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Impedance detection of the electrical resistivity of the wound tissue around deep brain stimulation electrodes permits registration of the encapsulation process in a rat model
Education and Research (BMBF, FKZ 01EZ0911). The custom-made stimulator system was developed in cooperation with the Steinbeis company (STZ1050, Rostock, Germany) and Dr. R. Arndt (Rückmann & Arndt, Berlin, Germany). References 1 Krack P, Hariz MI, Baunez C, Guridi J, Obeso JA. Deep brain stimulation: from neurology to psychiatry? Trends Neurosci. 2010;33:474-84. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.tins.2010.07.002 10.1016/j.tins.2010.07.002 20832128 Krack P Hariz MI Baunez C Guridi J Obeso JA Deep brain stimulation: from neurology to psychiatry
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WATCH: Daycare Worker Pushes 4 Year Old Down Stairs
Fox29 - Police in Upper Darby held a press conference Monday that addressed the disturbing moment a day care worker pushed a child. The newly installed surveillance camera recorded the now fired daycare worker Sarah Gable shoving a 4-year-old girl down a set of steps at the Child Care of the Future Daycare Center.In the video, Gable can be seen eyeing the surveillance camera just after pushing the girl down the stairs and into a wall.The incident happened last Friday afternoon, according to officials. The camera was allegedly installed just 30 minutes before the incident, although officials haven't addressed why. Police released the mug shot of 52-year-old Sarah Gable on Monday. The Folcroft resident was charged with simple assault and child endangerment, but police said at the conference that they will seek charges of recklessly endangering another person as well. Upper Darby police say Gable did not make a statement and was handcuffed without incident. The child is back at the daycare.


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During the holidays, our goal and objective is to have a peaceful gathering of family and friends. Peace is not lack of conflict, it is the ability to manage conflict by peaceful means. But is it possible to simply just avoid conflict when so many are outspoken about their beliefs? …Read More
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JC Bowman Commentary: A Few More Thoughts on Testing in Tennessee…
All stakeholders want to get testing right. However, the emphasis on testing misses the bigger issue: student academic growth measured by flawed testing. Then the results being used in educator evaluations. This is certainly more problematic to educators than the actual tests themselves.Read More
JC Bowman Commentary: Testing is Open for Debate
Professional Educators of Tennessee raised the issue on Testing, with a hard-hitting editorial called the Trouble with Testing. Professional Educators of Tennessee did NOT support the use of that data on teacher evaluations, nor did they sign a support letter on the original grant submission., which the Tennessee Education Association did.Read More
JC Bowman Commentary: Time to Separate PACS from Lobbying
Professional Educators of Tennessee will continue to lobby for public education. However, we will never endorse political parties or candidates as an organization on behalf of our members. We also do not have a PAC, nor do we plan to ever start one. It would harm our effectiveness. We must advance public education without the divisive tribalism of partisan politics, and we will only get involved in education related issues.Read More
JC Bowman Commentary: Unions Are in Politics for Power, Money, and Influence
For groups like Professional Educators of Tennessee, it is simple. We must advance public education without the divisive tribalism of partisan politics, and we will only get involved in education related issues. The union never stops in its quest for power and control over public education.Read More
Way Down Yonder in Maury County
Every budget tells a story—about your spending plan, priorities, goals, and financial health. What story are you telling your community about the importance of public education in your community? We understand that it is an election year and politics are driving the debate.Read More
Rumor Control: Setting the Record Straight on PreK/Kindergarten Portfolios
Social media was hard at it this weekend over the PreK/Kindergarten Student Growth Portfolio Model. While Professional Educators of Tennessee is not sold on the portfolio process, it is the current law (see T.C.A. §§ 49-6-103–49-6-110). We believe the current portfolio system takes up too much time for our educators. …Read More
Trevecca's Shining Star: Dr. Suzann Harris
Professional Educators of Tennessee recognized Dr. Suzann "Suzie" Barker Harris with one of our prestigious "Friend of the Educator" Award. She is a shining star for Trevecca and a model for people of faith who is worthy of distinction to all educators.Read More
JC Bowman Commentary: The Intent and Spirit of Collaborative Conferencing
Are we striving toward achievement of the original objective of the PECCA law? It is clear, a course adjustment may be in order. Eliminating needless lawsuits, staying focused on the purpose, including more teachers in the process, and having impartial training moving forward will better establish a peaceful, stable employer-employee relationship. Who could oppose those common-sense changes?Read More
JC Bowman Commentary: Giving Tennessee Educators a Choice and a Voice
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|► Maine (Piscataquis County), Brownville — Katahdin Iron Works in the 1880's —
|On Katahdin Iron Works Road 6 miles west of Route 11, on the right when traveling west.
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|► Maine (Piscataquis County), Greenville — A Trip to Katahdin... 1857 —
|Near Lily Bay Road at Pleasant Street.
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UNITED NATIONS, Nov 6 (APP): UN Secretary General Ban Ki moon Sunday underscored the need for shared duty of care towards the environment in peace time and during war to ensure a healthy planet.
"Poor governance of the environment and natural resources can
contribute to the outbreak of conflict. It can fuel and finance existing conflicts and it can increase the risk of relapse. Conversely, there are many examples of natural resources serving as catalysts for peaceful cooperation, confidence building and poverty reduction," the secretary general said in his message to mark the International Day for Preventing the Exploitation of the Environment in War and Armed Conflict.
The UN chief noted that in the aftermath of violent conflict, natural
resources, such as land, timber, minerals, oil and gas, are often the primary assets that governments need to support livelihoods and economic recovery.
"How governments manage these resources can fundamentally alter the
course of post conflict peacebuilding," the Secretary General said, underscoring the need to work together to combat environmental crime, end the illegal exploitation of natural resources, improve transparency, share benefits more equitably and encourage the participation of women, indigenous peoples and vulnerable groups in decision making.
The important message of the 2030 Agenda is that "sustainable
development cannot be realized without peace and security; and peace and security will be at risk without sustainable development." Therefore, this year, all 193 Member States of the UN Environment Assembly adopted a resolution committing States to the protection of the environment in areas affected by armed conflict.
In addition, the UN International Law Commission is going over the
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sensitive sites, especially drinking water aquifers, that are vital to humans.
"On this International Day, I urge governments, businesses and citizens around the world to prioritize environmental care and the sustainable management of natural resources for preventing conflict, building peace and promoting lasting prosperity," stated the Secretary General.
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that in recent weeks in Iraq, oil wells have been set ablaze, turning the skies and soil black. Burning stockpiles of sulphur dioxide at an industrial facility created a large toxic cloud.
The crisis highlights a phenomenon that has been playing out for
decades. Environmental destruction can impact the delivery of
humanitarian assistance, the prospects of post war recovery and lasting peace, and can serve as a driver of migration, according to the UN humanitarian and environment chiefs.
"Among the unprecedented 65 million refugees in the world, many will
have a story that includes ecocide. Wars are starting because of natural resources. They are being perpetuated because of natural resources. And we are seeing the environment being used as a weapon," UN Environment head Erik Solheim said. "Environmental protection needs to take a more prominent role in our response to conflict."
The International Day for Preventing the Exploitation of the Environment in War and Armed Conflict aims to highlight these links and prompt action.
"Families fleeing from Mosul have been impacted by years of living
under ISIL and by the ongoing military operation, leaving them in urgent need of humanitarian aid and protection. Choking clouds and toxic fumes from burning oil wells and industrial facilities now add to their plight," Stephen O'Brien, the UN Under Secretary General for
Humanitarian Affairs and Emergency Relief Coordinator, said.
