Boundary First Flattening (BFF) is a free and open source application for surface parameterization. Unlike other tools for UV mapping, BFF allows free-form editing of the flattened mesh, providing users direct control over the shape of the flattened domain—rather than being stuck with whatever the software provides. The initial flattening is fully automatic, with distortion mathematically guaranteed to be as low or lower than any other conformal mapping tool. The tool also provides some state-of-the art flattening techniques not available in standard UV mapping software such as cone singularities, which can dramatically reduce area distortion, and seamless maps, which help eliminate artifacts by ensuring identical texture resolution across all cuts. BFF is highly optimized, allowing interactive editing of meshes with millions of triangles.
The BFF application is based on the paper, “Boundary First Flattening” by Rohan Sawhney and Keenan Crane.
Minimal Area Distortion — By default, BFF automatically produces a flattening with minimal area distortion and virtually zero angle distortion. This map is generally useful for most texturing and surface processing tasks.
Direct Editing — The initial map can be edited interactively using handle-based manipulation of the size and orientation of the boundary curve. This can be useful for packing UVs into a texture atlas, or for emphasizing regions of the surface that should receive more texture area (for instance).
Sharp Corners — The domain can also be flattened into a polygon with sharp corners, like a rectangle (useful for, e.g. maximizing use of texture area).
Cone Singularities — Cone singularities can be used to reduce area distortion in regions of high curvature. Cones can be placed manually or automatically, and can be adjusted interactively. Optionally, the resulting map can be made globally seamless along any cuts caused by the placement of cones.
Uniformization — The surface can be mapped to a circular disk (or sphere), which is useful for cross-parameterization (mapping one surface to another).
BFF should be fairly intuitive to use, so go ahead and give it a try! If you find you still have questions, the tutorial below may provide some useful guidance. (Warning: As with most tutorials, this one may not be in sync with the latest software version. Read at your own risk! ;-))
BFF can be run either from the command line, which provides automatic parameterization and some basic operations, or in an interactive GUI, which provides additional operations and editing capabilities. Either tool loads a polygon mesh in OBJ format, and produces a flattened mesh (also in OBJ format). Meshes with (and without) boundary, holes, handles and multiple components are supported. The only restriction is that meshes must have manifold connectivity (though this may be relaxed in future versions). Meshes that do not have disk or sphere topology will be automatically cut for flattening.
To get started, take a look at our short (10min.) overview video. More detailed descriptions of individual features are found below.
Initially, the GUI should look something like this:
The 3D View shows the original mesh, the UV view shows the current flattening. Since BFF is incredibly fast, you do not have to take any action to get an updated flattening; the UV view will be automatically refreshed whenever you click on a button or other UI element. The Toolbar provides various options for flattening the surface; pay close attention to the Tool Tips, which can provide useful information about the currently selected tool. By default, the UV map is visualized as a grid on the surface; the shading on the surface is also used to light the UV map, to give a sense of correspondence between 3D and 2D. Additional visualization options are described below. Finally, the Reset button will set the current tool (and the corresponding flattening) back to its default parameters.
New meshes can be loaded by pressing the Load Mesh button; the Export Mesh button allows a mesh to be exported to OBJ format, with the texture coordinates stored in the vt field (one per distinct triangle corner in the flattened mesh). The Export Normalized UVs checkbox will scale the UVs between 0 and 1 in texture space.
The view can be independently adjusted in both the 3D view and the UV view. In particular:
In addition to visualizing the map itself, BFF provides facilities for inspecting the quality of the map. The Shading Menu (first menu in the Plot section) provides the following options:
The Pattern Menu draws different patterns on the surface. These patterns have been chosen to give a sense of the angle and area distortion in the flattening. For a perfect map (i.e., no distortion at all) the pattern should look uniform in scale across the whole surface, and circles and squares in the UV view should look like circles and squares in the 3D view (taking perspective distortion into account). These features will give you a sense of how textures and other data will look when mapped onto the surface. In particular:
The Pattern Scale Slider, found directly below the Pattern Menu, will adjust the scale of the pattern. Such adjustment can be useful for, e.g., understanding what's going on in a map with high area distortion.
The Show Wireframe checkbox toggles display of a wireframe over the mesh edges, which can be helpful for visualizing the map.
A key functionality provided by BFF is the ability to change the target shape of the flattening, by manipulating its boundary curve. No matter what target shape is used, BFF will tend to reduce a map with very low distortion, so that textures and other data can still be nicely mapped back onto the original surface. Several possibilities are accessible through the graphical interface (and additional possibilities are available through source code-level access):
In general, it is impossible to flatten a surface perfectly. Somewhere, there must be distortion of either angles or areas. BFF can produce flattenings with minimal area distortion and virtually zero angle distortion, but in some situations area distortion is still too high for practical use. One solution is to cut the mesh into smaller pieces, each of which is easier to flatten, but typically this is unnecessarily aggressive. One can instead reduce distortion to more reasonable levels by inserting cone singularities, which play much the same role as “darts” in garment design. The BFF GUI makes it easy to explore the effect of placing cones, and also provides the ability to place cones automatically in order to reduce area distortion.
Unlike ordinary cuts, which can cause visual artifacts due to differences in resolution across the cut, BFF guarantees that the map is seamless, meaning that in UV space two corresponding cut edges always have identical length. Seamless maps are discussed in more detail below.
The easiest way to add cones is simply to click on any point of the surface in either the 3D View or UV View while the target boundary is set to Automatic or Disk. Doing so will insert a cone at the click location, find a cut from this cone to the boundary, and update the flattening. Additional clicks will add additional cones. To see the effect on area distortion, set the plot mode to Area Distortion, which will show the distribution of area distortion over the surface (as described above). Clicking on regions of high area distortion will tend to reduce it. Drawing a pattern (such as grid or checkerboard) will also provide some sense of how much scale distortion remains. Note that a poor choice of cones can actually increase area distortion— some experimentation may be required here. Alternatively, one can try the automatic placement button, as described below. (Cuts are picked automatically in the GUI; the cutting strategy can currently only be changed via source-level modifications to BFF.)
The Angle Control slider allows the cone angle to be adjusted; alternatively, one may type in a specific cone angle (as a multiple of π). The cone angle can be understood in analogy with “darts” in dressmaking: smaller angles will typically accommodate less curvature; large angles are helpful for highly curved regions. For spherical surfaces (with no boundary) the total angle sum must be 4π at all times; the GUI will automatically adjust the least-recently updated cone to make sure this sum holds.
A target number of cones can also be placed by simply pressing the Place Cones button. The number of cones can be specified in the # Cones field. Note that computing these cones may take some time, especially for meshes with many boundary vertices. (This feature will be improved in future versions; stay tuned!)
Placing cones will make cuts in the surface (indicated by red lines). By default, BFF already guarantees that the UV lengths of edges on either side of the cut is guaranteed to be exactly the same, so there is no jump in texture resolution across the cut. Likewise, the angle in UV space between two cut edges is exactly determined by the cone angle—for instance, if all cones angles are a multiple of π/2 (i.e., 90 degrees), then the edges will also be related by 90 degree rotations. To check this, set the drawing pattern to Grid. If all of your cone angles are multiples of π/2, you should see that both the spacing and the direction of grid lines is unchanged as you go across a cut. However, you may also notice that grid lines shift left or right as you cross the cut, resulting in a visible seam. If the surface needs to be covered with a regular pattern (or tessellated into a regular grid), it can be useful to eliminate this seam, which you can do by pressing the Remove Seams button.
For sphere-like surfaces, BFF will also automatically produce a map to the sphere; simply press the Map to Sphere button. For maps to the sphere, there is less control that can be provided to the user since there is no boundary to edit! (Future versions may expose Möbius degrees of freedom, as with the disk.)
To get a map with lower area distortion, one can again add cone singularities (either automatically or manually) as described above. The surface will automatically be cut into a disk and flattened.
On Mac OSX and Linux, compiling should be as simple as
git clone https://github.com/GeometryCollective/boundary-first-flattening.git
cd boundary-first-flattening && git submodule update --init --recursive
mkdir build && cd build && cmake ..
make -j 4
These instructions will create a command line and GUI application. The Windows binary shared above was built by linking with the version of OpenBlas included in the deps folder. You will need to include the libopenblas.dll.a static library in your Visual Studio project.
The BFF code can be compiled and run independent of the GUI, for easy integration into other software packages / plugins. To run the command line interface, simply navigate into the directory containing the executable bff-command-line and type
./bff-command-line in.obj out.obj
Unlike the GUI, the command line application does not expose some of the interactive features of BFF such editing of boundary lengths, corner angles and cone angles. These features can still be accessed via the code level interface (see below).
// Computes automatic flattening with minimal area distortion
// -boundaryData stores either the target angles at boundary vertices (if
// givenScaleFactors is false) -OR- the target scale factors (if givenScaleFactors
// is true)
// (resulting flattening is stored in Corner::uv for each corner of this->mesh)
void BFF::flatten(DenseMatrix& boundaryData, bool givenScaleFactors);
// Computes flattening with prescribed cones
// - the matrix C is just a Vx1 vector of cone angles (usually zero for most vertices)
// - surfaceHasCut should be set to true if the locations of cones changed
// (resulting flattening is stored in Corner::uv for each corner of this->mesh)
void BFF::flattenWithCones(const DenseMatrix& C, bool surfaceHasNewCut);
// Uniformization over the unit disk
// (resulting flattening is stored in Corner::uv for each corner of this->mesh)
void BFF::flattenToDisk();
// Conformally maps a genus 0 mesh to a sphere
// (resulting flattening is stored in Corner::uv for each corner of this->mesh)
void BFF::mapToSphere();
The BFF application implements the algorithm described in the paper:
Boundary First Flattening
Sawhney, Crane
ACM Transactions on Graphics
Our application builds on some terrific insights and work done on conformal flattening in recent years, including the automatic cone placement algorithm found in Ben Chen et al, “Conformal Flattening by Curvature Prescription and Metric Scaling” and the technique used to make maps globally seamless from Springborn et al, “Conformal Equivalence of Triangle Meshes”. We are also indebted to the work of Kharevych et al, “Discrete Conformal Mappings via Circle Patterns”, which introduced the idea of cone singularities into practical conformal parameterization algorithms.
Development of this software was funded in part by NSF Award 1717320, and a gift from Autodesk, Inc. Thanks to Tim Davis for help with block reordering and supernodal subfactor extraction in CHOLMOD. Any opinions, findings, and conclusions or recommendations expressed in this material are those of the author(s) and do not necessarily reflect the views of the National Science Foundation.
BFF is the recipient of the SGP 2019 Outstanding Software Project Award
Released under the MIT License


