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SPILL GUARD FOR DISHWARE
A spill guard which is attached to standard dishware at mealtime. This spill guard has a crescent shape and includes a crescent shaped support flange designed to house the rim of standard dishware, such as plates or bowls, of a variety of widths and circumferences. This spill guard is capable of preventing food from falling off the edge of said dishware. This spill guard is capable to deflecting food that is pushed upon it and then guiding the food onto the user's utensil. This spill guard can be detached from standard dishware for the purpose of cleaning and storage.
Wong, Michele G. (Danville, CA, US)
Akabane, Paige J. (Danville, CA, US)
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NEWAY, BLAINE GIRMA
PATENTBEST (Reno, NV, US)
1. A generally crescent shaped dishware accessory comprising: a. an interior side, wherein at least a portion of the interior side has a generally concave shape; b. an exterior side; c. a top edge and a bottom edge; and d. a groove located along at least a portion of the length of the interior side.
2. The dishware accessory of claim 1, wherein the groove is located nearer the bottom edge than the top edge.
3. The dishware accessory of claim 1, wherein at least a portion of the interior and exterior sides are tapered.
4. The dishware accessory of claim 1, wherein the groove is of a size and shape capable of securing a standard size plate.
5. The dishware accessory of claim 1, wherein the dishware accessory is made of a flexible material.
6. The dishware accessory of claim 5, wherein the flexible material is plastic.
7. The dishware accessory of claim 5, wherein the flexible material is rubber.
A. FIELD OF THE INVENTION
This invention relates to a spill guard or spill barrier and to a spill guard or spill barrier that can attach to standard dishware for the dual purpose of assisting a person in loading food onto a utensil and to prevent food from spilling off of dishware.
B. BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
There is a significant part of the population that has a problem feeding themselves. Specifically these individuals have great difficulty loading, also referred to as scooping, food onto a utensil. In many instances, the food is pushed with a utensil and then spills off the edge of the dish. This inability to load food onto a utensil successfully without spilling can be frustrating, embarrassing and humiliating to those affected. A person who is unable to consistently load a utensil and feed himself or herself without spillage or waste may require a caregiver to assist with the daily eating process, thereby losing the feeling of independence. In some extreme cases, especially in the elderly, the inability to load or scoop food successfully can contribute to malnutrition.
A significant percentage of individuals affected are adults and elderly adults who have physical, cognitive, neurological or medical conditions that inhibit their ability to successfully scoop food onto a utensil without spilling. These conditions may include a decrease or loss of vision, loss of use to one upper extremity, decreased muscle strength, generalized weakness, decreased coordination, and bed confinement.
Other groups of individuals who are unable to successfully load food onto a utensil without spilling may include children, adolescents, and adults with compromised motor and or cognitive conditions. Specific disorders affecting all age groups may include strokes, blindness, arthritis, Parkinson's Disease, Autism, Downs Syndrome, and Multiple Sclerosis. Toddlers represent another large group whose early motor and coordination development make it difficult for them to scoop food onto a utensil without spilling. Perfectly healthy children, adolescents, and adults may also spill simply because they are messy eaters.
Thus, a particular need exists for those requiring a functional and convenient device to help a segment of the population to successfully load food onto a utensil, eliminate spillage, and maintain independence. This invention provides toddlers, children, adults and the elderly with an invention that solves these unmet needs.
C. PRIOR ART
The problem of spilling or loading food onto a utensil is not new, and various approaches have been proposed in the past. For example several inventions have been designed solely to address the problem of spilling food from a dish. Several disclose the use of securing dishware directly onto a solid surface with the use of hardware and/or clamps. See U.S. Pat. No. 2,850,079 to Prushnok et al, U.S. Pat. No. 4,908,066 to Therese A. Taylor, George Spector, U.S. Pat. No. 2,430,783 to George Rodinger, U.S. Pat. No. 5,586,800 to Kelvin N. Triplett and U.S. Pat. No. 2,550,989 to French et al. Although these examples of prior art prevent a dish from tipping and therefore spilling food content, they do not address the problem of loading food onto a utensil or spilling due to a utensil pushing food over the edge of a dish. These examples of prior art also must be used in conjunction with specific dishware sizes, and are not interchangeable with standard dishware found in retail stores.
The following examples propose the use of unsecured dishware to prevent spilling. U.S. Pat. No. 6,581,210 to John Kaloustian (2003) proposes a bib and dish combination that directs food spilled during hand to mouth movement to be redirected back to a dish. U.S. Pat. No. 6,032,824 to Mark E. Barrow (2000) and U.S. Pat. No. 5,366,103 to Alexia Abernathy, Keith D. Patterson (1994) both describe a bowl used to prevent liquid from spilling when the said bowl is bumped or displaced. U.S. Pat. No. 6,561,375 to Giselle F. Nagy (2003) proposes a low profile dish using a bottom adhesive to prevent tipping and spillage. Again none of these references specifically address the problem of loading food onto a utensil or spilling due to a utensil pushing food over the edge of a dish. In all of these examples the dishware must be used to prevent spilling. These references do not use a device that is attachable to or used in conjunction with standard dishware found in retail stores.
Several patented devices have been proposed to solely address the problem of loading food onto a utensil. U.S. Pat. No. 4,162,868 to Patrick Stapleton, Hubbard P. Browne, Dallas D. Weatherholt, U.S. Pat. No. 4,277,213 to William H. Morewood, U.S. Pat. No. 4,398,857 to Frank D. Layman, Sr., and U.S. Pat. No. 6,592,315 to William Joseph Osborne, Jr. (2003) all propose complicated feeding apparatus for invalids involving devices to load food onto a utensil. These examples are targeted towards invalids who have no use of both upper extremities. U.S. Pat. No. 5,592,744 to Alex H. Weinstein describes a self-leveling utensil to assist a toddler or disabled person to hold said utensil but it does not address assisting in loading food.
ADVANTAGES OF EMBODIMENT OF THE INVENTION
From the description below, a number of advantages of this embodiment of the invention become evident:
(a) The crescent shape of the preferred embodiment compliments the annular shape of standard dishware.
(b) The unique concave design of the crescent support wall deflects and guides food onto a utensil.
(c) The groove provides a secure housing cavity that accommodates a variety of standard dishware in a range of thicknesses and diameters.
(d) The tapered arms provide an unobstructed area for the user to view his or her food as well as allow ample room for the users hand and utensil.
(e) The invention can be attached to a variety of standard dishware.
(f) The invention is easily detachable for cleansing or storage.
(g) The invention is dishwasher safe at high temperatures and is microwave safe as well.
(h) The invention is light and easily portable.
(i) The invention is robust, and holds up under stretching and vigorous manipulation.
Accordingly, the invention described herein can be of great benefit to those with feeding impairments. The proposed invention is versatile, and can accommodate a variety of standard dishware whether the user is at home, in a restaurant, or residing in an institution. The proposed invention will preferably be made of durable material to withstand multiple daily uses as well as tolerate chemicals and hot water temperatures necessary to ensure proper sanitation. Most important, this invention will provide a functional tool to prevent food from spilling, and assist the user in successfully scooping food independently during meals.
Although the description below contains many specificities, these should not be construed as limiting the scope of the embodiments described herein. For example, the spill guard can have other shapes, such as annular, oblong, etc.; the invention can be made in different sizes to accommodate a wider range of plate circumferences; can be made of a variety of materials such as polyethylene, polypropylene, polycarbonate, synthetic plastic combinations, metal compositions, etc. The support flange may take a variety of shapes, such as perpendicular, textured, untapered, etc. The securing mechanism may be designed with an angular groove having different dimensions or shapes, a groove with textures or striations, securing mechanism comprised of clips or clamps, or comprise more than one interlocking parts which come together to engage the dish, etc.
There has thus been outlined, rather broadly, the more important features of the invention in order that the detailed description thereof that follows may be better understood, and in order that the present contribution to the art may be better appreciated. There are, of course, additional features of the invention that will be described hereinafter and which will form the subject matter of the claims appended hereto.
In this respect, before explaining at least one embodiment of the invention in detail, it is to be understood that the invention is not limited in its application to the details of construction and to the arrangements of the components set forth in the following description or illustrated in the drawings. The invention is capable of other embodiments and of being practiced and carried out in various ways. Also, it is to be understood that the phraseology and terminology employed herein are for the purpose of description and should not be regarded as limiting.
As such, those skilled in the art will appreciate that the conception, upon which this disclosure is based, may readily be utilized as a basis for the designing of other structures, methods and systems for carrying out the several purposes of the present invention. It is important, therefore, that the claims be regarded as including such equivalent constructions insofar as they do not depart from the spirit and scope of the present invention.
Further, the purpose of the abstract below is to enable the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office and the public generally, and especially the scientists, engineers and practitioners in the art who are not familiar with patent or legal terms or phraseology, to determine quickly from a cursory inspection the nature and essence of the technical disclosure of the application. The abstract is neither intended to define the invention of the application, which is measured by the claims, nor is it intended to be limiting as to the scope of the invention in any way.
