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My Favorite Things Giveaway + Blog Hop!
I'm so excited for today's post. It's been in the works for a few weeks and now I'm FINALLY able to share it! MY favorite things PLUS 19 more of my cute blogging friends' favorites too!
Last year around Christmas time there were some bloggers who got together and each gave away a basket of their own personal favorite things that they love. I thought it was such a cute and clever idea; a great way for readers to get to know them a little better, so I was TOTALLY on board when I was asked to get involved with the same type of giveaway this Summer!
Make your Mark print - Round graphic frame from The Black Goose Design - Gold change wallet - Revlon lip butter in Cream Brulee - Statement necklace from Sassy Steals - Chalkboard sign from Alexis Mattox Design.
To win this goody box filled with a few of MY favorite things, enter below using the Rafflecopter widget. Easy as that!
If you don’t see the square widget at the bottom of this post, be patient, it might take a minute to load.
As you can see above, there's a quick collage of the other bloggers favorite things baskets as well, but to view closer details and enter to win them, simply HOP on over to the listed links below. You can enter to win ONE or all TWENTY giveaways; whatever you have time for and looks good to you! From fun crafty items, home decor, jewelry, beauty products and office supplies to snacks, bags, gift cards and much more!
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Thank you for this lovely summer giveaway! Love it all!
Hey! do you have to be a US resident to participate!
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Thanks for a chance to win some fun stuff!
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What a fun giveaway! Love that you're doing this for summer. Thanks!
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Enjoy the beautiful sunshine of summer......sometimes winters are gray and summer brings beautiful color to minds and hearts!
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I love it all! I didn't think I would like the lipstick...but when I put it on, it was perfect...like can't live without it!!!


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industry_corpus2: Film & Entertainment


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Martin Spott, Ralf Schoknecht, Martin Riedmiller, Approaches for the integration of a priori knowledge into an autonomously learning control architecture, Proc. of EUFIT 99, Sep 1999.
The control architecture Fynesse learns control strategies only on basis of success and failure of former control interactions. Thus, learning can be carried out directly at the real process. For reasons of safety and design costs, the number of interactions with the real process must be kept as small as possible. Therefore Fynesse allows the integration of a priori knowledge about the control strategy. In this paper, different techniques for the integration are proposed. In experiments it is shown that the integration of prior control knowledge reduces the number of interactions with the process dramatically. Furthermore the learning procedure is stabilized, which is indispensable for the application of Fynesse as an adaptive system.

industry_corpus2: Subject Education


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The key to a straight smile is a seamless blend of treatments, effort, and patience. Invisalign® can do all three along with providing some well-needed reprieves for a favorite food or two should you find the need to remove your aligners for various meals. Along with removability, Invisalign is also nearly invisible and can be upgraded and adjusted as necessary via our orthodontists at Smiles for Life Dental Group.
Question: Can anybody get Invisalign?
Answer: Invisalign orthodontic treatment many not be the best option for each patient. Ask your orthodontist at Smiles for Life Dental Group to ensure you are getting the best orthodontic care available to you.
Question: What are the benefits of Invisalign?
Answer: Invisalign aligners can be removed during treatment, allowing normal eating habits with no food restrictions. Because they are removable they are much easier to clean and care for.
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Question: Are there any metal brackets or wires used with Invisalign?
Answer: No, there is no metal present. Invisalign is made with a patented clear thermoplastic material, which is safer for your teeth and gums. The clear design also makes the aligners very hard to detect, even for close family, friends, or peers.
The Invisalign aligner system is a great way to fix and correct smiles. To learn more about Invisalign, or to schedule an appointment with Dr. Pooja Goel give us a call today and see what Invisalign can do for you!

industry_corpus2: Health & Medicine


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The increment of three dimensional volume in cylindrical coordinates is dV = rdrdθdz. It is just a chunk of two dimensional area rdrdθ times the height dz which gives three dimensional volume. Here is an example.
Example 25.3.1 Find the volume of the three dimensional region between the graphs of z = 4 − 2y2 and z = 4x2 + 2y2.
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industry_corpus2: Math & Statistics


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Hamachi Nigiri Zushi ('ハマチ握り寿司', is classified into sushi), is known as Hamachi Amberjack Nigiri Sushi in English, and 中鰤鱼 握寿司 (Zhōng shīyú wò shòusī) in Chinese. It is the washoku.
Warasa (Mejiro, Smaller Japanese Amberjack) Sushi.
Hamachi Nigiri Zushi is a hand-formed sushi that set a slice of fresh hamachi amberjack on sushi rice. We can eat this dish at sushi restaurants in Japan.

industry_corpus2: Hospitality & Catering


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Published: 5 March 2019 - 9:56 a.m.
One of the most exciting initiatives in the modern aviation industry is IATA’s concept of ONE ID for airlines - an “end-to-end passenger experience that is secure, seamless and efficient”. The thinking behind the idea is as intuitive as it is ambitious: to provide passengers with a frictionless airport experience that allows them to get from the entrance to the gate without “breaking their stride”.
Many of the benefits of ONE ID are self-evident. Passenger numbers are increasing year-on-year, which is putting a strain on airport infrastructure. This, in turn, is creating pressure on airlines to increase efficiency to accommodate higher volumes of passengers going through security, border checks, and catching flights every day. At the same time, customer expectations for convenience are also rising. According to research from IATA, a queuing time above 10 minutes is now considered unacceptable by the majority of passengers. Therefore, ONE ID is a necessity to future proof against increasing volumes of passengers, while maintaining an acceptable passenger experience.
The other major benefit of ONE ID comes from the impetus to improve data accuracy and, in turn, aviation and airport security. Currently, carriers are unable to share data about passengers and rely on one-off document checks. This challenge is exacerbated by the fact that, on average, travellers are only 50% accurate when filling out the API information required to fly. This means that airlines not only waste time and resource checking each passenger identification multiple times in the airport, but they also spend time and money correcting data. Government fines mean that failing to check this data diligently also results in costs for airlines and there are increasing demands from governments for airlines to provide more accurate passenger data.
The solution proposed through ONE ID would improve passenger experience while allowing airlines to meet the requirements of national authorities. IATA has proposed the introduction of digital proof of identity through a token, which will include both the passenger’s travel document and boarding pass. This token would be generated by the passenger before travel and could be used and re-used to identify the passenger as they move through the airport. The passenger’s identity would be biometrically verified without the passenger ever being stopped or having to identify themselves.
However, any ambitious initiative has its challenges, and there are some hurdles to be overcome before this becomes a reality.
Firstly, this means the widespread adoption and standardisation of biometric verification solutions, which are critical for facilitating the seamless identification of passengers in the airport. While many international airports have deployed forms of biometric verification, these proof of concept solutions is still emerging beyond the pilot stage to become widespread and consistently deployed. Like biographic data, biometric data needs to be standardised by a regulator so there are high-quality, structured data sets that can be fed into ONE ID that the industry has agreed on.
Secondly,ONE ID is reliant on the ability to securely share and verify passenger information between airlines and computer systems with no data exposure, which is currently not possible. Without a trusted system for sharing data, airlines have resorted to keeping it siloed in their own systems, necessitating the same passenger’s ID to be checked multiple times.
The solution here is the blockchain, which is designed to overcome the challenges of trustless ecosystems such as this. Through the blockchain, data can be shared between parties as a token, which means that no data is exposed in transit. Data is also decentralised on the blockchain, which means there is no central store that can be hacked or breached, a major issue that is currently facing airlines. Blockchain solutions, therefore uphold what is known in the security industry as “privacy by design” - where data security and obscurity are built into the system, rather than added in retrospect. According to independent security testers, it would take millions of years to break into just one passenger ID held in the blockchain.
This security is critical, as it allows ONE ID to increase the accuracy and efficiency of identification while maintaining the privacy of personal data. Increasing data markers through biometrics will aid verification, however, passengers and regulators are increasingly sensitive to the protection and control over personal data. In Europe, for example, the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) has put far tighter controls on the handling of personally identifiable information (PII). For ONE ID to be internationally adopted, the highest standards of data privacy will have to be upheld.
The ability to safely share tokens that contain passenger ID quickly between airlines, the airport, and government regulators via a trusted system where the quality of data is guaranteed, will allow the full realisation of ONE ID. As biometric and blockchain solutions move past the pilot phase and reach maturity, ONE ID will move from a “vision” to reality.