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AKWorld
open class AKWorld : NSObject
A single class to hold all world state. It manages it’s own Metal Device, Renderer, and ARSession. Initialize it with a MetalKit View which this class will render into. There should only be one of these per AR View.
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The
ARSession
object asociatted with theAKWorld
.Declaration
Swift
public let session: ARSession
-
The
MTLDevice
object asociatted with theAKWorld
.Declaration
Swift
public let device: MTLDevice
-
The
MTKView
to which the AR world will be rendered.Declaration
Swift
public let renderDestination: MTKView
-
The current AKWorldLocation of the user (technically the user’s device). The transform is relative to the ARKit origin which was the position of the camera when the AR session starts. This world location contains no rotation information, the heading is always aligned to the referenceWorldLocation. When usesLocation = true, the axis are rotated such that z points due south.
Declaration
Swift
public var currentWorldLocation: AKWorldLocation? { get }
-
Same as currentWorldLocation with the rotation component of the device multiplied in
Declaration
Swift
public var currentWorldLocationWithRotation: AKWorldLocation? { get }
-
A location that represents a reliable AKWorldLocation object tying together a real world location (latitude, longitude, and elevation) to AR world transforms. This location has a transform that is relative to origin of the AR world which was the position of the camera when the AR session starts. When usesLocation = true, the axis of the transform are rotated such that z points due south. This transform correlates to the latitude, longitude, and elevation. This reference location is the basis for calulating transforms based on new lat, lng, elev or translating a new transform to lat, lng, elevation
Declaration
Swift
public var referenceWorldLocation: AKWorldLocation? { get }
-
The current AKWorldLocation of the user’s gaze, the point where a vector from the center of the device intersects the closes detected surface. The transform is relative to the ARKit origin which was the position of the camera when the AR session starts. When usesLocation = true, the axis are rotated such that z points due south.
Declaration
Swift
public var currentGazeLocation: AKWorldLocation? { get }
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The lowest horizontal surface anchor which is assumed to be ground. If no horizontal surfaces have been detected, this returns a horizontal surface 3m below the current device position.
Declaration
Swift
public var estimatedGroundLayer: AKRealSurfaceAnchor { get }
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The current
AKWorldStatus
Declaration
Swift
public private(set) var worldStatus: AKWorldStatus { get set }
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If provided, the
monitor
will be called whenworldStatus
orrenderStatus
changes. Themonitor
can be used to provide feedback to the user about the state of the AR world and the state of the render pipeline.Declaration
Swift
public var monitor: AKWorldMonitor?
-
Initializes a new
AKWorld
object.Declaration
Swift
public init(renderDestination: MTKView, configuration: AKWorldConfiguration = AKWorldConfiguration(), textureBundle: Bundle? = nil)
Parameters
renderDestination
The
MTKView
to which the AR world will be rendered.configuration
The
AKWorldConfiguration
object used for configuring the world.textureBundle
The
Bundle
from which the renderer will look for texture assets. -
Initializes AR tracking and rendering.
Declaration
Swift
public func initialize()
-
Starts AR tracking and rendering.
Declaration
Swift
public func begin()
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Pauses AR tracking and rendering.
Declaration
Swift
public func pause()
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Add a new
AKAugmentedAnchor
to the AR world.Declaration
Swift
public func add(anchor: AKAugmentedAnchor)
Parameters
anchor
The
AKAugmentedAnchor
object containing model and position information for the rendered anchor. -
Remove an
AKAugmentedAnchor
from the AR world.Declaration
Swift
public func remove(anchor: AKAugmentedAnchor)
Parameters
anchor
The
AKAugmentedAnchor
object to be removed. -
Add a new
AKAugmentedTracker
to the AR world.Declaration
Swift
public func add(tracker: AKAugmentedTracker)
Parameters
tracker
The
AKAugmentedTracker
object containing model and position information for the rendered tracker. -
Remove an
AKAugmentedTracker
from the AR world.Declaration
Swift
public func remove(tracker: AKAugmentedTracker)
Parameters
tracker
The
AKAugmentedTracker
object to be removed. -
Add a new
GazeTarget
to the AR world.Declaration
Swift
public func add(gazeTarget: GazeTarget)
Parameters
gazeTarget
The
GazeTarget
object containing model and position information for the rendered tracker. -
Remove a
GazeTarget
from the AR world.Declaration
Swift
public func remove(gazeTarget: GazeTarget)
Parameters
gazeTarget
The
GazeTarget
object to be removed.
-
Gets the
AKWorldMap
from the AR Session.Declaration
Swift
public func getWorldMap(completion: @escaping (AKWorldMap?, Error?) -> Void)
Parameters
completion
a block that will be called with either a
AKWorldMap
or an error when the world map has been retrieved. -
Gets the ARWorldMap and saves it to the temporary directory, returning the URL.
Declaration
Swift
public func getArchivedWorldMap(completion: @escaping (URL?, Error?) -> Void)
Parameters
completion
a block that will be called with either a
URL
or an error when the world map has been retrieved. -
Resets the AR Session with the given inital world map.
Declaration
Swift
public func setWorldMap(worldMap: AKWorldMap)
Parameters
worldMap
The
AKWorldMap
to restore. -
Load an ARKWorldMap from a file URL.
Throws
ARError(.invalidWorldMap)
if the object cannot be unarchived from the specified url.Declaration
Swift
public func loadWorldMap(from url: URL) throws
Parameters
from
The
URL
to the location of the archivedAKWorldMap
on disk. After unarchiving,setWorldMap(worldMap:)
will be called theAKWorldMap
object
-
Creates a new
AKWorldLocation
object at the given location in the real world. This method uses the most reliable location provided beCoreLocation
and calculates where the provided latitude, longitude, and elevation are relative to the current position. Because of this, the accuracy of the providedAKWorldLocation
may be low if this method is called shortly after initializing the AR world.Declaration
Swift
public func worldLocation(withLatitude latitude: Double, longitude: Double, elevation: Double?) -> AKWorldLocation?
Parameters
withLatitude
The latitude of the resulting
AKWorldLocation
longitude
The longitude of the resulting
AKWorldLocation
elevation
The elevation of the resulting
AKWorldLocation
Return Value
A new
AKWorldLocation
or nil if there has not been enough time to reliably establish the users current location. -
Creates a new
AKWorldLocation
object at a given x, y, z offset from the current users location.Declaration
Swift
public func worldLocationFromCurrentLocation(withMetersEast offsetX: Double, metersUp offsetY: Double, metersSouth offsetZ: Double) -> AKWorldLocation?
Parameters
withMetersEast
Meters East to offset the new location from the users current location. Use negative values to move the offset in a Westerly direction.
metersUp
Meters Up to offset the new location from the users current location. Use negative values to move the offset in a Downward direction.
metersSouth
Meters South to offset the new location from the users current location. Use negative values to move the offset in a Northerly direction.
Return Value
A new
AKWorldLocation
or nil if there has not been enough time to reliably establish the users current location. -
Creates a new
AKWorldLocation
object which is offset from the current users location. The offsets are given relative to the devices current orientation.Declaration
Swift
public func worldLocationWithDistanceFromMe(metersToTheRight metersRelX: Double = 0, metersAbove metersRelY: Double = 0, metersInFront metersRelMinusZ: Double = 0) -> AKWorldLocation?
Parameters
metersToTheRight
Meters Right to offset the new location from the users current location and orientation. Use negative values to move the offset to the Left.
metersAbove
Meters Above to offset the new location from the users current location and orientation. Use negative values to move the offset Below.
metersInFront
Meters in Front to offset the new location from the users current location and orientation. Use negative values to move the offset to the Back.
Return Value
A new
AKWorldLocation
or nil if there has not been enough time to reliably establish the users current location. -
Creates a new
AKHeading
object which faces the current users location from theAKWorldLocation
provided. TheAKHeading
is a fixed heading and does NOT re-orient itself as the user continues to move.Declaration
Swift
public func headingFacingAtMe(from worldLocation: AKWorldLocation) -> AKHeading?
Parameters
from
A
AKWorldLocation
object representing the location of the object that you want to face the user.Return Value
A new
AKHeading
or nil if there has not been enough time to reliably establish the users current location.


