![]() ![]() Generates the leaf geometry (aka the instanced triangle grid), and manages the buffers and vertex arrays storing them.Manages the 3 buffers containing the nodes of the bintrees:.render_program_: implemented in bintree_render_*.glsl.copy_program_: implemented in bintree_copy.glsl.compute_program_: implemented in bintree_compute.glsl.Manages the 3 OpenGL programs corresponding to the 3 Passes to render one frame:.Defines the Settings struct, containing all the parfameters of the bintrees, accessed by the GUI.Interpolation type: Switch between linear, PN and Phong interpolation (MESH mode only)Ĭlass containing the CPU side of the main work of this project: the bintree algorithm.CPU LoD: Level of subdivision of the instanced triangle grid.Polygon Type: Switch between Triangles and Quads (TERRAIN mode only, auto defined for mesh).Readback Node Count: Readbacks the number of nodes in the bintree, and the total number of rendered triangles (after culling).Edge Length: slider for the target edge length, in px, as power of two (4 on the slider = 2^4 = 8px).Uniform: toggle uniform subdivision (with slider for level).Rotate Mesh: rotates the mesh around the z axis. ![]()
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![]() ![]() Martin & Kent, LLC note that changes in the law and court cases have happened over the past few years but “while the Illinois statute does not explicitly allow the recording of police while they are performing their public duties, including conducting an arrest, the exemption for conversations that can have no reasonable expectation of privacy clearly contemplates allowing the recording of such activities.” However, they advise: “Recording the police as they conduct their public duties does not mean you can do anything you want during the course of that recording.” What is considered a public space in these situations? Illinois used to be one of the strictest states against video or recording of police. Videoing and/or recording of police can vary widely by state. A violation of this federal law, the Video Voyeurism Prevention Act of 2004, is punishable by fine and imprisonment.” However, the firm’s post continues to explain: “But both New Jersey and federal law make it a crime to videotape or photograph a third party who is nude or engaging in sexual activity, without their consent, in a place in which he or she enjoys a reasonable expectation of privacy, such as a home, a bathroom stall, or a gym locker-room. “Generally, it's legal to videotape or photograph people while they appear in public areas,” writes Kates Nussman Ellis Farhi & Earle, LLP. What about the legality of video recording? Matthiesen, Wickert & Lehrer point out: “Common exceptions found in a majority of states’ laws include recordings captured by police, court order, communication service providers, emergency services, etc. Matthiesen, Wickert & Lehrer note: “Which state’s laws apply and/or whether the law of each state must be adhered to are questions parties to a call are routinely faced with.” However, complications may arise if the phone call is held over different states with different laws. Matthiesen, Wickert & Lehrer notes that 38 states and DC have one-party consent laws and 11 are two-party consent laws at the end of 2019. However, there are states that require two-party consent, where both parties have to agree to the record. However, if you are recording two other parties, you need one to consent. So if you are one of the parties, that would be sufficient. ![]() Some states have one-party consent requirements, where you need one person on the call to consent to the recording. It depends, largely on context and state. Here is some food for thought about recording people with your smartphone. People can easily take videos with the click of a button on their phones while they can also buy applications to more easily record phone calls. With the proliferation of smartphones and other recording materials, more cases are likely to arise over the legality of recording people. Why Your Website's Terms and Conditions Matter If Your Identity Was Stolen, These Are Your OptionsĬould At-Home Genetic Test Kits Be Illegal? ![]() ![]() ![]() Future Campaign Passes may be time-limited or permanent, based on the update. Unlike normal battle passes, the Campaign Pass for the Winter War has no time limit- no worries about FOMO. The free Campaign Pass includes 300 crowns as a reward. The Campaign Pass is free for everyone, but it also has a premium track for those who want to upgrade to get premium unlocks, which costs 1,000 crowns (premium currency). The Winter War Update also adds the Quarterstaff, a returning weapon from Chivalry: Medieval Warfare.