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Workshop on User Interaction Techniques for Future Lighting Systems
September 5, 2011: Lisbon, Portugal in conjunction with Interact (_URL_
Deadline for submissions is June 10, 2011.
Call for Papers
The Light Emitting Diode (LED) has caused a profound change within the lighting industry. This is due in part to the LEDâ€™s key properties of being physically small, highly efficient, digitally controlled and soon, very cheap to manufacture. Being physically small the LED can be positioned or embedded into luminaires, materials and even into the very fabric of a building or environment. The price to pay for all this functionality and flexibility is complexity.
In the past, the light bulb was controlled using a single switch; on and off. LED-based lighting systems can easily consist of hundreds separate light sources, with each source having many individually controllable parameters including colour, intensity, and saturation. With this high complexity, end-users cannot be expected to fully control all aspects of the lighting system. One direction that is being explored is to enrich lighting systems with sensor networks that will enable automatic (smart) lighting control that is based on contextual information, where the very basic example of such a system is presence detection in the office environment. However in many situations, such as setting up an atmospheric light, an explicit user interaction will still be required. Moreover, as functionality and complexity of light systems grow, the mapping between the sensor data and the desired light outcome will become fuzzy and will require an explicit user interaction for fine tuning the outcome or for adjusting the mapping between sensor input and light output. Thirdly, explicit interaction can be desired to allow users to feel in control while interacting with intelligent lighting systems. The light switch therefore in many situations will need to be replaced by novel forms of interactions that offer richer interaction possibilities such as tangible, multi-touch, or gesture-based user interfaces. As proliferation of LED light continues, it becomes more important to go beyond scattered design efforts and systematically study user interaction with emerging lighting systems.
The goal of this workshop is to take the first steps in this direction. The focus of this workshop is on formulating key research challenges for user interaction with future lighting systems, creating initial design guidelines, and proposing novel interaction techniques for these systems.
The main goals of the workshop are:
Make a first step toward expanding the design space of interactive technologies to include new forms of decorative, ambient, and task lighting.
Identify key challenges of UI for controlling new forms of lighting systems.
Establish a link with existing interaction paradigms that can be (re) used for control of future lighting systems.
During the workshop, we will address and discuss the following questions:
What design opportunities for interactive technology exist in the context of the new forms of lighting?
What forms and types of (existing) interaction are suited for emerging lighting systems (in particular tangible, gesture and multi-display interaction techniques)?
What forms of interaction are best suited for a global control (e.g. atmosphere) and what for a point control (e.g. task lighting)?
How to balance between explicit user control and internal system control?
How to use a lighting infrastructure as ambient displays and how to combine it with its primary function i.e. illumination?
What is the impact of the proposed interaction techniques for complex lighting systems in other domains? What is the generalizability of these techniques?
Topics of Interest Topics include:
Interaction design for lighting control of existing UIs to a lighting control
User studies of interactions that are or can be applied to lighting control smart lighting systems
Light perception We invite researchers and practitioners interested in exploring user interaction for new forms of lighting systems.
******** Workshop structure
The first part of the workshop (the morning) will be dedicated to the introduction of the emerging forms of lighting and presentations of the individual attendees. The afternoon will be dedicated to discussions in groups, where the topics for discussions will be formulated based on the initial set of the workshop questions. The poster(s) describing identified challenges and opportunities for interaction technologies around light control will be created during the last session.
A map of the most relevant issues in designing interactions for emerging lighting systems
Networking with other researchers and practitioners in the newly forming area of user interaction techniques for future lighting systems
Further publication possible, depending on the submissions received
Dzmitry Aliakseyeu, Philips Research (The Netherlands) Jon Mason, Philips Research (The Netherlands) Bernt Meerbeek, Philips Research (The Netherlands) Harm van Essen, Industrial Design department of the Eindhoven University of Technology (The Netherlands) Serge Offermans, Industrial Design department of the Eindhoven University of Technology (The Netherlands) AndrÃ©s Lucero, Nokia Research Center (Finland)
To participate in this workshop at Interact 2011, please submit a 2-4 page position paper describing your experience, findings or interests relevant to the themes of the workshop. Please prepare your submission according to the Springer proceedings template format. Deadline for submissions is June 10, 2011. Notification of acceptance by June 28, 2011. Papers can be submitted by email to Dzmitry Aliakseyeu at _EMAIL_


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You can use 'to do' in almost every English sentence to emphasize the main verb in a sentence. The meaning of the main verb gets stronger or shows contrast by using 'to do'. This grammatical structure is called the emphatic do in English. For a full overview of what this is and how to form it, click here.
Emphatic Do Exercise 3
You can find the exercise below:
Complete the following sentences by using the emphatic do and the verb in brackets.
1.I (to like – present) beer.
2.We (to have – present) a dog.
3.She (to watch – present) TV sometimes.
4.They (to like – present) rice pudding.
5.I (to eat – past) a large pizza all by myself.
6.It (to escape – past) from its cage.
7.He (to use – present) his airpods a lot.
8.Yes, I (to break – past) my arm.
9.They (to listen – present) to the radio.
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Young children can learn so much about their world through seasonal books and discussions. With the change of the season just around the corner, why not visit your local library and check out all of our great winter-themed children's books? Whether you're looking for something on snow, hibernation, a specific holiday, or just a fun story taking place in a winter setting, you're sure to find some great reads to share with your child! Here are just a few examples:
Winter by Ron Hirschi
Stunning photographs and lyrical language take you on a journey through nature.
Under the Snow by Melissa Stewart
Find out what happens to the animals in the woods, the insects in the garden and the creatures in the pond when the chilly weather arrives.
Winter White by Christianne Jones
This book is part of a series on colors, and offers simplistic text, colorful illustrations, and a fun fact section.
In the Snow: Who's Been Here? By Lindsay Barrett George
While walking in the snow, two children see signs of life all around them.
White Snow, Bright Snow by Alvin Tresselt
An oldie but goodie, this 1948 Caldecott Medal Winner takes the reader through a snowstorm from start to finish, highlighting different perspectives along the way.
The Hat by Jan Brett
On a cold, windy day, Hedgie finds himself a very interesting hat, which he shows to all of his animal friends.
Snow by Uri Shulevitz
A little boy and his dog watch their town transform into a winter wonderland.
For many more choices, stop by your local branch today!

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Researchers at the University of São Paulo in Brazil have discovered a way to decontaminate organs for transplants through a novel method that uses light to kill viruses and bacteria from a donor.
According to specialists, bio-photon therapy, as it is known, should extend the possibilities of available organs and reduce the complications after surgery.
"Currently, there is no decontamination of organs for transplants, only withdrawal of blood, but microorganisms are still alive, or the organ is rejected, or, if there is no alternative to avoid death, it is placed contaminated," explained Efe coordinator of the group of scientists, Vanderlei Bagnato.
Research began in 2015. From the University of Toronto in Canada, which runs the world's largest lung transplantation program. Canadians were responsible for the clinical part of the project, while the Brazilians were responsible for the development of the technique.
About 1 million dollars were invested, and the Brazilian part, responsible for around 10%, was in the hands of the São Paulo Research Foundation (Fapesp).
The procedure consists primarily in the removal of blood from the organ and through the external tube connected to the blood vessels is replaced by a liquid that keeps it alive.
This fluid is exposed to ultraviolet rays that destroy the cell membranes of microorganisms and their DNA.
"Ultraviolet rays are used outside the organ to not kill their own cells, but viruses and bacteria caught in the liquid," said Bagnato.
On the other hand, as a supplement, substances sensitive to visible and infrared light, which are able to select viruses and bacteria, are placed in the liquid.
Then these light frequencies are applied to the organ, which stimulates substances to oxidize microorganisms and cause damage to viruses such as hepatitis and AIDS.
According to the researcher, the liquid is used more than once, because it is still very expensive, worth $ 1,500 for every liter.
Initial experiments were carried out with pig lungs and then with non-transplanted humans and were finally tested in patients.
For the person responsible for the project in Canada, Marcelo Promont, the results were optimal.
"We've already done ten tests with patients, two of which eliminated the virus, and eight were significantly reduced," Cypel said. Meanwhile, Bagnato said that the bacteria are "completely extinct".
In Canada, a patent is already registered and companies interested in the production of this technique. In Brazil, the goal is to test the program with kidneys and livers, the two most transplanted organs in the South American country.
Scientists believe that in the future they will be able to improve organ use, reduce their costs and wait times, and extend the use of other transplants, such as the heart or pancreas.
"Today it is a transplant of everything, the uterus, the face, but it is very expensive, for example, a lung transplant costs about $ 160,000, Brazil is done several dozen a year, but how many people need it?" Asked Bagnato.
The next step forward, which Bagnato projects have in the future, is decontamination of organs in living people, which could effectively cure diseases.
In 2018, 20,000 transplants were needed in Brazil, adding necessary organs such as kidneys, heart, liver and lungs, but only 8,500 were made. The surgery line is more than 30,000, according to the Brazilian Transplant Association.

