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tritonmarketresearch · 2 years ago

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The Global Automotive Telematics Market to Upsurge at CAGR of 22.27% by 2028

Triton Market Research presents the Global Automotive Telematics Market segmented by Application (Insurance Telematics, Fleet/Asset Management, Infotainment System, Safety & Security, Navigation & Location Based System, Other Applications), End-user (Aftermarket, Original Equipment Manufacturers (OEMs)), Vehicle (Commercial Vehicles, Two-Wheeler, Passenger Cars), Segment (Integrated Smartphones, Embedded, Tethered), and by Geography (Middle East and Africa, North America, Latin America, Asia-Pacific, Europe). The report further discusses the Market Summary, Industry Outlook, Impact of COVID-19, Key Insights, Porter’s Five Forces Analysis, Market Attractiveness Matrix, Vendor Scorecard, Key Impact Analysis, Key Market Strategies, Drivers, Challenges, Opportunities, Competitive Landscape, Methodology & Scope, Global Market Size, Forecasts & Analysis (2021-2028).

Based on Triton’s research report, the global market for automotive telematics is estimated to observe growth in its revenue at a CAGR of 22.27% over the forecasting period 2021-2028.

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Telematics helps combine telecommunications, vehicle technologies, and electrical engineering to provide a connected driving experience. It primarily deals with monitoring a vehicle in real-time.

Advanced driver assistance systems use sensors, such as radars and cameras to assist drivers in taking necessary actions based on information collected in real time. Moreover, they include safety features. In recent years, the demand for ADAS technology has grown significantly, which is likely to open new avenues for the automotive telematics market. However, factors like cybersecurity threats and less connectivity in automobiles hinder the overall development of the automotive telematics market globally.

Globally, the Asia-Pacific is expected to witness the fastest growth rate in the automotive telematics market over the forecast period. This strong growth can be attributed to favorable government initiatives. Other than this, telecom infrastructure has observed substantial growth in the region. Furthermore, the rising smartphone penetration across major countries is estimated to create a strong base for telematics. Besides, several OEMs are strategizing to offer free telematics during the warranty period to enhance awareness regarding these systems. Thus, as mentioned above, all these factors play a key role in driving the automotive telematics market’s growth.

The distinguished companies expanding their operations in the automotive telematics market are Qualcomm Technologies Inc, Continental AG, Omnitracs LLC, Robert Bosch GmbH, Trimble Inc, Masternaut Limited, Teletrac Navman US Ltd, Intel Corporation, Visteon Corporation, Verizon Communications Inc, Tomtom International BV, ATT Inc, Mix Telematics, Harman International Industries Inc, and Airbiquity Inc.

Companies require a significant amount to set up operations in the market. Moreover, they need to update their technologies and set up multipurpose workstations. Additionally, the established brand image of existing players restricts the entry of new market players. Thus, the threat of new players is relatively low. Further, existing players are expanding their business through partnership and distribution agreements, increasing competition levels among current market players.

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charlesthedeathwiz · 4 years ago

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kids today will never know the pain of having to walk all the way through triton avenue to haunted cave because you forgot to mark your location

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spiralcompendium · 4 years ago

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Day Six: Arc One World Critique

This will be a review/critique of each of the five worlds in the first arc--what I thought was effective and ineffective about each world’s plotline, setting/lore, and characters! Spoilers: there are a lot of Problems but I still love this horrible little game anyway.

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.·:·.✧ Wizard City ~ A- ✧.·:·.

✦ Plotline ✦

Wizard City functions well as an introduction to the game. We immediately get introduced to the main villain, but we don’t know what his plan is yet. The Wizard’s mission, at this point, is to stop Malistaire’s undead from overtaking the streets. After we defeat Lord Nightshade, we learn that this was all a distraction from Malistaire’s real plan--to get the Krokonomicon from Krokotopia. Even though this means that what the protagonist did in Wizard City doesn’t have a direct connection to the main plot, I still think that it works well as a low-level story.

I appreciated the originality of some of the subplots on each street; some standouts include stopping undead from siphoning powerful Storm magic from the Storm Mill on Triton Avenue, as well as defeating Cyclops Lane’s Cyclopes and Trolls, who were originally summoned to defend against the undead.

While some of the side quests were just your standard MMORPG delivery or defeat quests, some were also pretty interesting! For example, Gloria Krendell’s and Duncan Grimwater’s quests provide insight into Malistaire’s backstory. Even the more simple-seeming quests had flavor text that made it a bit more fun. Being sent to defeat a boss to get back the Sleeper’s Timepiece, a watch that can bring nightmares to life, is a lot more interesting than being sent to defeat a boss who’s just evil and attacking citizens.

✦ Setting and Lore ✦

Every game needs to start with a relatively basic area, and in this one, it’s Wizard City. Still, I love all of the little details that flesh out the world. The devs could have chosen to go with really basic fantasy areas and use just houses, castles, and libraries. Instead, we have places like the Storm Mill--��one of the main sources of magical energy for all of Wizard City,” the Hedge Maze that is watched over by an ancient seraph, and the Fireglobe Theatre in the center of a burning street. It’s also really cool how all of the different streets have a different “feel”--Triton Avenue seems very industrial, Colossus Boulevard seems very upper-class (despite the Gobblers), and Firecat Alley seems very artsy and creative. Having abandoned areas like the Haunted Cave and mysterious places like Sunken City imply a history to the world. Still, Wizard City doesn’t feel like it has much of a past.

Overall, Wizard City has a good amount of lore with the various magical creatures and villains, especially considering Bartleby, the creator of the Spiral, lives here. With the addition of the Catacombs quest, it seems like Wizard City has a lot going on behind the scenes.

