized that part of the problem was that undergraduates have limited exposure to figures like Princess Elisabeth who have been historically overlooked.
Suffice it to say, my interest in studying female philosophers had been piqued. Since joining Project Vox, I have learned more about the incredible women who paved the way for philosophical thought in the early modern period. Importantly, I also learned about the scholars today who are working hard at shining a light on these figures—people like Carol Pal and Lisa Shapiro, whose books I have used in my research. It is an exciting time to be involved with Project Vox, as new information is being uncovered about early modern female philosophers all over the world.
I was equally impressed by the openness of the Project Vox team to aspiring undergraduate researchers. When I came to my first meeting, I was immediately encouraged to start getting involved in a way that aligned with my interests and goals. The team was at the end of the research phase for Princess Elisabeth, and I was able to contribute to the sections on her correspondences and connections. I read and summarized some of her letters to William Penn, Nicolas Malebranche, René Descartes, and other notable figures.
Then, as we began working on our next figure, I had the opportunity to take on a bigger role with the research team. I was given the freedom to choose an aspect of Anna Maria van Schurman to research, and as a result I expanded my knowledge about primary sources by focusing on van Schurman's writing. Through this research, Professor Janiak encouraged me to explore The Learned Maid (1659)—this text is important because it was an English translation of one of her works in Latin, meaning that it was popular enough during her lifetime to warrant wider circulation. While I was home in New York for winter break, I was able to go to Columbia University's Rare Book and Manuscript Library to see a copy of this source firsthand.
My History of Modern Philosophy class was my first exposure to early modern female philosophers. Before then, I didn't even know that there were female philosophers before the twentieth century. Project Vox has opened my mind to the exciting history of women in philosophy and the modern scholars who are working to bring these figures to the forefront of the philosophical discourse. But there is still work to be done in terms of progressing the female narrative in philosophy. Women are underrepresented in the field not only historically, but also in the current world of academia.
Now, as I am finishing my undergraduate career and thinking about pursuing a graduate degree in philosophy, my perspective has expanded. I see Project Vox as a mechanism for not only giving a more accurate history of philosophy, but also for encouraging more young women to explore the subject. I hope that some of these figures become better known to students. I continue to be inspired by figures like Princess Elisabeth, who sparked my interest in philosophy of mind—a subfield I want to study more in the future. I look forward to following the work of the Project Vox team as they continue to challenge the male-centered narrative of philosophical thought.
Jen Semler graduated from Duke University in May 2019 with majors in philosophy and public policy. Next year, she will be completing a master's degree in Medieval Icelandic Studies at the University of Iceland, where she intends to study fatalism. Afterwards, she hopes to pursue a PhD in philosophy.
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⟵Announcement: A Translation of Du Châtelet's Essai sur l'Optique is Now Available on Project Vox
Revealing Voices: Chris Meyns⟶


ARKit will allow developers to leverage motion tracking, surface detection, and ambient light scaling capabilities using the camera, CPU, and GPU, with no additional hardware necessary. ARKit will also support Unity and Unreal engines.
Craig Federighi, Apple's senior vice president of software engineering, demonstrated the extent of the augmented reality features on stage with a test app.
Using the camera, Federighi showed how an iPhone can detect a horizontal surface and place virtual objects on it. The objects reacted to one another, with a virtual lamp projecting shadows behind the other objects. He noted that ARKit uses ambient light to estimate scale.
Several apps have already begun taking advantage of the features, including offerings from IKEA and Lego as well as enhancements to Pokémon Go.
For a guest demonstration, Federighi yielded the floor to Alasdair Coull from Wingnut AR, a new development company founded by The Lord of the Rings director Peter Jackson. Coull displayed an animated scene, rendered by Unreal Engine 4, of a post-apocalyptic outpost that covered the entire on-stage table.
He brought the scene to life, with outpost's miniature inhabitants running around the landscape, enemy aircraft flying in from the horizon and dropping bombs on the outpost, and the outpost returning fire. At one point, one unlucky villager jumped off the edge of the table.
By enabling augmented reality capabilities with existing devices already in the field, Apple jumps into the pool with a cannonball. iOS 11 will support iPhones 5S and SE and up, as well as iPads Air and mini 2 and up, giving Apple a massive installed user base.
"The new Apple ARKit will ease the transition for consumers into the more sophisticated aspects of AR by reaching millions of Apple users and getting them familiar with the technology. We should expect to see a larger AR ecosystem develop around software and products to provide enhanced capabilities to the Apple AR features. This is the first step in creating an immersive AR experience for consumers," said David Goldman, Vice President of Marketing at Lumus, an augmented reality optics company, in a statement to Next Reality.
However, it remains to be seen whether Apple will it be able to match the spatial mapping or depth sensing of HoloLens or Tango, with ARKit relying on an estimation of space, lighting, and scale instead of dedicated sensors. In addition, ARKit documentation notes that it will only detect horizontal planes in its beta version. No wall detection for now.
Along with ARKit, Apple also unveiled new machine learning image recognition capabilities. Dubbed Core ML, the new API will empower developers with the ability to recognize faces, landmarks, language and more. With Core ML, Apple is able to match capabilities recently introduced by Samsung and Google, though Federighi notes that Core ML is faster than its predecessors.
iOS 11 beta will be available for download today. Documentation for both ARKit and Core ML are now available on Apple's developer portal.


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National Outsourcing Association calls it a day
Antony Savvas (a_savvas@yahoo.co.uk), October 7, 2016, 9:47 pm
OutsourcingPublic Sector
NOA reacts to market trends in IT 'sourcing' and attempts a global revamp
As the traditional outsourcing market stagnates and the public sector and many companies seek to bring their IT back in-house, the National Outsourcing Association has called it a day…and is calling itself something else to reflect these trends.
"It is with great pride, rather than a heavy heart, that we announce this," said the NOA.
"The NOA has provided its membership base with an outstanding portfolio of best practice content, industry insight, a wide programme of events, an ever-expanding professional development portfolio and unparalleled networking opportunities among other benefits," the NOA said.
"Over this period of time we have worked assiduously to promote the positive reputation of outsourcing by driving awareness, education, standards and thought leadership."
At the same time, the outsourcing industry has had to defend itself from the constant fall out from failed multi-million pound central and local government IT contracts. The UK government now aims to only put out smaller IT contracts to try and reduce the risk of failure and the continued loss of taxpayers' money.
The outsourcing industry has also faced the anger from IT workers who have seen their jobs taken away from them, after being replaced by poorly paid workers abroad – otherwise known as "offshoring" – and data security scares among consumers after seeing their data leaked by organisations they never knew actually had it.
As a result of these problems many organisations are now "in-sourcing" – taking back their IT in-house to have greater control of it. The wider adoption of the cloud is helping them to do it in many circumstances.
The New Name
The NOA said: "It is at this juncture we feel that we have evolved significantly to warrant a dramatic change for the Association and so it is with great pleasure that we introduce you to…The Global Sourcing Association (GSA)."
As the name suggests, the Association said it was making the change due to the increasingly global nature of the industry and the fact that its focus is now on all aspects of sourcing, not just outsourcing but also shared services, in-sourcing and most recently automation.
The Global Sourcing Association will be headquartered in central London, and aims to be the industry association and professional body for the global "sourcing industry", and home of the new Global Sourcing Standard.
The GSA aims to serve and share best practice, trends and connections across the globe and to "bring the global community together in a wholly interactive manner for the first time".
The GSA said the Global Sourcing Standard had the support of 20 countries on its Standards Advisory Group, including China, Russia, Egypt, Bulgaria, India, South Africa, Poland and Germany.
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