Here’s a link to my YouTube Channel Website: Thanks for stopping by and enjoy the voices! - YouTube User Jamestube 8439. Link to his channel: Thank you to all the users who sent me the licenses for the voices, you guys are amazing. Link to RedSquid’s Channel: Credit to YouTube User Itz Owen YT for most of the licenses. Link to his Channel: Credit to YouTube User RedSquid for sending me the Walter License Key. Link to CaillouAnderson45’s Channel: Credit to Youtube User TheVideoEditorGuy6579 for the Damien License Key. It shows how to download/install the voices and how to license them link: NEW LICENSES AVAILABLE!! Walter’s License and the rest of the Cepstral Voices (Except Millie and Diane due to some errors) have been added! Thank you to RedSquid (For Walter) and ItzOwen YT for sending them to me! Credit to Youtube User RareYellowWUUTBee (Who was Terminated on YouTube Sadly) and CaillouAnderson45 for the David License Key. Watch this video I made for help and support. Copy and paste the licenses into your cepstral text to speech program licenses tab. ![]() (If it doesn’t download when you click the link, copy and paste it into a new tab in your browser) I have license keys for all of the voices. (Please Read Before Continuing) Welcome to Jamestube 8439’s Outdated Cepstral (VoiceForge) Voice Download Document! Click on the link of a voice you would like to download, once you click it, the voice will start downloading.
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Giving the Young Pioneer Salute from the capital in BeijingĬontinue reading → Presentism and Comics StudiesĮarlier this week, I received some comments from a reader regarding my research focus to “understand Chinese comics from the perspective of the present,” included in a previous post on this blog. I want to know everything about the future, everything!!ĭear Editor Big Friend, please reply straightaway!! Will a little plane like this be possible in the future? Everest? And then, just like that, from the highest peak in the world back home. By then, can we have a little plane that can fly me here and there, from Beijing to Mt. What I really want to know is: what our country will be like when I’m one hundred years old. I’m eleven years old this year, in the fourth grade. My name is “Ai Kexue”, but they also call me “Xiao Huanxiang”. Just look, here’s one I received just yesterday, from a little friend in Beijing: In these letters from all corners of our country, at least six or seven out of ten asks, “What’s the future going to be like?” Some are from Shanghai, others are from Beijing, Jiangsu, Hunan, Jilin, Sichuan, Gansu there are also letters from Heilongjiang, Xinjiang, Hainan Island and Tibet. ![]() I wouldn’t be at all exaggerating if I were to say that I have little friends around every corner.Įveryday, the postperson gives me a big bundle of letters. It’s really true, isn’t it? Compared to all of you ‘little friends’, I really am a ‘big friend.’ But I really do have lots of little friends. Every letter begins the same: “Dear Big Friend Editor: Hello!” I’m not that old-if you add your own age to your little brother’s age, then that’s about how old I am. The Colorful Nightscape of the City……………….58Ī Letter from Little Smarty………………………….119 ContentsĬleverly Disposing of Dirty Oil…………………….49Īn Interesting New Kind of Movie……………….52 In the mobilization of the Four Modernizations, in regards to cultivating children’s love of science from a young age and raising children’s interest in science, this work has positive educational value. The content is rich and colorful, the story is vivid and interesting, completely pulling the reader in. The work introduces hovercraft, videophones, videowatches, mini-helicopters, flying cars, robots, artificial rice and protein, hydroponics, multicolored cotton, 3D movies, the school of the future, and more than two dozen other new sciences and technologies. Through the story of Little Smarty Visiting the City, the long-term prospects of future scientific and technological development and the People’s shining happy lives are shown. ![]() To read a recent translation of a lianhuanhua (comic book) adaptation of Little Smarty, also available in its entirety online, see here. ![]() Interested publishing houses can contact me here. International rights are held by the Ye family. In order to reach the widest possible audience, I will will be posting my translation online. ![]() Ye passed away on May 15 of this year, and his son, Ye Dan 叶丹, has kindly given me permission to translate this groundbreaking work into English. What follows is the first instalment of a six-part draft translation of Ye Yonglie’s 叶永烈 (1940–2020) classic illustrated children’s chapter book Little Smarty Visits the Future 《小灵通漫游未来》, first published by Young Children’s Press 少年儿童出版社 in Shanghai in August, 1978, with illustrations by Du Jianguo 杜建国. After all, if there's humour to be found elsewhere, such as in a recreational forum, comic relief doesn't need a dedicated role. Therefore: for the role of fool to be played in an online community some recognisable signifier need be present, lest others think the fools behaviour acceptable and emulate it.