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List of National Parks in India part 1

Ladakh - 
Hemis National Park 1981

🧿Arunachal Pradesh -
 1. Mouling National Park 
2.Namdapha National Park 1983

🧿Andhra Pradesh
1. Papikonda National Park 2008
2. Rajiv Gandhi (Rameswaram) National Park 2005
3. Sri Venkateswara National Park 1989

🧿Assam
1.Dibru-Saikhowa National Park 1999
2. Kaziranga National Park 1974
3. Manas National Park 1990
4. Nameri National Park 1998
5. Rajiv Gandhi Orang National Park 1999

🧿Andaman & Nicobar Islands
1.Campbell Bay National Park 1992
2. Galathea Bay National Park 1992
3.Mahatama Gandhi Marine (Wandoor) National Park1982
4. Middle Button Island National Park 1987
5. Mount Harriett National Park 1987
6. North Button Island National Park 1987
7. Rani Jhansi Marine National Park 1996
8. Saddle Peak National Park 1987
9. South Button Island National Park 1987

🧿Chhattisgarh
1. Guru Ghasidas (Sanjay) National Park 1981
2. Indravati (Kutru) National Park 1982
3. Kanger Valley National Park 1982

🧿Bihar
1.Valmiki National Park 1989

1. Karnataka

A. National park in Karnataka 

1. Rajiv Gandhi (Nagarahole) National Park ( 1998)
2. Kudremukh National Park ( 1987 )
3. Bannerghatta National Park ( 1974 )
4. Bandipur National Park ( 1974 )
5. Anshi National Park ( 1987 )

B. Seats

Lok Sabha ? 28
Rajya Sabha ? 12

C. UNESCO Heritage Sites

1. Group of Monuments at Hampi
2. Group of Monuments at Pattadakal
3. Western Ghats (Shared Site)

D.  Famous Temples

1. Udupi Sri Krishna Matha

2. The Marikamba Temple at Sirsi

3. The Sri Manjunatha Temple at Dharmasthala

4. Kukke Subramanya Temple and Sharadamba Temple at Shringeri

5. Shravanabelagola, Mudabidri and Karkala are famous for Jain history and monuments.

6.  Kudalasangama and Basavana Bagewadi are holy sites of Lingayats.

E. Festivals
1. Hampi Festival
2. Gowri Festival
3. Kambala Festival 
4. Pongal
5. Pattadakal Dance Festival

F. Dance 
1. Kuchipudi ( Classical Dance)

G. Dams in Karnataka
1. Krishna Raja Sagar
2. Tungabhadra Dam
3.  Vani Vilasa Sagara
4.  Almatti Dam
5.  Hemavati Dam

H.  Some Famous Personalities 
1. Shakuntala Devi ? Famously known as Human-Computer
2. RK Laxman ? Cartoonist
3.  Basavaraj Rajaguru ? The King of Hindustani Music
4.  Bhimsen Joshi ? Khayal Singer.

👉Karnataka Khadi Gramodyoga Samyukta Sangha (KKGSS) in Bengeri in Hubli, is the only unit in India that is authorized to manufacture and supply the Flag of India.

👉Karnataka hosts the maximum number of Jnanapith awardees. The state has won eight.

Important days in June 

1 June ? World Milk Day

♦️3 June - World Bicycle Day

♦️4 June ? International Day of Innocent Children Victims of Aggression

♦️5 June- World Environment Day

♦️7 June ? World Food Safety Day

♦️8 June ? World Oceans Day

♦️14 June - World Blood Donor Day

♦️19 June - World Sickle Cell Awareness Day

♦️19 June - World Sauntering Day

♦️3rd Sunday of June - World Father?s Day

♦️21 June ? International Yoga Day 

Mobile Apps & Portals Launched by Government of India

'Mera Ration' Mobile App 
➡️Government of India 

📱E-Chhawani Portal and Mobile App
➡️Union Defence Minister, Rajnath Singh

📱Udyam Sarathi App 
➡️CM of Uttar Pradesh.

📱Digital Ocean
➡️Union Minister of Health and Family Welfare, Science and Technology, Earth Sciences, Dr Harsh Vardhan

📱?E-Sampada?
➡️Minister of State (IC) for Housing and Urban Affairs, Hardeep Singh Puri.

📱?PR Insight?
➡️Punjab Government

📱Abhayam App
➡️Andhra Pradesh Government

📱Jeevan Seva App
➡️Satyendar Jain Health Minister of Delhi

📱Ayush Sanjivani Mobile App
➡️Union Health Minister Harsh Vardhan and Minister of State for Ayurveda, Yoga, and Naturopathy, Unani, Siddha and Homoeopathy (AYUSH).

📱COVID-19COVID BEEP App
➡️Union Minister of the northeastern region (DoNER) Dr Jitendra SinghIt 

📱?eBloodServices? Mobile App
➡️Union Minister of Health and Family Welfare, Dr. Harsh Vardhan.

📱'ATL App Development Module'
➡️ NITI Aayog.

📱Awaas app
➡️Ministry of Housing and Urban Affairs.

📱?Harit Path? App
➡️Union Minister for road transport and highways.

The Hindu Vocabulary For All Competitive Exams:1 June 2021

1. CONFRONT (VERB): (सामना करना): challenge
Synonyms: square up to, oppose
Antonyms: avoid
Example Sentence:
He confronted the robbers as they were trying to leave.


2. POISED (ADJECTIVE): (शांतचित्त): self-possessed
Synonyms: self-assured composed
Antonyms: excited
Example Sentence:
Not every day you saw that poised, competent kid distressed.


3. DESPITE (PREPOSITION): (के बावजूद ): in spite of
Synonyms: notwithstanding, in the face of
Antonyms: because of
Example Sentence:
He remains a great leader despite age and infirmity.


4. CONSOLIDATE (VERB): (मजबूत करना): strengthen
Synonyms: secure, stabilize
Antonyms: weaken
Example Sentence:
The company consolidated its position in the international market.


5. FLIPPANT (ADJECTIVE): (क्षुद्र): frivolous
Synonyms: superficial, shallow
Antonyms: serious
Example Sentence:
He made a flippant remark.


6. TIRESOME (ADJECTIVE): (थकानेवाला): boring
Synonyms: dull, tedious
Antonyms: interesting
Example Sentence:
Weeding is a tiresome but essential job.


7. GLORIFY (VERB): (महिमामंडन करना): ennoble
Synonyms: exalt, elevate
Antonyms: dishonour
Example Sentence:
A football video went viral glorifying violence.


8. ABATE (VERB): (घटना): subside
Synonyms: lessen, let up
Antonyms: intensify
Example Sentence:
In an hour or so the storm would abate and they could leave.


9. FLEETING (ADJECTIVE): (क्षणभंगुर): brief
Synonyms: transient, short-lived
Antonyms: lasting
Example Sentence:
For a very fleeting moment, I saw his face.


10. GLOSSY (ADJECTIVE): (सतही आकर्षक): expensive
Synonyms: high-quality, stylish
Antonyms: cheap
Example Sentence:
That is just another glossy TV miniseries.