"Protecting the environment during conflicts is critical to protecting human health and also the ability of communities and nations to recover after crises."
"Protecting the environment from armed conflict protects farmlands
from the impacts of bombings, landmines and toxic pollution," Solheim
said. "It safeguards a fair and inclusive system for governing and using natural resources. It ensures healthy lives for ourselves, for our
children, and for generations to come."
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UNITED NATIONS, Nov 6 (APP): UN Secretary General Ban Ki moon Sunday underscored the need for shared duty of care towards the environment in peace time and during war to ensure a healthy planet.


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How are you? I can see you have been doing fine from the pictures uncle Bayo showed me, but I think you still look better with buba and wrapper than those pants you wear and think you are covered. You know the wicked mosquitoes in this village has drawn a map on your skin, and it does not look nice, even though that girl I saw in the picture you took at the beach, would think your skin is perfect because hers is a bee nest. You need to hide that bad skin of yours so that you can bring home a fine man o, and a rich man too.
Eh, uncle Bayo says he has been sending my letters, but you have not replied even one, but I will still write, I enjoy talking to myself in the letters, but please try to reply me, so that my heart will sleep peacefully, I am very worried about you. I hope you are still a good girl, you know we are proud of your moral conduct, so don't let us down.
Things around here have been dark since mama passed away, I now go to balogun market every Saturday to restock the shop, so Lanre and Titi will not die of hunger. I miss you, I do it all by myself, I wash, cook, run the store, its has not been easy. Well, I have hope that when you return, you will wipe my tears and make me proud with your humour, oh how I miss your bone cracking jokes.
Lanre is fine, he played the masquerade for the new yam festival and fell into the gutter after Father Clinton's house because he had too much palm wine. He broke his leg, but he is fine, he is a man, he will survive the pain. Titi now plaits hair, she has learnt it so well that she gives me different styles that makes me fine. And me, I am also fine, only that I wonder why nobody wants to marry me, am I so ugly? No man in this village has brought wine, I am not getting younger, I am sad, maybe I should be patient. Well, I have removed it from my mind, and put taking care of you, Titi, and Lanre in it.
You should try to visit soon, your friend Tolu passed away last nite, she did not survive to enjoy the joys of motherhood, in here, I have attached a picture of her baby girl, she named her after you, hoping she will achieve what you have achieved.
This is where I will stop for now, until I write again. I know Uncle Bayo thinks I am mad, but I am not, your death is something I will not accept. How is it possible that you are dead eh? No o, to me, you are still alive and will return home, my fine sister. So take care of your self. I love you and miss you… Hope to see you soon, I will be waiting.
Your sister,
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Stink, stank, stunk
It's not often I notice a person's scent unless I'm hugging them or that person is wearing way too much fragrance. But last night at work I had a customer who exuded such a lovely smell that I actually broke down and asked her what it was. She told me she couldn't remember who made it but that it was Grapefruit & Vanilla and she got it at Sephora. I was very surprised, because what I was smelling didn't smell a thing like grapefruit or vanilla. I don't like vanilla scents. I don't like them in perfumes, I don't like them in candles, I just don't like them. I do like citrus, and in fact it's one of my exceptions to "people should not smell like food unless they've been standing over a stove" rule. But there is nothing about a scent called "Grapefruit & Vanilla" that would induce me to try it.
I only work a few steps from the Sephora store, so after my shift I popped in. The sales girl knew what line I was looking for and took me straight to it. It as actually an entire line of "_____ & Vanilla" scents. I sniffed them all, and she sprayed a bit of Grapefruit & Vanilla on one arm and Lavender & Vanilla on the other. I walked out, figuring to check out how they mellowed with my body chemistry and knowing that it would be easy to stop back in if I decided I really wanted some.
The Lavender & Vanilla was ok. But the Grapefruit & Vanilla? There was no mellowing. In fact, as time went on it seemed to get stronger and stronger. It didn't smell a thing like what my customer had been wearing. She smelled exotic and faintly herbal. Me, I just smelled like someone had dunked me in a vat of fake vanilla and vomit. My arms were suddenly far too short, because every movement seemed to keep that awful stench wafting right up to my nose. When I got home I went upstairs and scrubbed at my arm.
That only served to make my washcloth smell like vanilla vomit. Yay.
I didn't have time for a shower, so I wiped as best I could until the stink was somewhat lighter, and then I took off to do the chores that needed to be done before the Sparkette needed to be picked up from softball practice. Every move I made seemed to send fumes rolling through the air.
I am sure that stuff smells good on some people, but I am obviously not some people. I will not be overriding my good sense and trying on anymore vanilla-based scents.
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Wipe off stinky perfume with a little rubbinng alcohol. Works like a charm.


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The tenth and final episode of the first season of RUFF Journey features the ten fighters competing in the 2013 RMB 1,000,000 Super Fight on February 2: Zhao ZiLong, Li JiXiang, Zhang MeiXuan, Liu PingYuan, Irshaad Sayed, Jumabieke Tuerxun, Rodrigo Caporal, Wu HaoTian, Wang Guan, and Wu ChengJie.
For all ten of these athletes, the Super Fight is the culmination of all the hard work and training th......
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RUFF Journey episode nine features eight fighters: Zhang MeiXuan, Shang ZhiFa, Wu ChengJie, Yuan ChunBo, Wu HaoTian, Arthit Hanchana, Zhao ZiLong, and Kong HanDong; ahead of their title eliminator matchups at RUFF 7.
For all eight of these athletes, a win at RUFF 7 is imperative, as a victory will propel them to a berth in the 2013 RMB 1,000,000 Super Fight, China's first MMA national championship......
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The eighth episode of RUFF Journey features featherweights Wu ChengJie and Zhao EriDeMuTu, ahead of their matchup at RUFF 6.
Wu ChengJie, 21, hails from northeast China's Heilongjiang Province, where he trains at Harbin's LongYun MMA Club. A former Sanda fighter who made the transition to MMA, Wu has developed a mean ground-and-pound style, and will try to use his takedowns and punishing elbows to......
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RUFF Journey episode seven profiles bantamweights Jumabieke Tuerxun and Jiang LongYun, prior to their matchup at RUFF 5.
Jumabieke Tuerxun, 26, is considered by many to be China's top 61 kg fighter. Undefeated in MMA competition, Jumabieke is determined to keep his streak alive and earn a berth in the 2013 RMB 1,000,000 Super Fight.
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Lightweights Rodrigo Caporal and Wu HaoTian star in the sixth episode of RUFF Journey ahead of their matchup at RUFF 5.
Rodrigo Caporal, 29, is a world champion Brazilian Jiu Jitsu black belt based in Hong Kong, who is looking for his third straight win inside the RUFF cage, while Wu HaoTian is making his RUFF debut in front of his hometown Hohhot crowd.
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great fight!!!
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RUFF puts on some good fights. Send a fighter to the UFC
I like how your fight cards always have blood on them. nice touch
The main event is sick. I'd put my money on that Thai kid any day of the week. Yeah, Brazilians are tough, but every third one of them is...
Wang Guan has less votes than da Silva? What's up with that? Gotta show some love for my Chinese brotha! He's gonna whoop that ass again...
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I'm a looking and I'm a liking.
Check out that tall drink of water on the far left.
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Tie Quan straight up demolished Reinhardt with that nasty guillotine choke; boy's got skills for sure.


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T2 Guns: Legend or Myth.. Part 2
One of the comments from the other day with the T1 vs T2 Legends or Myth posting was to see a breakdown of short range guns.