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Federation Legacy Wiki
Created by CaptFredricks
A stardate was a unit of time measurement expressed as a decimal number. It was sometimes used in conjunction with the Gregorian calendar on Earth, however by the 25th century it was the more widely used system by organizations such as Starfleet.[1]
It was widely recognized by several major governments of the Alpha Quadrant and Beta Quadrants, and it was the official dating system used by the United Federation of Planets.[citation needed]
Starfleet captain's logs were typically introduced by stating the stardate at the time of the recording.[2][3]
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DAX: Using Variables
Question: What is the following measure calculating?
 Measure1 =
 DIVIDE (
 SUMX (
 dtOrders,
 dtOrders[Unit Price] * dtOrders[Order Quantity]
 ) - SUMX (
 dtOrders, dtOrders[Unit Cost] * dtOrders[Order Quantity]
 ),
 SUMX (
 dtOrders, dtOrders[Unit Cost] * dtOrders[Order Quantity]
 )
 )

Tricky to figure it out. Isn't it?
How about this?
 Measure 2 =
 VAR _SalesAmt=
 SUMX(dtOrders,dtOrders[Unit Price] * dtOrders[Order Quantity])

 VAR _TotalCost =
 SUMX(dtOrders,dtOrders[Unit Cost] * dtOrders[Order Quantity])

 VAR _Margin =
 _SalesAmt - _TotalCost

 VAR _MarginPrcnt =
 DIVIDE(_Margin, _TotalCost)

 RETURN
 _MarginPrcnt

Both the formula is calculating precisely the same thing. The only difference is the later requiring less attention and hence is easier to read.
We have used variables in [Measure 2]. The common purpose or usage of variables is to divide the calculation of a complex formula into logical steps, by assigning the result of each step to a variable.
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Syntax
We use the keyword VAR to define the variable, followed by the RETURN, which defines the result
 Latest Orders =
 //returns the sum of orders on the latest date

 //finding latest date
 VAR _MaxDate =
 MAX(dtOrders[Order Date])

 //calculating sum of orders on the latest date
 VAR _SumLatest =
 CALCULATE(
 [Total Orders],
 dtOrders[Order Date] = _MaxDate
 )

 RETURN
 _SumLatest

As a standard writing convention, variables are usually defined at the beginning of a measure definition and then used throughout the code.
Pro tip: Use comments in your DAX codes to make it more readable
A variable can store either a scalar value or a table. In the previous example, we used VAR to store the maximum order date. In the following example, we are filtering the Orders table
 Furniture Sales =
 //filtering orders tbl for product category 'furniture'
 VAR _Filter =
 FILTER(
 dtOrders,
 dtOrders[Product Category] = "Furniture"
 )

 //calculate the sum of orders where product category = furniture

 VAR _SumOfOrders =
 SUMX(
 _Filter,
 dtOrders[Order Quantity]
 )

 RETURN
 _SumOfOrders

When using a variable as a table, one should access the columns of a table variable by using their original names.
In the above example, we defined a variable table _Filter. In the SUMX function, we used the original column name to get the total order quantity. And, we referred to the variable table _Filter in the table argument.
Things to Remember
· We do not get VAR as an IntelliSense suggestion.
All IntelliSense suggestions on VAR is for calculating variance.
 - The scope of a variable is from its declaration point to the end of the expression, following the RETURN statement. A variable is never available outside its VAR/RETURN block definition.
 - Referring to a variable in the measure follows a sequence. We can use the variables defined in the previous VAR statements, but not the variables defined in the following statement.
 - We cannot use the variables defined in a measure into another measure.
 - Despite its name, a DAX variable is a constant. It is evaluated once in the scope of the definition (VAR) and not when their value is used. For instance, the following measure returns 100% as a result
 % of Product Category =
 //calculate sales amount
 VAR _SalesAmt = SUMX(dtOrders,dtOrders[Order Quantity] * dtOrders[Unit Price])

 //calculate sales amount for all product category
 VAR _AllOrders =
 CALCULATE(
 _SalesAmt,
 ALL(dtOrders[Product Category])
 )

 //calculate % distribution
 VAR _PrctContribution =
 DIVIDE(_SalesAmt,_AllOrders)

 RETURN
 _PrctContribution

The following example, where we have used a measure instead of a variable:
 Sales Amount =
 SUMX(dtOrders,
 dtOrders[Order Quantity] * dtOrders[Unit Price]
 )

 % of Product Category2 =
 //calculate sales amount for all product category
 VAR _AllProduct =
 CALCULATE(
 [Sales Amount],
 ALL(dtOrders[Product Category])
 )

 //calculate % distribution
 VAR _PrcntCalc =
 DIVIDE(
 [Sales Amount], _AllProduct)

 RETURN
 _PrcntCalc

In this case, [Sales Amount] is evaluated twice; in two different filter contexts, returning two different results.
Refer to the following article on calculating a percentage using DAX
Best Practices Around Variable
 - Start the name of the variables with a special character: Underscore(_). It helps in reducing the IntelliSense suggestions for the variables. Just type _ while calling the variable, and it shows a smaller list
 - Use a single variable as an output for RETURN. For example, in the formula above, we could write the formula DIVIDE(_Margin, _TotalCost) after RETURN. However, as a best practice, perform all calculations before RETURN and use the single variable in the result. It is useful in inspecting the formula. In case, if we want to validate the values of _Margin or _TotalCost, we can replace the variable after RETURN (RETURN _Margin or RETURN _TotalCost) to get the output, without making any changes in the formula itself.
In conclusion, variables are useful as it enhances the readability, execution, and grace of the code. Instead of writing a lengthy and complicated code, use variables to break down and simplify.
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G4 Geomatic Resources' Jeff Ryall shows how to enhance surveying accuracy and efficiency with Leica Captivate's Measure Foresight routine and Leica Infinity.
When you're collecting and processing survey data, the accuracy of the control data is paramount. If the control data is off, the accuracy and reliability of your measurements will be compromised, potentially jeopardizing the timeline and success of the entire project.
In these videos, G4 Geomatic Resources' Jeff Ryall demonstrates how Leica Captivate's Measure Foresight routine allows you to manage control data real-time in the field to identify errors and correct them immediately. The routine is incorporated into the standard Measure Stake application for TS13, TS16, and MS60 total stations.
Jeff also demonstrates how the Leica Infinity office software complements your fieldwork with easy data import and robust capabilities for data analysis, editing, and correction. Surveyors can easily measure foresight data and adjust traverse through examining critical parameters such as prism offsets, PPM, and target heights before generating a comprehensive results report.
In the field and office, the Measure Foresight routine and Infinity Office Software work together to streamline data collection, management, and QA/QC, helping to ensure your project's success.


Saturday, January 17, 2009
Bontoc Eulogy (1995)
Bontoc Eulogy (Marlon Fuentes, 1995)
Cinema thrives in illusions. Its existence is predicated on the ability to manipulate the limited capacities of the human eye to view still images sprinting in quickfire succession. French filmmaker Jean-Luc Godard proclaimed cinema as "the most beautiful fraud in the world." While cinema largely owes its endurance as an artform to its ability to sustain that primordial lie, its purpose is magnified, ranging from unabashed escapism to poetic verity. Thus, Godard also claimed that "the Cinema is truth 24 frames per second."Austrian filmmaker Michael Haneke's rebuttal is much more accurate. Reconciling Godard's two inconsistent quotes, he said that "film is 24 lies per second at the service of truth, or at the service of the attempt to find the truth."
Bontoc Eulogy, directed by Filipino-American filmmaker Marlon Fuentes, is a faux documentary about an Igorot warrior who was one of the 1102 tribal Filipinos sent to the 1904 St. Louis World Fair to be exhibited to America's curious masses. Bontoc Eulogy draws its inspiration and interest on historical events, but is cleverly crafted from facts, subtle half-truths, and downright obvious falsehoods. Archival videos and images, re-staged footage, soundbites, and other elements are stitched together to create a coherent whole, seamlessly operating like a real documentary. Yet, Fuentes' goal here is clearly not to deceive (unlike Peter Jackson in Forgotten Silver (1995), his most beautiful fraud ever). Instead, he uses that portion of history he refurbished as a springboard for his discussion on his own fractured identity as a Filipino (who, according to film critic Alexis Tioseco, left the Philippines for the United States and hasn't returned since for reasons only known to him).
Bontoc Eulogy is the unnamed narrator's investigation on the fate of Markod, the narrator's grandfather who was separated from his pregnant wife to join a torturous expedition to the St. Louis World Fair. The investigation leads to several points of interest, primarily to anthropologists and historians, as the gritty details of survival against the backdrop of very drastic changes in climate and culture is deliberately told in the fashion of a personal memoir, recorded by Markod and replayed by the narrator for the benefit of quenching his haunting curiosity of his roots. While fact and imagination mix to the point of the audience not knowing where fiction starts and where it ends, the film dutifully fulfills the most apparent of its goals: to provide ample light to a footnote in Philippine history, where Filipino men and women were exported around the world for the sole purpose of exposing their supposed primitivity, thus earning America the greenlight to colonize the Philippines, in the guise of gifting the archipelago with civilizationl; exploitation in the guise of benevolence.
To be satisfied and stop there would defeat the subtle artistry behind Bontoc Eulogy. While the film concentrates mostly with Markod's experiences during the St. Louis World Fair, it is also about the narrator's own dilemma as a Filipino uprooted from the motherland and in the brink of losing his identity, which in turn, is reflective of Fuentes' own situation. The narrator rationalizes, "to survive in this new land, we had to forget." Assimilation, the ability to combine cultural traits in the process of survival, not civilization, is America's gift to the Philippines, and the Philippines has maximized this gift, ultimately forgetting itself along the way. This is the narrator and Fuentes' dilemma, acknowledging that "we must remember in order to survive," not exactly as humans, but as Filipinos with an identity and culture to hold onto.
History repeats itself. The Philippines no longer exports its citizens to be displayed in world fairs and museums. The Philippines no longer needs salvation from what its colonizers refer to as savagery. The Philippines needs salvation from anything as broad as poverty and political turmoil or any pressing matter that would force a man to cut the cord that connects himself to his nation. We never become aware what drove the narrator (or Fuentes) away from the Philippines, but their emotional thirst for a reconnection to the motherland (or at the very least, a definite explanation as to his present scenario) fuels the picture, allowing for parallelisms between the narrator's predicament and Markod's eventual descent to cultural limbo. In Bontoc Eulogy, Fuentes adamantly searches for questions to answers he himself might not be aware of, and in turn, creates a film that seems to be the literal translation of Haneke's definition of cinema.
Noel Vera said...
Good stuff. Never occured to me that Fuentes never came up with a follow up film. He seemed to have slipped under the radar, not into fame, but complete obscurity. I need to see this again, too.
Oggs Cruz said...
I wouldn't have known of this film if it weren't for Alexis' brilliant idea of showing obscure films from here and other Southeast Asian countries in Bonifacio High Street. This is such an undervalued masterpiece and it's quite embarrassing that foreigners know more about this than we do.


