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Q: Failed to find configured root that contains /storage/emulated/0/Android/data/com.example I know that there are a lot of questions of this problem but I cannot resolve my problem with the other posts.
I don't understand why I see this message.
MainActivity
alert = RingtoneManager
                .getDefaultUri(RingtoneManager.TYPE_NOTIFICATION);

public class MainActivity extends AppCompatActivity {

    ImageView iv_foto;
    static final int REQUEST_TAKE_PHOTO = 1;
    @Override
    protected void onCreate(Bundle savedInstanceState) {
        super.onCreate(savedInstanceState);
        setContentView(R.layout.activity_main);
        iv_foto = (ImageView) findViewById(R.id.iv_foto);

    }

    public void sacarFoto(View v){
        dispatchTakePictureIntent();
    }
    String mCurrentPhotoPath;

    private File createImageFile() throws IOException {
        // Create an image file name
        String timeStamp = new SimpleDateFormat("yyyyMMdd_HHmmss").format(new Date());
        String imageFileName = "JPEG_" + timeStamp + "_";
        File storageDir = getExternalFilesDir(Environment.DIRECTORY_PICTURES);
        File image = File.createTempFile(
                imageFileName,  /* prefix */
                ".jpg",         /* suffix */
                storageDir      /* directory */
        );

        // Save a file: path for use with ACTION_VIEW intents
        mCurrentPhotoPath = image.getAbsolutePath();
        return image;
    }

    private void dispatchTakePictureIntent() {
        Intent takePictureIntent = new Intent(MediaStore.ACTION_IMAGE_CAPTURE);
        // Ensure that there's a camera activity to handle the intent
        if (takePictureIntent.resolveActivity(getPackageManager()) != null) {
            // Create the File where the photo should go
            File photoFile = null;
            try {
                photoFile = createImageFile();
            } catch (IOException ex) {
                // Error occurred while creating the File
            }
            // Continue only if the File was successfully created
            if (photoFile != null) {
                Uri photoURI = FileProvider.getUriForFile(this,
                        "com.example.josemiguelrodriguez.fileprovider",
                        photoFile);
                takePictureIntent.putExtra(MediaStore.EXTRA_OUTPUT, photoURI);
                startActivityForResult(takePictureIntent, REQUEST_TAKE_PHOTO);
            }
        }
    }

    @Override
    protected void onActivityResult(int requestCode, int resultCode, Intent data) {
        super.onActivityResult(requestCode, resultCode, data);
        if (requestCode == REQUEST_TAKE_PHOTO){
            iv_foto.setImageURI(Uri.parse(mCurrentPhotoPath));
        }
    }
}

AndroidManifest
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<manifest xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android"
    package="com.example.josemiguelrodriguez.pruebacamara">

    <uses-feature android:name="android.hardware.camera"
        android:required="true"
        />
    <uses-permission android:name="android.permission.WRITE_EXTERNAL_STORAGE" />

    <application
        android:allowBackup="true"
        android:icon="@mipmap/ic_launcher"
        android:label="@string/app_name"
        android:roundIcon="@mipmap/ic_launcher_round"
        android:supportsRtl="true"
        android:theme="@style/AppTheme">

        <provider
            android:name="android.support.v4.content.FileProvider"
            android:authorities="com.example.josemiguelrodriguez.fileprovider"
            android:exported="false"
            android:grantUriPermissions="true">
            <meta-data
                android:name="android.support.FILE_PROVIDER_PATHS"
                android:resource="@xml/file_paths"></meta-data>
        </provider>

        <activity android:name=".MainActivity">
            <intent-filter>
                <action android:name="android.intent.action.MAIN" />

                <category android:name="android.intent.category.LAUNCHER" />
            </intent-filter>
        </activity>
    </application>

</manifest>

file_paths.xml
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<paths xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android">
    <external-file-path name="my_images" path="Pictures" />
</paths>

Error:
03-31 13:39:14.292 30787-30787/com.example.josemiguelrodriguez.pruebacamara E/AndroidRuntime: FATAL EXCEPTION: main
Process: com.example.josemiguelrodriguez.pruebacamara, PID: 30787
java.lang.IllegalStateException: Could not execute method for android:onClick
at android.support.v7.app.AppCompatViewInflater$DeclaredOnClickListener.onClick(AppCompatViewInflater.java:293)
at android.view.View.performClick(View.java:4438)
at android.view.View$PerformClick.run(View.java:18422)
at android.os.Handler.handleCallback(Handler.java:733)
at android.os.Handler.dispatchMessage(Handler.java:95)
at android.os.Looper.loop(Looper.java:136)
at android.app.ActivityThread.main(ActivityThread.java:5001)
at java.lang.reflect.Method.invokeNative(Native Method)
at java.lang.reflect.Method.invoke(Method.java:515)
at com.android.internal.os.ZygoteInit$MethodAndArgsCaller.run(ZygoteInit.java:785)
at com.android.internal.os.ZygoteInit.main(ZygoteInit.java:601)
at dalvik.system.NativeStart.main(Native Method)
Caused by: java.lang.reflect.InvocationTargetException
at java.lang.reflect.Method.invokeNative(Native Method)
at java.lang.reflect.Method.invoke(Method.java:515)
at android.support.v7.app.AppCompatViewInflater$DeclaredOnClickListener.onClick(AppCompatViewInflater.java:288)
at android.view.View.performClick(View.java:4438)
at android.view.View$PerformClick.run(View.java:18422)
at android.os.Handler.handleCallback(Handler.java:733)
at android.os.Handler.dispatchMessage(Handler.java:95)
at android.os.Looper.loop(Looper.java:136)
at android.app.ActivityThread.main(ActivityThread.java:5001)
at java.lang.reflect.Method.invokeNative(Native Method)
at java.lang.reflect.Method.invoke(Method.java:515)
at com.android.internal.os.ZygoteInit$MethodAndArgsCaller.run(ZygoteInit.java:785)
at com.android.internal.os.ZygoteInit.main(ZygoteInit.java:601)
at dalvik.system.NativeStart.main(Native Method)
Caused by: java.lang.IllegalArgumentException: Failed to find configured root that contains /storage/emulated/0/Android/data/com.example.josemiguelrodriguez.pruebacamara/files/Pictures/JPEG_20170331_133914_-2001489715.jpg
at android.support.v4.content.FileProvider$SimplePathStrategy.getUriForFile(FileProvider.java:711)
at android.support.v4.content.FileProvider.getUriForFile(FileProvider.java:400)
at com.example.josemiguelrodriguez.pruebacamara.MainActivity.dispatchTakePictureIntent(MainActivity.java:67)
at com.example.josemiguelrodriguez.pruebacamara.MainActivity.sacarFoto(MainActivity.java:33)
at java.lang.reflect.Method.invokeNative(Native Method)
at java.lang.reflect.Method.invoke(Method.java:515)
at android.support.v7.app.AppCompatViewInflater$DeclaredOnClickListener.onClick(AppCompatViewInflater.java:288)
at android.view.View.performClick(View.java:4438)
at android.view.View$PerformClick.run(View.java:18422)
at android.os.Handler.handleCallback(Handler.java:733)
at android.os.Handler.dispatchMessage(Handler.java:95)
at android.os.Looper.loop(Looper.java:136)
at android.app.ActivityThread.main(ActivityThread.java:5001)
at java.lang.reflect.Method.invokeNative(Native Method)
at java.lang.reflect.Method.invoke(Method.java:515)
at com.android.internal.os.ZygoteInit$MethodAndArgsCaller.run(ZygoteInit.java:785)
at com.android.internal.os.ZygoteInit.main(ZygoteInit.java:601)
at dalvik.system.NativeStart.main(Native Method)