✦ Characters ✦

Very few characters stand out at this point in the story. I liked Duncan Grimwater’s arc (although this doesn’t pay off until arc three), and I loved dealing with the shenanigans of both Nolan Stormgate and Cyrus Drake while questing in Cyclops Lane. Still, none of the characters have any major presence besides Ambrose, who is just there to be an Old, Wise Wizard. I would have liked there to be a maximum of six or seven major characters, possibly to represent each of the main schools. They wouldn’t all have to travel with us everywhere, but it would be cool to have more overlap instead of just meeting one or a few separately in each street. I also wish that some of the villains had a larger presence in the story. We don’t even hear about Lord Nightshade, the final boss, until we’re sent to fight him.

.·:·.✧ Krokotopia ~ B- ✧.·:·.

✦ Plotline ✦

In Krokotopia, the Wizard is chasing Malistaire to try and prevent him from getting the Krokonomicon, a book of powerful Life and Death magic. They are also stopping the awakened Kroks and some undead along the way. The plotline could have been more compelling if there was more of a focus beating Malistaire to the Krokonomicon, stopping Malistaire, or having Malistaire find different ways to stop the Wizard. Instead, Malistaire has very little presence, and we learn at the end that he beat us there--who knows how he got there or what he was even doing the whole time.

By itself, though, Krokotopia’s plot isn’t too bad. Freeing slaves and reassembling an ancient magical order of anti-authoritarian Kroks is a good premise.

✦ Setting and Lore ✦

Krokotopia’s setting is somewhat compelling in theory, but I do wish there was more variety--we’re pretty much inside hallways the whole time. I liked how each major area (the Pyramid of the Sun, the Krokosphinx, and the Tomb of Storms) has their own Krok leading family, such as the Nirinis and Sokkwis. I liked the family conflict between the Ahnics and Djeserits in the Tomb of Storms, as well. Krokotopia has a much more obvious history to it than Wizard City. I really liked the Marleybone presence, as well, which hinted at their dominance over many different worlds in the Spiral; it also showed that the various worlds are interconnected and not just levels in a game.

✦ Characters ✦

Yeah, no one in this world is particularly important. The major Marleybonean characters are pretty much just there to give quests, and the villains are just there to be something to fight, similar to Wizard City. Hetch al’Dim’s character trait was Anxiety, which I thought was pretty cute. Alhazred’s character trait was Old, so… alright. Once again, we get introduced to our final boss pretty much right as we have to fight her. Still, her design is pretty fabulous, so that’s cool.

.·:·.✧ Marleybone ~ D+ ✧.·:·.

✦ Plotline ✦

Marleybone’s importance to the overall plot of arc one is minimal:

1. Malistaire frees Meowiarty so he can steal the Krokonomicon.

2. Malistaire gets the Krokonomicon.

These last two events happen at the very end of the world, so everything else feels like a lot of filler. The Wizard has to put a stop to gang uprisings and attacks by automatons, only some of which Malistaire is connected to--and these were only started to interrupt the Wizard chasing him. It would have been great if the narrative as a whole was a mystery; despite having some elements of a mystery story, it wasn’t one. Also, it would have been interesting to have more of a focus on the obvious social issues occurring in the world. We see the dogs discriminating against the cats, rats, and frogs throughout the story--accusing them of crimes they didn’t commit and literally paying the Wizard to attack Street Sweepers out of a pavilion who were doing nothing but loitering, at worst, just because Abigail Doolittle wanted to have a party celebrating the police. Yikes!

Beyond that, a lot of the side quests were unquestionably bad. I always hate doing the quests for the ladies in Marleybone, because it’s all just bringing hats and scarves to different places. One quest like that would have been fine.

The moment when the Wizard had to chase Malistaire and Meowiarty during the prison break was pretty fun, although (as @calamity-callie pointed out) they immediately moved to an unrelated case in Knight’s Court instead of just continuing to ramp up for the Meowiarty fight. This makes the story seem kind of janky. Again, I would have preferred for both Malistaire and Meowiarty to have more of a presence in the story.

✦ Setting and Lore ✦

Marleybone’s setting is a lot of fun, and I love how much it contrasts Krokotopia. While magic is deeply ingrained in Krokotopia (from the presence of the Balance school down to the colors of the Manders’ scales), Marleybone doesn’t practice magic at all. I like how dark the world is--it’s very fitting for a place that has so much turmoil. I definitely would have liked to see more of a variety in the specific locations though--Hyde Park, Chelsea Court, and Knight’s Court are pretty much the same, not to mention that 99% of the story takes place on rooftops. The lore is alright, but there’s not too much that I find to be super compelling--most of it is just Victorian English stuff + steampunk.

✦ Characters ✦

Sherlock Bones is kind of there, although he doesn’t really solve any interesting mysteries. The concept of Baxter was good--having a “guy on the inside” who could guide the Wizard--but he was a flat character. Meowiarty was probably the most compelling, but he didn’t have much of a presence. I would have liked the world to have much more of a mystery-based plot (as in, actual mysteries) that was focused on working with Sherlock Bones, Watson, and Baxter to find/stop Meowiarty and Malistaire.

.·:·.✧ MooShu ~ F+ ✧.·:·.

✦ Plotline ✦

MooShu has always bothered me a lot, because it has little direct connection to the overarching story. Malistaire comes here, steals the Spiral Key from the Emperor, and then leaves before the Wizard even gets there. The Jade Champion was able to get the Spiral Key back right as Malistaire went through the door, but he did not give it to the Wizard because the Emperor must be the one to give it to us for some reason. Still, I really liked the concept of the different Onis affecting each area in different ways.

The side quests are… fine, I guess, although I did love the ones centered around the two lost lovers in the Ancient Burial Grounds.