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HOK designed a Terminal A to take the airport and Delta Air Lines into the future and create a memorable travel experience for passengers.
The terminal consolidated Delta's operations into a new main terminal and a satellite concourse connected via an underground pedestrian tunnel with moving sidewalks.
Terminal A was the world's first LEED-certified air terminal. The daylighting strategy strikes a balance between drawing in natural light and preventing glare. To combat solar heat gain and stormwater runoff, Terminal A features a roofing membrane and paving designed to reflect heat from the building. Special filtration devices remove suspended solids and phosphorus from entering the watershed. Based on the sustainable design strategies, the terminal earned the Jay Hollingsworth Speas Airport Award, which recognizes contributions to achieving better relationships between airports and the environment.
As the first major U.S. terminal built after 9/11, the design incorporated new government-mandated security requirements.


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According to similarity theorem, the cutting formula of vane pump can be derived. In the rated speed of the condition, the impeller before cutting the flow and cutting after the flow ratio is equal to the diameter of the impeller before cutting and the diameter of the impeller. Under the condition of rated speed, the head ratio of the impeller before cutting is equal to the square of the diameter ratio of the impeller before cutting. It can be cut directly according to the formula.
Impeller cutting refers to the diameter of processing impeller to reduce the flow of energy to the system. Impeller cutting for overly conservative design or system load changes caused by the pump capacity is a very large situation is a very useful improvement measures. The impeller cutting reduces the end speed of the impeller, and thus directly reduces the energy transmitted to the system fluid medium, and reduces the flow and pressure produced by the pump.


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When Gabe Draguicevich was asked to help fabricate a titanium hip implant based on CT (computed tomography, also known as CAT) scan data, he had to coordinate numerous technologies to complete the project. Because the CT data consisted of 2-D cross-sections, Draguicevich had to stack and align the individual scans to create a 3-D model, which he used to create a polygonal mesh in the form of a stereolithography (STL) file. After creating a prototype, he had to verify it against the original scan data, which was no mean feat considering that software capable of providing deviation analysis of the model surface to the STL file did not exist. Finally, Draguicevich created a wireframe model from the STL mesh to machine the final product. The entire process took approximately two weeks to complete.
That was 20 years ago. According to Draguicevich, "If I had the tools that are available today, I could have simply taken the CT scan data and created the STL mesh in one step, and then machined directly from the mesh. The data-processing capabilities of modern software have made the entire process painless compared to years past. Furthermore, I could have taken the finished piece and inspected it for accuracy using the original scan data as the reference. Any deviations could have been addressed by modifying the finished part in coordination with the inspection process."


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I am creating a midlet that sends bulk sms web service having a url of this format[USERNAME]&password=[PASSWORD]&from=[SENDER_ID]&to=[SINGLE_RECIPIENT]&message=[MESSAGE_TO_BE_SENT]
this is the method below that sends an SMS, as got from d J2me doc.
How do I encode the above URL into this method to allow for the message to be routed through this web service
public void send() {
 String mReceiver = null;
 // String mPort = null;
 mReceiver= getTextField2().getString();
 String address = "sms://" + mReceiver;
 MessageConnection conn = null;
 try {
// String addr = "sms://" + getTextField3().getString();
 conn = (MessageConnection) Connector.open(address);
 TextMessage msg = (TextMessage)conn.newMessage(MessageConnection.TEXT_MESSAGE);
 } catch (Exception e) {
 switchDisplayable(null, getConfirmation());
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Sending SMS using the phone facilities and using web service are different things. You have to create HTTP connection and surf to URL of your web service using either GET or POST method (according to the documentation of the web service). Example of your URL contains parameters, so I guess you should use GET.
Take the following example _URL_
and modify it as you need.
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Event Handling
In Spring Core, event handling is the process of notifying interested parties about an event that has occurred in the application. The Spring framework provides a powerful event-handling mechanism that allows developers to build loosely coupled, highly modular applications. In this mechanism, an event publisher notifies an event listener when an event occurs.
Here's how event handling works in Spring Core, along with an example:
Event Publisher
An event publisher is an object that publishes an event when a particular action occurs. To publish an event in Spring, you need to use the ApplicationEventPublisher interface. This interface provides a single method, publishEvent(), which takes an event object as its argument.
Example:
public class MyEventPublisher {
 @Autowired
 private ApplicationEventPublisher publisher;
 public void publishEvent() {
 MyCustomEvent event = new MyCustomEvent(this);
 publisher.publishEvent(event);
 }
}
Event Object
An event object represents the event that has occurred. It typically contains information about the event that is relevant to the listeners.
Example:
public class MyCustomEvent extends ApplicationEvent {
 public MyCustomEvent(Object source) {
 super(source);
 }
}
Event Listener
An event listener is an object that registers itself with the event publisher and receives notifications when an event occurs. To create an event listener in Spring, you need to implement the ApplicationListener interface and implement the onApplicationEvent() method.
Example:
public class MyEventListener implements ApplicationListener<MyCustomEvent> {
 public void onApplicationEvent(MyCustomEvent event) {
 // handle the event
 }
}
Event Registry
Once you have created your event listener, you need to register it with the Spring application context. You can do this by creating a bean definition for your listener in your Spring configuration file.
Example:
<bean id="myEventListener" class="com.example.MyEventListener"/>
Event Notification
When an event occurs, the event publisher notifies all registered listeners by invoking their onApplicationEvent() method.
Example:
public class MyEventPublisher {
 @Autowired
 private ApplicationEventPublisher publisher;
 public void publishEvent() {
 MyCustomEvent event = new MyCustomEvent(this);
 publisher.publishEvent(event);
 }
}
Handling the Event
Finally, the event listener receives the event and handles it as necessary.
Example:
public class MyEventListener implements ApplicationListener<MyCustomEvent> {
 public void onApplicationEvent(MyCustomEvent event) {
 // handle the event
 System.out.println("Received event: " + event);
 }
}
In summary, event handling in Spring Core is a powerful mechanism that allows you to build loosely coupled, highly modular applications. By creating event publishers, event objects, event listeners, and event registries, you can easily communicate between different parts of your application and react to events as they occur.
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reST (reStructuredText) Question
Why the domain model should not be used as resources in REST API?
I came across a statement that the domain model designed in accordance with DDD should not be used as resources in a REST API (source).
It is clear that a REST API is a contract of the application while the domain model is part of the implementation and therefore it is the best to keep these two things separate, so that a change in the domain model does not automatically imply a change in the REST API.
However, I think in case of small projects (where the REST API has just one consumer - the javascript frontend, developed by one team) the benefits of having separate models does not justify the cost of separating the models (different classes - domain model and resource representations and mapping code between the models). Obviously the domain layer cannot have any references to REST specific infrastructure code (to keep separation of concerns).
Should the domain and the REST models be separated?
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When using DDD, the REST API should always be separated from the domain model.
The main reason for this is simplification - you don't want to leak the complexity of the domain model through the API to the clients. Otherwise, clients need to know about the nuances and intricacies of your domain, which most probably makes the API hard to use.
And the main driver for using DDD is a complex problem domain, so this is always a problem.
However, I think in case of small projects (…) the benefits of having separate models does not justify the cost of separating the models (…).
I agree that there are projects where a separated domain model and REST API is over-engineering. However, these cases aren't candidates for DDD, because you will not benefit from DDD enough to justify its cost.