Many Thanks!! :D
UPDATE
The error is solved with the first response of @CommonsWare but now I have the following error:
Error
resolveUri failed on bad bitmap uri: /storage/emulated/0/Android/data/com.example.josemiguelrodriguez.pruebacamara/files/Pictures/JPEG_20170331_140455_-2001489715.png

A: in file_paths.xml as it's asking for root.
    <?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<resources>
    <paths xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android">
        <root-path name="root" path="." />
    </paths>
</resources>

A: Change external-file-path to external-files-path (note the s).

A: File storageDir = getExternalFilesDir(Environment.DIRECTORY_PICTURES);

Change to
File storageDir = getExternalStoragePublicDirectory(Environment.DIRECTORY_PICTURES);

And/Or change path="Pictures" to path=".".


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The Second of The Three Spirits.
Awaking in the middle of a prodigiously tough snore, and sitting up in bed to get his thoughts together, Scrooge had no occasion to be told that the bell was again upon the stroke of One. He felt that he was restored to consciousness in the right nick of time, for the especial purpose of holding a conference with the second messenger despatched to him through Jacob Marley's intervention. But finding that he turned uncomfortably cold when he began to wonder which of his curtains this new Spectre would draw back, he put them every one aside with his own hands—and lying down again, established a sharp look-out all round the bed. For he wished to challenge the Spirit on the moment of its appearance, and did not wish to be taken by surprise and made nervous.
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Resources for Research in Diabetes Education and Management
Allen Foresta | March 8, 2017
Topics: Research Guides Resource Highlights
This research guide is intended to provide information about and links to key resources for research in the field of diabetes education and management. These e-resources have been selected to support the mission of the program, i.e., to help clinically trained healthcare professionals acquire the knowledge and skills necessary to meet the increased demand for comprehensive, evidence-based, safe, and effective diabetes care for Americans who currently have diabetes or will in increasing numbers have it in the future. This guide also includes a section describing research consultation and assistance services and options for document retrieval and delivery available to all members of the Teachers College community.
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As you have no doubt heard, the first two to four years of one's professorial professional career are filled with developing and refining courses. I've been teaching two courses (sometimes in multiple sections) every semester: Introduction to Philosophy (a sophomore-level course) and Ethics (a senior-level course). In addition, I've been teaching one other course each semester; so far these have been Contemporary Philosophy, Logic, and Philosophy of Science. Of those, I've only taught Logic more than once (actually, currently teaching it for the second time). Next semester I will teach Theory of Knowledge for the first time.
The point is that there is a lot of development still going on. The courses that I have been teaching every semester, Introduction to Philosophy and Ethics, are still very much in development. I've made significant changes to assignments and readings almost every semester, and plan to make more changes for next year. Of course, the courses that I have taught once or twice continue to need development. This takes up a good bit of my time these days, which leaves not much time for blogging, or, as I prefer to call it, spending time in my Ideas Test Kitchen.
I did get to present a paper at the South Carolina Society for Philosophy conference that happened at USC here in Columbia a week ago. That paper, "Should You Believe Your Teachers?", was a development of a couple ideas cooked up in this test kitchen. So I suppose it has served a positive purpose.
Well, maybe this summer I'll get around to some more blogging. Right now I have some other projects to work on. One is a talk on "Sacred and Secular Virtue" for the Areopagus lecture series at Trinity Episcopal Cathedral here in Columbia (more info here) next Sunday evening (March 24). That will be my first "public engagement" talk; that is, a talk aimed at a general audience rather than professional philosophers. Unless you count all my teaching, of course. Anyway, I'm looking forward to it.
Well, I'd better go start prepping for that.


