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NXG Labs Cricket Tracking Internship AI Challenge
The aim of this challenge is to track the cricket ball in the given cricket videos.
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₹10,000.00 - ₹12,000.00 per Month
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Welcome to NXG Labs Cricket Tracking Internship AI Challenge!
The advent of technology has revolutionized the sports industry. "Hawk Eye", "Ball Tracking" and "Video Analytics" are household names of cricket. Video assessment of cricketers give insights about strong and weak areas. The use cases are immense.
The aim of this challenge is to provide an AI model or algorithm for ball tracking in cricket videos. The participants will have to provide processed videos with bounding boxes for ball tracking. Optional bat tracking is a plus along with the ball.
We have provided videos for prediction and image directories for the identification of balls and other miscellaneous objects.
For the final submission format, please refer to "Submission Guidelines" otherwise your solution may be deemed invalid.
Submission Evaluation: Manual
Submission Grade Time: 24 Hrs - 36 Hrs.
The results will be declared when ALL the submissions have been graded.
NOTE: Please read the guidelines very carefully to understand the final structure of your submission file (.zip). Also, if you are using a Windows system, do not use WINRAR to zip the files, WinZip or UNIX based zip creators would be required.
The dataset is of the following structure:
 1. videos - containing videos for prediction
 2. images directory with "ball" and "miscellaneous" sub-directories for training images to help understand patterns of required objects. Additional external images may also be used for additional training.
The final submission zip must include:
 - Post-processed videos with ball tracking and optional bat tracking
 - Text file(s) containing the coordinates of the ball (and optional bat tracking) in each frame and total frame size (more details about this are provided below)
 - Training Code Directory
 - Trained Model/Algorithm
 - A Detailed report explaining your approach including the methods that didn't produce effective results (.pdf)
If you are performing only ball tracking please enclose "ball_video1.txt" for co-ordinates. For additional bat tracking provide a separate file "bat_video1.txt". The format of the files can be as follows:
Example of "ball_video1.txt"
How to make a submission?
 1. Click on "My Submission"
 3. Upload your ZIP in the next page and click on "Submit for Review"
Please note:
 1. You must submit your ZIP file by uploading the ZIP in the "My Submissions" section of this challenge.
 2. Your submission will NOT be auto graded. You will be able to see your results after 24 - 48 hrs.
 1. Evaluation based on Video Results, Code Execution, Methodology given in the detailed report.
 2. The solution will be graded out of 100.
 3. Late submission will not be accepted beyond provided deadline (Indian Standard Time).
 4. Confidentiality should be strictly maintained.
 1. Participants will be invited for an interview based on score.
 2. The participants with a successful submission will get a certificate of participation.
 3. Top 3 participants will receive a permanent place in Dockship's "Hall of Fame".
How do I apply for this Challenge?
How do I download the dataset?
Can I make multiple submissions?
Where will the results be declared?
Can we apply as a team?
I've other queries, where can I get support?
Challenge Announced
07-Jan-2021, 9:34 pm IST
10-Jan-2021, 6:00 pm IST
Challenge Started
Application Deadline
23-Jan-2021, 6:00 pm IST
25-Jan-2021, 6:00 pm IST
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- Grade Level:
- Fourth Grade
- Social Studies, Writing
- 30-45 minutes
- Group Size:
- Up to 36
- National/State Standards:
- Social Studies: 1, 1a,1b,3a, 5
OverviewThis lesson engages students to determine important locations and creatively develop their own names for places around the school.
Enduring Understanding: There is a history to how locations got their names.
Essential Question: What events or people can influence the naming of a location?
The students will learn to:
1) Understand how pioneers generated place names
2) use creative skills to generate their own place names
3) determine important features of localized geographic area
"A trail led from Natchez northward and eastward through forests of oak and hickory and pine, through can thickets and swamps, to Nashville on the Cumberland, 500 miles away. The trail had many names. The southern part followed Indian paths to the farm villages of the Choctaws. English men of the 1770's therefore spoke of the Path to the Choctaw Nation. The northern part was known by the people of Nashville as the Chickasaw Trace in the 1780's.
"As the flow of through traffic between Nashville and Natchez increased, men began to speak of 'the Natchez Road' or 'the Nashville Road,' naming it for the distant point to which they were headed.
"Frontiersmen who first explored the valleys that drained into the Ohio River left faint paths for others to follow. Such paths were called traces. Many of them became famous: Boone's Trace, Berry's Trace and others. In time, the people of the Cumberland Valley began to speak of the Natchez Trace. Oddly enough, they called it the Natchez Road" When it was merely a 'path that serpentine those boundless forests'. Not until after it had in face become a road did they call it the Natchez Trace." (Phelps and Ross 1952)
Where did people get ideas for names?
Place names can be descriptive like French Camp.
Place names can be historic like Yackanookany.
Place names can be aesthetic like Emerald Mound.
Place names can be about a person Colbert Ferry.
Place names can be about an event Pigeon Roost.
1.) Name It worksheet
2.) Name It worksheet example
Teachers: Give examples of place names along the Natchez Trace Parkway descriptive such as Shady Grove, Colbert Ferry, Cypress Swamp, and Dancing Rabbit Creek. Ask the students how they thought each place got its name. Ask the students to say place names that they know. Write them on the board as students name them. Discuss how those places may have gotten their names.
Student Task: This activity will generate more commitment if students are able to move about to investigate, either as a class, small groups or as individuals. Students will choose fifteen locations and list them on the worksheet. (Option: Student will draw a map, or be provided with an unlabeled map of the classroom or school) Students will make up unique and descriptive names for each location. For example, the doorway to the cafeteria could be "Food Pass", or the nurse's office could be "Healing Station."
1.) Students will determine what they think are important features of the classroom, school or school yard.
2.) Students will make up creative names for those important places.
3.) Hand out the Name It work sheet. Explain to the students that they will be making up names for fifteen locations in the classroom (or elsewhere).
4.) On the worksheet, they will write a short description of the location and then (at their seats or for homework) they will invent a name for the location.
5.) If students are going outside the classroom, be sure they understand their boundaries.
Teacher Closure: Review the activity and follow up with discussion of place names along the Natchez Trace Parkway.
AssessmentParticipation in the activity and quality of worksheet responses.
Park ConnectionsTeaches students the importance of how locations may have gotten their names and brings them into the history of the Natchez Trace.
1.) On a field trip to the Natchez Trace Parkway have the students observe place names along the roads.
2.) Provide the students a list of names of people and places on the Natchez Trace. Have them choose a person and write a report about that person and how they were associated with the Old Natchez Trace. Alternatively, if the student knows a family member or friend who has a name associated with the Natchez Trace, have them investigate that family's role on the Old Natchez Trace.
a. Students write a creative paragraph about one or more of the place names they created. For example, the nurse's office could be accompanied by a story about a student who got sick and went to the nurse's office. Students should be encouraged to use descriptive words.
b. Students write a creative paragraph about one or more the place names on the Natchez Trace. Students should be encouraged to use descriptive words

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A CMOS Luminescence Sensor for Intensity and Lifetime Dual SensingFu, Guoqing.
Abstract: Luminescence is an important phenomenon in nature used extensively in biology, life sciences, biomedical and environmental applications. It is the light emitted by a substance not resulting from heat after absorbing a certain amount of excitation energy. Measurements of luminescence could involve measuring its intensity or measuring its lifetime. Sensing based on luminescence intensity s... read more
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A Process Control Component You Want to Fail: The Rupture Disc
These sacrificial parts are designed to burst when pressure within production equipment exceeds a certain threshold by breaking down, stopping the process to prevent or mitigate hazardous events. Rupture discs are critical instruments utilized so that companies can ensure process safety as set forth by the International Safety Standards (IEC 61508/61511).
Rupture discs prove most effective when they fail according to pre-established specifications. Inferior rupture discs often cause unnecessary and expensive production shutdowns due to the lack of quality testing and expertise in manufacturing.
Rupture discs are commonly used in chemical, petrochemical, nuclear, aerospace, medical, railroad, pharmaceutical, food processing and gas & oil applications. They provide primary or backup protection. Very often rupture discs are used in tandem with safety relief valves, protecting them from the process media and extending the life of the relief valve.


