Data management specialist Quantum wants to make it easier for enterprises to combine two of the major trends in storage: virtualization and public clouds.
Over the coming months, the company plans to launch cloud services that will extend its StorNext 5 data management platform so customers can take advantage of public-cloud storage without changing their hardware or software.
Though based on Amazon Web Services, Quantum's Q-Cloud Archive and Q-Cloud Vault will be managed by Quantum and will use the company's own automated, policy-based system for moving data across tiers of storage. As with StorNext systems within an enterprise, the cloud services will fall under a single namespace so applications can continue to find necessary files wherever they may be, the company says.
Enterprises are starting to virtualize storage to get the same kind of flexibility they gained from server virtualization, and they are warming up to public clouds as a cost-efficient way to expand available capacity, Taneja Group analyst Jeff Byrne said.
Quantum focuses on virtualization for industries such as media production, cybersecurity and satellite image analysis that have to deal with high volumes of very large files. Companies in those fields have spent millions of dollars on sophisticated file-handling procedures that are at heart of their operations, said Dave Frederick, senior director of marketing at Quantum.
"They can't change their practices just because they want to use the cloud. They won't do it," Frederick said.
Quantum's upcoming services will take storage space on Amazon's cloud and deliver it under the StorNext umbrella as an extension of the capacity customers already have. They can move data in and out of the cloud just as they would with any other tier of storage, Quantum says.
Q-Cloud Archive, based on Amazon's S3 service, will provide quick, on-demand access to data, though it's not really designed to be used as primary storage, Frederick said. There's an extra charge for pulling files out of Q-Cloud Archive, though not if it's less than 5 percent of the total data. Q-Cloud Vault uses Amazon's Glacier archiving and backup system.
Q-Cloud Archive will be available immediately for less than US$70 per terabyte, Frederick said. That's roughly twice the cost of pure Amazon S3 capacity but includes primary support by Quantum, the data management system and other enhancements, he said. Q-Cloud Vault will be available in the second quarter, and pricing hasn't been set for it yet. It will cost less per bit than Archive, just as Amazon's Glacier costs less than S3.
Also on Tuesday, Quantum is announcing Q-Cloud Protect for AWS, which will let users of the company's DXi deduplication appliance -- either a physical or a virtual one -- replicate to a virtual DXi instance in Amazon's cloud. The service will be sold by subscription through Amazon Marketplace starting in the second quarter of this year. Pricing hasn't yet been set.


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Tirumala Tirupati Devasthanams (TTD) Trust Board Chairman YV Subbareddy speaking at a press conference on Sunday. photo/ANI
'Vaikuntha dwara' darshanam only for two days, says TTD Board chairman
ANI | Updated: Jan 06, 2020 06:32 IST
Tirumala (Andhra Pradesh) [India], Jan 6 (ANI): Tirumala Tirupati Devasthanams (TTD) Trust Board Chairman YV Subbareddy said that the 'Vaikuntha Dwara' darshanam at Lord Venkateswara temple will be held only for two days, on January 6 and 7.
"Vaikuntha Dwara darshanam will be made available for two days only, on Monday and Tuesday. January 6 and 7, on the eve of Vaikuntha Ekadasi," Subbareddy told reporters at a press conference on Sunday.
Further adding that the board had decided to give one 'Laddu prasadam' free of cost to the devotees at the temple, Subbareddy said, "One Ladoo prasadam will be provided free of cost to every pilgrim having the darshan at the hill temple. Pilgrims seeking additional Ladoos can purchase them at the cost of Rs 50 for each piece."
The press conference was held after a meeting of the TTD board of trustees called in response to the Andhra Pradesh High Court's directives to make its opinions clear about extending the darshan process to 10 days.
The HC had issued the directives to TTD trust board after a PIL was filed in this regard. (ANI)
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Sophie Turner's furious Game of Thrones tweets set the internet alight
Kayleigh Dray
We don't have to tell you that this article contains spoilers, do we? Because it does. Lots and lots of spoilers for the seventh season of Game of Thrones – and for the finale, in particular. You've been warned…
In the season finale of Game of Thrones, Arya (Maisie Williams) quietly informed her sister, Sansa that "I never could've survived what you survived". And, in these seven words, Arya paid tribute to Sansa's incredible reserves of strength: the eldest of Ned Stark's daughters has survived an abusive relationship with Joffrey Lannister, and has been raped and tortured by the psychopathic Ramsey Bolton.
Now the woman behind Sansa, Sophie Turner, has schooled some GoT fans in just why her character has absolutely nothing to apologise for when it comes to Littlefinger.
At a first glance, Sansa's friendship with Petyr 'Littlefinger' Baelish (Aidan Gillen) seemed to be far less destructive than the relationships mentioned above. But, as fans of the series will know all too well, Littlefinger has been dubbed "the most dangerous man in Westeros" – and for good reason.
One of Game of Thrones' power players since the very beginning of the show, Littlefinger lurked quietly in the shadows, pulled the strings on his many unwitting puppets, and sowed, watered and nurtured the seeds of dissent. He openly admitted that he wanted "everything" and was desperate for power, yet he insisted that he felt nothing but love for Sansa.
He helped her to escape from King's Landing after Joffrey's murder, and he restored her to her family seat in Winterfell. He rescued her from her murderous Aunt Lysa, and came to her aid in the Battle of the Bastards.
Yet, despite all of this, Littlefinger is undoubtedly Sansa's abuser. He kissed her without her consent, which triggered a jealous and mentally unstable Lysa to attack her own niece. He monitors her at all times. He drove a wedge between her and those who love her most (Jon Snow, Brienne of Tarth and Arya Stark), in order to isolate her and render her completely dependent upon his friendship.
And, above all else, he was the one who forced her into marrying Ramsay Bolton – a man renowned for his viciousness, cruelty and sadistic nature.
Read more: The hidden detail in those tense Arya and Sansa scenes
No wonder, then, that so many Game of Thrones fans were cheering when Sansa sentenced Littlefinger to death for his crimes, and Arya all too willingly carried out the sentence.
However there were some viewers who failed to acknowledge exactly how evil, twisted, and emotionally abusive Littlefinger had been.
It all kicked off when one diehard fan, tweeting under the account @sophieturntits, praised Sansa for doing what nobody else could do: get Littlefinger on his knees and beg.
"Is this what you've interpreted from that heart-breaking scene where a broken man confessed his feelings?" replied one of the #TeamLittlefinger camp.
"Everyone knows it was fan service."
The back and forth between the fans became increasingly irate.
It was then that Sophie Turner – aka the real-life Sansa Stark – decided to intervene with her own opinions on the storyline.
"Just willingly sold her to the Boltons.... Who killed her family... who ended up torturing her.... but ur right.. no harm done," she tweeted.
And the actor didn't stop there: instead, she worked hard to undermine every single attempt that same fan made to defend Littlefinger's actions.
Using, y'know, plot points, details and other things that actually happened through the course of the series to back up her argument.
And, naturally, Game of Thrones fans were beyond thrilled.
A win for Turner and for Stark – no wonder she's the Lady of Winterfell, eh?
Images: Rex Features
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Saudi reports five new MERS deaths, taking toll to 92
April 26, 2014 News Desk Health
RIYADH: The Saudi health ministry on Saturday announced five new deaths from the MERS coronavirus, taking the country's death toll to 92.
A statement released overnight added that 14 new cases of Middle East Respiratory Syndrome were detected in the kingdom, bringing the total to 313 since the virus first emerged there in September 2012.
Among the five who died were two elderly Palestinians and a Bangladeshi woman in her 40s, the statement said. The two other victims were Saudis.
Public concern over the spread of MERS mounted last week after the resignation of at least four doctors at Jeddah's King Fahd Hospital who refused to treat patients for fear of infection.
On Thursday King Abdullah visited the Red Sea city and commercial hub in a bid to reassure the public amid fears the virus had mutated to make it more transmissible from person to person.
National Guard Minister Prince Mitab said his father King Abdullah went to Jeddah "to reassure the public and to prove that the exaggerated and false rumours about coronavirus are not true."
"The MERS situation is reassuring and it has not reached the level of an epidemic," he said.
That did not stop the king from dismissing health minister Abdullah al-Rabiah on Monday without an official explanation.
Labour Minister Adel Fakieh, who has taken over as acting health minister, has promised "transparency and to promptly provide the media and society with the information needed."
The World Health Organisation announced Wednesday that it had offered to send international experts to Saudi Arabia to investigate "any evolving risk" associated with the transmission pattern of the virus.
MERS is considered a deadlier but less-transmissible cousin of the SARS virus which erupted in Asia in 2003 and infected 8,273 people, nine percent of whom died.
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I've read some previous posts here about failing blowers in Cherokees, and other Jeeps, and the particular situation with the 2000 Cherokee concerning the lack of any fuse information in the fuse panel accessable under the passenger side dash.
I looked at the all the relays and fuses myself today, and the manual specifically states that the fuse info is inside the fuse cover panel, where the fuse cover panel says to look in the manual. Back and forth, etc.
Has anybody figured this fuse thing out yet? If anyone knows where I can get the fuse data sheet online, please let me know.
How can I find if my blower is bad, or just badly connected? Is the blower behind or under the dash, or under the hood?
unless jeeps are set up differently than other vehicles that i'm used to, it sounds more like blower motor failure. on a lot of other stuff i've worked on, the blower would work on high, but nothing else when the resistor failed.
Does this work on the ZJ too? I am experiencing blowing only at the "high" setting!
I 'think' the blower is under the hood, if it is like a Cherokee.
You can just unplug it and feed 12 volts directly to it to see if the motor is working or not. It is a DC motor that can spin any direction, so feeding power to it won't hurt if you get the plus and neg reversed for the test.
Sorry, can't help on the fuses or relays.
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#include "orf.h"