This Twilio quick start is a simple, comprehensive guide intended to help developers get started with VoiceBase's Speech APIs.
Once a Twilio app is up and running, thousands of connections are being made daily, and the library of recordings is growing fast. Now it's time to put that data to use. Gaining access to what is spoken inside these recordings is absolutely critical for agent monitoring, compliance, keyword spotting, trend detection and much more. VoiceBase provides tools to enable developers to identify and distinguish between hot leads, non-prospects, complaints, etc.


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Open Mike: Cornell OBI Conference Chapter 7—Probability of Beneficial Mutation—Conclusion
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To facilitate discussion, we are publishing the abstracts and conclusions/summaries of the 24 papers from the Cornell Conference on the Origin of Biological Information here at Uncommon Descent, with cumulative links to previous papers at the bottom of each page.
Note: The hard cover version is now shipping.
The conclusion for Multiple Overlapping Genetic Codes Profoundly Reduce the Probability of Beneficial Mutation by George Montañez, Robert J. Marks II, Jorge Fernandez, John C. Sanford:
Our analysis confirms mathematically what would seem intuitively obvious — multiple overlapping codes within the genome must radically change our expectations regarding the rate of beneficial mutations. As the number of overlapping codes increases, the rate of potential beneficial mutation decreases exponentially, quickly approaching zero. Therefore the new evidence for ubiquitous overlapping codes in higher genomes strongly indicates that beneficial mutations should be extremely rare. This evidence combined with increasing evidence that biological systems are highly optimized, and evidence that only relatively high-impact beneficial mutations can be effectively amplified by natural selection, lead us to conclude that mutations which are both selectable and unambiguously beneficial must be vanishingly rare. This conclusion raises serious questions. How might such vanishingly rare beneficial mutations ever be sufficient for genome building? How might genetic degeneration ever be averted, given the continuous accumulation of low impact deleterious mutations?
See also: Origin of Biological Information conference: Its goals
Open Mike: Origin of Biological Information conference: Origin of life studies flatlined
Open Mike: Cornell OBI Conference— Can you answer these conundrums about information?
Open Mike: Cornell OBI Conference—Is a new definition of information needed for biology? (Chapter 2)
Open Mike: Cornell OBI Conference—New definition of information proposed: Universal Information (Chapter 2)
Open Mike: Cornell OBI Conference—Chapter Three, Dembski, Ewert, and Marks on the true cost of a successful search
Open Mike: Cornell OBI Conference—Chapter Three on the true cost of a successful search—Conservation of information
Open Mike: Cornell OBI Conference—Chapter Four: Pragmatic Information
Open Mike: Cornell OBI Conference—Chapter Four, Pragmatic information: Conclusion
Open Mike: Cornell OBI Conference Chapter Five Abstract
Open Mike: Cornell OBI Conference Chapter Five – Basener on limits of chaos – Conclusion
Open Mike: Cornell OBI Conference Chapter Six – Ewert et all on the Tierra evolution program – Abstract
Open Mike: Cornell OBI Conference Chapter Six – Ewert et all on the Tierra evolution program – Conclusion
Open Mike: Cornell OBI Conference Chapter 7—Probability of Beneficial Mutation— Abstract
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For each code, we assume there is one optimal nucleotide of the four (for that code and that fitness function, whatever they may be),
That's exactly what I'm objecting to, not in general, but in a few select cases that fit into Behe's 1st rule of adaptive evolution, namely reproductive success is achieved via losing function. In the case of a loss of function scenario, there are several nucleotide configurations that can achieve improved reproductive success by disabling function, not creating it. Hence, the notion of "optimal" is reversed from your model, where breaking of the polyconstraints is possible in numerous ways and will result in disabling a functioning system in numerous ways. The proper way to model such a scenario is something of the reverse of your assumption. In a loss-of-function-results-in-reproductive-success scenario, one nucleotide sequence results in decrease of reproductive success, whereas 4^N-1 sequences results in reproductive increase, where N is the number of nucleotides under consideration. In such a scenario, the probability of a "beneficial" in the Darwinian sense is extremely high, even though it is clear this is damaging to the genome. What this does indicate is that selection, will not create more complexity or polyconstrained forms, it actually prevents them from forming or maintained in a population. If there were a two paragraph addendum to your paper to deal with the loss-of-function scenario (in agreement with Behe's 1st rule of adaptive evolution), I probably wouldn't have had anything to criticize in an otherwise stellar paper. Your paper demonstrates polyconstrained complexity cannot be reached via selection. My criticisms and recommendation for this addendum is to prevent Darwinists from citing things like anti-biotic resistance or pesticide resistance as some sort of counter example to the claims of the paper. In the case of antibiotic resistance, "optimal" may mean disabling of a pump or disabling proper expression of a protein. There might be many routes to disable function in those cases. In the case of pesticide resistance, in some cases it's through the malformed exoskeleton that almost suffocates the insect, but this near suffocating phenotype also prevents the insect from inhaling poisons at the same rate as its peers. Hence, this disability becomes a "beneficial" mutation! I believe there has been enormous damage to the genome in humans, but it hasn't necessarily resulted in reduced reproductive success, and my apologies for citing Octomom, but its the most poignant I could think of. My understanding is intelligence levels have declined, but humans have continued to be more reproductively successful than our smarter and more polyconstrained ancestors. There are a few cases of people with photographic memory, for example. It seems to me this is one example of loss of function in the general population. I would presume in ancient times, memory functioned far better than today. scordova
Hi Sal, Thank you for your comments, as they give me an opportunity to clarify several points of the paper. First, the model applies to any fitness function chosen (even those that confer large fitness benefits to octomom or blind cave fish). Choose your fitness function, and the model applies (as long as the independence assumptions among codes, and other assumptions outlined in the paper hold). Second, the paper models fitness on the nucleotide level, with each nucleotide having some tunable probability of being "optimal" (by whatever fixed definition or fitness function you want to choose). Thus your criticism about people having different notions of optimal, or it being hard to define, are irrelevant in the sense that the definition of (or probability of being) optimal is left open as a user defined parameter. We show results for a variety of parameter values for p(optimal). The model holds regardless of how you choose to define optimal, as long as you set that parameter to a probability value (between 0.0 and 1.0). Let's review the model used, for clarity. First, we have a stretch of DNA. For a given nucleotide in that stretch, it participates in between 1 to L independent codes. For each code, we assume there is one optimal nucleotide of the four (for that code and that fitness function, whatever they may be), and that if the base is not the optimum, there is one base that is better than it (the optimum for that code at that position), and two worse than it (harmful bases). Thus, for a non-optimal position, for a single code, there is a 1/3 probability of beneficial mutation, and 2/3 probability of non-beneficial (fitness decreasing) mutation. Now we apply this across L independent codes simultaneously, and you get the model presented in the paper. The probability p(optimal) is a tunable model parameter, which defines the probability of each nucleotide already being optimal for a given code at a given spot under a given fitness function. If it is optimal, the three other mutations will decrease fitness (assuming no truly neutral mutations, a simplifying assumption). You can think of the generative model in this way, given your fondness for gambling. You have a nucleotide in front of you, say the base G at position 55; generate a mutation by rolling an imaginary three-outcome die. Two of the faces will signal a harmful mutation, and one an improvement for that spot, for that code, if the nucleotide is non-optimal. Assume the outcome is T. To determine if G is already optimal or not for that code at that position, flip a weighted coin, with probability p(optimal) heads, 1-p(optimal) tails. If optimal (heads), the change to T will be harmful for that code (by definition of optimum, under the simplifying assumption). If non-optimal, see if the change to T was one of the two harmful mutations for that code (say A or C), or an improving mutation (say, T). Record the outcome (beneficial, yay!), then move onto the next code, flipping the weighted coin to see if G is already optimal for the next code, and if not, see if the new nucleotide T is beneficial or harmful for that code at that position. Count how many it was a beneficial change for versus a harmful change, for all your codes. Take the majority label (harmful/beneficial) across codes as the final outcome for that mutation (G->T) at that spot (position 55). You'll find a very low probability that your change was beneficial overall. (Reviewing the paper itself may prove instructive for clearing up any misunderstandings you have concerning the model or the results presented there.) Lastly, yes, the paper does give a toy example using inclusion in a


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Narrative lawyering theorists have demonstrated the ways in which the dynamics of stories affect the way lawyers deliver and jurors receive messages within trial. However, relatively little attention has been paid to the distinctive ways in which stories are developed in bench trials. Examining three roughly contemporaneous bench trials, this Article illuminates how this trial format requires lawyers to be both performers and audience, alternating roles frequently, sometimes within the span of a breath or a gesture. The availability of feedback to the lawyer and the possibility of direct intervention by the fact-finder produce a stark contrast to what lawyers experience in jury trials. Moreover, due to their experience and training, judges are prone to interpret lawyers' choices in light of patterns of which jurors would be unaware. In sum, bench trial narratives emerge from a process of joint creative control that requires lawyers to make adjustments at every stage of the trial. This article both illustrates how complex these interactive bench trial narratives can be and provides guidance for developing stories especially well-suited to this particular and, of course, quite common litigation setting.
Sharing Stories: Narrative Lawyering in Bench Trials, 16 CLINICAL L. REV. 195