Sometimes when I'm confused, writing helps me figure out what is going on in my head. After my mom said we should invite my lady runner friend (her name is Jo, I learned at the race she invited to) over for dinner, I had this very negative reaction. It came out of nowhere. Bam! Oh, I didn't let on, I told my mom the invite is a great idea. She wanted to get all busy planning the menu and date right away, but I managed to mumble something about needing to work on a school project and scooted away.
So now I'm in my room, thinking and making a random list of my feelings. I'm not ashamed of my house or anything. And I really would like to get to know Jo better. I think I just want to do it on my own terms, at least at first. It's like I don't want to share her, not yet.
Because she makes me feel special.
I mean, I don't own her, but running is something between us, just us.
Because maybe this could be my first adult friendship…..
…..which would be good because sometimes my friends at school drive me nuts.
Because I already share EVERYTHING with my family.
Because my wonderful mom will cross examine her because that's just mom's style.
OK, and because I am shy and will probably clam up with my family and me all around her.
Because the questions I have for her are most probably not my family's.
Because she invited just me to her house.
And the house looks like this.
And she told me to it was ok just to sit in the chair if she wasn't there. I think she's noticed I usually have something to read stuffed in my pocket, even when I run.
Because I want to figure out how to tell her that she's inspired me, but without being geeky about it.
Because why she keeps running is something I think about a lot.
Because I want to listen to her.
Because my grandpa told me everybody has a story and each one is different.
Because I need to know the ways hers is unique.
Because I wrote her a poem.
Did she think her soul would be lost?
You were running along the bridge.
I had to get home for supper.
Did you feel me steal those few rays of your soul?
I met, or I guess I should say, ran into, this old lady about a year ago. We actually didn't run into each other, but we did meet running on the bridge near my house. At first, we just nodded at each other. She was always smiling. I liked that, 'cause you know people who don't run like to rag on runners for looking so pained while running.
Every once in a while, we'd be going in the same direction and would race each other a little. She was fast for someone with grey hair!
The first time I saw her was the first time I went for a run. The next day, I went out again, in part to see if she'd be out there. She wasn't, but I kept running anyway.
I ended up going out for the cross country at school after that and made it, so she's sorta special to me. Turns out, I like running and am good at it. Coach says if I keep running strong, I have an "excellent shot" at a scholarship.
This development has made my mom most extremely straight fire– so long as the CC team doesn't get in the way of my grades, of course. She's been one-tracking on my brother and me going to college: working two jobs, being all over our homework and grades, sticking little 'motivational notes' in our lunches. Yes, for true. She finds time to do that last bit real regular.
One day last summer I was on the bridge and I'd forgotten to bring water. (I'm usually not that lame.) I guess I was looking not too smooth.
The lady happened to be running toward me. She stopped and pressed her water on me, saying she'd parked at the foot of the bridge and was only a half mile in so hadn't touched the bottle. Once she was sure I was not going to keel, she squeezed my shoulder and was off, hurdling up and over.
After that, we kinda stutter-stepped talking with each other from time to time. I handed off a GU to her to repay her for the water (and to show I knew it was important to maintain your balance). A few weeks later, she gave me a race notice, explaining there were running shop gift cards for age group winners.
That helped me convince my mom to pay the entry fee, and gave her bragging rights when I indeed danced through the door with one, and a cool trophy.
Mom said I should ask the lady over for supper. That threw me, I admit. It's not that I'm embarrassed about my home or mom (ok, my brother is only semi-civilized, but he can hold it together for a meal). The lady was just sort of "mine," which I know sounds crazy.
The next time I saw her, I flagged her over, meaning to offer the invite. Before I could, she handed me a paper. "It's my address," she explained. "You could run there." Then she ran off before I could say anything.
I'm thinking I want to take her up on her invite before I deliver mine.
Walking is the new running. At least for me, for now. After an extended period of self-pity and depression, I dug out my big girl pants. After I washed and ironed them, however, there remained one problem. I couldn't get them on. It wasn't that they didn't fit, just that I could barely move my legs. Osteoarthritis, which usually develops gradually, had washed over me like a tsunami, taking out both hips within a year.
Thanks to the very adept and compassionate orthopedic-surgeon Dr. Guzman, I am now able to move about the world without crippling pain. He performed a TRHR (total right hip replacement) on me in February, then a TLHR in March. I'm already back to work, walking without a cane, and tracking my distance, e.g., 4 miles Saturday and 4.3 on Sunday.
Isn't it ironic…….when a Titanium Maniac* ends up with titanium hips? Because of course one of the few activities not recommended for folks who've had THRs is running. Over the past year, I've been cycling through the 5 stages of loss. [Kubler-Ross] They are: denial, anger, bargaining, depression, and finally, acceptance.
Only recently have I managed to reach "acceptance," or at least, I think I'm there. Oh, I haven't closed and locked the door on running. There's going to be at least one run in my future. I wrote a piece, "Last Things," wondering if I would recognize my last run. My answer I know now is yes. I will plan out a walk/run when I'm able, to appreciate running one more time.
And I admit to following (and possibly joining) a group, hiprunners, on twitter. The members are runners who have had at least one THR. I like their attitude and determination. That they fly, or run, in the face of medical advice is perhaps not the wisest choice, but most of them have decided to take their chances.
If I do ever run regularly again, it won't be a marathon or any type of distance event, it won't be every day, and it will very likely be much slower. And so I am here on walking's doorstep, leaning on the doorbell in hopes of being welcomed back. My long-term relationship with walking began back when my mom would put on her flats and invite me along on one of her urban rambles. I loved being with her on these jaunts, idly talking about whatever came into our heads, observing the seasons and scenes around us. After I moved away from home, walking, whether with company or alone, became a daily habit.
*Marathon Maniacs is a national running club. You can reach Titanium in several ways. I did it by running 30 marathons in one year.
like Audrey Hepburn donning a silk scarf.
in me wants not to be pleasing.
the inevitable slowing of the pace.
Two months ago, my friend died. By now, the world expects I should be "over it." Especially because when she died, we lived thousands of miles away. Even when we were in the same place, the basis of our friendship was work. Jodi was—and how I hate having to use that word– the Administrator in the PD office where I worked for about 7 years. She kept me company in irreverent humor; she had the ability to make me laugh no matter how dark the day seemed. She was smart and did not suffer fools, not even poorly. She had a tender side, witnessed by the many people she quietly befriended throughout her life, including other people and children with cancer, even while fiercely fighting her own. I still find myself scanning through my Facebook posts looking for one of her wry observations before I remember there won't be another one.
While she wasn't a runner, she understood me on a level that at least in part grew from a shared devotion to taking off and going on trips to pursue our respective passions. For Jodi, it was on her beloved Harley, most often with her friend Janice. I've been going back to Rapid in August to visit folks and run my friend's race for the past few years. Soon after I returned home in 2014, she was diagnosed with brain cancer. She has two fantastic sisters and a great mom (Jodi was only 48) and was doing well on a Mayo-designed course of treatment. I saw her last August and she looked great, had some minor beefs with the med side-effects, but was her usual witty, down to earth and observant self. We'd been in touch over several things this year and I was looking forward to seeing her again in August.
Tonight was my annual meeting with my financial adviser and I went prepared for the same friendly lecture he gives me every year.
"I don't know Joe, but what I do know is this: When the time comes for me to retire I will never look back and have regrets about the memories I've made getting there. I'll never regret the money I spent on my motorcycles or all the money it took to keep them serviced.
I won't look back and say to myself if only I hadn't wasted all that money on road trips, and the millions trips I took to Yellowstone.
Or, damn it, if only I hadn't taken that trip to Glacier where I finally got to mark off my bucket list seeing a bear and Floating the Road to the Sun. Or what about that time I Floated southern Utah and spent all that money on a national parks pass but got to witness Zion, Grand Staircase, Capital Reef, Arches and Dead Horse State Park? And wasn't that the same trip I wasted all that money but got to Float the Moki under a full moon?
The Challenge affords us two days to delight in this 8,000 acre estate. To prepare for it, you just need to tinker a bit with your traditional marathon plan and take into account a few other factors. Of course, you should have run a few half and full marathons before taking on the challenge.
I would still go run.
Last things, last times. Some life events are marked by observances or ceremonies so that you remember them as being "the last." You may recall your last day in high school or the last Christmas your kids believed in Santa. Perhaps you've given up a bad habit but still vividly recall your last cigarette, double scotch, trifecta bet or banana split.
There are so many other things or occurrences we enjoy for the last time without the knowledge that indeed, this is the last. When was the last time you spent a summer afternoon lying the grass looking up at the clouds or the last time you swung on a swing? The last firefly or butterfly you caught in jar?
Even for those of us who love running, there are days when we head out on our regular route with more of a sense of obligation than of joy. Sometimes it is because the weather isn't ideal, or we'd rather stay in bed, or accept that lunch invitation from a co-worker. Maybe it's because following a training schedule feels tedious or confining ('but I don't want to do speed work today!') Still, anyone with a "runner's soul," as Darcy Wakefield portrayed herself possessing, will soon miss running if laid up with an injury or otherwise prevented from running for too very long.
While I know that some run in my future will be my last, I am hoping it is in the far distant future. In the interim, I try to remember to appreciate each day I am able to run. Some days, when I particularly relish a run with a running buddy, I'll tell them if that was to be my last run, I wouldn't change a thing. It's my way of appreciating the gift. Running makes my life more balanced and joyous. Not running makes me crabby and sad.
When you say you love running, you create an immediate problem for yourself. Well, you do if make it a public statement. Chances are one of your non-running friends will–in the very near future–point out that she saw you running the other day and "you sure didn't look like you were loving it!" A laugh that will no doubt sound somewhat snarky to you may follow her comment.
1. External factors. Most of the time, this is weather. Yesterday, I indulged myself and lingered over Saturday morning coffee, the paper and my cats. Paid for it by running 15 miles on a sunny, 80 degree mid morning Southwest Florida day. Sure I found things to appreciate, the birds swooping over the ponds and canals, Scott Simon's interview with musician Olga Bell [Tempo OLGA] and the water bubblers at the park. The poetry of running was not, however, keeping time with my sodden footfalls.
Another external factor is the annoying running companion. You know, the whiner who complains, the celebrity-in-his-own-mind who relates his PRs to you, mile by excruciating mile, and the needy, troubled soul who seems to have mistaken you, a runner, for his psychotherapist.
2. Internal factors. These runs are the ones where I'm not 100%, but not injured or ill enough to scrap the run entirely. Instead of losing myself in the flow, I'm constantly monitoring my scratchy throat, or worst, that hamstring that seems to be ok but is letting me know we better stay in the slow lane if we know what's good for us (and want to run tomorrow.) And of course, who hasn't had one of those moments on an otherwise, until-then delightful run when your mind abruptly cuts to its index of public bathrooms/construction sites with porta potties?
3. The mind/body connection. Most of the time, running improves my mood. If I'm happy, it just gets better. Crabbiness is best dissipated by running. I can usually outrun out the demons, or at least get a perspective on them that shrinks them down to size after six miles or so. Solutions to problems often begin to appear once I'm moving. But, every once in a while, there's an issue that is bigger than the run. When I can't resolve or it or get past it, whatever IT is, the run can feel like a chore.
While I haven't figured out how to be 100% in love with every run, I still love running. Like all relationships, there are moments when you may not be in love with your partner, child or critter, but you still love them, even at their most exasperating.
When your body is talking to you, be smarter than I have been. Slow it down to a walk, enjoy your surroundings, relax. Repeat until that voice is a whisper (or you find the bathroom.) As for the major stuff? Meditation, bubble baths, chocolate and seeing a professional are all good. And know that not all runs are easy; you don't need to love every one to love the sport. Be open: tomorrow's run may make you feel you can fly– and fall in love all over again.