īut: in the great equality of wiki, how does one bestow such signifiers without creating special accounts? Perhaps this is instead another anonymous personae, much like AnonymousDonor, WikiMaster, etc?Ĭourt jesters only apply to serious, closed environments such as the courts of medieval aristocracies. I suspect any other regular joe who acted the fool wasn't indulged so readily, and the outward accoutrements served as a signifier of license. Note though that simply acting the fool wasn't enough - they had to dress the fool. Sounds like they played a useful part in their small communities, populated as it were with clashing egos, dark subterfuges, and much black magiks all such pomposity needing the occasional puncturing of a fart joke. More recently, we have in one case the, and in the other we have. His costume, which was hung with bells, usually consisted of a varicolored coat, tight breeches with legs of different colors?occasionally a long petticoat was worn?and a bauble (mock scepter) and a cap which fitted close to the head or fell over the shoulders in the form of asses? ears. The clown or jester was common in Elizabethan drama (e.g., the Fool in King Lear), and by donning the fool?s garb the actor gained the freedom of the fool. This role was played in the courts of the East, in ancient Greece and Rome, and in the court of Montezuma. For the freedom to indulge in satire, tricks, and repartee, many men of keen insight and caustic wit obtained powerful patronage by assuming the role of fool. The medieval court fool was seldom mentally deficient. Attached to noble and royal courts were dwarfs, cripples, idiots, albinos, and freaks. In all countries from ancient times and extending into the 18th cent., mental and physical deformity provided amusement. 2001.įool or court jester, a person who entertains with buffoonery and an often caustic wit. The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition. Dalby does so he neglects many archaeological and botanical records about the history and spread of spices.CourtJester MeatballWiki | RecentChanges | Random Page | Indices | Categories What were products like cinnamon and cassia in reality, when antique writers wrote about them? Were these authors really able to give a reliable report about the trading routes and the area of origin where the valuable spices were harvested? This uncertainty exists as long as predominantly literally texts are quoted to reconstruct the history of spices. Dalby reports on the problem that cumin in recipes from the Mediterranean area was replaced by caraway when the recipes were brought to Central Europe. It is often not clear whether products and their names remained the same through time. The last, very readable chapter of the book, "In Quest of Spicery," deals with the problem of the reliability of sources. Another aspect of the early treatment of spices, the enrichment in the countries of spice trade and spice consumption, seems to be less important to him. Interested in the areas of origin of spices and in reconstructing the ancient trading routes. Journal of World History University of Hawai'I Press These disciplines can fill the gap of knowledge, if they are included to the interdisciplinary project of outlining the history of spices ![]() Dalby does so he neglects many archaeological and botanical records about the history and spread of spices. ![]() Fools Are Everywhere: The Court Jester around the World (review) Fools Are Everywhere: The Court Jester around the World (review) ![]() ![]() ![]() Sometimes the meaningful data is in the macro and not in the micro: you just have to remember to regularly take a step back, squint your eyes to avoid getting distracted by the details, and look for the overarching structures that emerge. It was a fascinating and moving exhibition just by reading the checklist of the 111 items, it’s striking to immediately realize how prominent a role fashion plays as a connective tissue between people and cultures, and how strongly it affects how we live, think, and express ourselves in our societies and communities.įor these Capstone elements we created a forward-looking vision for the future that we based on the theory of the Quantum Redesign of Fashion, developed by Glasgow Caledonian New York College’s Fair Fashion Center. Among them are pieces as well known and transformative as Levi’s 501s, the Breton shirt, and the Little Black Dress, and as ancient and culturally charged as the sari, the pearl necklace, the kippah, and the keffiyeh. Opening on October 1, 2017, the show explored the present, past - and sometimes the future - of 111 items of clothing and accessories that have had a strong impact on the world in the twentieth and twenty-first centuries, and continue to hold currency today. The visualization is magnificently displayed as the closing piece to the