Taylor Swift wins song war as she performs hits after creating music history
The 29-year-old performed Love Story, I Knew You Were Trouble and Blank Space on a night when Michael Jackson's American Music Awards record tumbled
by Irishmirror.ieBeaming Taylor Swift is now the most decorated artist in American Music Awards history on a night where she claimed victory over her former record label.
The megastar now has 29 awards to her name after collecting six gongs - overtaking legend Michael Jackson.
She beat Billie Eilish and Ariana Grande for Favorite Album: Pop/Rock for 'Lover' early on into the ceremony.
That levelled things up with MJ but there was more to come.
In the final moments of the show, she was also named Artist of the Year.
It came as she belted out her hits amid a feud with her former management who she claimed tried to stop her performing the classics.
The star did a medley of some of her biggest songs, including Love Story, I Knew You Were Trouble and Blank Space.
Her fans screamed in support as she drew a line under the row with former manager Scooter Braun.
Taylor and her ex-bosses have been at war over rights to her hits.
The megastar accused her former label manager and a prominent music industry figure of "exercising tyrannical control" over her music.
The 29-year-old Shake It Off singer had taken aim at Scooter and Scott Borchetta in a social media rant as her feud with them reached new heights - before they said there was no performance restrictions.
Taylor toasted her fans as she was named artist of the decade, saying the honour celebrated ten years of "hard work and of art and of fun and memories".
She added: "All that matters to me is the memories I have had with you guys, with you the fans, over the years.
"We've had fun, incredible, exhilarating, extraordinary times together and may it continue. I am so lucky to get to do this."
There had been fears she would be barred from playing tracks from her first six albums amid the row.
Taylor was introduced by singer-songwriter Carole King, who said "her lyrics resonate across the generations, her songs touch everyone and her impact around the world is extraordinary".
Last year, she broke the record for the most-awarded female artist with a grand total of 23 wins.
Mark Bracco, Executive Vice Pesident of programming & development at Dick Clark productions said: “Taylor’s impact on music this decade is undeniable and her performances on the American Music Awards have been truly spectacular.
“We’re thrilled to honour her as our Artist of the Decade and can’t wait for her to blow everyone away with an epic, career-spanning performance unlike any other!”


It is not for production, just a tough demonstration. Should use streaming websocket protocol with video encoding rather than pub/sub websocket.


curs_in_wchstr 3x
curs_in_wchstr(3x) curs_in_wchstr(3x)
NAME
in_wchstr, in_wchnstr, win_wchstr, win_wchnstr, mvin_wch-
str, mvin_wchnstr, mvwin_wchstr, mvwin_wchnstr - get an
array of complex characters and renditions from a curses
window
SYNOPSIS
#include <curses.h>
int in_wchstr(cchar_t *wchstr);
int in_wchnstr(cchar_t *wchstr, int n);
int win_wchstr(WINDOW *win, cchar_t *wchstr);
int win_wchnstr(WINDOW *win, cchar_t *wchstr, int n);
int mvin_wchstr(int y, int x, cchar_t *wchstr);
int mvin_wchnstr(int y, int x, cchar_t *wchstr, int n);
int mvwin_wchstr(WINDOW *win, int y, int x, cchar_t *wchstr);
int mvwin_wchnstr(WINDOW *win, int y, int x, cchar_t *wchstr, int n);
DESCRIPTION
These functions return an array of complex characters in
wchstr, starting at the current cursor position in the
named window. Attributes (rendition) are stored with the
characters.
The in_wchnstr, mvin_wchnstr, mvwin_wchnstr and win_wchn-
str fill the array with at most n cchar_t elements.
NOTES
Note that all routines except win_wchnstr may be macros.
Reading a line that overflows the array pointed to by wch-
str with in_wchstr, mvin_wchstr, mvwin_wchstr or win_wch-
str causes undefined results. Therefore, the use of
in_wchnstr, mvin_wchnstr, mvwin_wchnstr, or win_wchnstr is
recommended.
RETURN VALUES
Upon successful completion, these functions return OK.
Otherwise, they return ERR.
PORTABILITY
The XSI Curses defines no error conditions. This imple-
mentation checks for null pointers, returning ERR in that
case.
SEE ALSO
Functions: curses(3x), curs_in_wch(3x) curs_instr(3x),
curs_inwstr(3x)
curs_in_wchstr(3x)
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CX – Conference Experience (Talks)
A couple of weekends ago I had the great opportunity to attend lessconf. It was an all around great conference, and as a result of the greatness I ended up having a conversation with a few people around conference experience. I must give much of the credit to Swift, as he mentioned he’d already been thinking alot about this since Waza. In general it feels like there’s a few key themes that any conference should focus on, then a lot of small things that can really push it over the top. Here’s a few:
In general the key areas for any great conference are:
- Talks
- Great people
- Ensuring communication happens
- Bonus points
Digging in deeper on the first area…
Talks
Quality talks are obviously important. A conference should at whatever cost ensure that the talks are good. This can happen a variety of ways, but regardless of the method you should ensure talks are worthwhile; since this is largely what most people are paying to attend for.
Invite-only
Perhaps the easiest way to do this is via invite only to speakers you know will do a good job. The downside ot this of course is that you must already know enough people to fill out a good agenda, and also you limit the ability for others to contribute.
Coaching/Practicing
This is not an either/or option with any of the other pieces for getting a good agenda. Having presenters do a trial run can ensure a minimum level of quality, and working with them to coach them can help make the talk even more effective. Its likely that the organizers know the audience as well as anyone, so no one better than them to help with this. Of course this is a time sink for both parties, but can give good returns. Of course this could be done independent of a specific conference such as through speakup.
At a very least getting a quick run through, outline, or something of that nature can ensure that a presenter doesn’t fill a 45 minute talk slot with only 5 minutes of content.
Open CFP
Likely the most common approach to getting speakers is having an entirely open CFP. Its typical then that either the organizers or a speaker selection commitee then discusses and makes selections. This can usually work to have a nice balance of experienced and known to be good speakers and newer less experienced speakers that can have great potential as well.
Open Open CFP
Going even further is an open CFP where all talks are published after the CFP then voted on. While this does a great deal to ensure transparency, it doesn’t necessarily improve ensuring theres a great line up of speakers. Being able to write an interesting talk proposal is an entirely separate process from delivering an interesting talk.
Blind?
There’s a common question lately for both the open CFP and open open ones one whether to do blind review of the talks. The logic here is an attempt to be entirely fair, versus having some bias. This is an understandable goal, but can come at the expense of quality. Truth be told; I’m not entirely sure of a way to balance this.
Choosing
There’s definitely not a one size fits all. If you’re goal is to provide a good list of talks then you should keep that in mind in how you decide your talks. If you’re goal is to pull others in then it should be shaped differently. Zach Holman recently talked a bit about this and had some interesting ideas to minimize risk for new speakers.


3D Audio Timeline | Study Design
A look at study design in 3D audio over the years.
This timeline highlights some of the important research conducted in 3D Audio, with a specific focus on psychoacoustic localization studies. The focus of this timeline is to develop an understanding of important study design decisions and their impact on findings.
1876
April
- Lord Rayleigh publishes the first sound localization study: On Our Perception of the Direction of a Source of Sound
1894
Unknown
- Munsterberg & Pierce publish the first work on the effect of rotation on The Localization of Sound
1924
November
- Ruckmick presents a review of localization research in Recent Acoustic Research
1928
November
- Trimble decribes the modern and current theory of localization in The Theory of Sound Localization: A Restatement
1936
April
- Stevens & Newman confirm the factors that influence high and low frequency localizatoin in The Localization of Actual Sources of Sound
1939
April
- Wallach presents results on head movement and its effect On Sound Localization
1940
October
- Wallach presents further findings on The Role of Head Movements and Vestibular and Visual Cues in Sound Localization
1941
April
- Ryan & Schehr find little evidence of The Influence of Eye Movement and Position on Auditory Localization
1949
May
- Clark & Graybiel present findings on The Effect of Angular Acceleration on Sound Localization: The Audiogyral Illusion.