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Verizon Sets Up State Partnerships for Distance Education in TX and MA
Verizon announced partnerships with state agencies in Texas and Massachusetts to aid distance-learning programs as schools nationwide look to open up virtually during the pandemic.
"This work will help millions of Texas children," said Texas Education Commissioner Mike Morath.
Verizon's sponsor-state agreement with the Texas Education Agency is the latest in a series of distance learning enablement partnerships that now total 38 states and the District of Columbia — including Los Angeles Unified and the California State Department of Education, Georgia Department of Education, South Carolina Office of Regulatory Staff, Massachusetts Department of Elementary and Secondary Education and the Oklahoma State Department of Education. They aim to provide every student in the U.S. with access to a reliable internet connection, a device and other education solutions they need, whether in a full-time classroom environment, distance learning from home or a combination thereof.
The Massachusetts Department of Elementary and Secondary Education also partnered with Verizon to provide up to 4.7 million students in Massachusetts and seven neighboring states, plus the District of Columbia, with a simple and quick way to access the distance learning connectivity students need this fall.
"Since the beginning of the COVID-19 pandemic, we have partnered with independent school districts and state departments of education to help bridge the digital divide, and deliver connectivity, devices and other solutions to students nationwide," said Andrés Irlando, senior vice president and president, Public Sector and Verizon Connect at Verizon.
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I'm familiar with hill bounding but I've read about a term cause "moosewalking." What is that? Is it like hill bounding? Thanks.
It is important to have an elongated and low stride and let the poles be active in propelling you, just like when skiing with a diagonal stride.
Hey thanks Magnus. Hope you are well Sir and I appreciate your always quick responses and knowledge.
Here is another question for you Folks -- it is a running training technique to do both for sprinting and some easier running while pulling a tire behind you. Anyone ever try this with roller skis? The V2 skis that I have work well on a crushed gravel path and I already use the "speed reducers" all the time to make for a good workout. I was thinking maybe trying a tire pull in combination with that on that gravel path which is mostly flat and sparsely used. Anyone of you ever try this?
Pat wrote: Here is another question for you Folks -- it is a running training technique to do both for sprinting and some easier running while pulling a tire behind you. Anyone ever try this with roller skis?
No, I haven't tried it but it sounds interesting. What size of tire would be appropriate? A smaller car tire? 13 inches inner diameter?
The one I use for running/hiking training is a 16 inch tire. I put an eye bolt through the middle part of the tread and then attach a lanyard that I attach to a carabineer around a waste belt. Usually I try to find ways to work out that give a nice workout in a short period of time. That definitely does that for those applications.
I know it's used as training for those who are going to be pulling sleds on expeditions and the like, but can't see how that could be fun training as one can't really stride or doublepole anymore, just 'walk'. Might as well just drop the skis altogether then.
The down side is it's a hassle to get the get the harness adjusted, and it's one more awkward piece of gear to haul around and maintain, still, it's a good strength workout.
But it's really conspicuous too; my wife puts this in the same category as grass herringbone workouts at the local park, she insists that I only do this after dark with a bag over my head!
Gee David -- we must be married to the same lady!! Great input -- thanks for the info.
I was wrong then. Just assumed it would be impossible, but my guess is that it still needs a good amount of base power to be able to do.
davidb wrote: But it's really conspicuous too; my wife puts this in the same category as grass herringbone workouts at the local park, she insists that I only do this after dark with a bag over my head!
I did the tire drag around on a few workouts now and it works just fine. I also agree that the added benefit is on those long steep hills that I would have to walk down, are now controllable with the tire doing the extra drag along with the speed reducers. So for what it is worth -- an excellent workout and an extra arrow in the quiver of workouts that we all like to do.


