Sphinx-4 Dialog Demo |
This is a simple command line program that demonstrates how to swap
between multiple JSGF and dictation grammars .
Check if the bin
directory already has the Math.jar
file. If not, type the following in the top level directory:
ant -find demo.xml
First make sure that you have JSAPI setup correctly. Then, to run the demo, type:
sphinx4> java -mx200m -jar bin/Math.jar
NOTE:
lib/sphinx4.jar
is built. If not, go to the top level
directory and type: ant
When the program runs, you will be presented with a menu of commands
that can be spoken. Here is a sample run. The spoken commands are
highlighed in green.
Note that this is just a demonstration of the speech technology. This
demo will not actually perform the command. Thus, when you say "play
games / play adventure " no game will actually played, similarly, when
you say "make a phone call / call paul" no phone call will be made.
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class: center, middle, inverse, title-slide # ETC3250: Dimension reduction ## Semester 1, 2020 ###
Professor Di Cook
Econometrics and Business Statistics
Monash University ### Week 4 (b) --- ## How to choose `\(k\)`?
 In the last lecture, we introduced PCA as a useful dimension reduction technique for large datasets. .tip[.orange[Think:] How do we know how many pricipal components to choose?] --- ## How to choose `\(k\)`? .tip[.orange[Proportion of variance explained:] `$$\text{PVE}_m = \frac{V_m}{TV}$$` ] Choosing the number of PCs that adequately summarises the variation in `\(X\)`, is achieved by examining the cumulative proportion of variance explained. Cumulative proportion of variance explained: `$$\text{CPVE}_k = \sum_{m=1}^k\frac{V_m}{TV}$$` --- class: split-two layout: false .column[.pad50px[ ## How to choose `\(k\)`?
 .tip[.orange[Scree plot: ].content[Plot of variance explained by each component vs number of component.]] ]] .column[.content.vmiddle.center[  ]] --- class: split-two layout: false .column[.pad50px[ ## How to choose `\(k\)`?
 .tip[.orange[Scree plot: ].content[Plot of variance explained by each component vs number of component.]] ]] .column[.content.vmiddle.center[  ]] --- ## Example - track records The data on national track records for women (as at 1984). ``` ## Observations: 55 ## Variables: 8 ## $ m100 <dbl> 11.61, 11.20, 11.43, 11.41, 11.46, 11.31, 12.14, 11.0... ## $ m200 <dbl> 22.94, 22.35, 23.09, 23.04, 23.05, 23.17, 24.47, 22.2... ## $ m400 <dbl> 54.50, 51.08, 50.62, 52.00, 53.30, 52.80, 55.00, 50.0... ## $ m800 <dbl> 2.15, 1.98, 1.99, 2.00, 2.16, 2.10, 2.18, 2.00, 2.05,... ## $ m1500 <dbl> 4.43, 4.13, 4.22, 4.14, 4.58, 4.49, 4.45, 4.06, 4.23,... ## $ m3000 <dbl> 9.79, 9.08, 9.34, 8.88, 9.81, 9.77, 9.51, 8.81, 9.37,... ## $ marathon <dbl> 178.52, 152.37, 159.37, 157.85, 169.98, 168.75, 191.0... ## $ country <chr> "argentin", "australi", "austria", "belgium", "bermud... ``` .font_tiny[*Source*: Johnson and Wichern, Applied multivariate analysis] --- ## Explore the data  --- ## Compute PCA ```r track_pca <- prcomp(track[,1:7], center=TRUE, scale=TRUE) track_pca ``` ``` ## Standard deviations (1, .., p=7): ## [1] 2.41 0.81 0.55 0.35 0.23 0.20 0.15 ## ## Rotation (n x k) = (7 x 7): ## PC1 PC2 PC3 PC4 PC5 PC6 PC7 ## m100 0.37 0.49 -0.286 0.319 0.231 0.6198 0.052 ## m200 0.37 0.54 -0.230 -0.083 0.041 -0.7108 -0.109 ## m400 0.38 0.25 0.515 -0.347 -0.572 0.1909 0.208 ## m800 0.38 -0.16 0.585 -0.042 0.620 -0.0191 -0.315 ## m1500 0.39 -0.36 0.013 0.430 0.030 -0.2312 0.693 ## m3000 0.39 -0.35 -0.153 0.363 -0.463 0.0093 -0.598 ## marathon 0.37 -0.37 -0.484 -0.672 0.131 0.1423 0.070 ``` --- ## Assess Summary of the principal components:

  	  PC1 	  PC2 	  PC3 	  PC4 	  PC5 	  PC6 	  PC7

  Variance 	  5.81 	  0.65 	  0.30 	  0.13 	  0.05 	  0.04 	  0.02

  Proportion 	  0.83 	  0.09 	  0.04 	  0.02 	  0.01 	  0.01 	  0.00

  Cum. prop 	  0.83 	  0.92 	  0.97 	  0.98 	  0.99 	  1.00 	  1.00

 Increase in variance explained large until `\(k=3\)` PCs, and then tapers off. A choice of .orange[3 PCs] would explain 97% of the total variance. --- class: split-two layout: false .column[.pad50px[ ## Assess
 .green[Scree plot: Where is the elbow?]
 At `\(k=2\)`, thus the scree plot suggests 2 PCs would be sufficient to explain the variability. ]] .column[.content.vmiddle.center[  ]] --- class: split-two layout: false .column[.pad50px[ ## Assess
 .tip[.orange[Visualise model using a biplot]: Plot the principal component scores, and also the contribution of the original variables to the principal component. ] ]] .column[.content.vmiddle.center[  ]] --- ## Interpretation - PC1 measures overall magnitude, the strength of the athletics program. High positive values indicate .orange[poor] programs with generally slow times across events. - PC2 measures the .orange[contrast] in the program between .orange[short and long distance] events. Some countries have relatively stronger long distance atheletes, while others have relatively stronger short distance athletes. - There are several .orange[outliers] visible in this plot, `wsamoa`, `cookis`, `dpkorea`. PCA, because it is computed using the variance in the data, can be affected by outliers. It may be better to remove these countries, and re-run the PCA. --- ## Accuracy Bootstrap can be used to assess whether the coefficients of a PC are significantly different from 0. The 95% bootstrap confidence intervals are:  All of the coefficients on PC1 are significantly different from 0, and positive, approximately equal, .orange[not significantly different from each other]. --- ## PCA vs LDA .tip[.orange[Discriminant space]: is the low-dimensional space where the class means are the furthest apart relative to the common variance-covariance.] The discriminant space is provided by the eigenvectors after making an eigen-decomposition of `\(\Sigma^{-1}\Sigma_B\)`, where `$$\small{\Sigma_B = \frac{1}{K}\sum_{i=1}^{K} (\mu_i-\mu)(\mu_i-\mu)'}$$` and `$$\small{\Sigma = \frac{1}{K}\sum_{k=1}^K\frac{1}{n_k}\sum_{i=1}^{n_k} (x_i-\mu_k)(x_i-\mu_k)'}$$` --- class: split-two layout: false .column[.pad50px[ ## Mahalanobis distance
 Which points are closest according to .orange[Euclidean] distance? Which points are closest relative to the .orange[variance-covariance]? ]] .column[.content.vmiddle.center[  ]] --- ## Discriminant space Both means the same. Two different variance-covariance matrices. .purple[Discriminant space] depends on the variance-covariance matrix.  --- ## Projection pursuit (PP) generalises PCA .green[PCA:] `$$\mathop{\text{maximize}}_{\phi_{11},\dots,\phi_{p1}} \frac{1}{n}\sum_{i=1}^n \left(\sum_{j=1}^p \phi_{j1}x_{ij}\right)^{\!\!\!2} \text{ subject to } \sum_{j=1}^p \phi^2_{j1} = 1$$` .green[PP:] `$$\mathop{\text{maximize}}_{\phi_{11},\dots,\phi_{p1}} f\left(\sum_{j=1}^p \phi_{j1}x_{ij}\right) \text{ subject to } \sum_{j=1}^p \phi^2_{j1} = 1$$` --- ## MDS .tip[.orange[Multidimensional scaling (MDS)] finds a low-dimensional layout of points that minimises the difference between distances computed in the *p*-dimensional space, and those computed in the low-dimensional space. ] `$$\mbox{Stress}_D(x_1, ..., x_N) = \left(\sum_{i, j=1; i\neq j}^N (d_{ij} - d_k(i,j))^2\right)^{1/2}$$` where `\(D\)` is an `\(N\times N\)` matrix of distances `\((d_{ij})\)` between all pairs of points, and `\(d_k(i,j)\)` is the distance between the points in the low-dimensional space. --- ## MDS