Persian Gulf

In Headlines: Indian Navy has launched ?Operation Sankalp? in the Persian Gulf and the Gulf of Oman.

The Persian Gulf is an arm of the Arabian Sea, lies between Arabian Peninsula and Iran, extending from the Shatt al Arab delta to the Strait of Hormuz.

Also called the Arabian Gulf, it is a shallow marginal sea of the Indian Ocean.

It is connected to the Gulf of Oman in the east by the Strait of Hormuz.

Bordered by Iran, Oman, United Arab Emirates, Qatar, Bahrain, Saudi Arabia, Kuwait and Iraq.

Post updated on:  Jun 5, 2021 8:12:23 AM

Current Affairs

Mexico's Andrea Meza has been crowned Miss Universe 2020 at the 69th edition of the pageant.

🔰Amazon India has launched a free video streaming service named mini tv. Amazon now has two video streaming services- Prime Video and mini TVs.

🔰The Union Health Ministry announced that the second dose of the Covishield vaccine will be given after 84 days now.

🔰World Hypertension Day is celebrated on 17 May worldwide.

🔰The Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman handed over possession to 640 homebuyers of the first stalled project completed with funding by SWAMIH Fund managed by SBICap Ventures Ltdand.

🔰The Ministry of Agriculture and Farmers Welfare has provided an enhanced allocation of Rs. 2250 Crore for the year 2021-22 for 'Mission for Integrated Development of Horticulture, a centrally sponsored scheme.

🔰The 43rd GST Council meeting will take place on May 28, 2021, through video conference.

🔰Miss India Adeline Castelino was the third runner-up at the 69th Miss Universe pageant. She finished fourth behind Peru's Janick Maceta.

🔰The theme of 2021 World Telecommunication and Information Society Day is "Accelerating Digital Transformation in challenging times".

🔰The 6th UN Global Road Safety Week has been organized from 17-23 May 2021.

🔰In Tennis Rafael Nadal (Spain) has won the men's singles title at the Italian Open 2021.

🔰the book titled "Sikkim: A History of Intrigue and Alliance", written by former diplomat Preet Mohan Singh Malik.

🔰The Chief Minister of Manipur N Biren Singh has launched the MOMA Market mobile application for home delivery of fresh vegetables.

🔰The Indian Railways has completed the Wi-Fi-based internet facility has been provided at 6000 railway stations in the country till now.

🔰The World AIDS Vaccine Day, (also known as HIV Vaccine Awareness Day), is observed annually on May 18.

🔰the tennis player who represented Kazakhstan in the Davis Cup has been banned for 10 years after admitting a string of corruption charges.

🔰The Himachal Pradesh government has launched a state-wide wellness program called 'AYUSH Ghar Dwar' for home isolated Covid-19 positive patients, to keep them healthy by practicing Yoga.

🔰Iga Swiatek (Poland) has won the women's singles title at the Italian Open 2021 Tennis tournament.

🔰The Pune has been topped the State of Indian Healthcare- Indian cities through the lens of healthcare report 2021, report by Elara Technologies.

🔰As per the analysis, India is the most at-risk country, with 43 of the top 100 cities on the list.

Hypothermia

Hypothermia is a severe medical condition where the body loses heat before it can generate it, resulting in a dangerously low body temperature. 

? While normal body temperature lies at around 37 degrees Celsius, the body temperature of a person suffering from hypothermia drops to below 35 degrees Celsius. 

? Heavy alcohol consumption is often linked to an increased risk of hypothermia and other conditions linked to extreme cold weather. 

? Alcohol can decrease the core temperature of the body and increase the risk of hypothermia during cold exposure. 

The coast of Odisha in India is the largest mass nesting site for the Olive-ridley.
 
? They are found in warm waters of the Pacific, Atlantic, and Indian oceans.

? The Olive ridley turtles are the smallest and most abundant of all sea turtles found in the world.

? They are best known for their unique mass nesting called Arribada.

? They migrate thousands of kilometers between feeding and mating grounds in the course of a year.

? They are extensively poached for their meat, shell and leather, and their eggs.

COAL RESERVES IN INDIA 

The Coal resources of India are available in older Gondwana Formations of peninsular India and younger Tertiary formations of the north-eastern region. 

? About 80 percent of the coal deposits in India are of bituminous type and are of non-coking grade. ? Jharkhand has the largest reserves of coal in India followed by Odisha and Chhattisgarh. 

? The most important Gondwana coal fields of India are located in Damodar Valley. They lie in the Jharkhand-Bengal coal belt and the important coalfields in this region are Raniganj, Jharia, Bokaro, Giridih, and Karanpura. Jharia is the largest coalfield followed by Raniganj. 

? The other river valleys associated with coal are Godavari, Mahanadi, and Sone.  

IISCO

The Indian Iron and Steel Company (IISCO) set up its first factory at Hirapur and later on another at Kulti. In 1937, the Steel corporation of Bengal was constituted in association with IISCO and set up another iron and steel producing unit at Burnpur (West Bengal). 

? All the three plants under IISCO are located very close to Damodar valley coalfields (Raniganj, Jharia, and Ramgarh). Iron ore comes from Singhbhum in Jharkhand. 

? Water is obtained from the Barakar River, a tributary of the Damodar. 

? All the plants are located along the Kolkata- Asansol railway line. Unfortunately, steel production from IISCO fell considerably in 1972-73 and the plants were taken over by the government.   

HOW DESERT PLANTS CONSERVE WATER?

They are mostly shrubs.

? Leaves are absent or reduced in size.

? Leaves and stems are succulent and water-storing.

? In some plants even the stem contains chlorophyll for photosynthesis.

? Root system is well developed and spread over a large area.

? The annuals wherever present germinates, bloom, and reproduce only during the short rainy season, and not in summer and winter.

? Various other xerophilous adaptations are resorted to such as reduced leaves, thick hairy growth, succulence, coatings of wax, thick cuticle, protected stomata, etc., all having for their object of reduction of transpiration.

TISCO

? The Tata Iron and Steel plant lies very close to the Mumbai-Kolkata railway line and about 240 km away from Kolkata, which is the nearest port for the export of steel. 

? The rivers Subarnarekha and Kharkai provide water to the plant. The iron ore for the plant is obtained from Noamundi and Badam Pahar and coal is brought from Joda mines in Odisha. 

? Coking coal comes from Jharia and west Bokaro coalfields.  

Post updated on:  Jun 5, 2021 8:05:31 AM

BRICS Employment Working Group (EWG) Meeting

  • First BRICS Employment Working Group (EWG) Meeting amongst BRICS Countries.

  • The first BRICS Employment Working Group (EWG) Meeting was held in the virtual format in New Delhi.

  • India has assumed the BRICS presidency this year.

  • Prime agenda for the discussions:

◆ Promoting Social Security Agreements amongst BRICS Nations

◆ Formalization of labour markets

◆ Participation of women in the labour force

◆ Gig and platform workers ? Role in the labour market

◆ Apart from the member nations? representatives, representatives from the International Labour Organization (ILO) and International Social Security Agency (ISSA) also participated.

◆ On the issue of the Social Security Agreement (SSA), the Member Nations resolved to enter into dialogue and discussion with each other and take it forward towards the signing of the agreements.

