![]() ![]() 6: Blue: spectrum of shaped pulse with the ideal amplitude mask and orange: spectrum of shaped pulse with the ANN predicted amplitude mask. 5: Blue: the ideal amplitude mask to transform the input pulse into the desired pulse and orange: the ANN predicted amplitude mask.įig. The shaped output spectrum with the modelled amplitude mask indeed resembles the desired spectrum, as show in Fig. 5 shows that, once trained, the ANN can predict the ideal amplitude mask for the input spectrum and goal spectrum in Fig. 4: Neural network input and output when predicting the amplitude mask.įig. 3: Neural network input and output in the training stage.įig. After training, the ANN can take a concatenation of the input spectrum and the desired spectrum and output the corresponding mask.įig. The ANN is trained with a concatenation of the input and output vectors as the ANN input and the amplitude mask as the labelled output. This creates a triad of 1D vectors: the input spectrum, the pulse shaper output spectrum and the corresponding amplitude mask. ![]() The ANN is trained by sending input spectra through the pulse shaper using an estimated amplitude mask and measuring the pulse shaper output. The ANN is used to characterize the AOPDF transfer function, F(I,A), and predict the ideal mask, A, for a given input spectrum, I, and a desired output spectrum. These three factors make determination of the ideal mask vector a non-trivial task,Īnd the calculated mask vector generally differs from the ideal mask vector by some small amount, which could be enough to significantlyĬhange the shape of the masked pulse spectrum. Spectrometer and AOPDF can have non-linear responses. Wavelength vector and the spectrometer wavelength vector, requiring that the calculated mask is shifted or re-scaled. Secondly, there is generally a slight calibration off-set between the AOPDF So the square root of the measured spectrum must be used. First, the AOPDF masks the amplitude rather than the intensity, Ideally, the mask could be generated by dividing the desired Unfortunately, predicting the necessary mask is not always straightforward. 2: Blue: spectrum of pulse without an amplitude mask and orange: desired pulse spectrum. 2, blue line), 2) calculate the mask that would generate the desired pulse spectrum and 3) measure the pulse spectrum with the amplitude mask to confirm that the masked spectrum resembles the desired spectrum.įig. ![]() Pulse spectrum without an amplitude mask applied by the AOPDF (Fig. Generally, one desires the pulse spectrum to have a specific shape, such as a super-Gaussian (Fig. 1: Acousto-optic programmable dispersive filter (AOPDF) input and output. 1, the AOPDF accepts a 1D amplitude mask vector, A, and an input pulse spectrum, I, and outputs a shaped pulse spectrum, S.įig. The AOPDF is a literal black box which shapes the spectral amplitude and phase of a light pulse as a laser beam is transmitted Spectrum using an acousto-optic programmable dispersive filter (AOPDF), such as the Dazzler by Fastlite. Machine learning tools for spectral pulse shaping in pythonĪn artificial neural network (ANN) is used to determine the ideal amplitude mask that can transform a given pulse spectrum into a desired pulse ![]()
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But now it’s typical for brands to approach a digital ad exchange-which facilitates the buying and selling of advertising from different ad networks-to place their adverts on huge numbers of websites and apps. “Prior to that, advertisers would buy ads from publishers like The New York Times,” he says. Fou believes the industry was corrupted around a decade ago, when a series of opaque middlemen entered the scene. Augustine Fou, who has been a digital marketer for 25 years, says that in the past decade there’s been an explosion in fake traffic. “Keep in mind if you cut off the bots and it turns out that a large amount of traffic on your site is generated by bots, that’s going to influence your performance numbers.”Īdvertising didn’t always used to be like this. But companies can be unwilling to investigate traffic that, on-the-surface, makes their website look popular, she says. The technology to detect and block bots already exists, says Sandy Carielli, a principal analyst specializing in cybersecurity at the consultancy firm Forrester. ![]() And cybersecurity companies have an incentive to exaggerate numbers to sell anti-bot products. Companies paying for advertising have an incentive to play down the number of bots to conceal how much cash they're wasting. Why? Some claim online ads target people who already plan on buying that product or service. The case started when Uber pulled all online advertising and discovered barely any drop in app installs or sales. ![]() In 2017 Uber sued one of its advertising agencies for charging it for ads that were not seen by real people or placed on real websites. 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He makes a satisfying splat sound when he hits the ground, but can vampires die from impact?įlesh isn't the only one having dreams. Bright side: Vanessa's all better now.