Īlso, with the Winter War Update, Chivalry 2 is introducing its own version of a battle pass, the Campaign Pass. This VIP must be protected at all costs – his death means the Masons win the match. The top player on team blue (Agatha) will be crowned king and get to control King Argon. Pointing out the negatives here in hopes of fixes but want to point out that this content update is very, very impressive.King Argon II isn’t just an NPC, however. Needless to say, I prefer a fair fight instead of one that's about abusing exploits and with the general lack of sportsmansship present in the player base this becomes a real problem. In 'high level' play against skilled opponents, I find that most players will try to beat me by exploiting these things. I'm talking about stuff like looking into the ground to make yourself a lower target, jumping while swinging a two-handed weapon, Vanguard being able to instantly turn around on a dime and still be able to perform his 'momentum' attack, crossbowmen looking into the air while reloading so that they'll be able to look normally, not at the ground while performing the actual reload animation and more. These are all highly annoying and I persistenly die to these bugs during play.ģ) Also about movement: Exploit moves - these haven't been fixed/removed. Archers and their zoom also have huge issues where you can get stuck in zoomed in mode, be unable to switch away from bow and more. Worse, it isn't just sprint that doesn't function properly like this, it's also blocks. ![]() Instead, your button press will often be disregarded and you'll have to release, then hold again the sprint button in order to start running. This is hard to describe in full, but for instance, if I hold down my sprint button, the character should *always* resume running as soon as whatever other actions I've ordered (attacks, jumps, etc) are finished. The flail could potentially be one of the most graphically impressive weapons if they fix it.Ģ) No fixes for broken controls. Really hope they fix it - this looks like something out of a bad/early mod, not a professional game. Chain also clips through stick end of weapon. It looks absolutely ridiculous - as if the spike is made out of paper and carries no weight, flailing (pardon pun) wildly around and flying up in the air at the slightest movement. The main things I'm unhappy about with the patch so far are:ġ) Flail animations. This is like a mini expansion pack for free! Torn Banner my be commended! Once I got everything up and running, though, patch impressions are good, very good. ini files because a bug causes your character to turn while strafing when trying to use arrow keys for controls - highly annoying. Also, the patch has failed to improve keybinding status - it works extremely poorly, moreso for left-handers like myself who are forced to manually edit. This left me with the impression the game had been drastically slowed which is not the case. The problem was that the patch caused all settings to be reset, including field of view. I reported that my initial impressions of the patch were very negative. I should have taken my own advice yesterday and waited to give my opinion. ![]() ![]() ![]() This version removes it from the dialog to add a user ID. The comment field is generally considered to be harmful.Removes restrictions for the name field in the key creation dialog.The dialog for adding a user ID or subkey is now consistent with the dialog for new keys.When no match is found for a search of your keys, an informative message instead of an empty key list is shown.Improves subkey generation dialog to better support different languages.After importing a key it is highlighted in