What are Social Security Agreements (SSA)?

◆ SSA is a bilateral agreement between India and a foreign country designed to protect the interests of cross border workers.

◆ The agreement provides for avoidance of ?double coverage? and ensures equality of treatment to workers of both countries from a social security perspective.

◆ Generally, benefits such as detachment, exportability of pension, totalisation of benefits and withdrawal of social security benefits are available under these SSAs.

◆ Under Detachment or elimination of dual contribution, employees moving on employment to any SSA country are exempt from making social security contributions in the host country for a specified period (specific to each SSA), provided they continue to make social security contributions in their home countries.

◆ Under the Exportability of Pension clause, the employees may choose to receive benefits of social security in their home country or any other country where they are currently residing (subject to the respective SSA) without any reduction of those benefits, i.e. benefits can be exported.

◆ Under the Totalization of Benefits clause, the period of service rendered by an employee in the host country is to be counted for checking the ?eligibility? of social security payment in the home country and vice-versa.

Multiplex RT-PCR Kit

  • DST institute develops a new multiplex RT-PCR kit.

  • Sree Chitra Tirunal Institute for Medical Sciences and Technology (SCTIMST), an Institute of National Importance under the Department of Science and Technology has developed the new multiplex RT-PCR kit.

  • Significance:

◆ The kit has a higher accuracy of detecting covid-19 across the various mutant strains of the coronavirus.

◆ Even though coronaviruses make far fewer errors than other RNA viruses, the mutations in S, R, and N genes often interfere with RT-PCR assay.

  • The new kit targets two SARS CoV2 genes: RdRp and ORFb-nsp14, and the human RNAse P gene as the internal control to help detect a range of mutant strains.

  • Various studies have shown that RdRp and ORF1b-nsp14 genes are more sensitive in detecting Covid-19. Hence, this kit can give more precise results.

  • The ORFb-nsp14 is one of the least mutated genes in Covid-19 and currently, there are no kits in the market with ORF-nsp14 as the target.

  • ICMR has validated this kit at the National Institute of Virology, Pune, and found that it has 97.3% sensitivity and 100% specificity in covid-19 detection.

◆ It may be noted that withdrawal of PF and pension benefits is allowed only once the employee attains the age of 58 years (for non-SSA countries) or depending upon the conditions stipulated in the respective SSA (if any).

◆ To protect the interest of International Workers, India has signed bilateral Social Security Agreements with 19 countries, out of which 16 are operational.

  • Need for SSAs:

◆ The globalisation of the economy and the development of international trade and business has considerably increased the international movement of individuals across geographies.

◆ While cross-border issues arise in the areas of tax, immigration and social security, of late, social security issues too have been gaining importance as they relate to the retirement benefits of the individual venturing beyond borders for employment.

◆ Till 2008, foreign nationals exercising employment in India were not covered under the Provident Fund (PF) regulations, since PF contributions were not mandatory where the employees? pay exceeded the wage ceiling.

◆ On the contrary, Indian nationals working abroad were required to contribute to the social security scheme of the respective country.

◆ However, these contributions were generally lost due to limited tenure overseas or in failing to fulfil the minimum qualifying period of contribution or residence.

International Organizations

Asia Pacific Economic CooperationAPEC
➡️Singapore1989

🧿Organization of Islamic Cooperation ➡️OICJeddah (Saudi Arabia)1969

🧿Organization for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons OPCW
➡️The Hague(Netherlands)1997

🧿Worldwide Fund for NatureWWF
➡️Gland, Vaud (Switzerland)1961

🧿World Economic Forum WEF
➡️Cologny, (Switzerland)1971

🧿International Hydrographic Organization IHO
➡️Monaco1921

🧿International Cricket Council ICC
➡️Dubai, (UAE)1909

🧿International Union for Conservation of Nature IUCN 
➡️Gland, (Switzerland)1948

🧿International Council on Monuments and Sites ICOMOS 
➡️Paris, (France)1965

🧿United Nations World Tourism Organization UNWTO 
➡️Madrid, (Spain)Asia Pacific Economic CooperationAPEC
➡️Singapore1989

🧿Organization of Islamic Cooperation ➡️OICJeddah (Saudi Arabia)1969

🧿Organization for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons OPCW
➡️The Hague(Netherlands)1997

🧿Worldwide Fund for NatureWWF
➡️Gland, Vaud (Switzerland)1961

🧿World Economic Forum WEF
➡️Cologny, (Switzerland)1971

🧿International Hydrographic Organization IHO
➡️Monaco1921

🧿International Cricket Council ICC
➡️Dubai, (UAE)1909

🧿International Union for Conservation of Nature IUCN 
➡️Gland, (Switzerland)1948

🧿International Council on Monuments and Sites ICOMOS 
➡️Paris, (France)1965

🧿United Nations World Tourism Organization UNWTO 
➡️Madrid, (Spain)


Diphtheria

Diphtheria is primarily caused by the bacterium Corynebacterium diphtheria.

? It is mainly spread by coughs and sneezes, or through close contact with someone infected.

? In most cases, the bacteria cause acute infections, driven by the diphtheria toxin, the key target of the vaccine.

? However, non-toxigenic C. diphtheria can also cause disease, often in the form of systemic infections. 

? In high-income countries, all babies are vaccinated against the infection. 

? Recently it is found that Diphtheria has started to become resistant to several classes of antibiotics and in future, it may even become immune to vaccination.

Major areas of priority in Five Year Plans

1st Five Year Plan (1951-56) - Priority of Agriculture. 


✅  2 Five Year Plan (1956-61) - Priority of Industry Sector. 


✅ 3 Five Year Plan (1961?66) - Agriculture and Industry. 


✅   4 Five Year Plan (1969-74) - Removed the development of poverty with justice. 


✅ 5th Five Year Plan (1974-79) - Removed poverty and self-reliance.

✅ 6 Five Year Plan (1980-85) - Emphasized only as the Fifth Plan.

✅ 7th Five-Year Plan (1985?90) - Food production, employment, productivity

✅ 8th Five Year Plan (1992-97) - Job creation, control of population.

✅ 9th Five Year Plan (1997-02) - 7 percent growth rate. 

✅ 10th Five Year Plan (2002-07) - Self employment and development of resources.

✅ 11th Five Year Plan (2007-12) - Comprehensive and rapid development.

✅ 12th Five Year Plan (2012-17) - Reform of health, education and sanitation (overall development)

Post updated on:  Jun 5, 2021 5:25:24 AM

AIMS AND OBJECTIVES OF COOKING FOOD
 
Cooking -Cooking is the art, science, and craft of using heat to prepare food for consumption. Cooking techniques and ingredients vary widely, from grilling food over an open fire to using electric stoves, to baking in various types of ovens, reflecting local conditions. Cooking is done both by people in their own dwellings and by professional cooks and chefs in restaurants and other food establishments. The expansion of agriculture commerce, trade, and transportation between civilizations in different regions offered cooks many new ingredients. Some modern cooks apply advanced scientific techniques to food preparation to further enhance the flavor of the dish served.
 