using namespace std;

//////////////////////////
//////  Constructor //////
//////////////////////////
ORF::ORF() :
orfCam_(NULL), imgEntryArray_(NULL), buffer_(NULL),
imgWidth(640), imgHeight(480),
imgNum(0), tslast(0),
timestamps("timestampORF.txt"),
auto_exposure(true), integration_time(100), modulation_freq(15),
amp_threshold(20), ether_addr("192.168.1.42")
{
	imageSize = Size(imgWidth, imgHeight);
}

//////////////////////////
//////   Destructor //////
//////////////////////////
ORF::~ORF()
{
  SafeCleanup();
}

//////////////////////////
//////     Open     //////
//////////////////////////
int ORF::init()
{
	// We are using the camera
	this->load_image = false;

	// Open camera handling exceptions
	int res = 0;
	if(ether_addr != "") {
		res = SR_OpenETH (&orfCam_, ether_addr.c_str());
	}
	else
		res = SR_OpenUSB (&orfCam_, 0);
	if (res <= 0) {
		SafeCleanup();
		ERROR<<"Failed to open ORF device!"<<endl;
		return (-1);
	}

	// Variable creation
	device_id_   = getDeviceString ();
	lib_version_ = getLibraryVersion ();
	int rows_ = SR_GetRows (orfCam_);
	int cols_ = SR_GetCols (orfCam_);

	// Set acquisition mode and verify
	SR_SetMode (orfCam_, AM_COR_FIX_PTRN|AM_CONV_GRAY|AM_DENOISE_ANF|AM_CONF_MAP|AM_SW_TRIGGER);

	int inr_  = SR_GetImageList (orfCam_, &imgEntryArray_);
	char buffer [50];
	sprintf (buffer, "SwissRanger device open. Number of images available: %d", inr_);
	DEBUG<<buffer<<endl;
	if ( (cols_ != ORF_COLS) || (rows_ != ORF_ROWS) || (inr_ < ORF_IMAGES) || (imgEntryArray_ == 0) ) {
		SafeCleanup();
		char buffer[100];
		sprintf(buffer, "Invalid data images: %d %dx%d images received from camera! Expected %d %dx%d images.", inr_, cols_, rows_, ORF_IMAGES, ORF_COLS, ORF_ROWS);
		DEBUG<<buffer<<endl;
		return (-1);
	}

	// Set every parameters
	if (auto_exposure==true) {
		setAutoExposure(true);
	} else {
		setAutoExposure(false);
	}
	if (integration_time >=0 && integration_time != getIntegrationTime())
		setIntegrationTime(integration_time);
	if (modulation_freq >=0 && modulation_freq != getModulationFrequency())
		setModulationFrequency(modulation_freq);
	if (amp_threshold >=0 && amp_threshold != getAmplitudeThreshold())
		setAmplitudeThreshold(amp_threshold);

	// Create point arrays
	size_t buffer_size = rows_ * cols_ * 3 * sizeof (float);
	buffer_ = (float*)malloc (buffer_size);
	memset (buffer_, 0xaf, buffer_size);
	xp_ = buffer_;
	yp_ = &xp_[rows_*cols_];
	zp_ = &yp_[rows_*cols_];

	// Set camera mode
	SR_SetMode(orfCam_, AM_COR_FIX_PTRN|AM_CONV_GRAY|AM_DENOISE_ANF|AM_CONF_MAP);