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Q: Unicode characters cannot be decoded I use browserless.js (headless Chrome) to fetch the html code of a website, and then use a regular expression to find certain image URLs.
One example is the following:
https://vignette.wikia.nocookie.net/moviepedia/images/8/88/Adrien_Brody.jpg/revision/latest/top-crop/width/360/height/450?cb\u003d20141113231800\u0026path-prefix\u003dde

There are unicode characters such as \u003d, which should be decoded (in this case to =). The reason is that I want to include these images in a site, and without decoding some of them cannot be displayed (like that one above, just paste the URL; it gives broken-image.webp).
I have tried lots of things, but nothing works.

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*JSON.parse(JSON.stringify(...))

*String.prototype.normalize()

*decodeURIComponent
Curiously, the regular expression for "\u003d" (i.e.  "\\u003d" in js) does not match that string above, but "u003d" does.
This is all very weird, and my current guess is that browserless is responsible for some weird formatting behind the scenes. Namely, when I console log the URL and copy paste it somewhere else, every method mentioned above works for decoding.
I hope that someone can help me on this.

A: Just to mark this one as answered. Thomas replied:
JSON.parse(`"${url}"`)


Notes on the meeting of 12/4: Doug, former geologist and full time sculptor since 1985, has been lecturing on Science and Art for many years, to schools and colleges, in science and engineering classes. His slide show was an historical perspective of Science and Art right up to contemporary artists that were in his Science and Art show. Doug has lots of good ideas for future projects and paths that our group might take. I am eager for all of you to meet him soon.
To those of you who were unable to make last week's meeting...as usual, you missed a good one!
Jules Shapiro's slide presentation began when he was still an orthopedic surgeon with no artistic training and took us through his transition into the world of stone carving. His ability to evoke feeling and render with life like accuracy is most impressive. Thank you Jules for sharing your beautiful science & art creations. You also missed seeing Richard Kramer tie my velvet rope sculptures into exotic nautical knots. This is a spin off from his presentation on "The Mathematics and Sculpture of Knots".
I am delighted to report that we have been invited to hold our April meeting on THURSDAY, THE 25th, at "The Art and Science Laboratory". This is the creative center for Woody Vasulka, Steina and Jim Crutchfield of the Santa Fe Institute.
Our next meeting will be on THURSDAY MARCH 21, 7:00 PM at Sky's. Jules Shapiro will be showing slides of his stone sculptures. Jules has a background in orthopedic surgery.
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Despite the iffy weather we had a good turnout for our January meeting at NCGR. Patty Myers presentation was in the true spirit of the forum in that her curiosity, investigation and technical skills came together in a flowing and professional slide show. It is the product of years of focus and exploration. She has created a booklet in color of the slides and text of her talk. It is well worth the $10 is costs to copy. It can be ordered from her. We appreciated all that it took to bring this before us. It is a huge subject that will not end for us with her talk.
The first meeting of 2002 will be Thursday, January 10th, 7:00 pm at NCGR. Patty Myer will have a multimedia presentation on her research on ancient technologies, some of which have been gleaned from her trips to Egypt.
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SB2397 SD1 HD3
Measure Title: RELATING TO FIRE SPRINKLERS.
Report Title: Counties; Automatic Fire Sprinklers; Residences
Description: Prohibits counties from requiring installation or retrofitting of automatic fire sprinklers in (1) new or existing one- or twofamily dwelling units used only for residential purposes; and (2) non-residential agricultural and aquacultural buildings and structures located outside the urban area; provided that this does not apply to new homes that require a variance from access road or fire fighting water supply requirements. Effective July 1, 2012. (SB2397 HD3)
Current Referral: HSG, PBM, FIN
Introducer(s): ESPERO (Introduced by request of another party), Slom
1/23/2012 S Referred to PGM, WLH.
1/23/2012 S The committee(s) on PGM has scheduled a public hearing on 01-26-12 2:50PM in conference room 224.
1/26/2012 S The committee(s) on PGM deferred the measure until 02-02-12 2:45PM in conference room 224.
2/2/2012 S The committee(s) on PGM recommend(s) that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. The votes in PGM were as follows: 4 Aye(s): Senator(s) Espero, Kidani, Baker, Slom; Aye(s) with reservations: none ; 0 No(es): none; and 1 Excused: Senator(s) Ryan.
2/8/2012 S Reported from PGM (Stand. Com. Rep. No. 2055) with recommendation of passage on Second Reading, as amended (SD 1) and referral to WLH.
2/8/2012 S Report adopted; Passed Second Reading, as amended (SD 1) and referred to WLH.
2/17/2012 S The committee(s) on WLH has scheduled a public hearing on 02-23-12 1:30PM in conference room 225.
2/23/2012 S The committee(s) on WLH recommend(s) that the measure be PASSED, UNAMENDED. The votes in WLH were as follows: 5 Aye(s): Senator(s) Dela Cruz, Solomon, Ryan, Shimabukuro, Slom; Aye(s) with reservations: none ; 0 No(es): none; and 2 Excused: Senator(s) Fukunaga, Tokuda.
3/1/2012 S Reported from WLH (Stand. Com. Rep. No. 2465) with recommendation of passage on Third Reading.
3/1/2012 S One Day Notice 03-02-12.
3/2/2012 S Deferred until 03-06-12.
3/6/2012 S Report adopted; Passed Third Reading. Ayes, 24; Aye(s) with reservations: Senator(s) Chun Oakland, Ihara, Kidani, Nishihara, Ryan, Tokuda . Noes, 1 (Senator(s) Kim). Excused, 0 (none). Transmitted to House.
3/8/2012 H Referred to HSG, PBM, FIN, referral sheet 41
3/12/2012 H Bill scheduled to be heard by HSG on Wednesday, 03-14-12 10:00AM in House conference room 325.
3/14/2012 H The committees on HSG recommend that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. The votes were as follows: 8 Ayes: Representative(s) Cabanilla, Ito, Carroll, Chang, Coffman, Har, Nakashima; Ayes with reservations: Representative(s) Kawakami; Noes: none; and 3 Excused: Representative(s) Herkes, Pine, Thielen.
3/16/2012 H Reported from HSG (Stand. Com. Rep. No. 1036-12) as amended in HD 1, recommending passage on Second Reading and referral to PBM.
3/16/2012 H Passed Second Reading as amended in HD 1 and referred to the committee(s) on PBM with none voting aye with reservations; none voting no (0) and Herkes, Kawakami, Oshiro, Tokioka excused (4).
3/19/2012 H Bill scheduled to be heard by PBM on Wednesday, 03-21-12 11:00AM in House conference room 309.
3/21/2012 H The committees on PBM recommend that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. The votes were as follows: 11 Ayes: Representative(s) Aquino, Cullen, Ichiyama, Saiki, Souki, Takumi, Yamashita, Fontaine, Johanson; Ayes with reservations: Representative(s) M. Lee, Luke; 1 Noes: Representative(s) Takai; and Excused: none.
3/23/2012 H Reported from PBM (Stand. Com. Rep. No. 1249-12) as amended in HD 2, recommending referral to FIN.
3/23/2012 H Report adopted. referred to the committee(s) on FIN as amended in HD 2 with Representative(s) Hanohano voting aye with reservations; none voting no (0) and Representative(s) Herkes excused (1).
3/29/2012 H Bill scheduled to be heard by FIN on Monday, 04-02-12 4:00PM in House conference room 308.
4/2/2012 H Broadcast of hearing/briefing available. See: www.capitoltv.org
4/3/2012 H The committees on FIN recommend that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. The votes were as follows: 17 Ayes: Representative(s) Oshiro, M. Lee, Choy, Cullen, Giugni, Har, Hashem, Ichiyama, Jordan, Kawakami, Morikawa, Tokioka, Yamashita, Marumoto, Riviere, Ward; Ayes with reservations: Representative(s) C. Lee; Noes: none; and Excused: none.