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Design of a Passive Dual Joint Stance Assistance Knee Exoskeleton
 - Author(s): Pillai, Minerva Vasudevan
 - Advisor(s): Kazerooni, Homayoon
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Lower Extremity Exoskeleton technology has been geared towards benefiting medical and augmentation fields. Functional modularity in exoskeleton design allows practitioners to prescribe exoskeletons which can be geared towards the user's needs and abilities. While most modular knee exoskeleton technology either live in the realm of medicine or augmentation, a stance assistive knee exoskeleton can benefit both able bodied individuals as well as individuals with decreased quadriceps function or knee weakness.
Fully passive systems are lower cost but have limited functionality. Powered systems have diverse functionality but are expensive and large. Microcontroller controlled resistive knees are more functionally diverse than fully passive system, but only provide system resistance to motion and can be expensive.
Passive microcontroller controlled systems can lead to a low cost and functionally versatile system. By embedding some of the required functionality into the mechanical hardware of the system, the burden on the microcontrollers and need for sensors is reduced. To determine the required functionality the characteristic behavior of the knee during level walking and stair descent were studied. Characteristics for a stance assistive knee joint exoskeleton are derived using biomechanics data.
These characteristics are
1) The joint provides resistance to flexion during stance
2) The joint does not impede extension during stance
3) The joint can enter free mode under load at any knee angle
4) The joint has very low impedance / is free while extending and flexing during swing
A dual jointed architecture with a clutch connected across one joint and a torque generator connected across the other is developed to mechanically achieve requirements 1 and 4. By requiring the clutch or torque generator to provide resistance in one direction but no impedance in the other, characteristic 2 is achieved. By controlling the locking and unlocking of the clutch, characteristic 3 is achieved. The torque generator and clutch requirements can be fulfilled by several passive mechanical components.
Several passive mechanical components were analyzed. It was determined that using a wrap spring clutch as the clutch and using a gas spring as the torque generator provides the required characteristics. This combination requires only a small actuator to lock and unlock the clutch. This combination also allows the restoration of energy during extension after it is stored during the resistance phases. This hardware combination results in a stance assistance knee exoskeleton which is relatively small, light and can further help reduce the metabolic cost associated with wearing an exoskeleton. A simplified controller was implemented to gauge system performance.
Additional applications for the hardware architecture are proposed. These applications include use of the knee exoskeleton with a modular hip. The hardware is not limited to use as a knee exoskeleton. It can be used to reduce the erector spinae muscles forces in the back, if it is installed at the user's hip. Experiments are proposed to evaluate the effect of the device on the biological joint torque and user's metabolic cost.
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History of pocket squares
Pocket squares as a fashion accessory for formal attire have only been around since the beginning of the 20th century. Especially popular in the 1920s, men used to wear a pocket square in combination with a suit, a vest, and the era's typical fedora hat.
The origins of the pocket square:
Initially pocket squares came from the linen handkerchiefs used for personal hygiene. Handkerchiefs have been used for over 600 years. It is said that the handkerchief was invented by Richard II of England (_PHONE_) "as a little piece of cloth for the lord king to wide and clean his nose". Initially only the upper class adopted the use of a linen hankerchief, but by the 17th century the handkerchief was as quite common among all classes throughout western Europe.
Pocket Squares as a fashion accessory:
Initially handkerchiefs were placed in the trousers' pockets since it was seen as un-clean to show a "used" handerchief in the visible breast pocket of a man's jacket. As 2 piece suits came into fashion in the 19th century, many men started to place their clean pocket square into the breast pocket of their jacket to protect it from dirt and other objects, such as coins, in their trousers' pockets. After use the pocket square would move from the breast pocket to the trousers' pockets.
The look of the pocket square in the breast pocket became more popular, especially after specific folding techinques came into use. By the 1920s the pocket square had become more of a fashion accessory than having any other purpose. Often times men had a poacket square in their breast pocket, and another handerchief in their trousers meant for wiping their hands or cleaning their nose.
Later on, during the 40s and 50s the linen handkerchiefs were viewed us unhygenic. The kleenex company, founded in 1924, was the first company to make disposable handkerchiefs. As a result, the linen handkershief was replaced, and only used as a fashion accessory in form of a pocket square. Pocket squares are still today a very fashionable piece of accessory for any formal or even business attire.
Pocket Squares and Handkerchief history: How did the pocket square become a fashion accessory for men.
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But what the Yonces and thousands of other peach growers still don't know is this: How does a peach know when the cold winter weather is over and it is time to grow?
"It's an interesting phenomenon," Clemson plant biologist Doug Bielenberg said. "These plants count the cold hours and days. If it gets warm for a bit, they stop, and then they pick up counting where they left off."
"The weather controls our destiny, basically," said Yonce, who has been growing peaches for four decades. The family business is J.W. Yonce & Sons farm, founded by his grandfather in 1932 in Edgefield County.
The fruit was perfect for the area. Winter nights are cold enough for the chemical reactions that make peaches sweet, but not cold enough to kill the fruit as it grows. Peaches later need warm to hot weather for the fruit to mature. That's why the Georgia joins California and South Carolina as the nation's leading peach-producing states.
Research from Clemson and the University of Georgia has helped up farmers considerably over the years. One of the Yonce farm's best-sellers is a peach, developed through years of breeding, that doesn't need as many chill hours so it ripens in May, but has the color, texture and sweetness of peaches that used to not hit the market until July.
Yonce takes his knife and cuts open a bloom. The tiny fleck inside is black. That flower would yield no peach, but Yonce wouldn't have known until after the pruning.
"Growing peaches is like legalized gambling," he said.
And that's something that science will likely never be able to change.
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EEG Ocular Correction ICA (based on ICA)
The Ocular Correction ICA transform allows ocular artifacts in the EEG to be corrected. This is
an ICA-based correction process using a simplified version of ICA. Compared with ICA, however,
the Ocular Correction ICA transform has the advantage that it offers more comprehensive
methods of detecting artifact-related ICA components. Alongside the automatic and
manual detection of ocular artifacts (e.g. blinks), you can also automatically detect the ICA
components that are of relevance for eye activity. Ocular artifacts could also be corrected using
the ICA transform in semiautomatic mode.


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The Blackface sheep is the most common hill breed in Scotland. They are extremely hardy and can survive in the harsh climate associated with the hills of Scotland. All Blackface sheep have horns and have black and white legs and face. The fleece should be completely white. Their wool is mainly used to make carpets or mattresses.
When kept on the hill, Blackface ewes will stay within an area that they will get to know very well (this is called hefting). They will know the best area to find shelter, and the best area to find good grass. The ewe will pass this information on to her daughters. It is not recommended to buy in flock replacements for hill farms as the sheep may get lost, or die in the extreme weather as they do not know where to find shelter.
Blackface sheep are bred pure to produce flock replacements or small carcass weight lambs, generally for the European market. The Blackface ewes are often crossed with a sire such as a Border Leicester or Continental sire to produce ewes that are very prolific and will produce lambs for the meat market. Blackface ewes are also crossed with terminal sires such as the Suffolk to produce a quality prime lamb.
In hill environments, Blackface ewes will normally produce one lamb per year, on a lowland farm with good grazing they regularly produce twins, with triplets not being uncommon.


They're stopping ActivInspire? (updated 6-20-20)
They're going to stop ActivInspire?
No, but... ActivInspire, the software that many of our teachers use with their interactive whiteboards, needs Adobe Flash player to work with embedded items (see the system requirements; currently it needs at least Adobe Flash 11).
The lastest update to ActivInspire made it a more robust 64-bit piece of software, but it lost some abilities. When Flash Player is absent, there is a potential you may lose some of the special functions. You will be able to write on the whiteboard part of activinspire, but niche functions you rely on may not be there.
In 2017, Adobe announced "we remain committed to supporting Flash through 2020". They have recently announced support will end Dec 31, 2020. This will even impact Acrobat Reader.
If you look at the link about support ending Dec 31, 2020, the FAQ section (emphasis mine):
 1. Will Adobe make previous versions of Adobe Flash Player available for download after 2020?
Adobe Flash has had vulnerabilities that programmers with bad intentions have exploited to cause data to be shared without the user's knowledge, malware and viruses to be installed, and other undesirable actions. The software updates to flash plug and prevent these exploits. If it's no longer updated, it will likely be exploited.
The term EOL refers to End of Life. EOL means no more updates to that software.
You need security updates to keep your computer safe.
The same people who make ActivInspire make Classflow. Classflow does not use Flash player. Classflow can import your flipcharts, so that you do not have to start over from scratch.
If you have a Promethean Planet username and password, you can use that to log into Classflow. If not, you can create a free teacher account.
You can import your flipcharts from ActivInspire into Classflow by clicking the resources button, clicking the new button and then clicking on File Upload.
Click resources, then click the New button, then click on File Upload


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Captain Falcon (SSB)/Down aerial
Captain Falcon stomps below him, dealing 14% damage. The move's hitbox lasts a very long time, but it has very quick startup. The move functions as a meteor smash, striking airborne opponents downwards when they are hit by the move. The move's reach is also extended by a small hitbox above Captain Falcon's legs. The move is a powerful meteor smash (even if it hits during the latter frames), and it can KO at moderately low percentages offstage. Due to the move having high power throughout the entire duration, it can easily be used after an edge drop and a midair jump to cover the area around Falcon, being very difficult for most recovering characters to get past. If the move is used on a grounded opponent, it produces very weak knockback that only just lifts them off the ground at around 80-90%, though at around 80% it can lead into an up smash to get the opponent into the air, and at around 100-150% (depending on the falling speed of the opponent) it can lead straight into a back aerial or occasionally a neutral aerial for a KO. Used on a grounded opponent at lower to moderate percentages, it can also tech-chase rather easily. This can be performed out of a short hop or after an aerial down aerial onstage. In addition to this, it can be used effectively with the help of platforms; for example, Falcon can use it almost immediately after dropping through a soft platform. Additionally, a down aerial can be used on a grounded opponent right next to the edge of the stage to combo into another down aerial, a forward smash, or even a Falcon Punch.
Captain Falcon can also perform a Ken Combo variation by jumping, using his back aerial (at lower percentages) or forward aerial (at moderate percentages), jumping again and using a down aerial to meteor smash the opponent. A down aerial can also be used to finish a string of up aerials. According to Ken himself, the Ken Combo was initially developed in Smash 64 using an up aerial → down aerial combo with Captain Falcon.


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Dipterocarpus alatus--iconic giant street tree of Ho Chi Minh City
I visited Ho Chi Minh City recently and was amazed to see giant trees of Dipterocarpus alalus growing as street trees in the older parts of the city. I estimate their age to be 80 to 100 years, which means they would have been planted during French colonial rule. Dipterocarpus alatus belongs to Dipterocarpaceae, which is the dominant timber-tree family of SE Asia. Dipterocarpus alatus itself is native to Burma, Thailand, Laos, Cambodia, Vietnam and Philippines.
In Malaysia and Singapore two other members of the family have been planted as street trees in the past 10 - 20 years. These are Hopea odorata (also commonly planted in Vietnam) and Shorea roxburghii. Both are doing well as street trees and will eventually become giants.