exhibition, printed at large scale over three huge twenty-foot-high walls in the sixth floor lobby towering over visitors as they stepped off the escalators. In the past months, I have had the huge honor of collaborating with Paola Antonelli and Michelle Millar Fisher (Senior Curator and a Curatorial Assistant in the Museum of Modern Art’s Department of Architecture and Design respectively, with Antonelli, also serving as MoMA’s Director of R&D ) and their team on a data-driven artwork that encapsulates the themes of the museum’s exhibition on fashion Items: Is Fashion Modern? In addition, the uncertain coefficient greatly affects the solution obtained, i.e if there is a change of the coefficient, then the solution also changes. The book presents a genetic algorithmic approach for finding near optimal solutions of 0-1 knapsack problem, with reduced computational complexity and is. Based on the results of this research, the GSA&sCSO algorithm produces a better solution (higher profit) than the GSA algorithm and the CSO algorithm and earn a better advantage in accordance with the knapsack capacity. The author uses the GSA&sCSO algorithm to solve the MBKMC problem of uncertain coefficient. The combined algorithm uses the entire GSA algorithm mechanism which is added with the CSO algorithm seeking mode to become the GSA&sCSO algorithm. ![]() In this paper the authors did not only use one algorithm, but implemented two metaheuristic algorithms which were combined into one, namely the Gravitational Search Algorithm (GSA) and the Cat Swarm Optimization (CSO) algorithm. In popular mathematical studies, metaheuristic algorithms are very often used to solve optimization problems. There are several types of knapsack problems, one of which is Modified Bounded Knapsack with Multiple Constraints (MBKMC) problem. ![]() One of the optimization problems that often occurs is the knapsack problem. The most frequently encountered, optimization is often used to find the best solution, that is maximizing profits or minimizing production costs. ![]() Optimization can be applied to solve various problems, for example development, government, business, social, economic and something related to the limitation of resource capacity. Optimization problems are interest and common problems that are often encountered in life. ![]() You can read in detail about all the changes in our official LibreOffce 74. ![]() This is going to be a game changer for Linux systems, beucase until now, you would have needed an additional app for WebP images.įinally, the usual Microsoft Office 365 compatibility, performance updates and bug fixes enriches LibreOffice 7.4. The new WebP dialog gives an awwary of settings for WebP images. You can now easily export and import WebP images in Impress, Draw, Writer. Perhaps the most important item in this release is the WebP support in LibreOffice. And finally, more DOCX compatibility arrives in this release. In addition, the Tools > Update > Update Now option in Writer now updates all the OLE objects inserted in the document. The document processor Writer gets new options in the hyphenation settings where you can specify the size of the hyphenation zone, minimum word length and ability to stop hyphenating the last word. You can not imagine, how beneficial this is for those who works with complex spreadsheets. Hence, when you re-open the ods file, the height is preserved. The height of the formula bar now saved inside the ODS file type. There is another interesting change that is coming up in the formula bar. Secondly, the context menu on the Autosum tool in Calc formula bar gets the following additional formulas for a quick insert in cells: That means, LibreOffice Calc and Microsoft Excel 365 – both supports equal numbers of cells per sheet. In addition, you should be glad to know that, Microsoft Excel also supports upto XFD columns. This additional set of columns defintely going to help many users to analyze, store and manage a considerable volume of data. New Features of LibreOffice 7.4įirst and foremost, if you are a “data person”, then you should be happy to know that Calc now supports 16K+ columns i.e. Having said that, let’s have a quick recap of the upcoming changes in LibreOffice 7.4. However, there will be two more release candidate releases (RC2 and RC2) before the final release on August. As per the official testing schedule, the first release candidate aka LibreOffice 7.4 RC1 is available for everyone to download and test. The popular and famous LibreOffice office productivity suite release 7.4 is around the corner. "I would recommend it to potentially all men, as long as they understand it's probably a permanent form of contraception," she says. ![]() It's the most effective form of permanent contraception.ĭr Bateson says it should be on the table for all men. When they die, they're reabsorbed into the body (a process that occurs with unused sperm even before a vasectomy).