the key list.When exporting a key, the filename now suggests what type of key your are exporting (Public or Secret key).Key uploads are limited to a single key at a time.Adds a confirmation dialog to key uploads.Adds VoiceOver support for key creation dialog.Key details > user ID tab: the signature section now has a + button allowing to sign the selected user ID.It's now possible to display additional information for a key signature by right-clicking on a signature in the key details > user IDs tab and downloading the key which created the signature. ![]() Whenever keys are changed, created or updated, an informative key upload dialog is shown. Key details clean-up: Tabs have been simplified.Display the fingerprint of a subkey in the key details view.The subkey tab has received a clean-up.Improves the support of different languages in GPG Keychain preferences.So if you signed a key which does not exist on the key servers yet, consider mailing the updated public key to the key owner if you want to share your signature. GPG Keychain no longer allows uploading a public key, if the key in question does not reside on the key servers. ![]()
![]() ![]() That's all thanks to Photograph 51, an X-ray taken by Franklin in 1952 that depicted a strand of DNA from human tissue. So, what caused the true story behind the discovery of DNA to become so muddled? "This was the biggest surprise for us since it showed that there wasn't this dramatic race like you see in modern competitive labs," Cobb said.Ĭobb and Comfort concluded that Franklin was relaxed in knowing that Crick and Watson knew about her research, writing in their Nature paper that Franklin was "an equal contributor to solving. ![]() In the letter, Cowan invited Crick to a speech given by Franklin about how DNA can take on different forms. The second piece of evidence was a letter written by Pauline Cowan, one of Franklin's colleagues. Given this dynamic, Franklin likely freely shared her knowledge of DNA's spiral structure with Watson and Crick, the Nature paper suggests. While they often worked independently, they also "linked up, confirming each other's work from time to time, or wrestling over a common problem," Bruce wrote. Related: Mysterious protein makes human DNA morph into different shapes (In 1953, Watson and Crick published a paper in Nature on DNA's structure (opens in new tab) that was based on both X-rays and models.) In the article, Bruce wrote that the group of scientists had divided themselves into teams, one consisting of Wilkins and Franklin, who focused on X-ray analysis of DNA, and the other of Watson and Crick, who were working to solve DNA's structure through a model-based approach. ![]() ![]() ![]() This is a particularly good title with which kids can both learn and have fun judging angles, connecting up motors and cogs and pipes and raising and lowering buckets. ![]() After this initial group the following levels become gradually more complicated until there are numerous gadgets crowding the screen and just as many 'spares' for you to choose from to complete the puzzle. Pure imitation will solve a fair slice of them as many screens consist of parallel puzzles, one complete and one that you must construct yourself. Here you can learn how the various gadgets work and the puzzles are very simple. This is the perfect place for younger children to start. The puzzles are divided into five groups beginning with a tutorial group. Some of these gadgets are useful, some are just red herrings, and many of the puzzles have more than one solution. Then you must operate the objects on screen and to give you a helping hand you are provided with some additional objects that are displayed in a bar down the right hand side of the screen. In order to achieve your objective you firstly need to locate the 'target' object (the one you must manipulate and get to a particular spot) then select the action button and start the ball rolling, so to speak, and observe what happens. Each puzzle is presented with a commentary stating the unique objective of that particular game and, by manipulating the game window size, it is possible to display this objective in text just in case you lose track of what you're doing during the course of play.