The following letter, copied from the original in the Library of Congress, is on display at Chatham:įive minutes time with you and God only knows what those five minutes might be worth to the many-doomed thousands sleeping around me. Likewise, the survivors would not forget Barton's kindness and service often under dangerous conditions. Of the immense amount of death and destruction she saw during her life time, Clara Barton never forgot what she witnessed at Chatham. Barton rushed south from Washington and as she passed the large brick mansion she remembered the horrors she had seen there in 1862. One and a half years later, Fredericksburg again became filled with wounded from the battles of Wilderness and Spotsylvania. Clara set up a soup kitchen in a tent in the yard to help these wounded soldiers. Many were placed on blankets in the muddy yard where they shivered in the cold December air as they waited for someone inside to die creating a space for them. Still the 12,000 square-foot building did not contain enough space to hold all the wounded of the 2nd Corps. She noticed five men stuffed onto four shelves of a cupboard. Returning to Chatham where she spent the next two weeks, she saw "hundreds of the worst wounded men I have ever seen." The wounded occupied every room of the house and "covered every foot of the floors and porticos." She recorded that they lay on the stair landings and a man "thought himself rich" if he laid under a table where he would not be stepped on. When a shell struck the door of the room she was in, "she did not flinch, but continued her duties" of assisting the doctors. Looking at the thousands of Union soldiers around her, she politely turned down the offer saying that she was the best protected woman in the world. Arriving in town, the Union provost marshall, who thought she was a civilian, volunteered to escort her to safety. Despite the critical need for help at Chatham, she thought she could be of more help across the river. She applied a tourniquet that saved the man's life. She watched in horror from the doorway as a fragment from an exploding shell severed a soldier's artery. Her diary is one of only two sources that mention a shot striking the Lacy House. The heaviest fighting of the battle occurred on the 13th. Since the doctors were too busy to keep medical records during battle, she wrote in her diary the names of the men who died at Chatham and where they were buried. She spent much of the next day at the Lacy House which had become a hospital for the Union 2nd Corps. Soon afterwards, Clara saw the dead body of this officer. A shell passed under their arms, tearing away part of her skirt and his coattail. As she stepped off the pontoon bridge, an officer offered her his hand. Later in the day, a physician requested her help in the city. As wounded men were brought into the house, she comforted soldiers from both sides. From the second floor, she watched the building of the pontoon bridges and bombardment of the city on December 11th. She again brought supplies and was assigned a room in the house where she wrote a letter, see below, to her cousin Elvira. She brought with her food and hospital supplies that she had collected to help "her boys" who were camped in the vicinity of the house.īarton returned to Chatham during the Fredericksburg Campaign in December, 1862. Clara Barton first visited Chatham (known as the Lacy House during the war) in early August, 1862.
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Unfortunately, battling another human being doesn't make the combat any more interesting, instead highlighting how limited and simple it is. Online, Jump Force is functional, allowing for ranked and casual battles against others, unlocking titles and currency for you to spend on items in the singleplayer game. Enemy AI isn’t particularly challenging, only really causing issues when they’re levelled to the point of being able to withstand and dish out substantial damage to you, rather than having them attempt to trick and outplay you. The camera gets lost in amongst the action from time to time, making for some confusing situations. It’s not all bad, as the various worlds these characters hail from are represented by some excellent arenas, as well as a handful of ‘real world’ ones thrown in for good measure. This is such a missed opportunity-many of these characters have made the jump from the printed page to beloved animated series and here, they’re these strange, soulless avatars. Outside of the admittedly impressive awakening attacks, the way they move during combat isn’t much better, again lacking a tightness of control you’d want in a fighting game. In cutscenes, their movement is stilted and awkward, with some unintentionally hilarious moments, like characters sliding across the screen and conversations taking place without even the slightest bit of facial animation. A far cry from the astonishing-looking and brilliantly authentic Dragon Ball FighterZ, Goku here looks