Ĭornered and injured and insane, Sam opts to throw himself out the window of the steeple rather than be turned back into a human by Vanessa. Too bad Julius is out of bullets so he can't finish him off. He shoots Sam a whole bunch of times before Sam does his usual schtick and taunts the person trying to murder him. Just then, a wild Julius appears! He's got a shotgun and he knows how to use it. He stabs Vanessa a whole bunch of times and pins her to the wall, choking her. There are punches, and the swinging of axes, and a surprising amount of head butts. They exchange pleasantries before the fighting commences. He hunts down Julius’s old cronies and decides to use them as an army.Īs with all great vampire stories, the saga of Sam and Vanessa culminates at a run down church. He finds out that Antonasia is dead – murdered by the forest ninja – so he’s on the warpath. Then he steps into a bear trap, which is par for the course really.Īnd Dimitri shows up for the first time in a while. Flesh, however is having some terrifying portentous dreams.ĭoc and Axel are still on the road trip from hell, but at least Axel has finally agreed to drink her blood so he doesn’t die before they find Vanessa. Flesh and Lucky are finally moving forward with their relationship (they kiss, it’s cute). Better than a Power Bar.Įlsewhere in the woods, Mohamad, Flesh and Lucky are somehow still alive and still looking for Vanessa. Knowing she needs to be at full strength to fight Sam so she cuts his arm and drinks his blood. Felix, for all that Sam did to him, begs her to give him something to do, so he can feel like he did something to help take Sam down. 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Story by Roald Dahl Dramatisation by Robin Chapman First broadcast: ITV – Saturdays 1 March to 14 June 1980 Foster exacts an intriguing revenge on her husband after his dawdling causes her to miss a flight.Ĭast: Julie Harris (Alice Foster), Angus MacKay (Walker), Julia Watson (Maid), Dulcie Huston (Hostess), Jeremy Longhurst (Driver), Brian Capron (Airport Official), Anthony Bailey (Arthur), Roland Culver (Eugene Foster) Milton Willis)Īn American gambler must come up with a cunning plan to slow down a ship at sea in order to win a bet.Ĭast: Jack Weston (William Botibol), Gladys Spencer (Sylvia), Bill Reimbold (Bill Wilson), Elaine Ives-Cameron (Sarah Grant), Davyd Harries (Purser), Michael Troughton (Steward), Jana Shelden (Mrs Renshaw), Don Fellows (Renshaw), Paula Tilbrook (Maggie), David Healy (Auctioneer), Ken Buckle (Sailor) ![]() When Edward grows tired of Louisa’s obsession with a stray cat and decides to get rid of it, Louisa exacts her revenge.Ĭast: Joseph Cotten (Edward), Wendy Hiller (Louisa), Phil Brown (F. 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We sat and talked about where our families came from, and discovered that we were from the same family. Lauren Bacall called me, said that she wanted to meet, and we did. He was related to the American film star Lauren Bacall (born Betty Joan Perske), and they were described as first cousins, but Peres said, "In 1952 or 1953, I came to New York. His father was a wealthy timber merchant, later branching out into other commodities his mother was a librarian. ![]() He then learned to speak English and French. The family spoke Hebrew, Yiddish and Russian at home, and Peres learned Polish at school. Shimon Peres was born Szymon Perski, on 2 August 1923, in Wiszniew, Poland (now Vishnyeva, Belarus), to Yitzhak (1896–1962) and Sara (1905–1969, née Meltzer) Perski. In 1996, he founded the Peres Center for Peace, which has the aim of "promot lasting peace and advancement in the Middle East by fostering tolerance, economic and technological development, cooperation and well-being." After suffering a stroke, Peres died in 2016 near Tel Aviv. As foreign minister under Prime Minister Rabin, Peres engineered the 1994 Israel–Jordan peace treaty, and won the 1994 Nobel Peace Prize together with Rabin and Yasser Arafat for the Oslo Accords peace talks with the Palestinian leadership. Peres first succeeded Yitzhak Rabin as acting prime minister briefly during 1977, before becoming prime minister from 1984 to 1986. Peres represented Mapai, Rafi, the Alignment, Labor and Kadima in the Knesset, and led Alignment and Labor. Kennedy, which resulted in the sale of Hawk anti-aircraft missiles to Israel, the first sale of U.S. In 1956, he took part in the historic negotiations on the Protocol of Sèvres described by British Prime Minister Anthony Eden as the "highest form of statesmanship". His first high-level government position was as deputy director general of defense in 1952 which he attained at the age of 28, and director general from 1953 until 1959. He began his political career in the late 1940s, holding several diplomatic and military positions during and directly after the 1948 Arab–Israeli War. ![]() įrom a young age, he was renowned for his oratorical brilliance, and was chosen as a protégé by David Ben-Gurion, Israel's founding father. At the time of his retirement from politics in 2014, he was the world's oldest head of state and was considered the last link to Israel's founding generation. Serving in the Knesset for 48 years (with the first uninterrupted stretch lasting more than 46 years), Peres is the longest serving member in the Knesset's history. Peres was elected to the Knesset in November 1959 and except for a three-month-long interregnum in early 2006, served as a member of the Knesset continuously until he was elected president in 2007. He was a member of twelve cabinets and represented five political parties in a political career spanning 70 years.
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