I used the same ships with 2 additions ( the Megathron & the Maelstrom). For those interested, I did run those numbers as well and included them in this, the second chart.
I kept the Tracking Computers and Tracking Enhancers ( where a second TC could not be put in ) (especially on the 4 Mid slot Apoc's) The Tracking Computers were loaded with Optimal range Scripts.
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As before the T2 guns really do help.
Notes about the chart:
The Megathron really shines with the Void ammo but be aware that outside of roughly 26KM they will have to change Ammo types. Once they do though they will still hit with big numbers.
The Apoc Really can reach out and "touch" you even with Mega Pulse Laser II's
The Tempest was added in addition to the Maelstrom as a comparison. Not to mention that I wanted to keep them the Tempest to match the last chart.
If your going for short range, T2 Guns Really pay off.
Racial notes:
- Amarr have excellent range with Radio Crystals in Mega Pulse Laser II's
- The Rokh is a very very nasty blaster boat with surprisingly good optimal range
- The Megathron will indeed " melt your face off" at close range and can still pack a punch at medium ranges too
- The Maelstrom is better in this role than the Tempest, but not by an obscene margin, use the Maelstrom for the up close work and the Tempest for longer range.
These builds had very little if any thought to the tank they were simply for demonstration purposes that even at short range T2 guns are the way to go!
** Letrange brings up a GREAT point the ammo types really do matter, so I edited mine ( in the Minmatar projectile to be the 20% tracking mid range ammo, Nuclear) The fact is that these numbers above, are the MAXIMUM numbers possible, your will vary a great deal depending on type and speed of the target etc.
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A few missing pieces of info:
2 – Cap Use
3 – Overheat ability
For example, comparing Mega Pulse II and Mega Modulated Pulse:
Mega Pulse II: 53 CPU
Mega Modulated Pulse: 40 CPU
Mega Pulse II: 40 GJ/cycle
Mega Modulated Pulse: 32 GJ/cycle
Mega Pulse II: Heat Dissipation Rate 0.02
Mega Modulated Pulse:Heat Dissipation Rate 0.01
The meta4 Pulse Lasers use less CPU, less cap, and can overheat for longer than the T2 Pulse Lasers.
Very nicely put Mr. Mule!
I don't know of many pilots who use void anymore. With Faction Antimatter, most use Null(longer range t2) and fed navy or caldari Antimatter so maybe include the numbers there?
well faction ammo actually covers the entire range and gets beyond the scope a little bit..yes Void has it drawbacks. As for the Faction ammo I do not include it as this is just an overarching guide of sorts. Yes the faction ammo is tremendous in both it's breadth and depth, of what it offers a pilot perhaps I'll do that for part 3 🙂
Humm the only problem I have with your Minmatar stats is your choice of ammo for comparison. I'd use Nuclear or Depleted Uranium instead of Carbonized Lead. Almost no one uses the 3 long range ammos in auto cannons. The +20% tracking on the mid range ammos make them highly useful when trying to nail smaller ships so they do see some use. The optimal bonus on the long range ammos is almost pointless on an autocannon it does not significantly improve the range.
I will redo the chart then. give me 15 minutes 🙂


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Monday, September 24, 2018
Come to Me.
"Then Jesus said, "Come to me, all of you who are weary and carry heavy burdens, and I will give you rest." Matthew 11:28
I love this verse, but so often find that I don't necessarily follow it. I mean it sounds amazing. Jesus will give me rest!! But when does He give me rest? When I come to Him! Unfortunately, I have found that it's not just me who neglects this incredible offer.
Many times I pray with women who are so heavy laden, are carrying so much, and are beyond exhausted. And they readily admit, like me, that they aren't running to Jesus with all of their baggage.
I pulled my Jeep onstage Tuesday at Glow as an illustration of God's Presence. That beautiful Jeep was a Christmas gift from my husband three years ago. I love it! It's the best! It was given to me to get to the places I need and want to go. It was given to get me there safely and comfortably.
I see God's gift of His Presence in that same way. His Presence is meant to get us through this life. It's a gift that promises refreshment and rest. Less load and more lightness. He has given us this precious promise of His presence—Jesus made the way already. Already been bought. Already been handed over to you. And the invitation is given not only here! Hebrews 4:16 tells us, "So let us come boldly to the throne of our gracious God. There we will receive His mercy, and we will find grace to help us when we need it most." (It's like He knew we would need to be reminded more than once, right?! I'm so glad He understands us like that.)
I know I need it most when I am feeling the heaviness of life. When I am weary. And somehow that seems to be the very time I neglect the gift the most, doubling down on trying to fix my own self. Anyone else feeling me?
Fortunately, there's a fix for that. He made it plain and He made it available and He made it a free gift. He made it so you could receive the gift anytime, anywhere. In all seasons, in all circumstances.
What if I let that Jeep just sit in my driveway and walked everywhere instead? Walked to the library, lugging home library books. Walked to the grocery store, stumbling and drooping and sweating under the heavy weight of Publix bags. Walking along the highway pulling my heavy suitcase to Gainesville to go and see my grandson. You would pull up alongside me, say "Hey!! You have a Jeep in your driveway! You have the keys! This is what it's for! You can unload all those heavy things in the back and get where you need to go!"
And you would be right.
You would say—"you're not doing it right!!"
If we are weary and heavy laden and not getting rest, we're not doing it right. We will get heavy. We will carry heavy things. There is no shame or embarrassment there. This is life, and we all know life gets heavy. But there is a place to unload those. There is a place to catch our breath. There is a place to get rest. It's His Presence.
Don't let it sit in your driveway. Don't let it gather cobwebs from no use. Don't take on more and more and more and more and never use the gift He has so graciously given to you, to me.
Get in that vehicle of His Presence today. Just take a deep breath. Say thank you that I have this special place to come where it's just me and You, Jesus. Here's my heaviness. Here's the burdens I've been carrying. I receive the rest that You promised me.
Ahhhhh there it is. Don't believe me? Just get in and see for yourself.


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One of the easiest ways to transform any house, is by adding a stunning chandelier. Chandeliers add that elegant touch without much effort. Over time, there has been an evolution of chandeliers in large proportions and it seems that is not going to change any time soon. The evolution has in turn had an impact on the prices over time. It is, therefore, not a product only for the rich as they have become increasing affordable. How then do you choose an affordable chandelier?
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As we continue to shovel away the debris from the Y2K and Internet buying binges of a few years ago, CIOs in a variety of industries are discovering something remarkable. Beneath the rubble, a dramatically different model for business computing is emerging, as different from today's architecture as was the shift from mainframes to client/server in the 1980s. Whereas PCs made it possible to distribute both applications and data closer to their users, the next-generation architecture will distribute even smaller units of software over the Internet, not just to distant users but to destinations such as equipment on the factory floor and packages on store shelves. That capability will create a new class of information products and services that will interact with each other across organisational boundaries using sophisticated messaging and security protocols. Data processing will become even more tightly connected to business processes, designed to scale up or down quickly as conditions require, supported by new kinds of outsourcing relationships with hardware, software and communications vendors. Sports fans might think of it as "extreme computing".
The individual movements that fuel this next-generation architecture scenario have been percolating for some time. But it's their coming together within the next two to five years that will create the profound new landscape in which companies will do business. Organisations adopting next-generation architecture will realise substantial reductions in development and maintenance costs, and participate in new forms of information exchange up and down the supply chain that will create new sources of value.
The good news is that much of the investment you've made in the past five years in networks, hardware and applications will turn out to yield unexpected dividends as part of this new architecture - not just productivity savings but, more important, competitive advantage and perhaps even new products and services.