4/5/2012 H Reported from FIN (Stand. Com. Rep. No. 1614-12) as amended in HD 3, recommending passage on Third Reading.
4/10/2012 H Passed Third Reading as amended in HD 3 with Representative(s) Awana, Hanohano, Herkes, McKelvey, Morikawa, Wooley voting aye with reservations; Representative(s) Belatti, Carroll, Ching, Keith-Agaran, C. Lee, M. Lee, Rhoads, Souki, Takai voting no (9) and none excused (0). Transmitted to Senate.
4/12/2012 S Senate agrees with House amendments. Placed on the calendar for Final Reading on 04-13-12.
4/12/2012 S One Day Notice 04-13-12.
4/13/2012 S Deferred until 04-16-12.
4/16/2012 S Passed Final Reading. 21 Aye(s); Aye(s) with reservations: Senator(s) Chun Oakland, Taniguchi . 1 No(es): Senator(s) Ihara. 3 Excused: Senator(s) Kim, Ryan, Tokuda.
4/16/2012 H Received notice of Senate agreement and Final Reading (Sen. Com. No. 751).
4/16/2012 S Enrolled to Governor.
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QNTRPO — Quasi-Newton Trust Region Policy Optimization
We propose a trust region method for policy optimization that employs Quasi-Newton approximation for the Hessian, called Quasi-Newton Trust Region Policy Optimization (QNTRPO). Gradient descent has become the de facto algorithm for reinforcement learning tasks with continuous controls. The algorithms has achieved state-of-the-art performance on wide variety of tasks and resulted in several improvements in performance of reinforcement learning algorithms across a wide range of systems. However, the algorithm suffers from a number of drawbacks including: lack of stepsize selection criterion, slow convergence, and dependence on problem scaling. We investigate the use of a dogleg method with a Quasi-Newton approximation for the Hessian to perform trust region method for policy optimization. We show that our particular choice addresses the listed drawbacks without sacrificing computational efficiency.
We provide for an algorithm which we call Quasi-Newton Trust Region Policy Optimization, which uses a dogleg method for computing the step (i.e., the size and direction) during policy optimization. This code has been tested on several difficult continuous control environments in Mujoco and achieves better learning rate than the TRPO algorithm. The code is compatible with openai-gym and thus can be used with any environment compatible with gym. The approach proposed in the paper appeared in a paper titled "Quasi-Newton Trust Region Policy Optimization" at the Conference on Robot Learning (CoRL), 2019 in Osaka, Japan.
RIDE — Robust Iterative Data Estimation
Recent studies have demonstrated that as classifiers, deep neural networks (e.g., CNNs) are quite vulnerable to adversarial attacks that only add quasi-imperceptible perturbations to the input data but completely change the predictions of the classifiers. To defend classifiers against such adversarial attacks, here we focus on the white-box adversarial defense where the attackers are granted full access to not only the classifiers but also defenders to produce as strong attack as possible. We argue that a successful white-box defender should prevent the attacker from not only direct gradient calculation but also a gradient approximation. Therefore we propose viewing the defense from the perspective of a functional, a high-order function that takes other functions as input and return a new function as the defender. Such a design makes the defender a hidden function, whose gradients are hard to be estimated without knowing the prior. To this end, we propose a novel Robust Iterative Data Estimation (RIDE) algorithm that works as a defender by estimating the true underlying data using each individual adversarial observation. Specifically, the RIDE algorithm takes a randomly initialized neural network as input and returns a parameterized defense model through self-supervised optimization. To the best of our knowledge, we are the first to propose novel self-supervised data estimation for white-box adversarial defense by viewing defenders as functionals.
This code implements our RIDE algorithm for adversarial defense. As demonstration we show some qualitative results of the defense against 10-iteration white-box attack (PGD attack with BPDA) on MNIST dataset using (a) median filtering, (b) total-variance minimization and (c) the proposed RIDE algorithm. This code is for our arxiv submission "White-Box Adversarial Defense via Self-Supervised Data Estimation".
DSP — Discriminative Subspace Pooling
Human action recognition from video sequences is one of the fundamental problems in computer vision. In this research, we investigate and propose representation learning approaches towards solving this problem, which we call discriminative subspace pooling. Specifically, we combine recent deep learning approaches with techniques for generating adversarial perturbations into learning novel representations that can summarize long video sequences into compact descriptors – these descriptors capture essential properties of the input videos that are sufficient to achieve good recognition rates. We make two contributions. First, we propose a subspace-based discriminative classifier, similar to a non-linear SVM, but having piecewise-linear decision boundaries, where these boundaries are along orthogonal directions (as a subspace). Computing such decision boundaries need not require kernel space embeddings, but could be achieved using Riemannian optimization techniques. However, for classification, we need a negative set to be classified against. To this end, our second contribution is to apply universal adversarial perturbations on deep features computed from the input videos to generate the negative set. These perturbatoins are such that they are highly likely to result in the mis-classification of the deep features (on its originally trained classifier). Our learned subspace thus picks up those dimensions in the data that are vulnerable to mis-classification, implicitly capturing deep features that are action related.
This software implements the Discriminative Subspace Pooling (DSP) for video-based action recognition. The software has two modules: (i) that implements generation of adversarial perturbations using a fully-connected neural network, and (ii) computing the DSP descriptors using these perturbations. We also provide sample feature data (from a subset of the popular HMDB51 dataset) to demonstrate the working of our scheme. The approach presented in this code was published in the 2018 European Conference on Computer Vision (ECCV) in a paper titled "Discriminative Subspace Pooling Using Adversarial Perturbvations".
GNI — Gradient-based Nikaido-Isoda
Computing Nash equilibrium (NE) of multiplayer games has witnessed renewed interest due to recent advances in generative adversarial networks (GAN). However, computing equilibrium efficiently is challenging. To this end, we introduce the Gradient-based Nikaido-Isoda (GNI) function which serves as a merit function, vanishing only at the first-order stationary points of each player's optimization problem. Gradient descent is shown to converge sublinearly to a first-order stationary point of the GNI function. For the particular case of bilinear min-max games and multi-player quadratic games, the GNI function is convex. Hence, the application of gradient descent in this case yields linear convergence to an NE (when one exists).
This code takes as input the players' payoff functions and reformulates the game objective using the GNI formulation, which is then solved via gradient descent. We provide code to simulate four standard games: (i) bilinear min-max games, (ii) convex quadratic programs, (iii) non-convex quadratic programs, and (iv) strictly-convex quadratic programs. We also provide code to simulate a linear generative adversarial network and solve it using the GNI reformulation. Our software can work with any number of players. The approach presented in this code was published in the 2019 International Conference on Machine Learning (ICML) in a paper titled "Game Theoretic Optimization via Gradient-based Nikaido Isoda function
SSTL — Semi-Supervised Transfer Learning