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What is the XPS Viewer?
An XPS document is any file that is saved in the XML Paper Specification, or.xps, file format. You can create XPS documents (.xps files) by using any program that you can print from in Windows; however, you can only view XPS documents by using an XPS Viewer, such as the one included in this version of Windows.
When you click an XPS document, it opens automatically in the XPS Viewer. There are several options for viewing and managing XPS documents in the XPS Viewer, including:
Saving a copy of an XPS document to your computer
Searching the document for a word or phrase
Zooming in or out to make text and pictures easier to read
Digitally signing the XPS document
Determining who can access the document and for how long by applying document permissions
For more information about the XPS document format, see XPS documents: frequently asked questions. For more information about the XPS Viewer, see Using the XPS Viewer.


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Yes there is, You can use ACLs to grant or deny permissions to a user or a group of users to invoke a menu command for a specific KM application instance. For example, a user may have permission to execute a certain menu command on a test system instance, but not on the production system instance running on the same managed system computer.
For specific information on how to set ACL settings on menu commands, please read the section on Using ACLs on Menu Commands, pages 98-99, in the PATROL Central Operator – Microsoft Windows Edition Getting Started guide. It has a very clear example on this very task.
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Al-Jassani, ban Adil, Urquhart, Neil B and Almaini, A E A (2011) State assignment for sequential circuits using multi-objective genetic algorithm. IET Computers & Digital Techniques, 5 (4). pp. 296-305. ISSN _PHONE_
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In this study, a new approach using a multi-objective genetic algorithm (MOGA) is proposed to determine the optimal state assignment with less area and power dissipations for completely and incompletely specified sequential circuits. The goal is to find the best assignments which reduce the component count and switching activity. The MOGA employs a Pareto ranking scheme and produces a set of state assignments, which are optimal in both objectives. The ESPRESSO tool is used to optimise the combinational parts of the sequential circuits. Experimental results are given using a personal computer with an Intel CPU of 2.4 GHz and 2 GB RAM. The algorithm is implemented using C++ and fully tested with benchmark examples. The experimental results show that saving in components and switching activity are achieved in most of the benchmarks tested compared with recent published research.
|Uncontrolled Keywords:||multiobjective genetic algorithm; component count; switching activity; Pareto ranking scheme; state assignments; ESPRESSO tool; combinational parts; power dissipations; incompletely specified sequential circuits; completely specified sequential circuits|
|University Divisions/Research Centres:||Edinburgh Napier University, Institute for Informatics and Digital Innovation|
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|Library of Congress Subjects:||T Technology > TK Electrical engineering. Electronics Nuclear engineering|
|Depositing User:||Computing Research|
|Date Deposited:||31 May 2011 11:47|
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Filter child dashboards from a parent dashboard
You can embed child dashboards inside a parent dashboard, and filter them from the parent dashboard. For example, you have a dashboard and want to display it inside a parent dashboard. At the same time, you want to add a filter control on the parent dashboard that will allow users to filter data on the child dashboard.
3. Add a child dashboard
- Create a dashboard, or use an existing one.
- Add a viewParameter.
4. Add parent dashboard
- Create a new dashboard.
- Drag and drop the child dashboard to the dashboard canvas.
- Add a Member Filter. This will be used to filter the child dashboard.
- Setup the member filter and connect to the child dashboards' parameter.
If you used regular filters on the child dashboard, you can prevent them from displaying on the parent dashboard by ticking the Hide Parameter Controls checkbox.
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How To Tie Shoelaces For Converse
Since Converse are such a unique brand of shoes, you have probably wondered how to tie shoelaces for Converse. The truth is, tying shoelaces for Converse is the same as any other shoes, and can be mastered fairly quickly.
To tie shoelaces for Converse, you will need:
- A pair of Converse
- Put on both pairs of shoes and make sure that they are laced correctly. The shoelaces should run through all of the holes on the side of the Converse, and an equal length of shoelace should stick out on the right and left side of the first pair of holes.
- Now, tighten the shoe by pulling on the shoelaces on the left and right side of the shoes. This will make sure that the shoes fit you well when the shoelaces are tied.
- Cross the left and right lace by pulling the left string under the right string. This will create an "X" shape.
- Hold the left lace (which was originally the right lace) and form a loop, holding it in place between the index finger and thumb of your left hand. Do the same for the right lace, holding it in place with your right hand. Cross both loops by putting the right loop over the left loop.
- Tie both loops into a knot, like you did in step three. Take care to ensure that the loops don't accidentally open up. If they do, simply repeat step four.
- Pull tightly and your shoelaces are now tied. To untie the shoes, simply pull on the laces.