It has been recognized that it would be advantageous to develop a device that can attach to a variety of standard dishware for the dual purpose of providing a spill guard or spill barrier that prevents food from falling and also assists a person in loading food onto a utensil.
In accordance with one embodiment, the subject invention provides a novel and versatile device that can attach to the perimeter of a variety of standard dishes and effectively act as a spill guard or spill barrier to prevent solid and semi-solid food from falling.
Accordingly, it is an object of the subject invention in accordance with one embodiment to act as a spill guard or spill barrier to deflect solid and semi-solid food that is pushed against said invention and then guide the food onto a utensil.
It is an object of the subject invention in accordance with one embodiment to provide a spill guard or spill barrier that can attach onto a variety of standard eating dishware, meaning plate or bowl.
It is another object of the subject invention in accordance with one embodiment to provide a guard or barrier that can be detached from standard eating dishware, meaning plate or bowl, for cleaning and storage purposes.
It is another object of the subject invention in accordance with one embodiment to comprise an improved fastening means for attaching the subject invention onto a range of dishware having varying degrees of thickness and circumferences.
Yet another object of the subject invention in accordance with one embodiment is the device is aesthetically pleasing in design, functionally contoured, and rugged in construction.
It is another object of the invention in accordance with one embodiment to provide a device susceptible to mass production, as by an injection molding process from a cost effective, synthetic plastic material.
It is another object of the invention in accordance with one embodiment to provide a material that is microwave safe.
It is another object of the invention in accordance with one embodiment to use a material that tolerates and complies with hot water temperatures used in sinks and dishwashers in the home, restaurant and institutionalized settings.
Further scope of applicability of the present invention will become apparent from the detailed description given hereinafter. However, it should be understood that the detailed description and specific examples, while indicating preferred embodiments of the invention, are given by way of illustration only, since various changes and modifications within the spirit and scope of the invention will become apparent to those skilled in the art from this detailed description.
Preferred Embodiment
Reference will now be made to the exemplary embodiments illustrated in the drawings, and specific language will be used herein to describe the same. It will nevertheless be understood that no limitation of the scope of the invention is thereby intended. Alterations and further modifications of the inventive features illustrated herein, and additional applications of the principles of the inventions as illustrated herein, which would occur to one skilled in the relevant art and having possession of this disclosure, are to be considered within the scope of the invention.
The present invention, which is to be described in detail using the accompanying drawings, refers to a spill guard that can be attached to a variety of standard dishware, such as plates and bowls. This spill guard in discussion is used to prevent food from falling off the edge of dishware during eating. Furthermore, food that is pushed against the spill guard with a utensil, such as a fork or spoon, can be deflected back onto the utensil to assist in loading or scooping food. The spill guard in the present invention is intended to be constructed of a synthetic plastic material, polypropylene. However, the food guard of this invention could also be constructed of any other synthetic plastic material, a variety of metal compositions, or wood.
FIG. 1 is a perspective view of the invention attached to a dinner plate.
FIG. 2 is a perspective view of the invention.
FIG. 3 is a front view of the invention.
FIG. 4 is a top view of the invention.
FIG. 5 is a side view of the invention.
FIG. 6 is a rear view of the invention.
FIG. 7 is a bottom view of the invention.
DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS
Referring particularly to the perspective views in FIG. 1 and FIG. 2 of the drawings, there is shown a spill guard in the form of 18. The spill guard 18 has a top edge 10 located at the upper surface of the spill guard. This top edge 10 is crescent shaped and follows parallel above the circular perimeter of any standard dishware used in conjunction with the spill guard 18. It is anticipated that the user will find the most utility using dishware in the form of any standard plate having a diameter of 7″-12″. However, this invention can be made in a variety of different sizes to include use in larger or smaller size dishware as well. The top edge 10 is integrally connected to a support wall 20. The support wall 20 is crescent shaped and follows the circular perimeter of attached dishware 32. The central portion of the support wall 20 is referred to as the midsection 28. The remaining distal ends of the support wall are made up of oppositely directed sections referred to as the left arm 22 and right arm 30. The support wall in its entirety 20 will act as a barrier to prevent food from falling off the edge of said dish. The interior side 14 of the support wall 20 is concave in design. The concave shape will deflect food pushed against said support wall 20 back onto a utensil. This feature assists the user in guiding food onto any utensil, such as a fork or spoon. The support wall 20 is integrally connected to a groove 24. The groove 24 comprises an indentation along the entire length of the interior side 14 of the invention. However, the invention could also work with a groove 24 along only a portion of the interior wall 14. The groove 24 will provide the housing cavity that will secure this invention to the rim of standard dishware 32. The groove 24 is an indentation to accommodate dishware rims of various sizes. Connected below the groove 24 is a bottom edge 12. The bottom edge 12 is crescent shaped and will follow below the circular rim of any standard dishware used in conjunction with the spill guard 18. The undersurface of the bottom edge 12 will be flat and serve as a base to support the spill guard on a flat surface in the upright position when spill guard is not engaged with dishware.
FIG. 2 shows an open space 26 that lies between the left am 22 and right arm 30. The open space 26 provides an entrance and exit point for engaging and detaching spill guard from dishware. FIG. 1 shows the spill guard 18 attached to a plate 32, represented in dashed lines and is not claimed as part of the design. The dishware 32 enters through open space 26 and the rim of said dishware 32 secures inside groove 24. The spill guard 18 is preferably constructed from relatively yieldable plastic material allowing for slight flexibility of the left arm 22 and right arm 30 to increase the open space 26 when the dishware 32 enters. This relatively yieldable plastic material will possess sufficient memory properties to passively return left arm 22 and right arm 30 to original position and provide secure tension and fit of dishware within groove 24. After mealtime, the spill guard can be detached for cleaning and storage. The left arm 22 and right arm 30 can be slightly flexed apart to increase the open space 26 and remove dishware. The left arm 22 and right arm 30, being made of relatively yieldable plastic material with sufficient memory properties, will passively return to original position.
Referring particularly to FIG. 3, FIG. 4, FIG. 5, and FIG. 6 of the drawings, each further illustrate the concave and tapered design of the support wall 20. These two features are important to the function of the spill guard. FIG. 3 of the drawings shows a front view of the spill guard 18. The support wall 20 is taller in the mid section 28 and tapers as it extends distally towards both the left arm 22 and right arm 30. The tapered design provides the user with an unobstructed visual field to locate food on the dishware. The tapered design maintains an unobstructed area for the user's utensil and hand during self-feeding. FIG. 3 shows the groove 24 following the interior length of the invention from the end of the left arm 22 to the end of the right arm 30 in order to ensure secure attachment to dishware.
FIG. 4 of the drawings shows a top plan view of the spill guard 18 for dishware. The support wall 20 is wider at the midsection 28 due to a greater degree of concavity in this area. The greater degree of concavity improves the ability to deflect food back onto a utensil. The midsection 28 is where the user receives the best leverage and assistance in guiding food onto the utensil. The width of the support wall 20 decreases distally at the left arm 22 and right arm 30 as the degree of concavity decreases. The left arm 22 and right arm 30 function to prevent spillage, and can assist in loading food onto the utensil, however the primary location for this function is the midsection.
FIG. 5 and FIG. 6 both further illustrate the concave and tapered features of the support wall 20. FIG. 5 is a side view of the spill guard 18 for dishware. The exterior side of the support wall 20 is shown and is noticeably concave. The height of the support wall 20 decreases as it tapers towards the left arm 22 and right arm 30. FIG. 6 is rear view of the spill guard 18 for dishware. The exterior side of the midsection 28 lies central in this figure. The support wall 20 is tallest in the midsection and tapers as it extends in both directions towards the left arm 22 and right arm 30.
FIG. 7 is a bottom view of the spill guard 18 for dishware. The bottom edge 12 is crescent shaped and lies below the circular rim of any standard dishware used in conjunction with the spill guard 18. The undersurface of the bottom edge 12 is flat and will serve as a base to support the spill guard on a fat surface in the upright position when spill guard is not engaged with dishware. As discussed prior, the midsection 28 of the support wall has a greater degree of concavity. For this reason a portion of the top edge 10 is visible from the bottom plan view point.
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and I wonder about the magic numbers, developers choose.
If the scroll event fires again within 10 ms, it is not processed.
A requestAnimationFrame callback is executed after a browser painted the page on your display. If your code executes faster than 16ms, your user will not feel any interruption. By using a magic number setTimeout, your code may be called within the last millisecond of the browsers rendering window, and your UX will feel janky.
If your code is not that critical, you can use requestIdleCallback, in that moment, the browser is not doing anything - but today (04/Oct/2017) browser support is not that good: caniuse#requestIdleCallback.
Usage of magic numbers is never a good idea. It confuses other developers or yourself, if you are reviewing your code after a month.
No one will feel the difference between 300 and 316 ms - but every user will notice if the browser cannot render a frame every 1/60 of a second.