1950
January
- Koenig presents findings on the Subjective Effects in Binaural Hearing in noisy environments.
April
- Arnoult presents findings on Post-Rotatory Localization of Sound.
November
- Kock further expands Koenig's findings in Binaural Localization and Masking with particular interest in ITD.
1955
September
- Sandel et al. report on IPD and IID frequency ranges in Localization of Sound from Single and Paired Sources.
December
- Held presents findings on Shifts in Binaural Localization after Prolonged Exposures to Atypical Combinations of Stimuli
1956
September
- Zwislocki and Feldman report on the Just Noticeable Differences in Dichotic Phase
1958
April
- Mills introduces the minimum audible angle (MAA): On the Minimum Audible Angle
1960
January
- Mills reports on the JND in intesity in Lateralization of High‐Frequency Tones
1969
January
- Blauert reports that frequency alone can account for Sound Localization in the Median Plane
1975
February
- Searle et al. report perceptible frequency changes by the pinna, according to elevation, in Binaural pinna disparity: another auditory localization cue
1984
October
- Oldfield & Parker study localization in both azimuth and elevation in Acuity of Sound Localisation: A Topography of Auditory Space. I. Normal Hearing Conditions
1988
April
- TODO: Oldfield & Parker study localization in both azimuth and elevation in Acuity of Sound Localisation: A Topography of Auditory Space. I. Normal Hearing Conditions
1989
February
- Wightman & Kistler study localization responses using HRTFs vs free-field in Headphone Simulation of Free-field Listening. II. Psychophysical Validation
July
- Middlebrooks et al. studies Directional sensitivity of sound‐pressure levels in the human ear canal
1990
May
- Makous & Middlebrooks study localization using a 'facial pointing' in Two‐dimensional sound localization by human listeners
1991
February
- Middlebrooks & Green review the current state of localization research in Sound localization by human listeners
2008
August
- Neal Kin, Vladimir Oksman, and Charles Bry file an application for an encryption patent application.
- Bitcoin.org was registered at anonymousspeech.com.
October
- Nakamoto describes the Bitcoin currency and solves the problem of double spending.
November
- The Bitcoin project is registered on SourceForge.net.
2016
January
- Price at $1150 per bitcoin.
- Price fell 30% in a week, reaching a multi-month low of $750.
- The network exceeded 1 exahash/sec.
February
- Version 0.12 released.
April
- Steam started accepting bitcoin as payment.
August
- Version 0.13 released.
September
- There are 770 bitcoin ATMs worldwide.
2017
March
- Version 0.14 released.
- The price of 1 bitcoin surpassed the spot price of an ounce of gold for the first time.
- The number of GitHub projects related to bitcoin passed 10,000.
- Price traded above $1290.
Today
- At the moment, one bitcoin cost: .


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SpeechToText
public class SpeechToText
The IBM Watson Speech to Text service enables you to add speech transcription capabilities to your application. It uses machine intelligence to combine information about grammar and language structure to generate an accurate transcription. Transcriptions are supported for various audio formats and languages.
This class makes it easy to recognize audio with the Speech to Text service. Internally, many
of the functions make use of the SpeechToTextSession
class, but this class provides a simpler
interface by minimizing customizability. If you find that you require more control of the session
or microphone, consider using the SpeechToTextSession
class instead.
-
The base URL to use when contacting the service.
Declaration
Swift
public var serviceURL = "https://stream.watsonplatform.net/speech-to-text/api"
-
The URL that shall be used to obtain a token.
Declaration
Swift
public var tokenURL = "https://stream.watsonplatform.net/authorization/api/v1/token"
-
The URL that shall be used to stream audio for transcription.
Declaration
Swift
public var websocketsURL = "wss://stream.watsonplatform.net/speech-to-text/api/v1/recognize"
-
The default HTTP headers for all requests to the service.
Declaration
Swift
public var defaultHeaders = [String: String]()
-
Create a
SpeechToText
object.Declaration
Swift
public init(username: String, password: String)
Parameters
username
The username used to authenticate with the service.
password
The password used to authenticate with the service.
-
Retrieve a list of models available for use with the service.
Declaration
Swift
public func getModels(failure: ((Error) -> Void)? = nil, success: @escaping ([Model]) -> Void)
Parameters
failure
A function executed if an error occurs.
success
A function executed with the list of models.
-
Retrieve information about a particular model that is available for use with the service.
Declaration
Swift
public func getModel( withID modelID: String, failure: ((Error) -> Void)? = nil, success: @escaping (Model) -> Void)
Parameters
withID
The alphanumeric ID of the model.
failure
A function executed if an error occurs.
success
A function executed with information about the model.
-
Perform speech recognition for an audio file.
Declaration
Swift
public func recognize( audio: URL, settings: RecognitionSettings, model: String? = nil, customizationID: String? = nil, learningOptOut: Bool? = nil, failure: ((Error) -> Void)? = nil, success: @escaping (SpeechRecognitionResults) -> Void)
Parameters
audio
The audio file to transcribe.
settings
The configuration to use for this recognition request.
model
The language and sample rate of the audio. For supported models, visit https://www.ibm.com/watson/developercloud/doc/speech-to-text/input.shtml#models.
customizationID
The GUID of a custom language model that is to be used with the request. The base language model of the specified custom language model must match the model specified with the
model
parameter. By default, no custom model is used.learningOptOut
If
true
, then this request will not be logged for training.failure
A function executed whenever an error occurs.
success
A function executed with all transcription results whenever a final or interim transcription is received.
-
Perform speech recognition for audio data.
Declaration
Swift
public func recognize( audio: Data, settings: RecognitionSettings, model: String? = nil, customizationID: String? = nil, learningOptOut: Bool? = nil, failure: ((Error) -> Void)? = nil, success: @escaping (SpeechRecognitionResults) -> Void)
Parameters
audio
The audio data to transcribe.
settings
The configuration to use for this recognition request.
model
The language and sample rate of the audio. For supported models, visit https://www.ibm.com/watson/developercloud/doc/speech-to-text/input.shtml#models.
customizationID
The GUID of a custom language model that is to be used with the request. The base language model of the specified custom language model must match the model specified with the
model
parameter. By default, no custom model is used.learningOptOut
If
true
, then this request will not be logged for training.failure
A function executed whenever an error occurs.
success
A function executed with all transcription results whenever a final or interim transcription is received.
-
Perform speech recognition for microphone audio. To stop the microphone, invoke
stopRecognizeMicrophone()
.Knowing when to stop the microphone depends upon the recognition request’s continuous setting:
If
false
, then the service ends the recognition request at the first end-of-speech incident (denoted by a half-second of non-speech or when the stream terminates). This will coincide with afinal
transcription result. So thesuccess
callback should be configured to stop the microphone when a final transcription result is received.If
true
, then you will typically stop the microphone based on user-feedback. For example, your application may have a button to start/stop the request, or you may stream the microphone for the duration of a long press on a UI element.