Piano to Bench distance, location, road map and direction
Piano is located in France at the longitude of -93.05 and latitude of 40.76. Bench is located in USA at the longitude of -111.68 and latitude of 42.5.
Distance between Piano and Bench
The total straight line distance between Piano and Bench is 1558 KM (kilometers) and 100 meters. The miles based distance from Piano to Bench is 968.2 miles. This is a straight line distance and so most of the time the actual travel distance between Piano and Bench may be higher or vary due to curvature of the road.
The driving distance or the travel distance between Piano to Bench is 1790 KM and 294 meters. The mile based, road distance between these two travel point is 1112.4 miles.
Time Difference between Piano and Bench
The sun rise time difference or the actual time difference between Piano and Bench is 1 hours, 14 minutes and 32 seconds. Note: Piano and Bench time calculation is based on UTC time of the particular city. It may vary from country standard time, local time etc.
Piano To Bench travel time
Piano is located around 1558 KM away from Bench so if you travel at the consistent speed of 50 KM per hour you can reach Bench in 35 hours and 40 minutes. Your Bench travel time may vary due to your bus speed, train speed or depending upon the vehicle you use.
Midway point between Piano To Bench
Mid way point or halfway place is a center point between source and destination location. The mid way point between Piano and Bench is situated at the latitude of 42.007530939166 and the longitude of -102.23597391194. If you need refreshment you can stop around this midway place, after checking the safety,feasibility, etc.
Piano To Bench road map
Bench is located nearly West side to Piano. The bearing degree from Piano To Bench is 277 ° degree. The given West direction from Piano is only approximate. The given google map shows the direction in which the blue color line indicates road connectivity to Bench. In the travel map towards Bench you may find en route hotels, tourist spots, picnic spots, petrol pumps and various religious places. The given google map is not comfortable to view all the places as per your expectation then to view street maps, local places see our detailed map here.
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I have noticed that a cat and dog share the same radical, which is 犭dog (quǎn).
So, if we break the words down:
猫 cat (māo) = 犭dog (quǎn) + 艹 cǎo (grass) + 田 tián (field)
狗 dog (gǒu) = 犭dog (quǎn) + 勹 bāo (wrap) + 口 kǒu (mouth)
I have two questions:
1) Why a dog radical has the dog in it with other components?
2) Why a cat has the dog radical it in?
These words are not difficult to remember. For a cat, I use'meow', which is somehow similar to māo. For a dog, I stick to 'Go, go, dog!', which sounds a bit like gǒu.
However, I am curious about the origin of these words.
 - 1. Both 狗 and 貓 are 形聲字. 2. Nobody says 犭 can only be used for Canidae. – user3a Jan 15 '17 at 12:10
The radical in 猫 actually comes from 豸 zhi4 (beast), which you can still see in the traditional character 貓.
Whereas the radical in 狗 is in fact 犭 quan3.
The simplified version of 猫 got the 犭 quan3 radical because of trait reduction and semantic affinity (dog -> beast).
If it sounds easier to you, you can think of 犭 quan3 in simplified Chinese as generically referring to an animal, as in 狼 (wolf), 狮 (lion), 猴 (monkey), 狐 (fox) and words relating to animals as 猎 (hunt).
As for your other question:
The dog radical 犭 comes from 犬 which is a pictogram, still used in some words today, especially dog breeds. No radicals other than the image itself. Here you can see an evolution of the picture. (Source: Wenlin, and possibly 说文解字).
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If you are talking about the modern character 狗 gou3, it comes from the semantic/radical 犭 quan3 plus the phonetic part 句 ju4. It was probably a colloquial or popular name for "dog" which has made it into the standard language, whereas 犬 keeps a more classical and scientific flavor.
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 Thank you very much for the detailed explanation. The picture is very interesting. You have made my day. I am very happy that I have learned something new today. – Luzing Jan 15 '17 at 12:49
 - The phonetic part 句 has another pronunciation gou3, exactly the same as 狗 – jf328 Jan 17 '17 at 12:07
 - I cannot find reference of the gou3 pronunciation. It appears to have gou1, (and some sources list also gou4) probably as a variant of 勾. Do you have any links? – blackgreen Jan 17 '17 at 12:24
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Noun: stultification ,stúl-ti-fi'key-shun
 - befooling [archaic]
 2. The act of making something futile and useless (as by routine)
 - constipation, impairment, deadening
Derived forms: stultifications
Type of: debasement, degradation, derision
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Relationship between positive-negative affect and performance in a golf competition
The first objective of this study was to investigate the relationship between positive and negative affect at three phases of a golf competition and performance in the competition. The second objective was to investigate the relationship between changes in positive and negative affect during the competition and performance in the competition. Thirty golfers who belonged to university golf clubs participated. The golfers answered the PANAS questionnaire immediately prior to the competition, immediately after the first half 9 holes, and immediately after the latter half 9 holes of the competition. Their performance in the competition was calculated by the mean score of the last 10 rounds of golf minus the score of the competition. Correlation coefficient showed that the performance in the first half 9 holes was significantly related to the positive affect immediately after the first 9 holes (r =.38), and the negative affect immediately after the first 9 holes (r =-.35). In addition, the correlation coefficient between the increased positive affect in the first 9 holes and the performance in the first half 9 holes (r =.46) and that between the increased negative affect in the first 9 holes and the performance in the first half 9 holes (r =-.38) was significant. These findings indicated that the positive and negative affect during a golf competition changed depending on the golfers' performance in the competition.
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$ realizing $\delta$, the following holds: $0\in H$ if and only if there exists $x_k$ with $\langle P, P-x_k\rangle >0$. (Very compact proof: If one of those exists, one can reduce $\delta$ by using the method of 3. As the new minimum may not lie on the boundary as it has not been found in the first run, $0\in H$ has to hold. Otherwise assume $0\in H$ and no scalar product fulfills the given condition. Then one can write $0$ as convex combination of the $x_i$ and express $0<||P||_2^2=\langle{P,P-0}\rangle$ and, using linearity of the scalar product, show that this is $\leq 0$ and thus getting a contradiction).
Putting all of this together one yields the following algorithm:
 1. Init $d_\min = \infty$.
 2. For $i\in\{0,\ldots, n-1\}$ do:
 1. Compute $n_i$ = $||x_i||_2^2$
 2. For ($j \in \{i+1,\ldots, n-1\}$ do
 1. Compute $s_{i,j}=\langle x_i, x_j\rangle$.
 2. Compute $n_j=||x_j||_2^2$.
 3. Decide:
 - If $s_{i,j}\geq n_i$ set $d=n_i, c=1$.
 - If $s_{i,j}\geq n_j$ set $d=n_j, c = 0$.
 - Else set $c = (n_i-s_{i,j})/(n_i+n_j-2s_{i,j})$ and $d=n_i- (n_i-s_{i,j})\cdot c$.
 4. If $d (1-c)s_{i,k}+c s_{j,k}$ return 0.
 4. Return $d_\min$.
This algorithm is based on the rules 1-5 above, however, the conditions are formulated a bit more efficient. Please apologize the incomplete reasoning. I found this solution appealing as it allows a lot of optimization in my special scenario. I already computed all norms of the $x_i$ somewhere else, so this is no further effort. Furthermore, the parent algorithm scans a set of values, successively replacing one $x_i$ with another $x_i'$ and then again computing the distance to the convex hull. This means that most of the distances can be saved and used later and for each iteration I only have to do very little work in updating and computing very few (as for my main problem, where $n=4$ it is 3) scalar products.
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Machine learning methods are known to be inefficient when faced with many features that are unnecessary for rule discovery. In coping with this issue, many methods have been proposed for selecting important features. Among them is feature selection that selects a subset of discriminative features or attribute for model building due to its ability to avoid overfitting issue, improve model performance, provide faster and producing reliable model. This paper proposes a new method based on rough set algorithms, which is a rule-based data mining method to select the important features in bioinformatics datasets. Amino acid compositions are used as conditional features for the classification task. However, our results indicate that all amino acid composition features are equally important thus selecting the features are unnecessary. We do confirm the need of having a balance classes in classifying the protein function by demonstrating an increase of more than 15% in accuracy.
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The CWMA is grant funded and projects-based. Our goal is to cooperatively address the short and long-term effects of non-native invasive plants across jurisdictional boundaries within the 11 southern counties of Illinois.
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John Weiss (28 June 1818 - 9 March 1879) was an American author and clergyman, as well as a noted abolitionist.
Weiss was born in Boston. His father, a German Jew, was a barber in Worcester. He graduated at Harvard in 1837 and at the Harvard Divinity School in 1843, studying abroad in between. He then preached at Watertown, but withdrew on account of his anti-slavery opinions. He was pastor at New Bedford, Massachusetts, for a short time, resigning on account of the failure of his health. After several years of study and travel he resumed his pastorate in the Unitarian church at Watertown in 1859, remaining there until 1870.
On the issue of slavery, the Reverend John Weiss was an outspoken abolitionist. He was an advocate of woman's rights, a rationalist in religion, and a disciple of the transcendental philosophy. He delivered courses of lectures on "Greek Religious Ideas," "Humor in Shakespeare," and "Shakespeare's Women." Of his lectures on Greek religious ideas, Octavius B. Frothingham said: "They were the keenest interpretation of the ancient myths, the most profound, luminous, and sympathetic, I have met with."
He is the author of many reviews, sermons, and magazine articles on literary, biographical, social, and political questions. He also wrote:
- Life and Correspondence of Theodore Parker (2 vols., New York, 1864)
- American Religion (1871)
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How to set PHP upload file size limit in PHP
If you've got a web application that uploads files to the server through a PHP script, you might have noticed that by default you can't upload terribly large files. Depending on how you host your website (or application) there are different ways to change the PHP settings.
The reason the limit is set fairly low by default is for stability and security reasons – a malicious script or attacker could attempt to DoS your server with large file uploads and temporarily shut your application down.
The default settings of PHP will restrict the size of any file to be uploaded to 2 MB maximum. This arise a lot of problems for those who want to upload a file which is greater than 2 MB.
To increase the upload size you have to change three settings present in the php.ini file:
- post_max_size : This is the combined maximum size of all files sent on the form. If you have 2 file fields on your form, the total file size of the 2 files must not exceed the post_max_size value.
- upload_max_filesize: This is the file upload limit of each individual file.
- memory_limit: PHP scripts have a memory limit, and generally speaking this can prevent some uploads from working. The limit should be set at a reasonable level, of course you won't need 20mb for a simple 'hello world' script. Try slowly increasing this value if you find that uploads still aren't working.
You can set the values by using a numeric value followed by M for the amount of MB you want to allocate for each variable.
If you host your site remotely, you should check their documentation on how to change the PHP configuration settings.
Change php.ini directly
If you host your site on a server that you have access to, you can change your php.ini file directly. This is the easiest approach. Your php.ini file should exist in the PHP installation directory. Open it in your favourite text editor and search for these lines and change them:
memory_limit = 8M
post_max_size = 8M
upload_max_filesize = 2M
Indeed, some applications need the PHP upload_max_filesize to be at least 40 MB. Unfortunately, you cannot have such a high value on the shared server because of possible server overloads due to excessive memory usage.
The upload_max_filesize on our shared servers is set to 24Mb and it cannot be changed. In most cases this is more than enough and you will not experience problems because of it. In rare cases where 24Mb are not enough, we recommend using an FTP client to upload the necessary file.
How does Php.ini Increase Upload File Size Limit?
The answer to this question can fully be given but first of all we should be familiar with the following terms:
PHP originally stood for Personnel Home Page but now it is stand for Hypertext Preprocessor. PHP is an open-source server-side scripting language designed for Web development to produce dynamic Web pages.
A special file for PHP and several zests such as suPHP is named as Php.ini. The Php.ini file is the default configuration file for running applications that require PHP.It is used to control the variables such as upload sizes, file timeouts, and resource limits. The server's php.ini file is located at /usr/local/lib/php.ini.
File Upload :
File Upload allows the visitors to send files to the web server using standard forms. File Upload was not supported in Internet Explorer 3.0 but was soon afterwards added in version 3.02. The file upload limit is usually set pretty low by shared hosting providers. All hosting providers does not allow their customers to increase the file upload limit.
Php Upload File :
Now we will discuss that how does Php upload file to the server:
If we want to allow users to upload a file to the server, then we have to provide a form for them to specify which file they want to upload. Once the submit button of the form is being clicked, the action page is called. This is the page that needs to contain the PHP code to process the uploaded file.
The Input Form :
Before a user can upload a file, an interface that allows the user to select a file should be provided to them and thus the upload is being initiated.
The following code is an example of an input form. There are a couple of important things to note about this code:
- The actions attribute points to a.php file. This is the file that will process the uploaded file.
- There is an attribute called enctype, and its value is multipart/form-data.
- One of the input fields has type="file".
The Action Page :
Once the user uploads a file, the file is uploaded into a temporary directory on the server. If the file will not be moved then it will disappear. Therefore, the action page needs to move the file to another location where it can stay as long as it is required.
Whenever a file is uploaded, you can find out certain information about the file including its name, type, size, as well as the name of the temporary file on the server. These details are made available to you via a PHP array called $_FILES.
Therefore, we are well known with fact that how PHP upload file.
Now we will discuss about the fact that how does Php.ini Increase Upload File Size Limit. The Php.ini Increase Upload File Size Limit in a following way:
The server's PHP setting determines the upload file size. The default values for PHP will not allow us to go beyond the maximum 2MB upload file size. The page for upload modules depends on two PHP setting i.e.
The upload module limits the size of a single attachment to be 50% of post_max_size, or 100% of upload_max_filesize, whichever is smaller. The default PHP values are 2 MB for upload_max_filesize, and 8 MB for post_max_size.These two PHP variables can be changed in a number of places by mean of most likely being php.ini or.htaccess(depending on our hosting situation).
This can further be understood by mean of the following instance:
If we want to increase the limit on uploaded files to 10 MB then we have to act in a following manner:
Add the following to the relevant php.ini file, if it can be accessed. This is a system-wide setting for some hosts. However, if hosts are running PHP as a CGI script with suexec (for example) then these directives can be put in a php.ini file in the root directory.
- upload_max_filesize = 10M;
- post_max_size = 20M;
Add the following to the.htaccess file in the root directory.
- php_value upload_max_filesize 10M
- php_value post_max_size 20M
The Php documentation expounds that the memory_limitsetting also affects file uploading. It is but natural that memory_limit should be larger than post_max_size. If such an issue arises then add this:
- in php.ini, memory_limit = 18M;
- in.htaccess, php_value memory_limit 18M
Hence, how can PHP increase upload file size limit is different from the fact that how can Php.ini Increase
Upload File size Limit as in the above written section we are increasing memory size limit.