 - Classical MDS is the same as PCA - Metric MDS incorporates power transformations on the distances, `\(d_{ij}^r\)`. - Non-metric MDS incorporates a monotonic transformation of the distances, e.g. rank --- ## Non-linear dimension reduction
 - .orange[T-distributed Stochastic Neighbor Embedding (t-SNE)]: similar to MDS, except emphasis is placed on grouping observations into clusters. Observations within a cluster are placed close in the low-dimensional representation, but clusters themselves are placed far apart. --- ## Non-linear dimension reduction
 - .orange[Local linear embedding (LLE)]: Finds nearest neighbours of points, defines interpoint distances relative to neighbours, and preserves these proximities in the low-dimensional mapping. Optimisation is used to solve an eigen-decomposition of the knn distance construction. --- ## Non-linear dimension reduction
 - .orange[Self-organising maps (SOM)]: First clusters the observations into `\(k \times k\)` groups. Uses the mean of each group laid out in a constrained 2D grid to create a 2D projection. --- layout: false # 👩💻 Made by a human with a computer ### Slides at [https://monba.dicook.org](https://monba.dicook.org). ### Code and data at [https://github.com/dicook/Business_Analytics](https://github.com/dicook/Business_Analytics).
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Class BinaryRasterizer
Converts standard features to a binary raster.
Default Pipeline Input: Standard Features
Default Pipeline Output: (bool[,]) Binarized
Inherited Members
Namespace: SigStat.Common.Transforms
Assembly: SigStat.Common.dll
Syntax
public class BinaryRasterizer : PipelineBase, ILoggerObject, IProgress, ITransformation, IPipelineIO
Constructors
| Improve this Doc View SourceBinaryRasterizer(Int32, Int32, Single)
Initializes a new instance of the BinaryRasterizer class with specified raster size and pen width.
Declaration
public BinaryRasterizer(int resolutionX, int resolutionY, float penWidth)
Parameters
| Type | Name | Description |
|---|---|---|
| System.Int32 | resolutionX | Raster width. |
| System.Int32 | resolutionY | Raster height. |
| System.Single | penWidth |
Properties
| Improve this Doc View SourceInputButton
Gets or sets the FeatureDescriptor representing the stroke endings of an online signature
Declaration
public FeatureDescriptor<List<bool>> InputButton { get; set; }
Property Value
| Type | Description |
|---|---|
| FeatureDescriptor<List<System.Boolean>> |
InputX
Gets or sets the FeatureDescriptor representing the X coordinates of an online signature
Declaration
public FeatureDescriptor<List<double>> InputX { get; set; }
Property Value
| Type | Description |
|---|---|
| FeatureDescriptor<List<System.Double>> |
InputY
Gets or sets the FeatureDescriptor representing the Y coordinates of an online signature
Declaration
public FeatureDescriptor<List<double>> InputY { get; set; }
Property Value
| Type | Description |
|---|---|
| FeatureDescriptor<List<System.Double>> |
Output
Gets or sets the FeatureDescriptor representing the output of the transformation
Declaration
public FeatureDescriptor<bool[, ]> Output { get; set; }
Property Value
| Type | Description |
|---|---|
| FeatureDescriptor<System.Boolean[,]> |
Methods
| Improve this Doc View SourceTransform(Signature)
Executes the transform on the signature
parameter.
This function gets called by the pipeline.
Declaration
public void Transform(Signature signature)
Parameters
| Type | Name | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Signature | signature | The Signature with a set of features to be transformed. |


Adam Langley<EMAIL_ADDRESS>JBIG2 is an image compression standard from the same people who brought you the JPEG format. It compresses 1bpp (black and white) images only. These images can consist of only black and while, there are no shades of gray - that would be a grayscale image. Any "gray" areas must, therefore be simulated using black dots in a pattern called halftoning.
The JBIG2 standard has several major areas:
There are two major compression technologies which JBIG2 builds on: arithmetic encoding and Huffman encoding. You can choose between them and use both in the same JBIG2 file, but this is rare. Arithmetic encoding is slower, but compresses better. Huffman encoding was included in the standard because one of the (intended) users of JBIG2 were fax machines and they might not have the processing power for arithmetic coding.
jbig2enc only supports arithmetic encoding
Generic region coding is used to compress bitmaps. It is progressive and uses a context around the current pixel to be decoded to estimate the probability that the pixel will be black. If the probability is 50% it uses a single bit to encode that pixel. If the probability is 99% then it takes less than a bit to encode a black pixel, but more than a bit to encode a white one.
The context can only refer to pixels above and to the left of the current pixel, because the decoder doesn't know the values of any of the other pixels yet (pixels are decoded left-to-right, top-to-bottom). Based on the values of these pixels it estimates a probability and updates it's estimation for that context based on the actual pixel found. All contexts start off with a 50% chance of being black.
You can encode whole pages with this and you will end up with a perfect reconstruction of the page. However, we can do better...
Most input images to JBIG2 encoders are scanned text. These have many repeating symbols (letters). The idea of symbol encoding is to encode what a letter “a” looks like and, for all the “a”s on the page, just give their locations. (This is lossy encoding)
Unfortunately, all scanned images have noise in them: no two “a”s will look quite the same so we have to group all the symbols on a page into groups. Hopefully each member of a given group will be the same letter, otherwise we might place the wrong letter on the page! These, very surprising, errors are called cootoots.
However, assuming that we group the symbols correctly, we can get great compression this way. Remember that the stricter the classifier, the more symbol groups (classes) will be generated, leading to bigger files. But, also, there is a lower risk of cootoots (misclassification).
This is great, but we can do better...
Symbol retention is the process of compressing multi-page documents by extracting the symbols from all the pages at once and classifing them all together. Thus we only have to encoding a single letter “a” for the whole document (in an ideal world).
This is obviously slower, but generates smaller files (about half the size on average, with a decent number of similar typeset pages).
One downside you should be aware of: If you are generating JBIG2 streams for inclusion to a linearised PDF file, the PDF reader has to download all the symbols before it can display the first page. There is solution to this involing multiple dictionaries and symbol importing, but that's not currently supported by jbig2enc.
Symbol encoding is lossy because of noise, which is classified away and also because the symbol classifier is imperfect. Refinement allows us, when placing a symbol on the page, to encode the difference between the actual symbol at that location, and what the classifer told us was “close enough”. We can choose to do this for each symbol on the page, so we don't have to refine when we are only a couple of pixel off. If we refine whenever we a wrong pixel, we have lossless encoding using symbols.
jbig2enc doesn't support this at all - so I will only mention this quickly. The JBIG2 standard supports the efficient encoding of halftoning by building a dictionary of halftone blocks (like the dictionaries of symbols which we build for text pages). The lack of support for halftones in G4 (the old fax standard) was a major weakness.
My sample is a set of 90 pages scanning pages from the middle of a recent book. The scanned images are 300dpi grayscale and they are being upsampled to 600dpi 1-bpp for encoding.
jbig2enc comes with a handy command line tool for encoding images.


Stormzy debuts new single ‘Own It’ featuring Ed Sheeran and Burna Boy
It's taken from the grime artist's new album 'Heavy Is The Head'
Stormzy has debuted his new single ‘Own It’ – featuring Ed Sheeran and Burna Boy.
The new track features on his new album ‘Heavy Is The Head’ and arrived in the early hours on Friday morning.
The album is set for release on December 13 and sees him teaming up with the likes of Headie One, Sheeran and H.E.R across sixteen tracks.
It also includes his recent releases across 2019, namely ‘Sounds of the Skeng’, ‘Crown’, Wiley Flow and ‘Vossi Bop’ which gave him his first ever UK Number One single.
The record’s title is also a lyric taken from ‘Crown’, which recently appeared on the front of Shoreditch High Street Overground Station and St Paul’s Cathedral.
Speaking at a show in Thorpe Park earlier this month (November 7), the grime star told the crowd: “[At] literally 6am in the morning, I literally finished the final vocal for my [new] album.”
It caps off a huge year for the rapper, after he made history with a triumphant Glastonbury headline set in June.
In a five-star review, NME wrote: “Stormzy’s Glastonbury was a reflection of the time we live in now. Being the second-youngest headliner in the festival’s history and the first black UK solo artist to have such a high billing would have weighed a lot on his shoulders.
“With anticipation before the night apprehensive, Stormzy does not put a foot wrong throughout. He shows exactly why he deserves to be here. Not too big for his boots, after all.”