✦ Setting and Lore ✦

This is the first W101 world that stands out as being, uhhhhh,,,, NOT super PC. The accents, stereotypes, and blending of different Asian cultures is not a great look. If we’re able to look past that (which we shouldn’t), I honestly don’t really like look or aesthetic. There’s just a whole lot of brown and a whole lot of bamboo. Pirate101 MooShu is leagues better visually (although it has the same problems with reeeeeally problematic language and characters). I do like a lot of the lore though, especially concerning demons, the Spirit World, and religion. But yeah, I do wish that the setting had more relevance to the story as well. Malistaire wants an ancient magical text from Krokotopia--Krokotopia as a setting makes sense. The ancient text gets stolen by an England analogue and put in a museum--Marleybone as a setting makes sense. The Dragonspyre Spiral Key is kept in MooShu just for fun, I guess. We learn later that the Emperor of MooShu is a member of the Council of Light, so I guess it would make sense for him to have it, but they literally could have made him the Emperor of a world based on anything else and it wouldn’t have changed anything in the main, overarching plot.

✦ Characters ✦

The characters sure do give you quests! They’re really good at telling you how to progress in the game. They absolutely tell you where to go to get XP.

.·:·.✧ Dragonspyre ~ B- ✧.·:·.

✦ Plotline ✦

Dragonspyre’s plot definitely needed some work, as well. When we get there, we learn that Malistaire is in the process of summoning the Dragon Titan in the Headmaster’s Office, but the Wizard can’t get there until they can become a student at Dragonspyre Academy. So we, again, aren’t actively working against Malistaire, because he’s literally static the whole time--the Spiral would be screwed if the ritual took like five minutes.

Despite that, some of the subplots in the different areas were pretty fun: going into the past to see the start of its end, learning lessons from its history in the Crucible, and hatching and raising a Drake (whom we never see again, which sucks).

Like with MooShu, it would have been a lot more impactful to be actively fighting against Malistaire the whole time. In the other worlds, part of the tension comes from Malistaire’s minions attacking innocents. In Dragonspyre, the tension isn’t there because they’re all already dead. Still, if they had focused on this aspect (i.e., the Wizard is the only living person in a world full of ghosts and Malistaire’s minions), it could have been really impactful.

✦ Setting and Lore ✦

I love the premise of this world: a ruined city that was destroyed by a horrible, ancient power due to the hubris of its elite. Dragonspyre has one of the most in-depth histories out of all the worlds of the Spiral, and I love the blending of the cultures of ancient Rome/Pompeii and Russia + dragons. Plus, Dragonspyre Academy darkly mirrors what Ravenwood could become if Malistaire successfully summoned the Dragon Titan.

However, similar to Marleybone, all of the different areas have the same buildings, color palette, and mood. I like the additions of areas that are based on ancient Roman structures (the Basilica, the Necropolis, the Forum, etc,), but it doesn’t really matter because they all look the same.

✦ Characters ✦

Cyrus Drake is one of my favorite W101 characters. His character arc is really good, especially if you play as a Myth wizard. He’s tough on the Wizard at first, but I honestly think it’s because he doesn’t think this Literal Child should be sent to defeat Malistaire.

Malistaire is alright as a villain, and I’m certainly glad he wasn’t a generic evil guy who wants to rule/destroy the world just cuz. I would have wanted him to have just a little something extra, though?? Morganthe is a necromancer who was once a student just like the Wizard, but her mind shattered after the Spider Magi showed her how to touch Shadows. Old Cobb is an elder god who wanted to end the Spiral and recreate it. Malistaire is… an old professor who wants to bring his wife back. I do like how it’s unique, but I would want there to be something more.

Besides them, the characters in Dragonspyre are once again very flat, although I am very gay for the Russian-accent soldier ladies.

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Before writing this, I probably would have said that arc one was my favorite. Looking back, it has soooo many problems--writing isn’t exactly one of KI’s strong points lmao. I think that Wiz has some very creative ideas and premises, but sometimes the execution just isn’t the best. I definitely think that a lot of these problems were a result of crunch time, though. If they were actually given time to flesh out their ideas, I think that the game would have turned out much better in terms of storytelling and design.

I’m thinking about making reviews for arc two and three, as I’d be really curious to see how they’d compare. They all have different strengths and different problems. Still, this game has been my favorite game since I was eleven, and it’s something that I will always come back to.

Image Sources

https://101universe.fandom.com/wiki/Wizard_City?file=Ravenwood.jpg

https://101universe.fandom.com/wiki/Krokotopia?file=Tumblr_n1e872SXlZ1tsc4dmo2_r1_540.jpg

https://www.swordroll.com/2013/05/Pirate101-Krokotopia.html

https://www.mmorpg.com/columns/wizard101-abigail-doolittle-is-the-true-villain-2000108162

http://www.edwardlifegem.com/2018/11/wizard101-questing-where-we-ended-up_14.html

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_hGd5cDTxd0

https://finalbastion.com/wizard101-guides/w101-pet-guides/pets-dropped-mooshu-wizard101/

https://101universe.fandom.com/wiki/Dragonspyre_Academy?file=Dragonspyre_Academy.jpg

http://www.wizard101central.com/wiki/File:(Location)_The_Crystal_Grove.png#axzz6a4BqFgfv

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zafaria · 5 years ago

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FOR SOME REASON when i last logged off wiz like last year before the second round of graphics and npc updates, i logged off in triton avenue; so i just logged in and saw all the new graphics and npc locations, but like. how fucked up would that be if ur wiz took a nap in triton avenue under a tree or something and when they woke up, everything looked totally different and was Not In The Same Place

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spiralwanderer · 6 years ago

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✨Complete Updated Azuli StarDust Reference✨

For anyone who wants to see all her information (its v long be warned), it’ll be under the cut down below!