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Benjamin John Hall, Fashion Space Gallery’s first design resident, took inspiration from current geopolitical issues and espionage. His starting point and continued focus of interest is the assassination of Alexander Litvinenko. The title of this exhibition, Laboratory 12, one name for the KGB’s secret poison laboratory tasked with developing colourless, tasteless, odourless poisons. One such poison, Polonium – was identified as Litvinenko’s cause of death.
Through a collection of highly engineered footwear, Hall explores the extent to which governments potentially could or already are securing their best interests in a current global political and economic environment that is marked by uncertainty. Each of the eight pairs of shoes on display in this exhibition highlights a specific notion or concept unearthed through his extensive research into documented tactics used by various security agencies worldwide. These range from subtle psychological warfare to concealed recording devices.
By interrogating the possibilities or – in some cases – the realities of how far governments are prepared to go to maintain the balance of powers by bending international law and manipulating the media to hide this from the public eye, Hall draws attention to the precariousness of contemporary world politics.
To enable some of the footwear’s intended technical functionalities, Hall collaborated closely with architect and material scientist Richard Beckett, wearable computing and tangible design researcher Nanda Khaorapapong and 3D print and CAD designer Martyn Carter. The combined expertise of Hall and his collaborators has resulted in a series of complex, highly evolved shoes, both fully wearable and fully operational.
Exhibition Design by Steven Legget.
Graphic Design by Nikos Georgopoulos.

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> > > your tools, driver, and kernel are using WE-21.
> > > 'cat /proc/net/wireless' should tell you what your kernel is using.
> > high considering that we're not even at -rc1 yet.  It's going to get worse.
> 	We have to split between the different issues we have seen.
> April/May. As I said, most distro have those in the pipe.
> API changes, rather than pro-active, so there is not much we can do.
> > continue to work correctly with old userspace?
> version, old userspace fails on new version.
bend over backwards and preserve compatibility with a lot of older bits?
isn't here yet, and it's unclear when it will be.

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Ringer death-stare file photo. Source.
Kaleb Ringer has left the Michigan football team, program announces.
Speculation of Ringer's departure surfaced earlier Monday after he changed his Twitter bio to "@Ring_RingFSU," mentioned "FSU football" in his bio and included the Ferris State logo as his background. His brother, Korey, also plays for the Bulldogs.
Ringer has not directly stated he's transferring to Ferris State, though, and did not return requests seeking comment.
Yes, that indeed seems to be the case. The 3-star recruit out of Ohio, Hoke's 3rd commit from the 2012 class, has found himself buried too deep for comfort on the linebacker depth chart going into his 2nd year in the program. That place in depth chart is somewhat due in part to his season-ending knee injury from fall camp last summer which kept him out of the 2012 season.
Long/short-term effects for Michigan? Short-term it means one-less dude on the depth chart. Given the depth already in place and incoming freshmen, I don't see this having much of a negative impact. Long-term it means another precious scholarship becomes available.
Best of luck to Kaleb wherever he ends up.

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Damien Carney's collection has a distinct retro flavour, with a combination of golden waves, XXL volume and bold styling: classic fashion mag cover-shots from earlier decades. And the absolute protagonist? Blonde, of course!
Don't miss it... PBA Announces Final NAHA Webinar in Three-Part Series!
To continue the success and excitement of the North American Hairstyling Awards (NAHA) 25th Anniversary, PBA and Michael Shaun Corby have developed a 3-part web series to introduce NAHA to emerging stylists and first-time entrants.
Do your tresses need summer triage? Joico's got the perfect prescription for getting locks healthy, shiny, and positively lustrous….
Joico unveils the Lob – Hollywood's Hottest New Haircut!
Longer, looser, and hipper than your classic bob, this season’s most sought-after style is taking the celebrity crowd by storm, says Joico International Artistic Director, Damien Carney. “It’s all about having a slightly undone, beachy, youthful vibe,” he explains.
Joico Artist Stella Livoti keeps a watchful eye on the Paris fashion runways – it’s there that she often finds her muse. This season, it was the Spring Chanel collection that ignited her imagination and informed her exciting new collection!
An astonishing collection by the genius of Damien Carney that challenges all the rules, standing out from the crowd for its clever use of color.


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industry_corpus2: Manufacturing