Successful state-of-the-art machine learning techniques rely on the existence of large well sampled and labeled datasets. Today it is easy to obtain a finely sampled dataset because of the decreasing cost of connected low-energy devices. However, it is often difficult to obtain a large number of labels. The reason for this is two-fold. First, labels are often provided by people whose attention span is limited. Second, even if a person was able to label perpetually, this person would need to be shown data in a large variety of conditions. One approach to addressing these problems is to combine labeled data collected in different sessions through transfer learning. Still even this approach suffers from dataset limitations.
This code allows the use of unlabeled data to improve transfer learning in the case where: the training and testing datasets are drawn from similar probability distributions; and the unlabeled data in each dataset can be described by similar underlying manifolds. The code implements a distribution free, kernel and graph Laplacian-based approach which optimizes empirical risk in the appropriate reproducing kernel Hilbert space. The approach presented in this code was published in the 2018 IEEE Data Science workshop in a paper titled "Semi-Supervised Transfer Learning Using Marginal Predictors".
1bCRB — One-Bit CRB
Massive multiple-input multiple-output (MIMO) systems can significantly increase the spectral efficiency, mitigate propagation loss by exploiting large array gain, and reduce inter-user interference with high-resolution spatial beamforming. To reduce complexity and power consumption, several transceiver architectures have been proposed for mmWave massive MIMO systems: 1) an analog architecture, 2) a hybrid analog/digital architecture, and 3) a fully digital architecture with low-resolution ADCs.
To this end, we derive the Cramer-Rao bound (CRB) on estimating angular-domain channel parameters including angles-of-departure (AoDs), angles-of-arrival (AoAs), and associated channel path gains. Our analysis provides a simple tool to compare channel estimation performance among different one-bit quantization schemes. We also introduce a time-varying threshold scheme to one-bit ADCs to remove an ambiguity between the channel path gain and noise variance for the popular fixed zero-threshold scheme.
FoldingNet — FoldingNet
Recent deep networks that directly handle points in a point set, e.g., PointNet, have been state-of-the-art for supervised learning tasks on point clouds such as classification and segmentation. In this work, a novel end-to-end deep auto-encoder is proposed to address unsupervised learning challenges on point clouds. On the encoder side, a graph-based enhancement is enforced to promote local structures on top of PointNet. Then, a novel folding-based decoder deforms a canonical 2D grid onto the underlying 3D object surface of a point cloud, achieving low reconstruction errors even for objects with delicate structures. The proposed decoder only uses about 7% parameters of a decoder with fully-connected neural networks, yet leads to a more discriminative representation that achieves higher linear SVM classification accuracy than the benchmark. In addition, the proposed decoder structure is shown, in theory, to be a generic architecture that is able to reconstruct an arbitrary point cloud from a 2D grid.
KCNet — KCNet
Unlike on images, semantic learning on 3D point clouds using a deep network is challenging due to the naturally unordered data structure. Among existing works, PointNet has achieved promising results by directly learning on point sets. However, it does not take full advantage of a point's local neighborhood that contains fine-grained structural information which turns out to be helpful towards better semantic learning. In this regard, we present two new operations to improve PointNet with a more efficient exploitation of local structures. The first one focuses on local 3D geometric structures. In analogy to a convolution kernel for images, we define a point-set kernel as a set of learnable 3D points that jointly respond to a set of neighboring data points according to their geometric affinities measured by kernel correlation, adapted from a similar technique for point cloud registration. The second one exploits local high-dimensional feature structures by recursive feature aggregation on a nearest-neighbor-graph computed from 3D positions. Experiments show that our network can efficiently capture local information and robustly achieve better performances on major datasets.
FRPC — Fast Resampling on Point Clouds via Graphs
We propose a randomized resampling strategy to reduce the cost of storing, processing and visualizing a large-scale point cloud, that selects a representative subset of points while preserving application-dependent features. The strategy is based on graphs, which can represent underlying surfaces and lend themselves well to efficient computation. We use a general feature-extraction operator to represent application-dependent features and propose a general reconstruction error to evaluate the quality of resampling; by minimizing the error, we obtain a general form of optimal resampling distribution. The proposed resampling distribution is guaranteed to be shift-, rotation- and scale-invariant in the 3D space.
PCQM — Point cloud quality metric software
It is challenging to measure the geometry distortion of point cloud introduced by point cloud compression. Conventionally, the errors between point clouds are measured in terms of point-to-point or point-to-surface distances, that either ignores the surface structures or heavily tends to rely on specific surface reconstructions. To overcome these drawbacks, we propose using point-to-plane distances as a measure of geometric distortions on point cloud compression. The intrinsic resolution of the point clouds is proposed as a normalizer to convert the mean square errors to PSNR numbers. In addition, the perceived local planes are investigated at different scales of the point cloud. Finally, the proposed metric is independent of the size of the point cloud and rather reveals the geometric fidelity of the point cloud. From experiments, we demonstrate that our method could better track the perceived quality than the point-to-point approach while requires limited computations.
ROSETA — Robust Online Subspace Estimation and Tracking Algorithm
This script implements a revised version of the robust online subspace estimation and tracking algorithm (ROSETA) that is capable of identifying and tracking a time-varying low dimensional subspace from incomplete measurements and in the presence of sparse outliers. The algorithm minimizes a robust l1 norm cost function between the observed measurements and their projection onto the estimated subspace. The projection coefficients and sparse outliers are computed using a LASSO solver and the subspace estimate is updated using a proximal point iteration with adaptive parameter selection.
CASENet — Deep Category-Aware Semantic Edge Detection
Boundary and edge cues are highly beneficial in improving a wide variety of vision tasks such as semantic segmentation, object recognition, stereo, and object proposal generation. Recently, the problem of edge detection has been revisited and significant progress has been made with deep learning. While classical edge detection is a challenging binary problem in itself, the category-aware semantic edge detection by nature is an even more challenging multi-label problem. We model the problem such that each edge pixel can be associated with more than one class as they appear in contours or junctions belonging to two or more semantic classes. To this end, we propose a novel end-to-end deep semantic edge learning architecture based on ResNet and a new skip-layer architecture where category-wise edge activations at the top convolution layer share and are fused with the same set of bottom layer features. We then propose a multi-label loss function to supervise the fused activations. We show that our proposed architecture benefits this problem with better performance, and we outperform the current state-of-the-art semantic edge detection methods by a large margin on standard datasets such as SBD and Cityscapes.