	// Create a new timestamp file and dir
	time_t rawtime;
	struct tm * timeinfo;
	char buffer1[100];
	stringstream buffer2;
	time (&rawtime);
	timeinfo = localtime(&rawtime);
	strftime(buffer1,100,"%d-%m-%Y-%I-%M", timeinfo);
	buffer2<<SAVE_DIR<<"/"<<buffer1;
	string dir = buffer2.str();
	this->save_dir = dir;

	struct stat st;
	if(stat(this->save_dir.c_str(),&st) != 0) {
		mkdir(save_dir.c_str(), 0777);
		INFO<<"Creation of the folder "<<save_dir<<endl;
		mkdir(this->save_dir.c_str(), 0777);
		INFO<<"Creation of the folder "<<this->save_dir<<endl;
	}
	stringstream ss;
	ss<<this->save_dir<<"/"<<this->timestamps;
	tsfile.open(ss.str().c_str());
	ss.str("");
	if (tsfile.is_open())
		tsfile<<endl<<endl<<"######################### NEW SESSION #######################"<<endl<<endl;
	return 0;
}

int ORF::init(string dir)
{
	this->load_dir = dir;
	this->load_image = true;
	return 0;
}

//////////////////////////
////// Safe Cleanup //////
//////////////////////////
void ORF::SafeCleanup() {
	if (!load_image) {
		if (orfCam_) {
			SR_Close (orfCam_);
		}

		if (buffer_)
			free(buffer_);

		orfCam_ = NULL;
		buffer_ = NULL;
	}
}

//////////////////////////
//////     Close    //////
//////////////////////////
int ORF::close()
{
	if (!load_image) {
		// Close file timestamp
		if (tsfile.is_open()) {
			INFO<<"Close "<<timestamps<<" file"<<endl;
			tsfile.close();
		}

		// Close camera
		if (orfCam_)
			if (SR_Close (orfCam_))
				DEBUG<<"Unable to close the camera!"<<endl;

		// Free resources
		SafeCleanup();

		INFO<<"ORF camera has been closed"<<endl;
	}

	return 0;
}

//////////////////////////
//////   Read Data  //////
//////////////////////////

int ORF::captureOrf(Mat& depthNewImageFrame, Mat& visualNewImageFrame, Mat& confidenceNewImageFrame, TimeStamp& ts, int num)
{
	// Start the timeStamp
	ts.start();

	// If enable, load images instead of capturing
	if (load_image) {
		// Set the names
		char buffer[10];
		sprintf(buffer, "%i", num);
		string filenamed = string(this->load_dir) + "/orfDepth" + buffer + ".png";
		string filenamev = string(this->load_dir) + "/orfVisual" + buffer + ".png";
		string filenamec = string(this->load_dir) + "/orfConfidency" + buffer + ".png";

		// Recover images
		try {
			depthNewImageFrame = imread(filenamed, CV_LOAD_IMAGE_GRAYSCALE | CV_LOAD_IMAGE_ANYDEPTH);
			visualNewImageFrame = imread(filenamev, CV_LOAD_IMAGE_GRAYSCALE | CV_LOAD_IMAGE_ANYDEPTH);
			confidenceNewImageFrame = imread(filenamec, CV_LOAD_IMAGE_GRAYSCALE | CV_LOAD_IMAGE_ANYDEPTH);
			if (depthNewImageFrame.empty() || visualNewImageFrame.empty() || confidenceNewImageFrame.empty()) {
				ERROR<<"No More ORF file found! If you saw nothing, check directory!"<<endl;
				return -1;
			}
		} catch (int ex) {
			ERROR<<"Exception when reading ORF file "<<ex<<endl;
			return -1;
		}
	// Else, capture images
	} else {
		// Verify handle integrity
		SR_SetMode(orfCam_, MODE);
		if (orfCam_ == NULL) {
			ERROR<<"Read attempted on NULL SwissRanger port!"<<endl;
			return -1;
		}

		// Do the acquisition
		int retVal = SR_Acquire (orfCam_);
		if (retVal < 0) {
			ERROR<<"Unable to capture data"<<endl;
			return -1;
		}

		// Points array
		//retVal = SR_CoordTrfFlt (orfCam_, xp_, yp_, zp_, sizeof (float), sizeof (float), sizeof (float));

		// Fill the pictures
		Mat depth(ORF_ROWS, ORF_COLS, CV_16U, SR_GetImage (orfCam_, 0));
		Mat visual(ORF_ROWS, ORF_COLS, CV_16U, SR_GetImage (orfCam_, 1));
		Mat confidence(ORF_ROWS, ORF_COLS, CV_16U, SR_GetImage (orfCam_, 2));

		// Image resizing
		Size newSize(imgWidth, imgHeight);
		resize(depth, depthNewImageFrame, newSize);
		resize(visual, visualNewImageFrame, newSize);
		resize(confidence, confidenceNewImageFrame, newSize);

		// Image processing
		normalize(visualNewImageFrame, visualNewImageFrame, 0, 255, NORM_MINMAX, CV_8UC1);
		equalizeHist(visualNewImageFrame, visualNewImageFrame);
	}

	// Stop the timeStamp
	ts.stop();

	return 0;
}

//////////////////////////
//////Set parameters//////
//////////////////////////
int ORF::setAutoExposure (bool on)
{
	int timemin, timemax, percOverPos, desiredPos;
	if (on==true) {
		timemin = 1;
		timemax = 150;
		percOverPos = 5;
		desiredPos = 70;
	} else {
		timemin = 10;
		timemax = 20;
		percOverPos = 0;
		desiredPos = 0;
	}
	int res = SR_SetAutoExposure(orfCam_,timemin,timemax,percOverPos,desiredPos);
	INFO<<"Auto exposure parameters have been set to:\n\t\tMin integration time = "<<timemin<<"s\n\t\tMax integration time = "<<timemax<<"s\n\t\tPercentage of the historigram above position = "<<percOverPos<<"\%\n\t\tDesired mean percentage of the historigram = "<<desiredPos<<"\%"<<endl;
	return res;
}
int ORF::setIntegrationTime (int time)
{
	int res = SR_SetIntegrationTime(orfCam_, time);
	return res;
}
int ORF::setAmplitudeThreshold (int thresh)
{
	int res = SR_SetAmplitudeThreshold(orfCam_, thresh);
	return res;
}
int ORF::setModulationFrequency (int freq)
{
	enum ModulationFrq m;
	switch(freq) {
		case 40: m = MF_40MHz;
			break;
		case 30: m = MF_30MHz;
			break;
		case 21: m = MF_21MHz;
			break;
		case 20: m = MF_20MHz;
			break;
		case 19: m = MF_19MHz;
			break;
		case 60: m = MF_60MHz;
			break;
		case 15: m = MF_15MHz;
			break;
		case 10: m = MF_10MHz;
			break;
		case 29: m = MF_29MHz;
			break;
		case 31: m = MF_31MHz;
			break;
		case 14: m = MF_14_5MHz;
			break;
		default : m = MF_LAST;
			break;
	}
	INFO<<"Modulation frequency has been set to "<<freq<<"MHz (num "<<m<<")"<<endl;
	int res = SR_SetModulationFrequency(orfCam_, m);
	return res;
}