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Values in Timber are classified into types. The integer value 7 has type Int, a fact that is expressed in Timber as 7 :: Int, so :: is read "has type". One seldom adds such explicit type information to expressions in Timber code, but it is allowed to do so. More common is to supply type signatures as documentation to top-level definitions, but also these can be omitted, leaving to the Timber compiler to infer types.
Timber also has type constructors, which can be thought of as functions that take types as arguments and give a type as
result. An example is the primitive type constructor Request, which takes a type a as an argument and constructs
the type Request a of methods (in the object-oriented sense) returning a value of type a.
Kinds and kind declarations
Timber types and type constructors are classified by their kind. All types have kind *, while type constructors that expect one type argument (such as e.g. Request) have kind * -> *. In general, a kind is either * or k1 -> k2 where k1 and k2 are kinds. A type constructor of kind k1 -> k2 expects an argument of kind k1; the result is then a type (constructor) of kind k2.
The programmer may declare the kind of a type constructor in a top-level kind declaration:
con :: kind
This is particularly useful when defining abstract data types; in the public part of a module one declares the kind of an abstract type and the signatures of the operators; the actual type definition and equations are given in the private part.
| Examples | Comments |
|---|---|
| Stack :: * -> * | Stacks with elements of arbitrary type |
| Dictionary :: * -> * -> * | Dictionaries storing info about keys |
We first describe the primitive types of Timber. In Timber code it is always clear from the context whether an expression denotes a type or a value, so some types use the same syntax for type expressions as for values, without confusion. (A beginner might disagree about the last two words.)
As part of the language, the following primitive types are provided:
Literals of types Int and Float are as in most programming languages; integer constants can be given in octal or hexadecimal formed if prefixed by 0o and 0x, respectively.
Time values are expressed using the primitive functions sec, millisec, microsec and nanosec, which all take an integer argument and return a Time value. Of course, millisec 1000 and sec 1 denote the same value.
Character literals are written within single quoutes as in 'a' or '3'; common escaped characters are '\n' and '\t' for newline and tab, respectively. (Many other forms of character literals omitted.)
The following type constructors are also primitive in the language.
The type [a], for any type a, contains finite lists of values of type a. The list [3, 6, 7, 1] has type [Int] and [[3, 2], [4, -1, 7]] has type [[Int]] (however, see the overloading page for more general types of these lists).
For arbitrary types a1,a2,...an, we can form the tuple type (a1, a2, ..., an). Values use the same notation so (True,'a') has type (Bool,Char).
For any type a, the type Array a consists of a sequence of a values, organized so that one can access all values by index in constant time. Arrays are particularly useful as state variables in objects, where they may also be updated in imperative style.
For any two types a and b, a -> b is the type of functions from a to b. -> associates to the right, so a -> b -> c parses as a -> (b -> c).
This type could be defined in Timber as
data Either a b = Left a | Right b
It is only primitive because of its role in generating default instances.
For any type a, the type Class a contains templates from which one can instantiate objects with interface of type a. Of particular interest is the case where a is a struct type with a number of methods manipulating an internal state of the object.
Action is the type of asynhronous methods. An object may offer an Action in its interface; a client who has access to this interface may send the object an action message with appropriate arguments. The message will, at an unspecified later point in time, execute the action, with exclusive access to the object's state.
For any type a, Request a is the type of synchronous methods that return a value of type a. An object may offer a Request in its interface; a client who has access to this interface may then send a request message with appropriate arguments and wait for the result. Since all methods require exclusive access to the state of the receiving object during execution, cycles of requests lead to deadlock. Deadlock is detected by the runtime system and an exception is raised.
For any two types s and a, Cmd s a is the type of procedures that can execute in a state s and return a value of type a.
For any type a, Ref a is the type of references to objects with interface of type a.
We can now form complex types such as
| Examples |
|---|
| Int -> Int -> Bool |
| [Int] -> Int |
| (a -> Bool) -> [a] -> [a] |
The two first examples are monomorphic; they involve only known types and type constructors. The third is polymorphic; it involves the type variable a (a type variable since it starts with a lower-case letter), that stands for an arbitrary type. A function possessing this type can be used at any type obtained by substituting a type for a.
The type variable a is implicitly bound in such a type expression; one should think of an implicit "for all a"
quantification prepended to the type expression.
Data types
The programmer may introduce new ways of constructing data by defining data types. The simplest case is enumeration types like
data Day = Mon | Tue | Wed | Thu | Fri | Sat | SunThe type Day contains the seven constructor values that are enumerated in the right hand side.
The constructors may have arguments, as in
data Temp = Fahrenheit Int | Celsius Int
Values in type Temp are e.g., Fahrenheit 451 and Celsius 100. There may be one, two or more alternatives and a constructor may have more than one argument. A data type for a web log entry might be
data Entry = Entry IPAddress Date URL Method Int
where a value of type Entry might be
Entry "123.456.789.000" (May 29 2007) "http://www.abc.def" GET 321
given suitable type definitions for the other types involved. Note that the type and the constructor have the same name; this is OK since types and constructors live in different namespaces.
We may also define parameterised data types:
data Tree a b = Nil | Branch (Tree a b) a b (Tree a b)
Tree thus has kind * -> * -> * and a value of type Tree String Int is a binary tree with a String and an Int stored in each internal node.
Two different data types may not use the same constructor name; with the above definition, no other data type in the same module can use constructor Nil. For data types in imported modules there is no problem if they use Nil; only that the qualified name must be used for the imported constructor.
Struct, or record, types collect values bound to named selectors. Declarations have the syntax
struct con var* where sig+
| Examples |
|---|
| struct Point where |
| x, y :: Int |
| struct Dictionary a b where |
| insert :: a -> b -> Action |
| lookup :: a -> Request (Maybe b) |
An example value of type Point is Point {x=3, y=7}. The order between the fields is not significant, so Point {y=7, x=3} is the same value. Similarly as for constructors, two different struct types in the same module may not use the same selector name. Thus a struct value is uniquely defined by the collection of selectors and the type name can be omitted from the value; {x=3, y=7} is again the same value.
If p :: Point, the selectors are accessed using dot notation, so the two integer coordinates are p.x and p.y, respectively.
A struct type may have any number of selectors and the types of selectors are arbitrary. A struct type may also be parameterised as shown by Dictionary, a type suitable as an interface to an object that acts as a dictionary, storing information of type b about keys of type a. (The result type Maybe b for lookup is intended to capture the possibility that the given key is not stored in the dictionary; the prelude defines data Maybe a = Nothing | Just a.)
The user may introduce new names for existing types:
type Age = Int type IPAddress = String type List a = [a] type Pair a b = (a,b)
Such definitions do not introduce new types; they can only be helpful to improve program readability. They may not be recursive and can not be partially applied (i.e., Pair Int is not a legal type constructor). The prelude introduces one type synonym:
type String = [Char]
Struct types and data types may be defined in subtype hierarchies. As an example, we can extend Point:
struct Point3 < Point where z :: Int
We define Point3 to be a subtype of Point; for struct types this means that Point3 has all the selectors of Point and possibly some more (in the example, one more: z). So we have {x=0, y=3, z=5} :: Point3. A function that expects a Point as argument can be given a Point3 without problem, since all the function can do with its argument is use the selectors x and y, which are present also in a Point3.
As another example we might split the dictionary type into two:
struct LookupDict a b where lookup :: a -> Request (Maybe b) struct Dictionary a b < LookupDict a b where insert :: a -> b -> Action
In a program we may build a dictionary dict :: Dictionary a b and then send it to an unprivileged client typed as a LookupDict; the client can then only lookup information, not insert new key/info pairs.
A struct type may have several supertypes; given a struct type
struct Object where self :: OIDwhere OID is a type that allows test for equality between objects, we could have defined
struct Dictionary a b < LookupDict a b, Object where insert :: a -> b -> Action
to get the same effect as before and, in addition, the possibility to test whether two dictionaries are the same (meaning same object, not equivalent content).
We can also define hierarchies of data types, but these are completely separate from any hierarchy of struct types; a data type can never be a sub- or supertype of a struct type. For data types we may add new constructors to get a supertype:
data CEntry > Entry = Corrupt
Type CEntry adds another constructor to the type Entry defined above; a CEntry is either a proper entry as above or Corrupt. A function that is defined to take a Entry as argument cannot accept a CEntry; it may stumble on a Corrupt entry. The converse is OK; newly defined functions on CEntry values can happily take an Entry; they will not have to use their Corrupt case.
The following subtyping relations hold between primitive types:
Request a < Cmd s a Action < Cmd s Msg Ref a < OID