The bad news is that, like earlier large-scale shifts in computing architecture, the transition will be accompanied by plenty of trauma. To take maximum advantage, your company will need to make more investments in infrastructure, rethink some applications and gear up for a major transformation of your IT skills.
The next-generation architecture emerges from the intersection of three important trends in business computing:
Cheap computing. Following Moore's Law, computing power continues to get dramatically faster, cheaper and smaller all the time. Not only can computers do more things, more things can be turned into computers, including consumer electronics, appliances and, increasingly, individual products and packaging.
Distributed processing. Applications are being distributed closer and closer to the business functions they support, another long-standing trend. In the coming wave of distribution, processing will move away from human users to the objects in a commercial transaction. It won't be the driver of the truck who scans the package and uploads the data, in other words, but the package itself, which will send data continuously throughout its lifetime. A new set of business relationships will run parallel to the movement of goods and services, collecting and communicating information about every stage of every transaction - an important by-product of the next-generation architecture I have called the "information supply chain".
Openness. Turbo-charging these dramatic changes is one unexpected development of the past decade: the unprecedented spread of TCP/IP, XML, MP3, and other non-proprietary networking and data communications standards known collectively as the Internet. Despite the dotcom meltdown, open data communications standards continue to evolve and take hold, creating the foundation for some of the most exciting new applications of next-generation computing.
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|Fire simulation device for training in the operation of shoulder weapons and the like
|Allard et al.
|Pulsed laser range finder training or test device
|Simpson et al.
|Electro-optic infantry weapons trainer
|Marshall et al.
|Scoring system for shooting gallery
|Marksmanship training system
|Mohon et al.
|Moving target practice firing simulator
|Pardes et al.
|Takeya et al.
This invention relates to weapons training apparatus and particularly, but not exclusively, to the training selective marksmanship with hand-held firearms.
The training of marksmanship is well known in so-called static situations in which a trainee takes aim and fires a weapon at a relatively small target, in order to obtain maximum accuracy of shot, employing either real firearms, from which projectiles are fired at the target, or a simulated system in which a pulse or beam of optical radiation is `fired` from a transmitter and impinges on a detector, each bearing a known relationship with respect to the weapon and target, and wherein a small target may be represented by an image produced on a screen by television or photographic transparency projection apparatus.
However, a need also exists for marksmanship training wherein the target comprises an area forming part of a larger potential target scene in which the trainee has to distinguish the desired target area from non-target areas both accurately and rapidly.
Such training is required, for example, to deal with a situation in which the armed trainee has to enter an enclosed area to confront at a distance of say, less than ten meters, a plurality of people, some of whom are armed or potentially armed enemies and some of whom are innocent prisoners or bystanders. The trainee has therefore to determine rapidly the position of his target area or areas and fire at them as accurately as possible within the short time interval before harm can befall himself or the `non-targets`.
For realism such a target scene including potential target areas should be of the order of several meters square and for versatility of operation the target scene must be capable of frequent and ready change.
Weapon training apparatus of this type is known, for example, from U.S. Pat. Nos. 4,336,018, 4,223,454, 4,137,651 and 3,849,910 in which a target scene is formed by optical projection of an image, carried by photographic film, onto a screen.
In the first of the above mentioned specifications, the aim accuracy is determined by projecting a second, infra-red, image onto the screen and detecting reflected radiation therefrom by means of detectors carried with the weapon.
In the second and third of the above mentioned specifications, the weapon, or each of a plurality of weapons, carries a light source, such as a laser, which is directed at the projected image when the weapon is fired, and remote detectors determine from the path of reflected radiation its impact point with the target (the aim point).
In the fourth of the above mentioned specifications the screen on which the image is projected is formed from a cheap penetrable material, such as paper, and a projectile fired by a real weapon is used to make a hole in the screen at the aim point. Determination of aim accuracy is achieved by back-illumination of the screen and detection of position of the illuminated projectile hole in relation to the screen and the target features of the image projected thereon.
None of these specifications are particularly concerned with reviewing the efforts of a trainee marksman in showing at a later stage in graphical form the relationships between his aim points and the target scene.
It is an object of the present invention to provide weapon training apparatus which has a more informative score analysis than prior apparatus.
According to the present invention weapon training apparatus includes a back-projection screen of high optical transmissivity, a transmitting image projection means operable to form a visible target image on the screen by back-projection, means for changing the projected image, weapon sighting means, directable at the front of the screen by a trainee in a training area, including a weapon discharge trigger mechanism and an optical radiation emitter responsive to operation of the trigger mechanism to direct optical radiation at the screen to impinge thereon in a spot indicative of a simulated projectile impact point, a television camera, located on the same side of the screen as the projector and having a field of view substantially co-extensive with the image projected by the projector, operable to receive at least a part of the projected target image, reflected from the screen, and radiation forming said impact simulating spot, transmitted by the screen, simultaneously as a composite image and scoring analysis means operable to produce for viewing a visual composite image including the target scene and impact simulating spot.
Embodiments of the invention will now be described by way of example with reference to the accompanying drawings in which:
FIG. 1(a) is a cut-away perspective representation of weapon training apparatus in accordance with the present invention,
FIG. 1(b) shows an enlarged detail of FIG. 1(a) illustrating a weapon and optical emitter attached thereto,
FIG. 2 is a representation of one form of photographic slide for projecting an optical image in the apparatus of FIG. 1(a), and
FIG. 3 shows representations of images projected by different weapons onto a screen in accordance with one embodiment of the present invention.
Referring to FIG. 1(a) weapon training apparatus 10 comprises a training area defined by an enclosure 11 into which a trainee 12 gains access by way of a door 13.
The enclosure represents a typical room and one wall thereof is formed by a photographic projection screen portion 14. The screen is of a high optical transmissivity intended to show an optical image formed thereon by back-projection. The front of the screen faces into the room and typically has dimensions of the order of 3.5 meters wide by 2.5 meters high.
Adjacent the enclosure 11 is a projection room 15 containing an optical image projector 16. The projector contains a light source and optical elements of conventional design and is provided with a magazine 17 of 35 m.m., or larger format, photographic slide transparencies from which an image is projected onto a wall 18 of the projection room forming the screen for projector 16. The projection room wall 18 (projection screen) may be of the same dimensions as, and comprise, the enclosure wall 14 (viewing screen) or be larger, as described hereinafter, so that only a central portion thereof comprises the viewing screen portion 14. Projected slide transparencies may be changed for others in the magazine by remote control from control station 19.
Adjacent the projector 16 is a television camera 20, preferably capable of a high, say, 1000 line, resolution.
The camera is disposed with respect to the projector such that its field of view is substantially coextensive with the projector image.
When an image is projected onto the screen 18 and transmitted by the portion 14 the television camera 20 receives an image reflected from the screen. Although the intensity of reflected light may be some 50% of the incident light this is considerably less than is reflected from a normal projection screen (which may be some 80%).
The video signals from camera 20 are fed to scoring analysis means 21 in control station 19, the station also containing camera control means 19' including the generators of camera line and field scanning signals and other time functions which are also used within the control station.
The trainee 12 is armed with a hand gun 22 capable of firing blank rounds or ammunition of the type intended to retain the effects of recoil as well as noise. The gun, shown in detail enlargement FIG. 1(b), has integral sighting means 23 and an emitter 24 of optical radiation (hereinafter called light) clipped, or otherwise attached, to the barrel, the path of the emitted light being aligned with the sighting means. Conveniently this is infra-red light obtained from a laser diode 25 and suitably collimated or focused to form a spot 26 at the screen portion 14. The spot size is chosen to enable discrimination by the camera, that is one or two scanned raster lines across. In practice, with a screen portion 14 of the dimensions indicated and a 1000 line camera such a spot would have a diameter of the order of 0.4 m.m., that is, approximately the size of a hand gun projectile.