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The Full Court Press – A sports site that covers buzzer beaters, bunts, blitzes, bicycle kicks and everything in between.
A sports site that covers buzzer beaters, bunts, blitzes, bicycle kicks and everything in between.
In a hard-fought Elite Eight battle between two of the country’s strongest teams, #1 Virginia came out on top, beating #3 Purdue 80 to 75, despite 42 heroic points from Boilermaker guard Carsen Edwards.
The three point line was vital tonight, as Virginia’s #2 ranked three-point field goal defense faced trigger-happy Purdue, fifth among all tournament teams in three-pointers made this year. In the Boilermakers’ wins against defending-champion Villanova and former AP #1 Tennessee, they sunk 31 threes at a 51% clip. In addition, Virginia’s notorious pack-line defense crowds the paint and forces the opposing team to shoot threes, an option Purdue took. In UVA’s three losses this year, their opponents shot 41% from three, compared to their 28% average three point field goal percentage defense, which ranks 2nd in the nation. More than half of Purdue’s scoring in the tournament came from behind the three point line, and although they knocked down 14 of their 32 threes, Virginia was able to eek out a win.
In the Sweet 16, Virginia outlasted upset-hungry #12 Oregon 53-48 while Edwards and Purdue toppled #2 Tennessee 99-94 in an OT thriller.
Purdue started the game strong from three, making seven of their first ten three-pointers and scoring 21 of their first 25 points from the three point line. However, when it seemed as if the Cavaliers did not have an answer to the Boilermakers’ shooting, Virginia went on a 14-4 run over the final eight minutes of the second half, holding Purdue to just 1/9 shooting from beyond the arc throughout the rest of the period. Purdue led 30-29 at the half. Virginia did not lead through the first twenty minutes, but after swapping out 5’9” Kihei Clark for 6’10” Jack Salt at the start of the second half, they took a lead they possessed for most of the second half.
With nine seconds left, the Boilermakers held a three point lead and fouled Cavaliers guard Ty Jerome. After Jerome intentionally missed his second free throw, Clark tracked down a long rebound from behind the half court line and fired a pass to Mamadi Diakite, who hit a jumper from the elbow to tie the game at 70 as the buzzer sounded.
Both teams struggled to score in the overtime period, and the game came down to a Purdue possession with five seconds left, down three. However, Carsen Edwards’ pass to Ryan Cline flew out of bounds off Cline’s hands, sealing the Boilermakers’ defeat.
Carsen Edwards, the Big Ten’s top scorer, had another incredible game, scoring 42 points for the second time in three games and draining ten threes. He was truly unstoppable. Edwards set a Big Ten record for most threes made in a season this year and continued his stellar form into the tournament. With his performance tonight, Edwards set an NCAA record for most threes made in a tournament with 28 (in just four games!), breaking Glen Rice’s historic six game run in 1989. Edwards also set an NCAA record for most points in the first four games of the tournament with 138 total points. He carried his team to Elite Eight, scored more than half of their points against Virginia, and averaged an incredible 35 points per game for the tournament. He delivered one of the best individual performances — and individual tournament runs — in the history of March Madness.
Although Edwards was able to find success against it, Virginia’s defense ranks first in opponent points per game (54.8) as well as fourth in opponent field goal percentage (38%). In a halftime adjustment, Cavaliers’ coach Tony Bennett assigned 6’7″ De’Andre Hunter to guard 6’1″ Edwards, but the Purdue star soon figured out how to get past the ACC defensive player of the year; and hit threes on three straight possessions at one point in the second half. Although Virginia was unable to shut down Edwards, they stifled his teammates, especially Ryan Cline, who dropped 27 points on 7-10 shooting from 3 in Purdue’s Sweet Sixteen win over Tennessee. Edwards shot 60% from the field and 53% from three for 42 points while his teammates shot 43% from the field and 31% from three for 33 points.
Whereas Edwards was the only player on his team to score more than seven points, the Cavaliers had four players who scored in double figures. In the first half, Virginia guard Kyle Guy hit just one of six shots and rolled his ankle on a play at the end of the period. But after knocking down a three on Virginia’s first possession of the second half, he never looked back, ultimately leading his squad with 25 points.
Although Purdue’s season ended in overtime heartbreak, they reached the Elite Eight for the first time since 2000, a proud accomplishment for coach Matt Painterand his Boilermakers. Virginia advances to the Final Four for the first time in Tony Bennett’s career, silencing doubters after their embarrassing loss to #16 UMBC in last year’s first round. Next Saturday they will face the winner of tomorrow’s game between #5 Auburn and #2 Kentucky.
Two days after setting the NCAA record for most three-pointers made in a career, Wofford star Fletcher Magee set the NCAA record for most three-pointers missed without a make in a single game.
On Thursday, Magee shot 7-12 from three to bring his career tally to a record 509 career threes. But today, Magee was blanketed by the Kentucky defense, shooting a woeful 0-12 from three. Partly because of their outstanding defense on Magee, #2 Kentucky held on to beat #7 Wofford 62-56 and will advance to the Sweet Sixteen.
Magee scored just eight points on 4-17 shooting. However, despite his struggles from three, Wofford stayed with Kentucky for the entire game, and Magee’s teammates combined to shoot 8-15 from beyond the arc. Terriers’ point guard Nathan Hoover shined, leading all scorers with 19 points and hitting 4 of 5 threes.
Kentucky was led by graduate-transfer Reid Travis, who posted a double-double with 14 points and 11 boards.
The Wildcats were without leading scorer PJ Washington for the second consecutive game due to a foot sprain he suffered in their SEC tournament semifinal loss to Tennessee.
Although both teams blew out their opponents in the first round, neither was able to build a double-digit lead, it was a close contest throughout.
In the first half neither team was able to find success shooting the ball, with both teams hitting just 40% of their shots. But despite Kentucky’s inability to hit shots in the first half, Wofford was unable to extend their lead beyond six. Finally, in the closing minutes of the first half, Kentucky went on a 10-2 run to close the half up 28-26, their first lead of the game. The two teams traded baskets until the midpoint of the second half, when the Wildcats went on a 13-2 run, a lead they would not relinquish. Wofford kept the game within a few possessions for the entire second half, but could not take the lead. Reid Travis hit a pair of clutch free throws to increase Kentucky’s lead to four with 17 seconds left, and after one last three-point miss from Magee, Tyler Herro closed the game out with two more points from the stripe.
Kentucky clamped down on defense in the second half, pressuring the Terriers into just 3-15 shooting from beyond the arc in the second half.
Even though Wofford suffered a disappointing loss, they came away with their first tournament win in school history against Seton Hall on Thursday.
Last year, Kentucky was upset by Kansas State in the Sweet Sixteen, but will look to progress further this year. They will face the winner of #11 Ohio State vs #3 Houston.
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Reach Volunteering are working with Islington Mind who are seeking a Treasurer to join their board. The overall role of the treasurer is to maintain an overview of the organisation’s affairs, ensuring its financial viability and ensuring that proper financial records and procedures are maintained. The Treasurer may also take a greater role in the day-today finances of the organisation when appropriate.
At Islington Mind we want everyone to have better mental health and wellbeing, to realise their ambition and make the most of their lives, their relationships and their communities. We have developed into one of the major mental health service providers in the borough having listened closely to mental health service users in Islington and responded with a range of services which reflect both statutory priorities and local need.
Overseeing, approving and presenting budgets, accounts and financial statements.
Being assured that the financial resources of the organisation meets its present and future needs.
Ensuring that the charity has an appropriate reserves policy.
The preparation and presentation of financial reports to the board.
Ensuring that the appropriate accounting procedures and controls are in place.
Liaising with any paid staff and volunteers about financial matters.
Advising on the financial implications of the organisation’s strategic plans.
Ensuring that there is no conflict between any investment held and the aims and objects of the charity.
Monitoring the organisation’s investment activity and ensuring its consistency with the organisation’s policies and legal responsibilities.
Ensuring the organisation’s compliance with legislation.
Ensuring that the accounts are prepared and disclosed in the form required by funders and the relevant statutory bodies, e.g. the Charity Commission and/or the Registrar of Companies.
If external scrutiny of accounts is required, ensuring that the accounts are scrutinised in the manner required (independent examination or audit) and any recommendations are implemented.
Keeping the board informed about its financial duties and responsibilities.
Contributing to the funding strategy of the organisation.
Qualified accountant would be desirable.
Experience of charity finance specifically would be desirable.
The skills to analyse proposals and examine their financial consequences.
Proven ability to communicate and explain financial information to members of the Board.
A preparedness to make unpopular recommendations to the board.
A willingness to be available to staff for advice and enquiries on an ad hoc basis.
The board meets every 6 weeks for 1-2 hours.
The treasurer will also be required to meet the finance officer once a quarter for 1 hour.
Islington mind have a clear financial strategy and financial information is used to inform planning and decision making and assists management to improve and develop services.
You will be joining a passionate team committed to ensuring that good practice is achieved with regard to the control of finances. We strive to meet and demonstrate that we meet all legal requirements and accountability for our income and expenditure. .
Applications must be made via Reach Volunteering in the first instance. Please provide your CV and cover letter stating why you are interested in applying for the role, how your skills and experience match the person specification, how you can add value to the board and any other relevant information.


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Clear Plastic Tapered / V ale Oval bottles come in 3 sizes and are offered in a bag of 50 or a case quantities. For pallet orders, call the home office at 888-968-7220 for quote.
Great quality at affordable price!
Bought the 2oz size for travel sunscreen to customize and they are perfect. Bottles are squeezable so can easily be used with dispensing lids but seem durable enough to last multiple fills. Would highly recommend.
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Cute looking bottles- nice price. But of course I ordered the wrong size caps to go on them. Why can't they just come with the caps? Ugh.... Had to re-order the caps.


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The photography of capturing the people that matter the most.
The photography of capturing a new life about to be and one that has just come into the world.
Portraits of high school seniors who are about to embark on a new adventure.
Photography that captures the love between two people and all things wedding.