Character Chart

Character’s full name: Azuli StarDust

Reason or meaning of name: Lapis Lazuli; its her mother’s favorite gemstone; StarDust is a family name

Character’s nickname: Az, Z, Ziggy

Reason for nickname: shortened version of Azuli

Birth date: April 15th

Zodiac: Aries

School: Storm

Physical Appearance

Age: 18

Weight: 115 lbs

Height: 5’5

Eye color: green

Skin tone: Light tan

Distinguishing marks: Storm symbol on the back of her neck

Hair color: Black

Hairstyle: Short fluffy bob; when she’s older she has two long wavy strands of hair

Voice: British Accent, Calming and charismatic (Voice is similar to Alice Liddel from Alice Madness Returns)

Physical disabilities: Seizures/epilepsy, ADHD

Jewelry or accessories: Necklace with a rose quartz gemstone with a spiral pattern locket, given to her by her sister before she vanished.

Personality

Good personality traits: Outgoing/extroverted, bubbly, adventurous, dependable, observant, helpful, loyal, imaginative

Bad personality traits: obnoxious, impulsive, erratic, gets distracted easily, goes on outbursts, competitive, jealousy

Character’s greatest fear: Being hated by others; failing/disappointing; drowning/suffocating

Character’s soft spot: Cute things and being flattered

Greatest strength: Being the main attacker in the group, has the highest damage and critical

Greatest vulnerability or weakness: Being unprepared and not being very defensive, also very impulsive

Biggest regret: Not being able to spend more time with her sister

Character’s secret: That she comes from a very wealthy, Victorian household from Marleybone with an important name in the crystal mining industry.

Goals

Drives and motivations: Save the Spiral just as any other wizard with good morals. Also the need to be there for people when she knows how it feels when there’s no one there for you

Immediate goals: After fighting the Storm Titan, just rest easy.

Long term goals: Keep the Spiral safe.

Past

Hometown: Back and forth between Marleybone and Wysteria, mostly stayed home in the family’s Wysteria Villa.

Type of childhood: She grew up in the family’s Wysteria Villa and was raised to be the proper ideal child to make the family name look good. Things were tough between Azuli’s older sister Lillian and their parents. Lillian got into frequent arguments with them at a young age and at 14, went to Dragonspyre Academy instead of Pigswick academy like her mother wanted to. Azuli was 4 years old at the time, and when the Dragon Titan Army attacked, Lillian went missing at 16 years old. Azuli was 6. Because of how young Azuli was, she only has vague memories of her sister. At 11 years old Azuli was forced to attend Pigswick as per her mother's request after Lilian’s disappearance and she became a Tempest student. During her time at Pigswick, she felt really uncomfortable about how often people bragged about being rich and how magic really wasn't taught at Pigswick, it was all just really lenient work and sleeping. Azuli spent lots of time in the Pigswick library, trying to teach herself storm magic. She eventually became more advanced and others taunted her for being so ahead of everyone. Azuli did have a couple friends and she organized study groups for others who felt the same way she did about the way magic was taught at Pigswick. There were many snobbish students who tried to break down their group and one happened to get in a fight with Azuli and it was Bleys Flamerender who him and other students dumped all her schoolwork into the Fountain. After this fight both are sent to Headmistress Crisp where both their parents are called to. Azuli gets angry with her parents and says she's dropping out of Pigswick. Azuli is grounded at home for a good while and both parents try talking with her about why she shouldn't have done what she did and they get into a pretty big arguement. Azuli ends up running away and tries to go to her Aunt and Uncles place. She makes it there and her relatives look after her and speak to Ambrose about her getting into Ravenwood

First memory: Watching her mother singing at a sold out Marleybone pub

Education: From 11-13 years old she attended Pigswick and then transferred to Ravenwood and attended from 13-18 years old, and then the Arcanum at 18-20.

Family

Mother: Madge Stardust

Relationship with her: She used to love her mother and looked up to her as a child but began to hate her as she grew into her teenage years and hated how strict she was and how she always forced her to do and attend things she didn’t want to. Her mother was very abusive towards her after Lilian went missing.

Father: Abbott Stardust

Relationship with him: Kind and calm yet hardly present as he would always be away for work or shut in his office.

Siblings: An older sister (by about 10 years) name Lilian

Relationship with them: Azuli only had vague memories of Lilian and she was one of the only parent figures in her life and she protected Azuli or kept her calm as a kid whenever Lilian and her mother would argue.

Other important family members: Michael (Uncle) and Rose (Aunt) who live in Triton Avenue. When transferring to Ravenwood, they took her under their wing and looked after her. Michael is a myth wizard and Rose is a fire wizard. Rose is also Azuli’s mothers sister.

Present

Current location: Red Barn Farm(home)

Pets: Not exactly a pet but a storm grimoire, and a leviathan

Occupation: Protector of the Spiral, Spiral Geographer

Favorites

Color: Royal Purple

Music: Lo-Fi

Food: Sushi

Literature: Mystery

Form of entertainment: Exploring, watching PvP matches, hanging around the commons and listening to people

Mode of transportation: Her Astral Unicorn Mount

Most prized possession: Quartz necklace given to her by Lilian

Habits

Hobbies: Singing, playing piano, and experimenting or crafting

Usual body posture: Sits up straight always

Mannerisms: Posh but tends to fade away after a while. Comes up when she’s trying to prove something to somebody

Traits

Optimist or pessimist? Is an optimist 99% of the time

Introvert or extrovert? Extrovert; she gets her energy from being around people

Daredevil or cautious? Little bit of both

Logical or emotional? Thinks logically but acts more emotional.

Disorderly and messy or methodical and neat? Because of her childhood, she can’t help but keep everything as orderly as possible

Prefers working or relaxing? Depends on the day but prefers working to keep herself busy

Relationships With Others

Opinion of other people in general: She hates annoying people but loves listening in on drama

Does the character hide his/her true opinions and emotions from others? Most of the time but she'll tease or play off how she actually feels as sarcasm

Best friend(s): Roxanne SunShard

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thekingofgear · 6 years ago

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A few weeks ago, the New York Philharmonic gave two performances of Jonny Greenwood’s live score to There Will Be Blood. Mary Chun performed the ondes martenot part. Before the second performance, I met with Mary at Lincoln Center to discuss playing the score and the ondes martenot more broadly.