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Frequently asked questions
I will try to collect common questions and their answers.
- Where should I start best?
- Can I create entries for the past?
- How does automated check-in work?
- Why is the check-in often somewhere else than expected?
- Why is the smallest radius limited to 50m?
- Is there a maximum number of automated check-ins?
- How can I disable those notifications?
- How does GeoLicious use Foursquare?
- Are Foursquare checkins public?
- What's the meaning of these small icons in the lists?
- Why does the Facebook or Twitter sync not work?
General questions
- Where should I start best?
- The easiest way to collect data is to use the button to check in at the top right of the map view. There you may create and edit your first entry. Or you search on the top left of the map for specific locations and then add an entry by tapping the appropriate marker.
- Can I create entries for the past?
- Of course. You can always tap a marker on the map and then the red check-in button in the upper right to create an entry for this place. Or you may use the search on the map to enter new places.
Automated check-in
- How does automated check-in work?
- GeoLicious uses the so-called geo-fencing for this feature. For this purpose an entry is made in iOS which defines the position and a radius. The system then triggers a signal as you enter and leave this area which the app can respond to. This is not using the full GPS signal all the time. The farther away you get from such a defined location the less iOS checks if you get closer. As a result, this feature is especially battery gently and has only a small influence on the battery life.
- Why is the check-in often somewhere else than expected?
- iOS checks the current position every few seconds while geo-fencing. In addition, the specification of the radius is not exact to the meter. The quality of the geo-fencing depends on several factors such as the available GPS signal, existing wireless networks and the amount of radio masts. Apple has not yet disclosed the exact operation of this feature.
- Why is the smallest radius limited to 50m?
- Even these 50m are rarely achieved in practice. The effective minimum range is somewhere between 50 and 100m. An even smaller radius would not trigger the necessary signal. These values have resulted in real tests. The official docs of the API state the following: In iOS 6, regions with a radius between 1 and 400 meters work better on iPhone 4S or later devices. (In iOS 5, regions with a radius between 1 and 150 meters work better on iPhone 4S and later devices.) On these devices, an app can expect to receive the appropriate region entered or region exited notification within 3 to 5 minutes on average, if not sooner.
- Is there a maximum number of automated check-ins?
- Yes. Unfortunately iOS currently allows a maximum of 20 active geo-fences per app. Once try to activate automated check-in at your 21st place GeoLicious will therefore generate a notification for you. The API says the following: An app can register up to 20 regions at a time. In order to report region changes in a timely manner, the region monitoring service requires network connectivity.
- How can I disable those notifications?
- The notifications may be altered or disabled at all via iOS settings – as with every other app too. For some time now there are also some settings within the app itself.
Foursquare
- How does GeoLicious use Foursquare?
- For some time now Foursquare supports GeoLicious by presenting known venues around you current location. For that nothing but your current location is transmitted to Foursquare. Foursquare is not able to connect those different requests to a single person – they are fully anonymous. A new feature is the active connection to your Foursquare account. If you connect your account you'll be able to sync sleected checkins to Foursquare. For this to work the selected location must come from the Foursquare database and have been enabled for Foursquare checkings. Only those checkins are connected to you person – location requests for known venues keep anonymous.
- Are Foursquare checkins public?
- All checkins to Foursquare are public in that way that everyone may see all recent checkins to any venue known on Foursquare. On the other hand it is not possible to scan all checkins of any single person. You'll need to make an active friend-request to achive that. From then on you'll be able to see all checkings of your friend.
- What's the meaning of these small icons in the lists?
- Locations that have been added from the Foursquare database are marked with a small icon. If the icon is blue and not just gray all new checkins will be synced to Foursquare if your account is still connected. Checkins with a gray Foursquare icon are marked for Foursquare synchronisation. As soon as this icon turns blue that sync has been successful. If you might not have a working internet connection at the checkin GeoLicious will try to sync your event with every start of the app for the next 24 hours. Should this not work within that time GeoLicious will give up.
- Why does the Facebook or Twitter sync not work?
- Both links to Facebook and Twitter rely on Foursquare to be connected to these networks. You'll need to authorize Foursquare to post to these networks for these settings to work. You can do this via the Foursquare app or the web. A direct link to Facebook or Twitter is not planed at the moment.


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DNA Fingerprinting
Notes
A DNA Fingerprint is a Type of Restriction Map=- A DNA fingerprint is a representation of parts of an individual's DNA that can be used to identify a person at the molecular level
- A DNA fingerprint is a specific type of restriction map
- The greatest differences in DNA among people are those found in regions of the genome that are not parts of genes
- DNA fingerprinting focuses on the noncoding regions of DNA, or DNA sequences outside of the genes
- The specific nucleotide sequences that are repeated can be found in everyone
- From one person to another, the number of repeat sequences can differ greatly, even among brothers and sisters
- DNA Fingerprints and Probability=
- Identification with DNA fingerprinting depends on probability
- Individual probabilities are multiplied by each other to find the total probability
- DNA fingerprinting compares at least five regions of the genome which makes patterns unique
- The more DNA that is studied, the less likely it becomes that two people share the same DNA fingerprint
- Uses of DNA Fingerprinting=
- DNA fingerprints are often used in legal cases
- Evidence can come from even the smallest of samples due to PCR
- Sometimes DNA fingerprints are used against a suspect, but other times they are used to prove someone's innocence
- DNA fingerprints can prove family relationships and are used to study biodiversity
Questions
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On what, in a person's DNA, is a DNA fingerprint based?
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Describe two ways in which DNA fingerprinting is used.
Answer: DNA fingerprinting can be used to prove family relationships and prove someone's innocence.


WITNESS LIST Business & Commerce Committee (Subcommittee on Subcommittee on Interim Charge #2) July 16, 2002 - 1:00P Homeowners and Auto Insurance Rate ON: Ballard, Melinda President (Policyholders of America), Austin, TX Gonzalez, Ray (State Spokesman for American G.I. Forum), San Antonio, TX Milligan, Bruce (Texas Independent Lloyds), Dallas, TX Montemayor, Jose Commissioner of Insurance (Texas Department of Insurance), Austin, TX Presley, Philip Chief Actuary (Texas Department of Insurance), Austin, TX Stinson, Bill (Texas Association of Realtors), Austin, TX Thompson, Jay (AFACT), Austin, TX Zepeda, Johnny Legal Assistant (Coalition of Exclusive Insurance Agents), San Antonio, TX Registering, but not testifying: On: Ayala, Daniel (Self), San Antonio, TX


Sensex falls 336 points to close at 40,794 ahead of GDP data; Nifty below 12,050
by TIMESOFINDIA.COMHighlights
- Hindustan Unilever, Tata Motors, Yes Bank, M&M, Vedanta, SBI and Sun Pharma were the biggest losers in the sensex pack, with their shares plunging up to 2.50 per cent
- Investors booked profits at higher levels ahead of Q2 gross domestic product (GDP) growth numbers, scheduled to be released later in the day, traders said
NEW DELHI: Equity indices on Friday ended in red with the benchmark BSE sensex plunging over 300 points ahead of quarterly GDP growth data release.
The 30-share BSE index fell 336.36 points or 0.82 per cent to finish at 40,793.81. While, the broader NSE Nifty closed 95.10 points or 0.78 per cent lower at 12,056.05.
Hindustan Unilever, Tata Motors, Yes Bank, M&M, Vedanta, SBI and Sun Pharma were the biggest losers in the sensex pack, with their shares plunging up to 2.50 per cent.
On the other hand, Bharti Airtel, HDFC Bank, NTPC, Maruti and Asian Paints were the only gainers, with their stocks up as much as 1.28 per cent.
All sub-indices on NSE, except for Nifty Realty, closed lower with Nifty Media, Nifty PSU Bank and Nifty Metal falling up to 2.46 per cent.
Investors booked profits at higher levels ahead of Q2 gross domestic product (GDP) growth numbers, scheduled to be released later in the day, traders said.
According to experts, GDP growth for Q2 is expected to be between 4.2 per cent and 4.7 per cent, slower than the 5 per cent in Q1.
Weak cues from global markets also weighed on market mood, they added.
Meanwhile, foreign institutional investors (FIIs) bought shares worth Rs 1,008.89 crore in the capital market in the previous session, while domestic institutional investors (DIIs) sold equities worth Rs 155.47 crore, data available with stock exchange showed.
On the currency front, the rupee depreciated 17 paise (intra-day) against the US dollar to 71.79.
Brent crude, the global oil benchmark, fell 0.79 per cent to $62.77 per barrel in futures trade.
(With agency inputs)