//////////////////////////
//////Get parameters//////
//////////////////////////
int ORF::getIntegrationTime ()
{
	return SR_GetIntegrationTime(orfCam_);
}

double ORF::getModulationFrequency ()
{
	double res = 0;
	enum ModulationFrq m = SR_GetModulationFrequency(orfCam_);
	switch(m) {
		case 0: res = MF_40MHz;
			break;
		case 1: res = MF_30MHz;
			break;
		case 2: res = MF_21MHz;
			break;
		case 3: res = MF_20MHz;
			break;
		case 4: res = MF_19MHz;
			break;
		case 5: res = MF_60MHz;
			break;
		case 6: res = MF_15MHz;
			break;
		case 7: res = MF_10MHz;
			break;
		case 8: res = MF_29MHz;
			break;
		case 9: res = MF_31MHz;
			break;
		case 10: res = MF_14_5MHz;
			break;
		case 11: res = MF_15_5MHz;
			break;
		case 12: res = MF_LAST;
			break;
	}
	return res;
}

int ORF::getAmplitudeThreshold ()
{
	return SR_GetAmplitudeThreshold(orfCam_);
}

string ORF::getDeviceString ()
{
	char buff[100];
	SR_GetDeviceString(orfCam_, buff, 100);
	string s(buff);
	device_id_ = s;
	return s;
}

string ORF::getLibraryVersion ()
{
	unsigned short tab[4];
	SR_GetVersion(tab);
	char buf[10];
	sprintf(buf, "%i.%i.%i.%i", tab[3], tab[2], tab[1], tab[0]);
	string str(buf);
	INFO<<"SwissRanger device version "<<str<<endl;
	lib_version_ = str;
	return str;
}

int ORF::calib(string filename)
{
	orfCalib(filename);
}

int ORF::captureRectifiedOrf(Mat& depthNewImageFrame, Mat& visualNewImageFrame, Mat& confidenceNewImageFrame, TimeStamp& ts, int num, string filename)
{
	// Start the timeStamp
	ts.start();

	int retVal;
	if (mapx.empty() || mapy.empty()) {
		// Load calibration parameters
		FileStorage storage;
		retVal = storage.open(filename, FileStorage::READ);
		if (retVal==1) {
			INFO<<"ORF Calibration file found! No need to perform calibration!"<<endl;
		} else {
			INFO<<"Calibration file not found! Calibration needed!"<<endl;
			calib(filename);
			retVal = storage.open(filename, FileStorage::READ);
			if (retVal!=1) {
				ERROR<<"File cannot be open or read! Verify user rights"<<endl;
				return -1;
			}
		}
		storage["Intrinsicparameters"]>>intrinsicMatrix;
		storage["Distortioncoefficients"]>>distorsionCoeffs;
		f = intrinsicMatrix.at<double>(0,0);
		cx = intrinsicMatrix.at<double>(0,2);
		cy = intrinsicMatrix.at<double>(1,2);
		storage.release();

		// Build the undistort map that we will use for all subsequent frames
		Size imageSize(imgWidth, imgHeight);
		Mat Rect, newCameraMatrix;
		mapx.create(imageSize, CV_32FC1);
		mapy.create(imageSize, CV_32FC1);
		initUndistortRectifyMap(intrinsicMatrix, distorsionCoeffs, Rect, newCameraMatrix, imageSize, CV_32FC1, mapx, mapy);
	}

	// Capture an image
	Mat dt, it, ct;
	TimeStamp t;
	retVal = captureOrf(dt, it, ct, t, num);
	if (retVal!=0)
		return -1;

	// Remap the image
	remap(dt, depthNewImageFrame, mapx, mapy, CV_INTER_LINEAR, BORDER_CONSTANT, Scalar(0,0,0));
	remap(it, visualNewImageFrame, mapx, mapy, CV_INTER_LINEAR, BORDER_CONSTANT, Scalar(0,0,0));
	remap(ct, confidenceNewImageFrame, mapx, mapy, CV_INTER_LINEAR, BORDER_CONSTANT, Scalar(0,0,0));

	// Stop the timeStamp
	ts.stop();

	return 0;
}

int ORF::saveOrf()
{
	if (load_image) {
		ERROR<<"You cannot save images loaded from hard drive!"<<endl;
		return -1;
	}

	// Create variables to save
	TimeStamp ts;
	Mat depthNewImageFrame, visualNewImageFrame, confidenceNewImageFrame;

	// Capture images
	this->captureOrf(depthNewImageFrame, visualNewImageFrame, confidenceNewImageFrame, ts);

	//Save jpg images
	char buffer[10];
	sprintf(buffer, "%i", imgNum);
	mkdir(SAVE_DIR, 0777);
	string filenamed = this->save_dir + "/orfDepth" + buffer + ".png";
	string filenamev = this->save_dir + "/orfVisual" + buffer + ".png";
	string filenamec = this->save_dir + "/orfConfidency" + buffer + ".png";

	try {
		imwrite(filenamed, depthNewImageFrame);
		imwrite(filenamev, visualNewImageFrame);
		imwrite(filenamec, confidenceNewImageFrame);
	} catch (int ex) {
		ERROR<<"Exception converting image to jpg format: "<<ex<<endl;
		return -1;
	}

	// Save time stamp
	if (!tsfile.is_open()) {
		tsfile.open(timestamps.c_str());
		if (!tsfile.is_open()) {
			ERROR<<"Impossible to open the file"<<endl;
			return -1;
		}
	}
	if (imgNum==0)
		INFO<<"Saving ORF images into folder "<<this->save_dir<<endl;
	tsfile<<"IMAGENUM\t"<<imgNum<<"\tPROCTIME\t"<<ts.getProcTime()<<"\tMEANTIME\t"<<ts.getMeanTime()<<"\tDIFF\t"<<ts.getMeanTime()-tslast<<endl;

	imgNum++;
	tslast = ts.getMeanTime();

	return 0;
}

int ORF::saveRectifiedOrf()
{
	if (load_image) {
		ERROR<<"You cannot save images loaded from hard drive!"<<endl;
		return -1;
	}

	// Create variables to save
	TimeStamp ts;
	Mat depthNewImageFrame, visualNewImageFrame, confidenceNewImageFrame;

	// Capture images
	this->captureRectifiedOrf(depthNewImageFrame, visualNewImageFrame, confidenceNewImageFrame, ts);

	//Save jpg images
	char buffer[10];
	sprintf(buffer, "%i", imgNum);
	mkdir(SAVE_DIR, 0777);
	string filenamed = this->save_dir + "/orfDepth" + buffer + ".png";
	string filenamev = this->save_dir + "/orfVisual" + buffer + ".png";
	string filenamec = this->save_dir + "/orfConfidency" + buffer + ".png";

	try {
		imwrite(filenamed, depthNewImageFrame);
		imwrite(filenamev, visualNewImageFrame);
		imwrite(filenamec, confidenceNewImageFrame);
	} catch (int ex) {
		ERROR<<"Exception converting image to jpg format: "<<ex<<endl;
		return -1;
	}