EFFECT OF HEAT ON FOOD:
 
The aim or the intention of coking is to see that the food cooked undergoes a physical and at times a chemical change and that ate end result is edible and acceptable.
 
The object of cooking is to achieve certain results such as:
To facilitate and hasten digestion, so that the cooked food is absorbed by the digestive system and subsequently assimilated by the body. This is largely determined in the manner the food is cooked. During the cooking process, it breaks down the cellulose in plant food, softens some of the connective tissues of meat, breaks down and gets starches present. The alternation is brought about in texture, by physical and chemical changes thus assisting mastication.
 
CHARACTERISTICS OF RAW MATERIALS:
 
To prepare a complete dish a basic knowledge of the different raw material used and their characteristics are essential. The materials are classified according to the role they play in the preparation of a dish. Raw materials can be classified as the following:
  1. Foundation ingredients
  2. Fats and oil
  3. Raising agent
  4. Eggs
  5. Salt
  6. Liquid
  7. Flavoring and Seasoning
  8. Sweetening agent
  9. Thickening agents
 
It is to be remembered that the presence of the above mentioned raw materials is not essential for one particular dish
 
Foundation ingredients: these are the main ingredients of a dish on which the other ingredients are based. It may be a liquid or solid. For example flour in bread, stock in soup, beef in any beef steak, fruit in fruit salad etc. but whatever the main ingredient is it should always consist of the following six constituents ? carbohydrate, fat, proteins, vitamins, minerals, and water. It is not only essential to know the proportion of various ingrains but also their composition and action of heat on these.
 
Fats and oils: fats are solid at room temperature and melt when heated. Fats used in cookery are usually in the form of butter, margarine, lard, etc. while oils are liquid at normal temperature. Examples of common cooking oils are coconut oil, mustard oil, sunflower oil, groundnut oil, sesame seed oil, olive oil, etc.
 
Raising agents: Leavener produces a desirable texture by introducing carbon dioxide into batter and dough. The gas stretches the dough and creates a small bubble. There are 3 types of leavening agents
     Chemical leavener: baking soda and baking powder is the primary chemical leavener.
       Organic leavener: yeast is a living organism that feeds on sugar, providing alcohol and carbon dioxide. The yeast has to grow and reproduce sufficiently to fill the dough with air pockets. Yeast will not function well below 18-21 degree centigrade and above 43 degrees centigrade, yeast is destroyed.
      Physical leavener: the basic physical leavener is steam, which is produced when the liquid in batter or dough is heated, this causes the air pocket to expand. Steam act as leavener in puff pastry, croissant souffl?, etc.
Eggs:   Eggs, one of the most versatile and nourishing foods used in cooking are eaten and enjoyed by people since the beginning of civilization. Egg laying is mainly associated with birds. Some bird eggs are valued on the gourmet table as much for their appearance as for their taste, such as Quail and Gull eggs. Duck, Goose and Turkey eggs hardly seem exotic, though they are rarely seen away from the farmyard. Here we confine ourselves to eggs of the hen.
Eggs perform a dozen other subsidiary roles as well as playing the role of an ingredient in dishes.
  • When heated, egg whites stiffen a mixture, while egg yolks make it smooth, rich and slightly thick.
  • Eggs are important in enhancing soup and sauces and in binding, stuffing and purees
  • In baked custards, the egg white sets the milk or cream until firm, while the egg yolk enriches it.
  • Egg whites are also used to clarify stock for consomm? and aspic.
  • Whole eggs or even just the egg yolks mixed with little water, form an excellent golden glaze for bread and pastries.
  • Eggs are baked in the oven at 163? C in their shells so that they are tender, with coagulated white and slightly thickened egg yolk.
  • Yolks of eggs are used for emulsification, as in mayonnaise sauce.
  • Similarly, whole eggs alone or mixed with a a tablespoon or two of water or oil, act as a binder for coatings for foods to be deep-fried.
 
 
 
Salt: A white crystalline odor less sharp tasting substance which is used as a condiment and preserving agent. In the pure state, salt consists of sodium chloride and is very abundant in nature. It is composed of 2 elements sodium and chlorine at the ratio of four parts sodium to six-part chlorine. As separate they are deadly but when combined in this proportion as common salt they are indispensable to the human body.
 
Although salt contains no calories, proteins or carbohydrates, traces of other minerals are present in unrefined salt, including calcium, magnesium, sulfur, and phosphorus; magnesium in salt gives it a bitter aftertaste
 
The mineral element in the unrefined sodium chloride can affect foods cooked with salt. For example, rock salt contains calcium, which will toughen the skin of beans and pulses. Calcium also increases the moisture retention of salt, so that anti?caking agents are needed.
Rock salt: this is a large coarse crystal sized salt obtained from crushed minced salt in some case or from salt brine that has been evaporated very slowly. It is ideal for most culinary purpose. In America ?rock salt? refers to freezing salt for an ice cream machine and is inedible
 
Vacuum salt: this is prepared by evaporating a purified the salt solution in vacuum pans to produce a salt that is 99.9 % pure.
 
Table salt: rock salt obtained from underground deposits, it is usually refined and specially treated to prevent caking ? magnesium carbonated is added to help make it run more easily.
 
Sea salt: the crystals are obtained by the evaporation of seawater. Sea salt is said by many to be the best salt.
 
Dairy salt: this is a 99.9% pure salt of a fine crystals size, which is used in the manufacture of butter, cheese and margarine.
 
Dendritic salt: this is a new grade of salt, it is very fine and has star like crystals, and is used in the seasoning mixture for sausages type goods where its particular shape assist in retaining an even mixture of all the spices and seasoning
 
Celery salt: this is a blend of crushed celery seed and vacuum salt that is purchased already prepared. It is frequently used when fresh celery is unavailable or just a small quantity is required.
 
Garlic salt: this is a blend of crushed dried garlic and table salt that is purchased already prepared. It is used for any dish where fresh garlic is used.
 
Iodized salt: this salt contains 15 ? 30 per million of sodium iodide (or potassium iodine)
 
Seasoned salt: this refined salt contains several spices including oregano and black pepper. It can be used in all savory and meat dishes.
 