The emitter 24 is caused to emit light in response to operation of the trigger of the gun either directly, by a switching action resulting from trigger movement or indirectly, for example, as a result of the report caused by the gun discharge.
When the gun is discharged at a projected target scene image the emitted light simulating the projectile incident on the screen as spot 26 is transmitted by virtue of the screen's optical properties and forms with the reflected target scene image a composite image detected by the camera 20. Furthermore the intensity of the transmitted emitter light, particularly if "invisible" infra-red, may be chosen to produce a video signal having an amplitude considerably greater than that due to the reflected projector image, enabling processing of the signals to be more readily achieved, as will be described later.
When the trainee has finished firing one or more shots at one or more projected target scenes, which activities are generally required to be performed rapidly and with little time to observe the results of the action, it is desirable for the instructor and/or trainee to analyse the accuracy with which the weapon is aimed, that is, score the attempts and to this end said scoring analysis means 21 comprises storage means 27, such as a conventional video recorder (not shown) or a digital frame store formed by camera image processing means 28 and score storage means 29, to store the television camera frame showing this composite image and television display means 30 to show the retrieved stored composite image. The television display means 30 may be a monitor including a directly viewed CRT or a projection television system 30' in which the television image is displayed on a larger area, such as the viewing screen 14, conveniently by back projection onto projection screen 18.
Each time a shot is fired the camera video signal for one television frame representing the composite camera image is stored. Each frame may be stored separately in sequence so that the impact simulating spot of each shot attempt can be reviewed in relation to its position in the target scene. Alternatively the image signals for a plurality of shots at one target scene may be superimposed in the storage means resulting in a displayed target scene image in which all impact simulating spots are displayed simultaneously. This form of presentation is useful for showing the impact simulating spot distribution pattern and the trainee's ability to group shots as well as requiring a lesser amount of storage space. Furthermore, the reflected target scene image may be reinforced in brightness by successively stored identical signals.
As stated above, the reflected target scene image received by the television camera 20 is dim in relation to an impact simulating spot although suitable for recording and subsequently for forming a display. The reflected projected target scene, insofar as it forms part of the television camera image, may alternatively be usefully employed as a means of deriving positional relationships from which a suitable composite image can be generated for said scoring analysis display.
In one form, the scoring analysis means 21 at the control comprises the frame store formed by said camera image processing means 28 and score storage means 29, conveniently embodied in computer means such as a microprocessor operating in accordance with a sequence of program instructions, the image processing means being operable to determine from the video signal of the television camera the positional relationship between an impact simulating spot and one or more datum points defined on the camera-viewed (reflected) target scene and the storage means, shown as separate elements 29 and 29', being operable to store data pertaining to the positional relationship.
The scoring analysis means, stores separately a representation of the target scene and uses such computed and stored data in review means 31 to generate for viewing an image of the stored target scene and includes in the image the impact simulating spot, the positional relationship between spot and target scene being determined by the image processing means.
The scoring analysis means may comprise, in addition to the review means 31, score determining means 32 which may utilise the positional relationships between impact simulating spot and datum points determined by the image processing means to provide a quantitative assessment of the positional relationship between impact simulating spot and a target area of the scene.
Referring again to FIG. 1(a), the projection room 15 is wider than the enclosure 11, the projection screen forming one wall 18 thereof.
A central portion of the screen comprises the highly transmissive portion 14 forming the viewing screen wall of enclosure 11 and this is bordered by strips 14' offering greater reflectivity into the projection room.
Referring now to FIG. 2, this shows a representation of typical transparency 33 for projection carried in a mount 34. The transparency image is in three sections, the proportions of which correspond to the different regions of projection screen 18. A central portion 35' carries a photographic image of the target scene e.g. people and other details, whilst the surrounding strips 35' carry markings 36, forming datum points (36', FIG. 1(a)) on the projected image representing positioning data, and image identification data markings 37, described further hereinafter. When the transparency image in projector 16 is projected onto wall 18 the photographic image is visible from the enclosure 11 and (some 50%) of the image is reflected from portion 14 into the projection room.
On the other hand the projected data markings are not visible from enclosure 11 but clearly visible within the projection room, being reflected with greater luminous intensity than the projected target scene image.
Prior to operation, for each slide transparency 33 (FIG. 2) to be used, the positional relationship between the datum points 36 (hereinafter referred to as datum marks) and a target area, such as the body denoted by boundary 38, are determined and fed to score data storage means 29'.
In operation, when the slide is projected, the datum marks 36 are also projected appearing as datum marks 36' at the edge portions of the screen. Because of the reflective nature of these screen portions, the datum marks are strongly visible to the television camera 20.
Upon sight of the projected image the trainee 12 `fires` the weapon at what he perceives to be the appropriate target area and causes the resultant light spot 26 to be detected by the camera.
The video signals from the camera are fed to the image processing means 28 in which those signals due to the light spot 26 and datum marks 36' are readily discriminated from the signals of the reflected projected target image by their amplitude. The occurrences of the signals are determined as a function of camera field position by relating them to the scanning times defined by line and field sync. signals generated in the control station, the image processing means then determining the positional relationships between the simulated projectile impact point of spot 26 and the datum marks 36'.
Score determination is effected by score processing means 32' which compares this determined positional relationship with that in the score data storage means 29' for the particular transparency thereby providing a measure of the aim accuracy of the `shot` to the target in terms of the positional relationship between the impact simulating spot 26 and target area. This positional relationship after determination may also be stored in the score storage means 29.
Alternatively, score determination may be effected simply as a binary `hit` or `miss` situation or more comprehensively as a function of the displacement of an impact simulating spot from the designated target area, which function may likewise be stored in the score storage means. Additionally, alternative target areas may be defined within the storage means where there is a choice of which target to shoot at. Similarly there may be defined non-target areas, such as the images of innocent bystanders or prisoners who must be avoided.
The trainee 12 may fire a plurality of shots in rapid succession at the projected target image each of which will be detected and an aim accuracy score given thereto.
The projector may be under the remote but direct manual control of an instructor who determines when each of a predetermined sequence of transparencies is to be projected, the selection of each new transparency from the magazine causing the appropriate stored data relating to the positional relationships between target areas and datum markings thereon to be retrieved from the score storage means.
If desired, the border portions 35' of the transparency which carry the datum marks 36 may also include identification data marks, such as represented by mark patterns 37 forming by their juxtaposition n-bit binary coded words. These word patterns are projected with the datum marks and are discriminated from the camera video signals by image processing means associated with the score storage means, for which the image processing means 28 may be employed. Such identification information may be employed by the scoring analysis means to retrieve the appropriate positional relationships from the score storage means for image processing and to ensure correct association of the scoring information with the target scene represented by the transparency. Such a facility also enables the projection of transparencies showing different target scenes in any order, enabling an element of unpredictability or repetition to be achieved without the need for manually sorting the slides in the magazine 17.
In yet another embodiment, the juxtaposition of identification data marks may actually comprise not only an identification of the particular target scene but also data representing the positional relationships between target areas and positional datum marks 36 thereby obviating the need for the score storage means to contain data for all the transparencies to be used, a small store being required to hold only the information relating to the currently projected transparency.
These three options of selecting the position data, that is manually under instructor control, automatically by transparency identification and by means of data in the projected image are illustrated by the paths 39, 40 and 41.