	// Save time stamp
	if (!tsfile.is_open()) {
		tsfile.open(timestamps.c_str());
		if (!tsfile.is_open()) {
			ERROR<<"Impossible to open the file"<<endl;
			return -1;
		}
	}
	if (imgNum==0)
		INFO<<"Saving ORF images into folder "<<this->save_dir<<endl;
	tsfile<<"IMAGENUM\t"<<imgNum<<"\tPROCTIME\t"<<ts.getProcTime()<<"\tMEANTIME\t"<<ts.getMeanTime()<<"\tDIFF\t"<<ts.getMeanTime()-tslast<<endl;

	imgNum++;
	tslast = ts.getMeanTime();

	return 0;
}

int ORF::capture3Dcloud(vector<Point3d>& pointcloud, vector<Vec3b>& rgbcloud, int num, int downsampling, string filename)
{
	// Variables declaration
	Mat dT, iT, cT;
	TimeStamp t;
	Point3d newPoint;

	// Capture images
	this->captureRectifiedOrf(dT, iT, cT, t, num, filename);
	OrfTriangulator ORFtriangle(this->intrinsicMatrix); //NB: the matrix always exist since we performed rectification just before

	// Down sample
	resize(dT, dT, Size((int)dT.cols/downsampling, (int)dT.rows/downsampling));
	resize(iT, iT, Size((int)iT.cols/downsampling, (int)iT.rows/downsampling));
	resize(cT, cT, Size((int)cT.cols/downsampling, (int)cT.rows/downsampling));

	// Add color
	Mat dT2;
	dT.convertTo(dT2, CV_8U, 0.00390625);
	Mat iT_col(iT.size(), CV_8UC3);
	Mat dT_col(dT2.size(), CV_8UC3);
	applyColorMap(dT2, dT_col, COLORMAP_HSV);
	cvtColor(iT, iT_col, CV_GRAY2RGB);
	addWeighted(dT_col,.3,iT_col,.7,0,iT_col);
	vector<Mat> channels;
	split(iT_col, channels);

	// For each point, compute 3D coordinates and intensity
	for (int i=0; i<iT.rows; i++) {
		for (int j=0; j<iT.cols; j++) {
			//if ((unsigned short)(cT.at<uchar>(i, j)) > 0) {
				double z = ((dT.at<unsigned short>(i, j)>>2) & 0x3FFF)*0.00061;
				if (z > 0.4 && z < 3) {
					//cout<<"C: "<<(short)cT.at<uchar>(i, j)<<" D: "<<z<<" I: "<<(short)iT.at<uchar>(i, j)<<endl;
					newPoint = ORFtriangle.triangulateOrf(j*downsampling, i*downsampling, z);
					pointcloud.push_back(newPoint);
					rgbcloud.push_back(Vec3b((short)(channels[0].at<uchar>(i, j)), (short)(channels[1].at<uchar>(i, j)), (short)(channels[2].at<uchar>(i, j))));
				}
			//}
		}
	}

	return 0;
}

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During the month of May I was able to spend a lot of time reading which was fantastic, of course. I reviewed all the books on Goodreads, but I thought it'd be fun to give y'all a one-sentence-reivew for each of the books. Enjoy!
3 Stars Let's just say I don't think I'll be reading any more books by this author because they aren't really my style. But, it did squeak in with 3 stars, so yay.
3 Stars If you haven't heard me gushing, Miss Alana is one of my new favorite authors. This plot wasn't my favorite, but it was still well-written, and the characters were amazingly well-developed.
3 Stars This book had a out-of-the-ordianry element that surprised me and made me really happy, because you know, it's great when cliches aren't present. Overall though, I didn't especially appreciate the book, even though the writing was superb.
4 Stars This one left me wondering how in the world Miss Alana was going to have the outcome workout, and then she pulled it off extremely well. It's interesting, makes me think, and feels really realistic.
3 Stars This book is full of hot-button subjects (although, I suppose all of Miss Alana's books are). It really made me want to study the subject more though, and I already ordered another book so I can dig deeper into the things the book talked about.
3 Stars The best part about this book was the way it was written – the whole story was told through phone conversations, journal entries, and letters. That element intrigued me to no end.
2 Stars Oops. I didn't like this book. It was about a Navy SEAL trying to find his birth mom. That element I really liked. The romance? Eh, let's just say it wasn't written in such a way that I could even applaud it.
3 Stars This book drew me in right away and was a total page-turner for me. There were just a few little things that kept it from being a four-star book for me. Once again, the characters were amazing.
1 Star Let's just say I skim-read this book cause I'd agreed to for a review, and then I threw it away. The writing was well-done, but I didn't like the plot.
3 Stars Believable characters, nicely-paced plot, and good spiritual content. The ending, bothered me, both oh well. I want to read more from this author.
4 Stars Ah, my new favorite author. Plus, the book is set in Alaska. And there's mystery, but not creepy. The best of all worlds, pretty much.
Three Stars This is one of those mysteries where you have no clue what's going on, because the book skips huge amounts of info, and then the writer goes back and fills you in, and it's intriguing.
2 Stars This book wasn't extremely well edited as far as consistency goes, and that bothers me a lot. Plus, I didn't like the characters very much, and it didn't feel very realistic.
3 Stars I've wanted to read a book by this author for a long time, and I'm glad I finally did. It wasn't what I expected, but it was still interesting. There's a chance I'll read more of her books in the future.
3 Stars I received this book free for signing up for a newsletter, hence the reason I read it. It's more romantic than I generally go for, but I thought it was fairly balanced. I really liked the main character and the friendship she formed with a teenage girl she met.
3 Stars This series is weird, but interesting. I'm still not sure what I think about it. The characters are extremely well-written, so that's a big plus.
4 Stars This book was full of practical, realistic, and helpful ways to do something worthwhile with your life. No lame promises of five steps to a better life here. The book was real, and didn't make it sound easy.
3 Stars Once again the characters were strong and well-developed. The plot wasn't exactly my cup of tea, but it kept me wanting to know what was going to happen next.
Haha, that amused me, so thanks for not signing in correctly. 😉 And yay, I'm glad you liked getting to see what I've been reading it. It was fun sharing quick thoughts about each book.
And yep, I was quite happy to get so much reading in. Reading during vacation is the best!