Microphone audio is compressed to Opus format unless otherwise specified by the
compress
parameter. With compression enabled, thesettings
should specify acontentType
ofAudioMediaType.Opus
. With compression disabled, thesettings
should specifycontentType
ofAudioMediaType.L16(rate: 16000, channels: 1)
.This function may cause the system to automatically prompt the user for permission to access the microphone. Use
AVAudioSession.requestRecordPermission(_:)
if you would prefer to ask for the user’s permission in advance.Declaration
Swift
public func recognizeMicrophone( settings: RecognitionSettings, model: String? = nil, customizationID: String? = nil, learningOptOut: Bool? = nil, compress: Bool = true, failure: ((Error) -> Void)? = nil, success: @escaping (SpeechRecognitionResults) -> Void)
Parameters
settings
The configuration for this transcription request.
model
The language and sample rate of the audio. For supported models, visit https://www.ibm.com/watson/developercloud/doc/speech-to-text/input.shtml#models.
customizationID
The GUID of a custom language model that is to be used with the request. The base language model of the specified custom language model must match the model specified with the
model
parameter. By default, no custom model is used.learningOptOut
If
true
, then this request will not be logged for training.compress
Should microphone audio be compressed to Opus format? (Opus compression reduces latency and bandwidth.)
failure
A function executed whenever an error occurs.
success
A function executed with all transcription results whenever a final or interim transcription is received.
-
Stop performing speech recognition for microphone audio.
When invoked, this function will 1. Stop recording audio from the microphone. 2. Send a stop message to stop the current recognition request. 3. Wait to receive all recognition results then disconnect from the service.
Declaration
Swift
public func stopRecognizeMicrophone()


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| Package | Description |
|---|---|
| com.cyc |
Cyc API factories and constants.
|
| com.cyc.kb |
Interfaces for manipulating CycL-based java objects, both for the purpose of
making assertions and for retrieving terms and values via simple queries.
|
| com.cyc.kb.spi |
All KB API service provider interfaces.
|
| com.cyc.kb.wrapper |
Abstract classes for implementing KbObjects per the decorator pattern.
|
| com.cyc.nl |
Provides support for the NL API, which translates back and forth between CycL and natural
language.
|
| com.cyc.query |
Interfaces for asking arbitrarily complex queries of a Cyc server, and processing the answers.
|
| com.cyc.query.spi |
All Query API service provider interfaces.
|
| com.cyc.session |
Interfaces for configuring and managing connections to a Cyc server.
|
| Class and Description |
|---|
| BinaryPredicate
The interface for
KbPredicate s that take exactly two arguments. |
| Context
The interface for
KbIndividual s that correspond to CycL microtheories. |
| FirstOrderCollection
The interface for
KbCollection s whose members are all
KbIndividual s. |
| KbCollection
The top-level interface corresponding to Cyc
#$Collection . |
| KbFunction
The interface for Cyc functions.
|
| KbIndividual
The top-level interface for Cyc
#$Individuals . |
| KbObject
The top-level interface for representing objects in a Cyc KB.
|
| KbPredicate
The interface for Cyc predicates.
|
| Variable
The interface for
CycL variables. |
| Class and Description |
|---|
| ArgPosition |
| ArgUpdate |
| ArgUpdate.ArgUpdateOperation |
| Assertion
The top-level interface for assertions in a Cyc KB.
|
| Assertion.Direction
Direction determines the time when inference is performed for the given
assertion.
|
| Assertion.Strength
Strength is a component of the truth value.
|
| BinaryPredicate
The interface for
KbPredicate s that take exactly two arguments. |
| Context
The interface for
KbIndividual s that correspond to CycL microtheories. |
| DefaultContext
An immutable object interface to store default contexts for assertions
and queries.
|
| Fact
The interface for
Assertion s that relate KbCollection s and
KbIndividual s to each other and to primitive values such as numbers
and strings. |
| FirstOrderCollection
The interface for
KbCollection s whose members are all
KbIndividual s. |
| KbCollection
The top-level interface corresponding to Cyc
#$Collection . |
| KbFunction
The interface for Cyc functions.
|
| KbIndividual
The top-level interface for Cyc
#$Individuals . |
| KbObject
The top-level interface for representing objects in a Cyc KB.
|
| KbObject.KbObjectWithArity
A KbObject which may potentially be non-atomic; ie., a Sentence, an Assertion, or a functional
KbTerm.
|
| KbPredicate
The interface for Cyc predicates.
|
| KbStatus
An enumeration describing the existential status of a KB entity, and its
compatibility with a particular semantic object type.
|
| KbTerm |
| Relation
The common interface for
KbPredicate and KbFunction . |
| Rule
The interface for CycL rules (i.e.
|
| SecondOrderCollection
The interface for
KbCollection s whose instances are
FirstOrderCollection s. |
| Sentence
The interface for Cyc sentences.
|
| Symbol
The interface for symbols of the
SubL language. |
| Variable
The interface for
CycL variables. |
| Class and Description |
|---|
| Assertion
The top-level interface for assertions in a Cyc KB.
|
| Assertion.Direction
Direction determines the time when inference is performed for the given
assertion.
|
| Assertion.Strength
Strength is a component of the truth value.
|
| BinaryPredicate
The interface for
KbPredicate s that take exactly two arguments. |
| Context
The interface for
KbIndividual s that correspond to CycL microtheories. |
| DefaultContext
An immutable object interface to store default contexts for assertions
and queries.
|
| Fact
The interface for
Assertion s that relate KbCollection s and
KbIndividual s to each other and to primitive values such as numbers
and strings. |
| FirstOrderCollection
The interface for
KbCollection s whose members are all
KbIndividual s. |
| KbCollection
The top-level interface corresponding to Cyc
#$Collection . |
| KbFunction
The interface for Cyc functions.
|
| KbIndividual
The top-level interface for Cyc
#$Individuals . |
| KbPredicate
The interface for Cyc predicates.
|
| KbStatus
An enumeration describing the existential status of a KB entity, and its
compatibility with a particular semantic object type.
|
| KbTerm |
| Relation
The common interface for
KbPredicate and KbFunction . |
| Rule
The interface for CycL rules (i.e.
|
| SecondOrderCollection
The interface for
KbCollection s whose instances are
FirstOrderCollection s. |
| Sentence
The interface for Cyc sentences.
|
| Symbol
The interface for symbols of the
SubL language. |
| Variable
The interface for
CycL variables. |
| Class and Description |
|---|
| ArgPosition |
| ArgUpdate |
| Assertion
The top-level interface for assertions in a Cyc KB.
|
| Assertion.Direction
Direction determines the time when inference is performed for the given
assertion.
|
| BinaryPredicate
The interface for
KbPredicate s that take exactly two arguments. |
| Context
The interface for
KbIndividual s that correspond to CycL microtheories. |
| Fact
The interface for
Assertion s that relate KbCollection s and
KbIndividual s to each other and to primitive values such as numbers
and strings. |
| FirstOrderCollection
The interface for
KbCollection s whose members are all
KbIndividual s. |
| KbCollection
The top-level interface corresponding to Cyc
#$Collection . |
| KbFunction
The interface for Cyc functions.
|
| KbIndividual
The top-level interface for Cyc
#$Individuals . |
| KbObject
The top-level interface for representing objects in a Cyc KB.
|
| KbObject.KbObjectWithArity
A KbObject which may potentially be non-atomic; ie., a Sentence, an Assertion, or a functional
KbTerm.
|
| KbPredicate
The interface for Cyc predicates.
|
| KbTerm |
| Relation
The common interface for
KbPredicate and KbFunction . |
| Rule
The interface for CycL rules (i.e.
|
| SecondOrderCollection
The interface for
KbCollection s whose instances are
FirstOrderCollection s. |
| Sentence
The interface for Cyc sentences.
|
| Symbol
The interface for symbols of the
SubL language. |
| Variable
The interface for
CycL variables. |
| Class and Description |
|---|
| ArgPosition |
| Context
The interface for
KbIndividual s that correspond to CycL microtheories. |
| KbPredicate
The interface for Cyc predicates.
|
| Symbol
The interface for symbols of the
SubL language. |
| Class and Description |
|---|
| ArgPosition |
| Context
The interface for
KbIndividual s that correspond to CycL microtheories. |
| KbIndividual
The top-level interface for Cyc
#$Individuals . |
| KbObject
The top-level interface for representing objects in a Cyc KB.
|
| KbTerm |
| Rule
The interface for CycL rules (i.e.