Music
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Midi files can be played in Windows Media Player on your computer (or QuickTime) but I find that the default synthesizer is sub-par. WinAmp and foobar2000 allow you to use your soundcard's synth, but there's an even better option. MidiPlayer2 is a free application for Windows that allows you to use a SoundFont to customize the synthesizer. Midis have a reputation for sounding bad, but that's only because most people play them straight through WMP. They are actually capable of rather sophisicated synthesis if played using the right tools. You can find a download link for MidiPlayer2 on the Downloads page. |
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Anime Music Midis |
Neon Genesis Evangelion - A Cruel Angel's Thesis |
Pokemon Theme Song (Original) |
Dance/EDM Music Midis |
Daft Punk - Around the World |
Darude - Sandstorm |
Demo Midis |
Windows 95 - Clouds (Credits Easter Egg) |
Pop Music Midis |
Britney Spears - Toxic |
Cher - Believe |
Macklemore and Ryan Lewis - Thrift Shop |
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Duck Tales (NES) - Moon |
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It's that time again! UBC Quidditch is hosting its third annual Yule Ball Event as a fundraiser for World Cup
and regionals! This year our event will be all ages, so ickle firsties are welcome! The night will start out
with some waltzing, PHOTOBOOTHING (new this year!), and socializing all under a bed of floating candles that
will gradually descend into a festive rave!
Entirely optional workout!
No stress. Entirely optional!
Welcome back from your winter holidays! Hopefully you are feeling well rested. We look forward to seeing everyone out at practice this coming weekend. Keep posted for upcoming events.
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So What's the Deal With Classes and IDs?
Spoiler Alert: They are both similar and dissimilar
06/17/2015
So what's going on with these CSS modifiers? On the surface 'classes' and 'IDs' are incredibly similar. Both modify an element and both are called with the following syntax: selector ID="ID name". The difference lies in the subtilties with the element you're trying to modify.
So let's start with classes! A class is a modifier that can change multiple elements in an HTML file. For example, if I would like to change the color of an element to red I can create a .red class to be added to any element I want.
Simple as that! Remember: A class can be implemented as many times as you want in an HTML file.
IDs, on the other hand work, a little differently. An ID is a modifier that can only change one element in an HTML file. For example, if I would like to make a container for my main content I can make a #content ID to be implemented in the HTML once.
It's important that each ID is only used once, if not the HTML file will not render properly.
That's it for today. Check back here for more content every week!


Mr. and Mrs. Dursley, of number four, Privet Drive, wereproud to say that they were
perfectly normal, thankyou very much. They were the last people you’d expect to be in-volved in
anything strange or mysterious, because they just didn’thold with such nonsense.


Test functions are often used to test computer code. They are used in optimization to test algorithms and in metamodeling to evaluate model predictions. This package provides test functions that can be used for any purpose. Some functions are taken from <https://www.sfu.ca/~ssurjano>, but their R code is not used.
| Version: | 0.2.0 |
| Suggests: | knitr, rmarkdown, numDeriv, ContourFunctions |
| Published: | 2017-05-09 |
| Author: | Collin Erickson |
| Maintainer: | Collin Erickson <collinberickson at gmail.com> |
| License: | GPL-3 |
| NeedsCompilation: | no |
| Materials: | README NEWS |
| CRAN checks: | TestFunctions results |
| Reference manual: | TestFunctions.pdf |
| Vignettes: |
An Introduction to TestFunctions |
| Package source: | TestFunctions_0.2.0.tar.gz |
| Windows binaries: | r-devel: TestFunctions_0.2.0.zip, r-release: TestFunctions_0.2.0.zip, r-oldrel: TestFunctions_0.2.0.zip |
| OS X binaries: | r-release: TestFunctions_0.2.0.tgz, r-oldrel: TestFunctions_0.2.0.tgz |
| Old sources: | TestFunctions archive |
Please use the canonical form https://CRAN.R-project.org/package=TestFunctions to link to this page.


The MediaEval Multimedia Evaluation benchmark offers challenges in artificial intelligence for multimedia data. Participants address these challenges by creating algorithms for retrieval, analysis, and exploration. Solutions are systematically compared using a common evaluation procedure, making it possible to establish the state of the art and track progress. Our larger aim is to promote reproducible research that makes multimedia a positive force for society.
MediaEval goes beyond other benchmarks and data science challenges in that it also pursues a “Quest for Insight” (Q4I). With Q4I we push beyond only striving to improve evaluation scores to also working to achieve deeper understanding about the challenges. For example, properties of the data, strengths and weaknesses of particular types of approaches, and observations about the evaluation procedure.
The MediaEval 2023 Workshop will be held 1-2 February, collocated with MMM 2024 in Amsterdam, Netherlands and also online.
MediaEval is grateful for the support of ACM Special Interest Group on Multimedia
Participants detect and track sperm in microscope videos, using provided microscope videos and metadata. They must analyze both global and individual sperm attributes such as motility, speed, and distance traveled. The annotations follow WHO sperm quality standards and are verified by experts.
Read more.Participants develop classifiers to predict whether a text passage and an image evoke the same smell source or not and identify common smell sources text passages and images. Optionally, the challenge can be addressed in a cross-language setting.
Read more.Participants are supplied with a large set of articles (including text body, and headlines) and the accompanying images from international publishers. The task requires participants to predict which image was used to accompany each article.
Read more.Participants automatically predict memorability scores for videos that reflect the probability that a video will be remembered. They will be provided with an extensive data set of videos with memorability annotations, related information, pre-extracted state-of-the-art visual features, and Electroencephalography (EEG) recordings.
Read more.Participants address video analysis challenges in two sports: table tennis and swimming videos. Subtasks include position detection and action classification and involve leveraging different modalities in the video data: visual, sound, and text.
Read more.


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Class: Aws::MediaLive::Types::OutputGroupSettings
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Output
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Constant Summary
Instance Attribute Summary
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#archive_group_settings ⇒ Types::ArchiveGroupSettings
rw
Archive Group Settings.
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#frame_capture_group_settings ⇒ Types::FrameCaptureGroupSettings
rw
Frame Capture Group Settings.
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#hls_group_settings ⇒ Types::HlsGroupSettings
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Hls Group Settings.
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#media_package_group_settings ⇒ Types::MediaPackageGroupSettings
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Media Package Group Settings.
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Ms Smooth Group Settings.
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Rtmp Group Settings.
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Udp Group Settings.
Instance Method Summary
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Instance Attribute Details
#archive_group_settings ⇒ Types::ArchiveGroupSettings (rw)
Archive Group Settings
# File 'gems/aws-sdk-medialive/lib/aws-sdk-medialive/types.rb', line 9603
class OutputGroupSettings < Struct.new( :archive_group_settings, :frame_capture_group_settings, :hls_group_settings, :media_package_group_settings, :ms_smooth_group_settings, :multiplex_group_settings, :rtmp_group_settings, :udp_group_settings) SENSITIVE = [] include Aws::Structure end
#frame_capture_group_settings ⇒ Types::FrameCaptureGroupSettings (rw)
Frame Capture Group Settings
# File 'gems/aws-sdk-medialive/lib/aws-sdk-medialive/types.rb', line 9603
class OutputGroupSettings < Struct.new( :archive_group_settings, :frame_capture_group_settings, :hls_group_settings, :media_package_group_settings, :ms_smooth_group_settings, :multiplex_group_settings, :rtmp_group_settings, :udp_group_settings) SENSITIVE = [] include Aws::Structure end
#hls_group_settings ⇒ Types::HlsGroupSettings (rw)
Hls Group Settings
# File 'gems/aws-sdk-medialive/lib/aws-sdk-medialive/types.rb', line 9603
class OutputGroupSettings < Struct.new( :archive_group_settings, :frame_capture_group_settings, :hls_group_settings, :media_package_group_settings, :ms_smooth_group_settings, :multiplex_group_settings, :rtmp_group_settings, :udp_group_settings) SENSITIVE = [] include Aws::Structure end
#media_package_group_settings ⇒ Types::MediaPackageGroupSettings (rw)
Media Package Group Settings
# File 'gems/aws-sdk-medialive/lib/aws-sdk-medialive/types.rb', line 9603
class OutputGroupSettings < Struct.new( :archive_group_settings, :frame_capture_group_settings, :hls_group_settings, :media_package_group_settings, :ms_smooth_group_settings, :multiplex_group_settings, :rtmp_group_settings, :udp_group_settings) SENSITIVE = [] include Aws::Structure end
#ms_smooth_group_settings ⇒ Types::MsSmoothGroupSettings (rw)
Ms Smooth Group Settings
# File 'gems/aws-sdk-medialive/lib/aws-sdk-medialive/types.rb', line 9603
class OutputGroupSettings < Struct.new( :archive_group_settings, :frame_capture_group_settings, :hls_group_settings, :media_package_group_settings, :ms_smooth_group_settings, :multiplex_group_settings, :rtmp_group_settings, :udp_group_settings) SENSITIVE = [] include Aws::Structure end
#multiplex_group_settings ⇒ Types::MultiplexGroupSettings (rw)
Multiplex
Group Settings
# File 'gems/aws-sdk-medialive/lib/aws-sdk-medialive/types.rb', line 9603
class OutputGroupSettings < Struct.new( :archive_group_settings, :frame_capture_group_settings, :hls_group_settings, :media_package_group_settings, :ms_smooth_group_settings, :multiplex_group_settings, :rtmp_group_settings, :udp_group_settings) SENSITIVE = [] include Aws::Structure end
#rtmp_group_settings ⇒ Types::RtmpGroupSettings (rw)
Rtmp Group Settings
# File 'gems/aws-sdk-medialive/lib/aws-sdk-medialive/types.rb', line 9603
class OutputGroupSettings < Struct.new( :archive_group_settings, :frame_capture_group_settings, :hls_group_settings, :media_package_group_settings, :ms_smooth_group_settings, :multiplex_group_settings, :rtmp_group_settings, :udp_group_settings) SENSITIVE = [] include Aws::Structure end
#udp_group_settings ⇒ Types::UdpGroupSettings (rw)
Udp Group Settings
# File 'gems/aws-sdk-medialive/lib/aws-sdk-medialive/types.rb', line 9603
class OutputGroupSettings < Struct.new( :archive_group_settings, :frame_capture_group_settings, :hls_group_settings, :media_package_group_settings, :ms_smooth_group_settings, :multiplex_group_settings, :rtmp_group_settings, :udp_group_settings) SENSITIVE = [] include Aws::Structure end