like a bad action figure. Not just in terms of character variety but their actual character models. The characters themselves, as iconic as their source material may be, are a mixed bag. You can also buy pieces of cosmetic gear for your avatar, and there’s some nice deep cut references within these unlockables that dedicated Shonen Jump fans are going to appreciate. Experience points increase health and damage output, and you can buy new special abilities, one use items to help you in battle and skills that give you perks like attack buffs, debuff spells and elemental resistance. Anyways dont listen to these powerhouse sites giving it a bad reviews its a fun fast paced intense game.You join one of three teams, headed up by Goku, Luffy or Naruto and take on missions that either progress their storyline or generic ones that net you experience points, or other unlockables like costumes. I dont think some of the old heads can wrap their head around this. You literally haved to adapt to every match and every opponent within split seconds to be victorious.Matches are pretty intense and there is always a comeback factor even if you are down a round. I think other fight fans dont like it because its not a game where you learn a combo and go in a match with it premeditated knowing it works against 90% of your opponents because you have more hours into the game practicing it. Some are as stupid because of "lack of female selectable characters" lol? Anyways if you love fast past fighting games that keep you on the edge of your seat and you have split seconds to choose your method of attack this is for you. There seems to be an agenda to give this game low reviews. Some are as stupid because of "lack of female selectable Game is awesome. Id recommend buying the base game before considering a season pass for those who are interested in checking it out. This however isn’t enough to save the game from the other issues present and when it’s all said and done, Jump Force just doesn’t stand up, when you factor in the price of the game and the shortcomings it has. Thankfully the combat elements don’t fall short and I did enjoy doing flash, energy, and scale behind the moves with the different character’s. I would however recommend that you play the online mode though because the story mode failed to make an impact and on the whole it’s standard. When It was nice to see that the game had quite a decent roster for you to play and there’s also a decent selection of play modes as well. This isn’t the only problem you contend with a few technical issues which in turn effect the immersion can become affected because of this. As soon as you begin the game you notice the extended loading time, some of it quite extreme. I came away feeling a little indifferent. Unfortunately there may be a few nice moments there’s some issues that hold it back. So I was also hoping that they did each franchise justice. So I was I enjoyed the sound and visual art design of the game, As a fan of the anime battle genre I was really looking forward to Jump Force. I enjoyed the sound and visual art design of the game, As a fan of the anime battle genre I was really looking forward to Jump Force. The following is the mandatory, wind_rose_defaults.yamlĬonfiguration file, which serves as a starting point for creating a The customĬonfiguration file can be an empty file if all default settings are toīe applied. Settings in the wind_rose_defaults.yaml file. This second configuration file is used to customize/override the default The second required configuration file is a user-supplied “custom”Ĭonfiguration file. Plotting code and do not need to be explicitly specified when $METPLOTPY_BASE indicates the directory where the METplotpyĭefault configuration files are automatically loaded by the $METPLOTPY_BASE/metplotpy/plots/config directory. The first is aĭefault configuration file, wind_rose_diagram_defaults.yaml, It is commonly used forĬonfiguration files and in applications where data is being stored or It is a “human-friendly data serialization language. Recursive acronym for “YAML Ain’t Markup Language” and according to These plot attributesĬorrespond to values that can be set via the METviewer tool. Input data is located and to set plot attributes. The wind rose diagram utilizes YAML configuration files to indicate where usr/path/to/METplotpy-x.y.z if the source code was downloaded as a zip or gzip’d tar file from the Release link of usr/path/to/METplotpy if the source code was cloned or forked from the Github repository $METPLOTPY_BASE is the directory where the METplotpy code is saved: $METPLOTPY_BASE/test/wind rose_diagram/point_stat_mpr.txt Repository, where the wind rose diagram test scripts are located: The sample data used to create these plots is available in the METplotpy The data used to create a wind rose plot is columnar text output from MET for the MPR (matched pair) The wind rose diagram is based onĪ polar coordinate system, with data plotted at a distance away from