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This guide will show you how to create a Rewired Input Manager and set up basic input for a 1-player game.
1. Install Rewired. Refer to Installation for more information.
Window -> Rewired -> Create -> Input Manager (in scene).
3. Select the Rewired Input Manager from the scene Hierarchy.
5. In the navigation bar at the top of the Rewired Editor window, click "Players".
6. You must have at least one Player to use input. Add a new Player by clicking the "New" button below the Players box.
7. We will come back to Players later to assign controller maps, but first you need to create some Actions. Click the "Actions" button in the navigation bar and create a new Action by clicking the "New" button below the Actions box.
8. For each input you will need for your game, create one Action. Create a few actions such as pictured in the example below. The selected Action's properties can be edited in the fields to the right under "Properties." For movement actions, change the Type to "Axis". You can give each action a Name, a Descriptive Name, and if the Type is Axis, also give it a Positive Name and a Negative Name. Hover the mouse over each property label to see a description of that property.
Note: Actions can be categorized by first creating Action Categories (or later moved into categories), but to keep this example simple, we will just leave all actions in the Default category.
9. Each Action can be assigned an Input Behavior which determines how keyboard keys, buttons, and mouse axes behave. By default, all actions are assigned the "Default" Input Behavior. If you wish to tweak any of the settings or create new Input Behaviors, click the "Input Behaviors" button in the navigation bar. Hover the mouse over each property label for a description. For this guide's purposes, we will just leave the default behavior as is.
10. Now let's create a Joystick map. Click "Joystick Maps" in the navigation bar.
11. You can create maps for any of the fully-supported controllers individually, or to save time, just create a map for the Gamepad Template and all controllers that use that template will automatically have maps created for them. (Any Joystick preceeded by [T] is a template.) Select the "[T] Gamepad Template", then click "Create Map."
12. Now you will need to create elements and assign actions to them. Click "New" under the "Element" box to create an element. Element Properties will appear to the right for the selected element. Assign a joystick element by clicking the drop-down "Element." Select an action to assign to this element under "Action." Create an element for each Action you created in step 8 and assign one Action to each element.
13. Now we will do the same thing, only this time for the keyboard. Click "Keyboard Maps" in the nagivation bar, create a map by clicking "Create Map", then create some elements by clicking the "New" button below the "Element" box. Assign actions to each element as you did with the Joystick map above. For movement actions that use an axis, since a keyboard key acts like a button and not an axis, you will use the "Axis Contribution" setting to determine whether the key contributes a positive or negative value to the final axis. For example, if the "W" key should move the character up, the Action should be set to "Move Vertical" and the "Axis Contribution" should be "Positive". For the "S" key which should move the character down, the Action should also be "Move Vertical", but the "Axis Contribution" should be "Negative."
14. If you want to create a Mouse Map, repeat the same steps as above for keyboard and joystick, but this time click "Mouse Maps" in the navigation bar.
15. Now that we have created joystick, mouse, and keyboard maps, we need to assign them to the Player. Click back to the "Players" page in the navigation bar and select the Player to which you want to assign the maps.
16. Assign a joystick map to the player by clicking the "Add Joystick Map" button. If you have more than one joystick map to assign, you can add as many as you need. For this demo, just add the map you created above. To choose a different joystick map, change the Category and Layout drop-downs. Ensure "Start Enabled" is checked so this joystick map will be active by default. When gameplay begins, if any joysticks are assigned to this Player, it will load the proper map for that joystick.
17. Do the same for any keyboard maps you have created. Note: For keyboard control, ensure the "Assign Keyboard on Start" checkbox is checked, otherwise the Player will not be assigned the keyboard unless you assign it manually through scripting.
18. Do the same for mouse maps. Note: For mouse control, ensure the "Assign Mouse on Start" checkbox is checked, otherwise the Player will not be assigned the mouse unless you assign it manually through scripting.
19. Close the Rewired Editor and save the scene.
20. Now you will need to create a script to process input for your character. Since the script could vary significantly based on the type of game you're making, this example will just show the basics of how to get input from Rewired.
21. Create a new script in your project, for example, MyCharacter.cs, and attach the script to your character game object.
NOTE: This example is not meant for use in your project. It serves no purpose other than to teach you how to get input from a Player. You will have to write your own scripts to move your characters/objects around the scene.
// Assign a prefab to this in the inspector.
// The prefab must have a Rigidbody component on it in order to work.
// whether the input is coming from a joystick, the keyboard, mouse, or a custom controller.
22. That's it! You've leared how to set up basic input for a single player game using Rewired. There's a whole lot more powerful features available in Rewired, so be sure to read the rest of the documentation for more advanced topics.

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HANOVER, N.H.—Overcoming unpredictable weather and tricky course conditions, the Harvard ski team cruised to a ninth-place finish at the Dartmouth Carnival this weekend, Feb. 8-9. This marks the first time the Crimson has broken the top-10 at Dartmouth since the 2013 season.
Icy conditions on Dartmouth's downhill slope halted alpine competition on Friday morning, forcing the event to be cancelled and rescheduled to Sunday, February 17.
Choppy course conditions posed a challenge for Harvard's nordic squad as they opened competition on Friday. Despite the unfavorable conditions, however, Harvard still posted strong finishes on the long-distance course, earning sixth in the women's 10K and seventh in the men's 15K freestyle.
Leading the charge for the women, senior Nina Armstrong crossed the finish line in 32:35.8 to pick up 20th overall as well as 26 points towards Harvard's team score. Close behind, Lily Koffman, Tegan Thorley and Hannah Hardenbergh each registered top-30 finishes for 43 combined points.
On the men's side, first-year James Kitch picked up a 19th place finish in the long-distance event to pace the group, picking 26 points along the way for Harvard. Additionally, William Rhatigan cruised to a top-30 finish for the Crimson, crossing the finish line in 47:48.1. First-years Liam McInroy and Everett Sapp secured strong finishes on the challenging long-distance course, finishing 38th and 39th, respectively.
After icy slopes shut down the downhill competition on Friday, skiers returned to the mountain on Saturday to contest the slalom course despite strong winds. Nellie Ide and Emma Ryan represented the Crimson ski squad, successfully completing both runs down the Dartmouth Skiway. Sophomore captain Ide took down both runs with a combined time of 1:48.51, landing her in 37th place overall. Missing Ide's time by less than a second, Ryan finished 38th in the slalom, clocking in at 1:48.99 across two runs.
In the first relay of the 2019 season, Hannah Hardenbergh (16:45.5), Tegan Thorley (17:46.9) and Nina Armstrong (17:03.8) led the women's squad in the 3x5 relay with a top-10 finish, posting a final time of 51:36.3 to earn 77 points for the Crimson. Junior Rhatigan (14:53.0) joined forces with first-years Everett Sapp (14:25.2) and Kitch (15:35.9) for the men's 3x5, combining for a final time of 44:54.2 to earn the trio 12th place and 46 points to close out the weekend.
The Crimson readies for its final Carnival before the EISA Regional Championships, traveling to Hancock, Vt. for the Middlebury Carnival, Feb. 15-16.


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A tourism boat motors through sediment suspended during dredging operations in Cairns.
“The holding back of release of the environmental impact statement for the Cairns dredging proposal is a cynical move designed to stifle real debate on the issue until after the election. We are calling on all political candidates to make their position clear on a number of aspects of the proposal.

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Visiting Hong Kong will leave every visitor dumbstruck. Indeed, inside the city opposing elements live together, but it is part of its charm. Here it is not difficult to admire elements belonging to the tradition next to modern features, oriental expressions accompanied by occidental ones, tall cutting-edge skyscrapers and small traditional shops, brilliant signs and holy temples.
Stroll the crowded streets listening to some Cantonese summer hits, take a break at a wok and buy a portion of noodles and, of course, do not miss the visit to the city's symbols. Some of its main sights are The Peak and Tram, a belvedere from which it is possible to enjoy an amazing view of the city and its bay. In Night market at Temple Street it is possible to find many handicrafts products, but also technological devices. Or even, Man Mo Temple, a temple dating back to the colonial ages, which shows a strong conflict between its exterior and interior. From one side it seems poor, while once you pass the door you will be wrapped by an evocative atmosphere.
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Hong Kong is the place where the East meets the West. Tall skyscrapers and modern-design buildings stand harmoniously side by side with ancient traditional temples. If you are planning a holiday or tour in Hong Kong, you will find that there is really so much to do in this hectic metropolis that you'll be spoilt for choice. The cultural and architectural scene is rich, shopping opportunities are plenty and nightlife is incredibly lively and varied. Here is a short list of Hong Kong's top bars and restaurants. The French- Taiwanese model Amanda Strang is becoming popular in Hong Kong not just for her pretty face but also for her amazing pastry shop Petite Amanda (Shop 2096 of IFC mall, 8 Finance Street, Central Hong Kong). Passion for baking hit her when she was only eight: taste her unique delicacies while pampering yourself in Hong Kong.
Hong Kong is one of two Special Administrative Regions of the People's Republic of China with Macaw and it is situated on the southern coast of China. The city is just south of the Tropic of Cancer, the climate is sub-tropical and it is subject to monsoons. Winter is very mild and relatively dry, while summer is pretty hot and wet. Sometimes Hong Kong is hit by typhoons.
In 1839 the refusal by the Qing dynasty authorities to import opium unleashed the First Opium War between Britain and China. Hong Kong island was occupied by the Brits in January 1841. With the treaty of Nankin, signed in August 1842, Hong Kong was formally assigned for 100 years to the United Kingdom. Only in 1997 did Hong Kong become part of the People's Republic of China, dropping the 156 years of domain of the British Empire.