Chun is a San Francisco-based conductor and music director who’s renowned worldwide for her work in Opera and New Music. She’s collaborated with composers including John Adams and Olivier Messiaen, and given many key premiers of their works. With Earplay, she’s championed the chamber works of contemporary composers including Tristan Murail, Thomas Adès, and Krzysztof Penderecki. She’s directed musicals too, perhaps most notably in bringing Broadway plays like Man of La Mancha and Avenue Q to China. And on the ondes martenot, she’s performed early electronic works such as André Jolivet's Incantation and Ives’s Fourth Symphony, and served as a key interpreter of Messiaen’s works in the United States. Mary was also the cover conductor and one of the 3 ondistes in the 2003 San Francisco Opera’s production of Saint François d’Assise, the only production of Messiaen’s only opera in this country.

I wanted ask you about your approach to this score. Did you know the movie and score before you were approached?

Mary Chun: I have to confess that I was ignorant of it. I knew that Jonny was working a lot with ondes martenot. I got the music, I just sort of studied it, and I said, you know, this is very ondes-friendly. [Jonny] wrote really, really well for the ondes and wrote the best kind of expression that the ondes is good for.

How was that expression written into the score?

M: It was notated, like going from nothing and growing over a long period of time. And in fact there were bracketed dynamics, because they did the recording for the soundtrack – they had one set of dynamics that were very loud, but for live screening, it says in the score use the bracketed dynamics for live screening. So we can replicate the relationship with the dialogue and sound effects to the orchestra. So we’re playing softer dynamics than the soundtrack was recorded at. I was really curious about that as a musician, because of course if you crescendo to a double forte, you’re playing with a certain force and feeling, and certain molecules are vibrating differently to play really loud. But you have to subdue that: your whole scale drops down and everything about your performance also flattens out a little bit.

How does working with a movie over your head compare to an opera like Messiaen’s Saint François d'Assise, where you’re in the pit?

M: It’s pretty different, because if you’re playing opera or symphony you are the main event, you are what people are there for. If you’re playing movie soundtracks live – I do a lot, because I play synthesizers also, I just did a few harry potters this year – you’re basically backing up the film, and especially with Jonny’s score, where he really underpinned the unspoken emotions of the scene.

Do you just do live scoring, or have you played on soundtracks as well?

M: Both. Playing on soundtracks is actually fun, because you can play with full expression. They [compress] it in post production later. But doing it here, it’s sort of like you have to be really aware not to get too energetic.

That’s such a let down, in a way.

M: It is a little bit, because I can see the double sets of dynamics, I can see where it says piano to double forte. For the rest off the orchestra it was more of a challenge, because they’re used to playing acoustic more of the time, and for me-

Did you just turn it down a little?

M: No I didn’t. I thought about just putting the maximum volume lower, but I didn’t because I wanted to have that headroom. Probably the loudest you heard me was my mezzo forte.

A photo of the stage at the David Geffen Hall, from what is probably the intermission of the second New York Philharmonic performance of There WIll Be Blood (tonylee333).

How did you adjust your instrument for this hall in particular?

M: It took me a couple of hours to get set, my ears to set, to figure out how I could hear it correctly to how other people could hear it. It was tricky. It’s an interesting acoustic, the Geffen hall… You notice I have all of my speakers together because partly it’s a space issue and partly because the performance is not “spatially-designed”. That is, the sound of the ondes is only needed to appear from one single location.

When did you actually get your ondes martenot?

M: ’85

So you have one of the very last transistor models, I imagine?

M: Yeah yeah, it’s like 385. When I bought my instrument, I was on a waiting list for Palme, and then they closed…

But it’s great that you have three originals diffusers that still work.

M: But I’m very, very fussy about how my instruments go out, how they come back, and I oversee everything physically. It went by a crate, by air freight. I felt confident, because I personally knew the person who built the crate. On my instrument, the only thing that’s been touched... I was really worried about the plugs: handmade French, just little tongues… you can’t replace those. So I had a technician friend who’s really big on sound design change them to RCA plugs, so I have RCA plugs. Oh, and I have a tuner. I only have my one single ondes from 1985. I didn’t really want to go further than what I had, because I was disappointed with the one I own, because I was trained on [a vacuum tube model]. It was so rich, so alive, it really had a heart-beat.

A sixth-generation vacuum tube ondes Martenot from 1960 (photo by Andrew Garton).

I know that, if they work anymore, those have an amazing sound, right?

M: That’s why I fell in love with the instrument. When I first learned, I was young and stupid, I was assistant conductor to an orchestra in California, and we were doing a big Messiaen cycle, and my conductor, Kent Nagano, just says “Mary, I want you to play the ondes martenot solo in Turangalîla next year. I didn’t really know what that was. I mean, I loved Messiaen’s music, but-

So you just picked it up from that?

M: Well, because I was playing everything in the orchestra, I was playing keyboards, I was playing organ, I was playing harpsichord… I mean, I just didn’t say no to anything. you know, you’re just a starting musician and you don’t say no to anything. Plus it’s really interesting, it’s super interesting! So I said yes, I will play the ondes solo, and I saw a picture and said this looks like a keyboard… but of course when it came, it was not anything like that.

We found an old vacuum tube ondes that was owned by Ronnie Montrose, from Gamma. Ronnie was very interested as a guitarist, like Jonny Greenwood, in all these electronic instruments, so he bought one from Bernie Krause in LA, the sound effects guy. it didn’t really work when he bought it, but he tinkered with it, and actually improved it, stabilized it a little bit. So he brought it over to me and say “I’m going to lend [it] to the orchestra for the year, you can practice and learn it. Here’s the manual.” It was a little, typewritten thing, like five pages, that just described the buttons, the ring, the switches, the speakers.