the origin at an angle that is The color bands on each spoke represents the wind speed range (bins). Each spoke indicates how often the wind blows from each direction and The diagram consists of radiating spokes that represent the wind direction in terms of the cardinal windĭirections of North, East, South, and West. Description Ī wind rose diagram graphically displays the wind speed and wind direction at a particular location over a period of While this program is great for creating slideshows and presentations that you share with loved ones, it doesn't let you burn a copy onto a DVD or CD. After finishing your story, you can preview the finished project and add music from files saved on your computer. It also comes with ten different effects for changing the look of your photos, including sepia, water color, black and white, diffuse glow, and charcoal. Use the rotate feature to change the rotation of each image, or select the crop tool to remove backgrounds or other features you don't want from those pictures. Microsoft Photo Story also comes loaded with editing tools that you can use with your images. You can also select how long it takes to transition between images. The program then lets you decide how to transition between those images. Once you add those images, you can drag and drop the photos in to a small film strip at the bottom of the page to determine the order of those images. It lets you select dozens of photos from different folders on your computer and photos that you saved to a USB drive or an external hard drive too. This software comes loaded with extra features that you can use for adding effects to your stories. User 194.143.137.78 194.143.137.78. Microsoft Photo Story, you can now create beautiful stories and presentations from the photos that you take. This page last modified: 25th Jun 2017 03:24. Whilst all this 'mucking around' is a 'bit of a pain', before slagging off Microsoft, just try using some 12 year old Apple software on one of those fancy new 'MacBooks' and see how far you get In 2004, a 'brand new' Mac had a 'PowerPC' processor chip = this was a 'RISC' chip designed on the (obviously faulty) assumption that in future the processing speed 'bottle-neck' would be the CPU, and not the speed with which instructions could be fetched from RAM :-) ( ) The nonsense of RISC Next page :- Alternatives - (to PhotoStory) To run the PhotoStory 3 application, "right click" the 'PhotoStor圓.exe' file and chose "Troubleshoot compatibility".Windows 10 will then go through some sort of process, after which Photo Story should work just fine. If you want PhotoStory to have access to 4Gb RAM (instead of the 'normal' 2Gb), go find 'PhotoStor圓.exe' and replace it with the '-LARGEADDRESSAWARE' version (see at top above, or 'hack' it yourself) You should now be able to install the Photo Story. Rename %windir%\SysWOW64\LegitCheckControl.DLL Msiexec.exe /i Pstory.msi /passive SKIPOSCHECK=1 NOLEGITCHECK=1Ĭopy and paste the following command into the Command Prompt window and press Enter: In Windows 10 right click the Start button and choose "Command Prompt (admin)" Copy and paste the following command into the Command Prompt window and press Enter: SO, you have to manually 'exempt' Pstory.msi from the 'signature check' - and then stop Windows 10 checking it anyway. PhotoStory, is, of course, signed with a Microsoft VeriSign certificate, however that's obviously 'not good enough' for Windows 10. Windows 10 demands software be 'signed' (in an attempt to cut down on those who like to click eMail links that contain a Virus / Root Kit etc.). The problem, as usual, it's all down to MS being 'over cautious'. fails to launch, even if you run as Admin (and if you do manage to get it to install, Win10 then won't actually 'launch' the PhotoStory 3. HOWEVER, 'out of the box', the PhotoStory 3 installer, Pstory.msi. Unlike Win7, Win10 'knows' all about 32bit apps. If you don't have a PC running XP (or when MS removes the download page), you will need to find the "Pstory.msi" package elsewhere (it should be 5,271,552 bytes exactly, with a MS Digital Signature from VeriSign dated "12 November 2004 03:13:32" = anything else will be a junk-ware installing trojan from some sham 'web repository') exe (you will need to unzip and remove the "-LARGEADDRESSAWARE" from the file name before use)Īuthenticated Windows XP users can download MS PhotoStory from the Microsoft Photo Story 3 web page. exe or right click hare and "save link as" for a pre-modified. There is no real point in running PhotoStory 3 on a 64bit PC unless you make it "LARGEADDRESSAWARE" (so it can get access to a full 4Gb of RAM). PhotoStory 3 on Win10 Using PhotoStory 3 on a Windows 10 (64bit) PC The software is a good example of a what a hybrid library sorting app should be: It has enough automated features so you can “set and forget” it and let it do its job to tidy up your collection, and at the same time it has a few essential user-generated characteristics that let you truly create a custom classification system that you can call your own. Having analysed your tracks, you can create a matchlist by specifying a ruleset (eg similar BPM, similar colour, etc.) and then further filtering the results to really pinpoint an area in your library that you can create a playlist with. Of course, beaTunes’ highlight is that it can create playlists for you that stretch beyond the usual “artist, album, genre” classifications. You can have beaTunes scour your entire music library for songs that match criteria that you specify, allowing you to create playlists quickly in abundance.