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WINGS creates opportunities for Guatemalan families to improve their lives by providing them with family planning education and access to reproductive health services. Since 2004, WINGS has trained over 380 youth aged 13-19 as peer educators, who in turn have shared accurate information about sexual health with nearly 56,000 young people.
In 2011, WINGS began to use street theater as part of its youth outreach. Based on this success, it sought a collaboration with ArtCorps to expand and deepen creative methods throughout its Peer Education program. New arts-based tools developed by ArtCorps are enabling young leaders to explain technical concepts, such as the functioning of reproductive organs, and facilitate discussions on sensitive and often taboo topics like gender roles and domestic violence.
ArtCorps will provide Art for Social Action tools that increase knowledge about sexual and reproductive health and foster dialogue among peers and couples.
In a country where 34% of boys and 22% of girls are sexually active by age 15 and reproductive health education is scarce, the outlook seems grim for youth seeking to improve themselves and make healthy choices. How can the youth of Guatemala take control of their health and build better futures for themselves, their families and their communities?
- 250 teens are equipped with knowledge and skills to make healthy relationship and sexual health decisions.
- 250 peer educators gain leadership skills and creative tools to more effectively educate and facilitate dialogue with their peers on reproductive health.
- Through 31 public presentations and theater performances, youth raise awareness about teen health with over 2,200 students and teachers from four schools.
ArtCorps and WINGS are opening young minds by sharing critical knowledge and training youth to take a leadership role in educating their peers about sexual health and healthy relationships.
- Developing Peer Educators: Evelina worked closely with WINGS education staff to train 250 youth from 13 youth groups (selected to be reproductive health peer educators) to express themselves, think critically and share powerful narratives that inspire others.
- Sex Ed Plays: During the year, the peer educators wrote and produced 12 plays about sexual health, gender and domestic violence under Evelina's guidance. These plays were performed in the Sacatepéquez schools, reaching over 2,200 youth and teachers.
- Teen Art Exhibits: Art created by the peer educators to encourage teens to make healthy decisions was displayed in the schools, health clinic and public park.
Evelina Jagminaite is a Lithuanian artist and Renaissance woman, who has studied economics, anthropology and environmental science as well as fine arts and dance. In her work with domestic violence survivors, university students and youth from low-income families, she has found art to be a powerful strategy for behavior change.
"Using creative activities like dance, storytelling and body-mapping helps [participants] to retain new information with greater ease and enjoy the learning process." ~ArtCorps Artist Evelina Jagminaite
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See your children the way Jesus sees them, love them the way Jesus loves them, treat them the way Jesus treats them
Little Blessings Bible Lessons are a series of printable preschool Bible lessons in English and in Spanish. They begin with creation and end with Jesus coming back for us.
What the Lessons teach
The lessons teach young children the same Bible truths we adults hold dear, just in smaller pieces. They will learn about the character of God. Once they understand His character, children will want to respond to Him with all their hearts. Little Blessings Bible Lessons are full of truths about the goodness and love of God.
Why the Lessons are effective
These Bible lessons for preschoolers are designed for young children to learn by seeing, hearing and doing. Your children will see and hear each story using a wide variety of bright and colorful visual aids and demonstrations. They will do many activities that reinforce the stories. There are Bible verses for children to learn during the exciting, "My Bible Verse" time. Each lesson focuses on one truth in the Bible text. All stories, crafts and activities reinforce the lesson focus.
Who uses the Lessons
Parents, teachers, and missionaries have used Little Blessings Bible Lessons to reach the hearts of young children with God's Word all over the world. The lessons are used in homes, nursery and toddler classes, Sunday School classes, children's church, preschools, day-cares, special needs classes, missionary schools, and orphanages. These children's Bible lessons are fun for toddlers to young grade school kids!
Lessons that are affordable
These printable Bible lessons for children can be purchased on a CD and are affordable for everyone. The CD contains a curriculum of 52 lessons in English and the same 52 lessons translated into Spanish. If you want to try using Little Blessings Bible Lessons in your home or classroom, there are always free lessons on the Free Lessons page. These are complete Bible lessons for preschool children which may be printed and taught.
Preschool Bible Lessons with Stories, Crafts, and Bible Verses
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We have Lotus Notes based application, which is accessed by several users. We communicate with our users by using mailboxes which reside on Domino server. With mailboxes migrating from Lotus notes to Microsoft exchange. What are possible ways to continue communications categories mentioned below:
1) Send normal email containing attachment to users. - Is it possible to send email from lotusscript when mailbox resides on microsoft exchange server? Any other solution.
2) Send email with buttons to approve or reject - How will it be done through Lotus notes when mailbox is microsoft exchange? In case we do not migrate mailbox however our clients access outlook mailbox is it still possible to send email containing approval buttons etc?
3) Agents look up mailbox regularly to receive communication from backend - Is it possible to access Microsoft exchange mailbox from Lotus notes so that we can process incoming emails? Any other solution?
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1) You first need to setup your Notes Domain to be able to forward to an Exchange domain. Microsoft provides some help here: _URL_
As you migrate users, you'll change their person documents to point to "Other Internet Mail", and include their Exchange email address, so the Notes environment knows how to reach them. Up to this point, this is something a Notes Administrator would handle if you have one at your company.
After that, you can send to any Notes user normally from LotusScript. Attachments go through fine.
2) Approval buttons are not feasible because they require some level of interactivity to be sent back to Notes. When you send an email from Notes to Exchange, you're sending it over SMTP and usually in an HTML format. It's the same as if you send an email from Notes to someone across the globe - as soon as it leaves the Notes domain, the email is converted to a MIME-based email and Notes-specific buttons, embedded objects, etc won't be converted.
As an alternative, you could send a link to the Notes database and have the users click that first, then open up the database to approve. That's very easy if your Notes database is on Domino and accessible via a browser. If it's a database that requires the Notes client, and you're on Windows, you can programmatically create links to the documents using the Notes:// URL scheme, which can easily be sent in an email.
3) This is a "it depends" answer. What are you trying to accomplish? If you're reacting to emails sent from an application, you could perhaps send two emails - one to a user, one to the database within Lotus Notes that needs to run an action. Or, you can set up rules from Exchange that send emails to Notes to trigger actions. If you absolutely must react to emails sent to Exchange, you should look into using Rules in Outlook/Exchange, and perhaps VBA to gain finer control of what actions occur.
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- VR-TheWorld Server
A world of terrain data, streamed for modelling and simulation
VR-TheWorld Server is a powerful web-based terrain streaming server that lets users stream in elevation, features, and imagery. It is delivered with a global base map, but users can populate it with their own custom source data through a web-based interface. The server can be deployed on private networks to provide streaming terrain data to a variety of simulation and visualisation applications, behind a firewall.
VR-TheWorld stores and streams elevation, imagery, and features including roads, buildings, and trees to multiple applications simultaneously. The quality of imagery and elevation data included with the server is continually expanded, while also allowing users to add their own geospatial data to distribute in real-time. VR-TheWorld Server is seeded with over two terabytes of global elevation and imagery data — pre-tiled for high performance access.
- VR-TheWorld Server is ready out-of-the-box
- The VR-TheWorld Server installation is a 1U rackmount chassis that houses the server and raid array. The hardware comes pre-installed and ready to go out of the box. A VR-TheWorld Server is a fully standalone version of VR-TheWorld and can be deployed behind firewalls and security barriers.
- The VR-TheWorld Basemap has:
- Global elevation. 90-meter (DTED Level 1) for the entire globe, based on the CGIAR-CSI version of NASA's SRTM30 dataset, merged with SRTM30Plus bathymetry.
- Global imagery. Landsat 7 (15m resolution for the entire globe) merged with NASA Blue Marble data (500m resolution), colour-corrected for seamless display, and pre-tiled to 7 mipmap levels.
- High-resolution inset areas. The insets range from 1m to 15cm per pixel – including Boston, Washington, D. C., and two airport areas in Afghanistan.
- Samples of 1:250,000 and 1:100,000 topographic maps in Southern California.
- A highly detailed map of Hawaii
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Temple Tots
Temple Tots is a program designed for families of pre-schoolers at Or Chadash. Temple Tots meets one Sunday a month, and runs from 11:00 A.M. -12:00 P.M., with a snack towards the end of the hour. We meet in the Sanctuary after Tefillah (prayer assembly).
Temple Tots is a fun and educational program that teaches basic Jewish concepts at the pre-school age level. In addition to learning about the Holidays, the children will have an increased awareness about:
 - What is a Rabbi?
 - Why do we come to Temple?
 - What is Tzeddakah?
 - Where can I find a Mezuzah?
Theme-related crafts, stories, and a hands-on approach to learning are all active ingredients in the Temple Tots program. We read Sammy the Spider stories and other PJ Library books. In the past, the children played I-Spy in the Synagogue. They located and counted Mezuzahs, and Stars of David. They planted trees on Tu B'Shevat. They were very excited!
We look forward to seeing you on Sundays, and showing you just how exciting Temple can be when seen through the eyes of a pre-schooler!


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This is an Ultra Light stove made with bottle caps. This is easy to make and it weighs next to nothing!
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Step 1: Materials
You will need:
2 Bottle caps
a match or a lighter
Step 2: Let's Get Started!
Use the pliers to bend back the rim of one bottle cap.
Step 3: Make the Fill Holes
Hammer the nail into the other bottle cap about four times the create the fill holes.
Step 4: Hammer It Down
Use a hammer to create a "divot" in the bottle cap so the fuel can drain without it spilling.
Step 5: Put Them Together
Fit the holed bottle cap inside the other one to finish the stove.
Step 6: Try It Out!
You just made the world's lightest camping stove!
To use it:
Pour some isopropyl alcohol in the fill hole. Using a match or a lighter, light it!