|
| Sentence
The interface for Cyc sentences.
|
| Variable
The interface for
CycL variables. |
| Class and Description |
|---|
| Context
The interface for
KbIndividual s that correspond to CycL microtheories. |
| KbIndividual
The top-level interface for Cyc
#$Individuals . |
| KbObject
The top-level interface for representing objects in a Cyc KB.
|
| Sentence
The interface for Cyc sentences.
|
| Class and Description |
|---|
| DefaultContext
An immutable object interface to store default contexts for assertions
and queries.
|
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Spec Comparo: Royal Enfield Classic 350 vs Jawa Perak
by Aditya JadhavJawa launched the Perak in India at an ex-showroom cost of Rs 1.94 lakh ex-showroom which makes it the most affordable Bobber in the country today. Soon enough, Royal Enfield followed with a new 'Make Your Own' campaign that allows its customers to accessorise the Classic 350 while keeping the warranty safeguarded. To suit more in line as a lifestyle product, the Classic 350 can be had as a single-seat motorcycle under the 'Make Your Own' campaign which only highlights the rivalry between the two. That said, before we get our hands on the two for a comparative review, here is a specification comparison of the Jawa Perak and the Classic 350.
Engine and drivetrain
The Classic 350 has the upper hand here with a single-cylinder displacing 346cc. The engine uses air-cooling for heat management. On the flip side, the Perak has 334cc of displacement but gets liquid-cooling for heat dissipation. Between the two, the Perak is a BSVI compliant motorcycle while the Classic 350 still complies with the BSIV norms. The Classic gets a 5-speed gearbox while the Perak benefits from the sixth cog (6-speed gearbox).
Power figures
Thanks to its revised engine, the Perak has a higher power rating of 30PS and 31Nm of torque than the Jawa and the Forty Two. The Classic 350 still retains the same specification as before and the power is rated at 19.8PS and 28Nm of torque.
Cycle parts
Conventional telescopic forks in the front do duty in both the motorcycles. Both these motorcycles have disc brakes on either end. The Classic 350 gets an optional dual-channel ABS while the Perak has the same on offer as standard equipment. The Classic 350 gets the dual-shock absorber in the rear while the Perak has a monoshock in the rear. The Perak gets a wider set of tyres with 110mm section in front and a 140mm section in the rear. The Jawa Perak tips the scale at 179kg while the Royal Enfield Classic 350 weighs 194kg.
Pricing
The Perak has been launched at Rs 1.94 lakh ex-showroom. The bookings for the new Bobber will commence from January 1, 2020, and the deliveries will commence from April 2, 2020. On the other hand, the cost for the Classic 350 single-channel ABS is Rs 1.47 lakh while the dual-channel ABS variant retails at Rs 1.53 lakh.
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by ReutersANKARA: Turkey has captured a wife of Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi, President Tayyip Erdogan said on Wednesday, more than a week after the former Islamic State, also known as Da’ish, leader killed himself during a raid by US special forces.
“The United States said Baghdadi killed himself in a tunnel. They started a communication campaign about this,” Erdogan said.
“But, I am announcing it here for the first time: We captured his wife and didn’t make a fuss like them. Similarly, we also captured his sister and brother in law in Syria,” he said in a speech at Ankara University. He gave no details.
A senior Turkish official said earlier this week that Turkey had captured Baghdadi’s sister, her husband and daughter-in-law, and hoped to gain intelligence from them about Islamic State (IS), although Ankara has not said what knowledge they may have had about the group’s operations.
Baghdadi rose from obscurity to lead the ultra-hardline group and declare himself caliph of all Muslims, holding sway over huge areas of Iraq and Syria from 2014-2017 before Islamic State’s control was wrested away by a US-led coalition.
World leaders have welcomed his death, but they and security experts warned that the group, also known as ISIS, which carried out atrocities against religious minorities and horrified most Muslims, remained a security threat in Syria and beyond.
Last month, US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo said two of Baghdadi’s wives had also been killed at the site of last month’s raid.
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This guide leads you through the steps of creating a client for a service. This process will also generate a server stub as well. The full example can be found in "examples/geoip-client" in the distribution. LimitationsThere are a couple limitations in the generator that you may need to be aware of.
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The Future of Convergence Is Not Mobile: "The results of the Olswang Convergence Consumer Survey and Summit 2005 reveal that, despite the increasing number of mobile phones available with multi-media functions and the industry attention currently being given to mobile TV, consumers are significantly more likely to use home computers than mobile phones to consume multi-media content."
Puny earthlings - it's not about convergence, it's about dominance!
And I don't get how you reach this conclusion anyway, from the fact that 17% of surveyed respondents want to watch TV on their phones vs 57% wanting to watch "varying digital programmes, of their choice, including TV and film, whenever they like" on their PCs. That's shoddy research (if it's being reported accurately) - it's not comparing like to like.
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Hello everybody.
I understand that the EmonTx are compatible with the SCT-013-000.
However, I already have 4 other sensors, the ECS1030-L72, that I would like to use with the EmonTx V3.
Are they compatible as well? Do I need any calibration or other settings change?
Thank you
Paolo
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The data sheet tells me that the ratio is 30 A : 15 mA, it also states that it can generate 300 mV into a 10 Ω burden with a primary current of 60 A.
That tells me that it is good to a 2 × overload, which is helpful.
The emonTx requires 1.1 V for full scale, so you need a burden of 120 Ω and because you must not exceed the VA rating of the transformer (300 mV × 30 mA = 9 mVA), your maximum current will be 18.33 A.
If that maximum is acceptable, then your c.t. is suitable.
Re: Which CT sensor for EmonTx?
Robert,
thank you for your quick reply
18.33 A is enough for me (it means almost 4kW on the 220V AC, correct?)
When you say "you need a burden of 120 Ω" you don't mean that I actually need an external resistor, correct? It's everything in the assembled emonTx V3, I guess.
I apologize if this is a silly question.
Thanks again
Paolo
Re: Which CT sensor for EmonTx?
You need to change the burden resistor on the emonTx PCB. It is a surface mount 22 Ω, which you must remove and substitute a 120 Ω (there are holes for a through-hole one).
(For anyone with an emonTx V2, the burden resistor is 18 Ω.)
Re: Which CT sensor for EmonTx?
Ok, thank you!
That's a bit more complicated than hoped :-(
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A spokesman for Scott Hapgood says Anguillan officials have not given assurances that his client would be allowed to return home on bond.
Spokesman Jamie Diaferia says there also have been death threats against Hapgood.
Hapgood and his family say a hotel worker, Kenny Mitchel, showed up at their room unannounced during their April vacation, demanded money and attacked them.
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Dovecot is an Internet Message Access Protocol (IMAP) and Post Office Protocol (POP) server, written primarily with security in mind. Dovecot aims to be lightweight, fast and easy to set up as well as highly configurable and easily extensible with plugins.
This package is known to build and work properly using an LFS-9.1 platform.
Download (HTTP): https://www.dovecot.org/releases/2.3/dovecot-<IP_ADDRESS>.tar.gz
Download MD5 sum: fbbf4e94ccfd94d910c1ff14c9330f57
Download size: 6.9 MB
Estimated disk space required: 181 MB
Estimated build time: 3.9 SBU
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User Notes: http://wiki.linuxfromscratch.org/blfs/wiki/dovecot
There should be dedicated users and groups for unprivileged Dovecot
processes and for processing users' logins. Issue the following
commands as the root
user:
groupadd -g 42 dovecot && useradd -c "Dovecot unprivileged user" -d /dev/null -u 42 \ -g dovecot -s /bin/false dovecot && groupadd -g 43 dovenull && useradd -c "Dovecot login user" -d /dev/null -u 43 \ -g dovenull -s /bin/false dovenull
First, fix an issue causing a segfault in the test suite by applying a sed:
sed -e "s;#include <unistd.h>;&\n#include <crypt.h>;" \ -i src/auth/mycrypt.c
Install Dovecot by running the following commands:
CFLAGS+=" -I/usr/include/tirpc" \ LDFLAGS+=" -ltirpc" \ ./configure --prefix=/usr \ --sysconfdir=/etc \ --localstatedir=/var \ --docdir=/usr/share/doc/dovecot-<IP_ADDRESS> \ --disable-static && make
To test the results, issue make -k check.