Īpart from those automatically filled characteristics, beaTunes lets you manually specify other things like mood colour, tags, and a host of other sorting fields. I was then able to sort them according to these characteristics and create matchlists automatically based on a few tags and fields that I could select for beaTunes. Aside from the artist and track name, I had the track’s BPM, musical key, as well its “colour”, which is a system used by beaTunes to determine how a track’s energy is manifest visually. I then analysed my library, which took a little while for the software to do completely (I noticed it was quite slow in fetching data), but when it finished, I was rewarded with something rather awesome in my opinion: A music library analysed by beaTunes looks like this: Neat, properly filled, and capable of being sorted.Īll my tracks had data that was pertinent to me as a DJ. Call me old fashioned, but it’d be really convenient if the import and analysis consisted of one step! In beaTunes, importing your iTunes library (or any piece of music, for that matter) doesn’t mean it gets analysed, so what we have here is a two-step process: Analyse your tracks after importing them in beaTunes first, and then proceed to create playlists and sort them properly. Puzzled, I repeated this to the point of frustration, and that’s when I decided to check the online manual, only to find out I had missed the most important part of the entire process: Analysing. I wanted the app to sort according to BPM, so I did that and clicked OK. I was excited to see how beaTunes would categorise my songs according to its own system, so I went to my Library list, highlighted a few tracks and clicked “New Matchlist”. In addition, we have another group.an acoustic duo called "Yesterday & Today".I plunged headfirst into the app, using a newly created iTunes library with just a handful of tracks. They dress in acceptable all black outfits but concentrate on providing a one of a kind Beatles experience for their audience. The Beatunes are not a "Tribute" band in the technical sense, as they do not wear silly wigs and talk in fake accents. Fans remark over and over how if they close their eyes they can imagine they are at a Beatles concert. Today, The Beatunes are one of the most sought after acts for Weddings, Corporate events as well as clubs in the Southern California area. It wasn't long before word got out about this amazing band and the requests to play at different venues began rolling in. Lastly, all four being lead vocalists, they have been able to emulate the voices of all four Beatles to create the ultimate Beatles experience. Adding a keyboard and a guitar synthesizer enabled them to add the orchestration and other sounds that made the iconic recordings so amazing. Using the opportunity to "go to school" on the Beatles, they made it their mission to figure out all correct guitar,bass and drum parts as played on the recordings. "The Beatunes" are a Beatles "cover" band that came together in 2009 when four professional musicians started getting together to play Beatles music for fun. Burrows will not generate jobs, nor will they keep any items inside them from being hauled away to a stockpile elsewhere.There are some notable differences from using links, however: Like with stockpile links, take care to include all items a job needs in the burrow area.A building limited by multiple burrows will be able to use materials from all of them. A building is considered affected by this setting when their center tile is in the burrow. This setting behaves as if workshop or furnace or trap is linked to take from stockpile. † However, active military dwarves are unaffected and can even perform those same drills.Īctivation: Select the burrow with secondary selection keys, then press w to toggle the limit. ⁎ The order of the citizens in the list is based on an internal ID number, which only loosely correlates with arrival time. Otherwise, dwarves not assigned to the burrow can still do jobs in its area, including moving food inside. Should one still need to use hauling labors, they should limit their stockpiles to links only and use Minecart hauling systems to move the requisite goods from outside the burrow to in. Seek Infant and a baby dropped outside the burrow.Feed Patients/Prisoners and a patient with buckets/water sources out of range.Food hauling and food stockpile that takes from anywhere.Take care to avoid dwarves having labors that result in them taking jobs that demand items outside the burrow: For wheelbarrowed haulers, all the tiles they push the wheelbarrow on.All places the stockpiles they store items in draw from.All tools, raw materials, fuel and items they need for above.All places they work at, sleep, eat, drink.Then they'll look for a job again - often the one they just cancelled, thus entering a loop.