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 Here are some files to start with:
Note that when you run the tests some will intentionally fail to show certain patterns and features.
See src/test/scala/scalatest/Test01.scala
This is a simple test class that imports and uses ScalaTest FunSuite. More info on ScalaTest. Notice that there are 2 tests. Each is a function with a single parameter, the test name, and a body of code with a single assert statement. What this means is that you have a test that follows the DRY principle. You define the test name and it ID's the test as well. You don't have to define a test method name and title text in separately as in some other frameworks. Nice!
You can run this test from your favorite IDE or via command line within SBT.
sbt>test-only scalatest.Test01
See src/test/scala/scalatest/Test02.scala
Some more simple tests but using assert with triple equal signs "===". Run the test after changing the expected value to be different than the actual value. Notice the output for the failed test and how it shows the difference between what was expected and the actual as in assert(expected_value === actual_value).
See src/test/scala/scalatest/Test03.scala
In Test03 we introduce the "intercept" feature in ScalaTest. This is useful when you want to test the expectation of failure. intercept[IndexOutOfBoundsException]{} wraps code that should fail. In the first test, commented out, the code does not throw an IndexOutOfBounds Exception, so the test fails. In the second test, the code throws the exception as expected, the test passes.
See src/test/scala/scalatest/Test04.scala
In Test04 we see some of Scala's parallel processing ease. We create some test accounts then process them in serial in the first test, then in parallel in the second test. The parallel processing in the second test is enabled using parallel extension .par on the accounts collection. I'm using a machine with 4 cores. With a small sample set of say 20 accounts I get a 2.5x boost in parallel. With a larger set of say 100 accounts I get nearly a 4x boost parallel. I've written plenty of concurrent and parallel code with threads and thread pools...but never this simple.
See src/test/scala/scalatest/Test05.scala
In Test05 we start to have some fun with Data Driven Testing and Rule Composition.
Note: Expect failures in this test to show capability.
Data Driven Testing: We create some accounts and in a foreach loop a test for each account. Each test gets its own name. I could use .par as in the previous example to create test in parallel. Not much gate with that however in this case. Note that tests by default execute in parallel unless in build.sbt you set parallelExecution in Test := false
. What if you had entities within entities within entities to test...could you nest loops for test creation? You bet. Data Driven testing is a very powerful
way to get the coverage you need. Scala and ScalaTest provide a simple way to leverage that power.
Rule Composition: Ever find yourself re-typing the same set asserts over and over? Let's define some Account Rules as functions and then combine them with boolean operators. You can imagine creating libraries of compliance rules and then combining them into much more complex boolean tree combinations as needed. Oh yeah, and with all those rules...and all the data driven scenarios...you get lots of combinations. Let's test in parallel. The serial output of running tests in parallel can be confusing. At some point it makes sense to post the test results to a server using a ScalaTest Custom Reporter. Then tests can run fast and you can group, sort, filter, etc. as needed for analysis.
withClue: This helps you customize what information you provide for the particular audience or just to narrow down test failure searching.
See
Here you see how use ScalaTest in a specs-like approach. The example is taken from their site. It shows the flexibility of ScalaTest to support testing in multiple paradigms. Also see the example of using Specs2, another great Scala testing framework. No problem using one, the other, or both in your testing
See src/test/scala/scalatest/Test08.scala
Here you see how use Selenium to automate otherwise tedious, error-prone, inconsistent browser testing. This example uses the ScalaTest Selenium DSL. But you can also use the standard Java API. This test a headless brower HtmlUnitDriver for speed. However, you can change to one of several browser drivers, such as FirefoxDriver, to open and automate a FireFox browser. You could also incorporate custom reporting with this that snaps and stores a browser screen-shot on test failure.
See src/test/scala/scalatest/Test09.scala
Actors are a very powerful part of the Scala platform to easily enable scalable, reliable, performant systems. Debugging concurrent, parallel, distributed systems can be a difficult task. ScalaTest and the Akka TestKit can help with that.
In this test class you'll see how WordSpec in ScalaTest can be used to test a simple Echo Actor that returns the message sent to it. You'll also see a more interesting actor called GeoActor that, given an address via the Address case class message, returns the lat-lon coordinates for that address. In this case the actors are embedded in the object Setup. In a real system these would be in a separate library. Note that these actors are running local in the same JVM instance as the tests. However, in a real test automation effort they may be running on a separate system including a cloud instance.