 
Gomashio: a Japanese mixture of salt and sesame seeds .sprinkled on raw vegetables
 
 
Liquid: liquid is necessary to bind dry ingredients together, to dilute food, to act as a cooking medium and to thin down a gravy or sauce. Milk, water, stock and fruit juices are the most commonly used liquid. Eggs may be used for binding when too little ids added, the food doesn?t get cooked, or as in the case of cake, it retards the action of raising agent, resulting in a hard heavy cake. Gravies or soups containing sufficient liquid are perfect. Too much liquid results in a watery product or as in the case of cakes and pudding make them soggy.
Flavoring and seasoning:
Flavoring: a substance added to a preparation to improve its flavor. They combine both taste and smell. Today the herbs and spices commonly used for flavoring includes thyme, bay leaves, cardamom, nutmegs, basils etc. orange flower water, almond essence, vanilla and zest of citrus fruits are used for flavoring cakes, pastries and confectionery.
Wines, fortified wines ( Madeira , port ), spirits and brandies are extensively used in continental cookery for flavoring sauce, stews, flamb?ed meat and poultry dishes.
A variety of extract and essences and fumes are also used. Other methods of flavoring include steam cooking, with aromatic plants, smoking with specially scented woods.
Seasoning: the addition of various ingredients (salt, pepper, spices, condiments, aromatics, vinegar etc) in variable quantities to culinary preparations, either to give it particular taste or to increase its palatability without changing the nature of the food it contains
The taste and acceptability of food depend to a very great extends all correct amount of flavoring and seasoning. These are variable ingredients and types and amounts necessary for different dishes must be carefully studied. To add just enough and no more should be the aim of every professional chef.
Sweetening agent: When sweetening is used with other food it enhances the combined sensation of color and flavor of the dish produces it also add its own sweetness and is a versatile food product its uses in the kitchen it is varied. The types of sweetening used are sugar, treacle ( syrup obtain in refining sugar), jaggery or molasses, syrups such as golden syrup, corn syrup, maple syrups, jam , honey and fruit juices
 
 
Thickening agents and binding agents:
Thickening agents give body, consistency and palatability when used and also increases the nutritive value. Various starches are used as thickening agents in many culinary instances. Starches like corn flour, arrowroot; rice flour is affected by making a stable paste through the action of heat.
  • Thickening with egg, blood, cream
  • Thickening with starchy vegetables like potato, tapioca etc.
Culinary binding agents must however be cohesive (shape retaining) and in some cases adhesive materials. Those in common use are based upon cooked (gelatinizes) starches or protein or mixtures of both. The starch based binders often takes the form of thick binding sauces, bread crumbs, cooked potatoes etc.  The commonest protein based binder is eggs. Unflavored gelatin is used in salad, cold sweets, and cold soups. An extensively used starch based binder is panada.
In Indian cookery, gram flour, onion paste, coconut and poppy seeds are also used as thickening and binding agent.
 
 
VARIOUS TEXTURES
 
Texture is a term used to describe the characteristics of a finished product. Variety includes some hard and soft food in a meal, so that the amount of chewing required is varied.
Coarse: Consisting of large particles; not fine in texture.
Rough: Having a surface marked by irregularities, protuberances, or ridges; not smooth
Smooth: Having a surface free from irregularities, roughness, or projections; even.
Fine: Of superior quality
 
 
VARIOUS CONSISTENCIES
  • Density: The quality or condition of being dense
?       Specific gravity: A number indicating the ratio of the weight of a substance to that of an equal volume of water.
  • Thick : Heavy in form, build, or stature
  • Thin: Not dense or concentrated
  • Gel: A colloid in which the disperse phase has combined with the dispersion medium to produce a semisolid material, such as a jelly.
  • Emulsion : A suspension of small globules of one liquid in a second liquid with which the first will not mix
  • Liaison: a particular consistency normally made of cream or milk with egg yolk which can give a smooth prominent coating on a surface.
 
 
TECHNIQUES USED IN PRE- PRESENTATION:
 
  1. Washing: washing of ingredients like vegetable, meat, fish etc to remove the superficial dirt from the outer surface.
  2. Peeling : spoilt, soiled and in edible portions are removed. Skin of vegetables or fruits is either peeled or scrapped the outer layer can be stripped by steam or by blanching.
  3. Cutting : reducing to small pieces with a knife.
  4. Chopping :when a similar result is obtained when a chopping knife or with a mechanical food chopper, the process is called chopping (small pieces )
  5. Grating : reducing to small particles by rubbing on a rough surface, as in grating lemon peels, cheese etc.
  6. Grinding : reducing to small fragments by crushing, as in grinding spices, or coffee in a mill or on a grinding stone.
  7. Mashing : this is a method of breaking up of a soft food with pressure, with a potato masher, or with a fork.
 
 

Post updated on:  May 30, 2021 1:06:04 AM

Online travel agency models
OTA acts as 24/7 appointed salesman for the hotel. It can be said that they are one stop solution for all hotel bookings for end customer.

1. Merchant Model

 The main characteristic of a Merchant Model OTA is that OTA's purchase rooms in bulk due to the contract between OTA and hotels to sell base number of rooms.
In this case hotels give the OTA a net rate, to which a mark-up is applied to determine the sell rate to the end consumers. Generally the mark-up or margin for the OTA is determined by the agreement between the hotel and the OTA.
The guest pays the OTA at the time of booking a room, and the OTA afterwards pays the hotel when the actual stay occurs.
Examples of OTA's using merchant model are Expedia, Priceline, Agoda and Getaroom.com. On these websites the hotels obtain a preferred (direct) listing, and the hotel property is placed above product sources from other providers.
Beside the BAR (best available rateMerchant Model OTA also offer additional promotional rate levels, for hotels to attract more demand. Examples are discounts for dynamic packages, allowing the OTA to bundle the hotel room together with a flight or car rental, creating competitive offers.
Advantages of Merchant model are:
 1. Good bargain power due to bulk purchase leading to higher profit margin.
2. Can select rooms usually preferred by the guest.
3. OTA can package hotel with other offers such as flight/car.
Disadvantages of Merchant model are:
 1. May not be preferred by hotel owner due to huge profit margins of OTA.
2. May need bulk investment if contract is prepay payment to hotel.
 
2. Agency Model- In this model, OTA's work on commission basis. Here the guest pays the hotel directly when the stay occurs and the hotel pays the OTA commission after the stay has taken place.
In this case a Hotel provides the OTA a final sell rate, over which a commission is paid to the OTA by the hotel after the booking at the hotel has been consumed. The commission level has been agreed upon prior in the distribution partnership agreement between the Hotel and OTA. ( generally from 15- 30 percent)
A key advantage of the Agency or commission OTA Model is that the Hotel sets the final sell rate directly. It will allow hotels to create a transparent price positioning to consumers, taking rate parity as a strategy into consideration.
The very well known example of agency model is Booking.com.
Advantages of Agency Model:
1. No upfront huge capital investment is required
2. Preferred by hotel owners due to more control over final selling price.
3. As its east to collaborate with many hotels, end customer gets wider choices.
Disadvantages of Agency Model:
1. It has less bargaining power for OTA.
2.  It has less profit margins for OTA.
3.  Its cannot be packaged with other offers.
 