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RubyConf 2016 has given Coraline and me the opportunity to speak about programming with kids again! This time around, we've done a project with the Raspberry Pi and Ruby to watch our chickens.
After several years of programming in Ruby using Shoes, my daughter and I were hunting for a new project. Something more useful than a game. Something with a real-world connection. Then it struck us: Chickens!
Join us as we show you how we built our coop monitoring system. It’ll be a wild ride of hardware hacking, weather-proofing, and father-daughter bonding, with Ruby sprinkled throughout. You’ll learn how to modernize your surroundings, and about engaging the young people in your life in technology along the way.
Since sometime in 2013, I've been coding with my daughter, Coraline. When we started she was about 5 years old, quite a bit younger than a lot of folks start thinking about coding with their kids. I've found it to be a rewarding experience, though, and if you have young children in your life I'd encourage you to find ways to get them creating on computers instead of just consuming as soon as possible!
I'm grateful to Cascadia Ruby for giving me the opportunity to speak on this topic at their 2014 conference.
Video of the presentation is available on Confreaks. You can find slides for the presentation on Speakerdeck.
My dad's a programmer, so I grew up with PCs and--more importantly--programming tools my friends didn't have. I learned early on that text I typed could make these machines do anything I could imagine.
Now I have kids of my own, and as my daughter's learning letters and arithmetic, I'm scheming to give her similar experiences. Come along on the journey of introducing her to programming. We'll talk about the software we used, the puzzles and games we made, what worked and what didn't. Along the way we'll pick up tips on teaching programming to novices of any age.
In the meantime here's a list of some resources and ideas for programming with kids!


I'll live in AJ's podcast for Monday.
Most wonderful show is keeping up with the Joneses.
AJ Jones.
Yes, sir.
Do you know what time it is?
It's podcast time.
It is, but it's unusual because we're
recording this on a Friday afternoon.
We are.
And we normally record our podcast on Sunday night.
This might be brilliant.
Maybe this could be our new normal.
Well, the difficulty is half the week is missing.
I mean, not half the week.
Well, the weekend hasn't.
Friday, Saturday, Sunday.
A lot happens in those three days.
- We could pretend that we've already lived the weekend
and just be prophetic about how much fun
we're gonna have this weekend.
- I like that.
Or we could just make this sound
new normal and wrap it in to the following week,
but then it just feels disjointed.
- I don't know.
It's just not a bad idea though to record on a Friday
'cause Sundays are so brutal.
- They are.
Yeah.
The reason we're recording this Friday
is because this coming Sunday
is gonna be slightly more in the brutal department.
Yes, because we're all going to be at churches of family.
Yes.
We have guests staying with us this weekend.
Yes.
We have to drive them to the airport.
Yes.
And then I'm speaking twice at the belonging.
Yes.
And so by the time we're done with that, we'll be home about 10 p.m.
And that doesn't seem like the best time to record a podcast,
although we have done before on several occasions.
So we're trying to be smart, proactive, and whatnot.
Yeah.
But anyway, if we sound different,
it's because it's like 2 o'clock in the afternoon
on a Friday instead of like 8 p.m. on a Sunday.
Yes.
It's weird being in our studio and being able to see sunshine rather than like.
I know, but the thing is I spent a couple hours this afternoon making our
hedges look good and there's like one part I couldn't reach and that's all I
can see now.
I might need to close the drapes because otherwise all I can see is that offensive
branch.
Just fix your eyes on me, baby.
Okay.
You're so handsome.
There we go.
I don't see the offensive branch at all.
It's not in my peripheral screaming at me.
Tell me how your week was, Gardener Lady.
It was good week.
We just sort of a normal week.
Got stuff done.
I got some stuff written for something I'm working on, which is great.
Yeah, it was normal week.
Just lots of meetings.
Yeah.
Lots of fun meetings.
Yeah.
You spoke at M&A Monday night.
I did.
On the sound of your yes.
The sound of your yes.
Can I do a brief synopsis of that?
Yeah, go ahead.
I want to see what you got from it.
This is a quiz.
It's a pop quiz, baby.
That's not what I had in mind.
Oh.
I just thought you had an interesting concept that we give God our yes.
But sometimes our yes, yes, or yes.
question mark, right?
And you're talking about the difference of resolute yes means.
Yes.
And I thought it was very powerful.
And you talk all about the power of the sound like you went all like metaphysical
on us and thought about sound waves and showed some cool videos.
I did.
I got to do a whole bunch of research, which always, I always find that fun.
You're very sweet, bunny.
Thanks.
Do you want to do a snake update?
Okay.
So this week, our friend Judah came over to, I asked him if he would look at the snake.
He said, I will aggression test the snake.
And I was like, dude, that doesn't sound safe.
And he said he was basically like the crocodile hunter.
So, you know, there you go.
So he came over and aggression tested our snake by poking at it with a stick
with a pillowcase on the end of it and it did nothing.
And then he moved it around and it did nothing.
It just seemed happy as Larry.
No, he literally physically prodded and tried to get the snake to bite him.
He tried to get it to bite and the conclusion and the conclusion is it's potentially a very old snake.
It's about five feet long.
We have decided to keep him because apparently he'll keep, I don't know, critters away and poison snakes and poisonous snakes.
Still it's a five foot long constrictor snake.
Yes, but they're not aggressive.
Well, that one isn't right.
He literally tapped it on the nose with his stick and it did nothing.
He just didn't care.
Well, now I'm going to go get some closer photos if it's not aggressive.
Well, I don't know if I want you getting close to it.
No, I'm not like, grape around my neck and stuff like that.
Yeah, let's not do that.
No.
No.
So here's an advantage of starting doing our podcast on a Friday.
Yeah.
We're done our weekly catch up because the whole weekend hasn't happened yet,
which is like, we're anything that would be interesting might happen.
Well, should we be prophetic about what the weekend is going to be like?
Well, riddle me this.
Are you excited about the eclipse?
I don't know.
I am because it's a rarity.
I'm just, I wish I had my plan.
I don't have my plan together yet about where we're going to go and all that kind of stuff.
And I think once I have the plan, I'll be more excited.
Broken like a true shaper.
Thank you.
Hey, we read it our life languages.
We did.
Let's talk about that.
OK, I'm loading up my profile.
OK.
So if you remember, we talked about Life Languages a while ago, we had Alison Hendricks and our
Life Languages expert on for a couple of weeks in a room, we interviewed her. I'll put links and
show notes if you have no idea what we're talking about. But basically, the Life Language Profile
is a communication tool where you basically fill in a 15 to 20 minute long questionnaire online,
and then it sends you a report saying, "Hey, these are the strengths or the weaknesses
of your communication style. And it's one of the most effective tools that we've ever used to help
us understand ourselves and other people. And for those of you who understand life languages,
now we should get Mike and Phyllis back to reassess us from our marriage.
So our life languages were almost practically identical. But now...
They were. They were in the exact same order, but just different numbers.
No, we had one that was flipped.
Well, the top three were the same order.
Yeah.
Yeah. So I am now a first language
contemplator, shaper, producer, doer,
mover, influencer and responder.
And how low is your responder?
So my responder has come up.
I was a measly 12%.
My responder was lying in the ditch somewhere,
but apparently I've given it CPR and it's come up 20%.
I'm now 32%.
Well, look at you.
I know. Have you noticed I'm cuddlier?
I definitely, definitely.
More loving, more caring.
I have, actually.
Yeah. There you go.
There you go. The proof is in the pudding.
I am still a high shaper, but I'm not in the 90s anymore.
Your intensities come down?
Yes. So I'm only about an 83 shaper.
Oh. So still high, but you're not as like not, you know, 90.
So first language is shaper and then come to the rest.
And then doer influencer responder, mover, producer, and my
contemplator is coming in last.
It was second the last time I tested.