DIE HARD 2 (1990)
Starring Bruce Willis, Bonnie Bedelia, William Atherton and William Sadler Directed By Renny Harlin
Review By David Wilcock (C)1998 David Wilcock
After the incredible sucess of Die Hard (1988) it would seem obvious that a sequel would be on the way. However, this film breaks the golden rule of sequels, which is that the sequel must be worse than the oringinal, by actually being better. It's bigger, it's more fun, and generally this is a much better film.
The films starts with John McClane (Willis) in Dulles Airport waiting for his wifes (Bedelia) flight. However, the airport is soon under the grip of the deranged Colonel Stewart, played evilly by Sadler, who are waiting to pick up a drugs baron who is being flown into the country (the drugs lord is played by Franco Nero) Of course, it's up to Willis, and not the police (the cheif of police is played by Dennis Franz, star of NYPD Blue) to save the day.
The film then follows the Die Hard genre closely, by delivering big explosions, a few deaths, and the usual Willis one liners. The director, Renny Harlin, who's only previous film was Nightmare On Elm Street 4, directs very well, and Willis gives a good performance. The best performance has to go to Dennis Franz, who's police is very good. Sadly, William Atherton, who played the news reporter in Die Hard, is wasted here, and serves no purpose in the film at all. William Sadler, though, is terrific as the Colonel. Although nowhere near as outlandish as Alan Rickman in Die Hard, he plays Colonel Stewart with superb menace.
But, of course, no-one watches an action film for the performances, they watch it for thrills, spills and destruction. And here, Die Hard 2 really delivers. The airport setting gives chances of luggage hold shoot outs, an ambush on a skywalk, and of course planes blowing up, and Die Hard 2 gives us two planes exploding, both with massive explosions. Die Hard 2 also features one of the most incredible scenes in action movie history, by showing Willis eject out of a plane, while the plane explodes below him. It really is an incredible sight, one of the best explosions put on film.
  The script is just about average (in action film standards), with some in jokes for Die Hard fans, but it's not the cleverest script in the world.
But despite the plot flaws and weak script, Die Hard 2 proves to be a great popcorn film, and even better than Die Hard, partly due to the fact that it's got a far more sensible running time (just under 2 hours, unlike Die Hards 2 hours 30 minutes) An excellent action movie
OVERALL= ***1/2 out of *****
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SOME ASPECTS OF THE ECOLOGY OF LIMNETIC ZOOPLANKTON
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1971
A Dissertation Presented to the Faculty of the Graduate School of
Yale University in Candidacy For the Degree of Doctor of Philosophy
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Appends logging events to a file.
For a list of all members of this type, see FileAppender Members.
System.Object
log4net.Appender.AppenderSkeleton
log4net.Appender.TextWriterAppender
log4net.Appender.FileAppender
log4net.Appender.RollingFileAppender
This type is not safe for multithreaded operations.
Logging events are sent to the file specified by the File property.
The file can be opened in either append or overwrite mode by specifying the AppendToFile property. If the file path is relative it is taken as relative from the application base directory. The file encoding can be specified by setting the Encoding property.
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A pet kitten teaches families, especially kids, the virtue of love and tender care. Nothing is cuter than a kitten!
It also
teaches them responsibility and gives them the ability to love unconditionally.


class ProviderRepository
Methods
| void |
__construct(Filesystem $files, string $manifestPath)
Create a new service repository instance. |
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| void |
load(Application $app, array $providers)
Register the application service providers. |
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| ServiceProvider |
createProvider(Application $app, string $provider)
Create a new provider instance. |
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| bool |
shouldRecompile(array $manifest, array $providers)
Determine if the manifest should be compiled. |
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loadManifest()
Load the service provider manifest JSON file. |
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writeManifest(array $manifest)
Write the service manifest file to disk. |
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getFilesystem()
Get the filesystem instance. |
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public void
__construct(Filesystem $files, string $manifestPath)
Create a new service repository instance.
at line 42
public void
load(Application $app, array $providers)
Register the application service providers.
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public ServiceProvider
createProvider(Application $app, string $provider)
Create a new provider instance.
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public bool
shouldRecompile(array $manifest, array $providers)
Determine if the manifest should be compiled.
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public array
loadManifest()
Load the service provider manifest JSON file.
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public array
writeManifest(array $manifest)
Write the service manifest file to disk.
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public Filesystem
getFilesystem()
Get the filesystem instance.


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Media Fotoweb
Digital Asset Management for Drupal 7
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What's a Digital Asset Management System (DAM)?
- Import and export of data with file conversion
- Augmenting media files with metadata and other properties
- Combination of data to archives, collections, albums, …
- Archiving and versioning of files
Pro's of a DAM?
- Single physical storage for your assets
- Could be used as a CDN
- Integration to different distribution channels
(print/web)
- Journalists bypass Drupal 7's weak media support
Fotoweb by
- Advanced RESTful API
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- List folders/albums
- List asset metadata
- Provides previews and renditions of assets
How does it look in Drupal?
Implementation for Drupal
- Media Browser Plugin
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- On
file_save()
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Import of Asset
Preview + metadata
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getLocalImageUrl()
, getOriginalImageUrl()
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-> simplified by Guzzle
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Add genomic position transformation lines between tracks
circos.genomicPosTransformLines( data, track.height = 0.1, posTransform = NULL, horizontalLine = c("none", "top", "bottom", "both"), track.margin = c(0, 0), direction = c("inside", "outside"), col = "black", lwd = par("lwd"), lty = par("lty"), ...)
| data | A data frame containing genomic data. |
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| track.height | Height of the track. |
| posTransform | Genomic position transformation function, see |
| horizontalLine | Whether to draw horizontal lines which indicate region width . |
| track.margin | Margin of tracks. |
| direction | Type of the transformation. |
| col | Color of lines, can be length of one or nrow of |
| lwd | Width of lines. |
| lty | Style of lines. |
| ... | Pass to |
There is one representative situation when such position transformation needs to be applied. For example, there are two sets of regions in a chromosome in which regions in one set regions are quite densely to each other and regions in other set are far from others. Heatmap or text is going to be drawn on the next track. If there is no position transformation, heatmap or text for those dense regions would be overlapped and hard to identify, also ugly to visualize. Thus, a way to transform original positions to new positions would help for the visualization.
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Lawmaker calls on VA to track scams targeting veterans
by Samantha ManningAlmost 80% of veterans said scammers have tried to rip them off because of their veteran status, according to an AARP report referenced by Sen. Bob Casey (D-PA) during a Senate committee hearing Wednesday.
Casey is calling on the Department of Veterans Affairs to take more action to track the scams and to inform veterans. The committee heard testimony from a Herndon, Pa. veteran about how he said he was scammed by a fake charity claiming to help disabled veterans.
LaVerne Foreman, 82, served in the U.S. Air Force, the Army Reserve and the Army National Guard.
"I'm proud to be a veteran,” Foreman said. "I never believed that anyone would stoop so low as to steal money and benefits from a veteran."
Foreman said the people who called asking for money seemed believable.
"They talked about what they did for hospitalized veterans and what they did for homeless veterans," Foreman said.
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Instead, Foreman said they used his banking information to collect money he never authorized after making donations in previous years.
"They've grown in their number and in their sophistication," Casey said about alleged scammers.
Foreman said he is hoping his story will help prevent other veterans from becoming victims.
"What I'm doing today is an extension of my service," Foreman said. "I feel a sense of responsibility to warn others who served."
In a statement, VA Press Secretary Christina Mandreucci said:
In general, veterans are the targets of many of the same types of fraud as the rest of society, including mail, telephone and online fraud.
Safeguarding personally identifiable information is a Veteran's best defense against being the victim of fraud. Veterans should never disclose their PII to an unknown third party and should regularly change their eBenefits and other account passwords. Veterans who suspect they have been the victim of fraud should call VA at 1-800-827-1000 as quickly as possible.


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It’s not just the usual illicit drugs and abused prescriptions which parents need to be concerned about anymore. I’ve recently learned of several tragic incidents caused by middle school students “huffing.” Although the practice of abusing common chemicals found in products from glue to carpet cleaners to aerosol cans has been around for years, incidents involving young teens have dramatically increased. Here is some basic information for parents on this form of chemical abuse. Huffing: Inhalant abuse (huffing) is when people inhale chemical vapors to get high. The results can be debilitating and actually cause death. Today many household products are being used as inhalers. According to the National Drug Intelligence Center, a primary user group is 12-17 year olds. Inhalant users tend to include people that do not have access to other drugs or alcohol, such as children and teenagers.
Signs of Abuse • Drunk or disoriented appearance • Paint or other stains on face, hands, or clothing • Hidden empty spray paint or solvent containers and chemical-soaked rags or clothing • Slurred speech • Strong chemical odors on breath or clothing • Nausea or loss of appetite • Red or runny nose • Sores or rash around the nose or mouth