Īs such, a dwarf's burrow should include: Should a job request an item not in the burrow, the dwarf will cancel the job. If you define a burrow which is split into two areas, the citizens may walk between those two areas, outside of the burrow you defined.įurthermore, this setting doesn't restrict jobs itself either. Additionally, citizens may walk from one point of the burrow to another point even if the path they walk on is not part of the burrow. Nor will they try to eat or drink anything outside the burrow until starving or dehydrating.Īn illustration demonstrating that a burrow does *not* restrict a dwarf's movement-the metalcrafter marched right out of his burrow to pull the right lever.īurrow assignments do not restrict citizen movements An idle dwarf can take a stroll outside the burrow they're assigned to and they'll stand wherever they happen to be until assigned a task inside the burrow which they can path to. Note that "job" here covers nearly anything a dwarf may do outside of walking, fighting and socializing, including tasks such as idle individual combat drills†, picking up babies or equipment, or even sleeping. When a citizen is in multiple burrows, they can accept jobs and items from all of them. Uses for Burrows Limiting civilian citizen jobs Īctivation: Select the burrow with secondary selection keys, then press c to view citizens & resident list⁎, scrolling through it with those same keys and using Enter to add or remove one or more to/from the burrow.Ī citizen limited thus will only accept jobs and items inside the burrow. Uniquely to burrows, erasing all tiles in a burrow will not delete it. A burrow does not need to be contigious and can extend into unrevealed space and other burrows - in the latter case, it can help use different colors and symbols to help tell them apart.ĭeleting a burrow is easy, just enter "define burrow" mode by pressing w, select the burrow to delete, then press d, and confirm with y. Defining the burrow's tiles can be done using keyboard to make rectangles or drawing with the mouse much like designating tiles. To configure an existing burrow, select it, then press enter to set the burrow's name, change the symbol used, and define what tiles it encompasses by setting/e rasing tiles. The new burrow created this way starts with no tiles and a default name. To add a new burrow to the list, press a. Change which burrow is selected with your secondary selection keys ( +, -, You'll be presented with a list of all of your existing burrows. 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Please note that none of these works are written by me and all credits are returned to their respective owners. The only difference between the Beach Villa and Beach Pool Villa, will be that you have a private pool for your own enjoyment! OVER WATER VILLA/OVERWATER SUNSET VILLA/ OVERWATER SUNSET POOL VILLA You will have closer access to the restaurants, spa, and gym and your own private loungers on the beach. Tucked into the jungle with immediate access to the white sand beach, the Beach Villa is the perfect spot to chill out and relax under the swaying palm trees. And no matter where you choose to stay, you are sure to have a view of the electric blue water. With 68 separate accommodations, they offer a variety of options throughout. Mercure is a more of a cozy feeling boutique resort. Do note that prices will be up around the Easter holiday! We always recommend, if you can, trying to visit any place during the shoulder season. You won’t have to battle crowds or high season prices, but still be able to enjoy good weather and tranquil atmosphere without all the people. These months will be the ideal time to visit Maldives. Shoulder Season is during the months of March to April. Another bonus is that the marine life is most vibrant during the rainy season! Visiting during this time means lower rates and much less crowds. dry season is now much more of a blurred line. Due to the overall changes in global temperatures, the seasonality of the Maldives is not quite so predictable, which means rainy season vs. We have visited the Maldives in June and found it to be quite sunny (though a cyclone had passed only one month prior). This means more rainfall than the rest of the year, but still some opportunities for sunshine. This is going to be the rainy season in the Maldives. And of course with end of year holidays, the prices can be at their highest. This is the dry season in Maldives, which means a lot of sunshine and not much rain. High Season falls between