See src/test/scala/scalatest/Test10.scala
Reactive programming is an interesting approach with benefits in many solution spaces. Basically, variables automatically update themselves when values of other dependent variables change. So in this example variable "c" depends-on "a" and "b". If a or b change, c updates itself. Rather than having variables a and b track their "child" dependencies, the Rx library enables c to track its "parent" dependencies. Given this ability, the variables participate in a more event-driven approach. This is especially useful in UI programming where multiple UI elements are bound to a single variable and that variable may be updated in many ways.
So here's another example of kicking the tires on a library Scala.Rx. A future update here will likely spin up a ScalaFX UI demo. Stay tuned...
See src/test/scala/scalatest/Test11.scala
Let's kick the tires on a popular Scala web library called Spray. In this test we spin up an async, actor-based server and then use a client with futures to exercise our simple REST API. Think about how to expand this test to add protected server resources and use basic authentication on the client to test access.
System integration or full solution specification testing requires connecting 2 or more systems in a meaningful way to drill through the whole request-response handling chain. For example, your solution may have a database system, an application, a policy-enforcement-point proxy, and a browser client. You can elect to wait until they are all up and running and in sync with the same features, but with such late integration testing you run the risk of misaligned systems. Instead, teams can independently work on implementing specs and test smaller integrations early and more frequently until the whole system in ready for solution testing.
In your tests, you can spin up and connect to disparate systems to test integration. This test spins up a server and a client but just as well could spin up different or more systems to test. Note the beforeAll function kicks off "Server" and afterAll shuts it down. ScalaTest allows such "harnessing" per test or across the test class. You can create shared test fixtures as well.
See src/test/scala/scalatest/Test12.scala
Need to access a database in your test? Of course Scala database access via JDBC or other Java ORMs is available. But take a look at this Slick example and a new, clean way to access your database. In a single test we create and populate an in-memory SQL database, insert data, query data, and test the results. Think about how you might harness database access across tests. Now think about creating data driven tests that exercise UI, REST, business logic, and database for full integration and solution testing. Very powerful! For more info, check out Slick from TypeSafe.


class ReconnectingSFAPIClient extends SFAPIClient
Class ReconnectingSFAPIClient
An extension of the SalesForce API Client that will make a second authorization attempt if the first run attempt results in a 401 Error.
OBJECT_API = 'sobjects'; |
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RETRY_STATUSES = [ 400, 404, 415, 500 ]; |
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protected Client
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$_client |
from SFAPIClient | |
protected string
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$_token |
from SFAPIClient |
protected
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__construct(Client $client, string $token, Authentication $auth)
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ReconnectingSFClient constructor. | |
public static
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SFAPIClient |
connect(Endpoint $endpoint, Authentication $auth)
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Constructs a new SalesForce API client with a given SalesForce API endpoint and authentication mechanism. | from SFAPIClient |
public static
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SFAPIClient |
connectWith(Client $client, Authentication $auth)
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Constructs a new SalesForce API client with a custom Http client and the given authentication mechanism. Extended from SFAPIClient::connectWith() to include $auth in the construction of the ReconnectingSFAPIClient. | |
public
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ScopedSFAPIClient |
scope(string $objectType)
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Constructs a new SalesForce API client that is scoped to a specific object type. | from SFAPIClient |
public
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SFCreationResult |
create(string $objectType, array $data)
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Performs a create operation for a given type. | from SFAPIClient |
public
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SFObjectResult |
get(string $objectType, string $id, array $fields = [], $timeout = 10)
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Fetches a single object of a given type. | from SFAPIClient |
public
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BoolResult |
patch(string $objectType, string $id, array $data)
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Updates a single object of a given type with the given id. | from SFAPIClient |
public
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BoolResult |
delete(string $objectType, string $id)
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Deletes a single object of a given type with the given id. | from SFAPIClient |
public
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SFRecordsResult |
query(string $query)
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Performs an arbitrary query against the SalesForce query endpoint and returns the results. | from SFAPIClient |
public
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SFRecordsResult |
fullQuery(string $query)
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Performs an multiple queries against the SalesForce query endpoint to capture all results for a given query. | from SFAPIClient |
public
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string |
o(string $objectType, string $id = '')
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Helper function for constructing a SalesForce Object REST uri. | from SFAPIClient |
public
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Request |
authenticatedRequest(Request $request)
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Given an arbitrary request, returns a new request with the client stored authentication information attached. | from SFAPIClient |
public
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Result |
run(Request $request, boolean $retry = true)
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Executes an arbitrary request against the SalesForce API. Extended from SFAPICLient to attempt reauthorization if the request fails due to a 401 error | |
protected
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mixed |
_send(Request $request)
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No description | from SFAPIClient |
__construct()
protected __construct(Client $client, string $token, Authentication $auth)
connect()
public static SFAPIClient connect(Endpoint $endpoint, Authentication $auth)
Constructs a new SalesForce API client with a given SalesForce API endpoint and authentication mechanism.