Farther vs Further
These two English words are very similar; keep reading for further information.
Farther means "more far/distant" in physical space.
Tom ran farther than Bill.
Which is farther, New York or Los Angeles?
Farthest means "the most far/distant."
I prefer the seat farthest from the window.
Pluto was once considered the farthest planet from the sun.
Further means "more far/distant" figuratively or non-physically, and can also mean "more/additional":
Nothing could be further from the truth.
Who is further along in her research?
Do you have any further ideas?
Further is also a verb: "to advance":
This class will further your understanding of ethics.
Furthest means "the most far/distant" figuratively.
That is the furthest thing from my mind.
The Bottom Line
Many English speakers use both farther and further to mean "more far" in space, but only further can be used for non-physical distance and to mean simply "more." If you are talking about actual distance, you can usually use either word without raising any eyebrows, but keep further in mind for all of your English furthering efforts.
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Volunteering Australia has provided a submission to the Independent Review of the Australian Public Service Australian Government.
In this submission, Volunteering Australia highlights four main areas for improvement for the Australian Public Service:
- A strengthened focus on whole of government approaches and cross-sectoral collaboration;
- Recognition of volunteering by the APS;
- The adoption of Volunteering Australia's definition of volunteering across all government departments; and
- Increased transparency in government tender processes.


227 - 1/02 - Heavy Weather Alongside - El Dekheila
One of our Member's bulk carriers twice recently visited the port of El Dekheila, near Alexandria, Egypt. On both occasions, the vessel experienced heavy swell whilst alongside, resulting in the vessel surging along the quay. On the second occasion, she parted a total of eleven mooring lines and required the assistance of a tug, pilot and mooring crew to resecure the vessel. Two ship's staff were injured during this operation.
Obtaining assistance unfortunately, takes a long time in El Dekheila - the port is likely to be closed once the wind reaches Force 6 or there is a heavy swell running, although a tug is always on standby for emergencies. Once the port is closed, except under special circumstances, no vessel is allowed to enter or leave.
The prevailing wind is from the north and northwest and can reach Force 8/9 - the berths are largely unprotected when the wind is from the north. The Port Authority are aware of the situation - there are, it is reported, studies to increase the length of the breakwater to afford more shelter.
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Definition of Yaya
On the internet, there are a lot of meanings for the word Yaya, although it is not really clear what it means, there are 3 concise concepts about its definition.
Concept number 1:
In some Latin American countries such as Chile and Colombia, Yaya refers to a skin lesion. The lesions are superficial or small wounds, and can also mean a healed wound, that is, a scar.
For example:
 - Yayas in your body.
 - A little yaya.
Concept number 2:
In Spain, grandparents are known as Yaya. On the other hand, in other parts of the world, this word refers to a babysitter or person who takes care of child care.
But, in addition to caring for children from home, it is also related to medical care, that is, a home nurse in particular care for the little ones.
Concept number 3:
In the tropical areas of Cuba, there is the "Common Yaya" or "Yaya prieta", its scientific name is "Oxandra lanceolata (Sw.) Baill" and it has countless medicinal properties.
Among its benefits, it can be mentioned that it controls and / or helps with:
 - Hemorrhoids.
 - Diabetes.
 - Brain affections.
 - Psoriasis
Etymology of Yaya
Of Catalan origin, "iaio" and "iaia" gradually moved to Spanish as "Yaya", since in children's pronunciation, that is the sound that is emitted.
The singer 6ix9ine, American rapper, released a music video called "Yaya", last month causing so much fury that he came to position himself in the top # 2 of the most viewed.
The most relevant comments indicate that his single in Spanish has a very good vibe, color and everyone is noticing it.
The video has approximately 112,000,000 visits in less than a month and reflects that the number will continue to increase.
The word that gives rise to this article also expresses that an individual has an outgoing personality, with a lot of attitude and who is charismatic. Needless to say, the video is a "Yaya".


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Affliction – Health, Disease, Poverty - Fordham Scholarship Online
Affliction: Health, Disease, Poverty
Veena Das
This book inaugurates a novel way of understanding the trajectories of health and disease in the context of poverty. Focusing on low-income neighborhoods in Delhi, it stitches together three different sets of issues. First, it examines the different trajectories of illness: What are the circumstances under which illness is absorbed within the normal and when does it exceed the normal. A second set of issues involves how different healers understand their own practices. The book asks: What is expert knowledge? What is it that the health practitioner knows and what does the patient know? How are... More
Keywords: poverty, health trajectories, disease trajectories, Delhi, illness, patient, surveillance, health practitioner, expert knowledge, disease prevalence
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Print publication date: 2015 Print ISBN-13: 9780823261802
Published to Fordham Scholarship Online: September 2015 DOI:10.5422/fordham/9780823261802._PHONE_
Affiliations are at time of print publication.
Veena Das, author
Johns Hopkins University


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Detect the language of the user, using the.mo
I have a little doubt. Using 2.9.2 and Wp BP 22.214.171.124.
The way that we can change the language from wp-config.php for example in Spanish. Do not use google translator or other service.
BP would be possible to detect the user's language and load the activity in Spanish or English. In the same way that Facebook loaded into Spanish in Spain and in English in the USA.
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The results are presented concerning the experimental studies of noise and vibration spectra during abrasive treatment of welded joints of the body and rod structures. Welding is related to one of the most popular technologies for joining metal structures. One of the mandatory steps after welding operations is the weld dressing. Mechanical grinding of the weld after welding due to its accessibility is very popular. The studies were carried out both at manual abrasive treatment of the welds, and on the flat-grinding machines in the open space, and in the conditions of industrial premises. In the course of experimental studies, dangerous and harmful production factors arising during welded structures processing were established. The spectral composition of the acoustic characteristics was identified. Based on the results of measurements, the empirical dependence was obtained related to the vibration reduction depending on the distance to the source on the rod elements and body structures. The obtained data are confirmed by the correctness of theoretical conclusions on the regularities of the formation of noise and vibration spectra, as well as the contribution of noise sources to the sound field at the operator workplace. The results of the research allow to confirm the appropriateness of the theoretical approach to the description of the regularities of the noise and vibration process.
The established regularities in the formation of noise spectra, as well as the fact that the difference in the calculated and experimental sound pressure levels actually correspond to the measurement errors, allow to perform acoustic noise protection systems at the design stage of similar technological processes in accordance with the sanitary noise norms at the operator workplaces.


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A team of 13 LSU researchers and students, led by faculty at the LSU Center for Computation & Technology, or CCT, conducted a presentation and demonstration that won first prize at the SCALE 2009 challenge at CCGrid09, a premier conference for cluster and Grid computing. The SCALE 2009 competition, which took place in Shanghai, China, involved researchers demonstrating real-world problem solving using scalable computing, in which scientists use computer systems that can easily adapt, or scale up, to provide greater performance and computing power and give them greater capability to solve complex problems. The CCT-led demonstration showcased a scalable, interactive system to simulate and visualize black holes to study the physics of gravitational waves. This complex process involves many challenges that scientists are only now able to address with modern cyberinfrastructure, including scalable computing systems.
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5 things you should understand about Ruby Variables
Despite being one of the most fundamental concepts in programming, it's pretty hard to find a decent explanation of Ruby Variables for beginners. We've hand-picked a number of resources we believe cover the five thing you'll need to understand about them.
1. Variables are used to store items you want to access later
James Bruce, of Make Use Of, provides a no-nonsense introduction to variables: Make Use of – Variables And Data Types
An example of a variable in action would be:
 the_average = (1 + 2 + 3) / 3
This "assigns" the value of (1 + 2 + 3) / 3 (which calculates to be 2) to the Variable the_average. Later in the program you might do:
 puts "the average is: #{the_average}"
This would display the text "the average is 2". Using Variables is particularly useful for:
 - Making code more readable: lots of short lines which each do a single thing are easier to understand than long ones which do many things
 - Situations where you need to use a value lots of times, in this case instead of writing (1 + 2 + 3) / 3 every time, you can just use the_average.
2. Variables are like tentacles
Well, that's one of the six analogies that Khan Academy considers in this excellent blog post: Khan Academy - Teaching Variables: Analogies and Approaches
3. Assigning variables is simple
The Codecademy Glossary provides the simplest possible overview of assigning Variables: Codecademy - Ruby Glossary
Chris Pine, author of the excellent book Learn To Program, goes into a little bit more detail with six examples of Variables in action: Pine.fm - Variables
4. You don't need to declare what "type" a variable is
Ruby Variables are weak-typed or dynamically-typed; meaning that you don't need to worry what types of data can be stored in them. Ruby Bacon gives a quick overview of what this all means: Ruby Bacon - Variables
5. But you do need to define where in a program it is accessible from
The most complicated aspect of Variables you need to understand is their "scope". Technotopia gives a really clear and concise explanation of variable scope in the following article: Technotopia - Ruby Variable Scope
Ruby Monk goes one step further give some interactive examples: Ruby Monk - Variables
Other resources
If you still don't quite understand some aspects, Zetcode and The Bastard's Book of Ruby both provide quite comprehensive introductions to Variables.