Now, as the root
user:
make install
CFLAGS+=...LDFLAGS+=...: build with libtirpc instead of the recently removed RPC code provided by GlibC.
--disable-static
: This
switch prevents installation of static versions of the libraries.
--with-ldap
: This switch enables
OpenLDAP authentication support.
--with-pgsql
: This switch enables
PostgreSQL authentication support.
--with-mysql
: This switch enables
MySQL authentication support.
--with-sqlite
: This switch enables
SQLite authentication support.
--with-lucene
: This switch enables
CLucene full text search support.
Copy an example configuration, which you can use as a starting point:
cp -rv /usr/share/doc/dovecot-<IP_ADDRESS>/example-config/* /etc/dovecot
The following configuration is a simple proof of concept with
IMAP service using local users for authentication and mailbox
location. Reading files from the conf.d
directory is commented out since the
included example configuration requires OpenSSL and Linux
PAM.
sed -i '/^\!include / s/^/#/' /etc/dovecot/dovecot.conf &&
chmod -v 1777 /var/mail &&
cat > /etc/dovecot/local.conf << "EOF"
protocols = imap
ssl = no
# The next line is only needed if you have no IPv6 network interfaces
listen = *
mail_location = mbox:~/Mail:INBOX=/var/mail/%u
userdb {
driver = passwd
}
passdb {
driver = shadow
}
EOF
You will definitely want to read the official documentation at http://wiki2.dovecot.org/ if you plan to use Dovecot in production environment.
If you want the Dovecot server
to start automatically when the system is booted, install the
/etc/rc.d/init.d/dovecot
init
script included in the blfs-bootscripts-20191204 package.
make install-dovecot
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Tyson Fury and Braun Strowman ended their bitter feud and pledged to become tag-team partners on WWE Smackdown on Friday night in Manchester.
Wrestling’s newest rivalry had seen the pair clash three times before their eagerly-anticipated contest at Crown Jewel in Saudi Arabia, which boxer Fury won by count-out following a knockout punch.
Smackdown confirmed Fury’s appearance in his home city earlier this week, with ‘The Gypsy King’ expected to continue his grievances with ‘The Monster Among Men’.
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Fury spoke about his achievements of travelling to Germany to beat Wladimir Klitschko, the United States to fight Deontay Wilder and Saudi Arabia to take on Strowman before claiming he had unfinished business.
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The American sent the pair crashing to the floor with two shoulder charges and, after Fury knocked out Dallas, Strowman powerslammed Axel to the canvas.
Fury and Strowman then celebrated with their arms aloft at the top of the ramp together in front of a packed crowd, which included IBF featherweight champion Josh Warrington.


This API provides standard semaphore functionality, but with added diagnostic capabilities. These semaphores can only be shared by threads within the same process.
Semaphores can wait (decrease value by one) and post (increase value by one).
In Legato, semaphores are dynamically allocated objects.
le_sem_Create() creates a semaphore, returning a reference to it (of type le_sem_Ref_t).
All semaphores have names. This is required for diagnostic purposes. See Diagnostics below.
Functions to increase and decrease semaphores are:
Function to get a semaphore's current value is:
When you are finished with a semaphore, you must delete it by calling le_sem_Delete().
There must not be anything using the semaphore when it is deleted (i.e., no one can be waiting on it).
The command-line inspect tool can be used to list the semaphores that currently exist inside a given process. The state of each semaphore can be seen, including a list of any threads that might be waiting for that semaphore.
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This is a quick and dirty demonstration of using Python to provide a rest-full API, without using a framework of any kind.
The application grabs weather data from a provider site, which is then manipulated and formed for our purposes. Although we have access to incredibly detailed data via our provider, we only use the humidity and temperature data-points for this demonstration.
A few things to note about the API this app provides:
All interfaces require three URL parameters:
Note that end_date must be a date that falls after start_date and that the two dates may not be more than 31 days apart.
This limitation is on the part of the data provider.
Here follows a list of all the available API endpoints, details of each are discussed below:
Note: The examples below all use port 8080, this is the default port used by this app, but that can be adjusted by the user on the command line, when starting up the server.
The provided API can be broken into two groups: Temperature and Humidity.
Request:
http://localhost:8080/wwapi/temperature/min?city=Cape%20Town&start_date=2020-01-01&end_date=2020-01-31
Response:
{"temperature": {"min": 16.0}}
Request:
http://localhost:8080/wwapi/temperature/max?city=Cape%20Town&start_date=2020-01-01&end_date=2020-01-31
Response:
{"temperature": {"max": 16.0}}
Request:
http://localhost:8080/wwapi/temperature/average?city=Cape%20Town&start_date=2020-01-01&end_date=2020-01-31
Response:
{"temperature": {"average": 21.419354838709676}}
Request:
http://localhost:8080/wwapi/temperature/median?city=Cape%20Town&start_date=2020-01-01&end_date=2020-01-31
Response:
{"temperature": {"median": 21.0}}
Request:
http://localhost:8080/wwapi/temperature?city=Cape%20Town&start_date=2020-01-01&end_date=2020-01-31
Response:
{"temperature": {"min": 16.0, "max": 29.0, "median": 21.0, "average": 21.419354838709676}}
Request:
http://localhost:8080/wwapi/humidity/min?city=Cape%20Town&start_date=2020-01-01&end_date=2020-01-31
Response:
{"humidity": {"min": 36.0}}
Request:
http://localhost:8080/wwapi/humidity/max?city=Cape%20Town&start_date=2020-01-01&end_date=2020-01-31
Response:
{"humidity": {"max": 90.0}}
Request:
http://localhost:8080/wwapi/humidity/average?city=Cape%20Town&start_date=2020-01-01&end_date=2020-01-31
Response:
{"humidity": {"average": 68.58467741935483}}
Request:
http://localhost:8080/wwapi/humidity/median?city=Cape%20Town&start_date=2020-01-01&end_date=2020-01-31
Response:
{"humidity": {"median": 70.0}}
Request:
http://localhost:8080/wwapi/humidity?city=Cape%20Town&start_date=2020-01-01&end_date=2020-01-31
Response:
{"humidity": {"min": 36.0, "max": 90.0, "median": 70.0, "average": 68.58467741935483}}
Request:
http://localhost:8080/wwapi/all?city=Cape%20Town&start_date=2020-01-01&end_date=2020-01-31
Response:
{"humidity": {"min": 36.0, "max": 90.0, "median": 70.0, "average": 68.58467741935483}, "temperature": {"min": 16.0, "max": 29.0, "median": 21.0, "average": 21.419354838709676}}
All API errors will be reported as in the example below.
Example:
{"ERROR": "Date values must be provided in YYYY-MM-DD format!"}


For the most part, I do not participate in drug use. I have smoked marijuana a few times in my 40 something years; however, I have never enjoyed the high. I do drink alcohol, but rarely to get drunk anymore. So, when my friend wanted me to join him on a trip on mushrooms, I was quite aprehensive, down right scared really. But I wanted to face my fears, as my friend assured me the trip would not turn out to be something out of my control, that I wouldn't get lost and never make it back, and so I did it. Here is a short synopsis of my amazing experience.
Preparation:
The day before our trip, I ate very light: fruit, veggies, no meat, lots of water. On the morning of, we ate only fruit and drank tea.
Set and Setting:
My friend's place on the edge of a redwood forest. I feel extremely safe here, and it proved to be our own little Eden.