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The date on invoices is in US format - MM/DD/YY - even though I have my location correctly set as UK. I think is a bug rather than a feature but it needs to be fixed as customers are given a date which can have an impact on when they pay.
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The Ang Thon Marine Park in Thailand is made up of 42 mostly uninhabited islands.
A group of us hired a boat and went snorkeling and cruising through the maze of islands and fishing boats.
and wouldn't know what to do with them.
in a clay oven the size of a large flower pot. Outside, in the street, a huge clay pot held water. A woman used a dipper to get water, then wash squid in a reed basket before cooking them for her food stand.
to keep them safe for another year.
We saw women weaving traditional mats.
(by women who did not speak English).
stooped over would become back-breaking work.
After a half hour boat ride on the Cai River, we arrived at a village where we had riverside lunch. The meal was very nice with at least 8 different Vietnamese dishes served family style.
were sitting on the floor, washing dishes in pans.
but were not allowed to talk while they worked.
& Pearl Market and finally ended at the Night Market! The day was topped off by a Laser and Light Show in the harbour between Hong Kong Island and Kowloon.
a great way to see the harbor.
machines at the metro were also in English.
From the metro we hopped on the high speed bullet train, which smoothly cruised at 200 miles per hour.
In Suzhou, we visited the Humble Adminitrator's Garden. The views all over the 22 acre landscape are serene.
making something like what we had eaten.
the devastating bomb hit that destroyed the city in 1945.
in 1629. It's position behind a hill miraculously allowed it to survive the bombing.
After seeing how sake was traditionally made at the Hakutsuru Sake Brewery Museum in Kobe, Japan; we had a chance to do some tastings and really liked the fortified sake with plum flavoring.
and the vendors selling their foods... as we did in the high-end Lotte Grocery store, where the workers outnumbered the customers 5:1. Nearly everyone in this picture is a worker.
Vladivostok, Russia is not a typical tourist town.
at the Farmer's Market in Revolution Square.
to pray and light candles in the well-built log structure.
we saw that they were filled with eagles.
surrounded by mountains - and even a volcano.
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London's Cass Business School is rising faster up the Financial Times league tables than any other business school worldwide.
Since David Currie joined as dean in 2001, Cass has been changing and repositioning itself with clear success.
In this year's league table of business schools, Cass - formerly City University Business School - jumped to 42nd place from 81st two years ago.
Lord Currie's aim is to take it right up into the top ten.
The school, which is named after the 17th-century educational philanthropist Sir John Cass, has spent a year in its £50 million new building in the north of the City of London. The Cass Foundation paid part of the building costs.
The mood in the school is buoyant, with new facilities, funds to hire new staff and a remit to go places. In its largest recruitment drive since it changed its name in 2001, 19 new academic staff will start this year along with as many as 50 support staff.
To show that it is serious about getting the best, the school last year introduced a form of performance-related pay - or financial rewards, as human resources prefers to call it - for staff who excel in teaching, research or customer services.
Two years ago, City's actuarial science and statistics faculty moved from the maths department to the business school. Richard Verrall, its head, who has been at City for 17 years, said the move had been a success and not just because the academics had enjoyed an average pay rise of more than 10 per cent.
He said: "Business has been happier to talk to us. We're not just stuck in an ivory tower. This puts many more resources our way - for example, a full-time research coordinator, which helps us to apply for grants.
"It's a nice building, but a school depends on the quality of its staff.
The university has a devolved management so all schools are separate economies."
Cass has its own human resources team, development office, alumni relations officer and press office. Next year, a director of development will begin to drive its new emphasis on fundraising.
Lord Currie was appointed chair of communications regulator Ofcom in 2002 and spends most of his time on that. He chairs high-level committees in the school and is heavily involved with external matters. "I am talking to lots of major businesses and going overseas to talk about possible collaborations with other institutions," he said.


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Congratulations!! You have made up your mind to join the thousands of people who have successfully moved to Spain. It is certain that you are eagerly looking forward to a moving to Spain guide to help you start a new life there. You need to truly plan your entire project of moving to Spain so that the process becomes a smooth and successful transition.
The moving to Spain checklist must indeed be a long and detailed one. Let us first decide where we are going to settle after moving to Spain. Southern Spain with its world class infrastructure and the finest quality living is an excellent place to set up home.
Having decided the place, let us move on to the next item in the moving to Spain checklist. Now we need to have a clear and concise picture of the most important things to know before moving to Spain. Our next area of decision will involve if you need to rent a place or buy one on moving to Spain. If you choose to rent a place, it might give you the added advantage of getting familiarized with the atmosphere and the surrounding neighborhood before you think of buying property in Spain. You need not rush to take any hasty decision on buying. On moving to Spain you may assess the basic facilities like shopping, transportation, safety etc. and then go ahead with your purchase of property.
The next very important item in the moving to Spain checklist is about healthcare. This is something that requires planning in advance before moving to Spain. Find out about your healthcare entitlements in Spain. It is very much advised that you take up private health care as the first and foremost step in your process of moving to Spain.
Taking the next place in the moving to Spain checklist is schools and colleges. If you have children of school going age, it is best to do some research on the various schooling possibilities before moving to Spain. After taking major decisions like is it going to be Spanish or an International School, you may contact them on the internet itself for their prospectus and application forms.
A basic element that cannot be ignored in your moving to Spain checklist is the knowledge of the local language. You might find English being spoken in many places but it gives you great advantage in knowing the basic phrases commonly used and your communication becomes very smooth.
Your moving to Spain checklist should definitely include the idea of own transportation. There is no doubt that public transportation system is an excellent one in Spain. However, mobility levels increase if you have your own mode of transport. You will also be able to explore the areas to your convenience.
Pets take up an important place in the moving to Spain guide. Pets traveling in Europe need to fulfill certain health requirements. You need to make sure that you pet is allowed to move with you to Spain. Acquiring an EU Pet Passport may be a long process. So prepare for this much in advance.
Food occupies a place of great importance in your moving to Spain checklist. You need to be prepared to face the different cuisines on moving to Spain. Acquaint your self with the different cuisines available in Spain. The food shopping you will be able to do in Spain is totally a different experience and you need to be prepared. It is said that you very rarely get ready-made foods in Spain. Everything is preferred fresh here. On doing a little bit of research you will be able to identify the places where you could get fresh fruits, vegetable and groceries at the best rates.
Do not forget to include money matters in your moving to Spain checklist. It is advisable to open a Spanish Bank Account. Before opening the account you need to procure your foreigners’ identification number from the nearest police station in Spain. This document is very important for all legal and monetary procedures in Spain. On moving to Spain, this must take your utmost priority.
You also need to have an idea of the taxation system prevalent in the country. Resident or non-resident system of taxation is in vogue. Have an idea of the various types of tax deductions available before moving to Spain.
Cost of living as a whole entity occupies a place of great significance in your moving to Spain checklist. Have a clear idea of all the major heads if expense including utility services like power, water, fuel, home groceries, eating out, education, medical health etc. This will equip you with great confidence on starting your new life in Spain.
Assess the information collected and take an independent decision. Just always remember to make a confident beginning even before landing the soil of another country so that life there begins on a happy and successful note. Hopefully, this moving to Spain guide will help you jump start your preparations.