Ī vasectomy doesn't affect sex drive, sexual function or performance - and since sperm is only a tiny percentage of ejaculate, there's no notable difference in volume.Įssentially the only thing it stops is the getting pregnant part. The sperm and testosterone continue to be produced in the testes, but the sperm can't get out. "Have you ever spent six weeks with toddlers? It's enough to scare you off kids forever." How do vasectomies work?Ī vasectomy blocks the vas deferens tubes, which carry sperm from the testes - preventing that sperm from entering semen during ejaculation. "There's even an environmental aspect to it, because it's a long-term method, you're not creating all this wastage through pill or condom packaging." "A lot of people are under economic stress as well, and it's a very cost-effective form of contraception, when you compare it to always spending money on the pill, or buying condoms, for example. "And they realise it’s a very good option for many men. "Families have been in isolation and have been maybe stuck with their kids and have had a chance to talk to their partners and seek out information. "It might be because couples have been at home more and have had more time to talk about it - to talk through the options available and maybe look into vasectomies a bit," she says. "I also think some men had wanted to get a vasectomy for a while but found it hard to plan a time with work and other commitments."ĭeborah Bateson, the medical director of Family Planning NSW, has also seen a surge in men getting vasectomies. He theorises that lockdowns have made a lot of couple realise they are "at their limit" with the children they have. Paul Redfern says a vasectomy just felt like the easiest option. "About 5 per cent of men have a delayed inflammatory response and take anti-inflammatories for a week or two. About 25 per cent of men take no pain relief at all. "Most men take some ibuprofen and paracetamol for a few days. ![]() "It's a physical impossibility for vasectomy to affect libido or performance but I guess it can have a psychological impact," he says. Nathanael Sheehan from the Queensland Vasectomy clinic says the most common misconception men have is that the vasectomy is going to be really painful, or there's a small chance they could become impotent. But it didn't hurt after the initial twinge." ![]() Having said that, I was on edge for the rest of the procedure. I actually felt a twinge of pain at the start, and then the doctor gave me more anaesthetic. ![]() The doctor's surgery had a testimonial book from other blokes who had had a vasectomy, which really helped," he says. Paul says he was only mildly worried beforehand - and the procedure itself was uneventful. There can be some pain or discomfort for two-to-four weeks afterwards.Ĭleanly shaving the area yourself beforehand might be the most harrowing part. A referral from a GP is not required (though it's always wise to have a chat to your doctor first to make sure it's the right option for you).Īfterwards, you're told to ice the area and stay off your feet for two days. In most cases patients can drive themselves to and from the appointment. The procedure takes about 15-30 minutes under local anaesthetic. A vasectomy felt easier than either of us being on birth control or my wife getting her tubes tied."Ī vasectomy is an easy option for birth control. "My wife and I had always planned to have no more than two kids. "Vasectomies equal sexy-time without a care in the world," he said, explaining his favourite perk of getting the snip. It's fast, largely pain-free and takes a huge contraceptive responsibility off women - it's no wonder more and more men are choosing to get the snip, and especially so during the coronavirus pandemic.īrisbane violin teacher Paul Redfern says he and his wife Megan didn't have any doubts about him getting a vasectomy after they had their second child. ![]() Place the tracks in horizontal crates and in data folders in Explorer.Phase meter for phase adjustment in the mix.Software mixer for internal DJ operation without external sound card and controller.Serato White Label as an exclusive sampling pool to download free tracks.Smart crates, which automatically sort tracks according to selected attributes.Two beat matching displays for phase and BPM control.This is why the software sometimes caters to different types of DJs. Tractor Pro is convincing with its much more technical look. Serato DJ acts in a more analog, purist and thus clearer way. The pragmatist opens his Serato DJ and can start more intuitively! User Interface If you enjoy testing various settings or setups and customising the interface then Traktor Pro is right for you. Serato DJ focuses only on essential, primarily technical matters, housed in only 8 option tabs. Traktor Pro can be configured pedantically in at least 21 option tabs and if you’re not careful you can quickly get bogged down in the settings. ![]() Native Instruments’ certified hardware selection is, however, more limited. The program accepts any sound card and controller, only for DVS operation the software also requires a certified controller, mixer or interface. Thanks to the internal mixer unit, Traktor DJ can also run without any additional hardware. In general, Serato DJ always requires hardware. With the optional Club Kit, other mixers accept the DVS mode via the internal sound card. For the DVS operation you either need a Serato certified audio interface ( Rane SL2, S元, SL4 or Denon DJ DS1) or a mixer (Pioneer DJ S9, Reloop RMX-90 DVS, Mixars Duo). The poll does not expire so click HERE to vote or to see how it is doing.