As stated above, the positional relationship between the datum points of the scene, in practice the datum marks 36 of the transparency, and the impact simulating spot is also employed by the review means to generate an image showing the aim accuracy, or position, of each impact simulating spot pictorially in relation to the complete target scene image.
The target scene image projected is stored in a separate preliminary operation, in image storage means 27, conveniently as a result of viewing an image by means of television camera (20 or otherwise) and storing the camera video signals in a video record device, i.e. magnetic video tape or video disc, or digitising them and storing them in other storage means such as score storage means 29.
In operation with a trainee, the television camera receives said composite image and the camera generated video signals thereof, applied to the image processing means 28 enables the position of an impact simulating spot 26 to be determined in relation to the television camera image frame (or with further processing, in relation to datum points as represented by datum marks) and the positional information stored in score data store 29'.
The review means 31 includes television display means, such as the aforementioned monitor 30 with a C.R.T. or a projection television system, preferably using at least a part of the screen portion 14. The image storage means is operated under the control of the review means to produce a video signal for the television display means. The review means also modifies this video signal adding at a position within the television frame, corresponding to the position in the camera frame of the impact simulating spot, a signal which appears in the displayed image as an impact simulating spot.
Depending upon the type of storage medium employed it will be appreciated that the camera generated image of the spot 26 may be stored by superimposition of the video signal (or its digitised equivalent) directly upon the stored target scene record.
Where the television display means takes the form of a projection television system, whereby the video image produced by television projector 30' is produced on the screen 14 for viewing from the enclosure 11, instead of modifying the display video signal to incorporate a spot producing signal, the review means may incorporate a steerable spot projector 42 to project a spot onto the screen at a location determined by the image processing means from the relationship between the video signal representing the spot position camera image frame scan parameters. Such an arrangement of generating a composite image has the advantage of not requiring camera detection or storage of the reflected projected target image in sufficient detail for viewing, only the relatively bright `points` of the impact simulating spot, datum marks and possibly the identification data marks, enabling a simplified camera to be employed.
The scoring analysis means may take yet another form in which the image storage means comprises the optical projector and its magazine of target scene transparencies, operable under the control of the review means, which includes the screen 14, to cause the projector to generate by optical projection the target scene image on the screen. The review means also includes the above mentioned steerable spot projector 42 by which the impact simulating spot is superimposed on the image visible in the training area, the position of the spot being determined substantially as descirbed above by the image processing means. However it is possible to determine the position of the impact simulating spot in relation to the datum points of the projected image such that the spot projector is steered in relation to these points rather than as a function of the television camera frame.
In generating a target scene image by means of the projector 16 it may generally be assumed that the alignment of the image is unchanged from that of the initial projection for the trainee. However, if desired, the television camera 20 may be operable under control also of the review means to apply video signals to the image processing means whereby the registration between datum marks for each projection is verified or the offset computed and employed to correct the position to which the projected spot is steered.
As considered above, a trainee may make a plurality of shot attempts at a particular target scene image and the scoring analysis means is ready suited for displaying a single reviewed target scene image including all impact simulating spots or a sequential showing of the impact simulating spots for each to be appraised.
In order to identify the impact simulating spots with their order in the firing sequence the scoring analysis means may include impact simulating spot source discrimination means to relate each of a plurality of impact simulating spots detected in relation to a target scene to appropriate ones of a plurality of weapon firing at the target screen image.
It will be appreciated that within the scoring analysis means the image storage means and image processing means may take a variety of configurations. For instance, the video signals produced by the camera upon receipt of the composite image may be processed in the image processing means and the positional relationships data stored in chronological order or with a `tag` indicative of the chronological order for subsequent retrieval by the review means or score determining means. This is particularly applicable where the image store is of the type, such as a video disc which is not readily written to, or a digital frame store of limited capacity. When the image store takes the form of a conventional video tape recorder (with recording facility by which the target scene image is stored) then the camera video signals of each composite image may be stored, inherently in chronological order the image processing being performed at a later time by retrieving the recorded camera video signals.
Notwithstanding that it is preferred to use infra-red radiation it will be appreciated that because of the relatively poor reflective properties of the screen the trainee would have difficulty in perceiving the whereabouts of the impact simulating spot, even if the radiation were in the visible part of the spectrum. If it is desired to provide `real-time` optical feedback to the trainee then image processing may be effected on the current camera video signal and the calculated spot position be used to direct a steerable spot projector, such as that 42, to the position of spot 26 where the visible spot it produces will be observable by the trainee. The spot may be guided as to position within a short time interval, comparable within a frame period, but may be illuminated for several periods to register with the trainee.
The above description has related in general to a single `shot` at a particular target image although it will be appreciated that frequently, when a trainee takes several such shots in sequence, either at the same target area or dispersed amongst several such target areas, the time interval between such shots, even when made rapidly, will be greater than the frame scanning rate of the television camera so that each impact simulating spot can be treated in relation to the camera frame in which the image is formed and the chronological relationship between the camera frame scans serves to identify the order of shots. That is, the detection of each impact simulating spot is related to the weapon firing action of the sequence.
It is frequently required, in realistically simulating shooting operations for a plurality of trainees such as 12, 12', 12" etc. to shoot in concert at a target, firing individually at will, each trainee firing possibly a plurality of shots.
The apparatus includes a plurality of said weapon sighting means, in this case a hand gun complete with sight and optical emitter for each trainee.
To enable discrimination of projectile-simulating light beams from each trainee with respect to the target image the source discrimination means is provided which may include optical means associated with each light emitter such that it emits a beam forming a spot 26 which has distinctive optical attributes characteristic of the emitter. For example, each emitter may include masking means containing a pattern of slits or other optical means whereby the emitted radiation beam is split into a number of parallel beams which form `spot` pattern 26' or 26" on the screen as shown in FIG. 3. As such `spot`patterns are scanned by the camera (as represented by scanning lines 20') the video signal is formed as a number of sequential portions, extending over a plurality of successive scan lines, by which the number of spot portions may readily be deduced by the image processing means in order to identify the source emitter. The relationship between the portions may be other than the total number, e.g. their spacing. Such an arrangement permits discrimination of simultaneously fired weapons.
In an alternative arrangement of source discrimination means each emitter 24 has associated therewith a receiver of radiated enabling signals, which receiver may conveniently be carried by the trainee rather than the gun and connected thereto by unobtrusive flexible wiring. The control station 19 includes an identification transmitter 44 which, in synchronism with the field scanning signals of the television camera system, transmits signals enabling each emitter in succession to emit radiation during a predetermined period, or `window`, of at least one frame period. Thus irrespective of when each trigger is actuated the camera 20 is able to perceive the light emission from one (known) weapon only in any single field image generated. Multiplexing means multiplexes the video information of successively formed television camera images in the scoring analysis means in accordance with said successive enabling of the emitters and positional relationships data and derived therefrom may then be to separate channels associated with the weapons or, indeed with the trainees, for score analysis.
The identification-transmission system conveniently operates at radio frequency and comprises a loop aerial 45 surrounding the enclosure 14 and the receivers are responsive only to the enabling signals within the training area.
It will be appreciated that when each weapon is fired there will probably be a delay until the next emission window. Assuming an image scanning period of 1/25th or 1/30th second then with four weapons in use a maximum delay of less than 100 milliseconds may be experienced which ensures the beam is emitted to the aim point before the mechanical motions in the gun disturbs the aim.
Such a control signal transmission arrangement may also conveniently enable the instructor to stand in the enclosure to direct the projection of different target scene images and to direct the scoring analysis.