Endpoint |
$endpoint |
SalesForce endpoint to make calls against |
Authentication |
$auth |
SalesForce authentication mechanism |
SFAPIClient |
| FailedToAuthenticate | |
| GuzzleException |
connectWith()
public static SFAPIClient connectWith(Client $client, Authentication $auth)
Constructs a new SalesForce API client with a custom Http client and the given authentication mechanism. Extended from SFAPIClient::connectWith() to include $auth in the construction of the ReconnectingSFAPIClient.
Client |
$client |
Http client that will be used by the SFAPIClient to communicate with the SalesForce API |
Authentication |
$auth |
SalesForce authentication mechanism |
SFAPIClient |
| FailedToAuthenticate | |
| GuzzleException |
scope()
public ScopedSFAPIClient scope(string $objectType)
Constructs a new SalesForce API client that is scoped to a specific object type.
Note that this re-uses the Http client of the SalesForce API client that was used to create the scoped client. Object types passed to the method are not validated in any way.
$contacts = $client->scope('Contact');
string |
$objectType |
SalesForce object type to create a client for |
ScopedSFAPIClient |
create()
public SFCreationResult create(string $objectType, array $data)
Performs a create operation for a given type.
string |
$objectType |
SalesForce object type to create |
array |
$data |
Field data to create the object with |
SFCreationResult |
get()
public SFObjectResult get(string $objectType, string $id, array $fields = [], $timeout = 10)
Fetches a single object of a given type.
The optional $fields
argument may be used to restrict the fields that
are returned. By default all fields are returned.
string |
$objectType |
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string |
$id |
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array |
$fields |
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$timeout |
SFObjectResult |
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patch()
public BoolResult patch(string $objectType, string $id, array $data)
Updates a single object of a given type with the given id.
string |
$objectType |
SalesForce object type to update |
string |
$id |
SalesForce id type to update |
array |
$data |
Field data to update the object with |
BoolResult |
delete()
public BoolResult delete(string $objectType, string $id)
Deletes a single object of a given type with the given id.
string |
$objectType |
SalesForce object type to delete |
string |
$id |
SalesForce id type to delete |
BoolResult |
query()
public SFRecordsResult query(string $query)
Performs an arbitrary query against the SalesForce query endpoint and returns the results.
The results returned may not represent all of the objects in SalesForce that match the given query. Records up to the limit set by SalesForce are returned.
This method runs the provided query as-is and does not perform validation or sanitizion. Consumers of the client should handle these operations prior to passing the query to the client.
string |
$query |
A SOQL query to run |
SFRecordsResult |
fullQuery()
public SFRecordsResult fullQuery(string $query)
Performs an multiple queries against the SalesForce query endpoint to capture all results for a given query.
This method utilizies the built in SalesForce query response pagination and should reflect the behavior of following the next page urls.
If any of the requests fail, the entire query attempt will fail and will return the erro of the failure.
This method runs the provided query as-is and does not perform validation or sanitizion. Consumers of the client should handle these operations prior to passing the query to the client.
string |
$query |
A SOQL query to run |
SFRecordsResult |
o()
public string o(string $objectType, string $id = '')
Helper function for constructing a SalesForce Object REST uri.
string |
$objectType |
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string |
$id |
string |
authenticatedRequest()
public Request authenticatedRequest(Request $request)
Given an arbitrary request, returns a new request with the client stored authentication information attached.
Request |
$request |
Request |
Executes an arbitrary request against the SalesForce API. Extended from SFAPICLient to attempt reauthorization if the request fails due to a 401 error
Request |
$request |
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boolean |
$retry |
Result |
_send()
protected mixed _send(Request $request)
Request |
$request |
mixed |
| GuzzleException |
<?php
namespace SFClient\SalesForce;
use GuzzleHttp\Psr7\Request;
use GuzzleHttp\Client;
use GuzzleHttp\Exception\ClientException;
use SFClient\Result\Result;
use SFClient\Auth\Authentication;
use SFClient\Exceptions\FailedToAuthenticate;
/**
* Class ReconnectingSFAPIClient
*
* An extension of the SalesForce API Client that will make
* a second authorization attempt if the first run attempt results in a
* 401 Error.