A SMILE LIKE YOURS (Paramount) Starring: Greg Kinnear, Lauren Holly, Joan Cusack, Jay Thomas, Jill Hennessy, Christopher McDonald. Screenplay: Kevin Meyer and Keith Samples. Producers: David Kirkpatrick and Tony Amatullo. Director: Keith Samples.  Reviewed by Scott Renshaw.
A plot synopsis for A SMILE LIKE YOURS reads like the most generic of bittersweet romantic comedies.   Danny begins to suspect Jennifer of cheating with a cosmetics executive (Christopher McDonald), while Jennifer similarly suspects Danny of cheating with a gorgeous architect (Jill Hennessy). Eventually, tensions cause a genuine rift between the two. Sounds quite a bit like SHE'S HAVING A BABY, doesn't it?
 That's right, all the wacky hijinks of masturbating into a cup! All the side-splitting humor of spending an hour in stirrups! All the unbridled hilarity of small-talk with another pair of clinic patients who reveal their history with gonorrhea and pelvic inflammatory disease!
I can understand the temptation to search for humor in a subject as frustrating, embarrassing and occasionally guilt-inducing as fertility problems. Perhaps either writer/director Keith Samples or his co-writer Kevin Meyer had some personal experience in this area, and felt the need to share their quest for a smile amidst the tears. And it might have worked if they had bothered to include a single honest moment in A SMILE LIKE YOURS. There is no attempt to understand how Danny and Jennifer really feel about their dilemma, no sense of any genuine pain. Samples and Meyer have merely grafted a few scenes at a fertility clinic onto a fluffy and absurdly predictable relationship comedy, forcing you to wonder why it couldn't just as easily have been about a couple struggling with financial problems, or an irritating relative, or the heartbreak of psoriasis.
 The casting certainly doesn't help matters, offering the mundanely attractive Kinnear and Holly as our protagonists without once stepping inside their heads (we never learn why Jennifer is so underhanded about trying to get pregnant, considering Danny seems perfectly comfortable with the idea). Even the supporting cast -- Jay Thomas as the acerbic guy pal, Joan Cusack as the daffy gal pal -- appears to have been generated by a computer program. The film is so ennervated for so long that a late cameo by Shirley MacLaine provides virtually the entire energy quotient in three minutes of screen time. For an hour and a half A SMILE LIKE YOURS trudges in the most obvious directions, reaching a grating climax in a scene where several agonizing seconds pass between the moment we _know_ Jennifer is going to call Danny's hotel room and find another woman there, and the moment the phone actually rings.
Infertility may be a delicate issue, but it's hardly sacrosanct. A competent film-making team might have made either an exaggerated black comedy or a more sensitive comedy-drama about the issue. It deserves much better than to become an afterthought in a story which has nothing creative or insightful to offer on any subject. You know you're in trouble when the biggest laugh in a film comes during a scene when a character is watching a rerun of "I Love Lucy"...and the laugh is actually _at_ the rerun of "I Love Lucy." Lucy is still funnier -- and more inventive -- after 40 years than A SMILE LIKE YOURS is after 40 minutes.
On the Renshaw scale of 0 to 10 high concept-ions: 2.
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Class RetryPolicy<T>
Provides a generic version of the RetryPolicy class.
Inherited Members
Namespace: MilestoneTG.TransientFaultHandling
Assembly: MilestoneTG.TransientFaultHandling.dll
Syntax
public class RetryPolicy<T> : RetryPolicy where T : ITransientErrorDetectionStrategy, new()
Type Parameters
| Name | Description |
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| T | The type that implements the ITransientErrorDetectionStrategy interface that is responsible for detecting transient conditions. |
Constructors
| Improve this Doc View SourceRetryPolicy(RetryStrategy)
Initializes a new instance of the RetryPolicy<T> class with the specified number of retry attempts and parameters defining the progressive delay between retries.
Declaration
public RetryPolicy(RetryStrategy retryStrategy)
Parameters
| Type | Name | Description |
|---|---|---|
| RetryStrategy | retryStrategy | The strategy to use for this retry policy. |
RetryPolicy(Int32)
Initializes a new instance of the RetryPolicy<T> class with the specified number of retry attempts and the default fixed time interval between retries.
Declaration
public RetryPolicy(int retryCount)
Parameters
| Type | Name | Description |
|---|---|---|
| System.Int32 | retryCount | The number of retry attempts. |
RetryPolicy(Int32, TimeSpan)
Initializes a new instance of the RetryPolicy<T> class with the specified number of retry attempts and a fixed time interval between retries.
Declaration
public RetryPolicy(int retryCount, TimeSpan retryInterval)
Parameters
| Type | Name | Description |
|---|---|---|
| System.Int32 | retryCount | The number of retry attempts. |
| System.TimeSpan | retryInterval | The interval between retries. |
RetryPolicy(Int32, TimeSpan, TimeSpan)
Initializes a new instance of the RetryPolicy<T> class with the specified number of retry attempts and parameters defining the progressive delay between retries.
Declaration
public RetryPolicy(int retryCount, TimeSpan initialInterval, TimeSpan increment)
Parameters
| Type | Name | Description |
|---|---|---|
| System.Int32 | retryCount | The number of retry attempts. |
| System.TimeSpan | initialInterval | The initial interval that will apply for the first retry. |
| System.TimeSpan | increment | The incremental time value that will be used to calculate the progressive delay between retries. |
RetryPolicy(Int32, TimeSpan, TimeSpan, TimeSpan)
Initializes a new instance of the RetryPolicy<T> class with the specified number of retry attempts and backoff parameters for calculating the exponential delay between retries.
Declaration
public RetryPolicy(int retryCount, TimeSpan minBackoff, TimeSpan maxBackoff, TimeSpan deltaBackoff)
Parameters
| Type | Name | Description |
|---|---|---|
| System.Int32 | retryCount | The number of retry attempts. |
| System.TimeSpan | minBackoff | The minimum backoff time. |
| System.TimeSpan | maxBackoff | The maximum backoff time. |
| System.TimeSpan | deltaBackoff | The time value that will be used to calculate a random delta in the exponential delay between retries. |