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The infamous’ pink room’ (The Gallery) never ceases to impressive, with its artwork of over 200 prints and drawings by David Shrigley. With one of London’s most popular afternoon tea experiences, diners are able to indulge in a selection of teas and cakes in a rather quirky atmosphere. But as popular its instagrammable pink room is, we tend to forget that Sketch has more to offer in the food department. In line with its scrumptious sweet treats, one can enjoy a modern British cousin in one of the three themed rooms, and if you fancy a cocktail or two, feel free to pop to the loo for a surprise (or two)..
If you haven’t had enough of the overwhelming views from the Heron Tower, Sushi Samba has recently opened a new branch in the heart of Covent Garden. Continuing to be an impressive fusion between two cultures, its menu draws on inspiration from Japan and Brazil, offering its diners the best of both worlds. If that wasn’t enough, Sushi Samba doesn’t let you down on the drink department, offering a wide range of signatures cocktails that will make the perfect pairing to your Kobe beef if you are feeling extra fancy this Valentine’s.
As we Londoner’s have increased our love for food, more and more restaurant have since opened to meet our ever growing pallette for a wider world of cuisine, resulting in the opening of Bao. Offering a contemporary Taiwanese menu, Bao wants it diners to indulge and try a variety of Bao plates, giving it an overall Taiwanese ‘tapas’ vibe.
If you want to enjoy a more “date-night” like Valentine’s, we suggest the infamous Boxpark which has been at the heart of Shoreditch High street since it’s opening back in 2011. Since then, it has offered its customers of a variety of affordable eateries from Asian fusion to the more traditional fish and chips. And if you are in a mood for a bit of throwback tunes, from 7:00 pm to 11:pm on Valentine’s day, Boxpark Shoreditch are putting on a music season for all to celebrate with your lover, friend, or yourself!


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Overall, the 2017 Chrysler 200 is a about average in how it impacts your insurance rates.
The 2017 Chrysler 200 is about in the middle when it comes to the impact on what you’ll pay for physical damage coverage. This means that the cost of your liability insurance, which includes insurance for damage you may do to other people property, shouldn’t be significantly impacted by your choice of car.
Bodily Injury is the other component of your liability coverage. It covers the cost of medical expenses for other people who might be injured in an accident you’re responsible for. The vehicle you drive also plays a part in costs here. Compared to other vehicles the 2017 Chrysler 200 is at the average level for its effect on premiums.
For collision coverage - the cost of repairs to your own car for damage caused in an accident - the 2017 Chrysler 200 is about average for how it impacts your insurance premium.
For comprehensive coverage, the 2017 Chrysler 200 is about average in terms of its impact on your premiums. This means you won’t pay more than you otherwise would for coverage on your vehicle for things such, theft, vandalism, or storm damage.
If you live in a no-fault state, and have Personal Injury Protection on your policy, the good news is that owning a 2017 Chrysler 200 will not negatively impact your premiums.

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text: I have never given an uphill climb 5 stars before, but Camptown definitely deserves the rating. Camptown can be accessed by Parr's Yard, Mountain Road or the Toll Road and climbs Burke to the start of Dead Moose Alley. Several switchbacks with some tricky rooty sections make it a very interesting climb. There aren't many chances to get off the pedals, but tons to keep it interesting.


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Love may be the most powerful feeling known to mankind, but more than anything else, love is a celebration. A celebration of the life we love and are grateful for. A celebration of loving ourselves for who we are, and how far we have come when it comes to living our dreams. And if we are lucky enough, a celebration of finding the person who seems to make life so much more better by simply being in it.
So, to love is to basically celebrate the joy and happiness we find with someone else that we didn't even know existed! They just happen to walk into our life one fine day, and bam, nothing remains the same anymore.
Love is like that added sprinkle of pepper and oregano on the pizza, it is so extra but makes the experience all the more enjoyable. Much like the added sprinkle of squabbles, random fits of laughter and dizzying rush of affection, being in love brings into our life.
Keshav and Cyril's heady relationship has been nothing less than a similar celebration. It's full of spice and sprinkled with moments of unceasing fun and laughter, which makes Keshav extremely grateful for the best ten years of his life that he got to share with his French husband Cyril Feuillebois.
And since love follows no single language or religion, learning about this union between Keshav and Cyril has been a wonderful experience.
Lalit Hotels scion Keshav Suri is more than just that, he is a son, a brother and a loving husband apart from being a champion for the LGBTQ community, since his writ in the Supreme Court against Section 377 changed the future for an entire community.
This is his story and we are more than proud to share it with you.
Yet, of the many memories that the couple has made together, for Keshav, the day he and Cyril exchanged their vows and promised to be with each other, surrounded by their family and friends, remains his most precious and favourite memory.
He also points out that the women in the couple's life have come as angels in disguise. “The women in our family are amazing! Both nature and professionals were in sync to make it picture perfect. Our mothers officiated the ceremony. At sunset, we exchanged vows and garlands in front of a transgender high priestess. The exchange of rings and sunset were perfectly timed. Everyone was teary-eyed during our vows, even we were very emotional”, shares Keshav.
That almost sounds as much as an ardent love confession, as it was a highlight the couple had the joy of sharing together. But obviously, there is a lot more than just memories that Keshav and Cyril have shared together in the time they have been together. And trust us when we say it, it has been the perfect blend of love and spice.
And regardless of the rollercoaster ride that life has been ever since the couple got together, Keshav cannot stop gushing about the love of his love for the kind of person he is, and what Cyril adds to his life. Talking about how proud he is of his husband, Keshav tells us, “Cyril is an extremely private and a creative person. Despite that, he stood by my decision to file a writ, which meant our lives will be in the public eye. The fact that he just lets me be, and is not at all judgmental and nothing anyone says or does shocks him. I am proud of his courage and his love for our country – India.
Valentine's Day may or may not mean something to you personally, but it becomes especially hard to be immune to all the love and warmth that's in the air and in people's hearts today. We hope that whether you're single or in love, the stories in '14 Days of Love' inspire you to love and spread the love all through the year.


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Isn’t this what we wish from art? Confronting and uncovering the political and elite establishment’s obscuring and misrepresenting of realities related to social, ethnic, political etc. justice? By using all kinds of means (irony, metaphor, unease inducing images, etc. etc.). Art is too frequently bourgeois and limited to the elite. (And yet, we can value it for its messages.) But Banksy simply doesn’t fit the kind of artist that deserves this sort of criticism. I disagree with the article’s attack, although I don’t disagree with everything the article says. It is certainly thought provoking.


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Metro speaks with the former Red Sox ace.
It’s safe to say the Red Sox are playing the best baseball of their season – but that’s not saying much considering the way things started.
They go into Thursday night’s game in Oakland standing at 40-35, tied for third place in the AL East with the Tampa Bay Rays.
After a 4-10 start to the season, the Sox seem to be finally getting it. The offense remains one of the most potent in the league, and the pitching – to an extent, anyways – has improved.
One former Red Sox pitcher, Pedro Martinez, was in Boston Wednesday night being honored at the “The Tradition”, an event held at the TD Garden to honor past “legends” of New England sports.
Being a World Series champion and one of the best pitchers in Red Sox history, Martinez obviously knows what it takes to have a winning team. This season’s team has certainly had its ups and downs, but Martinez thinks they can succeed if they do thing in particular.
But Pedro, can they play together?


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BretFX Cartoon Effect is available separately from the from the Speech Bubble & Cartoon Kit set. Why pay for a whole kit when you can buy just the element you need, a la carte?
Cartoon Effect consists of the Cartoon Effect custom plugin and 7 effect presets. Adjust detail, halftone, outline, posterization and strobing of your image to give it that animated, hand drawn or printed feel.
Thanks for downloading the BretFX Cartoon Effect plugin! I hope you enjoy it and find it useful in your productions. If these instructions don’t cover all questions about installation and usage, don’t hesitate to contact support@bretfx.com.
Double click the installer pkg to install the BretFX Cartoon Effect custom plugin and 7 effect presets. They will appear in the Effects browser listed under BretFX Cartoon Kit.
Using the cartoon effect on your footage creates a fun, unique look. Terrific!