*
* @package SFClient\SalesForce
*/
class ReconnectingSFAPIClient extends SFAPIClient {
private $_auth;
/**
* ReconnectingSFClient constructor.
* @param Client $client
* @param string $token
* @param Authentication $auth
*/
protected function __construct(Client $client, string $token, Authentication $auth) {
parent::__construct($client, $token);
$this->_auth = $auth;
}
/**
* Constructs a new SalesForce API client with a custom Http client and the
* given authentication mechanism. Extended from SFAPIClient::connectWith() to
* include $auth in the construction of the ReconnectingSFAPIClient.
*
* @param Client $client Http client that will be used by the ReconnectingSFAPIClient to communicate with the SalesForce API
* @param Authentication $auth SalesForce authentication mechanism
* @return SFAPIClient
* @throws FailedToAuthenticate
* @throws \GuzzleHttp\Exception\GuzzleException
*/
public static function connectWith(Client $client, Authentication $auth): SFAPIClient {
$token = $auth->getTokenFromResponse(
$client->send($auth->getTokenRequest())
);
if ($token === null) {
throw new FailedToAuthenticate();
}
return new ReconnectingSFAPIClient(
$client,
$token,
$auth
);
}
/**
* Executes an arbitrary request against the SalesForce API. Extended from
* SFAPICLient to attempt reauthorization if the request fails due to a 401 error
*
* @param Request $request
* @param boolean $retry
* @return Result
* @internal
*/
public function run(Request $request, $retry = true): Result {
try {
return Result::ok($this->_send(
$this->authenticatedRequest($request)
));
} catch (ClientException $e) {
if ($e->getCode() == 401 && $retry) {
// Create new auth token and try again
$token = $this->_auth->getTokenFromResponse(
$this->_client->send($this->_auth->getTokenRequest())
);
if ($token === null) {
return Result::err(new FailedToAuthenticate());
}
$this->_token = $token;
return $this->run($request, false);
}
return Result::err($e);
} catch (\Exception $e) {
return Result::err($e);
}
}
}


============================================================================
Description of ALICE Silicon Pixel Detector (SPD) Code (Rev. 1.00 — May 8, 2008 — D. Elia)
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1. SPD module geometrical description
3. Simulation
SPD module geometrical description
The SPD module geometrical description is managed by the AliITSsegmentationSPD class.
This offline module corresponds to half of a single SPD basic unit (the half-stave which is made of 2 ladders), so it corresponds to a single SPD ladder. In total the SPD consists of 240 modules, 80 on the inner layer and 160 on the outer layer. The module is divided into 5 chips with the corresponding sensor cells connected to 5 independent read-out matrices.
The single pixel cell size is 425 microns (local Z) x 50 microns (local X). Pixels at the boundary between adjacent chips in the module are 625 microns wide in Z.
The single chip has 32 columns (local Z) x 256 rows (local X).
The single module size is 6.96 cm (local Z) x 1.28 cm (local X). The sensor is 200 microns thick. The read-out chip is 150 microns thick.
The module numbering and the correspondence between online and offline conventions are illustrated here. In the AliITSRawStreamSPD class the raw data is decoded and so-called digits are extracted. Inside this class a module map matrix (fgkDDLModuleMap[][]) is used:
This map specifies how the modules
are numbered (the rows of the matrix represent different equipment
ids, the columns have the 2 ladders of hs0, the 2 ladders of hs1, and
so on...).
Then one also needs to take the columns and rows
numbering into account.
To make the conversion between online and offline coordinates there are the following static member functions in AliITSRawStreamSPD:
=================================================================================================================
The SPD raw data are decoded by the AliITSRawStreamSPD class.
The SPD has equipment IDs from 0 to 19, each corresponding to the readout of one half sector. The geometrical map of the DDLs is illustrated here.
Each equipment starts with the Equipment Header (15 32-bit words) of which the last 8 words are known as the Common Data Header, CDH (8 32-bit words). After these headers, sometimes a Calibration Header appears (for dedicated calibration runs). This extra header has variable length, depending on the type of calibration scan. Finally, there is the actual data words, i.e. which pixels are hit in the event. This part has a variable length depending on the number of hits. Further details on the various headers and the data word formats can be found here.