Dose and form:
I ate about 1.5g of dried mushroom caps and stems (probably Liberty Caps).
Timing:
My trip followed the graph shown on this site very closely. I began to feel a buzzing in my head, which then traveled through my limbs. I began feeling a fair bit of nausea, chills, trembling, fast breathing. My friend, who had tripped before, helped to get me out of myself. He reminded me to breath slowly, told me the bad stuff would soon pass. All this occurred within about 30 minutes. Walking through the forest, I began noticing patterns, fractals, tunnels through the trees, rainbows of light, and my depth perception began to change. Things looked closer to me than in my usual reality. And then colors began to really stand out. Greens were the most vivid, gorgeous, lush greens of the grass and trees. All of this by the end of hour 1.
Plateau:
I pleteaued within an hour and a half, and what a time I had! I cried a lot, I laughed even more, and I felt unbelievable joy. I saw the beauty of nature as I never had before. Everything I had read and been told about how mushrooms would change my perception were true. My ablitity to concentrate was increased and diminished all at once. I was able to change my focus at will, or remain on a topic as long as I wanted. But typically, I wanted to do and experience everything at once. Of course I didn't because my body felt heavy and lazy and moving around was no easy feat.
Truth serum?
I found myself speaking aloud nearly every thought that occurred to me. Lying would be an impossibility for me on this drug.
Out of Body Experience?
The most amazing sensation I experienced was the lack of physical sensation I had. I knew my nose was running when I cried, but could hardly feel it. When hunger occurred, I talked about the sensation as if it were happening to someone else. I repeated things such as 'my body must be hungry' or 'apparently my nose runs a lot when I cry'. When I walked barefoot on the hard ground, it felt soft and warm. I felt release from my physical body and came to a realization that I am not my body. It was really quite a spritual awakening.
Visuals:
I had closed eye visuals much like those I have read about. Geometric shapes, kaleiscope images, typically in green and purple. Open eye visuals included mild halucinations such as seeing a flower open before my eyes, when of course it really hadn't.
After glow:
After about 6 hours, I felt 'myself' again, but still slightly affected. And I felt wonderful, minus a bit of slight nausea and a mild head ache. During a walk, I felt as if I was seeing for the first time. I was able to see birds at the slightest movement and identify detailed characteristics. I felt free and light, and at home in my body. This feeling lasted for nearly two days, and continues to some extent. I feel a desire to be outdoors, exploring nature.
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Some of the activities described are dangerous and/or illegal and none are recommended by Erowid.


George Clooney Batman/Bruce Wayne Chris O'Donnell Robin/Dick Grayson Arnold Schwarzenegger Mr. Freeze/Victor Freese Uma Thurman Poison Ivy/Pamela Isley Alicia Silverstone Batgirl/Barbra Michael Gough Alfred
Where to start. This movie has all the substance and believability of a Steven Segal movie. It's almost hard to fathom that Warner Bros. actually greenlighted this waste of celluloid that people have the nerve to call a "movie".
"B&R" had all the right stuff, it seemed, on paper; a solid cast, a normally reliable director, and a credible studio backing. It's the writing and director Joel Schumacher's cartoonish direction that flushed it down the drain straight to movie hell.
The "plot" suffered from the odd sensation of not quite having a start, beginning, and an end. It starts off decently with the opening credits, and the very well done score by Danny Elfman. Things start going south with the very first line of the movie, spoken unconvincingly and quite annoyingly by O'Donnell. The rest of the movie is a wretched mix of cartoonish action, horrible one-liners, insipid dialogue, an endless sea of neon objects, and way too many Bat-tools to keep track of.
It's hard to believe this is from the same guy that directed "Batman Forever" and "A Time to Kill". Much of the "action" asks the viewer to suspend reality to an unrealistic degree. Scenes with Robin flying through the air, Freeze swinging from vines, the rocket from the back of the Freezemobile, never mind that at 30,000 feet any normal human would die, never mind that we're asked to believe Robin can hang on the side of launched rocket traveling at a velocity sufficient enough to send it into orbit by virtue of Bat-magnets.
The cast, while on paper seemed right, was overridden with bad lines. Viewers are delt a barrage of terrible one-liners and puns. And oh, there is way too many comments referring to coldness, ice, freeze, etc. To call it a dialogue is a gross overstatement. Clooney was decent choice to play Bruce Wayne/Batman, but he wasn't really acting in the movie. He did what he does in almost every roles he's given which is basically charm the audience, head tilt and all. Arnold gives what might arguably his worst ever performance in his entire career. It seems that lately, only James Cameron is able to squeeze out a passable line out of him. Poison Ivy spent the half the movie talking to herself. O'Donnell's Robin was quite the little punk, and his rebellious character got old to the point that one would hope Batman goes solo his next time out. It doesn't say much for a movie when the best acting was done by a supporting character, which in this case, Alfred is expertly played as always by Gough. When Alfred's mortality becomes an issue, it adds the only real character depth to the movie, but it's much too little. Other cameos (Elle Macpherson, Vivica Fox) in this movie were so incidental as to be almost forgettable. Silverstone was, well, Silverstone.
The most glaring fault was the departure from the traditional "Batman" mood set so well in the comics. Gotham is a dark, moody city even in the daytime and Tim Burton set this tone brilliantly in the first "Batman". Same goes for the Batcave, which is made up to resemble a laser-tag arena. It's not this bright, neon-slathered pseudo-Las Vegas Schumacher makes it out to be. Batman himself is a dark, brooding, character who doesn't say much to begin with while Bruce Wayne is an suave yet slightly awkward person. Clooney, while looking very much the part, doesn't help by trying to add a lighter side to both. Also in the comics, Robin is hardly a partner to Batman. nor is he such a rebellious brat as shown here. These faults are due mainly to the director and the writing staff.
Character moments suffered in this movie. There is almost no development into the relationship between Wayne and his current girlfriend Julie Madison. The bickering between Batman and Robin gets old real fast. Freeze's desires to freeze the world is mentioned only in passing, just the audience has some idea why he's doing this, and how he came to be this way. The only parts worth watching in the movie is the too-brief moments between Bruce and Alfred. The mildly touching scenes adds a touch of humanity to an otherwise gimmicky movie.
The Batman movie series has always been about the villains, and here it falls flat on it's face for the reasons mentioned. Also straying from the comic norm is the character of Bane. In the comics, Bane is intelligent as well as inhumanely strong, not the brainless, monosyllabic lump he's portrayed as here. Despite going maniacally overboard, neither Freeze or Ivy measure up to the villains played any of the previous movies.
The entire movie reeks of the campiness from the old Adam West series back in the 60s. I left the theater thinking all the movie missed was the "Pop! Bang! Whack!" graphics of old. Incidentally, there are strong but unconfirmed rumors going around that Schumacher actually wanted these touches in the final cut, but was (fortunately) rejected by Warner Bros.
This is a pretty bad step for the Batman franchise. Next time around, get rid of Schumacher, Silverstone, and maybe O'Donnell. Clooney is fine as the Dark Knight, but make sure he stays true to form as portrayed by the comics, in other words, he needs to expand his acting abilities. Bring back the dark, gothic look of the first Gotham city and then maybe, there's hope that "Batman" will once again be something worth watching.