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A console is a PPC agent's workstation, found in almost every response center.
The console is widely known for giving off a loud and shrill BEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEP! whenever a new mission appears on the screen. BEEP!s have been known to be heard well outside of their response centers and to BEEP! in words (usually profane) should they be left unacknowledged long enough (TOS).
According to the Laws of Narrative Comedy, the probability of a console beeping increases in direct proportion to the amount of sleep its agent needs. Consequently, the console is vulnerable to heavy damage by fire, heavy metal objects, fists, or all of the above.
There are many parts to a console, which is described in the following detail by Despatch:
Display screen on which the Words of various stories, and any messages which are relevant to the job, can be displayed.
Series of buttons. Known ones are:
 - Red - Acknowledge job.
 - Blue - Coordination linkups.
Series of flashing lights. Known ones are:
 - Red - Indicates a new mission (possibly restricted to assassination missions only).
 - Green - Crossovers acknowledgment: press the button below the light to get any messages from them.
 - "New message" (color unknown) - indicates that the console has received a message.
Panel for setting disguises. The disguises themselves would probably look a little like "skins" from the Sims.
When receiving messages rather than missions, consoles will [Bing!] or [Bip!] instead of [BEEP!]. When a message is left unacknowledged, there will be a steady [Bip. Bip. Bip.] sound and a flashing "new message" light.
Some consoles have been suspected of developing limited sentience, or at least a strong sense of self-preservation. A console that has a history of having violence inflicted upon it to get it to shut up may respond to vocal commands (i.e. shutting up when told if violence is threatened) or actively modulate its own volume to avoid problems. This may be due to tinkering on DoSAT's part; if it is, though, they're not telling.
Consoles can also be called, and Inter-Console Electronic Post is used for communication purposes, whether between agents, agent to Flower, or between Flowers. They also appear to have at least limited Internet access.
PunchGuardTM is sometimes used by DoSAT in an attempt to prevent damage to consoles, but its effectiveness varies.
TARDIS consoles use the Cloister Bell instead of a beep.
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Blue Accounting is focused on effectively leveraging and sustaining our primary asset – the world's largest freshwater system.
This requires an adaptive, issue-based process that links water-related management decisions and investments, in both public and private sectors, to desired environmental, economic and social outcomes. A holistic and connected process will help us improve economic efficiency, realize competitive advantage, assure water security and enhance quality of life.
The environmental and healthy aquatic ecosystem outcomes that Blue Accounting aims to achieve are:
- Functional nearshore and coastal processes
- Healthy, diverse and connected habitats
- Healthy and abundant wildlife
Our pilot issues are exploring ways to measure progress towards these environmental outcomes as well as social and economic outcomes. By taking this approach, we hope to develop a system where Great Lakes ecosystems, economies, and societies support one another.


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With moveable arms and legs, the dolls come dressed in colorful clothes. The Ethnic Doll Family includes: father, mother and two children. The Doll family sets and individual dolls are scaled to fit Plan Dollhouses. All sets are ideal for encouraging children to engage in role-playing and learning about different cultures and backgrounds.
How to play
- Children can create and tell stories about their family, helping to stimulate creativity and develop language skill.
- Children can role play different characters such as father, mother, siblings etc. providing opportunity to express themselves freely, enhancing confidence, understanding their and other family members' role and the importance of family.
- Children can play with their family members or friends creating interest, developing social skill and good relation within family members.
Dimensions: W 2.4" x D 1.2" x H 5.1"
Age: 3 years +
Green Toy - Green Company. PlanToys recognizes the importance of promoting good quality of life, balanced with concern for environment. They are committed to minimizing their impact on nature and their toys are made from recycled rubberwood that is non chemically treated. PlanToys simplicity in design is combined with innovative use of materials and real-valued function encouraging more creative play in a good learning environment.


The differences between sixth form and university
When you get to university, you expect a lot of things to be different from the sixth form. However, some of those things might surprise you. Here are a few differences that the prospectus didn't tell you about.
At university (unlike at sixth form) no one will tell you what to do!
A big difference between sixth form and uni is that unlike at sixth form, you will not be told which parts of your class are important. Neither your lecturer nor your teacher will tell you what you should be writing down. Instead, they will lecture and you will have to scribble away, hoping you have got the important bits covered. In no other aspect of your university education will you be told what to do – unless you ask. No more letters coming home to your parents, or assemblies – it's every student for themselves.
Referencing everything is a huge difference between sixth form and university
The sixth form may or may not have introduced you to this ghastly and frankly evil ritual that is referencing. Regardless, you will have to get used to it! It is basically this horrible stage in the already horrible event of having to write a 4000-word assignment. You are physically unable to write a single word without having referenced the author who wrote that word prior to you including it in your essay, the date that it was originally published, the page number in which you found said quote and the publisher who so kindly published the book in which you are now referencing.
A big difference between sixth form and university is that you will live in the library!
The library of a university will have everything you could possibly need as a student: a place to study quietly, computers, sofas that are just about comfortable enough to sleep on and food. Thus, you will live in the library – what possible reason would you have to leave? Oh yes, lectures of course!
Books piled up and crammed into a room or library
Living hand-to-mouth is a real thing that happens
Many students struggle to handle their finances at university and money becomes really tight. The assumption is parties every night and living it up all the time. However, the truth is that this gets expensive very quickly and soon you will have to figure out your priorities. If this is the case, take some time to budget properly for the essentials and if necessary go speak to the professionals on hand at the university to help you manage your money and finances.
All this can come as a real shock to start but don't worry, we're all in the same boat and you will get used to it.
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See how Stencil fits into the entire Ionic Ecosystem ->
Stencil is part of the Ionic Ecosystem ->
Local Assets
Components usually need assets, such as images, videos or any kind of data files, Stencil includes certain features to make this task easy.
Component's assetsDirs
Lets dive in and look at an example of how to use local assets:
Below is an example of your Component's folder structure containing the component, the stylesheet, and an assets directory.
Below is the stencil-asset.tsx file which will correctly load the assets based on a property called src.
import { Component, Prop, getAssetPath, h } from '_USER_/core';
 tag:'stencil-asset',
 styleUrl:'stencil-asset.css',
 assetsDirs: ['assets']
export class StencilAsset {
 _USER_() image = "sunset.jpg";
 render() {
 return
As you can see from this example, the component decorator has the assetsDirs property, which points to the./assets folder, this instructs the Stencil compiler to copy that folder into the distribution folder (dist or www).
Then, within the component's logic, the getAssetPath function (imported from _USER_/core) is used to determine the absolute path from where the assets should be loaded from.
Use Cases
Some use cases we have come up with are:
 - Loading from a collection of SVGs
 - Loading and applying fonts on demand
 - Loading images or videos


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The Arafura Jungles form a site with an area of about 5000 ha in eastern Arnhem Land, in the Top End of the Northern Territory of Australia. It contains twelve patches of monsoon vine forest of areas varying from 1.5 ha to 50 ha, representing four distinct floristic types, in the sandstone escarpment bordering the eastern edge of the Arafura Swamp, 12 km north of Mirrngadja. It is listed on the now-defunct Register of the National Estate.
The patches are of both wet and dry jungles, with the wet typically occupying sheltered spring or creek fed sites in gorges, and with the dry occupying less sheltered sites on cliffs and scree slopes that receive no water during the dry season. Plants of conservation significance include the ferns Angiopteris evecta and Adiantium aethiopicum, the vine Freycinettia percostata and the orchid Didymoplexus pallens.


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Tools for construction site water quality management
The objective of the Tools for construction site water quality management (Työkaluja työmaavesien laadunhallintaan) project is to decrease the pollutant loading occurring from construction site stormwater runoff. The project is a joint effort between Turku University of Applied Sciences and City of Helsinki.
The project aims at compiling and producing information about the volume of the loading originating from construction sites, estimating the significance of the loading to urban streams and to the Baltic Sea and establishing limit values for the construction site runoff, to protect the biota living in urban streams. Construction site pilots in Helsinki will be used to gather information about the quality of construction stormwater runoff and to test different quality management structures.
The goal of this project is to develop the process of construction stormwater management in cities and municipalities, and to produce information and educational materials for municipalities and construction companies about the loading from construction sites and concreate tools to minimize the harmful effects on watercourses.