3.Opaque Model: An Internet sales method in which consumers "bid" an amount they are willing to pay for a room on a specific arrival date and the third party: Web-site operator matches that bid with a hotel willing to sell a rooms) at that rate.
Opaque Sites are booking channels and OTA websites where the hotel remains hidden until after the purchase is complete. The customer sees only the product category (destination, star rating of the hotel) and the price but not the brand.
Usually it doesn't accept refunds, changes or cancellations.
It is basically a non-transparent discount offer. The sites are called opaque because the supplier remains hidden during the booking process.
This segment is popular in the travel industry. It is used to sell unsold hotel rooms, airline seats etc.  The pricing strategy helps hotels to sell empty rooms without damaging their brand integrity and price positioning. It allows the hotel to reach out to a price conscious audience in addition to their usual target group. An advantage is the guaranteed revenue the hotel has, as the reservation can't be modified after purchase.
The best known Opaque Travel Websites are Priceline and Hotwire.
Many OTAs have also introduced their own version of Opaque Pricing:
  • Travelocity / Lastminute / Top Secret Hotels
  • Getaroom.com / Unpublished Rates
  • booking / Hidden hotel
  • GTAHotels.com / Mystery hotel
  • hotel.de / hotel Roulette
  • HotelsCombined.com / hotel Roulette
  • TravBuddy.com / hotel Roulette
  • Easyclicktravel.com / Off The Record
  • HotelDirect.co.uk / Hidden Gem/ Hotels
  • BookIt.com / Mystery hotel
  • SuperBreak.com / Mystery Hotels
  • Wotif.com / Wot hotel
 
 

Post updated on:  May 28, 2021 5:58:48 PM

 
Managing Quality and measuring guest satisfaction
Managing Quality
Hotel industry has a fixed room inventory; hence the industry cannot focus on the products production. The industry can only work on improving their service quality.
Quality is the ability of a product or service to meet a customer's expectations for that product or service. 
Before purchasing or using a product or service, customers always have their personal expectation about its performance. After buying or using a product or service, if the result is equal to or better than expectation, it means the expectation has positive confirmation. Whereas, with the increase in number of competitors, the organization need to improve their services from time to time.
Service quality in the hospitality industry becomes one of the most important factors for gaining a sustainable competitive advantage and customers? confidence in the highly competitive marketplace, and therefore service quality can give the hospitality industry a great chance to create competitive differentiation for organizations. 
Dimensions of Service Quality
Performance indicates the performance in relation to the prime objectives of the product. The hotels primary characteristics are to have good rooms and nice food.
Reliability  means how much you can rely on a product. It is the ability to perform the promised service dependably and accurately.
Sahara Airlines, an upcoming domestic air carrier within India, has been striving to protect itself as a reliable airline. It hopes to differentiate itself from other airlines Indian Airlines. To protect this reliability, Sahara Airways has a scheme of full refund plus a coupon of Rs.3,000 to every passenger on delay of flights by more than 59 minutes.
Responsiveness:
It is the willingness of the Hotel staff to help customers and to provide them with prompt service. The customers may have queries, special requests, complaints, etc.
 
Example ? A customer calls room service to find out if they would pack a Jain lunch. It is not the hotel?s normal policy to cook such specialty and customised meals. However, the customer being very religious minded would be very pleased if the hotel could pack it for him to carry and eat. This may impose some strain on the kitchen. However, the hotel may be rewarded in two different ways if it agreed to provide the meal. The customer would be very pleased with the service and is very likely to recommend the hotel to his friends and acquaintances.
 

Assurance:

It defined as the ability of the company to inspire trust and confidence in the service delivery. This dimension is considered vital for services that involve high risk as customers may not be able to evaluate all the uncertainties involved in the process by them.
Example- Provision of Medical services to the guests, financial securities for credit card authenticity,  legal affairs in relation to BTC Guests and Travel Agencies, etc., demand this service quality dimension.
 

Empathy

 
It refers to the caring, personalized attention to each customer. When service provider puts himself in the shoes of the customers, he may see the customer?s viewpoint better. When customers feel that the provider is making his best effort to see their viewpoint, it may be good enough for most. 
 
Example, a lady customer with a young child arrives slightly late at the check-in counter and requests the agent for a seat along the aisle and near the toilet.
Even if all such seats have already been taken up, the agent and the airline may make even effort to request another passenger to exchange seats and meet the customer demand. The lady passenger would be delighted if her request could be honoured despite the last minute checking in, and even if she does not get such a seat, she would be grateful for their effort.
 

Tangibles:

It refers to physical facilities, equipment, and appearance of a service firm?s employees.
For Example:
Usage of best company machines, Highly qualified staff in an Hotel, etc
 
 When a patient in the waiting room of a clinic sees the doctor?s certificate, he becomes aware of the quality of service he is about to receive.
 
Measuring Guest Satisfaction
 
In a hotel persistent quality standards results in loyal guests who use the services consistently and share this experience with acquaintances. Toda the hotels have realized the importance of regular guests and retaining these guests is one of the prime focuses of every hotel.
For the same purpose it becomes necessary for the hotel to understand the needs of expectations of the guest and utilize their valuable feedback for the continual development of their services and products. For a hotel to maintain their commitment to the quality of their products, the opinion of the guest is necessary. A few yardsticks of measurement taken up by the hotels to ensure guest satisfaction are:
Guest history card: A record of the guests who have stayed in the hotel is maintained by the front office department. This includes the guest name, address, contact number, room history, guest preferences. A complete record of guests likes & dislikes, any particular preferences or allergies etc are maintained. This process is helpful with respect to regular guests. The guest history card is a measuring tool for guest satisfaction and adhering to quality standards.
E.g. ? Mr. A is a regular guest of hotel XYZ. He prefers # 110and is allergic to feather pillows. The hotel FO and Hk staff checks the guest profile in the arrival list and takes care of his preferences during pre-arrival.
Guest satisfaction tracking system: A quarterly or half yearly tracking is done. A detailed questionnaire examining every service area of the hotel ranging from checkin, room hygiene, food and beverage quality, staff behaviour and attitude, timely delivery of services and products are covered. A percentage rating is achieved which is then used as a benchmark for future performance goals.
Lately, questions are asked from guests to rate the hotel against their competitors in the market. This allows the management to derive both internal and external rating of where the hotel stands in the market.
 Internal Audit: Internal auditors, especially in chain hotels are sent from one property to another. The true identity of these auditors is withheld by the management. The auditors check in as guests, avail all the services of the hotel. An audit report is made by the auditors giving a percentage rating along with feedback of every operational department of the hotel. The departmental heads are responsible for presenting the audit report to their team members. A plan of action is made and put into immediate practice to overcome the stated discrepancies resulted from audit.
Mystery Guest: Similar to the internal auditor, an incognito auditor is hired by the corporate management to check the services and products of the hotel. Generally after every six months each hotel receives a mystery visitor to inspect the property and assess the personnel in relation to the predetermined service delivery standards. The hotels then receive percentage performance rating which is then used as a benchmark for future performance targets. For some hotels these ratings are the main criterion in the employee bonus and increment scheme. The auditor?s report is presented to each employee from entry level to managers. A plan of action is devised to overcome the shortcomings mentioned in the report.
Room Sales Department: The room sales department of the hotel plays an important role in collecting feedback from travel agents, corporate and forwarding it to the management for corrective actions.
 
 
 
 

Post updated on:  May 27, 2021 2:05:55 PM

Follow below steps to start and configure solr quickly on your machine


1. Download solr from Solr Download  For window you can download the zip file of latest version and for Unix/Linux download tgz file. For example I clicked on solr-8.6.2.zip It will take user to mirror page where all files are refereed Solr Zip I clicked on Solr Zip

2. Once downloaded unzip the zip file. Make sure you have Java 8 already installed in your machine.

3. Now you can start the solr server. Solr comes with embedded Jetty server in it. So we can directly start solr server. Solr index all data in particular Collection which is also called Core. Solr provides some collection which are already created for us. We can see the present collection in the folder --solr-8.6.2\example.
Whenever we restart solr then we need to add the name of the collection.