dir. by Alexi Papalexopoulos, USA
runtime: 8 min
screening:
July 6th
Athanasios, a mischievous, 21 year old Greek American, lives and works with his grandfather, a Greek immigrant, in the family shoe repair store. Athanasios takes his Greek heritage for granted, and more importantly, the significance of his name and what it means. It is through the telling of his grandfather's survival of the Kalavryta Massacre of 1943 that Athanasios finally realizes and appreciates his heritage -- never again shunning away his name or family.
dir. by Sally Grizzell Larson,
United States
runtime: 1 min
screening:
July 7th
The rhythm of clapping hands, the repetition of images in equally timed segments: We are lulled and seduced. Like any other high functioning receptor, the human brain is indiscriminate about what it picks up. How then do we resist the seemingly benign when we're mesmerized by it in spite of our better judgment?
dir. by Emilija Gasic, Czech Republic
runtime: 9 min
screening:
July 7th
It's the end of the 19Th century. Lonely and desperate Masha writes series of love letters to a man who does not respond. Her cold and ignorant husband leads his own life not seeming to notice nor care about his wife's troubles. Masha chooses to live in her own world, in their huge renaissance house trying to cope with her rather bleak future and quite a disturbing past. Inspired by a short story by Ivan Bunin.
dir. by Michael Achtman, UK
runtime: 22 min
screening:
July 6th
Anna, a woman living with MS is visited by Doreen, a door to door proselytizer who makes herself at home and stays the day, slowly defrosting her non-welcome. Together they walk in the park, bake a chocolate cake and watch an Ingmar Bergman film. Both women are blind, played by blind actors Alex Bulmer and Margo Cargill in this existential comedy.
dir. by Yianna Dellatolla, Greece
runtime: 20 min
screening:
July 2nd
A young love between a boy and a girl in elementary school turns into a heartbreak when their family dramas end up affecting their sensitive interaction.
dir. by Ali Pour Issa, Iran
runtime: 23 min
screening:
July 7th
Fereshteh has aborted her four-month fetus in the past. Her family has kept it secret until she reveals it in the presence of Saman, who is in love with her.
dir. by Danliewen Lu, China
runtime: 20 min
screening:
July 2nd
Before the moon festival arrives, a furniture dealer has to find back his grandmother's table which he sold indifferently. This unexpectedly difficult mission gradually revives his deeply sunken memories.
dir. by Corey Kloos, USA
runtime: 4 min
screening:
July 3rd
When Simon catches the eye of the prettiest girl at the bar, he must find the courage to approach her. Once he starts down that path, nothing will stop him, even if love is unexpected and scary.
dir. by Jack Chapman, USA
runtime: 21 min
screening:
July 7th
A different kind of road movie, Bread or Blood carries the viewer on a journey along rails and rivers, following the route across the United States taken by Kelly's Army in 1894. Contemporary voices punctuate movement through the landscapes that surround America's old arteries. Steel wheels are polished bright by thousands of miles of rail as the stories of America echo down the mountains, deserts, high plains, and fields of corn, all the way to the meandering currents and eddies of the Des Moines, Mississippi, and Ohio Rivers.
dir. by Tracey Anarella, USA
runtime: 11 min
screening:
July 7th
Brooklyn United is a story of redemption. Ty Brown is Executive Director of Brooklyn United, a marching band, one hundred fifty strong. As Ty states, BU is what keeps these young people off the streets, from gangs and worse. BU opens with drummer, Brandon Little, who raps BU's story from the beginning to the present. During the film, we experience Ty's sudden fall from grace due to alleged sexual misconduct with an underage female band member and Ty's path of redemption and rebirth after a long exile form all he's ever known. We see the man, the father and the band director turn his life around, creating and growing BU, all while saving the lives of the young people of Crown Heights, Brooklyn.
Ceaseless is an experimental film influenced by the surrealist movement and postmodernist films. The film explores the psyche of a disillusioned protagonist, Trista, who questions the routine nature of life in the urbanized western society that she lives in, whilst promoting the message that natural moments of creativity are far too scarce in an overly capitalistically driven world.
dir. by Theodoras Vogiatzidis, Greece
runtime: 11 min
screening:
July 6th
An action/crime/thriller/comedy taking place somewhere between the 70's and the 80's. Col O' Bara is a conservative, racist, irresponsible and sexually confused cop, He doesn't hesitate to play out of the rules and he tends to do that a lot. With his sidekick, played by Nico Pipico (fictional playboy-actor of the 70's played by Nick Diamantidis), he confronts the 'creme de la creme' of the criminal underworld while making a mess out of everything with their unorthodox ways and their incompetence.
dir. by Victoria Trzeciak, Greece
runtime: 17 min
screening:
July 2nd
Hercules is a boy with a problem in one of his eyes. People make fun of him and call him "Cyclops". He lives with his mother, and has never met his father. He meets Eftichis by chance who is also a "Cyclops". They wander around the city centre and by dawn both of them will have changed.
dir. by Daniele Sartori, Italy
runtime: 18 min
screening:
July 4th
In the night the city is perturbed by the trail of blood a Minister, setting off in pursuit of two surreal clowns, leaves behind. The politician is completely out of touch with reality and his delirious chase will find an end in an half-desert industrial zone, where the previous offender Doris Ortiz is running a little bar. The woman will fatally fall in love with him. At dawn a security camera will disclose the epilogue of the crazy event to the Country.
The video was filmed at Vyrsodepseio Theater and was open to the audience that could attend the action in real time along with the soundscapes and improvisations of Vally Ioannou.
Ten performers (choral members) are sat around the table.
Their faces are covered with scarves so they can only feel by touching. On the table, between their hands, the symbols lay: weapon, ash, fire, book, box, scissors, water, cards, branches, body.
At the head of the table is Supermarionetta: She will lay the cards on the table and reveal the prophecy so that everyone can dive in the curve of time. Then the second self will appear.
dir. by Gustavo Raulino, Brazil
runtime: 12 min
screening:
July 4th
We are in a timeless 2015, in a scenario where a dry dam of crackled soil represents the city of SP, in Brazil. An only couple, indwells this desert, the disintegrated city. In recognizing themselves in that context, both start to investigate the causes of the drought.
dir. by Aleksei Abib, Brazil
runtime: 16 min
screening:
July 6th
In the old center of Sao Paulo, Carlos takes a taxi to Buenos Aires. As he crosses Escher's space-time, he accesses a deeper city within himself.Carlos now travels through his emotions, his unconscious, and goes far beyond anything he could imagine.
dir. by Daniele Sartori , Italy
runtime: 20 min
screening:
July 3rd
World War II has just come to an end. At a center for the identification of prisoners of war, Lieutenant Antonio Graziani is being falsely accused of having ordered the execution of ten civilians. German Detlef Hagermann, captured along with Graziani by partisans during the days of the massacre, is the only one able to clear him from the accusations, but a secret he promised to keep prevents him from telling the truth until the very last minute.
dir. by Andreas Hadjipateras, Cuba
runtime: 14 min
screening:
July 7th
A short documentary about Cockfighting in Cuba. Exploring the cultural and social importance that it has for many Cubans, the film paints a portrait of a controversial but also popular sport through four different characters.
dir. by Alexander Tuschinski, Germany
runtime: 7 min
screening:
July 3rd
100 years after the gold rush, bygone splendor rests in the desert. Intercut with millenia-old sequoia-trees, nature conquers human structures in this experimental short film.
dir. by Andronikos - Konstantinos Dimopoulos, Greece
runtime: 20 min
screening:
July 7th
The movie follows the life of a man who is daily faced with psychological violence and pressure in contemporary Athens. Inevitably, the receiver having stored all that pressure in his soul ends up causing and exerting more violence as a form of reaction towards his immediate environment. So, we watch how the protagonist enters a vicious circle of brutality in which no room for communication exists.
dir. by Rami Yasin, Jordan
runtime: 13 min
screening:
July 6th
When 40-year-old Amir visits his ailing father in hospital intending to reveal a long held secret, the nature of their dysfunctional relationship gets in the way. As the two men battle out their differences, the tension mounts on Amir who finally withdraws and leaves. Blinded by rage and his galloping emotions, Amir finds himself stuck between guilt and a desperate need to race back to his father before it's too late.
dir. by Frank Ciota, Italy
runtime: 22 min
screening:
July 6th
In the summer of 1985 American Scott Crombie disappeared off the coast of Italy without a trace. Twenty five years later, the son he never knew has come back to find him.
dir. by Vilma Kartalska, Radko Savov , Bulgaria
runtime: 26 min
screening:
July 3rd
„Janne of love” is a humorous investigation of the communicational problems, cultural differences and prejudices of contemporary Europeans.
The wild journey starts in Bulgaria, where Millitsa and Anni meet two Finnish boys – Timo and Ilkka. Beer is flowing, the temperatures are getting high, so as the passions. After getting intoxicated and recklessly breaking the law, the feelings of the main characters evolve and culminate in a shameless love confession on the dance floor.
Finland, Timo and Millitsa are already married. When alone they are the perfect match, but in public the joyful and noisy Millitsa gives Timo a hard time. Soon the stereotypical views cause their love language to fall apart. They start speaking their native tongues and their mind. Clichés and the bias that Eastern and Western Europeans have against each other burst out in a hilarious argument.
Will there be a solution in this never-ending conflict? And who, for God’s sake, is Janne!?
dir. by Tracey Anarella, USA
runtime: 12 min
screening:
July 3rd
The movie is about a street musician named Jesse. The movie takes us through Jesse's continuous challenge of negotiating the line between 'busking' in the subways and keeping the momentum of advancing his career as a musician above ground. We accompany Jesse on this journey by hearing him play for money in the NYC subway system.Through interviews with Jesse and living through the steps of having one of his songs produced, the audience shares with Jesse this ambivalence about staying 'underground' as a musician or taking the traditional route of chasing him dream 'above ground'.
dir. by Jeff Dupre, USA
runtime: 40 min
screening:
July 6th
Famous for his vibrant reinterpretations of classical portraits featuring African-American men, New York-based painter Kehinde Wiley has turned the practice of portraiture on its head and in the process has taken the art world by storm.Kehinde Wiley: An Economy of Grace follows the artist as he steps out of his comfort zone to create a series of paintings of women for the first time. Kehinde casts his models on the streets of New York and then enlists Riccardo Tisci of Givenchy to create couture gowns for each woman. The film traces the artist's process from concept to canvas as he reveals to us another side of black femininity.
dir. by Ruud Matthijssen, Netherlands
runtime: 28 min
screening:
July 4th
God created the world, the Dutch created the Netherlands. Klei (Clay) is a short film about peoples efforts to get in touch with each other in an artificial world. The film was shot at the Flevopolder, the largest artificial island reclaimed on water in the world. There are no ancient cities, no mountains, no irregularities, no rituals. There are people in search of...
dir. by Mark Playne, United Kingdom
runtime: 14 min
screening:
July 2nd
A heart warming story of a lonely young man's increasingly creative attempts to attract the attention of the girl of his dreams. A gentle film of hope and optimism.
dir. by Jianan Fan, China
runtime: 24 min
screening:
July 4th
This short story is based on the accident of the sink of ‘SEWOL’ ship, it narrates to the readers the story of two men’s journey from Ansan City to Mokpo City, one man is an idle truck driver, the other is the 'SEWOL' shipwreck victim’s father.
dir. by Paul Surety, United Kingdom
runtime: 6 min
screening:
July 3rd
'Noise' is a film that uses clever sound design to show the liberating effects of dance.It shows the world from the perspective of a withdrawn and lonely girl surrounded by arguing or hectoring adults. The film has a cold, austere feel. Instead of dialogue the film is filled with cacophonous noise.
dir. by Elinor Nechemya, Israel
runtime: 28 min
screening:
July 7th
Wandering through mysterious paths of a sleepy seaside resort, Zohar seeks clues in hope to discover reasons for her father's absence from a family vacation. Obscurity and fear sends Zohar to darker places that threaten the unstable serenity.
dir. by Sophia Kiapos, USA
runtime: 14 min
screening:
July 6th
Set in Depression era Mississippi, the film follows three sisters - Olivia, Martha and Ilse. Throughout the years, people come and go, but the sisters hope they will escape from their small society. When Nora, a foreigner from outside the South enters the household, the sisters begin to lose everything.
A man enlists in a life extension program run by the institution, Our Futures. How long will he have to wait, will he wake in the future he is promised or perhaps he will remain in stasis indefinitely?
dir. by Jeff Wyatt Wilson, USA
runtime: 4 min
screening:
July 4th
Politically charged, witty, sexy... and raw, 'Oval Room' was officially released today by International runway model Gin Cooley. Gin recorded the song herself in rural west Tennessee with the most nominal equipment (yardsale electronics) on zero budget and no training. Indie Film director/DP Jeff Wyatt Wilson captured the authenticity of the song after visiting Gin in her rural hometown Paris Tennessee, where the song was originally recorded. Oval Room was written by Blaze Foley, an American singer/songwriter based out of Austin Texas. Foley initially wrote the song about Ronald Reagan, but Cooley's rendition takes a much broader approach. To Gin, the song speaks corporate America and the great monopolies of the western worlds as well as the obvious political scrutiny. Viewers can enjoy some infamous presidential bloopers while watching Gin perform in hopes of easing some tension in the upcoming presidential election.
dir. by Cristian Sulser, Switzerland
runtime: 12 min
screening:
July 2nd
'Scrabble' addresses the secret desire to break out of the routine of a loveless relationship and illuminates with irony the depths of humanity behind a traditional facade - using a simple board game.Once the first rush of love in a relationship has passed and the daily routine has set in, the point comes where you want to feel free again. Theo lives just such a dull routine in his allotment shed, his passion for his wife Barbara long gone. In secret, he imagines what it would be like to get away from this bleak, empty existence with Barbara.Their weekly Scrabble game presents unexpected opportunities - is it possible that a few simple letters could bring Theo`s dark fantasies to reality? That a chosen word determines fate? Is it possible to murder Barbara?
dir. by Mike Friedrich, Germany
runtime: 29 min
screening:
July 4th
Lucy, a young woman flees the quarantine station of a hospital in order to find a space to write down her story in form of a novel. After breaking into a house by a lake she is confronted with the neighbor, who believes she is the daughter of the owner. With the arriving of the house owner the story gets dramatic, he gets killed, the neighbor steals the book and publishes it under her own name. The book becomes a big success while the young sick woman is kept imprisoned by the neighbor in the cellar of her house. When Lucy is forced to celebrate the success of the book, the two woman start to argue and reality starts to reveal itself.
dir. by Shahrukh Kavousi, Norway
runtime: 19 min
screening:
July 3rd
July 6th
Ramin is a 17 year old boy who lives and works illegally in a hair dressing salon. One night Julia (17) visits, a girl who has a relation to his boss. It becomes a challenging meeting between the two teenagers.
dir. by George Vdokakis/Nikos Kounitis, Greece
runtime: 9 min
screening:
July 4th
Without any explanation or introduction, we felt we had arrived at a very specific place. There was no need to hurry, no urge to move on. We were simply present.
dir. by Adriane Little , USA
runtime: 3 min
screening:
July 6th
This video was inspired by Lisa Williams' poem "Spilled Milk on Banjo" as read by WIlliams for the video. The video translates the brief and lyrical exchanges of mother and daughter, which is brought together visually with the use of the umbilical cord as metaphor for this connection.
dir. by Paul Surety, United Kingdom
runtime: 12 min
screening:
July 2nd
Alex, a middle-aged married man, is having an affair with Alma, his much younger lover. The couple meet regularly to indulge their passion, but their latest rented love nest is full of surprises. The weekend goes well until a strange presence that emanates from a mysterious locked cupboard unnerves them both, creating paranoia and casting a malevolent spell over their relationship.
dir. by Jay Lifton, USA
runtime: 10 min
screening:
July 7th
A seemingly unremarkable man spends a day taking a bizarre test at a mysterious facility. Through his day he interacts with the odd, detached employees of the facility, guiding him from section to section, obscuring the intentions or duration of the test.
dir. by Joel Moffett , United States
runtime: 19 min
screening:
July 6th
Starring world-renowned queer icon Buck Angel, Technical Difficulties of Intimacy is a groundbreaking new film about a man and woman, who try to salvage their relationship by exploring new sexual horizons.
THE CINHOMO INTERNATIONAL LGBT FILM FESTIVAL JURY SAYS THIS ABOUT TECHNICAL DIFFICULTIES OF INTIMACY:
"Three dimensional characters hilariously explore the many facets of identity and sexual desire!"
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This groundbreaking film is about relationships outside the cis world. It’s a sexy situational comedy about two trans people (played by Buck Angel and Mariana Marroquin) navigating a relationship. It will mess with your comfort zone and your expectations, from set design to something unfortunate that happens to a dildo. This film is fearless in confronting the artifice that keeps love from being complete and authentic.
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dir. by Cole Mercier, USA
runtime: 7 min
screening:
July 6th
After years of failure in the search for Sasquatch. Marjorie, a former crypto-zoologist, has retired to a secluded cabin in the woods hoping that one day he would find her instead.
dir. by Emilija Gasic, Serbia/Montenegro
runtime: 17 min
screening:
July 2nd
During the turbulent times in the 18Th century Serbian village, life of a poor, superstitious Serbian family dramatically changes when the head of the family, father and husband returns from the war against Turks - infected with vampirism. However, one family member manages to find salvation in the place least expected.
dir. by Nicolas Citton, Canada
runtime: 11 min
screening:
July 4th
THE FUTURE PERFECT A time travel movie that take place in the space between then and now. One man is hired to do a job that makes him question every impulse in his body, until he sees a future he cannot unlearn. A sparse, minimalist sci-fi story about the endless nature of grief, starring Zachary Quinto (Star Trek; Margin Call), Robert Baker (Mad Men;Texas Rising), and featuring music by Son Lux (Looper; The Disappearance of Eleanor Rigby). Dir. Nick Citton. RT: 12:17
dir. by Amanda Milius, USA
runtime: 26 min
screening:
July 3rd
The year is 2077, in a post government world, where there are no laws or weapons, Nora and her best friend and lover, Daph, live an idyllic life in a sparse and rugged landscape. After a stranger arrives on their land Daph's curiosity takes her away to a violent and misogynistic psychedelic drug cult. Nora doesn't just want Daph back, she also wants revenge.
dir. by Jeannette Louie, Germany
runtime: 18 min
screening:
July 6th
'The Making of Love' is a psychological journey into the realm of lovesickness. A seduction has altered a teenage girl. Her involvement with an older man and subsequent abandonment by him inflicts a solipsistic stupor upon her daily life. She is transfixed by consciousness, haunted by memories and subjugated by turbulent emotions. This girl is real and her words are transposed from the pages of a private journal into the space of film. 'The Making of Love' shows a mind pondering upon the ailments and emotions occurring when the unrequited manifests physically and philosophically.
dir. by Mario Garefo, Greece
runtime: 18 min
screening:
July 6th
.A man intrudes into rich people's dinners claiming that he can collect the food from their table and feed his shadow which, curiously enough, is a female figure.
dir. by Joseph Accardi, USA
runtime: 15 min
screening:
July 7th
The Soft Shell Crab and the Metal Claw follows Wei Tang, a Chinese woman in her mid twenties, who finds herself enslaved by the bonds of marriage to an abusive husband, the owner of a fish market in New York City's Chinatown. Trapped in this foreign reproduction of her homeland, Wei Tang is forced to endure a grueling workday of gutting fish as well as the physical torment brought upon her by her husband. However, after years of enduring this life, Wei Tang has hatched a plan to escape. Will Wei Tang get away, or, like the crabs and fish she sells, are there just some traps from which we cannot break free?
dir. by Kryssa Schemmerling, Donald Gray, USA
runtime: 17 min
screening:
July 4th
History and myth merge in this impressionistic mini-epic that imagines the birth and early life of legendary gunslinger Billy the Kid when he truly was a kid -- one of thousands of urchins trying to survive on the streets of 19th-century New York City's Lower East Side. The West Begins at Fifth Avenue draws visual inspiration from the photographs of Jacob Riis and borrows the cinematic language of early silent cinema to create an evocative, highly unconventional Western set entirely in New York City -- and in the mind.
dir. by Dimitris Panakis, Greece
runtime: 8 min
screening:
July 3rd
A man and a woman, outcasts of a harsh reality, walk along the Calatrava Bridge in Athens (Greece). they stop for a while and they dream before they return to their everyday life.
dir. by Alex Bak, United Kingdom, Peru
runtime: 22 min
screening:
July 3rd
We have reached a point where climate change is visibly damaging the livelihoods of rural Peruvians, who struggle ever more for water and electricity. A tireless farmer, with the help of renewable energy, is the first in his village to bring light to his home.
dir. by Mohammad Zare, Iran
runtime: 17 min
screening:
July 3rd
There once was a girlwho was made up of junk.She looked really dirty,and she smelled like a skunk.She was always unhappy,or in one of her slumps-perhaps 'cause she spentso much time down in the dumps.The only bright momentwas from a guy named Stan.He was from the neighborhoodgarbage man.He loved her a lotand made a marriage proposal,but she already thrown herselfin the garbage disposal.
runtime: 1 min
screening: July 6th