December and February. And at an all-inclusive fare, it’s surprisingly more affordable than many other premium resorts out there. Its electric blue waters combined with luxurious overwater pool villas, helps curate a tranquil and romantic getaway, which makes it perfect for couples. The success of that hotel has given Pristine Islands Investment great confidence in choosing Accor as its partner on this exciting new project in the Maldives.Located in one of Maldives southernmost regions Gaafu Atoll, Accor’s Mercure adults-only resort offers the ultimate affordable luxury experience. “The mid-scale Mercure Maldives Kooddoo Resort will be our first hotel development in the Maldives and we are pleased to partner with Accor which has a large brand portfolio catering to different market segments and a strong brand presence in Europe and Asia”, said Mr Ronald Leo, CEO of Pristine Island Investments Pte Ltd.Īccor has a long relationship with the Keong Kong Holdings Pte Ltd, the majority shareholder of Pristine Islands Investment, as they appointed Accor to build and manage the flagship ibis Singapore Bencoolen Resort back in 2007. The arrival of the Kooddoo Airport has opened up the beautiful south of the island nation, away from most of the resort developments further north of the archipelago. Facilities will include an all-day restaurant, lobby lounge, pool and pool bar, sunset bar, spa and gym as well as a range of watersports including a dive centre. It will be the only Maldivian beach resort directly accessible by domestic plane, without the need of an additional speedboat journey. The resort will be built using local materials, bright colours and stylish furniture with the interiors designed to reflect the Maldivian culture and the spirit of travel. The 68-villa Mercure will open in 2016, and will be located in the south of the Maldives in the Gaafu Alifu Atoll in the Indian Ocean, a spectacular lagoon teeming with colourful marine life and boasting unmatched diving and snorkelling options.īringing stylish mid-scale accommodation to the pristine south of the Maldives The Mercure Maldives Kooddoo Resort will provide one of the best-value accommodation options in the spectacular Maldives, with 68 villas including 43 located over water and 25 scattered along the white sandy beach. Accor Asia Pacific has been appointed by Pristine Island Investments Pte Ltd to manage a new resort being built in one of the most unspoilt areas of the Maldives. L., 1987, The value of oocyte reinsemination in human in vitro fertilization, Fertil. Quigley, eds.), Plenum Press, New York, pp. P, 1984, Sperm capacitation, in: Human In Vitro Fertilization and Embryo Transfer ( D. L., 1987, Relationships between polypronuclear fertilization and follicular fluid hormones in gonadotropin-treated women, Fertil. III, Blasco, L., Mastroianni, L., Jr., and Flickinger, G. W, and Mastroianni, L., Jr., 1986, Fertilization and cleavage after reinsemination of human oocytes in vitro, Fertil. Short, eds.), Cambridge University Press, New York, pp. M., 1982, Fertilization, in: Reproduction in Mammals, Book 1, Germ Cells and Fertilization ( C. J., 1984, Laparoscopic follicular aspiration, in: Human In Vitro Fertilization and Embryo Transfer ( D. 5: 321–329.īaca, M., and Zamboni, L., 1967, The fine structure of human follicular oocytes, J. J., Ross, A., Hargreave, T., Richardson, D., and Best, E, 1984, Analysis of human sperm function following exposure to the ionophore A23187, J. (ed.), 1986, The zona-free hamster oocyte penetration test and the diagnosis of male fertility, Int. This process is experimental and the keywords may be updated as the learning algorithm improves.Īitken, R. These keywords were added by machine and not by the authors. Several peer-reviewed journals now devote major attention to the clinical and applied aspects of IVF -Fertility and Sterility, Human Reproduction, and Journal of In Vitro Fertilization and Embryo Transfer. A summary of the IVF experience in the United States for 1987 has appeared (Medical Research International et al., 1989). Over 15,000 babies have been born by IVF-ET, which means that the experience base in man exceeds that in all other mammalian species with the possible exception of the mouse. About 15% of egg retrieval cycles end in pregnancy and live birth resulting from the transfer of, on average, three embryos. The application, confined originally to the hopelessly infertile patient with irreparably damaged or absent fallopian tubes, has expanded to include idiopathic, male, endometriosis, cervical, and immunologic etiologies. In the ensuing 12 years, human IVFET has evolved into standard medical practice for the treatment of many types of infertility, and the service is now offered by some 700 clinics in 48 countries. Clinical IVF-ET was initiated with the birth of baby Louise Brown in 1978 following several years of pioneering effort by Patrick Steptoe and Robert Edwards.
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