So did you teach yourself?

M: Yeah, I taught myself. But then later, when I had fallen in love with the instrument, because that sound was so warm, the vacuum tubes were so warm, but it was so particular because it had to heat up for a certain amount of time to get tuned, and then if was on too long, it would go the other way, as you go up the keyboard it would roll down tritones.

We kept doing the Messiaen cycles, and then the Messiaens came to America and we worked with them, Olivier and Yvonne, and Jeanne Loriod. I became her interpreter, because I had worked in Lyon for a long time, and she gave me some master lessons, because we were playing Saint Francis together. She had heard about me, and I was so terrified to play for her, because I’m, you know, self-taught and she’s, you know, the Master. She only corrected a couple things about my technique, and the rest of it she said “no, you’re doing a great job.”

That was the US premier of Saint Francis, right?

M: It was the US premier of some scenes, you know it’s three and a half hours. Later I did do the whole thing at the San Francisco opera. I was the associate conductor as well as one of the ondists, where I played with Genevieve [Grenier] and Jean [Laurendeau].

Were you running back and forth?

M: We had two associate [conductors] and myself, so I was [conducting] a lot of stage rehearsals, when we didn’t have the orchestra. But then when we had the orchestra again the director was conducting.

A photo from the San Francisco Opera’s 2003 production of Saint François d’Assise (photo by Friedman).

You’re a conductor and an ondes player – do you think that if people want to learn it, they should learn something else too? I know [Jean] Laurendeau plays clarinet and ondes martenot. Is it an instrument best for multi-instrumentalists?

M: You know, it’s not at all keyboard-like, the sensation of playing. So when players take to it really well, because of the the fingering, the pitch identification first and the breath later, – you know, Geneviève, she’s a flutiest, and Jean is a clarinetist, and they took to it very well. I’ve had had violin friends come to my house, and they seem to manage it ok… but any of my keyboard friends are just whaaa? They just can’t deal with it.

Do you have any advice for young people who might want to pick up the ondes? Because you picked it up in such an usual way…

M: I was required to because I had an assignment to play it!

But you kept going!

M: Oh, because I fell in love with the instrument… I could not continue living if I did not have my own ondes. And if you have that passion go for it, get one, teach yourself or go to Paris! I mean, it’s an instrument, so people do this all the time – “oh, I want to learn to play the guitar, I’m going to buy a guitar…”

But there’s no rank and file musicians that play ondes martenot. There’s either people who specialize, or people who’ve never heard of it. There’s not ondes martenot in every home like guitar.

M: Not yet!

Not yet!

M: You know, Martenot himself had this idea – like you know how at one time in the US there were pianos in every house? He wanted to do that in France, because he made little ondes martenot – there’s still people in this country and in France who say “oh, I have this thing in the garage, this thing in the basement” – I was playing in Atlanta several years ago, and someone called the Atlanta Symphony and said “can I talk to your ondes martenot player, because we might have one?” he had the keyboard body, but no other parts. He didn’t have the speakers, he didn’t have the cables – it was an ondes made for US electricity.

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Professional Dental Clinic To Visit In Surrey

Triton dental care provides a one-stop dental care center for families across the neighborhood; it has gathered a wide range of dental specializations under one roof. Our multi-specialty dental clinic offers a different range of dental services. For all age groups, adults - kids, and people with special needs, our skilled team of dental specialists provides all dental services. Our knowledgeable dentists and specialists can treat you and bring you relief if you are dealing with a dental emergency.

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I'm level 6 and just hit a critical against a Haunted Minion. Because of the +31 I get from my pet. That's actually hilarious.

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Powerscourt Estate

Powerscourt Estate is located in Enniskerry, County Wicklow in Ireland. A 13thcentury three story castle was built on this site by La Poer and served as a strategic militarily location. The castle came under the ownership of the Powerscourt family in the 16thcentury. In the 18thcentury, the 1stViscount Powerscourt, Richard Wingfield, had the castle completely remodeled, altering the medieval castle into an English manor. The castle’s Palladian façade has two circular domed towers and is located down a mile-long avenue of beech trees. King George IV was a guest at the castle in 1821. In the 19thcentury, the 7thViscount of Powerscourt began further renovations of the home and created new gardens on the once 49,000 acre property. The estate boasts a stone tower, Japanese gardens, Italian garden, Triton Lake, Dolphin Pond, winged horse statues, the Pepperpot Tower, a pet cemetery, a river walk, Powerscourt Golf Club, and the luxurious Powerscourt Hotel. In 1961, the estate was sold to the 9thViscount of Powerscourt, where it remains today. The house was destroyed by fire in 1974 and was renovated in 1996. Only two rooms are open to the public, while the rest of the ground floor and 1stfloor are now retail units. Powerscourt Estate currently sits on 47 acres and houses Tara’s Palace Museum of Childhood, which features dollhouses, miniatures, dolls, and historic toys. Powerscourt Estate is open to the public and offers food, refreshments, and shopping. The castle is a popular wedding venue. #Castles #Museum #Cafe #Powerscourt #PowerscourtEstate #PowerscourtCastle #Ireland #CountyWicklow #Enniskerry #PowerscourtGolfClub #WeddingVenue #PowerscourtHotel

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ERP Integration with Big Data to Fuel ERP Market’s Growth

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Triton Market Research presents the Global Enterprise Resource Planning Market report segmented by Application (Supply Chain, Inventory Management, Finance, Customer Management, Human Resource (HR), Manufacturing Module, Other Applications), Enterprise Size (Small Enterprises, Large Enterprises, Medium Enterprises), Verticals (IT and Telecom, Retail, Banking, Financial Services, & Insurance (BFSI), Manufacturing, Military and Defense, Government, Healthcare, Other Verticals), and by Geography (Europe, Middle East and Africa, Latin America, Asia-Pacific, North America). The report further discusses the Market Summary, Industry Outlook, Impact of COVID-19, Parent Market Analysis, Timeline of ERP, Key Insights, Porter’s Five Forces Analysis, Key Impact Analysis, Market Attractiveness Index, Vendor Scorecard, Industry Components, Key Market Strategies, Drivers, Challenges, Opportunities, Competitive Landscape, Research Methodology & Scope, Global Market Size, Forecasts & Analysis (2022-2028).