4. Go to folder location --\solr-8.6.2\bin and run the below command to start solr with techproducts collection
  •  solr -e techproducts
 You can see in the logs that it tries to index some of the already present XML files to solr for demo/practice

 
 
 5. Once solr is started with the above message shown in screen shot then we can hit the below url to see the solr Admin UI page
 http://localhost:8983/solr/#/

 
 6. If you see the above screen shot then it means that solr is running and it's restarted successfully.
 
 7. Now click on Core Selector from left side and you can see techproducts in dropdown. Select techproducts.
 
 8. You can see all configuration for this collection techproducts.

 
 9. Click on Query tab from left panel and then click on the "Execute Query" button
 
 10. You can see the results for the data indexed in solr. You can try this query in separate browser to see the search result.
 http://localhost:8983/solr/techproducts/select?q=*%3A*
 
 
 11. For adding new item in solr, add new content in XML file under \solr-8.6.2\example\exampledocs OR create a new XML file we your new content like below.
 I have created a new file myfile.xml and added below data in that file

    


   
12. Now index this new data in solr by below command.
Go to folder example/exampledocs
and run this command. At this folder post.jsr is already present.
  •  java -Dc=techproducts -jar post.jar myfile.xml






13. Now search for the new content which you have just indexed as http://localhost:8983/solr/techproducts/select?q=mymenu



14. You can shut down solr. Go to folder location --\solr-8.6.2\bin and run the below command
  •  solr stop
 

Stay tuned for more updated and more exercise with steps and example.


Happy learning!!




Amit  posted in Apache Solr

Post updated on:  Oct 11, 2020 11:50:32 PM

World is targeting to decrease the response time, irrespective of the application developed and technology used. Searching is a core functionality being used in eCommerce as well in other application. Keeping the response time and scalability in high priority, Apache Lucene project introduced SOLR SEARCH ENGINE.


Benefits

Solr is the popular, blazing fast open source enterprise search platform from the Apache Lucene project. Its major features are: powerful full-text search, hit highlighting, faceted search, dynamic clustering, database integration, rich document (e.g., Word, PDF) handling, and geospatial search. Solr is highly scalable, providing distributed search. Solr is written in Java and runs as a standalone full-text search server within a servlet container such as Tomcat. Solr uses the Lucene Java search library at its core for full-text indexing and search, and has REST-like HTTP/XML and JSON APIs that make it easy to use from virtually any programming language. Solr's powerful external configuration allows it to be tailored to almost any type of application without Java coding, and it has extensive plug-in architecture when more advanced customization is required.

Lucene uses 3 to 5 times less memory for when dealing with terms dictionary, so it's even less RAM consuming. So it provides quick search.
Faceted Searching.
Light weight application.
 
 
Basic Work Flow
                        
Schema.xml:  
   This file is responsible to declare all fields of data feed with their type and scope for search. It first declare the data type which can be used for fields. It defines the field types and fields of documents. It can drive more intelligent processing Dynamic Fields enables on-the-fly addition of new fields in this field. CopyField functionality allows indexing a single field multiple ways, or combining multiple fields into a single searchable field. Explicit types eliminates the need for guessing types of fields. We can also provide customized data type . In that case we are required to create concerned class and need to point that class in the declaration of the data type .
It makes possible to specify that a field is a String, int, float, or other primitive, or a custom type.

It has a feature of  Dynamic field definitions.  If a field name is not found, dynamicFields will be used if the name matches any of the patterns. e.g. name="*_i" will match any field ending in _i (like myid_i, z_i). Longer patterns will be matched first.  If equal size patterns  are found then the first appearing in the schema will be used.
 
Solrconfig.xml:   On the configuration side, the solrconfig.xml file specifies how Solr should handle indexing, highlighting, faceting, search, and other requests, as well as attributes specifying how caching should be handled and how Lucene should manage the index. This is defined in solrconfig.xml. The configuration can depend on the schema, but the schema never depends on the configuration. Cache used to hold field values that are quickly accessible by document id.  The fieldValueCache is created by default    even if not configured here. Response is given in XML/JSON format as per user corresponding parameters.

 
Detailed Description

Solr Faceted Search Implementation:


Faceted search gives the facility to dig our searching upto bottom level. In the respect of user this helps to search from category to sub category and many more.  Each facet displayed also shows the number of hits within the search that match that category. Users can then "drill down" by applying specific contstraints to the search results. Faceted search is also called faceted browsing, faceted navigation, guided navigation and sometimes parametric search.
It's relatively simple to get faceting information from Solr, as there are few prerequisites. Faceting commands are added to any normal Solr query request, and the faceting counts come back in the same query response. Solr offers the following types of faceting, all of which can be requested with no prior configuration:
Field faceting - retrieve the counts for all terms, or just the top terms in any given field. The field must be indexed.
Query faceting - return the number of documents in the current search results that also match the given query.
Date faceting - return the number of documents that fall within certain date ranges.
 

Caching

Solr caches are associated with an Index Searcher ? a particular 'view' of the index that doesn't change. So as long as that Index Searcher is being used, any items in the cache will be valid and available for reuse. Caching in Solr is unlike ordinary caches in that Solr cached objects will not expire after a certain period of time; rather, cached objects will be valid as long as the Index Searcher is valid.
The current Index Searcher serves requests and when a new searcher is opened, the new one is auto-warmed while the current one is still serving external requests. When the new one is ready, it will be registered as the current searcher and will handle any new search requests. The old searcher will be closed after all request it was servicing finish. The current Searcher is used as the source of auto-warming. When a new searcher is opened, its caches may be prepopulated or "autowarmed" using data from caches in the old searcher.
 
Required attributes in caching.
 
Available  SolrCache Class for implementation:
solr.LRUCache
solr.FastLRUCache
solr.LFUCache
 
initialSize
The initial capacity (number of entries) of the cache.
 
autowarmCount
It is responsible to get the searched data from old cache instead of hitting solr.It defines the size or how many data can be cached. When a new searcher is opened, configurable searches are run against it in order to warm it up to avoid slow first hits. During warming, the current searcher handles live requests.When a new searcher is opened, its caches may be prepopulated or "autowarmed" with cached object from caches in the old searcher. autowarmCount is the number of cached items that will be regenerated in the new searcher. You will proably want to base the autowarmCount setting on how long it takes to autowarm. You must consider the trade-off ? time-to-autowarm versus how warm (i.e., autowarmCount) you want the cache to be. The autowarm parameter is set for the caches in solrconfig.xml.
 
This is Cache warming in background
 
   
      class="solr.LRUCache"
      size="512"
      initialSize="512"
      autowarmCount="0"/>
 
Caches configuration is view on static page of solr for a running Solr server.
Url for static page is http://localhost:8983/solr/admin/stats.jsp
 
 
The most recently accessed items in the caches of the current searcher are re-populated in the new searcher; enabling high cache hit rates across index/searcher changes. This is autowarming in background.