French Word of the Day: Croque-mort
French Word of the Day: Croque-mort
The word croque-mort may be one of the most off-putting in the French language, and no one seems to agree on its origins. Since its case is yet to be settled, here is everything you need to know to choose your side.
What do I need to know croque-mort?
Being a croque-mort is a job like any other else and you may have to call upon one someday. Behind this ill-omened term, stories on how it was born continue to have French people debating.
So what does it mean?
A croque-mort is another word for employé des pompes funèbres – undertaker, or literally translating to 'dead-biter'. Il est croque-mort, ça doit être déprimant comme métier. – He is an undertaker; it must be such a depressing job.
The term is slightly casual, so if you were talking to someone recently bereaved about funeral arrangements it might be better to use the more formal employé des pompes funèbres, but you won't insult someone if you use this to describe their work.
The most commonly spread legend on the origin of the word is also regarded as the least accurate of all.
A long time ago – possibly starting from the Middle Ages but no one knows for sure – undertakers supposedly had to bite the dead person's big toe to make sure they really were deceased. If there was no reaction, then the person could be buried.
Other possible origins
While this quirky story is very popular among the French, two more plausible explanations have surfaced.
During the plague epidemics of the Middle Ages, survivors would use un croc de boucher – a meat hook – to drag bodies towards mass graves. The ending c is usually silent, but if pronounced, croc will sound like croque. This could have easily led to the creation of a word such as croque-mort.
Even the Académie Française, acting as the official guardian of the French language, has its take on the subject. According to the official body, the misunderstanding comes from the double meaning of the verb croquer.
Though little used in this sense, croquer can also mean'steal' or'make something disappear'. Sa soeur a croqué tout l'héritage! – Her sister stole the entire inheritance!
The word croque-mort would then simply take its origins on the image of someone'stealing' people in the fashion of the Reaper, or making them disappear by burying them.
For more French words or expressions, head to our French word of the day section.
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Backyard hose water playThere's nothing better than running around in the back garden with a hose (or a bucket of water if there's water restrictions) on a hot day! Hours can be happily spent dreaming up watery games.
What You Need:
- Garden hose
There are many ways kids can have fun with a garden hose and a bucket:
- Go around the backyard watering the plants.
- Have a water fight game using buckets of water.
- Use a stream of water to play a game of limbo (by going under the stream) or high jump ( by jumping over the stream)
- Use the stream of water for target practice. Use chalk to draw a bulls eye and then try and hit the bulls eye with water.
- Build a dam in a garden bed.
- This activity has been brought to you by The Natural Confectionery Co.
Related natural imaginative play activities:
- A rainy day activity box
- Indoor picnic
- Shaving cream play
- Car wash
- Backyard camping
- Have an outdoor bath


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A robot with a tail is not exactly new, as we have seen the likes of it before in the past such as the X-RHex Lite robot. Well, this time around, here is a new take on a robot with a tail, where it has been aptly known as the TailBot, which also holds the distinction of being possibly the only miniature robot that can run, jump and maneuver mid-air, where all of it is made possible because it comes equipped with a tail.
Jianguo Zhao, a doctoral student in electrical engineering at Michigan State University, who also happens to be one of the MSU students who developed the TailBot, said, "When lizards jump up, they use the tail to control the body's orientation. Because we wanted to design a robot like that, we borrowed ideas from biology to see if we can mimic the abilities found in those animals." The tail will move to shift the center of gravity of the robot mid-flight, giving it a far higher chance of landing correctly. Despite measuring 3" in height, the TailBot can spring to over 30" into the air, now how about that for a high level of performance? Majority of the TailBot's pieces were constructed using a 3D printer.


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The value of the integral of a complex function, taken along a simple closed curve enclosing at most a finite number of isolated singularities, is given by 2π i times the sum of the residues of the function at each of the singularities.


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So the question is, "how does it know what the maximum is"? It has to have a reference voltage. As that_chap mentioned, you can change the reference voltage. But if you don't, then the 5VDC is the reference voltage.
The analog-to-digital converter is just describing a ratio, not a voltage. If the signal is equal to GND, or lower, you get 0.000000; if the signal is equal to the reference voltage, you get 1.000000; if it's somewhere in between, you get a number that is the same ratio in between. So halfway between GND and 5VDC gives 0.500000. One third of the way between GND and 5VDC gives 0._PHONE_.
Rather than return a complicated floating-point value, it multiplies the result into an easy-to-use integer instead: (ratio * 1023).
(If you're comfortable with thinking in binary, it's just the fractional part of the ratio, without the
binary point, to make it an integer. If that made no sense, ignore it.


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C# String Theory—String intern pool
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String intern pool
The string intern pool is a table that contains a single reference to each unique literal string declared or created programmatically in your application. The Common Language Runtime (CLR) uses the intern pool to minimize string storage requirements. As a result, an instance of a literal string with a particular value only exists once in the system. For example, if you assign the same literal string to several different variables, at runtime, the CLR retrieves the unique reference to that literal string from the intern pool and assigns it to each variable.
String.Intern (string) method searches the intern pool for a string equal to the specified value. If such a string exists, its reference in the intern pool is returned. Otherwise, a reference to the specified string is added to the intern pool and that reference is returned.
In the following example, the string,
declared with a value of "Intern pool" is interned; because, it is a string literal. The string
built is a new string object with the same value as
declared but generated by the
System.Text.StringBuilder class. The
Intern method searches for a string with the same value as
built. Since the string already exists in the intern pool, the method returns the same reference that is assigned to
declared and assigns that reference to
built compare unequal because they refer to different objects, while references
interned compare equal because they refer to the same string.
String declared = "Intern pool"; String built = new StringBuilder().Append("Intern ").Append("pool").ToString(); String interned = String.Intern(built); Console.WriteLine ((Object)built==(Object)declared); // different references Console.WriteLine ((Object)interned==(Object)declared); // same reference
When trying to reduce the total memory allocated by your application, remember that interning has two unfortunate side effects. Firstly, the memory allocated for interned
String objects is unlikely to be released until the CLR terminates: the CLR's references to interned
String objects may persist after your application or application domain terminates. Secondly, to intern a string, a string must first be created. Thus, despite the fact that the memory will eventually be garbage collected, the memory used by the
String object will still be allocated.


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On the relationship between fog and low stratus and weather types over the Swiss Plateau
The relationship between persistent fog and low stratus (FLS) and weather types has been analysed in the extended winter season for the period _PHONE_. Ten automatic weather type classifications (WTCs) operationally computed at MeteoSwiss are considered. The capability to differentiate between days with and without FLS highly depends on the WTC. The best overall performance is found for WTCs based on sea level pressure and a large number of classes (GWT 26 MSL and CAP 27). Four out of 26 classes of GWT26MSL are able to represent 59% of all FLS days; eight classes already cover 85% of all FLS days. These FLS-prone classes are mainly characterized by a high pressure system near Switzerland and an easterly wind component. The frequency of FLS events is found to be roughly determined by the frequency of these weather types. Additionally, a clear seasonal cycle in the occurrence probability of FLS in those weather classes emerges. In December and January, the occurrence of the four most FLS-prone weather classes is a good predictor of interannual FLS varia-bility. A possible FLS forecast guidance is presented with tables showing the FLS fraction per weath-er class and month for all ten MeteoSwiss WTCs. There are indications that a part of the annual FLS frequency variability might not entirely be explained by the synoptic-scale flow alone and that other factors might have an influence. Further investigations are needed to shed more light on the effect of these factors and the robustness of the WTC approach with respect to this.


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Gather Your API URL and API Key in ActiveCampaign
- Log in to your ActiveCampaign account.
- Click on your account in the navigation bar in the top right corner and the click the My Settings item.
- Get the ActiveCampaign API URL and Key after going to My Settings by clicking on Developer, which will bring up a section titled API Access. Below is an illustration of what you will see and the steps numbers accordingly:
- After you come to the "API Access" window, copy the URL and Key listed in the API Access area. You will need to paste this information into two fields in the next step.
Integrate ActiveCampaign with MemberMouse
- In the MemberMouse menu, click Email Settings and then click on the Email Integrations tab.
- Choose ActiveCampaign from the Select Provider dropdown menu.
- Enter the API URL and the API Key that was retrieved from the ActiveCampaign website.
- Click to save your settings.
Map Your Membership Levels and Bundles to Mailing Lists
Now, you are ready to move onto the next part of the ActiveCampaign email integration where you'll map membership levels and bundles to mailing lists.
- Read this article to learn how to map membership levels to mailing lists.
- Read this article to learn how to map bundles to mailing lists.


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


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Definition of flyer :
1. A small operation not involving? considerable part of one's capital, or not in the line of one's ordinary business; a venture.
2. Anything that is scattered abroad in great numbers as a theatrical programme, an advertising leaf, etc.
3. One in a flight of steps which are parallel to each other( as in ordinary stairs), as distinguished from a winder.
4. One that uses wings.
5. The fan wheel that rotates the cap of a windmill as the wind veers.
6. The fly of a flag: See Fly, n., 6.
7. The pair of arms attached to the spindle of a spinning frame, over which the thread passes to the bobbin; - so called from their swift revolution. See Fly, n., 11.
measure, street arab, aviator, placard, banker's bill, airman, philippic, card, bank bill, folder, tirade, broadsheet, throwaway, beak, notice, broadside, government note, greenback, vizor, gamin, visor, eyeshade, nib, peak, circular, leaflet, pecker, invoice, booklet, bank note, handbill, aeronaut, flier, neb, account, banknote, posting, billhook, brochure, note, bill, poster
- But that policy did not always worksometimes the lone British flyer came out ahead, despite the odds against him. - "A Minstrel In France", Harry Lauder.
- The Jovian fleet was approaching so rapidly that a collision with the nearest flyer seemed inevitable. - "Giants on the Earth", Sterner St. Paul Meek.
- Far down the track he saw a glimmering dot of fire and heard the faint muffled whistle of the Flyer. - "Sundown Slim", Henry Hubert Knibbs.