Yeah.
I it was funny because I did the test and sweet Allison is a way on vacation.
And so I didn't expect to hear from her, but I guess it must email her if
somebody takes a test.
And so she texted me from some park somewhere in the north of the USA, uh,
saying, uh, your contemplator died.
And I was like, I know I don't know what happened.
And she said she thinks it's just in a season that I'm in a season where I've had to do a lot of doing and shaping and haven't had a lot of time to sit and think.
Well, that's true because if you think about our new role at Grace Center, it's all been due due due.
It's all been due.
And I haven't had time to sit and think.
And I'm not actually doing much of the doing.
I'm doing a lot of the strategizing, which makes sense.
You're doing more thinking.
Yeah.
Yeah.
And I'm doing more doing and stuff.
So there you go.
If you haven't done your life languages and haven't clue what we're talking about, look at the show notes.
There's links to a couple of episodes.
Highly worth it.
I'd really encourage you to do that.
Yeah.
It's super fun.
Okay, so our main topic for the podcast today is reducing stress.
That sounds stressful.
I know, right?
Well, let's not be stressed while we're discussing reducing stress.
Well, what I like about this and what we try to do on the podcast is not give you textbook
answers.
These are answers born out of our experiences of enduring seasons of considerable stress.
If we have any answers, well, we have five because I can see them in the written down.
Well, yes, I know.

- Undoubtedly.
- Yes.
- The professionals that build their whole life
around reducing stress.
- It's true.
- We're just amateurs.
- Well, do you want me to define stress for you?
- Would you?
- Yeah, stress is defined as a state of mental
or emotional strain or tension resulting from adverse
or very demanding circumstances.
- Mm-hmm.
- It's worth pointing out that the episode
is called reducing stress, not avoiding stress.
- Yes.
- Because some good things do come from short periods of stress.
- It's true, you grow.
- Yeah, your character is refined.
- Yep.
- And actually, stress in its best sense
does produce stuff in you to help.
It's a bit like adrenaline.
If you're constantly a high state of adrenaline,
flooding your system, that's not good.
If you're being chased by a bear,
a shot of adrenaline is really, really helpful.
- Really necessary, yeah.
- I think stress is a bit like that.
though I did read an article on bears and apparently they don't chase you all that often.
So maybe you'd be okay. Sorry.
I just feel like I wouldn't take that out of my sales.
I'm sorry. Back to the chasing bear. Yes. Adrenaline. Good.
Okay. I'm going to store up some piece of information that I can use to deflate the
next example. You just watch. Okay. That's what it's going to be. Fantastic. Go for it.
So if we're talking about reducing stress and we look at your definition, tell me your
definition again.
It's a state of mental or emotional strain or tension resulting from adverse or very
demanding circumstances.
So parenthood.
Sorry.
Well, if you're going to reduce stress then, you either have to change the circumstances
that are producing the stress or change ourselves so that those circumstances don't work on us
anymore. Or third, we just ask God for grace to endure it. I mean, maybe we ask God for grace
no matter what. And then sure, yeah, sure. We're talking before and we've got five strategies
that we've employed in our life to help reduce stress. Yes. And it's worth noting that there are
some severe situations around the world that cause significant stress. I'm not sure these are going
going to work for that. I'm aware that the greatest measures of stress that we've ever
faced are still first world problems in all reality. But with that in mind, I'd imagine
most of our podcast listeners are first world listeners. So hopefully you will find some
measure. The very first one on our list is something that you taught me early on in
our marriage, which let's talk about it. Sure. It's the whole thing of stop borrowing
trouble. I never understood this concept until one day we were driving along and I was sharing
what's on my heart and you said, babe, it feels like you're borrowing an awful lot of trouble.
And I was like, I do not know what you speak of.
So can you explain it to us like we're five girls?
Yeah.
So it's like when you kind of let your mind get away with you and maybe you have a conversation
or you hear about a circumstance and then you start to think about all the things that
could be going on in the background.
You don't know if they're happening or not.
You start to sort of emotionally spiral out of control to the worst case scenario scenarios
happening.
Because scenario scenarios.
And to be fair, the reason that was such a shock to me to who you say is probably I
was raised in a culture or a climate where we borrow trouble all the time.
And for me, that was just a normal way of life.
And I didn't realize there was another way of living.
Right.
As in, we had more faith in bad things happening than we did in good things happening.
Right.
whatever you're start to not feel well and instead of thinking, "Oh, it's probably a bug that's going around.
You're thinking, "I've got cancer. This is it. I'm going to die."
Everything goes to the nth degree.
For real. I have a friend who periodically is convinced they have cancer.
I say, "Well, if you're concerned about that, my suggestion is to start looking at WebMD
and actually make an appointment with a doctor who could actually eradicate that."
that and they refuse to do that because they're worried that if they do, they'll confirm that
it's cancer.
Right.
And I'm like, but they're already eating the fruit of thinking it's cancer.
Right.
Wouldn't you like to know?
I mean, if if it is, wouldn't you like to know about it so that you could do something
about it?
And if it isn't, think of the piece that that would bring you and PS is most likely
not, right?
You will never know because you're left in this downward spiral of despair.
Right.
It's always dangerous to fill in the gaps where we don't have information.
Like that's always going to add worry, whether it's relational conversations or
work situations or health things.
Don't try and fill in the gap when you don't actually have the information.
>> Well, it's also ties in with Bill Johnson's brilliant saying of where our
dumbest one we think we know the motives of another person's heart.
>> Right.
>> So like, do you borrow trouble when your boss sends your email and
says, I need to speak to you on Monday.
>> Right.
Are we like, okay, I'm probably fired.
- Yeah, you spend the whole weekend worrying.
- Right, it's crazy, isn't it?
So you really helped me with that.
Would you say, this is interesting,
I'll put you on the spot on here.
- Okay, thanks.
- Would you say that you've noticed a difference
from when you first told me about not borrowing trouble?
- Yes.
- That is the correct answer.
- I would say that.
I would say sometimes I stuff to remind you,
but with smaller circumstances.
- I'm sorry folks, we're having technical difficulties.
We can't hear a G.
(laughs)
- Did you like my aesthetic noise?
- Yeah, that was a thing of beauty.
- Thanks, I'm pretty sure my pop filter
is now covered in spit.
(laughs)
- All right, number two.
- Yes.
- This is an important one that we learn.
Again, we learn this from drowning in stress.
- Yes.
- And if we hadn't gone through that season,
we wouldn't have learned this.
Number two.
Number two is be proactive.
- Yeah.
that the worst season of our life and marriage was the season when we were
absolutely crippled in debt. It's not the worst season of my life but of our
married life? Sure. It's kind of a cakewalk actually, not just kidding.
No, it was.
Thank you. But yes, it was a very tough season.
I forgot all about your early childhood.
-That whole thing, yeah.
-Yeah, yeah.
Of course, I only think about our life as our married life, though.
-Oh, see, isn't that lovely?
-What happened was we moved to America at the tail end of 2008.
-Yes.
-And the world was pretty much going through a financial collapse.
Certainly America was.
-Yeah, going into a recession of some sort.
-We didn't know anything about Dave Ramsey.
-No.
-We didn't know how expensive it was going to be to move nations.
We incurred an awful lot of moving costs.
-Yes.
-And we also didn't know what it was going to be like living
in America without, I mean, our social security numbers were like two weeks old.
Yeah.
So what we didn't realize is when you get here, everything's done from your social
security number, like try and get cell phone service or utilities or gas or water.
And anyway, in the process of moving, we, we incurred a huge amount of debt when we got here.
And we'd never done Dave Rhett.
We didn't know what we were doing.
We, I mean, I remember we had a least car in Canada.
Yes.
And then we had to return it early to move to Nashville.
So we had all these panels.
- That was expensive.
- And then setting up a new life and new house.
Anyway, we are just crippled in debt
and before we know it, we have debt collectors calling.
And I don't know if I face a stress
worse than financial stress.
- It was horrible.
- The stress that comes.
But here's what happened is I just wanted to hide from that.
Like maybe it will go away.
But then we did Dave Ramsey's Financial Peace University.
We're big fans of Dave's.
And his whole thing, I mean, he just arms you to the teeth
with how to handle everything,
to realize you've made mistakes and fix them.
But one of the things that he taught that we found
was you have to be proactive.
Now, I'm not just talking here about financial stress.
I'm talking about stress in general.
Being proactive forces you to take responsibility.
And when you take responsibility,
you actually have a role in changing the climate
that you're living in.
I got very, very good at speaking to debt collectors.
I got very, very good at being assertive.
I got very, very good at setting some boundaries.
And while the stress didn't go away,
it actually gave me a sense of power in that,
no, I can actually do something about this.
I am not a victim to my circumstances.
- Yeah.
And it's not really just in those kind of situations.
Like it's not just with debt collectors, but--
- No, not at all.
- But if you can be proactive, you know, in relationship,
if you realize, gosh, you know,
my heart's actually really hurt by such and such a person
or by this situation.
If you can be proactive and go, instead of assuming that you know what's going on with
the person, why don't you go ahead and have a discussion about that and, you know, what's
going to be facetious and say be an adult?
But you know, sometimes we're just not that good when our hearts are hurt about being
proactive and trying to sort something out.
And I get it because sometimes we'd rather settle for the amount of pain/stress we're
in and we don't want to risk in case it makes it worse.
Right.
think I've ever experienced it getting worse by being proactive. Maybe short term, but
longer term it has. I remember my first real job out of university, I want to work for
a terrifying man, I mean an ogre of a man. And I thought I'm probably not going to survive
without actually confronting this man. And so I gave it a couple of weeks, it was not
getting any better. And I remember about maybe my fourth or fifth week in, I asked for a meeting
with him. I mean, he, I mean, he just broke every HR rule under the sun. I first day of work,
he told me he'd break my legs. If I had stuff spilling over from my desk onto his desk.
Nice. Yeah, I'm pretty sure that's not legal.
And so I just, Annie berated me for being a Christian as well. I'm like,
I think he also had somebody hit him at work. He drove them to such distraction. Anyway,
He would just use fear, intimidation, shame, fear, control, all this sort of stuff.
So, it was, you know, imposing character.
But after about four or five weeks there, I asked for a meeting with him, and I sat down,
and I wasn't trying to be rude.
I wasn't trying to be boisterous.
But I just said, "Hey, I would love to explain something that, you know, nine to five, when
I'm here, you're going to get 100% from me."
The way you interact with me seems to suggest that you think I'm a slacker, and, you know,
really I'm not. But you also use a lot of language and conversations that is setting
some expectations for me to be working like nonstop. And I don't know how to say this
without coming across as rude, but this job for me on a scale of one to 10 is about, you
know, one being the most important thing, 10 being the least important thing is about
a seven. And so what I mean by that is I can get another job like if this job is not working
few, I'm fine to go get another job.
Like this is not what I see my career being.
But when I am here, it's a number one on my priority, but I have no
interest in working outside the hours that are being set for me.
If there's a crisis, of course, I'm just talking long term.
And that didn't drastically change his behavior, but it did change the
way his behavior worked on me.
It didn't have as much power because I'd been proactive.
I'd gotten over the fear of actually confronting the man and I, you know,
got to set some parameters and some boundaries. And so being proactive is huge. It also gets
us out of a victim mindset.
Yeah, I met with somebody a few weeks ago and just worked with them on a proactive approach
to some things that they were facing. And, you know, this wouldn't have traditionally
been how this person would have done life, you know, but just got to connect with them
a few days ago. And they were like, it worked. And it was amazing. And you know, whatever,
It's scary when you first start being proactive or assertive, but it's great.
You can do it with kindness and you'll get great results.
I think that's really important.
I sometimes think about when we first moved here, we would have coffees with people who
would say, "Well, I can't make my rent and I can't do whatever," but then they're quitting
their jobs left, right and center, or they want to work part-time so they have time for
coffee with their friends every day and that kind of stuff.
And it's maybe it's this is a season to be proactive in a different way.
And that is, you know, work hard and shift things for yourself.
Well, I think the concept of being proactive actually gives you a voice.
Yeah.
Because a lot of the time we can think I'm trapped, I'm a victim, this life is hard.
What was mean? There's nothing I can do about it.
Right.
And I don't think that's ever true.
Right.