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Self-Awareness Area of Focus
OBJECTIVE - I have clearly defined what TRANSITION means to me - both personally and professionally:
DESIRED END STATE - I can clearly describe what
successful TRANSITION looks and feels like:
SELF-REFLECTION - I have a clear sense of who I
am and what really matters to me - both personally and professionally:
EQ - I am able to use emotional information in
an effective and meaningful way:
STRENTHS AND SPIRITUAL WELLNESS - I have
identified my talents, my strengths, and the problems I want to solve in the future:
VALUES - I have a clear understanding of
my personal values to guide my decision making:
PRIORITIES - I have developed a personal
decision matrix of both personal and professional priorities to guide my decision making:
EXPECTATIONS - I have identified the expectations I have for
my actions and those who I chose to spend time with:
Exploration Area of Focus
FOCUS - I know where to focus when it comes to
my personal and professional fulfillment:
CONSTRAINTS - I know the energizing activities that
need to be part of my daily and weekly routines:
RESTRAINTS - I have identified what deenergizes
me and I am committed to putting boundaries in place to mitigate their impact in the future:
DESIRED INTEREST AREA - I have identified the people, companies
and/or organizations I would be energized to work with:
PERSONAL WELL-BEING - I know what I want to spend my time
on away from work in terms of fun, relaxation, recreation & hobbies:
PERSONAL QUICK REACTION FORCE - I have a small group of trusted
advisors who share my values, challenge me to be better, and hold me accountable:
PROFESSIONAL NETWORK - I have a professional network of mentors,
trusted colleagues, and experienced professionals to support my transition:
DESIRED INTEREST NETWORK - I have identified the thought leaders,
influencers, and experienced professionals in my desired area of interest:
MINDFULNESS AND FOCUS -
Mindfulness and gaining a sense of clarity to focus on what's important is part of my everyday:
PHYSICAL WELLNESS
I have a physical wellness routine that promotes emotional and mental
recovery while enabling the function and mobility I want in my life:
TRIBE - SOCIAL WELLNESS
I have a strong personal network which provides positive energy, a sense of connection, and accountability:
PURPOSE-SPIRITUAL WELLNESS -
I have a strong sense of what I want to do in the future and why I want to do it:
Operational Planning Area of Focus
I have an adequate and acceptable
financial plan in place to support my transition plan:
My current transition plan is adequate
enough to meet my definition of transition and my success criteria:
My current transition plan considers
my current timelines and resource constraints:
My current transition plan balances
the cost and risks associated with the opportunities and advantages gained:
I have an adequate and acceptable
financial plan in place to support my transition plan:
My current transition plan is
complete and answers the questions of who, what, where, when, how and why:


Programming and Using Linux Sound - in depth
Version 1.02, 4 January, 2016
The book is now available on
Gitbook
using Markdown format.
It mirrors the content of this site
but gives you alternative ways of viewing and
printing it.
If a chapter is labelled "minimal" then there isn't much content there
now, but may be later.

But because of its size and complexity it can be hard to learn
how to do any particular task. This is reinforced by its development
model: anyone can develop new components, and indeed Linux
relies on a huge army of paid and unpaid volunteers to do just that.
But that can lead to confusion: if two methods are developed for
one task, which one should be chosen? or more subtly, what are the
distinguishing features of one solution that make it more appropriate
for your problem?
The Linux sound system is a major example of this: there is a large
variety of tools and approaches for almost every aspect of sound.
This ranges from audio codecs, to audio players, to audio support
both within and outside of the Linux kernel.
I've been using Linux since kernel 0.99. I'm not a kernel hacker,
more of a user and a programmer at the application layer. But I've
always got lost whenever I want to do something complex involving Linux
sound. So I've decided out of sheer bravado to try to describe
the range of solutions to Linux sound issues. Of course, I'm way
out of my depth, but that makes it a challenge, not a hindrance!
I'm going to rely on the people who really know what they
are doing. So rather than re-invent everything from scratch
I'm going to borrow the words of experts whenever I can.
But the responsibility will still be mine, so
please forgive and correct all the errors that I will make...
Acknowledgements
I have used the following in these pages
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In v1.02
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Added chapters on using GPU on Raspberry Pi
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Added sections on using different synthesizers under
JavaSound
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Added section on Alsa raw MIDI devices to Alsa
MIDI chapter.
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In v1.01
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Added chapter on decoding Malata
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In v1.00
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Added section on jack_connect to session management
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Added basic karaoke display interface to TiMidity
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Added chapter on Jack with Karaoke
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In v0.20
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Added examples of LADSPA clients to LADSPA chapter
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In v0.19
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Added material showing links from JavaSound to underlying sound system
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Added section on Sonken disk for playing the files using
PyKaraoke
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Added chapter on playing MP3+G files
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Added examples to Jack Sampled chapter
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Added chapter on LADSPA
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Added chapter on (Jack) session managment
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Revised chapter on TiMidity Karaoke to include using an
interface
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Expanded the Jack chapter to include the progamming
model and sample programs
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In v0.16
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Added Overview chapter to Karaoke
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Added section on building interfaces to TiMidity chapter
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In v0.15
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Added chapter on FluidSynth as a Karaoke player
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Added chapter on TiMidity as a Karaoke player
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In v0.14
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Added chapter on Gtk, and new part "Diversions" to hold it
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In v0.13
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Added stuff to MIDI user tools
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Added chapter on programming with Timidity
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In v0.12
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Section on Matroska container format added to Codecs
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Chapter on Subtitles added to Karaoke section
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In v0.11
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New (stub) chapter on Flumotion
(thanks to David Marceau, uticdmarceau2007 at yahoo.ca)
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Updated Raspberry Pi
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Updated Karaoke user level
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In v0.10
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Many updates to the chapter on PulseAudio to include volume control, mixing
and application clients
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Updated chapter on Architecture
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Updated chapter on Basic concepts
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Section on mixing added to ALSA
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Chapter on libao added
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Chapter on FFmpeg added
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Added more stuff on ALSA to Raspberry Pi chapter
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Added more on OpenMAX IL to the OpenMAX chapter
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Added in the LIM implementation of OpenMAX IL
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Started changing the program listing colouring to
SHJS JavaScript rather than my old Perl program
(which could only cope with my programming style)
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In v0.7
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New chapter on OpenMAX AL, OpenMAX IL and OpenSL ES as used in the
Raspberry Pi and on Android
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Update to Timidity as a MIDI sequencer server.
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New chapter on FluidSynth
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Updated Raspberry Pi
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Updated Android
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Chapters on streaming audio, the beginning of one on Android
and one on the Raspberry Pi.
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Added chapter on MIDI overview - pointers to other stuff for now
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Added chapter on JavaSound MIDI API
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Added minimal chapter on MIDI user tools
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In v0.2
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ALSA playback of captured audio finally works after hours
figuring out what the undocumented stuff does :-(


Wow! It has been a crazy last few days of new places, experiences, customs, adventures and fun.
 They had a burger king with a burger with BBQ sauce and onion rings in it! Very tasty and nothing like HJ’s at home. While disembarking I had one of those random explosives checks and I thought I’ll be fine I do these all the time at home, but it came up positive! I thought I would be questioned and miss my flight (that will teach me for trying to take grenades in my hand luggage in case we crash landed on some desert island with crazy natives…..
An older guy was called over and they did another test and I was told that I was fine to go after giving them my details. In a word, relieved. The next flight was to Canada and took 13 hours. It was great flying with Air New Zealand, I always laugh at the safety videos due to the accent (for the parents: but still paid careful attention to where the safety exits where). I actually got quite a bit of sleep on the plane which was nice and watched a few TV shows on their cool entertainment systems that let you choose what you want to watch.
Landing in Vancouver came with the realisation that I was on the other side of the world! Greeted by rain and overcast weather, I knew I was at my final destination. Before leaving the flight I met up with some people that were heading to the same place I was, we all entertained each other through customs and bag collection then left together and figured out our way into town.
Vancouver is an interesting city, lots of water and lots of construction too. I havent really seen it well yet but I know I will. I headed to the backpackers with my new friends and found out that I wasnt booked there and they where booked out, as I had a booking there for the 4th when I would come back to Vancouver, I had a choice to make, find somewhere else to stay or head straight to Seattle (my next stop). Cut a long story short, after some confusion and figuring out how to use the trains, I took the train to Seattle to meet up with a friend there called K T.