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I tried this in the viewDidLoad:
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doesn't work though.
thanks for any help

A: After Add any UIView or any other view on your this mainview , after that just add your this  line for brings as a supeview for button
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For Example on button action event you add any view then use code like bellow..
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A: The other answer is will work, but this is exactly the kind of thing "insertSubview: belowSubview" was added for.
[self.view insertSubview:myNewView belowSubview:_categoryBtn];

This allows you to add the new view below the button on the view stack instead of adding it above the button and then rearranging the views.

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When Life Gives Us A Second Chance Part 2
By Sangeeta RelanPosted on November 17, 2019 July 10, 2021 0 Comments
Although Sunil was both angry and disappointed at Atul's attitude, Apu wasn't really surprised. She had seen in the past several months that Atul had started getting detached from her and no matter how hard she tried she couldn't get through to him. He had seemed to have changed completely and couldn't be bothered about her physical or mental state. She hadn't told anyone but she had tried calling him after coming to her parents house but he had ignored her calls. As a result she had been expecting this kind of a behavior from him.
She also understood that she needed to give a serious thought to her life ahead. She was aware of the fact that her pregnancy had reached an advanced stage and couldn't be terminated, hence she would have to give birth to her child. But what after that? Would she continue being with her parents? And if she did that would she keep her child away from the father?? Would that be fair? She mulled over these questions for many days, spoke to her parents, shared all her doubts and concerns with them and then ultimately arrived at a decision. She decided that she would not go back to Atul because she knew that things over there would never change. He would never be willing to see her point because he was too much under the influence of his parents and she could not visualize a lifetime of struggle and strife with his parents. She knew that she would not be able to bring up her child the way she wanted to amid all the controls and restrictions.
Her parents assured her that she could depend on them for everything and could live with them for as long as she wanted to. The only hitch was that Apu had no financial independence. Though she knew that her parents would not hesitate to support her, would it be fair on her part to saddle them with the responsibility of two people, she and her child? At this point she deeply regretted not having completed her graduation. She now understood the significance of what her mother had been telling her all along. She was very angry with herself for having been so pig headed and so blinded by her love for Atul. Today there was no Atul, there was no love and there was no chance of being financially independent.
She was completely distraught but then can parents ever let their children suffer? Seeing her in this state her mother advised her to focus on her child for the time being and think about her future once the child was born. Apu realized that what she was saying was right but along with the desire to give birth to a healthy child another desire was taking over her. She now wanted to explore options that would enable her to complete her graduation and study further. She was determined to not be a life long burden on her family and become self reliant. She didn't want her child to grow up feeling that he had to depend on others for every big or small need of his as his parents were incapable of looking after him.
The remaining three months of her pregnancy went off peacefully with her parents and brother taking care of her. And then came the month of November and with that came little Aryavir, her little bundle of joy. His arrival was celebrated by the entire family and within two days the mother and son were back home to begin their lives. Inder decided that no matter what Atul and his family needed to be informed about little Arya's birth but this time he decided to do the needful. He called up Atul's father and in a formal tone informed him about his grandchild's birth. As expected the response was cold and no one came to see the baby which was just as well. Inder had already decided that they would file for a divorce and completely free Apu from the clutches of her in laws. He consulted a few of his lawyer friends and within a month Apu filed for a divorce. Since she didn't want any alimony from Atul he didn't contest and in a few months time she was free and raring to go. What surprised and pained her was the fact that Atul had not shown any interest in seeing his child. But she decided that there was no need to brood over such matters and she needed to move on. She had got the divorce which was step one in the process and now she had to move onto the next step which was of studying further.
Since it had been only three years since she had quit studying she was able to rejoin and complete her graduation where after her parents sent her to London to do her Master's. Though she was reluctant about leaving little Arya behind, her mother convinced her to go ahead as she was there to take care of him. In any case it was only a matter of a few months. Apu did that, came back and was able to land a job as a clinical psychologist in one of the leading hospitals of the city. The day she got her appointment letter was a day which would remain etched in her memory forever. That letter spelt freedom, independence, confidence and a belief in herself. She could not thank her parents enough for all their support and help. She knew that they would always be there but now she would not be a burden any longer. She could support some part of her own life and that of her son's. So it was with a spring in her step and light in her eyes that she went to her place of work on the first day. And then there was no looking back. She had a dream, a dream of being her own person, a dream of holding her own no matter what and that day marked the first step towards the realization of that dream.
Life went on. Soon it was time for Arya to start school. His first day in school marked another milestone in Apu's life. Thereafter with the support of her parents she went to grow professionally and personally too. A girl who at one point didn't want to touch her books because of the man she loved was a changed person. She wanted to learn more, to grow more in her chosen field. And so there wasn't a conference that she missed, there wasn't a course that she didn't attend and by the time she turned thirty she was one of the well known psychologists of her city. Her views mattered, her opinion mattered and her confidence, her self esteem went sky high. It was as though the Apu who had wanted her husband's love, his respect and had done everything to ensure that didn't want it any longer. She was a changed person.
Her parents and in particular her mother were proud of their daughter and her achievements. They were proud of the way in which she had managed to put all the pieces of her life together to start afresh. Her resilience, courage and fortitude made them want to support her even more. By now Sunil had also got married and had two children of his own. They were one big happy family. Sunil's wife Abha too got along really well with Apu and in fact was greatly inspired by her.
Though they were not in touch, through their common friends Sunil had got to know that Atul had got married again and this time to a girl of his mother's choice. But as maybe fate willed it he didn't have a child which of late had become a bone of contention between his wife and his mother. There were constant fights between the two as his mother as was her nature blamed her daughter in law for not having been able to have a child. His sister had eloped from home to get married to a boy of her choice who her mother couldn't stand. Sunil couldn't help getting a feeling of "serves him right"!! Someone who hadn't bothered to see his own son had been dealt a blow by the universe!! Well! Well! Well!
Apu having moved on in life couldn't really be bothered by what Atul was doing or what had happened to him. She had her own world in which she was supremely happy. But there was challenge that she had to face. Now that Arya was old enough and had friends and cousins who all had a father, he wanted to know where his own father was. Had God taken him away or was he angry with him? His questions could not be ignored for too long but Apu didn't know how to answer them. So for a few years she kept telling him that he had gone away for a while but eventually she decided to tell him the truth. He was ten by then and she felt that she could explain the situation to him. So one day she sat him down and told him that though his father was very much around they couldn't meet him because they had got divorced. The child understood that bit but couldn't understand why the father couldn't meet him. After all he had not divorced him!! Apu had no answer to his innocent question and felt terribly guilty of having deprived her child of a father. But then Inder told her to stop blaming herself for something that wasn't her fault. He told Arya that he should consider Inder to be his father as his own father couldn't be around. Though not an easy task the father and daughter managed to convince the little child.
Though everything was going smoothly for Apu her parents did want her to consider a remarriage. They were happy with the way her life had shaped up but there was some part of them that wanted her to have a husband and a home of her own. But Apu was just not interested. She wanted to continue focusing on her career and her son who was almost fourteen now. She wanted him to do well in academics and go abroad for his further studies and she was sure that she didn't want her parents to fund his education. Moreover she didn't want any hindrance from anywhere whatsoever.