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The event was held at Mark Andy’s European headquarters in Warsaw, Poland. The open house attracted over 100 attendees from five universities, focused on educating students on the latest label and packaging technology, as well as the consumables that result in the highest quality print.
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There are three different types of maintenance for CHP systems - the 'design and manage' approach, the 'turnkey' approach, and using a contract with an energy service company (ESCO).
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Update:The resulting file works great for offline playback on the XBox, but live streaming does not work unfortunatly. I had to rely on ffmux_asf to make live transcoding working.
pmp shares some similarities to Mozilla’s Prism. It creates a “standalone” app from a web application. Pmp uses Webkit as its rendering backend.
It does not work properly with Google’s apps. Google does some weird URL redirects. I’m working on that. Apps known to work are WordPress and TT RSS.
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The Enduro World Series may have come to a slightly premature end, but that doesn’t mean the discussion is over. Chris Ball said at the outset that this inaugural Enduro World Series would weed out the big-name racers and that the rider atop the podium at the end would truly be the world’s best all-around rider. That man, for 2013, is Jerome Clementz. Is he truly the best rider out there? How about Tracy Moseley, who wound up winning the women’s half of the competition?
While it’d be easy to say Clementz was a ringer for the overall series win, the truth was that he had stiff competition throughout. Who were the best racers this year? Who could take it all in 2014? How about Jared Graves? What will happen to the Enduro World Series next year?
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Owls Under-23s manager Neil Thompson is delighted to see some of the club’s young talent involved with the first team of late.
Sean Clare, Connor O’Grady and Frederik Nielsen have made appearances for Wednesday over the last two games against Sheffield United and Carlisle respectively and Thompson is happy to see them get a chance.
He said: “That’s what our part of the football club is all about, bringing players up to the first team squad.
“It’s super, Sean’s been with us a couple of years and played over 20 games for Gillingham, and that’s what going on loan is about, to come back and get an opportunity.
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Thompson says the young players must take their opportunity to impress new manager Jos Luhukay when the chance presents itself.
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The basic goal for a shopping cart is to sell – that may be a product or a service. Let us refer to the word ‘product’ for simplicity. Search Engine Optimization and various other marketing campaigns can lead a visitor to your shopping cart, but it is not definite that he or she will buy products from your online shop. So, what are the deciding factors those can convert that visitor into a buyer? Trends change, but the basics and the fundamentals do not. Implemented correctly, fundamentals have a very strong and natural effect.
Here the buyer will be able to go through different products of a particular category in a single view. A product list view may contain 1) a prominent image of the product, 2) price of the product, 3) name of the product, 4) rating of the product, 5) an “add to cart” button etc. Do not make the product image too small as the user will not be able to get an overall idea. Do not make the image too large also, as this will limit the number of images in a single viewable screen. Every buyer has a budget, hence displaying the price of the product in the list view is very important. Thus, the buyer will be able to decide instantly whether to view the details or not.
Since the buyer is unable to talk directly to the seller, so, a detailed product information is very important for the buyer to take the final decision to purchase. It is imperative to provide detailed, high resolution, multiple images of the product from all possible angles. Additionally, a zooming feature of the image, which allows the users to have a closer view can also be considered as almost mandatory.
Referring to textual information, all possible text information should be organized and laid out in an easily perceivable manner. The information should not be such where the visitor gets bored reading a huge paragraph to find out a required detail. 1) Mention the SKU code of the product, so that buyers can refer to it if they wish to inquire with the customer care executives about the product. 2) Mention the salient features of the product in bulleted manner,e.g, a) for books: name of author, name of publisher, ISBN No., number of pages etc, b) for smart phones: the OS, screen size, camera resolution, processor, storage capacity, RAM etc.
Product Reviews also serve as a very effective factor triggering sales. Encourage buyers to post reviews on the product. Do not discard negative reviews. Although this may affect the sale of that particular product, it will build the user’s confidence on the website and the product information provided.
Amazon or Flipkart have very good product review feature. Negative reviews hinder the sale of that particular product, but does not affect the user’s confidence on the website.
If you have a huge collection of products, it is advisable to implement a very efficient product search and a product filter feature. This enables the user to view the products of his/her likes. Displaying a product count beside each category and sub category is also a very polished practice. It gives the user an impression of your seriousness regarding the business.
We live in an age of ‘Ctrl-Z’. People always like the idea of having control over their money even after it is spent. The exchange and return feature gives exactly this sense of power to the buyer. This feature is a very significant factor in triggering buying decisions – simply because it assures – ‘if you do not like it, you can always return it.’ This also encourages impulse buys. However, having this feature for namesake is not enough. You will need to ensure an efficient customer care support to effectively manage this section. This brings to the next important aspect which is Customer Support and Contact Details.
Things may go wrong anytime and for any number of reasons. Hence, it is important to have an efficient customer support and a valid contact detail. This will let the users know where to contact if they have any query or if anything goes wrong. If there is no contact number mentioned, users will eventually reject the website.
This is the most important aspect of a shopping cart application.Variety of payment options should be present and all the online payment options must be secured with 128 bit SSL security indicating “highly secured payment systems”. In present scenario every customer is scared of being duped in terms of payment. So, a secured and established payment system creates the trust of a customer on the website. An unsafe and sloppy payment processing can both result into angry customers as well as ugly lawsuits. If you do not need to store the information, there is no need to store it. Choose among most of the popular PCI compliant payment gateways, even if you need to invest on it additionally.
Whenever a product goes out of stock an opportunity should be given to the customer to leave his / her email address with the website. Hence, after acquiring the inventory of that product the website should be able to inform the inclined customer to come back and happily buy the product.
In this digital era of high competition it is indispensable to dedicate a section announcing the arrival of new range of products with latest technologies, fashion in vogue and everything innovative to stand out in the crowd. And to mention the last but not the least, presence of the unputdownable lucrative offers must be kept in mind. When customers browse internet to buy a product, he or she always compares and opts for a cheaper but reputed site for shopping. So, more alluring discounts are offered, more the chance of conversion remains.
When a buyer pays online to purchase a product, he or she always stays worried about the delivery of the product. An order tracking facility gives the visitor a status about the present position of the purchased product. It also gives a confidence to the buyer about receiving it.
When a buyer chooses a product to buy he or she always has in mind the information of a same product of a different brand. So, this sometime leads to dilemma as which one to choose finally. A product comparison feature helps the buyer to compare these two products with respect to their features, prices, reviews etc, and that makes the purchase decision easier for the buyer.
After adding the products to shopping cart and following the check-out process a buyer can log out from the shop without buying the products. To recover this abandoned cart, the website should be equipped to send a reminder e-mail to the buyer to come back and complete the purchase. This can increase the sale manifold.
There may be a lot of fancy animations and sophisticated features going on in the market. However, to start with, choose the fundamental ones and get them implemented with utmost efficiency. Every online feature in the website is a reflection of your offline effort. The success of a shopping cart does not depend on its size or reach. It actually depends on the consistent efficiency of its involved processes.
Well written! All the above fundamentals ensure ease of use and a great shopping experience.
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Retailers have been using in-store video to analyze customer behaviors and demographics for many years. Separate systems are commonly used for different tasks. For example, one system would count the number of customers moving through a store, in which part of the store those customers linger and near which products. Another system will hold the store layout, whilst yet another may record transactions. Historically, for a retailer to join these data sources to gain insights which could drive more sales by following a strategy has required complex algorithms and data structures that also require significant investment to deliver and incur ongoing maintenance costs.
In this blog post, we will demonstrate how to simplify this process using AWS services (Amazon Rekognition, AWS Lambda, Amazon S3, AWS Glue, AWS Athena and AWS QuickSight) to build an end-to-end solution for in-store video analytics. We will focus on the analysis of still images leveraging an existing loss prevention store camera to produce data for the retail in-store experience.
The following diagram shows the overall architecture and the AWS services involved.