Based on Triton Market Research estimates, the global enterprise resource planning market is set to garner revenue growth at a CAGR of 7.28% during the forecast period 2022-2028.

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Enterprise resource planning refers to a multipurpose system that enhances various business functions, including inventory handling, accounting, marketing, and sales.

The number of IoT-connected devices is anticipated to surge in the upcoming years, increasing the adoption of ERP solutions. The integration of ERP with big data and IoT helps efficiently access crucial information, such as location and performance. Hence, the integration of ERP with big data and IoT, in addition to surged demand from SMEs, opens new avenues for the enterprise resource planning market. However, the increase in common vulnerabilities and exposures, high costs, and easy access to open-source ERP software impedes the studied market’s growth.

The Asia-Pacific is expected to emerge as the fastest-growing region in the market over the forecast period. The easy access to resources and low-wage labor has led to a rise in manufacturing companies. As a result, several large-scale companies have implemented on-premise ERP systems to enhance performance. Furthermore, a strong IT infrastructure development is expected to facilitate the adoption of cloud-based ERP software in the upcoming years. Thus, all these factors are driving the growth of the enterprise resource planning market within the APAC region.

The major companies in the ERP market include Unit4 NV, Infor Inc, The Sage Group Plc, Plex Systems Inc, SAP SE, IQMS, IBM Corporation, Ramco Systems Limited, Microsoft Corporation, Deskera Holdings Ltd, Syspro Ltd, IFS AB, Qad Inc, Epicor Software Corporation, Oracle Corporation, and Workday Inc.

The threat of new entrants is moderate; however, it may increase in the near future. The low capital investment in developing solutions has attracted several new players to enter the market. Moreover, the growing number of SMEs deploying ERP has been advantageous for new players, increasing their threat. Furthermore, the market is dominated by prominent leaders, holding shares through acquisitions, product launches, and meeting customer demand in niche segments. Thus, the competition among existing players is relatively high.

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“The Court of Neptune Fountain is a group of bronze sculptures, by Roland Hinton Perry in 1897-1898.[1]Jerome Connor may have assisted in the manufacture of the sculptures.[2]They are located at the Library of Congress, at Independence Avenue and 1st St S.E. Washington, D.C. [3] The god Neptune is flanked by figures of the Tritons, each blowing a conch shell.[4]“

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NORTH AMERICA NETWORK TRAFFIC ANALYTICS MARKET 2019-2028

According to an analysis by Triton Market Research, the network traffic analytics market in North America is anticipated to bloom at a CAGR of 22.01% in the forthcoming period between 2019 and 2028.

The countries evaluated in the North American network traffic analytics market are:

• Canada

• The United States

The US gives high importance to its military & defense sector and invests hugely in research & development activities of new weaponry systems. In October 2018, it was reported that most of the weapon systems under development are identified as critical cyber vulnerabilities. Therefore, the country is likely to create new avenues for the new and existing corporations to make investments in a suitable cybersecurity suite. In addition to that, the United States is witnessing an increase in the number of connected devices, thereby creating more vulnerabilities for cyber attackers. Besides, cybercriminals are trying to target IoT devices by exposing vulnerable attack loopholes. These factors are likely to boost the demand for the network traffic analytics market.

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Cybercrimes in Canada are increasingly gaining high traction over the past few years. It is reported that in 2017, approximately 1 in 5 companies in the country was hit by a cyber-attack. One of the most common motives behind the cyberattack was to steal money or demand a ransom payment. Since the businesses in the country are increasingly adapting to digitization, Canada is becoming one of the most exposed countries to cybercrime. The majority of the corporations that face the brunt of cyberattacks are not confident of defending or patching the vulnerability, which is likely to create an immense opportunity for the market players in the coming years, consequently aiding the regional growth of the network traffic analytics market.

Palo Alto Networks Inc is a company that provides cybersecurity services to service providers, enterprises and government entities. The company offers different products and services, including firewall appliances, support & maintenance services of security management solutions and virtual system upgrades. It also offers subscription services for threat prevention, WildFire, uniform resource locator, autofocus and aperture subscription. Headquartered in Santa Clara, California, the US, the company operates globally across Europe, the Middle East and Africa, the Americas and Asia-Pacific.

Some prominent players in the network traffic analytics market are Nokia, Microsoft, Kentik, Broadcom (Symantec), International Business Machines Corporation, Flowmon Networks as, Palo Alto Networks Inc, Infovista, Juniper Networks Inc, Cisco Systems Inc, Huawei Technologies Co Ltd, Genie Networks Ltd, Allot, LogRhythm Inc and SolarWinds Worldwide LLC.

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mariasolemarionqi · 7 years ago

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The 13 Critical Podcast Statistics of 2018

Podcast statistics unveil a lot of truths about modern consumer behavior and the rise of audio as a content marketing avenue.

My friends at Edison Research have released their 2018 podcast statistics as part of their annual Infinite Dial study, conducted with Triton Digital. (Download The Infinite Dial 2018 report here—it’s worth your time, and it also chronicles the first-ever drop in social media usage in America.)