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Starring: Samuel L. Jackson, Kevin Spacey, David Morse, Ron Rifkin, J.T. Walsh, Paul Giamatti, John Spencer
Directed by F. Gary Gray Approx running time 130 min
The Negotiator opens with a tense hostage situation that is extremely well-directed.  At the end of the ten minute scene, the audience lets out their breath. You'd think they'd been holding it the whole time. After that scene, we get the obligitory set up for the focus of the film. That calm sequence lasts another ten minutes. Then hold on to your wigs and keys, folks, because the next hour and fifty minutes takes you on one hell of a ride.
Danny Roman is a top-notch hostage negotiator who has been accused of killing his partner and embezzling funds from the department. In a last resort attempt to clear his name, he takes hostages on the 20th floor of the Chicago Federal Building. His demands are that in eight hours, the informant be found, the muderer be found, and he be let off the hook. The catch is that Chris Sabean (Spacey), a prime negotiator from Chicago's west side, must act as the mediator. Roman knows the man's strengths, and believes that since his friends have turned on him, that only a stranger (one of equal mind) can be trusted.
F. Gary Gray, a student of the MTV style of movie directing, does a much better job than most of his peers. Though The Negotiator occasionally feels like a spinoff of The Rock, Gray does some fantastic work. His greatest achievement is keeping the audience on the edge of their seats for nearly two hours. Once the film gets going, it doesn't let up. There is a constantly moving camera (which adds tension to any film), but it is very subtle and takes small slow movements to build up tension.
Some of The Negotiator's best moments come from the dichotomy created from having a major negotiator dealing with his contemporaries. One scene early on is extremely funny, and it breaks the ice between characters. In a sequence reminiscent of Jules' "What does Marsellus Wallace look like?!!" interrogation from Pulp Fiction, Roman educates an inexperienced cop on what NOT to say during negotiations.
Paul Giamatti, a two bit crook in the wrong place in the wrong time, provides excellent comic relief as well. He has the film's best lines by far. The two leads provide nothing less than their best as the two strangers who know each other well. Jackson runs the gamut of emotions and does them all well. Spacey, who seems to pinball back and forth between psycho and good guy in his career, manages another fine turn as a take-charge smart cop. J.T. Walsh, who died shortly after the film wrapped, ends his filmography with another perfect scumbag. But he never broke from that pattern, and he too turns in a fine performance. Who better to play the loathesome heavy?
Though the ending is a bit anti-climactic, The Negotiator is as good as any in its genre. It equals Die Hard and Lethal Weapon in it's strength and originality. (Though there is a fair share of "borrowing" from previous films.) And there is no doubt that we could use another Spacey/Jackson pairing real soon.
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Mayor happy with decline
by Darren HandschuhVernon's mayor is pleased to see the number of homeless in the city has dropped.
Victor Cumming was commenting on the most recent point-in-time homeless count conducted in mid October.
Last year, the count found 161 people were living rough in the city. This year the count found 151 living on the streets.
“The numbers are down and that's good for us, good for Vernon,” said the first-term mayor. “It shows the impact of the two facilities that have been established recently and it's an indication from my point of view that there is more work to do and that requires more funding through the province and more low-cost housing.”
In July, the 52-unit My Place apartment complex opened, getting roughly 60 people off of the streets.
“We need more permanent housing. Those who are the bottom end, that's what they need more than anything else,” said Cumming. “That is what we need. That's what's going to have an impact on those numbers.
“CMHA in Vernon have now been approved for 30 units which will get under construction hopefully quickly as possible,” said Cumming of plans to expand Albert Place on 25th Avenue.
The new units will be comprised of multiple bedroom and single bedroom dwellings.
“Some of those units are very heavily subsidized and those are the solutions we are looking for,” said Cumming.
A full report on the homeless count will be presented to council Monday.