ĭeciding which software is ideal for your needs is not always so easy. It is certainly a question of faith like Beef vs Pork? Coke vs Pepsi? PC vs Mac? Not just a matter of taste! On the computer-controlled information superhighway, where Serato DJ and Traktor Pro are based, hardware, optics, features, workflow and, ultimately, price, provide the arguments to take the right direction at the intersection: Technical requirementsĭJ controllers and mixers from all well-known manufacturers work well with Serato DJ Plug’n Play. Incidentally, Traktor Pro won but not by much (around 60/40). We asked you on Facebook which DJ software you prefer. Club-standard frameworks are fully compatible with Serato DJ Intro.The two market leaders differ considerably, some may even say in terms of what “species” of DJ they cater to. MIDI devices are likewise supported by this software package. Any sample can be loaded across a total of four separate banks and these are then able to be synchronised with any track that is currently playing. Some of these include real-time BPM and track details, colourised waveforms, virtual decks, a massive array of special effects, customised recording capabilities and the ability to access up to 32 different samples. Serato DJ Intro is packed full of useful tools for the modern entertainer. A free trial version is available before the user is obliged to purchase the product. It is equipped with numerous powerful features and a highly intuitive graphical user interface (GUI) enables the control panel to appear similar to physical DJ editing equipment. Serato DJ Intro is a software package utilised by many professional disc jockeys and musicians. ![]() Softonic review Award-winning DJ software for personal computers Inspiration is gained through training or leveling. Discovery is fueled by inspiration, an intangible value that is attached to your character. Workbench discovery is where you create blueprints for inventions. There are also workbenches in Varrock by the western anvils, Ardougne, the Seers Village Elemental Workshop, Yanille, and Falador. There is a workbench in the Invention Guild near the Dwarven Mines. The workbench is where you both come up with ideas and create things from your ideas. Items for the Culinaromancer's Chest in the Lumbridge Basementĭrygore weaponry, Seismic weaponry, Tectonic armour Rare materials can be obtained at any level but must be researched before they are used, which requires a certain invention level. Melee armour, shields, hatchets, two-handed swords, warhammers, mauls, shieldbowsĬlaws, knives, thrown weapons Suggested: White, Black, Mithril, and Adamant Claws Jewellery, gems Suggested: Diamond Bracelets Staves, magic/hybrid armour, Summoning pouches and scrolls Suggested: High level summoning pouches, insulation boots, battlestaves Signs and portents, orbs and books, ashes Suggested: Slayer Rings, unpowered Orbs, amulets ![]() Orbs and books, potions, glass, jewellery, herbs, food, etc. Swords, longswords, maces, bows, crossbows Suggested: Magic shortbows Particularly important materials are listed in bold and given suggested item disassembly. Glass, gems, jewellery, orbs and books, warhammers, maces, battleaxesĭaggers, claws, one-handed crossbows, thrown weapons, bolts Ores, logs, hides, bars, planks, leather, basic weapons and clothing Runes, signs and portents, magic weapons, magic armour ![]() Hatchets, battleaxes, blunt weapons, wands, pickaxes, ammunition Orbs and books, jewellery, potions, glass, gems Hybrid/melee/magic armour, shields, defenders, halberds Summoning scrolls and pouches, spears, arrows, two-handed crossbows, potions, bars, planks, leather Common MaterialsĬlaws, whips, crossbows, hatchets, jewellery ![]() Of course nobody is going to be regularly disassembling these very expensive items, so you're probably going to want to disassemble mid tier items such as rune weapons and summoning pouches for most of your training. High level materials such as Torva Armour and Drygore Weaponry will get you useful materials and also rare materials that can be used to make cool gizmos. Low level materials such as logs and bronze arrows will mostly give junk, the worst type of material you can get from disassembly. To find out what an item can give you upon disassembly, you can use the analyze button on the skilling section of the spellbook.