Edison uncovered several new trends and multiple continuations of podcast patterns that first started to appear in 2015. To see how podcast statistics have changed, visit my prior recaps:

2016 podcast statistics 2017 podcast statistics

This year, I’ve pulled out 13 of the most interesting facts about podcasting from The Infinite Dial research. You’ll find even more in the full report.

This research was conducted of Americans, ages 12 and up, and was balanced to be a representative sample of age, gender, location, and ethnicity.

64 Percent of Americans Have Heard of Podcasts

If you’re a podcaster, this number may actually seem small to you. But, compared to 2017, millions more Americans are now familiar with podcasting. And more Americans know what a podcast is than know who the Vice President is.

{new research} More Americans know what a podcast is than know who the Vice President is. Click To Tweet 44 Percent of Americans Have Ever Listened to a Podcast

That’s 124 million people overall, and up 12 million in just one year. For reference, 124 million people is approximately the combined population of New Zealand, Ireland, Costa Rica, Norway, Finland, Denmark, Nicaragua, Switzerland, Australia, Hungary, Sweden, Portugal, Greece, Belgium, Chile, and Hong Kong. That’s a lot of podcast listeners!

{new research} 12 million people listened to a podcast for the first time in the last year. Click To Tweet 26 Percent of Americans Listen to Podcasts Monthly

That’s up from 24 percent in 2017, and represents 73 million people. For context, 21 percent of Americans are Catholic. Thus, podcasts are more popular than Catholicism, in some respects.

{new research} 26% of Americans listen to podcasts each month. 21% of Americans are Catholic. Click To Tweet One-Third of Americans Ages 25 to 54 Listen to Podcasts Monthly

32 percent of Americans in this age range listen at least monthly, slightly more than Americans 12–24 (30 percent), and quite a bit more than older Americans. Among people in the United States aged 55 and over, just 13 percent listen monthly. There’s still a lot of growth potential within this older segment.

{new research} One-third of Americans 25–54 listen to podcasts at least monthly. Click To Tweet Podcast Listening Among American Women Jumped 14 Percent in One Year

Between 2017 and 2018, monthly podcast listenership among male Americans stayed flat, at 27 percent. The growth in podcasts in the USA is coming from females, showing an increase from 21 percent to 24 percent in monthly listenership. This is a 14 percent bump in one year.

{new research} Monthly podcast listening among American women jumped 14% in one year. Click To Tweet In 2018, Six Million More Americans Listen to Podcasts Weekly versus 2017

This is 48 million people total, and up six million from 2017. By any measure, it’s a lot of listeners. By way of comparison, approximately 20 million people watch NFL Sunday Night Football, routinely the highest-rated television program.

{new research} More than twice as many Americans listen to podcasts weekly vs. watching Sunday Night Football. Click To Tweet Podcast Fans Listen to 40 Percent More Shows Than Last Year

In the 2017 version of The Infinite Dial report, Edison Research found that podcast listeners consumed an average of five different podcasts each week. In 2018, podcast listeners have increased their listening by 40 percent, as weekly podcast fans now listen to an average of seven shows.

{new research} Podcast fans listen to an average of 7 shows per week (up 40% from 2017) Click To Tweet Listeners Are Slightly Less Loyal on a Per-Episode Basis

Last year, 85 percent of podcast listeners said they consumed “all” or “most” of each episode they downloaded. This year, that rate diminished to 80 percent. This is perhaps not a surprise, given the increase in number of shows listened to (from five to seven). Podcast fans are downloading more episodes, but listening to slightly less of each episode.

{new research} 80% of podcast listeners hear all or most of each episode they consume. Click To Tweet 23 Percent of Americans Have Listened to Podcasts in the Car

This is certainly how I listen to podcasts personally, and the number of Americans who do so moved from 19 percent to 23 percent in just one year. This is powered partially by the increase in mobile listening (see below) and a corresponding boost in the number of new vehicles that have streaming audio and podcasting integration included.

{new research} 23% of Americans have listened to podcasts in the car. Click To Tweet 49 Percent of Podcasts Are Listened to at Home

This statistic is similar to last year and continues to baffle people (like me) who habitually listen to podcasts in a vehicle.

{new research} 49% of podcasts are listened to at home. Click To Tweet 18 Percent of Americans Now Own Smart Speakers

Smart speakers like Amazon Alexa and Google Home are skyrocketing in popularity and are being adopted even faster than smartphones were a few years ago. In fact, between 2017 and 2018, the percentage of Americans owning at least one of these devices soared from seven percent to 18 percent.

This means that 51 million Americans now own a smart speaker, possibly contributing to the steadiness in podcast listening at home, given that these devices can play your favorite podcasts with a simple, verbal request.

{new research} Smart speaker (Alexa, et al.) ownership in America grew 157% in one year(!) Click To Tweet 33 Percent of Smart Speaker Owners Have More Than One Device

After I bought my first Amazon Alexa, I couldn’t figure out why you would need more than one. I now own three and am getting ready to buy another one. Once you start to get a feel for the tremendous number of potential uses for these devices, you find reasons to buy more, especially because the “mini” units are inexpensive.

{new research} 33% of American smart speaker (Alexa, et al.) owners have more than one device in their home. Click To Tweet 69 Percent of Podcasts Are Consumed on a Mobile Device

The ratio of podcast listening on a phone or tablet to podcast listening on a laptop continues to tilt toward mobility. In 2018, 69 percent of Americans who listen to podcasts primarily do so via mobile. In 2015, it was just 55 percent.

{new research} 69% of Americans podcast listeners primarily listen on a mobile device. Click To Tweet

There are your 13 critical podcast statistics for 2018. Definitely download the entire report.

Also, a reminder that I co-host the popular weekly Social Pros podcast, which covers how medium and large businesses handle social media marketing. Convince & Convert also produces The Content Experience podcast, which covers advanced content marketing strategies. And we produce The Experience This! Show, a chronicle of great case studies in customer service and customer experience.

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