Ireland's industrial heritage is represented in the Adopt a Monument Scheme by a community from the picturesque Glenmalure County Wicklow, who applied to adopt the large nineteenth century ore crusher building at Baravore. It stands as a testament to the hard working miners and entrepreneurial pioneers who sought to delve into the rich natural resources that lay hidden in the valleys.
Glenmalure PURE Mile Committee was formed in 2013. The group endeavors to keep the area litter free in addition to enhancing the appearance of hedgerows, gates and built heritage. Another aspect of the group's work is the research of the local, natural and built heritage of the area and the communicating and sharing of this knowledge with the local community and to tourists and visitors to the area.
A very successful information and storytelling evening was held in Glenmalure County Wicklow, which was organised by the Adopt a Monument team and the local group where over 50 people from the locality came along to share stories about life in the valley in the past.
In 2016, The Adopt a Monument Scheme helped the community group to liaise with the landowners; Coillte (Irish Forestry Commission) and Wicklow County Council to help to conserve and record the building and mining complex. In November 2016, conservation works (funded by Wicklow County Council and Coillte) were carried out on the New Crusher Building to stabilise the walls and make the building safe for future generations. The work was carried out by experienced stone mason Kevin Carrigan under the direction of conservation architect Ivor McElveen.
A celebration weekend was held in March 2017. This involved tours of the valley, demonstrations by the stone masons that carried out the conservation works, a small archaeological excavation of the floor of the building and children's events. This successful weekend was aimed at celebrating the fantastic work that had been carried to protect the building for future generations.
The group will turn their attention in 2018, to the older, more fragile Crusher Building that was badly damaged in recent winter storms. They hope to continue working with Coillte and Wicklow County Council to carry out conservation works on that building and to open up more publicly accessible walks around the mining complex.
Follow the Glenmalure PURE Mile Group on facebook to keep up with the latest news.
"It is a dream come true as it provides national recognition of the significance of this historical building in our valley. Our efforts to record and raise public awareness of the rich mining heritage of Glenmalure will be greatly enhanced by being part of this scheme".


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Perilous Seas
(Book Three) Next come gnomes, elves, and pixies. Inos, seeking to escape from the power of Sorceress Rasha, is unwittingly heading for Thume, the Accursed Land. Faithful Rap is not dead, as she believes, but he has now been "adopted" by a company of jotnar sailors, who have no intention of losing a man who can steer a ship through fog or pitch darkness. Can things possibly get worse? Oh, yes. And they do...
In all the Impire, there was no more prosperous province than the island of Kith. Ever since its conquest in the expansive days of the Xth Dynasty, it had been the imps' main bastion in the Summer Seas.
It had rich mines, fertile farmland, and a substantial shipping industry. Once in a while a typhoon would do some damage, or dragons might lay waste along the northeast shore, but neither had troubled the western coast in centuries, and there the city of Finrain was the largest and richest on the island, as well as the greatest port.
Ports needed sailors. The best sailors were jotnar. Imps had good reason to be jumpy when there were jotnar around, and they firmly encouraged the sailors who manned Finrain's shipping to make their homes at Durthing, a couple of hours to the south--close enough to be handy, but distant enough that their violent impulses could do no damage to Finrain itself, nor its citizens.
Durthing was home also to a few trolls, most of them descendants of slaves imported from the Mosweeps, because the aboriginal population had pretty much died out after the Impire came. There were also some mixed bloods, and of course gnomes to handle the sanitary arrangements. There were even a few imps, but any imp who chose to live in a jotunnish settlement must have very good reasons, of the sort that were better not discussed.
Lately, a young sailor of mixed faun-jotunn ancestry had taken up residence. Although he had been a thrall purchased at enormous expense by Gathmor, the new master of Stormdancer, he had subsequently been given his freedom. Within limits. His shipmates did not exactly take turns at keeping an eye on him, but ... Well, he was a good kid and never lacked for company. He had shown no interest in departing, anyway, but he was much too valuable to be allowed the opportunity. Moreover, there was only one land road out of Durthing, and it ran by a post of the Imperial army. Imps were notoriously nosy.
Its fondest resident could not have called Durthing a town, and barely even a village, for its huts and hovels were scattered at random around the sides of a shallow, bowl-shaped hollow. The only break in the bowl's symmetry was a notch where the sea had broken through, back before the oldest Gods. With clear, calm water and smooth sand for beaching, the near-circular bay was one of the finest harbors in all of Pandemia. Three little streams watered the slopes, the sea teemed with fish, and the climate was perfect. Usually a dozen ships lay anchored there, or pulled up on the beach, and most often two or three more were under construction.
There was no formal land law in Durthing, for there was no formal law at all. The sea was a demanding mistress and whenever she stole a lover from his family, his home was soon abandoned to weeds and swallowed up by scrubby woodland.
A woman bereft must find herself another protector at once, and her children likely died soon anyway. Even among jotnar, few men would actually kill a child in cold blood, but even fewer would care overmuch for brats spawned by a predecessor. The work was done by neglect and indifference, or in mindless drunken rages. A widow who did not find another guardian was soon driven out by the other women and vanished into the nightmare slums of Finrain.
But in every evil there was some good, as the priests said, and housing was thus no problem for a newcomer. He might pick a pleasant spot not too far from one of the streams and build the home of his dreams, or he could just move into one of the empties. The selection was wide: impish wooden shacks, or low, dark sod hovels of the Nordland type favored by jotnar, or the rambling piles of masonry constructed by trolls. There were also some abandoned gnome burrows, but even the rats shunned those.
The faun had selected an ancient log cabin off by itself, and labored to make it shipshape while he settled down to life as a sailor. After every voyage he added more improvements. The months slipped by imperceptibly in that silken halcyon climate, and spring had become summer already.


Exploring the astonishing cliffs of Vulcan Ecuador on Northern Isabela allowed us to learn about the fascinating geology of the Galapagos. Dykes and sills can be observed on this area, and our guests enjoyed the many photographic opportunities of this magnificent geological landscape.
Today we celebrated Christmas in one of the most beautiful areas of the archipelago: the western Galapagos. In the morning, we visited Fernandina Island, a place where plenty of marine iguanas can be found. Apart of these amazing reptiles, we also observed flightless cormorants, Galapagos hawks, lava lizards, blue footed boobies, sea turtles and spotted eagle rays. After this walk, we snorkeled along the coastline of Fernandina. Here, we saw the unique marine iguana feeding underwater while at the same time schools of razor surgeonfish and dusky chubs swam around us. In the afternoon, we did an exciting Zodiac ride in Punta Vicente Roca in the northern area of Isabela Island. The amazing geological landscape and the abundance of wildlife such as Galapagos fur seals and the several species of marine birds made this ride an exhilarating experience. We ended up our day crossing the Equator line and enjoying a spectacular Christmas dinner.