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Chapter 1, Exercise 1.7
- JAVA is now used to develop large-scale enterprise applications, to enhance the functionality of web servers, to provide applications for consumer devices and for many other purposes.
- C initially became widely known as the development language of the UNIX operating system.
- The Web 2.0 company GROUPON is the fastest growing company ever.
- The C++ programming language was developed by Bjarne Stroustrup in the early 1980 at Bell Laboratories.
Chapter 1, Exercise 1.13
Three benefits of cloud computing:
Imagine being assigned a group research project. Cloud computing can make this project extremely manageable. For one, you can keep all documents in ONE place. This is nothing special until you factor in each member of the group being able to access elements of the document anywhere and anytime. No need to meet at the library; no need to wait for the next day of class; all you need is an internet connection and you are on your way. The cloud gives group members the opportunity to edit files simultaneously from different locations. And lastly, with cloud computing you do not have to worry about losing saved documents because your flash drive fell in a puddle.
Chapter 1, Exercise 1.14
If I were to merge Skype and YouTube:
My web services application would combine the powers of YouTube and Skype. I am very much into collaborative learning. I have learned people think and behave differently in different geological locations. My application would be one that turns living rooms all over the globe into one big classroom. Skype would be the service that connects the different students. Skype is basically the main component of the application. It will be the classroom. Discussions, chats, presentations will all be done with the powers of Skype. YouTube will be the lecture component of the classroom. All videos and assignments will be uploaded to YouTube. The great thing about YouTube is that anyone can access the information after the semester end.
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Element versus Attribute
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receipe for mothers scallops:
Preheat the oven to 400°. On a rimmed baking sheet, toss the bread crumbs with 1 tablespoon of the olive oil and season with salt and pepper. Bake for 12 minutes, or until browned and crisp.
In a small bowl, combine the olives, sun-dried tomatoes, balsamic vinegar and 1/2 tablespoon of the olive oil.
In a large pot of boiling salted water, cook the spaghetti until al dente. Meanwhile, in a large skillet, heat the remaining 2 tablespoons of olive oil until shimmering. Season the scallops with salt and pepper and cook over high heat until well browned on the bottom, about 3 minutes. Turn the scallops and cook until just done, about 1 minute longer. Transfer the scallops to a large plate. Add the wine to the skillet and cook, scraping up any browned bits, until reduced to 1/4 cup, about 3 minutes. Pour in any accumulated juices from the scallops and remove from the heat.
Drain the spaghetti and transfer it to a large, shallow serving bowl. Add the pan sauce, the olive-and-sun-dried-tomato mixture and the chopped tomatoes and toss well; season with salt and pepper. Arrange the scallops on top of the spaghetti, scatter the ricotta salata, basil and bread crumbs on top and serve.
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Receipe for mother's tomatoe:
Combine the olive oil and garlic in a large deep saucepan and cook over medium-low heat for about 10 minutes, stirring or swirling occasionally, until the garlic is deeply colored—striations of deep brown running through golden cloves—and fragrant. If the garlic starts to smell acrid or sharp or is taking on color quickly, pull the pan off the stove and reduce the heat.
While the garlic is getting golden, deal with the tomatoes: Pour them into a bowl and crush them with your hands. We like to pull out the firmer stem end from each of the tomatoes as we crush them and discard those along with the basil leaves that are packed into a can.
When the garlic is just about done, add the red pepper flakes to the oil and cook them for 30 seconds or a minute, to infuse their flavor and spice into the oil. Dump in the tomatoes, add the salt, and stir well. Turn the heat up to medium, get the sauce simmering at a gentle pace, not aggressively, and simmer for 4 hours. Stir it from time to time. Mother it a little bit.
Check the sauce for salt at the end. The sauce can be cooked with meat at this point, or stored, covered, in the fridge for at least 4 days or frozen for up to a few months.
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Here's the receipe for mother's tarts:
1 teaspoon olive oil
1 clove garlic, minced
5-ounce package baby spinach
1 egg
2 cups ricotta cheese
2 tablespoons chopped fresh thyme
Zest of 1 lemon
1/4 teaspoon kosher salt
1/4 teaspoon ground black pepper
1/2 cup grated Asiago cheese
Heat the oven to 375 F. Coat an 8-inch tart pan with a removable bottom with cooking spray. Press the pie dough into the tart pan, trimming any excess.
In a skillet over medium-high, heat the oil. Add the garlic and cook for 1 minute. Add the spinach and cook until completely soft and most the of the liquid has evaporated, 4 to 5 minutes. Transfer the spinach to a fine mesh strainer. Using a spoon or silicone spatula, press the spinach to extract any remaining liquid.
In a medium bowl, beat the egg, then add the ricotta, thyme, lemon zest, salt, pepper and spinach. Stir to combine. Spread the mixture in the prepared tart shell and sprinkle with Asiago cheese. Place on a baking sheet and bake for 35 to 40 minutes, or until puffed and golden brown. Allow to cool slightly. Serve warm or at room temperature.


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A helper for resolving wildcard configuration paths.
Definitions
def resolved_paths(&block)
Resolve a set of @paths
that may contain wildcards, into a sorted, unique array.
Signature
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returns
Array(String)
Implementation
def resolved_paths(&block)
@paths.collect do |path|
Dir.glob(path)
end.flatten.sort.uniq.each(&block)
end
def configuration
Build a configuration based on the resolved paths.
Implementation
def configuration
configuration = Configuration.new
self.resolved_paths.each do |path|
path = File.expand_path(path)
configuration.load_file(path)
end
return configuration
end