The way Apu's life had turned out made it seem as though she had had her fill of love and romance as a young girl and now there was no room in her life for any of it. It wasn't as though she hadn't come across men in her life after the divorce but somehow she hadn't looked at anyone of them with any romantic inclination. They had all been colleagues, acquaintances or simply associates who had come into her life, served a purpose and gone away. So even when her parents introduced her to someone they considered eligible enough she just refused to take the hint. She was kind of done with the whole idea of husband, marriage and the works. She did not want to complicate her life anymore. There was a kind of a fear, an apprehension in her mind about getting into any relationship. She just didn't think that she could trust anyone any longer. And as a result she had built this wall around herself, a kind of a defense mechanism which did not let anyone enter the realms of her being. Every interaction was a superficial one with no one allowed any chance of getting intimate or close. Neena could see how her marriage had scarred her but was hopeful that with time, the scars would fade away and if it was in her destiny then she would meet someone who could make her believe in love all over again.
What was surprising in the whole affair was that it was Inder who was more inclined towards getting Apu remarried. Neena on the other hand was quite open about the whole thing. She felt that there was no need to push her into any relationship and even if she didn't find anyone it was okay. She didn't believe that Apu needed a man to make her life complete. She knew that she would be happy if she found someone but it wouldn't really upset her if she didn't. She was of the opinion that her daughter needed a man to complement her existence not to justify it. And she didn't want someone who would again stifle her and make her life impossible. So whenever Inder broached the topic she advised him to let it be and to take things easy. This kind of support from her mother made Apu appreciate her and she wondered why as a young girl she had never understood her. But such is life.
Life moved on and Arya after having done splendidly in his school leaving exams was off to study at a top notch school in the US. The proud grandparents threw a lavish party to celebrate his achievement. Apu had tears of joy in her eyes as Arya in a surprise speech in front of his family and friends thanked his family and in particular his mother and grandparents for all their sacrifices. He looked at his mother and promised that he would never let her down, no matter what. Neena and Inder and the rest of the family couldn't help marvel at the way the boy had turned out.
It was with a heavy heart that Apu along with her parents went to drop Arya to college. She felt terrible on her way back home. It seemed as though the country had taken away a part of her and decided to keep it with it. Throughout the flight she kept thinking about her son, how she had conceived him, how she had given birth to him and the struggle thereafter. She felt sorry for Atul who had never had a chance to see his son and feel that sense of pride that she felt whenever she looked at him. But that was his luck.
The house seemed very lonely without Arya but then Sunil and Abha made sure that Apu never felt alone. Their children also loved her immensely and never let her feel the absence of Arya. Apu felt blessed that she had such a loving and caring family, a family who had stood by her at all times.
As luck would have it, Apu got a chance to attend a conference in New York which is where Arya had gone to study. So within a month of dropping him off, Apu was all set to see him again. She spent fifteen joyful days with him. They went out for meals, for shows and it was fantastic but then soon it was time for her to go back. As luck would have it while on the way to the airport she got caught in a terrible jam and was sure that would miss her flight. She was panic stricken as she knew that she had to get back home as quickly as possible. There was an emergency situation at work which required her presence the moment she landed and so she couldn't afford to miss her flight. She didn't know what to do. She was hoping and praying that she would make it to the airport on time but that didn't seem very likely. She reached the airport half an hour late only to discover that the flight had got delayed due to a technical fault. And since the fault had been discovered at the last minute the online checking of the flight status had not revealed it. What luck!!
As she was rushing towards the gate she collided with this tall human being who also seemed to be in a tearing hurry to get somewhere. The collision resulted in her dropping her bad, her boarding pass. And what is more the bag being a tote which did not have a zipper everything inside fell outside. How many times her mother had chided her for dumping millions of things in a bag which could not be closed. But of course she hadn't paid heed to it!! And now this!! She cursed and she swore,something that she normally didn't do but these were not normal circumstances. She had to be on the flight!! Not that with the boarding pass in hand it could go anywhere. But so what? While she was putting her things back in the bag she realized that there were two pairs of hands doing that and one of them belonged to that giant of a human being who had made this thing happen in the first place. She looked up to give him a piece of her mind when she saw the most heartwarming smile which made her just forget what she had been about to do. And what is more the smile belonged to this amazingly hot looking guy!! But before she could make a complete ass of herself , she reminded herself that she was the mother of a college going boy and so could not let these idiotic feelings get the better of her. She quickly gathered her things, muttered a quick thank you and joined the queue to board her flight. And so did he!!! Could it get any better?? And then to her consternation she discovered that the giant who went by the name Rohit was to be her co passenger all the way to Delhi!!
As it turned out Rohit wasn't bad company at all . In fact he turned out to be quite friendly and nice though she was quite wary of talking too much or seeming to be too friendly. But by the time they landed in Delhi Rohit had managed to squeeze out her mobile number with a promise to meet again. They collected their bags, Rohit smiled in that heart stopping way once again and then turned to go away. It was when he turned away that Apu realized that she did want to meet him again. But of course she wasn't going to take the initiative.
The next morning revealed that she didn't have to do that. Once she had dealt with the emergency situation in the hospital she realized that there were three missed calls from an unfamiliar number. Her intuition told her it was him. She had to rely on her intuition because she had forgotten to save his number. And of course when she called back she realized that it was indeed Mr. Rohit Sharma who had called. He sounded even hotter than what he looked. Apu again checked herself and said a formal hello to him . And to her embarrassement and surprise the moment she did that the man started laughing in a mocking kind of a way. She wondered what was wrong. But of course when she asked him he brushed her question aside. After some small talk he came straight to the point and said that he wanted to meet her for coffee. And though she wanted to say a 'NO', she heard herself saying a 'Yes'!! What was wrong with her? Why was she behaving like a teenager? She had no answer
So the next day after work she met Rohit and spent the next two hours in his company. And as on the flight they had so much to talk, so much to share. It was almost unbelievable. She learnt that Rohit was a surgeon working in a well known hospital of the city. He had been married for ten years but had lost his wife in an accident about two years ago. She had also been a surgeon but they had no children. Her vdeath had been the result of a 'hit and run' case. She had been trying to cross the road when at that very moment two young boys had chosen to jump the signal and snuffed the life out of her. It had been so sudden that Rohit had not been able to accept it for a long time. And the recovery had taken even longer. But gradually and slowly he had realized the futility of spending the rest of his life indulging in self pity and remorse. The remorse was there because he had refused to drop her to work and she had been crossing the road to get into a cab. Like in most cases time had helped him to heal and recover. Apu had tears in her eyes as she listened to his story. He held her hand and squeezed it gently. It was at that point though she failed to see it then, that Apu fell in love with Rohit.
The meeting got over and both of them left for their respective homes. But when Apu entered the house, the light in her eyes said something to Inder which he could not put a finger to. He asked her where she had been and Apu not wanting to say anything about Rohit said that she had been out with a friend for coffee. Apu out for coffee with a friend!! A pretty revealing statement. She hadn't done that in ages, so how come today? Inder wanted to ask her but refrained from doing any such thing. But he did not refrain from mentioning this to Neena. He told her that he knew that something had happened in Apu's life but he couldn't say what. Neena told him to stop imagining things and switched off the light and went off to sleep.