But sometimes it really isn't because sometimes the path to the problem not being there has
presented itself just through having conversation.
Well, and also sometimes the problem isn't the source of our stress.

The more we think about it and on a healthy way increases the stress.
Right.
Talking about it is hugely helpful from that perspective.
usually no two people have the exact same perspective. So having somebody else look at your problem
that you're facing that seems insurmountable, they may have surmounted that problem before.
And so even in sharing and talking about it, you can look at it together and go, "Oh,
okay, well actually that big thing just became a much smaller thing." And then it becomes a
manageable thing. I remember one of the first people we talked about our season of financial
stress was Jeff, our pastor, our boss, our leader, our good friend.
And I didn't realize it, but the amount of effort we were putting in to keep up appearances
and hold everything together was taken an enormous toll on us.
And speaking to Jeff didn't solve the problem.
He didn't suddenly write us a check and all our finances went away.
But that whole thing of needing to pretend there isn't a problem just vanished.
something powerful when you tell another human being and let them in on your heart,
you just humbled yourself. When you display weakness and God loves to give grace to the humble.
I think also knowing that there's other people praying for you because you were brave enough to
share it actually means there's now supernatural shift that can happen. So it's like actually,
we're not doing ourselves any favors by hiding. So find a counselor, a good friend, a pastor,
Someone wiser than you and actually share what's going on. Yeah. All right. Number four is kind of an extension of number three. Yeah, kind of gives a bit of overlap there, but it's the whole thing of the power of community.
 Well, it's just you that's a terrible parent. It's just you that has an addiction.
And when we, like I said, when we told other people about our finances, when we told Jeff, we told other people and kind of let them in,
the power of other people just, what's the word call it? We call it sinking, synchronizing with you. What's it called? It's when people
Yeah, they just meet you.
And acknowledge your pain.
It's huge when people are like, that must be really, really hard.
Yeah.
Cause then you can start to even process it with the Lord too.
Like I, I find usually in seasons of stress, we're really not processing very
well with the Lord.
We're as much as we're hiding from other people.
We're usually hiding from him thinking he's upset with us and we have
shame from that too, where if actually you're able to talk about it, you're
much more likely to also process with the Lord.
And more than likely the people that you're talking to have the same
problem, right? Or have had it. Yeah. So the shock to us was being around people that we now know are very financially secure, very wealthy, very stable people.
And when we'd begin to open up and tell them, we were just thrilled to hear that they were like, yeah, we remember that.
Oh, we remember losing everything. And we're like, what? But you guys look so stable.
 Right. And I was like, oh, this is amazing.
And it gives you faith for something that you can't even imagine yet.
Right.
So you're looking at breakthrough.
Yeah, marriages.
How many times have we had people come to us with kind of like shame, I guess,
but with a sigh like, okay, this is what's going on in marriage.
And we get to go, oh, yeah, we did that too.
And people are like, really?
Yeah.
You guys have such great amazing marriage.
And we're like, yeah, but it didn't arrive overnight.
Right.
We just persevered and not killing one another and getting help.
Well, God refined us. Right. Yeah.
Well, it's like what you were talking about. The prayers of other people. Yeah.
It's not that when we're in a situation that our prayers aren't very helpful.
It's just that they lack faith. Right. Because when you're in a pit, yeah, you know,
you have faith for the pit. You don't have faith for getting out of the pit. Right. Where
when there's people standing around you above, you know, ground, their horizon is very different
from yours. And they've got more faith because they've actually
seen God do it before. So that's super powerful. Yeah. All right,
baby, number five, take us home.
The last one is just, this is just a purely kind of practical one.
Reduce your responsibility. So that just sort of means like automate
anything that you can in your life that would potentially add to your
stress.
And why is that a big deal?
Well, because actually the part of your brain that responds to making decisions responds
the same way, whether it's a small decision or a big decision.
That's some of the most fascinating research I've read.
I remember reading an article in the Harvard Business Review a number of years ago that
said exactly what you just said there.
And then I remember reading an interview with President Obama and the interviewer, you know,
I followed him around for six months, he was doing a piece, I forget what it was for,
you know, one of the big news news week or something like that.
And he said, "I'm going to be the American president tomorrow.
What do I need to know?"
And President Obama said, "You need to reduce all your decision-making faculties."
And he's like, "What do you mean?"
He said, "Well, you'll notice I only wear two types of suit.
I don't have to pick what I'm going to wear."
He said, "I have other people pick my food, other people plan my schedule.
I don't concern myself with those things so that my brain is free for bigger things."
Right.
So I'm going to start picking your outfits in the morning?
Well, we've already done a pretty good job of automating as much as we possibly can.
We do stuff like we use Amazon for stuff that we know that we need every month, so I don't
have to think about going and getting it.
It just arrives at our door every month.
What's that called?
Amazon Subscribing Safe.
Subscribing Safe, yeah.
So we basically just sit down one evening, load it up with everything we know we need
on a regular basis.
Yep.
And then never ever run out of toilet paper or kitchen.
What do you call it?
Paper towel.
Yeah, paper towel.
And then depending on the kinds of things that we're eating at the moment, some things
I mean, you can tell it when you want delivered once every three months, once every two months,
once every month. So obviously toilet paper is a once a month thing,
but cash units might be once every three months or whatever. But that is done. I don't have to
think about that. I don't have to go find it. It's just a done thing.
Same with like automating bills. I don't have to remember to pay our mortgage or medical bills
or whatever. It's just all automated. I just said it once. I forget about it. It is less things
cluttering my head. It's the reason we eat at the same restaurants over and over again.
And typically we eat one or two of the exact same meals. Just, I don't have to think about it.
It's funny because I had some people comment on the fact that I had asked about places to eat in
redding a week before. And I thought, I don't want to have to worry about it when I'm there. I want
to go online this week while I'm, you know, whatever, watching TV or whatever. Look at the menus,
decide if I can go there, blah, blah, and have a plan in place so that there's no stress
for me when I'm there.
But that's sort of how we do things anyways, isn't it?