Using the Machine Learning services on AWS like Amazon Rekognition and applying them to motion video or still images from your store, it is possible to derive insights from customer behavior (i.e. which area of the store is frequently visited), demographic segmentation of store traffic (i.e. such as gender or approximate age) while also analyzing patterns of customer sentiment. This practice is already common in the industry, and our proposed solution makes it easier, faster, and more accurate. Sentiment analysis can be used, for example, to get insights into how customers respond to brand content and signage, end cap displays or advertising campaigns while presenting these insights using dashboards similar to the examples shown below.
The purpose of this stage is to collect images or motion video of your customers in-store experience from the camera. This is possible by making use of various cameras such as an existing CCTV or IP Camera system, a (configured) Raspberry Pi with an attached camera module, an AWS DeepLens, or any other similar camera. These still images or motion video files are stored in an Amazon S3 bucket for further processing.
For this example, we used a Raspberry Pi with the motion package installed. This package helps to collect images when there is an interesting event that limits the amount of data needed to be processed. This package also detects motion, creates still images in a local folder, and this folder can be easily synced (in a realtime or batch manner) to the input S3 bucket. After installing the AWS Command Line (instructions here), here is one example of syncing the motion folder to an S3 bucket and deleting locally the file after successful synchronisation (need to adapt the destination bucket to your specific bucket).
We propose using Amazon S3 object store so we can benefit from its virtually unlimited storage, high availability and event triggering capabilities. After creating this bucket, we enable the Amazon S3 event notification capability to publish events to AWS Lambda for every new file in the input folder, then an invoked Lambda function will pass the event data (i.e., incoming data as a parameter to be processed).
To process the incoming images, we use AWS Lambda to read the image and use the Amazon Rekognition APIs to gather all of the relevant information provided by Rekognition for each image (such as facial landmarks that include the coordinates for eye and mouth), gender, age, presence of beard, sunglasses etc) and put the resulting information to a Amazon Kinesis Data Firehose which will publish the data to an Amazon S3 bucket. Amazon Kinesis Data Firehose simplifies the data management because it automatically handles the encryption, the folder structure (year/month/day/hour), optional data transformation, and compression.
The resulting dataset is a set of JSON files that contain the output from Rekognition, representing customers captured on these images. For effective querying from S3 we recommend the files to be in columnar format. One option is to use Amazon Firehose data Data Transformation feature, another is to convert the JSON using AWS Lambda or AWS Glue. Querying small datasets of JSON files is fine but as the table grows with thousands of files it will become less optimal. In this demo, we will be using JSON format to keep it simple.
All the resulting information is then stored in a new Amazon S3 bucket. Per the process step, the information is stored in a JSON format and therefore allows to be queried with Amazon Athena. Therefore we can use AWS Glue Crawlers to automatically infer the data schema based on the data sitting in S3 and use the shared AWS Glue Catalog for Amazon Athena to query the data. Amazon Athena is a service that allows you to query data directly in S3 using standard ANSI SQL commands and without needing to spin up any infrastructure. This allows any data visualization / dashboard tool (i.e. Tableu, Superset, or Amazon QuickSight) to connect to Athena and visualize the data. For our example, we will show how we can use Amazon QuickSight to create a dashboard for this data.
Now that we have described the components of this solution, let’s bring it all together.
We have provided a CloudFormation template which will deploy all the necessary components shown in the architecture diagram except Amazon QuickSight and also the devices IP Camera / Raspberry Pi. In the following section, we will explain key parts of the solution and show how we can make sense of all the analyzed data using Amazon QuickSight while building the dashboard manually.
Note: Cloud Formation template is tested only on eu-west-1 (Ireland) region and it may not work in other regions. Some of the resources deployed by the stack incur costs as long as they’re in use.
Choose the Launch Stack button. It automatically launches the AWS CloudFormation service in eu-west-1 region on your AWS account with a template. You’re prompted to sign in if needed.
Choose Next to proceed with the following settings.
Specify the name of the CloudFormation stack and the required parameters. The default bucket name on the template might have been used, please change the bucket names to a unique name and click Next.
On the Review page, acknowledge that CloudFormation creates AWS Identity and Access Management (IAM)resources and with custom names as a result of launching the stack.
Custom names are required because the template uses serverless transforms. Choose Create Change Set to check the resources that the transforms add, then choose Execute.
After the CloudFormation stack is launched, wait until the status changes from CREATE_IN_PROGRESS to CREATE_COMPLETE. Usually it takes around 7 to 9 minutes to provision all the required resources.
Once AWS CloudFormation template has created the required resources, lets use some pre-captured sample images to process, and AWS Glue crawlers to automatically discover the schema of our processed image data.
Open the source bucket (retail-instore-demo-source), and upload an image or multiple images with multiple people in it. For this example, use few of the downloaded images from the step 1 as you could upload other images later each hour to get different time interval graphs.
Lambda will be triggered, image analyzed using Amazon Rekognition and the results will be put in the S3 processed bucket (retail-instore-demo-processed) for further processing by Athena and QuickSight. You can monitor the files being processed either by watching the processed images being dropped in the processed bucket or by monitoring the AWS Lambda executions in the Lambda Monitoring Console.
In order to query using Athena, first we need to create the tables. We will leverage the AWS Glue crawlers which will automatically discover the schema of our data and create the appropriate table definition in AWS Glue Data Catalog. More details can be found in the documentation for Crawlers with AWS Glue.
By launching a stack from the CloudFormation template, we have only created a Crawler and configured it to “run on demand” as it’s charged hourly. Therefore, we need to run the Crawler manually when we have new data sources to construct the data catalog using pre-built classifiers. To do this, Go to AWS Glue, under Crawlers, run the crawler (retail-instore-demo-glue-s3-crawler).
The Crawler connects to the S3 bucket, progresses through a prioritized list of classifiers to determine the schema for your data, and then creates metadata tables in AWS Glue Data Catalog which will be used to query the processed content in S3 using Athena on top of which we will build a QuickSight dashboard.
Note: Make sure you upload pictures at different time and repeat step 2 to 4, so that you can see graph projection at different timelines.
First let’s the configure the QuickSight with the dataset.
If it’s the first time you access QuickSight, follow the instruction below. If not, go to step 3.
Choose Manage data from the top right.
Leave it on default Import to SPICE for quicker analytics and then click Visualize.
Import complete will appear with the total rows imported to SPICE (which is the in-memory storage component used by QuickSight)Now you can easily start to build some dashboards. We will step through creating a dashboard.
We will first add a custom date field, so that we can have graphs with time axis. Click on “Add” and Add calculated field.
Select “epochDate” from Function list, select “retailtimestamp” from Fieldlist, and Create.
This should create the calculated field.
Resize the visual windows as necessary, and select “Vertical stacked bar chart” under Visual types.
From Fields list, drag and drop the “DateCalculated” to X axis, “emotion” to Value and “emotion” to Group/Color on the Field wells. Graph will be populated based on the emotions captured from the images.
This graph will display the emotions of people in different timestamps. For example, this can be a dashboard to display emotions captured at Aisle 23 while tracking a new product response on that aisle. Another example, this allows to better count and qualify customers in front of a specific store endcap.
Lets add few more visuals. Click on “Add” and Add visual.
The QuickSight dashboard above shows analysis of image capture events in a store. For examples, you can see analysis of overall customer sentiment. You could understand the customer age range, and how many people visited each day from these metrics. Once you’re done with your analysis, you can easily share these insights with others in your team or organization by publishing it as a dashboard.
Using Amazon Rekognition you can better segment your customers. You can obtain feedback on customer experience for a specific area of the store.
When you have finished experimenting, you can remove all the resources by following these steps.
Delete the contents inside all the S3 buckets that the CloudFormation template created.
This post showed you how simple it is to gain insights into customers’ in-store behaviour using AWS. Using your existing cctv systems or any camera, you can quickly build this solution and adapt it to your needs.
In-store video streams analysis:Using Kinesis Videostreams it’s possible to stream your existing videos, which allows for additional use cases such as capturing the path of customers (and using heatmaps) and where they spent time in the store.
Customer loyalty and engagement programs utilizing facial recognition: Another very interesting possibility is the ability to recognize customers who have opted-in and shared a profile photo of themselves as part of a loyalty program, incentive program, or other customer benefit. Using the volunteered data, those customers could be recognized and offered a more elevated and personalized customer experience at a retail location.
Bastien Leblanc is a Solutions Architect with AWS. He helps Retail customers adopt the AWS Platform, focusing on Data & Analytics workloads, he likes to work with customers helping to solve retail problems and drive innovation.
Imran Dawood is a Solutions Architect with AWS. He works with Retail customers helping them build solutions on AWS with architectural guidance to achieve success in the AWS cloud. In his spare time, Imran enjoys playing table tennis and spending time with family.