And then much to the happiness and amusement of Inder these coffees with friends started happening every other day. And Apu also started looking happier and relaxed. Even Neena started noticing that Apu was now taking a lot of care to dress up and buy new clothes too. She realized that her husband was right . Apu was up to something but exactly what?? Could she question her? After all she was going to be forty. She decided to be patient and wait for her to spill the beans. It was getting increasingly difficult for her to do that but she had to because she had no choice.
Finally that day dawned bright and clear when Apu decided to make Rohit meet her parents. He had been pressing her to do that but she had been avoiding making them meet as she didn't want to give any ideas to her parents. Rohit had made it clear to her that he was dead serious about the relationship and wanted to take it forward and therefore meeting her parents seemed like a natural progression. Apu also had realized by now that she had feelings for him but she didn't want to give any false hopes to her parents. She wanted to be absolutely sure before introducing them to him. But by then it had been three months and she was sure . So she chose a Sunday evening to do that. Her parents were overjoyed to meet Rohit who apart from being very handsome was a cultured and affable man. Inder had a long conversation with him during the course of which Rohit told him that he was very much interested in marrying Apu though he wasn't too sure about her intentions. She knew that she cared deeply for him but her past experience was making it difficult for her to make any kind of a commitment.
Inder was touched by the way Rohit spoke about his daughter and also by the fact that he was willing to give Apu all the time she needed to be sure about marrying him. Neena also spoke to Rohit separately because this time around she didn't want things to go wrong for Apu. But the fact was that Rohit was a lovable person who everyone took to very easily. In fact even Sunil's children could relate to him and talk to him. The only hitch was that Arya needed to be not only brought into the loop but had to like Rohit enough to let him marry his mother.
Apu was very clear that she would not go ahead with the relationship till she was sure that Arya and Rohit would get along. Anyways they didn't have to wait for too long. Soon it was summer time and time for Arya to head back home. Apu had already decided that she would not wait for too long before talking to Arya about Rohit but when the moment actually came upon her she was nervous as hell. To begin with, she didn't know how to broach the topic and then she was petrified about how he would react. But then while all these thoughts were crisis crossing her mind she thought to herself. Am I not supposed to be the mother!? Why am I behaving like a child?!
But then she was aware of the fact that Arya's approval meant the world to her. She had since his birth done everything to ensure his happiness and well being and now could not do anything to jeoperdise that. The two of them shared a close bond and she was sure that she would not allow anyone to affect that.
So with a lot of trepidation and a lot of anxiety Apu entered Arya's room to have a conversation with him. Arya's response as she had expected wasn't a 'jumping with joy' kinds yet he wasn't completely averse to the idea of there being a man in his mother's life. In fact he told her that it was high time that she had one. She on her part reassured him that the bond between the two of them would not get affected as a result of her relationship. Arya, the mature young boy that he had become told his mother that he didn't want her to spend the remaining part of her life ensuring his welfare. It was time for her to focus on her's and so he was keen to meet Rohit.
Thus over the weekend Apu arranged for the two to meet and Rohit being Rohit managed to charm his way into Arya's heart. There was an instant connect between the two which was a matter of great joy and relief not only for Apu but for everyone in the house especially for Inder. It was a happy summer that Arya spent in India that year with someone who seemed to be on his way to becoming an integral part of his life. Arya loved the way Rohit took care of his mother and was sensitive to her needs and requirements. He could sense that his company brought a spark into her eyes, something that he had never seen ever before.
Though his grandfather and uncle had never let him miss the presence of a father in his life, being with Rohit and spending time with him made him realize what he had been missing all his life. The man to man chat, the banter, the ceaseless pulling of Apu's leg, made Arya feel so good, so wanted in a way that he had never felt before. Rohit treated him like a son, cared for him and what is more shared his passion for tennis. Arya did not want this to end and was very keen to see his mother spend the rest of her life with Rohit.
Inder and Neena were greatly relieved to see the two of them get along but Apu still wanted to give them time. She didn't want anything to go wrong. But since they were not meant to go wrong things did not go wrong. And then Apu had no apprehensions, no doubts and no questions left. She was left with nothing to say but a "Yes"when Rohit proposed to her. She had no reason not to take the second chance which life had decided to offer to her.
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Bill Sorem, local media and activism on Democratic Visions
By Jeff Strate (Community Voices) | September 29, 2014
Retired advertising executive Bill Sorem has become a familiar figure at demonstrations and protests staged by the likes of Native Americans, peace advocates, equity activists, minimum wage proponents, police violence whistle blowers and free Gaza campaigners. The issues of interest to Sorem, The Uptake (his primary internet publisher) and Twin Cities Daily Planet, are underplayed by the Pioneer Press, the StarTribune, MinnPost, the community weeklies and local TV "journalists." The latter, of course remain primarily concerned with amusing one another.
This is a Community Voices submission and is moderated but not edited. The opinions expressed by Community Voices contributors are their own and do not necessarily reflect the opinions of the TC Daily Planet.
Mr. Sorem's takes on impaired mainstream coverage of local minority and controversial issues launch the autumn edition of Democratic Visions. His comments are supported by clips of his work including the July 18 Gaza-Palestine Solidarity march in Columbia Heights which boasted from 1200 to 1500 participants – an event you wouldn't know about had you only been watching WCCO, KSTP, KMSP and KARE.
Click here for the Bill Sorem segment.
Community activism themes continue in an Eden Prairie backyard coffee with Rebecca Lowen of Moms Demand Action (for gun sense), ISAIAH's (Faith in Democracy) get-out-the-vote initiatives and the DFL's coordinated campaign office in Hopkins.
Click here for the Moms Demand Action Segment.
And click here for a remix of "He Talks the Line" a satirical music video about Congressman Erik Paulsen by the Junk Yard Democrats. The bit is foot-noted with a pitch for his Congressional District, progressive challenger, Sharon Sund.
An in memoriam tribute to the late Andy Driscoll rounds out the program. Driscoll, the long-time St. Paul progressive who co-hosted KFAI radio's Truth to Tell with Michelle Alamoradi, used public access television and community radio to amplify the voices and issues of whistle blowers, minorities and political reformers. Click here for the Andy Driscoll Segment.
Democratic Visions is independently produced by Eden Prairie, Minnetonka and Edina volunteers at the Bloomington Community Access Television studio by arrangement with the Southwest Suburban Cable Commission and Southwest Community Television.
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Click here for full half hour autumn edition of Democratic Visions.
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Microsoft have announce the availability of the Windows Multipoint Server 2011 Beta last October. Though the news is little bit old I thought of sharing my 2 cents knowledge about it.
Microsoft mainly aims this product for the schools and training institutes which is designed primarily for the education market to help schools increase computing access to more students for a lower total cost. According to Microsoft this product benefit has been reaped by many training institutes, schools around the world, but claims businesses who wish to train staff on technologies could benefit too.
Currently this product is available in major languages and can be extended by adding Windows Server R2 language pack to support up to 32 languages! Each user will get Windows 7 experience in their own unique desktop.
Separate user accounts for each user – This helps students to manage their project work separately. If necessary administrator can join the server to the Active Directory as well. This will allow more control using Group Policies.
Easily share files, videos, and more with and between groups of students – Teachers will have great flexibility of sharing contents once (Document Library) and it appears on each students session automatically.
Watch videos or listen to music and podcasts without disturbing everyone else – Each session can have audio and video mange separately. This is pretty cool.
Easily monitor and manage sessions – Teachers have total control of the students sessions and can monitor the each sessions individually. If necessary device connections and disconnections can be managed remotely.
You don't need any specialize hardware to use this product. Microsoft has introduce this product keeping in mind to reduce cost for schools so generic hardware work perfectly with the product. Multipoint server can be obtain though Microsoft Volume Licensing program and under Academic pricing.