Castle Arch (1.0 miles – unmarked)
Castle Arch
SUMMARY: An average hike to a large unmarked arch. This description involves a stream crossing without a bridge (1 crossing in each direction.) There are better arches in the gorge, but Castle Arch is probably one of the larger arches after Natural Bridge and Sky Bridge, it is definitely one of the larger 10 arches in Red River gorge. My primary disappointment is Castle Arches' close proximity to nearby roads. It is essential to bring a compass and a good map and know how to use them.
RATING: Moderate Hike (about 1.0 miles) The distance is short on this hike, but the entire trail is unmarked. This hike uses unmarked trails and some people have trouble navigating the hike.
Castle Arch
 4. Take the 1st right onto KY-715 N. (5.4 miles)
 5. Park in unmarked parking area on right side (approximately 0.5 miles after Sky Bridge Recreation Area road,) and immediately after another parking area on the left side.
 1. From the pull off where you parked follow the unmarked trail on the same side of the road as it descends to the river. It begins on the right side of the parking area as you are looking at the river (0.1 miles)
 2. Find a place to cross the river ASAP and cross. There is no bridge and good water shoes make the crossing easier.
 3. After crossing the river immediately begin heading up the hill in a line perpendicular to the river. There are many unmarked trails, and following one of them will make the journey easier. (0.3 miles)
 4. At the top of the hill your goal is to come out below a rocky ridge line which means you are most likely below the ridge with Castle Arch. To get to Castle Arch, go around the ridge line to your left. (0.1 miles) There are atleast 2 ways around the ridge to your left. Eventually you will be on the back side of the arch in a little area below the arch and must walk up the last 100 feet or so to get underneath of the arch. Once underneath of Castle Arch you can pass through the arch and around to your right where you can scramble up on top of Castle Arch for better views.
 5. Return to parking area on the unmarked trails (0.5 miles)
Castle Arch GPS Coordinates


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As part of the Quality Improvement Scheme (QIS) this year we need to contribute reducing the estimated prevalence gap for AF in Leeds, estimated in 4624 people
- Patients identified as potential AF need records checking and diagnosis made based on ECG/cardiology letters
Using RAIDR, 57 patients were identified as with codes that would suggest the possibility of an undiagnosed AF.
- One deceased patient
- One invalid NHS number, so unable to check.
- Two already known AF somehow not picked by RAIDR.
- One patient with AF not coded, even though on medication, and seen by cardiology.
- Seven patients had irregular pulse not followed up.
- 30 Patients were followed up in practice and ECG indicated:
- 21 sinus rhythm.
- 4 sinus bradycardia
- 1 sinus tachycardia
- 3 normal.
- 1 old RBBB
- One patient had regular pulse and was mis-coded with "ECG: AF" when there was an intention to refer for ECG treadmill.
- One patient had irregular pulse coded and text indicating it was an ectopic, and under Cardiology.
- 13 Patients were seen by cardiology as some arrhythmias were found and diagnoses made were
- 6 SVT
- 1 VT
- 1 AVNRT
- 1 sinus arrhythmia
- 1 Wolf Parkinson White.
- 1 No AF, no arrhythmia diagnosis.
- 1 No AF. IHD diagnosis.
- 1 Vasovagal syndrome
RAIDR, as expected showed issues with coding and lack of coding. Many ECG findings were not coded, and had to be added. There has been little benefit yet on improving AF prevalence looking at 57 cases and finding 1 not coded, although there are 7 patients that could me undiagnosed.
PLAN OF ACTION
- 7 Patients to be invited for ECG
- ECG codes added and errors amended.
- We shall run again RAIDR next year to assess if the new codes will take them out of the potential list.


How to Keep Air Mattress from Deflating Overnight
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How to Keep Air Mattress from Deflating Overnight
You probably enjoy sleeping on an air mattress, but the popular phenomenon that most people experience with an air mattress is how it deflates overnight. This phenomenon continues to be a mystery for most people all over the globe. Most of the time you go to sleep on a mattress that is inflated to the full only to wake up in the morning with a deflated unit. Consumers become alarmed when this happens. You wonder if the air mattress is not of good quality, what you did wrong or if it was somehow punctured. After people trying almost all the methods on how to keep air mattress from deflating overnight with little or no success, here are tips you can use to keep your mattress from collapsing overnight.
Looking for the best camping air mattress, check out our previous review here.
How to Keep Air Mattress from Deflating Overnight
How to Keep Air Mattress from Deflating OvernightMake sure your surrounding is clean and checked before laying your mattress
Checking your surrounding is the most basic advice you will ever get. If you own an air mattress, before blowing it up, make sure the area or the surrounding is clean and free from objects. Ignore this, and you will be among the many who ignore and end up facing the consequences. To start with, follow these basic rules:
 - Make sure the room is big enough to accommodate your mattress after it's blown up.
 - Look for sharp objects that might be lying around. These objects can puncture your mattress if it is placed on them.
 - Check for sharp-edged pieces of furniture like sharp edge tables or cabinets. The Sharpe edges can puncture your mattress. If you get a puncture, you'll need to know how to repair an air mattress
 - The material used to construct the air mattress. If it's made of thin gauge materials, you need to be extra careful
Knowing what you need to check for before blowing up your mattress is the best way to avoid deflation. Make sure to avoid blowing your mattress over stones and anything that might puncture it. This is one of the first tips to consider from how to keep air mattress from deflating.
Let your air mattress stretch out
It is natural for an air mattress to stretch after it is fully inflated. It will stretch which will make you with a feeling like it has lost air after you sleep on it. In reality, it is just the expansion of the material and not that fact that it has lost air. It is natural. Other beds will stretch out a lot than others, so depending on your mattress, it can expand more or less.
For the first few nights, the material will naturally stretch. The reason behind this is the facts that the mattress only blew enough to make the bed firmer. If you wake up and find yourself not sunken or sunken slightly, you should not worry because of it naturally. A good thing to do is to inflate the mattress and leave it for a day or two without sleeping or adding any weight on it. This way you will allow the air bed to stretch and avoid any deflation.
Your mattress should be adjusted to the room temperature
An air mattress will always lose a bit of air every time the temperature in your room changes. Turning your heater off or on before you sleep or even opening or closing the window or door will lead to change in the room temperature and eventually affect the air mattress. When the air bed gets colder, it will most certainly lose air.
To help you prevent this, make sure your mattress is adjusted to the room temperature. Since temperature change is a source of air mattress leakage, make sure the temperature is best. If you don't want to keep your heating system running all night, you should consider getting a portable heater, which you can place near the mattress to keep it warm and avoid deflation. Another trick that might help you is blowing up the mattress hours before your bedtime. This way it will get used to the room temperature of your room.
Don't ignore the capacity of the mattress
Every air mattress has its maximum weight capacity. The weight capacity is usually available in the manual and other paperwork's that comes with the air bed. If you are in doubt, the manufacturer will always be happy to help you instead of overloading it. Once you know the capacity, always make sure you stick by them. Don't overload your mattress to avoid deflation.
While it seems like a simple rule to follow, most people flout this rule only to suffer the consequences. You should know that there is always a reason why their weight capacity is there.
Stop your kid from bouncing on the air mattress
Allowing your kids to bounce on the air mattress might be fun for most people, but turn out to be a costly fun. Kids bouncing will create a bubble and lumps on different areas. The bed will also experience consistent air loss in the process, which is something you want to avoid.
Deflate after use
Our last tip on how to keep air mattress from deflating would be deflating after use. If you are planning a camping trip and an air mattress is what you will use to sleep, then it's an idea to allow make sure you let the air out after use. Depending on your preferences, you can fully deflate or deflate a little bit after each night. Deflating help relieves pressure on the material and seams. The mattress will experience minimal pressure, which will help it be in tip-top shape when you use it next. Once you want to use it, you can always inflate it again to its maximum.
Final thoughts
Many people panic when they notice their air mattress deflated overnight. You should always remember that the cause of deflation is not only because of the puncture, but also a few things named above like overloading, allowing kids to bounce on it and much more. If there is no any faulty reason why your air mattress loses air, the above tips on how to keep air mattress from deflating will help you keep your air bed inflated overnight. However, if you notice your air mattress keeps deflating even after taking the precautions above, then check for what caused the leakage. Check for a tear or puncture and fix it to avoid deflating.
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Quick Read: Using Worked examples to support novice learners
10 October 2019
Worked examples are a tool commonly used in a range of subjects including Maths & Science to support novice learners. By studying worked examples alongside the completion of traditional practice problems, learners are exposed to the problem solving process as well as frequently applied techniques.
A well constructed worked example:
- Helps reduce extraneous cognitive load on learners
- Aids learners in assimilating new knowledge into their existing understanding
- Is especially useful for novices during the early stages of learning a concept
- Highlights common steps taken when solving problems
As learners become more capable these benefits reduce and worked examples can begin to hinder learners. As with many types of scaffolding and support, worked examples should be faded out as needed.