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Established in 2000, the Clay County African American Legacy Inc. (CCAAL) is committed to building cultural competency in Clay County by educating and informing the community of the cultural diversity that exists in the Northland.
To get just a small glimpse of the contributions of the CCAAL and African Americans to Liberty and Clay County, just take a stroll to a few notable landmarks in and around historic downtown Liberty.
Begin your walk at the corner of Franklin and Water streets at the northeast corner of the old County Courthouse, where you'll find the Liberty Freedom Fountain.
This drinking fountain and surrounding brick pavers were installed by the CCAAL in 2001 to honor and celebrate African American pioneers and their contributions to Clay County. The CCAAL is currently raising funds to repair the memorial.
From the memorial fountain, walk half a block west on Franklin and head into the old Clay County Courthouse, which now houses administrative offices for Clay County government. Four vibrant murals on the third floor by local artist David McClain depict the history of Clay County.
The first courthouse mural, which was completed in 1993, depicts the history of Clay County. The second mural shows the prisoner of war camp that was located near what is now the Fountain Bluff Sports Complex in Liberty. The third mural depicts Major John Dougherty's Multnomah Plantation at dusk with a party in progress. The fourth mural, which the CCAAL commissioned in 2002, features African American pioneers businesses, schools and churches from the 1820s to the early 2000s.
For your final stop on this short walking tour, head north on Water Street to 502 N. Water St., where you'll find the Garrison School tucked among century old homes.
Established in 1877 to educate black youth in Liberty, the Garrison School is listed on both the National and Local Register of Historic Places in Clay County. The original school stood until a fire destroyed it in 1910. A new school for black students was opened in 1911. Despite relying on obsolete text books that were handed down from the white schools, the Garrison School earned a reputation as the best school for African American students in the state of Missouri. The school provided its students up to a 10
th grade education. Until the "separate but equal" laws were deemed unconstitutional in 1954 and Liberty schools began integrating its black students, many Garrison graduates had to ride buses to the black Lincoln High School in Kansas City, Mo.
The CCAAL purchased the school building in 2003 as its base of operations and as a center for cultural and educational events. The organization has transformed several of the 19th century school's classrooms into spaces dedicated to special collections and art galleries that celebrate the African America culture. The CCAAL offers monthly activities and events including art shows and cultural and education programs, such as the 27th National African American Read-In, annual Juneteenth Fundraiser and celebration, and an exhibit of Juan Houston's jazz art collection.
Before you leave, be sure to take a walk around the building to take in two new murals that were unveiled in October. On the Water Street side, the mural Stony The Road We Trod was painted by Rodney "Lucky" Easterwood. Easterwood was trained in Boston but has actively painted here in his native Kansas City area for over 30 years. His works are featured in several U.S. cities. They encourage community and cultural pride, highlight historical events and illustrate the beauty of everyday life.
Stony The Road We Trod
features the history of education for African Americans in Liberty with images of the Laura Armstrong school which was the first school for African Americans in 1865, located on Mill Street; former Garrison teachers Ms. Marion Pearley, Ms. Angie Kerford; former principals James Gay and Clarence Gantt; Ms. Clara Bell Colley's 1954 third grade class; and an image of Linda Brown and Supreme Court Justice Thurgood Marshall, which focuses on the famous landmark case Brown vs. Board of Education, Topeka that ended segregation in schools across the country.
The Main Street mural, Sing A Song Of The Hope The Present Has Brought Us
, was painted by Dan Vanderhoof, an artist from the Central Valley of California. Vanderhoof moved to Kansas City a few years ago to study at the Illustration Academy. His work is characterized by bold color and classic sense of design. The mural tells the story from segregation to integration and depicts children of all races reading, researching, playing, and walking to school.
Tours of the galleries and collections are available during monthly events and by special appointments. To make an appointment contact Cecelia Robinson via email or call _PHONE_.
Contributed by: A.J. Byrd, President of the Clay County African American Legacy, Inc.


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Variant of scrag
- a lean, scrawny person or animal
- a thin, stunted tree or plant
- the neck, or back of the neck, of mutton, veal, etc.
- Slang the human neck
Origin of scragprobably ; from Old Norse as in Norwegian skragg, feeble, stunted person, Danish skrog, Old Norse skröggr, fox (nickname) ; from Indo-European base an unverified form (s)ker-, to shrivel, shrink


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The solution used to preserve most donor organs in the UK could be contaminated with bacteria, the government has said.
Viaspan preserves the kidney, liver, pancreas and bowel, and is often used when organs are transported around the country.
Tests in recent days have found the presence of a bacteria, Bacillus cereus, in the solution.
The manufacturer of Viaspan, Bristol-Myers Squibb, issued a recall of the product after tests on its production line revealed the bug.
The line was last tested in July. The company has said it cannot guarantee the safety of Viaspan since that date.
Hundreds of Britons have received organs since July, although transplant centres have reported no adverse effects in patients linked to possible contamination.
The government and the Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency (MHRA) are now working to secure alternative liquids.
Until then, Viaspan will still be used in the UK and patients can be prescribed an antibiotic in case the bug is present.
Chief Medical Officer, Professor Dame Sally Davies, said: "Our priority is to ensure patients are safe.
"There is currently no evidence of any problems in patients who have recently had transplants where Viaspan has been used.
"If we were to recall the product immediately it is clear that patients would suffer and some may die.
"The manufacturer has advised that, where necessary, Viaspan can continue to be used until transplant teams have stocks of alternative products and patients can be prescribed an antibiotic known to be effective against the contaminant as a precaution.
"Every day doctors and transplant teams make clinical decisions which weigh up the risks and benefits for their patients and they will continue to do so.
"We are now working urgently to source alternative products. The MHRA is working closely with the manufacturers and tests are ongoing."
Bacillus cereus is most well known for producing a toxin in food which causes food poisoning.
Symptoms of the poisoning include diarrhoea - which may be bloody and severe - nausea, vomiting and stomach cramps.
Last week the MHRA, which oversees the safety of medicines and devices, issued a warning to UK transplant centres about the bug.
It said the bacteria had been found in the solution used to test the sterility of Viaspan, but not in Viaspan itself.
However, the most recent tests on Viaspan have shown the bug to be present.
Professor Sir Kent Woods, chief executive of the MHRA, said: "There is no evidence from transplant centres that patients who have had transplants using this solution are experiencing any related healthcare problems.
"We have acted quickly to protect patients and we have alerted transplant centres and surgeons immediately about this contamination and precautionary recall by the manufacturer.
"We are working closely with the NHS to make alternative products available for transplant operations.
"We support the decision to use Viaspan if it is clinically appropriate for patients and there are no alternatives available.
"Situations like this are very rare. If transplant patients have any questions, they should speak to their doctor."
Lorna Williamson, NHS Blood and Transplant medical and research director, said: "NHSBT endorses the decision to continue to use Viaspan until suitable alternative products are available.
"This is necessary, if the transplant programme is not to be affected by this product recall.
"We are reassured that no adverse events have been reported related to this product.
"For patients suffering from terminal liver disease a transplant may be the only treatment and for many cannot be delayed even for a few days.
"NHSBT is working with the MHRA and the transplant centres to ensure that the vital transplant programme continues.
"We are liaising with the Department of Health over supplies of alternative products and are ready to offer transport assistance if needed."
A statement from Bristol-Myers Squibb said the firm took its responsibility for patient safety "extremely seriously".
It added: "We routinely monitor our manufacturing lines to confirm that our products conform to the highest quality standards required by the regulatory authorities.
"During one such routine test we received notification from the third-party manufacturer of potential contamination on the production line.
"Following this notification, we have taken the precautionary measure of recalling all batches of Viaspan.
"We are urgently investigating the cause of this issue, and our action to recall the product has been taken to safeguard patients in the UK from any unnecessary risk.
"BMS has notified all health authorities in countries where the product is distributed and will provide further updates as the investigation progresses.
"The recall will result in a temporary out of stock situation.
"As there are alternative solutions for organ preservation available within the UK, we recommend that transplantation centres source and use one of these alternatives until the investigation has been satisfactorily concluded and normal supply can be resumed."
Between April 2011 and March this year, there were 1,542 kidney transplants carried out in the UK.
A further 35 people had a pancreas transplant, while 164 received a combined kidney and pancreas, and 699 underwent liver transplants.
It is unclear exactly how many of these transplants involved Viaspan, which is regarded as the "gold standard" solution for organ preservation.
The Department of Health said alternative solutions are available to use for kidney transplants.
One is Soltran (also known as Marshall's Solution), which is available in the UK.
Two further solutions - Celsior and HTK - have been identified to maintain the viability of pancreatic, liver and bowel transplants.
The department said neither has a kite mark in the UK for organ preservation.
However, last night the MHRA authorised both products for humanitarian use and is working to confirm their availability.