In respect of scoring analysis, where there are a plurality of trainees, the recorded visual information may be displayed for the trainee in any of the ways mentioned above for a plurality of shots fired by any one trainee. For example, the visual information may be displayed for each trainee in succession on a single monitor 30 or projection system 30' or for all trainees simultaneously in a visually distinctive manner. For instance, the monitor 30 may be expanded to comprise a bank of monitors, one for each trainee, shown by broken lines or in a projection television system a similar number of projectors may utilize the screen 14 divided into sections accordingly. Alternatively, a television display system may have a split-screen display showing said plurality of images or a single target scene image in which the impact simulating spots are of different shapes. A monochrome television system would be adequate for this purpose.
Alternatively, a single color television system may be employed to provide the visual distinctiveness, distinguishing the efforts of different trainees by different colors and/or format information.
Also, where the review means controls the projection of separate target scene and spot images the target image may be re-transmitted with the trainees' aim points being displayed by suitably projected spots, distinguished by color or by shape.
It will be appreciated that many variations may be made to the above system without departing from the scope of the invention, both in making the apparatus more complex or more simple.
The apparatus as described above employs specifically prepared slides which carry both positional datum marks and image identification data.
If desired datum points may be formed not by markings 36 but by features of the target scene itself or by the comparison of all or part of the received reflected projector image with a corresponding image held in a score data store formed by a video frame store.
Alternatively, slides containing just target scene images without such additional markings may be employed, the scoring analysis means including an accurately predefined physical alignment between the projector 16, the camera 20 and projection screen 18 whereby a particular feature of the projected target scene image is caused to appear at a definite position within the camera image. The score data store 29' contains data representing the position or positions of such features with respect to the boundaries of the camera image field to enable the image processing means to determine the scoring position of the detected spot 26. Points such as the edge of the projected image may define the datum position for all slides. The screen portions 14' are then no longer required.
In the above described arrangements in which target positional information is stored in the data store, such information may be obtained in a form suitable for storage by projecting each image transparency onto the screen and marking or outlining the target area or areas with a light source, held to the screen.
Video signals from camera 20 are passed to the image processing means which in a process which determines the positions of the target areas or boundaries with respect to the datum marks which are to be used in processing the operationally received image containing spot 26.
Yet another alternative involves the use not of a succession of still slide transparencies but of cine film offering continuous motion in the target scene. The techniques described above are directly applicable although there are several additional constraints which should be mentioned. For instance, the camera scanning should be synchronised with the film projection speed in order to obtain a succession of full composite television camera images.
If a moving target image is projected then it is desirable in scoring analysis to stop, or `freeze`, the displayed image in any frame in which an impact simulating spot ocurs. In the simplest of embodiments in which the scoring analysis means comprises a means of recording the composite image video signals then the recording may include markers or flags, designating any recorded frame in which an impact simulating spot is present, said flags being used to stop the recorded material on playback in any frame so designated to enable a review and analysis by the instructor and/or trainee. Such flags may be derived from the video signal by means of a simple video amplitude threshold detector, when the transmitted laser radiation is of larger amplitude than the remaining video signal, or by an additional detector (not shown) behind the screen and tuned to the emitter, or by other weapon-specific signals as described above, so as to provide a distinctive signal when the gun is `fired` which can be used for recording a flag.
It will be appreciated that such designation of frames containing an impact simulating spot is applicable also to a procedure, as described hereinbefore, whereby the camera video signals are stored by video recording means and the image processing is performed later during scoring analysis. Such flags may be employed to designate those video frames containing an impact simulating spot so that no time is wasted on processing other frames containing the target scene image only.
The image projector as described in the specific embodiment and variations thereof is one which operates on photograhic principles in projecting a beam of light through a photographically prepared image transparency, whether in the form of a static slide or cine film. It will be appreciated that the projector may comprise a projection television system whereby a two dimensional target scene image is produced on projection screen 18 by a scanned light spot modulated by electrical signals to define the image. In such a case the image defining signals are stored in suitable electrically addressable storage means, such as a semiconductor store or magnet disc or tape or video disc, and during analysis stored signals defining the position of spot 26 are readily employed to modify the image as it is projected again. Furthermore, as indicated above, if the storage means is suitable it may be employed as the score store and score data stores 29 and 29' to store the position of the impact simulating spot, not as positional data but as a modification to the stored form of video signal.
The above description has related principally to apparatus in which, when position information relating to the impact simulting spot is derived by the image processing means to effect regeneration of the composite image, the aim accuracy is also determined and made available. It will be appreciated that as with the first described basic embodiment, the aim accuracy provision may be omitted.
However, where such aim accuracy score is provided it may be presented in alphanumeric form either separately from, or superimposed on the composite image presented by the score analysis means.
It will be appreciated that the apparatus is not restricted to use with hand guns and other weapons, not necessarily hand-held, may be employed. Also, although the use of a clip-on emitter 24 enables the trainee to use his own weapon or one with which he is familiar, it is of course possible to use simulated weapons in which the emitter is integrally built. The emitting elements may emit optical radiation in the part of the spectrum which the emitter screen and camera are optically sensitive and these need not, of course, be in the visible part of the spectrum. Furthermore the emitter may not be a laser diode but a suitably intense `conventional` optical source, such as a photographic flash unit.
In the above described embodiments the weapon sight is an integral part of the weapon so that in practice the emitting means is carried by the weapon, although aligned with the sight thereof. It will be appreciated that in other forms of weapon the sighting means may be separate from the weapon, such as with stabilised sights employed in tanks, helicopters and like vehicles. In such an arrangement the emitter is carried by, or slaved to motion of, the sighting means rather than a weapon, which weapon need not then form part of the apparatus, just the sighting means and a form of triggering means by which such a weapon would be fired.