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SAP Web AS Connection erroe
iam created one system in ep when i test SAP web AS it is giving this error
Test Details:
The test consists of the following steps:
1. Checks the validity of system ID in the system object.
2. Checks if the system can be retrieved from the PCD.
3. Check whether a SAP system is defined in the system object
4. Validate the following parameters: WAS protocol; WAS host name
5. Checks if the host name of the server can be resolved.
6. Pings the server to see if it is alive.
7. Pings the WAS ping service; works only if the service is activated on the ABAP WAS.
8. Checks HTTP/S connectivity to the defined back-end application
1. The system ID is valid
2. The system was retrieved.
3. The system object represents an SAP system
4. The following parameters are valid: Web AS Protocol (http) Web AS Host Name (flag-projects:8000)
5. The host name flag-projects was resolved successfully.
6. The server flag-projects was pinged successfully.
7. The Web AS ping service http://flag-projects:8000/sap/bc/ping was pinged successfully.
8. An HTTP/S connection to http://flag-projects:8000/webdynpro/dispatcher/ was not obtained successfully; this might be due to a closed port on the Firewall.
can anybody help me on this pls


Here at Land To House you can find Hydraulic Ram Pumps for sale as well as a host of information of installing a pump. You can also find Land To House camping gear here. Please browse around and check out the projects that I have worked on over the years.
Hydraulic Ram Pumps For Sale
5 Steps to Buying a Ram Pump
(Already know the size you need? Click Here)
1. Determine your Water Flow Rate.
The ram pump needs flowing water to operate. The amount of water that you have available in the creek determines the size ram pump that you can use.
Here are the flow rate specs for each size ram pump available on Land To House
1/2″ Ram Pump 2gpm(7.6Lpm)
3/4″ Ram Pump 4gpm(15Lpm)
1″ Ram Pump 6gpm(22.7Lpm)
1-1/4″ Ram Pump 8gpm(30.3Lpm)
The water that each pump size needs is consistent for operation regardless of delivery flow.
How to measure flow rate? Use a 5 gallon bucket to catch the water. Time how long it takes in seconds. Divide 300 by seconds and you will have the Gallons per Minute.
Flow rate test
2. Determine your Head Pressure (water drop from source to pump)
The Ram Pump needs falling water to utilize the water hammer effect (ram). This is called Head Pressure. The pump works on a 1:7 ratio input head pressure to lift. For example if you have 10 feet of head pressure the pump will lift 70 feet vertical.
There are a few ways that you can determine the head pressure.
a. Take a garden hose and lay it in the creek. Let water run into the upper end. Lift the lower end up until the water stops flowing. Measure the distance from the surface of the water to the hose end. This is the head pressure available to the pump.
b. Place a garden hose in the creek and use a gauge that reads psi (pounds per square inch). Convert the psi to feet by using: psi/.433=feet of head.
c. Use a site such as Google Earth to find the elevation of the upper and lower parts of the creek and subtract the lower number from the higher number to find the head pressure.
head pressure
3. Determine the Lift height from the pump to where you need water
The main limiting factor of the ram pump is the lift height of the water. The horizontal distance that water is pumped is not an issue.
There are a few ways to determine the lift height.
a. The easy way is to use a site like Google Earth to get a general idea of the lift height. Take the elevation of the highest point you need water and the elevation of the pump location. Subtract the lower elevation from the higher elevation and you will have the lift height.
b. Use a clinometer. This tool finds angles of the incline and will let you use trig to find the height of lift.
c. Fill a garden hose or pipe with water and use a psi gauge to find the height. psi/.433=feet of head.
Elevation finder
4. Determine how much water you need in a day.
The amount of water that you need in a day is based on your own application. That being said here is what each ram pump size can supply in a day:
(Max output based on ideal setup)
1/2″ pump : 360 Gallons per day. (1211 liter per day)
3/4″ pump : 720 Gallons per day. (2725 Liter per day)
1″ pump : 1080 Gallons per day. (4088 Liter per day)
1-1/4″ pump : 1440 Gallons per day. (5451 Liter per day)
Keep in mind that these numbers are based on ideal input head pressure and lift height. If you have less head pressure or you are lifting higher your flow will be less.
5. Select the ram pump size below that fits your needs. If you still have questions please check out the Frequently Asked Questions.
To learn more about selecting the right pump, watch this video:
What else do you need to get the ram pump running?
-You will need a Drive Pipe to get water to the pump. This can be PVC or Poly Pipe. Be sure to match the pump size and the Drive pipe.
-You need a Delivery Pipe to take water up hill from the pump. This can be any size you like. Garden Hose, PVC Pipe, and Poly Pipe are all good options.
-Depending on the pipes you select you will need fittings to connect to the pump.
 - For PVC you will need adaptors from thread to socket. Then you will need couplings to connect sections of pipe.
 - For Poly Pipe you will need barb fittings that go from thread to barb. Then you will need barb to barb connectors to join sections of pipe. Hose clamps are often needed to keep the poly on the barb.
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Code Quality Rank: L5
Programming language: Java
License: Apache License 2.0
Tags: Animations
Latest version: v1.1.1
MultiStateAnimation alternatives and similar packages
Based on the "Animations" category.
Alternatively, view MultiStateAnimation alternatives based on common mentions on social networks and blogs.
Do you think we are missing an alternative of MultiStateAnimation or a related project?
Add another 'Animations' Package
Android library to create complex multi-state animations.
[Demo animation](docs/images/demo_1.gif)
A class that allows for complex multi-state animations using Android's AnimationDrawable. It supports both oneshot and looped animation sections. Transitions between sections can be defined, and will play automatically when moving between the defined states. State transitions can be queued asynchronously, and the library will take car of smoothly starting the next animation once the current section is complete.
Add the following dependency to your gradle build file:
 dependencies {
 compile 'com.getkeepsafe.android.multistateanimation:library:1.1.1'
Each animation consists of a series of states. A state has some metadata and a list of frames to draw. A state can also define transitions from other states. A transition is a list of frames that will be played when moving directly from a specified state to the state where the transition is defined.
An animation can be defined either with a JSON file included as a raw resource, or directly in Java code using builders.
Defining an animation with Java code
 // The ID is used in code to specify a section to play
 MultiStateAnimation.SectionBuilder firstSection = new MultiStateAnimation.SectionBuilder("first_section")
 // If true, this section will play once and stop. Otherwise it
 // will loop indefinitely.
 // The number of milliseconds that each frame of this section will
 // play
 // Each frame is the name of an image resource. They will be
 // played in the order added.
 // The frames of a transition will be played before playing
 // the normal frames of this section when transitioning. In
 // this case, the frames for this transition will play if
 // "first_section" is playing when queueTransition("second_section")
 // is called
 MultiStateAnimation.TransitionBuilder transitionFromFirst = new MultiStateAnimation.TransitionBuilder()
 // As a special case, a transition ID of "" is a transition
 // from nothing. It will play if the associated section is the
 // first to ever play.
 MultiStateAnimation.TransitionBuilder transitionFromNothing = new MultiStateAnimation.TransitionBuilder()
 // A section with a single frame and "oneshot" set to true is
 // equivalent to a static image
 MultiStateAnimation.SectionBuilder secondSection = new MultiStateAnimation.SectionBuilder("second_section")
 .addTransition("first_section", transitionFromFirst)
 .addTransition("", transitionFromNothing)
 // Animation should be given an View that will be used to display the animation.
 ImageView view = (ImageView) findViewById(R.id.animationImageView);
 MultiStateAnimation animation = new MultiStateAnimation.Builder(view)
Defining an animation using JSON
As an alternative to using Java code, you can instead define animations using a JSON file stored as a raw resource. The following JSON file defines the same animation as the above Java code.
 "first_section": {
 "oneshot": false,
 "frame_duration": 33,
 "frames": [
 "second_section": {
 "oneshot": true,
 "frames": [
 "transitions_from": {
 "first_section": {
 "frame_duration": 33,
 "frames": [
 "": {
 "frames": [
Then a MultiStateAnimationOjbect can be created in Java:
 ImageView view = (ImageView) findViewById(R.id.animationImageView);
 MultiStateAnimation animationSeries = MultiStateAnimation.fromJsonResource(context, view, R.raw.sample_animation);
Generating JSON animation files automatically
Included in the repo is a [Python 3 script](scripts/generate_animation_json.py) that can assist in generating the JSON for an animation. To use it, place the frames for each section of the animation in a separate folder, the pass those folders to the script.
For example, to generate the JSON file above, create a folder structure like this:
 ├── first_section
 │ ├── first_section_1.png
 │ └── first_section_2.png
 ├── first_to_second_transition
 │ ├── first_to_second_transition_001.png
 │ ├── first_to_second_transition_002.png
 │ └── first_to_second_transition_003.png
 ├── nothing_to_second_transition
 │ ├── nothing_to_second_001.png
 │ └── nothing_to_second_002.png
 └── second_section
 └── second_section_01.png
These folders can be located anywhere in your filesystem. To generate the JSON file, run the script with the folders as arguments:
 python generate_animation_json.py first_section/ second_section/ first_to_second_transition/ nothing_to_second_transition/ --output=sample_animation.json
The script will ask a series of questions about each section, and save the resulting json file to sample_animation.json. You can run python generate_animation_json.py --help to see a full list of arguments
Playing animations
Once the animation object is created via one of the above methods, you can use queueTransition and transitionNow from the GUI thread to start playing the animations.
Sample application
See the [main Activity](samples/src/main/java/com/getkeepsafe/android/multistateanimation/samples/ThreeStateSampleActivity.java) and the [json animation definition](samples/res/raw/sample_animation.json) in the [sample application](samples/) for an example.
Java API
Check out the Javadocs for more API details.
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limitations under the License.
*Note that all licence references and agreements mentioned in the MultiStateAnimation README section above are relevant to that project's source code only.


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Informativity in Image Captions vs. Referring Expressions
Elizabeth Coppock | Danielle Dionne | Nathanial Graham | Elias Ganem | Shijie Zhao | Shawn Lin | Wenxing Liu | Derry Wijaya
Proceedings of the Probability and Meaning Conference (PaM 2020)
At the intersection between computer vision and natural language processing, there has been recent progress on two natural language generation tasks: Dense Image Captioning and Referring Expression Generation for objects in complex scenes. The former aims to provide a caption for a specified object in a complex scene for the benefit of an interlocutor who may not be able to see it. The latter aims to produce a referring expression that will serve to identify a given object in a scene that the interlocutor can see. The two tasks are designed for different assumptions about the common ground between the interlocutors, and serve very different purposes, although they both associate a linguistic description with an object in a complex scene. Despite these fundamental differences, the distinction between these two tasks is sometimes overlooked. Here, we undertake a side-by-side comparison between image captioning and reference game human datasets and show that they differ systematically with respect to informativity. We hope that an understanding of the systematic differences among these human datasets will ultimately allow them to be leveraged more effectively in the associated engineering tasks.