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 Auguste Marie Henri Picot de Dampierre (1756–1793), a general of the French Revolution
 Georges Picot (1838–1909), French historian and lawyer
 François Georges-Picot (1870–1951), son of Georges, French diplomat, co-author of the Sykes-Picot Agreement
 Olga Georges-Picot (1940–1977), granddaughter of François, French actress
 François-Édouard Picot (1786–1868), French painter
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Band members from Parchment High School escaped Michigan's lingering winter weather and traveled to a very warm and sunny Florida earlier this week for spring break. The band is spending the week at Walt Disney World to perform and explore the theme park. On Thursday morning, the band marched along Main Street, U.S.A. and performed music for all the park goers.
On Wednesday, the band members participated in a workshop with a Disney music conductor to learn how music is recorded for movie soundtracks. This is an area of Disney World that very few people get to see on the typical vacation there.
The 2017-18 school year has been a very successful one for the Parchment Marching band. In September, they took 1st place at the 2017 Otsego Band Invitational in Class C with a score of 81.1! A month later, the band participated in the 2017 Hastings Marching Band Invitational and again earned 1st place honors with a score of 83.
Parchment Band Director Matt Matuszek was hired permanently last fall after stepping in shortly before the school season began. Despite the short amount of time to get to know each other, the new director and students won the two consecutive 1st Place titles.
The school has made the trip to Florida every four years dating back to 1998, when yours truly went to Disney World with the Parchment Marching band for the first time. It was my senior year and was the experience of a lifetime. Just as we did, the 2017-18 band is sure to represent Parchment, the Kalamazoo area and Michigan well on their trip and we wish them save travels.
By the way, in one of their Facebook posts they mentioned it was "sunny and 88 degrees in Orlando." Could you do us a favor and bring some of that back home with you?