Īs for the puzzles, the main playing area is dotted with numerous objects or gadgets such as walls of various shapes, buckets, cogs, pulleys, cannons, anti-gravity mats and electric motors and, depending on the respective aim of the puzzle, your job will be to get young Mel safely home or to put the ball in the basket, trap the cat or give the poor mouse a feed of cheese. Like its predecessors the Incredible Machine 3 consists of a collection of mechanical type puzzles that become progressively more difficult as you move through the list. There is some merit to this categorisation as the limited commentary is certainly speaking more to children than adults and, although it's suitable for everyone, it is an excellent series for a wide range of children. This game was released sometime last year and is marketed for players from the age of six up though most often you will find it in the children's section of your local computer game retailer. Oh dear, there's an immovable obstacle in the way of the laser beam and it missed its target switch by an nth of a millimetre. Also it deserves attention because very likely there are more than one or two of you who haven't yet sampled the delights and frustration of watching the bouncing balls and cats and rats (well, mice really) zapping around the screen as your carefully thought-out strategy falls into tatters. ![]() ![]() In spite of this it's still packed with puzzles and has a range of new gadgets to manipulate. :/Review by Rosemary Young (June, 1996) As it's the third in the series, this version of Sierra's Incredible Machine won't be too much of a surprise for many of you. Xubiruba: I need some help, please! I just got my copy of the fantastic The Incredible Machine Mega Pack and tried to install and run TIM 3 on my computer. This is weird, because it happens when I try to run the game on Win 95 compatibility mode (the "highly recommended" OS for compatibility issues) Ģ - The game launches, I get to see a full window of the game in a low resolution, showing the opening clip with Sierra's mascot (but without any sound), and then the game crashes on the following screen. When I change compatibility modes with other OSs, two different things happen:ġ - The game launches and instantly closes (I only get to see a game window opening and closing). Checked and tried alternatives listed on GOG's support page. Checked and tried lots of suggestions found in other topics Checked any possible issues with Windows Defender (I do not use any other antivirus software) Checked and changed other settings regarding compatibility issues (like resolution, administrator privileges, etc) Changed compatibility modes with every other OS available on the compatibility list I need some help, please! I just got my copy of the fantastic The Incredible Machine Mega Pack and tried to install and run TIM 3 on my computer. ![]() ![]() ![]() Atlanta ended up leaving 10 runners on base Toronto, which put at least one runner on in each inning, stranded 13. Pitchers on both sides frustrated batters all night. He gave up a walk, two-out single, and stolen base to put runners on second and third but the veteran right-hander got out of the jam by recording a fourth straight inning-ending strikeout. Atlanta mounted a scoring threat in the fifth when Toronto starter David Cone labored through a 26-pitch inning. Leading off the fourth inning, left fielder Candy Maldonado made it 2-1 for Toronto by belting a Steve Avery fastball over the left-field wall. ![]() Atlanta tied the game in the third when Deion Sanders doubled, stole third, and scored on Terry Pendleton’s fly out. In Toronto’s first at-bat, Devon White singled, stole second, and later scored on a sacrifice fly by Joe Carter to open the