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Version 1.1.1
165 downloadsOne strange thing about being away from participating in the CC level design scene consistently for several years is that returning to the editor doesn't quite feel as natural as riding a bike for the first time in several years. Design trends shift; even the way people play the game somewhat shifts as well. The last time I made a 149-level set, it was around the time CCLP1 was being produced. I created JBLP1 as something of a reactionary response to my previous level design efforts that made the cut for CCLP3. With that set's high difficulty, perhaps something easier was in order, and it certainly helped that the community was producing a level pack that seemed to be assembled with many similar sentiments at the forefront. Between then and now, we've seen three official set releases, one for an entirely new-to-us CC game, one a Lynx-compatible version of CCLP2, and the fairly diverse CCLP4, which saw many of the design trends seen in CCLP1 evolved a bit further. So with all of that as part of the community's history, and with many designers trying to find their voice in the world of CC2 design, it seemed like as good a time as any for CC1 design to experience a bit of experimental renaissance as well. Perhaps not everything had to be a crowd-pleasing medium-weight level, or a neatly symmetrical design, though those certainly have their place. But there was still that element of where to even start with respect to design. That's when the latest level design trend offered a solution: the Walls Of level. Although Joshua Bone's Walls of CC1 (built for CC2) was the first to begin construction as a full reimplementation of an official level pack, Jeffrey Bardon's Walls of CCLP4 was the first such reimplementation to be fully completed. As a collective whole, CCLP4's walls offered some of the most open-ended redesign opportunities of any official set, and Jeffrey exercised a lot of care in ensuring that he built in concepts that complemented the layouts with which he worked while also giving them a distinct personality of their own. After recording a full Let's Play of Walls of CCLP4, I was energized to begin construction on my own full Walls Of set. CCLP1 felt like the next best thing, and arguably more than CCLP4, it provided a decently wide range of level sizes in addition to wall patterns. If anything, I knew building an entire set out of an official set's walls would stretch me as a designer in ways I wasn't used to, and force me to embrace unconventionality that I wasn't normally so quick to embrace. The first level, Miniature Overture, was built on April 18, 2018, somewhat as a shoutout to Jeffrey's set opening with a layout from an Archie Pusaka level. From there, The Manhattan Project, Open Circuit, and Crown Jewels were built within that one night, and the rest of the set took off from there. Many of the most difficult levels were made within the first third of the set being built, which helped define some degree of expectation of what the difficulty curve could look like (certainly steeper than CCLP4). I took a break after building the 60th level, Just Passing Through, but would return to the editor in September while on a business trip to construct the next stretch of 20 levels, starting with Every Bomb Has a Silver Lining after I thought about building a spiritual successor to Color Coordination. After building level 80, Chip! In! Spaaaace!, I took another hiatus to focus on optimizing, but later came back in the new year to build the remaining 69 levels within an eight-week sprint, starting with A Mine Is a Terrible Thing to Waste and ending with Manaan on February 28, 2019. Looking back, I'm thankful for the various opportunities to get out of my design comfort zone. I probably wouldn't have had the idea for, say, You Break It, You Buy It if I didn't have Present Company to work with. Half the challenges in When One Door Closes probably wouldn't exist if Utter Clutter wasn't such a tightly constructed set of walls that inspired outside-the-box thinking. And the unusual layout of Booster Shots pushed me to use a palette of tiles in some fun ways to create Slick Slimy Slurpee. Every challenging layout crossed off the list felt like a personal triumph and urged me to keep pressing on and continue designing, and I'm so grateful for that. Overall, I'm fairly happy with how the set turned out! A few notes on the distribution: this download contains a .zip file with three versions of the set, much like Josh Lee's Walls of CCLP3 (which was also inspired by Jeffrey's set as well!). The "unlabeled," vanilla version, Walls_of_CCLP1.dat, is the intended way to play through the levels and is ordered mostly by difficulty. Walls_of_CCLP1_A.dat is the "wall order," in which all the levels are ordered by where their originating counterparts appeared in CCLP1. Finally, Walls_of_CCLP1_B.dat is the "design order," in which all the levels are ordered by when their first version was completed. Most updates from this point forward will more than likely be minor. Enjoy playing, and be sure to leave a comment! I'd love to hear your thoughts.
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Version 0.6
106 downloadsSuperCC is an MSCC emulator written in Java, featuring rewinds, savestates, and much more! All new versions and stable releases are now hosted https://supercc.bitbusters.club/, sorry for any inconvenience this may cause. The .zip file is the last version Markus uploaded, and is now considered to be depreciated and very old and unstable.
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Version 1.0.0
46 downloadsI updated and fixed the microsoft tileset for tile world. For some reason the transparency mask was off by a few pixel on some tiles, giving them a very noticeable border. Also the image was upscaled (because the original tileset by microsot is way too small for today displays), but in the process the image was made blurrier. I corrected that, and this tileset is now two times as big as the original but still sharp. I had to change the colors of the pink ball from #ff00ff to #ff00fe beacuse the first one is also used by tile world for transparency. The difference is not noticeable of course, but pink balls are no longer transparents.
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Version 1.0
10 downloadsHi! It's been a while since I've released CC2 levels, and I finished this set up just in time for CC2LP1 submissions. Contained within are 100 levels that range from easy to very hard, all of which are solvable and contain replays (except one) if you get truly stuck. Additionally, there's a goodie bag which contains an old, rejected version of a level, two alternate CC2LP1 submission versions of levels, and the entire original IHNN1 (now IHNN0, because it's non-canon.) I've worked really hard on this ever since CCCreator was released and enjoyed playtesting over the past week, and I hope you all enjoy it too. Additional thanks to both chipster1059 and Andrew Menzies for playtesting assistance. You guys saved me a few hours, at least. Level 60 is a splitscreen level, and CC2 currently does not support second player input in splitscreen replays. The level is solvable and an alternate, standard view version is included with a replay. The level is definitely best played as a splitscreen level, however.
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Version 1.0.3
38 downloadsSometime in 2016, I attempted at a project that would have been my ultimate CC1 set - Walls of CCLP1. I was inspired enough by Joshua Bone's Walls of CC1 to attempt it but as an actual CC1 set. It looked promising, I had built about 20 levels for it, but due to lack of ideas and just the overall thought I was probably trying too hard, I lost sight of the project and aborted it completely. What was made for it was savaged and placed into what some call "JoshL6-extended", but the thought of fully doing a walls of set remained in the back of my mind since then, just at that point in time, I wasn't ready. Maybe it was best to save it for another day. Then out comes Walls of CCLP4, which brought back an amazing amount of inspiration to try a walls of set again. But there was a problem now. I already tried with CCLP1 and didn't want to go at it again so I passed that up (Both J.B. and Isaac started up their own Walls of CCLP1 sets anyway!) As mentioned, CC1's were being done by Joshua Bone and likewise CCLP2's walls by mobius respectively as CC2 sets, though neither of them as CC1 walls of sets honestly didn't sound fun so I passed them up as well. CCLP4... I did consider and it was very tempting since Jeffrey and I are vastly different designers so there probably wouldn't have been overlap? But at the end of the day I didn't want to take from Jeffrey's set so that was passed up too. With that out of the way, what other official set was left? CCLP3. Boy was this an interesting set to use for a walls of set but a really fun and challenging one nonetheless. Not only that, but CCLP3 is what brought me into this community, so this set despite my feelings towards it, has some kind of meaning to me. This project started on March 27th, 2018, exactly 8 months ago, with Socket Shrine using Toggle Bust as the first designed level while Take a Bite of My Heart using Item Unlocker being the last designed on November 15th. Working on this set reminded me not to be afraid to design certain things and don't let others dislikes affect what you want to build. Compared to all my other sets, this set I've easily put the most amount of effort into. There's no questioning that. I explored and toyed with so many concepts and ideas for this set like you wouldn't believe. I went with ideas I thought I'd never use. I worked with walls configurations I thought I'd never hit an idea on and almost certainly would have never built outside of this project. Every level I've made here... I had so much fun making each and every one of them, even the ones that took forever to get an idea for. But that's the joy of building new levels out of predetermined wall patterns. There's always something new or different to build with them. Just look at Semi-Perfect Stronghold, Condemned Faculty, and Tank Game Reborn which all used wall patterns that have been used at least 3 times prior. Now about the files - there are three of them: Walls_of_CCLP3 is the difficulty ordered version and is the recommended/preferred one to play through. Walls of CCLP3-A is the CCLP3 ordered version. Walls of CCLP3-B is the order by how the levels were designed. The latter two versions are included mostly for fun and whether you play through them instead is up to you. But be warned - those don't include a difficulty curve or any kind of content balancing whatsoever. In case I missed something that needs fixing, which is sadly always a possibility, all versions will be updated as so none get left out. Every level has been tested and solved in both rulesets. Many thanks to the various people who have played through the iterative releases throughout the year and/or provided feedback! It was extremely appreciated and helpful in making this set as good as it can be. Will this be my last CC1 set? Honestly with how many times I've said that, I doubt it at this point. CC2 designing has been on the mind lately but I won't ever ditch CC1 designing for it. Call it a comfort thing, but I have more fun with it than probably ever will for CC2. However, with CC2LP1 happening soon, who knows? I'll design whatever I want at this point. I have a few CC1 projects in mind at this very moment... but that's for another time. And with that, I sincerely hope you enjoy my take on the Walls of CCLP3. -Josh Lee [Flareon350]