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Actor Kevin Spacey Faces Felony Charges For Alleged Sexual Assault
By Francesca Paris
A Massachusetts district court has issued a criminal complaint against actor Kevin Spacey for allegedly sexually assaulting an 18-year-old.
His arraignment is scheduled for Jan. 7, according to a statement released Monday by Nantucket District Attorney Michael O'Keefe.
Clerk Magistrate Brian Kearney issued the complaint for "indecent assault and battery," a felony offense, following a public show cause hearing on Thursday. The criminal charges stem from former Boston news anchor Heather Unruh's accusation last year that Spacey had assaulted her son.
At a 2017 news conference, Unruh said that Spacey forced himself on her teenage son in July 2016, at The Club Car restaurant on Nantucket island. "Spacey stuck his hand inside my son's pants and grabbed his genitals," Unruh said.
Unruh said that her son did not report the assault at the time because he feared public attention from making an accusation against a celebrity. But the family decided to take the accusation public as the #MeToo movement gained traction.
"The climate in this country has changed now," Unruh said at the news conference. "Thanks to the brave women and all sexual abuse victims who have come forward with their accusations about Harvey Weinstein and other sexual abusers."
The Nantucket Police Department began its criminal investigation in November 2017, said Massachusetts attorney Mitchell Garabedian at the conference. The department has since transferred the case to the district attorney's office.
Multiple men have come forward with accusations of sexual assault and harassment against Spacey since October 2017, prompting Netflix to cut ties with and drop the actor from its political drama House of Cards.
Meanwhile, Spacey posted a bizarre video on Twitter Monday, apparently returning to his House of Cardscharacter Frank Underwood, while also possibly echoing his real-life predicament. Looking straight at the camera, he laments an "unsatisfying ending" and suggests that Underwood might not be dead.
House of Cardsconcluded its final season this fall. And Netflix has previously said that it will not be involved in any further production of the show that includes Spacey.
"Despite all the poppycock, the animosity, the headlines, the impeachment without a trial, despite everything, despite even my own death, I feel surprisingly good," Spacey says in the video, referencing the possible impeachment that his character faced in the show's fifth season.
Now, in real life, Spacey may get a trial after all.
Corrected: December 23, 2018 at 11:00 PM CST
A previous version of this story incorrectly said that Kevin Spacey's character faced possible impeachment in the fourth season of House of Cards.It was in the fifth season.
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Later to be Retitled to 63rd West Suffolk Regiment in 1783.
In 1804 a 2nd Battalion was formed but in 1814 was disbanded.
The 63rd West Suffolk Regiment was Restyled into 1st Manchester Regiment in 1881, and in 1900 both the 3rd and 4th Line Battalions were formed but later (1900) disbanded.
1942 saw the Battalion captured in Singapore and the 6th (TA) Battalion was reconstituted as 1st Battalion.
In 1948 the 1st and 2nd Battalions amalgamated to form 1st Battalion the Manchester Regiment(LXIII/XCVI).
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Ensuring children get enough physical activity while being safe is a delicate balancing act
Written by Lisa Nicole Sharwood, Injury epidemiologist, University of Sydney
A Sydney playground was closed earlier this year after children and adults suffered a spate of injuries including broken bones, burns and bruises on a giant tube-slide. The Hilltop Playground had been open for less than one month. The injuries were described as "horrific" and the media questioned "how the 30m-long, 14m-tall slide passed safety rules".
Meanwhile SA Health and KidsafeSA have initiated an awareness campaign calling for certain baby and toddler products, such as walkers and exercise jumpers (known as Jolly Jumpers), to be banned. They've claimed these are associated with issues such as developmental delay and stiff muscles in children.
SA Health's Deputy Chief Medical Officer warned:
Excessive time in walkers and jumpers teaches babies to stand up on their tip-toes, causing calf muscle tightening, affecting their ability to walk, and in some cases requiring treatment with casting or surgery.
Child injury prevention programs may seek to limit risky play. But is the consequence of this a negative impact on children's physical activity, motor skill development and mental health and well-being?
New designs such as the Hilltop slide ought to have been tested and commissioned prior to opening. ParraParents
A review of studies into this question shows greater positive effects of risky outdoor play on health compared with the risks of inactivity in children. Though, as we write today in the Medical Journal of Australia, parents must be aware of the limitations in product safety standards and understand the delicate balance between healthy play, parental or carer surveillance and safety standards.
Read more: What is physical activity in early childhood, and is it really that important?
Injury surveillance data are limited in Australia, and likely underestimate the true picture. A recent report shows around 686,409 Australian children were hospitalised following an injury between 2002-2012. Roughly 1,000 children died soon after an injury, more due to transport accidents than other injury causes.
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Of the hospitalisations in this report, 8.3% of children were injured in playground and equipment falls. Children under five years suffered the most head injuries. No child deaths were attributed to playground equipment falls, and we're not aware of any deaths in Australia from non-domestic playground equipment.
The development, application and utility of product standards is poorly understood by the broader community, medical practitioners and parents. When injuries occur while children are at play, the question often asked is "who is responsible?". There is a misconception that product standards can prevent all injuries. But this is never their intended purpose.
All product standards set minimum design requirements to facilitate consumer safety, contemplating "reasonably foreseeable use" and patterns of "reasonably foreseeable misuse". They cannot prevent all injuries. Rather, they concentrate on preventing or mitigating more serious injuries based on existing evidence of injury patterns.
Read more: Without mandatory safety standards, indoor trampoline parks are an accident waiting to happen
New information can update our understanding of associated risks, just as our understanding evolved about the risk of cancer caused by cigarettes. New product designs, such as the Hilltop slide, can create new hazards that existing standards didn't anticipate. Injury surveillance data do not exist yet for these either. So, new designs such as the Hilltop slide ought to have been tested and commissioned prior to opening.
How safety standards work
Australia's safety standards for playground equipment and surfaces are voluntary, unless the owners or developers of the site require the contractor to abide by them. The standards aim to address both industry governance and injury prevention, but it is vital the community at large (parents and health professionals specifically) understand the limitations and scope of current Australian standards.
Standards Australia is a not-for-profit organisation that develops voluntary Australian standards through expert technical committees. Similar to other product standards in Australia (particularly children's products), these cover design, installation, product conformity, test methods, labelling and consumer safety.
Only a minority of products in Australia actually have mandatory standards applied to them. Many available play products provide play spaces that offer children containment for safety, while parents attend to other tasks. However, they can have unanticipated risks.
Read more: Yes, car seats protect children. But you need the right restraint, fitted properly
Baby walkers are one product that do have a mandatory standard. This aims to prevent anticipated injury by requiring braking mechanisms to prevent falls down steps or stairs, or any over-balance.
But such design and performance constraints don't cover recent evidence of developmental delay suffered from too much time in these devices as well as in exercise jumpers known as jolly jumpers.
It's worth remembering that the evidence shows the benefits of physical activity outweigh the risks of injury. Keeping a child safe involves ensuring parental supervision and safety standards are at work at all times.
Authors: Lisa Nicole Sharwood, Injury epidemiologist, University of Sydney
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Q: How to load multiple images for processing with opencv? I have a code in OpenCV C++ and I have to apply to twenty or more images. Now I'm debbuging one by one, changing the name of the image every time. Is there a way that I can, like, call all the images and submit them to that process and save all of them?
I'm using this:
Mat input_image = imread("img1.jpg");