1 12:27 Endicott - Zach DeNike 9 yd run. (Nick DiCairano kick is good).
1 09:08 University of New England - Brian Peters 1 yd run. (R. Inniss, Jr. kick is good).
1 06:56 Endicott - Greg Ruff 23 yd run. (Nick DiCairano kick is good).
2 09:59 Endicott - Nick DiCairano 42 yd field goal.
2 05:52 Endicott - Greg Ruff 1 yd run. (Nick DiCairano kick is good).
2 03:18 University of New England - R. Inniss, Jr. 33 yd field goal.
2 00:52 Endicott - Shea McManaway 26 yd pass from Joe Kalosky. (Nick DiCairano kick is good).
3 12:14 Endicott - Ryan Nelson 6 yd pass from Shea McManaway. (Nick DiCairano kick is good).
3 10:03 Endicott - Justin McEwen 47 yd run. (Nick DiCairano kick is good).
3 06:51 University of New England - Alex Huff 29 yd pass from Brian Peters. (R. Inniss, Jr. kick is good).
3 06:32 Endicott - Joe Kalosky 68 yd run. (Nick DiCairano kick is good).
3 03:09 University of New England - Jack Mahoney 7 yd pass from Brian Peters. (R. Inniss, Jr. kick is good).
3 01:15 University of New England - Devon Charles 1 yd run. (R. Inniss, Jr. kick is good).
4 13:20 Endicott - Shea McManaway 20 yd pass from Joe Kalosky. (Nick DiCairano kick is good).
4 07:12 Endicott - Kyle Borey 3 yd run. (Nick DiCairano kick is good).
4 04:27 University of New England - R.J. Jenkins 33 yd run. (R. Inniss, Jr. kick is good).


Buque llamado JAN, registrado con el número IMO: 9477335, MMSI: 255805788 es Container Ship. Actualmente navegando bajo bandera Portugal. Se construyó en 2009.
JAN current position and history of port calls are received by AIS. Technical specifications, tonnages and management details are derived from VesselFinder database. The data is for informational purposes only and VesselFinder is not responsible for the accuracy and reliability of JAN data.


2. Her and Dakota Fanning will be best friends in Very Good Girls.
The duo plays a pair of high school graduates who explore NYC and desperately want to lose their virginity during the summer after they graduate from high school. Of course, they wind up falling for the same guy and drama ensues. Shooting is scheduled for this fall.


Pictured from left to right: Brian, Tom, Dee Dee, John and Katie.
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Changes afoot at nation's largest seafood event
A visitor to this year's International Boston Seafood Show tracks the sustainability beat.
Photo: Nika Boyce of www.humblegarden.com
Mary Thill
Climate + Food
Photo by Nika Boyce/Humble Garden.
More than 18,000 people from 120 countries are attending this year's International Boston Seafood Show, which wraps up today on the city's waterfront. Every year, the glass-enclosed, aquarium-like convention center becomes a spectacle of sushi, salmon, scrod, and the people who import, export, wholesale, retail, filet, package, refrigerate, and ship them.
In the past, there was little mention of sustainability amid all the buying and selling, says Katie Semon, of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Association's (NOAA) fisheries service. I found her manning a booth at the outer edge of 1,700 displays laid out in a rectangular grid the size of several city blocks. "It's everything now," she says.
And she has a point. You hear the term "sustainable" a lot as food-service reps stroll and sample crab cakes, roe, and marinated squid. But even as 70 percent of the world's marine fisheries are depleted or fully exploited, global implementation of science-based management remains uneven. And hard to track.
It's no wonder consumers are confused. There are more than 30 different types of certifications for seafood in U.S. supermarket display cases. The labels are supposed to be the seal of approval for mercury testing, catch method, fisheries management, water quality, and other aspects of the path from ocean to plate. "Seafood is by far the most complicated product," Jeanne von Zastrow, senior director of sustainability and industry relations for the Food Marketing Institute, told a side gathering of supermarket officials Sunday.
To help consumers make smart seafood choices, NOAA launched its revamped FishWatch site at the Boston show this week. NOAA's websites have long been a technical resource for the seafood industry on U.S. fish populations and catch limits. Now, it's clear that NOAA is trying to reach a wider audience; those science-based facts have been repackaged for diners and shoppers in a user-friendly format with quick links for background on abundance, habitat impacts, and bycatch associated with a particular species.
Commercial fishing in U.S. waters is the most thoroughly regulated in the world, something I keep in mind when I'm at the fish counter. Gulf of Maine and Georges Bank haddock, for example, were dangerously overfished in the early 1990s. But under quotas set by NOAA and the New England Fishery Management Council, haddock has made a strong and stable comeback.
Still, 86 percent of seafood we eat here is imported. FishWatch doesn't yet help sort through foreign fish, but NOAA plans to add information on imports as well as profiles of farm-raised fish (which accounts for almost half the seafood we now eat), Semon says.
I often turn to the Monterey Bay Aquarium's Seafood Watch for fish-by-fish advice; the guide offers insight on imports and aquaculture as well as the impact of catch techniques such as line, gillnet, or trawler. No single label or website has all the answers, but retailers are getting the message that consumers will choose sustainable fish when they know which fish that is.
After a few hours navigating the Boston show on Sunday, I was getting hungry. Having grown up in Buffalo, N.Y., on Lake Erie, I know from personal experience one fish that is so plentiful it's like a weed. It is also well-regulated, netted without damage to the lake floor or significant bycatch, and it's delicious. I left the NOAA booth and walked past Praxair refrigeration, past guys in matching Red Lobster shirts, past Donggang Jufheg Food Co. Ltd., and past a foggy-eyed sturgeon on ice. I eventually found a vendor from Wheatley, Ontario, the lone exhibitor from the Great Lakes. There I stood and ate with a wooden toothpick and a clear conscience several bites of fried yellow perch.
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I grew up in Iowa on a pig farm. Went to college by the ocean at Pepperdine University. I have a precious family, a Boston Terrier and love designing.
I love designing book covers, logos, ads and working on anything that is going to be a creative project. I do a lot of work for book publishers, universities, agencies and small business owners.