The train ride was very fun. I had nearly had enough of traveling at this stage. I enjoyed the Canadian hospitality and the driver anouncements where interesting and nothing like I have ever heard before, someone that sounded like they loved their job and knew they people actually cared about where the train was going or the next stop.
Greeted at 10pm by my friend at the Train station we drove (on the wrong side of the road) to her place in Kirkland which is over the river. A very nice place. We caught up after not seeing each other for quite a few years when she visited Australia and I met her boyfriend Joe and their lovely Husky dog! Husky dogs are more at place here and I always wonder how hot they get when living in Australia.
Slept in as I was exausted and went for a walk around Lake, which was beautiful. All of the trees are all different colours of orange in their Autum glory next to a massive lake with lots of life and ducks. I finally felt I was somewhere familiar and refreshed, ready for more adventures to come…
Tune in for next post where I talk about Seattle, where I meet friendly homeless people and feel like im in an American sitcom.


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To rekindle the ability to act together that defeated Apartheid and with it transform and strengthen our democracy.
To create solutions that enable communities and individuals to act together with more endurance, skill and independence from above than is feasible today.
To bring to life the Freedom Charter's first and principle demand, that the people shall govern, and to create a beacon for our continent as it enters its century.
* In pursuit of this mission, Grassroot is a non-profit, certified as a tax-exempt, public benefit organization under South African law.
Founder and CEO of Bluefields; former Executive Director of Economic Development at the City of Johannesburg; executive at the Development Bank of South Africa; and coordinator of the South African Cabinet Committee on the Economy. Independent Non-Executive Director at Grassroot and Chair of the Board.
Former Commissioner of the Companies and Intellectual Property Commission (CIPC); Deputy Director-General of the dti; served on the Financial Services Policy Board; National Lotteries Board, among others; over 20 years' experience in public policy, regulation and governance. Independent Non-Executive Director.
PhD student at UCT. She was Grassroot's first community builder from 2016-17, in which role she engaged extensively with early adopters and helped build Grassroot's field organization.
Formerly at McKinsey in Johannesburg and Shanghai for 5 years (2005-10), the World Bank in New Delhi for 3 years (2011-14), and advisor to municipal and national government in South Africa (2014-15). Executive Director at Grassroot. .
General Manager. Former Volunteer Development Manager and Consultant at AFS-RSA (American Field Services), with a background in community based projects. Responsible for overseeing the Ambassador Program; the program with direct outreach and fieldwork in marginal communities.
Community builder, coordinating field work in KwaZulu-Natal, assionate about working with the marginalised and helping them change their lives. She holds a degree in Community & Development Studies. Previously worked at various NGO's and Local Governance working with communities.
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Junior developer, working on core platform maintenance, Angular frontend, and Android client.
Junior developer, building the Grassroot natural language understanding (NLU) service and Android client.
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Every Saturday morning, residents of Mzondi informal settlement get Grassroot notifications reminding them of their weekly meeting. The agenda of such meetings is usually development. It is decided here into how many groups they will be split into and what will be the task of each individual group. In and through these groups they have built informal housing, dug their own water, and built sanitation. Recently they conducted a fundraising campaign, raising over R70k to install their own sanitation, for a community of thousands of people. They're now increasing their pace of self-organizing through Grassroot, to use the funds well and continue building their community.
We have partnered with amandla.mobi, on the #DataMustFall to lower mobile data costs. They recruited volunteers to head out into the streets and collect signatures of people in support to the campaign, which were then uploaded using the Grassroot app to a master list. That enabled the campaign to broaden its reach and include people that otherwise wouldn’t be reached by online methods. That added thousands of extra people to the campaign, who were then repeatedly mobilized through broadcasts and notifications during key campaigns.
In Tshepisong, “a meeting is not a meeting if it’s not called through Grassroot”. The community there has organized itself all the way down into various block committees, and as a whole has over a thousand people on is Grassroot group. It recently used its organizational strength to engage a local school that had classes built for preschool but had never opened them. The classes will open for children in January.
The community of Thembelihle has been conducting a "social audit" to find out the challenges facing the community, specifically on corruption and service delivery. It is said that a local contractor has been given an extended period with a budget of 12 million rand for six months that was granted in January. Yet people still get inadequate sanitation services. The goal is to compare the specifications on the tender document and to do physical verification to find out whether the specifications are as explained on the tender specification and must match with what the community sees. The audit has been led by PlanAct, who have in turn relied on Grassroot to get the message out -- as their ground organizer put it, "with Grassroot half the battle is won".


 For quotable quotes, no one does 'em like John Waters.
After two decades of outrageous, confronting, often hilarious and at times plain disgusting movies, The King Of Camp and Prince Of Puke delivered his first mainstream film with HAIRSPRAY. And though it's no shockfest, it remains one of his most likable and enduring films, possibly the finest of his long career.
 HAIRSPRAY tells the story of "pleasantly plump" Tracy Turnblad (Ricki Lake) and her ambitions to be a star on The Corny Collins Show, the cool TV dance show that's the be-all and end-all for Baltimore's glamour-crazed teens. Her wacky parents (played wonderfully by Divine and Seinfeld star Jerry Stiller) and shy best friend Penny stand by her side as she battles bitch teen queen Amber Von Tussle for both the star spot on the show and the love the teen hunk Link.
The soundtrack is spiced with great songs, and the some of the dance routines are nothing short of sensational.  Immediately you see - no, feel - the difference between the black and white styles as Waters charges the scene with an incredible sensuality and sexual energy. It really is an exhilarating moment.
 Thankfully his way with dialogue, his love of trash, and his endearing sense of camp remain. The outrageous hairdos, the silly teen lingo, the "Hefty Hideaway" fashion boutique, Penny's hysterical Puritan mother - his unmistakable touch is everywhere.
This is a comedy, no question. But what surprises is that it's a comedy with a strong moral awareness. Amongst all the laughs and driving the film at its centre is the issue of black/white segregation. It's a fact of life in the lives of these characters, but not for long if Tracey Turnblad and her friends have their way. Their growing awareness of the obscene injustice of it all eventually leads them to full-on revolt, and you can bet your beehive hairdo that you'll be cheering them all the way.
This is what elevates HAIRSPRAY above just about every other retro comedy to come out of Hollywood in the last two decades. It's not just entertaining, it's actually very touching. John Waters' compassion for black people, fat people, outcastes and fringe-dwellers gives this film tremendous heart. I've watched it four times and I still find it one of the most genuinely uplifting films I've seen. Of course, it's also riotously funny, and with those two magic ingredients combined the writer/director has delivered an unmistakable classic.
Don't miss it, groovers.
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Defines prescribed values for boundary conditions:
If use_p_in
is false (default option), the
p
parameter is used as boundary pressure, and the
p_in
input connector is disabled; if
use_p_in
is true, then the p
parameter is
ignored, and the value provided by the input connector is used
instead.
The same thing goes for the temperature, composition and trace substances.
Note, that boundary temperature, mass fractions and trace substances have only an effect if the mass flow is from the boundary into the port. If mass is flowing from the port into the boundary, the boundary definitions, with exception of boundary pressure, do not have an effect.


Test purpose
- Create block and wheel entitys
- Clone the entitys
- Position the entitys on the canvas
- Change the state of a subset of entitys sharing the same state object
- Check the various drawing methods available to the entitys
- Check that the 'purge' attribute has removed all non-essential path, pivot, mimic and filter attributes from Wheel entitys
- Check that when a drag operation starts, the dragged entity does not suddenly jump
- Check that when a drag operation ends, the dragged entity does not suddenly jump
- Kill and resurrect several entitys to make sure they remove themselves entirely from the Scrawl-canvas system, and cleanly recreate themselves from saved packets
Touch test: should work as expected - though flicking a block/wheel may lead to it moving beyond the canvas border and out of sight!
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