 
Query Creation
Query created to hit Solr engine follows HTTP interface with configurable response formats (XML/XSLT, JSON, Python, Ruby, PHP, Velocity, binary).Sorting can be done by any number of fields, and by complex functions of numeric fields
Highlighted context snippets can be used.
Faceted Searching based on unique field values, explicit queries, date ranges, and numeric ranges is key feature of Solr. Spelling check and auto suggestions are also provided for user queries, in that case it is required to manipulate solrConfig.xml for spelling check.
Queries are creating using simple java code but one can use solr API apache-solr-solrj-1.4.1.jar. Inbuilt class SolrQuery is responsible to create queries. Its different methods can be used to append different parameters in query. The above API can be used for parsing response data also or one can write own code for parsing/handling response data.
Query Example:-
 
Basic Parameters of Solr Query:
  1. q: This is the basic parameter in solr query which contains the searched content.
  2. Start: This parameter is used to paginate results from a query.
  3. Rows: This parameter is used to paginate results from a query.
  4. Fq: This parameters contains the condition applied on the search query.
  5. Fl: This parameter can be used to specify a set of fields to return, limiting the amount of information in the response.
  6. Sort: This parameter says that we need the response in sorted form asc/desc on a particular field basis.
  7. Facet: It defines weather facet search is true/false on the particular call.
  8. Wt: The value of this parameter defines the format of solr response.
 

 

Amit  posted in Apache Solr

Post updated on:  Oct 1, 2020 1:51:34 AM

clc;
foregroundDetector = vision.ForegroundDetector('NumGaussians', 3, ...
        'NumTrainingFrames', 50);
    V=VideoReader('bac cifix 15 min.avi');
    videoReader = vision.VideoFileReader('sample.avi');
    for i = 1:150
        frame = step(videoReader); % read the next video frame
        foreground = step(foregroundDetector, frame);
       end
       imwrite(frame,'C:\Abhishek\Paper\BlockMatchingAlgoMPEG\Video_Velocity\new.jpg','jpg');
       videoPlayer = vision.VideoPlayer('Name', 'Detected Subtitlis');
       videoPlayer.Position(3:4) = [650,400];  % window size: [width, height]
       se = strel('square', 3); % morphological filter for noise removal
       referenceimage=imread('C:\Abhishek\Paper\BlockMatching\Video_Velocity\new.jpg'); 
       X=zeros(2,121);
       Y=zeros(2,121);
       Z=zeros;
       while ~isDone(videoReader)
           frame = step(videoReader); % read the next video frame
           % Detect the foreground in the current video frame
           foreground = step(foregroundDetector, frame);
           % Use morphological opening to remove noise in the foreground
           filteredForeground = imopen(foreground, se);
           %-----------------------SPEED ---------------------------%
           frame2=((im2double(frame))-(im2double(referenceimage)));
           frame1=im2bw(frame2,0.1); 
           [Labelimage]=bwlabeln(frame1); 
           stats=regionprops(Labelimage,'basic');
           BB=stats.BoundingBox;
           i=2; %fblasst for
           X(i)=BB(1);
           Y(i)=BB(2);
           Dist=((X(i)-X(i-1))^2+(Y(i)-Y(i-1))^2)^(1/2);
           Z(i)=Dist;
           M=median(Z);
           %disp(M);
           %clc;
           %disp('speed=')
           Speed=((M)*(120/8))/(4);
           %disp(Speed);
           %SPEED = M ???????????
           i = i + 1;
           SE = strel('disk',6); 
           frame3=imclose(frame1,SE); 
           step(videoReader); 
           pause(0.05);
              %if(i==121) end; ??
        %-----------------------SPEED ---------------------------%
        % Detect the connected components with the specified minimum area, and
        % compute their bounding boxes
        blobAnalysis = vision.BlobAnalysis('BoundingBoxOutputPort', true, ...
        'AreaOutputPort', true, 'CentroidOutputPort', true, ...
        'MinimumBlobArea', 150);
        %bbox = step(blobAnalysis, filteredForeground);
        [areas, centroids, bbox] = step(blobAnalysis, filteredForeground);
        % Draw bounding boxes around the detected cars
        result = insertShape(frame, 'Rectangle', bbox, 'Color', 'green');
        % Display the number of cars found in the video frame
        %ICI
        disp(centroids); 
        disp(size(centroids));
        numCars = size(bbox, 1); %cars ...
        numCars_str = ['Frame:', num2str(size(bbox, 1))];
        speed_str = [num2str(Speed),'KM/h'];
        result = insertText(result,[10,10],numCars_str, 'BoxOpacity', 1, ...
            'FontSize', 14);
        for i=1:size(bbox, 1)
        result = insertText(result,[centroids(i,1),centroids(i,2)], speed_str, 'BoxOpacity', 1, ...
            'FontSize', 20);
           end;
           step(videoPlayer, result);  % display the results
       end;
       
       release(videoReader); % close the video file

Abhishek  posted in Technical

Post updated on:  Sep 6, 2020 10:53:00 AM

1. Download postgress -  ex - version 10 as zip file
 https://www.postgresql.org/download/
 2. unzip postgress. and go to command prompt.
 3. create a folder named data anywhere as ex - "C:\Users\Abhishek\data"
 4. go to bin folder of postgress and run command like below.
    C:\pgsql\bin>set PGDATA=C:\Users\Abhishek\data
5. run -  pg_ctl init
6. run below command
   pg_ctl -D "C:\Users\Abhishek\data" -l logfile start
  7. create user ? and enter password as shown below
   createuser.exe -P -s -e pguser
8. createdb.exe -U "pguser" localdb
 9 connect DB with username and password using pgadmin, HeidiSql.

Abhishek  posted in Technical

Post updated on:  Sep 6, 2020 10:49:17 AM

Apache http web server is open source. In this tutorial we will get to know the steps to install this in Ubuntu Server.
This steps are tested on Ubuntu 16.04. I have listed down some basic Linux commands also which you should be aware of.

1.  Since this is Ubuntu so you need to update it before all types of installation
      -sudo apt update

2.  Install Apache server by running the below command.
   - sudo apt install apache2

3. Once this is installed, try the below url to check if web server is running with default page without any issue. You can type your IP address instead of localhost.
  - localhost:80/


 

4. If you see the above screen shot in your response then Apache web server is installed successfully. This is serving the default page created during installing from below location.
 - cd /var/www/html

 5. You can try to open the index.html file present here and update, same will reflect here localhost:80/
    Open and Edit file
   - vim index.html
    Type "i" to enter insert mode.
    Press ESC and then type ":wq!" then press Enter to save the changes and exit vim.


6. Now we will learn how to create a placeholder for any new site hosting. Suppose your site name is myexample
 cd /var/www/myexample
 nano index.html
   Add any content in this file which you wants, I added below content.



7. Now let's configure the new site in default location of apache.
    cd /etc/apache2/sites-available/

9. Create config for our domain
    sudo nano myexample.conf
    Add the email address in ServerAdmin email@myexample.com
    Add the server name as ServerName myexample.com
    Add the Document for the folder which you had already created




10. Once all done resrtart Apache
- service apache2 reload


Now hit myexample.com, it will open the page for this domain which you had mentioned in the html.
     
     Happy learning!!








Amit  posted in Technical

Post updated on:  Sep 5, 2020 10:02:42 PM

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