Using JSON.stringify() on an object that contains cyclical references
I created a Building object that had a 'marker' property (and some other properties). The 'marker' property contained a Google Map Marker, and I'm not sure of it's internals, but when I tried to use JSON.stringify() on it, I got a 'cyclic object value' error. After digging around, I found that you can pass in a second param to stringify(), which is a function that you can use to override the values of properties in the output string. In this case I used it to exclude the marker property from the string.

var json = JSON.stringify(buildingObj, function(key,value){
 if(key == "marker"){
 return undefined;
 }
 return value;
});


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Australian Urban Expansion
Australian cities and towns are constantly evolving to suit the living requirements of an ever growing population. Australia's current population of more than 22 million in 2011 has grown significantly from approximately 15 million in 1981 with the majority of population growth occuring in Australia's urban environment.
This satellite image gallery shows the expansion of Australia's major towns and cities in every State and Territory since the 1980's. Residential expansion, new infrastructure (such as freeways), and changes in environmental features including reservoirs and dams can all be seen through comparison 'swipe' imagery.
Geoscience Australia and its predecessor agencies have been acquiring satellite imagery for over 30 years resulting in an Australian Government collection continaing more than 400 000 images. The diversity of uses for this information ranges from environmental monitoring and management, to directing emergency management agencies and assisting border protection control.
This Urban Expansion Satellite Image Gallery displays both true and false colour images from the Landsat series of satellites comparing before (top image layer) and after images captured over a +20 year period. These images are also provided in high resolution JPEG format and may be freely reproduced on the condition they are accompanied with the accreditation shown in the caption for each image.
Further enquires regarding the use of these images can be sent to _EMAIL_
Australian Capital Territory
New South Wales
Topic contact: _EMAIL_ Last updated: March 18, 2013


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American Journal of Natural Sciences Vol. 4 No 1 (2022) & Vol 4 No 2 (2023)
American Journal of Natural Sciences is an open-access journal hosted by AJPO Journals USA LLC. The journal gathers knowledge on various environmental adaptations, interdependence of the various factors in the natural settings, habitats, climate, man and the natural world. The aspects focused on are physical, earth and life sciences. The journal is popular owing to its affordability to the researchers in publishing their manuscripts. The article publication is swift, in a period within two weeks of manuscript submission for publishing. The journal features in the google scholar among other indices, therefore allows referencing in other related studies in the same field research by other authors. The articles for publication undergo a double blind peer review process thus promoting proficiency of the journal. The authors have an added advantage in that they can access the metrics of the number of article views and downloads in the journal. The journal serves as a template to other authors in preparation of their articles for publishing. Its indexed in google scholar, Crossref (DOI), Ebscohost, Research Gate among others.
TOPICS IN THE BOOK
|Publisher:||AJPO journals and books publishers|
|Authors:||Albert K.O, Dr. Baker J. K., Irene Catsiocca|


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Richard Rutt (_PHONE_) was the former bishop of Leicester in the U.K. "The Knitting Bishop," as Serenity Knitting called him, was taught to knit by his grandfather, the village blacksmith. Rutt was a missionary in Korea for 20 years, where he lacked yarn for knitting and took up Asian history instead. Once back in England, he started knitting again and even knitted his own miter (the pointy hat bishops wear). His book A History of Hand Knitting was published in 1987.
A History of Hand Knitting has many interesting tidbits of history in it. Did you know there are methods of making fabric structures that are more ancient than knitting: nalbinding and sprang? If your friends think you are geeky for knitting, wait until you tell them you've taken up nalbinding.
Then there's the legend about shipwrecked sailors from the Spanish
Armada teaching the people of Fair Isle (off the coast of Scotland) how
to knit with more than one color at a time. It's unlikely that the
technique was learned from sailors, but still interesting to wonder what
passed between the 17 native families and the 300 sailors of the ship
El Gran Grifon who were, in fact, stuck on Fair Isle for 6 weeks.
I also liked hearing about all the literary references to knitting in literature: Shakespeare's Gentlemen of Verona, Tolstoy's War and Peace, Dickens' A Tale of Two Cities, Thackeray's Vanity Fair, Daniel deFoe's The Life and Adventures of Captain Robert Singleton, Adam Smith's The Wealth of Nations, Elizabeth Gaskell's Cranford, and Virginia Woolf's To the Lighthouse. Knitting appears in art, as well: check out the Knitting Madonnas set of photos on Flickr, some of which also appear in the book.


Our Observations
We have deployed this model using A100 GPU and observed that the model took an average cold start time of 16.17sec and an average inference time of 13.78sec for music sample length of 8sec.
Defining Dependencies
We are using the Audiocraft library from Meta for the model deployment.
Constructing the GitHub/GitLab Template
Now quickly construct the GitHub/GitLab template, this process is mandatory and make sure you don't add any file named model.py
Musicgen-stereo-melody-large/
├── app.py
├── inferless-runtime-config.yaml
├── inferless.yaml
└── input_schema.py
You can also add other files to this directory.
Create the class for inference
In the app.py we will define the class and import all the required functions
 1. def initialize: In this function, you will initialize your model and define any variable that you want to use during inference.
 2. def infer: This function gets called for every request that you send. Here you can define all the steps that are required for the inference. You can also pass custom values for inference through the inputs parameter.
 3. def finalize: This function cleans up all the allocated memory.
import torchaudio
from audiocraft.models import MusicGen
from audiocraft.data.audio import audio_write
import base64
class InferlessPythonModel:

 def initialize(self):
 self.model = MusicGen.get_pretrained('facebook/musicgen-stereo-melody-large')
 self.model.set_generation_params(duration=8)

 def infer(self, inputs):

 descriptions = [inputs["prompt"]]
 wav = self.model.generate(descriptions)

 for idx, one_wav in enumerate(wav):
 audio_write("temp", one_wav.cpu(), self.model.sample_rate, strategy="loudness", loudness_compressor=True)

 with open("temp.wav", "rb") as audio_file:
 audio_bytes = audio_file.read()
 audio_base64 = base64.b64encode(audio_bytes).decode('utf-8')

 return {"generated_audio_base64": audio_base64}
 def finalize(self,args):
 self.model = None
Create the Input Schema
We have to create a input_schema.py in your GitHub/Gitlab repository this will help us create the Input parameters. You can checkout our documentation on Input / Output Schema.
For this tutorial, we have defined a parameter prompt which is required during the API call. Now lets create the input_schema.py.
INPUT_SCHEMA = {
 "prompt": {
 'datatype': 'STRING',
 'required': True,
 'shape': [1],
 'example': ["Rock with saturated guitars, a heavy bass line and crazy drum break and fills."]
 }
}
Creating the Custom Runtime
This is a mandatory step where we allow the users to upload their own custom runtime through inferless-runtime-config.yaml.
build:
 cuda_version: "12.1.1"
 system_packages:
 - "libssl-dev"
 - "libx11-6"
 - "ffmpeg"
 python_packages:
 - "torch==2.1.0"
 - "audiocraft==1.2.0"
Deploying the model on Inferless
Inferless supports multiple ways of importing your model. For this tutorial, we will use GitHub.
Import the Model through GitHub
Click on theRepo(Custom code) and then click on the Add provider to connect to your GitHub account. Once your account integration is completed, click on your Github account and continue.
Provide the Model details
Enter the name of the model and pass the GitHub repository URL.
Configure the machine
In this 4th step, the user has to configure the inference setup. On the Inferless platform, we support all the GPUs. For this tutorial, we recommend using A100 GPU. Select A100 from the drop-down menu in the GPU Type.
You also have the flexibility to select from different machine types. Opting for a dedicated machine type will grant you access to an entire GPU while choosing the shared option allocates 50% of the VRAM. In this tutorial, we will opt for the dedicated machine type.
Choose the Minimum and Maximum replicas that you would need for your model:
 - Min replica: The number of inference workers to keep on at all times.
 - Max replica: The maximum number of inference workers to allow at any point in time.
If you wish to enable Automatic rebuild for your model setup, toggle the switch. Note that setting up a web-hook is necessary for this feature. Click here for more details.
In the Advance configuration, we have the option to select the custom runtime. First, click on the Add runtime to upload the inferless-runtime-config.yaml file, give any name and save it. Choose the runtime from the drop-down menu and then click on continue.
Review and Deploy
In this final stage, carefully review all modifications. Once you've examined all changes, proceed to deploy the model by clicking the Submit button.
Voilà, your model is now deployed!
Method B: Deploying the model on Inferless CLI
Inferless allows you to deploy your model using Inferless-CLI. Follow the steps to deploy using Inferless CLI.
Initialization of the model
Create the app.py and inferless-runtime-config.yaml, move the files to the working directory. Run the following command to initialize your model:
inferless init
Upload the custom runtime
Once you have created the inferless-runtime-config.yaml file, you can run the following command:
inferless runtime upload
Upon entering this command, you will be prompted to provide the configuration file name. Enter the name and ensure to update it in the inferless.yaml file. Now you are ready for the deployment.
Deploy the Model
Execute the following command to deploy your model. Once deployed, you can track the build logs on the Inferless platform:
inferless deploy