NDS — Non-negative dynamical system model
Non-negative data arise in a variety of important signal processing domains, such as power spectra of signals, pixels in images, and count data. We introduce a novel non-negative dynamical system model for sequences of such data. The model we propose is called non-negative dynamical system (NDS), and bridges two active fields, dynamical systems and nonnegative matrix factorization (NMF). Its formulation follows that of linear dynamical systems, but the observation and the latent variables are assumed non-negative, the linear transforms are assumed to involve non-negative coefficients, and the additive random innovations both for the observation and the latent variables are replaced by multiplicative random innovations. The software includes code for training and testing, as well as a simple framework for applying this model to the task of speech enhancement.
JGU — Joint Geodesic Upsampling
We develop an algorithm utilizing geodesic distances to upsample a low resolution depth image using a registered high resolution color image. Specifically, it computes depth for each pixel in the high resolution image using geodesic paths to the pixels whose depths are known from the low resolution one. Though this is closely related to the all-pairshortest-path problem which has O(n2 log n) complexity, we develop a novel approximation algorithm whose complexity grows linearly with the image size and achieve real-time performance. We compare our algorithm with the state of the art on the benchmark dataset and show that our approach provides more accurate depth upsampling with fewer artifacts. In addition, we show that the proposed algorithm is well suited for upsampling depth images using binary edge maps, an important sensor fusion application.
EBAD — Exemplar-Based Anomaly Detection
Anomaly detection in real-valued time series has important applications in many diverse areas. We have developed a general algorithm for detecting anomalies in real-valued time series that is computationally very efficient. Our algorithm is exemplar-based which means a set of exemplars are first learned from a normal time series (i.e. not containing any anomalies) which effectively summarizes all normal windows in the training time series. Anomalous windows of a testing time series can then be efficiently detected using the exemplar-based model.
The provided code implements our hierarchical exemplar learning algorithm, our exemplar-based anomaly detection algorithm, and a baseline brute-force Euclidean distance anomaly detection algorithm. Two simple time series are also provided to test the code.
PEAC — Plane Extraction using Agglomerative Clustering
Real-time plane extraction in 3D point clouds is crucial to many robotics applications. We present a novel algorithm for reliably detecting multiple planes in real time in organized point clouds obtained from devices such as Kinect sensors. By uniformly dividing such a point cloud into non-overlapping groups of points in the image space, we first construct a graph whose node and edge represent a group of points and their neighborhood respectively. We then perform an agglomerative hierarchical clustering on this graph to systematically merge nodes belonging to the same plane until the plane fitting mean squared error exceeds a threshold. Finally we refine the extracted planes using pixel-wise region growing. Our experiments demonstrate that the proposed algorithm can reliably detect all major planes in the scene at a frame rate of more than 35Hz for 640x480 point clouds, which to the best of our knowledge is much faster than state-of-the-art algorithms.
PQP — Parallel Quadratic Programming
An iterative multiplicative algorithm is proposed for the fast solution of quadratic programming (QP) problems that arise in the real-time implementation of Model Predictive Control (MPC). The proposed algorithm—Parallel Quadratic Programming (PQP)—is amenable to fine-grained parallelization. Conditions on the convergence of the PQP algorithm are given and proved. Due to its extreme simplicity, even serial implementations offer considerable speed advantages. To demonstrate, PQP is applied to several simulation examples, including a stand-alone QP problem and two MPC examples. When implemented in MATLAB using single-thread computations, numerical simulations of PQP demonstrate a 5 - 10x speed-up compared to the MATLAB active-set based QP solver quadprog. A parallel implementation would offer a further speed-up, linear in the number of parallel processors.
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Anti-Open Grazing Law: Herdsmen ready to vacate Benue valley
Posted by Phillip Dzeremo | 25 October 2017 | 2,425 times
The Benue State chapter of Allah Cattle Breeders Association of Nigeria (MACBAN) says its members are ready to leave the Benue valley as the November 1 deadline for the implementation of the state's Anti-Open Grazing Law draws nearer.
The Chairman of the association, Alhaji Garus Gololo told the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) on Tuesday in Makurdi that since the government made no provision to accommodate their cattle and was insistent on the implementation of the law, they had no option than to leave the state.
"This law is confusing. For instance, they have said they are not chasing out the Fulanis from the state but they have made no provision for our cattle, the cattle markets and even other cattle.
"They have told us to buy land for ranches, but the process of getting land from the government is tedious. Yet they are insisting that we must buy land for ranches.
"When you buy the land, you need the Certificate of Occupancy (C of O) to qualify for ownership. How can we get all this within the time frame given by the government," Gololo asked
He said that although the government had repeatedly explained that the law was not against the Fulani herdsmen, the requirements of the law were stringent and could not be met by the herdsmen within the time frame set by the government.
He said all entreaties to the government for extension of the time frame failed as Governor Samuel Ortom insisted there was no going back on the deadline for the implementation of the law.
NAN reports that Ortom had signed into law the Anti-Open Grazing Law in May, which seeks to prohibit open rearing and grazing of livestock, and provides for the establishment of ranches and livestock administration in the state.
NAN further reports that the implementation of the law was extended to November 1, 2017 to give cattle breeders and other livestock owners time to build ranches.
The law seeks to end the perennial land skirmishes between farmers and herdsmen in the state.
NAN reports that dozens of people had died in clashes between herdsmen and farmers in the state with farmlands and crops amounting to millions of Naira being destroyed.
Reacting to the claims by Gololo, the state Commissioner for Information and Orientation, Mr Lawrence Onoja Jr. said enough time was given for land acquisition and the building of ranches.
He said the recent decision of the government to unbundle the procedure for land acquisition and reduce the cost of C of O was to facilitate the process of land acquisition.
He explained that the law was not against any particular people but was aimed at livestock protection, stating that it also applied to indigenes of the state who had cattle and other livestock.
He said that those who were unable to meet the requirement were free to leave the state.
Onoja explained that structures for the implementation of the law had been put in place.
He said that if the herdsmen had issues with land acquisition, they would have brought it to the attention of the government.
The commissioner further referred NAN to the chairman, Implementation Committee of the Anti-Open Grazing Law, Col. Edwin Jando (rtd.) for more clarification.
However, efforts to speak with Jando failed as he could not pick his calls or reply text messages sent to his phone. (NAN)
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