At Cloudreach our mission is to 'Enable Innovation'. We do this by helping enterprise customers adopt and harness the power of cloud computing using the most exciting technologies on the market. We have a long list of globally recognised customers – our Fast Trackers join talented teams working with clients such as MetOffice, Liverpool Football Club, Volkswagen Financial Services, Allianz and hundreds more.
Life at Cloudreach kicks-off with a 12 week immersive training at our Cloudy Office in London. Our training schedule covers a variety of topics, allowing you to gain exposure to all areas of project-lifecycle. From working directly with customers to gathering requirements, design, software development and deployment, you'll learn more than you thought possible and you'll have a good time doing it.
After completing the training, you will be aligned to our Infrastructure Modernisation and Application Migration business line. Working on large projects which range from assessing and migrating hundreds of applications to the Cloud, to implementing a fully automated and secure Cloud environment for a large enterprise. During your first project you will be working alongside experienced engineers who will mentor and assist you while you put into practice your learning from the past 12 weeks.
From there, you'll be firmly on the FastTrack to the Cloud, working alongside some of the brightest minds in Tech.
Whether you are coming from a vocational route or an academic field, we look for diverse mix of talent and backgrounds. You may already have had a first job, or maybe you have just earned a top degree from a great university. Perhaps you're looking for an industry change. Now you're looking for something more challenging, exciting, and hands-on… At Cloudreach, you can take that next step and put your knowledge to use by helping real businesses and people leverage the power of public cloud technology.
Uncapped holiday allowance, competitive salary, and comprehensive health and wealth plans. You'll be equipped with a shiny new MacBook, company phone, and you'll be enjoying our weekly Friday lunch tradition, cloudy offices fully stocked with snacks, and invites to our legendary quarterly events.
Learn from the most passionate and innovative minds in Tech working on some of the most significant projects ever built on the Public Cloud. We match our FastTrackers with experienced individuals who are passionate about helping you develop. Our mentoring scheme can help with anything from technical skills to leadership techniques. These relationships are designed to blossom organically, so there is no defined process! Meet once a month or everyday! It's completely up to you.
Our selection process is competitive, which ensures that you'll be collaborating with a smart, diverse group of peers from across the world.
Hands-on training with a focus on real-world projects and scenarios. FastTrackers work on projects with our biggest clients such as BP and Allianz after completing the initial 12-week training. This is the perfect place to build a solid foundation for your career in Cloud tech with plenty of opportunities for learning and mentorship in a structured project environment.
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I HAVE GROWN MORE THAN I COULD HAVE BELIEVED THANKS TO CLOUDREACH.
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What is the FastTrack Programme? What will the Program be like? What kind of technical skills will I learn? And non-technical skills? What will I learn in terms of business? What are the benefits? Who's eligible to apply? Is the FastTrack Program relevant to me if I have industry experience? What does the application process look like? What are you looking for in an application?
The FastTrack is Cloudreach's entry route to the big time tech consulting. Whether you're keen to be a developer, engineer or project manager, the FastTrack is an intensive, tailored, 12-week deep-dive that will equip you with the skills you need to join the industry's best.
Interesting! Unlike schemes that are just made up of a winding road of exams, classrooms, presentations that more senior colleagues don't fancy, we keep things at Cloudreach fast-paced and interesting. We have arranged the 12-week programme in sprints, with the idea of getting a specific outcome at the end of each. The programme spearheads into an exciting challenge that requires the knowledge learned in sprints previous.
Once the 12-week programme is complete, you will be assigned to some of the largest projects in Cloudreach, guaranteeing exposure to interesting technical and business problems. Being on a large project means you can continue learning on the job, with the added benefit of having access to experienced technologists who are there to support you!
While on the project, we continue to have FastTrack touch points to ensure you are supported in the learning process and that you stay connected with other FastTrackers.
Great question, and a tricky one too as our technical stacks and toolings are constantly evolving. That's what's great about the tech space, and Cloudreach more specifically. Amazon Web Services, Microsoft Azure and Google Cloud are our market-leading partners-in-cloud, so there's a big focus on these platforms. In addition to the three Cloud providers, we also cover technologies such as: Python, Chef, Puppet, Docker, Kubernetes, MongoDB, MySQL- the list goes on. Whether you're into data analytics, DC migrations or just cloud technology more generally, Cloudreach is home to both specialists and generalists.
What we don't cover during the FastTrack programme, you can pick in many of the side initiatives running throughout the company. Communities on new trends assist people who want to know more about a specific topic, weekly tekkie-tea sessions cover interesting topics, and if you still want more, we organize hackathons both internally and externally. Trust us, you'll learn a lot.
By taking part in the FastTrack to the Cloud programme, you will also be given a solid grounding in consulting and business skills. All our engineers are also consultants working day in day and out with customers and during the programme, you will learn how to evaluate and improve these skills. Great communication skills and collaboration with diverse teams are key to being a great consultant. Soft-skills are something we encourage our consultants to develop on a ongoing basis. Our solutions typically involve solving business problems using the cloud as a mechanism to cut costs and increase business agility. As you grow with us, you'll be analysing business requirements, managing key stakeholders, presenting to clients and steering projects.
A competitive salary and relocation assistance to London for the duration of the 12-week programme.
Discount on private healthcare scheme and gym membership. Stakeholder pension with shared employee and employer contribution.
Invites to our legendary quarterly events.
"Cloudy Lunch" where every Friday we take over a local restaurant. Enjoy, it's on us!
Well, the team at Cloudreach is diverse. We have colleagues who've studied languages at university, don't have degrees, and those who hold PhDs in Biophysics. We love that kind of strength in breadth, as well as depth. In terms of the Fast Track, you don't need to have a technology background, just a demonstrated interest in technology and passion for problem-solving.
Yes! One third of our new joiners have worked for another company prior to joining Cloudreach.
We try to keep things as swift as possible, generally 3-6 weeks. The FastTrack is competitive, so our process is designed in a way that lets us gauge your technical, business and cultural fit for the team.
Your journey begins with a telephone conversation with a representative from our Talent team. This call will look into your motivations and tech interests, but will also help you get familiar with Cloudreach and ask any questions.
You'll then get a little homework from us in the form of an online programming test. We use this test to gauge your existing programming knowledge and Cloud understanding. The test is very comprehensive, but it's okay if you're not able to complete some parts: it's your approach and mindset that matter, not the actual score.
As a next and final step, you'll be invited to our office for an assessment day full of interesting conversations and exciting challenges. On that day, you will have a technical conversation with one of our Lead Engineers, followed by a more soft-skill-focused interview with a potential Line Manager. Finally, you'll experience our Cloudy Panel – this is our culture-fit piece of the process, which is a great opportunity for you to meet a Cloudreacher from another group or team.
So let's look at the technical, business and cultural fit we mentioned above. They're all important but it's worth remembering that FastTrackers join us with hugely different backgrounds, so we wouldn't expect all three to be hit out of the park. You don't need a technology background, but rather a keen interest in solving problems with code.


From smoking area to interactive sporting area/meet-up spot.
The Edison College in Apeldoorn, the Netherlands chose the Yalp Toro, as a replacement of the smoking area on the schoolyard. Excercising is not only good for your bodym but also stimulates your creativity, improves your ability to concentrate and also your fine motorskills. And thus studying is worthwhile as your information retention is higher.
Mariska continues by saying: "The game-element really speaks to our middle school students. Sporting results in exertion during the breaks, so that the kids can concentrate on their schoolwork after. And, with the Toro the children play together which means they are developping their social skills. I think that will result in contact with children outside of their class. The playingarena means that students will be exercising more during the breaks and it becomes more attractive to stay around the school instead of going out into the neighbourhood to "hang around". The Yalp Toro will also be implemented into the PE lessons at school.
"The game-element really speaks to our middle-school students. Sporting results in exertion during the breaks, so that the kids can concentrate on their schoolwork after. And, with the Toro the children play together which means they are developping their social skills."