scoring. ![]() LnRiLWNvbnRhaW5lciAudGItY29udGFpbmVyLWlubmVye3dpZHRoOjEwMCU7bWFyZ2luOjAgYXV0b30gLndwLWJsb2NrLXRvb2xzZXQtYmxvY2tzLWNvbnRhaW5lci50Yi1jb250YWluZXJbZGF0YS10b29sc2V0LWJsb2Nrcy1jb250YWluZXI9Ijc2YjllMTlhZWJkNzhiNDY3YjA0YzY0YWNmZTMzMTY3Il0geyBwYWRkaW5nOiAwOyB9IC50Yi1jb250YWluZXIgLnRiLWNvbnRhaW5lci1pbm5lcnt3aWR0aDoxMDAlO21hcmdpbjowIGF1dG99IC53cC1ibG9jay10b29sc2V0LWJsb2Nrcy1jb250YWluZXIudGItY29udGFpbmVyW2RhdGEtdG9vbHNldC1ibG9ja3MtY29udGFpbmVyPSI2MTUxNjNjMzhiZWIyYmNmMmJkYzYwNzc3YjRlYzA5NyJdIHsgYmFja2dyb3VuZDogcmdiYSggMjQ4LCAyNDgsIDI0OCwgMSApO3BhZGRpbmc6IDI1cHg7IH0gLnRiLWNvbnRhaW5lciAudGItY29udGFpbmVyLWlubmVye3dpZHRoOjEwMCU7bWFyZ2luOjAgYXV0b30udGItY29udGFpbmVyIC50Yi1jb250YWluZXItaW5uZXJ7d2lkdGg6MTAwJTttYXJnaW46MCBhdXRvfSAud3AtYmxvY2stdG9vbHNldC1ibG9ja3MtY29udGFpbmVyLnRiLWNvbnRhaW5lcltkYXRhLXRvb2xzZXQtYmxvY2tzLWNvbnRhaW5lcj0iZjE4YmU1YWVmYTFjOWJiYjU5YTFjNjNhNzY0MDNjYzAiXSB7IHBhZGRpbmc6IDAgMCAyNXB4IDA7IH0gLnRiLWZpZWxkW2RhdGEtdG9vbHNldC1ibG9ja3MtZmllbGQ9Ijk2MjJhOTYzZDliMzc1NTkzN2VmOTMwYzNhMmY3Njc5Il0geyB0ZXh0LWFsaWduOiBsZWZ0O3BhZGRpbmctYm90dG9tOiAxNXB4OyB9ICAudGItZmllbGRbZGF0YS10b29sc2V0LWJsb2Nrcy1maWVsZD0iOTYyMmE5NjNkOWIzNzU1OTM3ZWY5MzBjM2EyZjc2NzkiXSBhIHsgdGV4dC1kZWNvcmF0aW9uOiBub25lOyB9IGg1LnRiLWhlYWRpbmdbZGF0YS10b29sc2V0LWJsb2Nrcy1oZWFkaW5nPSI2YjlmOTI3Y2VjMTUwZDg3NzFkNTEyYmE2YzczZmQ4OCJdICB7IHBhZGRpbmctYm90dG9tOiAxMHB4OyB9ICBoNS50Yi1oZWFkaW5nW2RhdGEtdG9vbHNldC1ibG9ja3MtaGVhZGluZz0iNmI5ZjkyN2NlYzE1MGQ4NzcxZDUxMmJhNmM3M2ZkODgiXSBhICB7IHRleHQtZGVjb3JhdGlvbjogbm9uZTsgfSAudGItZmllbGRzLWFuZC10ZXh0W2RhdGEtdG9vbHNldC1ibG9ja3MtZmllbGRzLWFuZC10ZXh0PSJmNDgwOTZhM2ZiMTRiZTBjN2Q5ZGNjOTI0NzUzMGQyMCJdIHsgcGFkZGluZy1ib3R0b206IDEwcHg7IH0gQG1lZGlhIG9ubHkgc2NyZWVuIGFuZCAobWF4LXdpZHRoOiA3ODFweCkgeyAudGItY29udGFpbmVyIC50Yi1jb250YWluZXItaW5uZXJ7d2lkdGg6MTAwJTttYXJnaW46MCBhdXRvfS50Yi1jb250YWluZXIgLnRiLWNvbnRhaW5lci1pbm5lcnt3aWR0aDoxMDAlO21hcmdpbjowIGF1dG99LnRiLWNvbnRhaW5lciAudGItY29udGFpbmVyLWlubmVye3dpZHRoOjEwMCU7bWFyZ2luOjAgYXV0b30udGItY29udGFpbmVyIC50Yi1jb250YWluZXItaW5uZXJ7d2lkdGg6MTAwJTttYXJnaW46MCBhdXRvfSAgIH0gQG1lZGlhIG9ubHkgc2NyZWVuIGFuZCAobWF4LXdpZHRoOiA1OTlweCkgeyAudGItY29udGFpbmVyIC50Yi1jb250YWluZXItaW5uZXJ7d2lkdGg6MTAwJTttYXJnaW46MCBhdXRvfS50Yi1jb250YWluZXIgLnRiLWNvbnRhaW5lci1pbm5lcnt3aWR0aDoxMDAlO21hcmdpbjowIGF1dG99LnRiLWNvbnRhaW5lciAudGItY29udGFpbmVyLWlubmVye3dpZHRoOjEwMCU7bWFyZ2luOjAgYXV0b30udGItY29udGFpbmVyIC50Yi1jb250YWluZXItaW5uZXJ7d2lkdGg6MTAwJTttYXJnaW46MCBhdXRvfSAgIH0g ![]() ![]() ![]() Marx once quipped, "All I know is that I am not a Marxist" (according to Engels in a letter to C. Although Marx was not religious, Bertrand Russell later remarked, "His belief that there is a cosmic force called Dialectical Materialism which governs human history independently of human volitions, is mere mythology" (Portraits from Memory, 1956). Marx organized the International and helped found the Social Democratic Party of Germany. His Das Kapital came out in three volumes (1867, 18). Marx worked as foreign correspondent for several U.S. After the failed revolution of 1848 in Germany, in which Marx participated, he eventually wound up in London. He and Engels founded the Communist League in 1847 and published the Communist Manifesto. After being expelled from France at the urging of the Prussian government, which "banished" Marx in absentia, Marx studied economics in Brussels. Educated at the Universities of Bonn, Jena, and Berlin, Marx founded the Socialist newspaper Vorwärts! in 1844 in Paris. His father, born Jewish, converted to Protestantism shortly before Karl's birth in response to a prohibition newly introduced into the Rhineland by the Prussian Kingdom on Jews practicing law. Marx was born in Trier, a city then in the Kingdom of Prussia's Province of the Lower Rhine. (University of Jena, 1841) was a social scientist who was a key contributor to the development of Communist theory. What is man's true nature? How did capitalism gain such a foothold on Western society? What is alienation and how does it threaten to undermine the proletariat? These and other vital questions are addressed as the youthful Marx sets forth his first detailed assessment of the human condition. ![]() Here Marx offers his theory of human nature and an analysis of emerging capitalism's degenerative impact on man's sense of self and his creative potential. Marx's economic analysis of history has been a powerful legacy, the effects of which continue to be felt world-wide.Serving as the foundation for Marx's indictment of capitalism is his extraordinary work titled "Economic and Philosophic Manuscripts", written in 1844 but published nearly a century later. The world was to learn a