That's your shaper language.
It is.
Loving a plan.
There you go.
So I hope as you're listening to this, you're not in a overwhelming state of stress.
But if you are, there's five things we hope you find helpful.
Number one, stop borrowing trouble.
Number two, be proactive.
Remember you're not a victim.
Number three, talk to others about it.
four, share with your community, which is kind of the same as number three, but at a different
focus. And number five, reduce your responsibilities, try and automate as much as you can so that
you have resources left to make decisions about the things that are important and not
just the things that you actually have to think about. Yeah.
Babe, do we have any listeners questions? We do. We have one. So this one's from Rebecca.
And her question is, I've been listening to the five-fold ministry sermons. And I'm curious
about where I fall into this.
So she's talking about the sermons
that you had done at Gray Center
for three Sunday mornings.
So she says she's curious about where she falls into this.
Does every person fit into one of the five categories?
Or is there a, in quotation marks, peanut gallery of sorts
for people who would categorize themselves as disciples
without a powerful anointing of a specific gift?
- That's such a great question, Rebecca.
You're asking a couple of questions there.
Let me try and take them one by one.
So you're asking, I'm curious about where I fall into this.
So for those of you who listen to the series,
I've basically been talking about five gifts
that Jesus Christ gives to his church,
the gift of apostle, prophet, pastor, teacher, and evangelist.
And your question is, where do I fall into this?
That's a question that everybody asks, like,
"I wonder what am I?"

And along with that, you'll find that confirmed by God,
confirmed by your local church, et cetera, et cetera.
But here's the other thing is in 1 Corinthians 12,
verse 29 Paul says, are all apostles, are all prophets,
are all teachers, do all work miracles.
He goes on kind of asking rhetorically.
And the question there is answered by no, no,
not everybody is an apostle, not everybody's a prophet,
not everybody's a teacher.
It's quite likely that you could go through your whole life
and that's not your strongest gift set
because elsewhere in scripture,
he talks about first apostle, second prophets, third teachers,
and then goes on and on and on with a list of other things
about helps, administrations, all that sort of stuff.
So there are a ton of gifts of the Holy Spirit to you.
This passage is talking about gifts of Christ of the church.
So I don't think everybody has to be one of those things.
Plus I think elsewhere when Paul writes
about the body being multi-faceted,
there's eyes and ears and hands
and all these different parts of the body.
I think we can be all things.
I don't know the term peanut gallery.
I don't know what that means
or if there's connotations to that.
I would hate people to go away with a revelation thinking
that because they're not an apostle,
a prophet, a pastor, a teacher or an evangelist,
that somehow they're less than.
That's not how the kingdom is organized at all.
I think whenever you're walking in the identity that God's given you, exercising the gifts,
the Holy Spirit has given you, you're producing incredible fruit for the kingdom.
So I know for example, I have a friend, she's neither an apostle or a prophet or any of those
things, but she has without a doubt the gift of hospitality.

I wonder if the gifts are the way you express love to the body.
That's good, babe.
That's good.
And then I think those five, you know, I talked about this a little bit.
There's the big difference between a prophet and somebody who prophesies.
I somebody who's the has the gift of the office of the prophet and somebody has
a gift of prophecy is that the prophet raises other prophets.
Right.
But either of them can prophesize well as one another.
Right. And sometimes actually somebody with a gift of prophecy can prophesy better
than somebody with the office of the prophet because that's not the role.
So I think yes, by its nature, not everybody's an apostle, not everybody's a prophet,
and everybody's a teacher and so on and so forth.
But yes, I also think we all have gifts that God has given us.
And part of the gifts that we have is ourselves.

That's right.
Right. You are the only Rebecca that the people in your community have.
And so the sooner you come to peace with others is who I am.
This is how I'm wired.
This is what God's built me.
Everybody benefits from that.
Right.
I hope that made sense.
Yeah.
All right.
Let's land this play.
And you're ready.
Yeah.
Our podcast now has chapters last week.
We introduced the concept of chapters.
Now all that means is do you remember CDs?
Yes.
Remember you put a CD in your car and you're listening to an album and you
like the first two songs, but you want to skip the third song.
You just reach out and press the skip track button.
Yeah.
And it would skip to the next track.
Yeah.
That's pretty much what chapters are for podcasts.
Yeah.
So that's amazing.
What that means is you can very easily find your favorite parts of an episode
that you were listening to and or you can skip the bits you don't care about.
So if you're listening to a business question, you're like, I don't care
about the answer that you can skip on or whatever.
The issue is you need a better podcast player than the one that comes standard
with your iPhone.
Oh, really?
Yeah, because Apple's podcast player, while it's great in that it's installed on every iPad,
every iPhone, and you don't need to do anything.
That's my purple one, is it?
That's your purple one.
Okay.
It doesn't, for whatever reason, support chapters.
Bummer.
So you will not see that.

It's not that you need a better podcast player.
Okay.
The one that we recommend is overcast.
It's completely free.
And by we you mean you because I'm about to download overcast right now.
At a girl.
It's going to be fun.
The one that I recommend is overcast.
It's got a ton of great features in it.
It's free.
But the one that you're going to like is that it has chapter markers.
I'll put a link in the show notes to overcast in the app store.
You can download it and use that as your podcast player.
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Awesome features you must be using in JavaScript ES6!
As the JavaScript community continued to expand rapidly in last few years, a lot of good things have happened to JavaScript as a language. One of those good things was its penetration into the server-side development world via Node.js (yaay).
Disclaimer: the list if highly biased and subjective. It is in no way was intended to diminish usefulness of other ES6 features, which didn’t make it to the list simply because I had to limit the number to 3.
1. Default Parameters in ES6
Before the arrival of ES2015, when one wanted to specify a default parameter in a function, he/she had to do it in the body of the function like so:
function greetHuman(name) {
name = name || 'human';
return 'Hello ' + name + ', we come in peace';
}
greetHuman();
greetHuman('Srijan');
They were okay until the value was 0, because 0 is falsy in JavaScript and it would default to the hard-coded value instead of becoming the value itself. Of course, who needs 0 as a value (:P), so we just ignored this flaw and used the logic OR anyway. No more!
With ES6, one can now do this in a function head and as such, we no longer have to perform checks for undefined parameters in the function’s body.
Here’s what the code in ES6 would look like if you’re combining arrow functions, template literal, and default:
const greetHuman = (name = 'human') => `Hello ${human}, we come in peace`;
greetHuman('Srijan'); 'Hello Srijan, we come in peace'
greetHuman(); 'Hello human, we come in peace'
2. Arrow Functions in ES6
If you are a JavaScript developer, you would already know the good old way of declaring functions.
This is probably one feature I waited the most. Now we have them in ES6. The arrows are amazing because they would make your this behave properly, i.e., this
will have the same value as in the context of the function—it won’t mutate. The mutation typically happens each time you create a closure.
Using arrows functions in ES6 allows us to stop using that = this or self = this or _this = this or .bind(this)
.
Good ol’ ES5 code :
var _this = this
$('.btn').click(function(event){
_this.send()
})
This is the ES6 code without _this = this:
$('.btn').click((event) =>{
this.send()
})
As you can see, the code looks shorter and cleaner — we can even omit the curly braces {}
(one-liners only). There is support for implicit return as well, so we can conveniently omit the return
keyword.
3. Template Literals in ES6
Template literals or interpolation in other languages is a way to output variables in the string. This remains one of the most important feature as it really makes string concatenation easier and much more bearable.
So in ES5 we had to break the string like this:
var name = 'Your name is ' + first + ' ' + last + '.'
var url = 'http://localhost/api/' + id
Luckily, in ES6 we can use a new syntax ${NAME}
inside of the back-ticked string:
var name = `Your name is ${first} ${last}.`
var url = `http://localhost/api/${id}`
You can learn more about ES6 features here. A cheatsheet too.


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