for load a image. And this:
imwrite("output_image.jpg", output_image);

for save the image in my project folder.

Update:
I did this but it didn't work:
int main(int argc, char **argv){

    char name[50];
    int i=0;
    Mat output_image;

    while(1){

        sprintf(name, "cam%d.jpg", i);

        //Load the image
        Mat input_image = imread(name, 1);
        if(!input_image.data) break;

        //Image RGB to Grayscale
        cvtColor(input_image, output_image, CV_RGB2GRAY);

        //Applying Gaussian
        GaussianBlur(output_image, output_image, Size(21.0, 21.0), 50.0);

        //applying adaptive threshold
        adaptiveThreshold(output_image, output_image, 255, ADAPTIVE_THRESH_MEAN_C, THRESH_BINARY_INV, 111, -20);

        sprintf(name,"cam%d-bin.jpg",i);

        //save the image
        imwrite(name, output_image);

        i++;

    }

}

A: You can try below code. Assume that your image names like img0.jpg, img1.jpg, img2.jpg etc...
char name[10];
int i=0;
Mat gray;
while(1){

    sprintf(name,"img%d.jpg",i);
    Mat src= imread(name,1);
     if(!src.data ) break;

     cvtColor(src,gray,CV_BGR2GRAY);
     sprintf(name,"gray%d.jpg",i);
     imwrite(name, gray);

    imshow("src",src);
    imshow("result",gray);

    i++;
    waitKey();
}

A: Try this,
const char* DATASET("D:/Data/input_image_directory/");
const int total_images = 20;

int main(int argc, char** argv)
{
    std::string file_directory;
    int count;

    if (argc > 1)
    {
        file_directory = argv[1];
        count = argv[2];
    }
    else
    {
        file_directory = DATASET->c_str();
        count = total_images;
    }

    for (int i=0; i<count; ++i)
    {
        // This is assuming your file names are in the structure image000.png, image001.png,...
        cv::Mat input_Mat = cv::imread( cv::format( "%s/image%03d.png", file_directory, i ), CV_LOAD_IMAGE_ANYCOLOR );
        cv::namedWindow ("input_image", CV_WINDOW_AUTOSIZE);
        cv::imshow( "input_image", input_Mat);

        // Do processing
        // Some more processing
    }

    return EXIT_SUCCESS;
}


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I tried to post this in the biography section but I couldn't find a post link. Perhaps one of the moderators could move this to that section.
But, I found this to be very interesting. Robert Todd Lincoln lived an incredibly interesting life, but seldom did that biography find it's way out of his father's shadow. I believe if he had not been his son he would have been known for more than being present for the deaths of three presidents.
I hope others will enjoy the story
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Stone in the wall
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Wasn't this the son of Lincoln that Edwin Booth (John Wilkes) brother saved from falling off the train?
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Stone in the wall said:
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If you watch the short video the speaker addressed the event in which the brother of John Wilks Booth save Robert's life,.
Robert Todd Lincoln was one of the most successful men of his generation, but as you bare witness, it is only the coincidental events of his life that he is remembered for.
Bruce Vail
He is remembered as more than the president's son. He is remembered as a creep who had his mother committed to an insane asylum and would-be plutocrat who provoked the bloody Pullman Strike in 1894.
The video is too short and too opinionated to do the subject any justice.
I think a biographical book about Robert Todd Lincoln would be a dynamic platform to view what was an incredible era, here's a man who had a front row seat for the Civil War, was attached to Grants command, witnessed the industrial age, the expansion of the western railway, three presidential assassinations, the Spanish American War, the Great War and had a working relationship with every political figure from 1855 to 1926.
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