new political vocabulary peppered with "socialism", "capitalism", "the working class", "the bourgeoisie", "labour theory of value", "alienation", "economic determinism", "dialectical materialism", and "historical materialism". After that time the works of Karl Marx and Frederick Engels, especially the influential Communist Manifesto (1848), enjoyed an international audience. Communism as a political movement attained global importance after the Bolsheviks toppled the Russian Czar in 1917. ![]() ![]() As such, it prompts you to copy relevant files to the system. Unlike FastStone Image Viewer and other such programs, Picasa can detect when a card reader or camera gets attached to the PC. These files are also automatically added to the program’s database, saving a lot of your time spent on manually adding photos to an image viewer or storage option. Once all the files have been identified, the program automatically organises each file in a chronological order, depending on the creation date.Īdditionally, Picasa uses a proprietary auto-discovery engine, which detects whenever you copy new images to the PC. Since the image viewer supports multiple file formats, it doesn’t leave anything behind. Once you download and install Picasa, it searches your entire hard disk to find camera movie files, pictures, and other relevant files. The perfect organiser for digital photos! Moreover, it automatically generates large-sized thumbnails of each image, allowing you to identify photos without much trouble. With Picasa, it’s possible to quickly browse through a huge collection of images on your system. As such, you can use the program to make subtle improvements to your photos. ![]() It comes with additional features, such as red-eye removal, cropping, slideshow, and keyword search. With this tool, you can conveniently organise and manage digital photos on your Windows PC. Picasa is one of the most popular image viewing and storage programs in the world. ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() I am a people person and these new places created new friendships that are priceless. What lessons did you learn as a consequence of living in such proximity to the military.Ī: Being a military spouse gave me so many experiences that I never would have had otherwise, We moved 27 times and each move created new opportunities for our family. ![]() Q: You were born and raised in the Lowcountry, but then traveled about a bit thanks to your marriage to Colby Broadwater, now a retired Army lieutenant general and the current president of The American College of the Building Arts. I used the whole language approach in my teaching, therefore the art of acting is an excellent way to incorporate many educational skills. My students understood the value of set design, costuming and of good projection of one’s voice. I used acting as a method to teach oral speaking and self-confidence while using my students’ artistic talents to design the sets and props. I trained as a elementary teacher so always had plays in my classrooms. I have no formal theater training but always worked plays into my classroom curriculum. Q: Have you ever done any acting? Have you worked in the theater before?Ī: I have never been in a play. I am learning something new everyday in this job and just trying my best everyday. I have been very fortunate to have in our theater a talented artistic director, Don Brandenburg. Maybe I stepped in because I lived next door, so I knew how dedicated the actors, directors and all who are employed in our theater were. At most theaters, the executive director is the business manager, the development officer, the house manager and countless other jobs in a theater she/he has to be on 24/7. What prompted you to step into the breach?Ī: Footlight had four executive directors while I served on the Footlight board, so it just came about that someone had to step in before we had number five. Q: In 2015, you become executive director of Footlight Players Theatre. Her task at Footlight is to ensure the historic theater continues to thrive well into the future. She said she’s never had a bad experience in the theater, especially when she was attending a musical. ![]() |