Īs you can guess, not all items give the same invention materials when disassembled. The second way is to simply drag the item you wish to disassemble from your inventory to the invention pouch. First, you can click on the disassemble option in the skilling section of the spellbook and then click on the item in your inventory you wish to disassemble. These materials are gained by disassembling common items in RuneScape, mainly weapons and armor but also jewelry, summoning pouches, potions, food, etc. To view the materials you have, you can click on the invention pouch. To manufacture invention items, you're going to need materials that are stored in your invention pouch, which can be seen below your inventory in the EOC interface. In general, low levels take longer to level and high levels are quicker to level. The Invention XP curve is not like that of other skills. From here you will be able to begin the invention skill. The tutorial will also get you to level 4 invention. It's good to read the dialogue so you at least have some clue on what to do (the author of this guide didn't do this and he regretted it don't be him). Then, talk to Doc.ĭoc will take you on a tutorial which will give you a run down on the basics of invention. To begin the skill, enter the invention guild near the dwarven mines entrance north of Falador. Invention is an elite skill, requiring level 80 in smithing, crafting, and divination to begin. they did not exist in the world of RuneScape before you created them (unlike, say, an iron platebody). ![]() It is different from other artisan skills such as smithing and crafting in that the items you are creating are invented by you, i.e. Invention is an artisan skill (a skill involved in the production of materials). Invention also allows you to make new items that are useful in certain circumstances. The main purpose of invention is to augment your weapons, armor, and other gear with pieces of technology you have created. There is a free trial version of Microsoft Process Monitor available for download at the Microsoft Technology Network website, which you can use for a period of 30 days. The software allows you to quickly locate and stop services and processes that are not needed. It also shows you a detailed disk and network usage history over the span of a period of time. This utility also lets you determine how much memory, swap file and hard drive space your computer systems are using, and the processes that are using most of your resources. Microsoft Process Monitor also allows you to set breakouts for different processes and link them into isolated containers or virtual machines for better management. To install Microsoft Process Monitor, just download the software, install it and then let the utility do its work. You may also get it by registering for an account on the Microsoft Technology Network website through which you will have easy access to the software. First, you must download the latest version of ProcMon and extract the ProcessMonitor.zip file to a directory on your local system. The free tool is also available as a freeware or shareware download. Process Monitor (ProcMon) is a tool for monitoring real-time system activities on the level of the file system, the registry, and network operations. In the Windows Terminal, type the following command and press Enter: Perfmon Windows Terminal will instantly launch the Performance Monitor. ![]() Microsoft Process Monitor is a free tool that monitors the performance of your computer systems and can be downloaded directly from Microsoft's Technology Network website by visiting the Microsoft Technology Network website, or other reliable sources on the Internet. Follow these steps to launch the Performance Monitor tool using Windows Terminal. This utility provides detailed information about processor and logical processing load on your computer system. Simply enter a tool's Sysinternals Live path into Windows Explorer or a command prompt as / or \\\tools\.Microsoft Process Monitor is designed for easy use and is very easy to install. Sysinternals Live is a service that enables you to execute Sysinternals tools directly from the Web without hunting for and manually downloading them. The tool automatically monitors all file system operation on either Microsoft Windows or Linux-based operating systems. The RegMon utility from Sysinternals provided forensics on Windows Registry usage.Microsoft Process Monitor is basically a utility from Microsoft, part of Microsoft's Technology Network that monitors, displays and reports file system activity in real time. FileMon įileMon (from a concatenation of "File" and "Monitor") was a free utility for 32/64-bit Microsoft Windows operating systems which provided users with a powerful tool to monitor and display file system activity. It is licensed under MIT License and the source code is available on GitHub. The Linux port of the software is open source. In November 2018, Microsoft confirmed it is porting Sysinternals tools, including ProcDump and ProcMon, to Linux. Sysinternals Process Monitor is an Advanced monitoring tool for Windows, that calculates PC reboot |