=================================================================================================================
The SPD digitization is implemented in the AliITSsimulationSPD class and managed via the AliITSDetTypeSim class.
It is based on the following working scheme:
1) Hits --> SDigits (AliSimulation::RunSDigitization)
-> AliITS::Hits2SDigits
-> AliITS::Hits2Predigits
-> AliITSsimulationSPD::SDigitiseModule
-> AliITSsimulationSPD::HitToSDigitFast
- read hits, gets parameters for diffusion (temperature, thickness over bias voltage, asymmetry of gaussian diffusion, etc.) and for electronic coupling from OCDB
- apply electron cloud diffusion (gaussian smearing) along z and r*phi
- eventually apply the Lorentz drift to the electron cloud (by default null Lorentz drift)
- apply coupling between adiacent pixels
-> AliITSsimulationSPD::RemoveDeadPixel
- remove dead pixels as stored in the calibration object
-> AliITSsimulationSPD::WriteSDigits
- write SDigits to file, basically call AliITS::AddSumDigit (which calls AliITSDetTypeSim::AddSumDigit) to write SDigits (AliITSpListItem) to file
2) SDigits --> Digits (AliSimulation::RunDigitization)
-> AliITSDigitizer::Exec
- load SDigits
-> AliITSsimulationSPD::FinishSDigitiseModule
- call AliITSsimulationSPD::FrompListToDigits
- eventually add electronic baseline and noise, perform the zero suppression and add the digits to the list (by calling AliITS::AddSimDigit)
A detailed description of the SPD response model (in AliITSsimulationSPD::HitToSDigitFast) can be found here (ALICE-INT-2008-003 and references therein). The model parameters are stored in two OCDB files under $ALICE_ROOT/ITS/Calib:
1) RespSPD: contains 1 AliITSresponseSPD object with parameters common to all the modules (coupling type and diffusion asymmetry)
2) SPDDead: contains 1 TOjArray with 240 AliITSCalibrationSPD objects, i.e. 1 AliITSCalibrationSPD object for each module with the list of dead pixels (see calibration section below) and the other parameters needed to the response model (threshold, noise, coupling strength, bias-over-voltage)
========================================================================================================================
The SPD local reconstruction is implemented in AliITSClusterFinderV2SPD class and managed via the AliITSDetTypeRec class.
It is based on the following working scheme:
Cluster Finding (AliReconstruction::RunLocalEventReconstruction)
-> AliITSReconstructor::Reconstruct
-> AliITSDetTypeRec::DigitsToRecPoints
- Based on the input data (simulation digits or simulation/real raw data), there are two possibilities:
A) RECONSTRUCTION FROM DIGITS
-> AliITSClusterFinderV2SPD::FindRawClusters
- call AliITSClusterFinderV2SPD::FindClustersSPD
- build AliBin array from digit tree
- call AliITSClusterFinderV2SPD::ClustersSPD
B) RECONSTRUCTION FROM RAW DATA
-> AliITSClusterFinderV2SPD::RawdataToClusters
- instantiate AliITSRawStreamSPD object
- call AliITSClusterFinderV2SPD::FindClustersSPD
- build AliBin array from raw data
- call AliITSClusterFinderV2SPD::ClustersSPD
-> AliITS ClusterFinderV2SPD::ClustersSPD
- loop on dead pixels as stored in the calibration objects and reset them (corresponding AliBin elements)
- loop on AliBin elements and:
1) find cluster (FindCluster)
2) unfold cluster if allowed (this is set via AliITSRecoParam, the default is unfolding off)
3) calculate cluster coordinates and sigmas
4) add cluster to cluster array
===============================================================================================================================
For the SPD there are two types of processes, called Detector Algoritms (DAs), running on the DAQ network to produce output transported via the File Exchange Server (FXS) to the Offline and Detector Control System (DCS) networks. The following picture illustrates how the Online Calibration scheme works:
In case a the calibration is performed as a standalone scan. The raw data collected on the Local Data Concentrators (LDCs) are analyzed. In case b the calibration is performed on a regular physics run and the data is analyzed online through the DATE monitoring functionality. Further details on the types of runs and scans and a global overview of the SPD calibration can be found here.
The so-called Shuttle brings the output files from the FXS to DCS and Offline networks. Here the data go through a second level of processing, generally called preprocessing. Finally, the Offline Calibration Database (OCDB) and the DCS Configuration Database are updated.
The procedures also produce so-called Reference Data, basically raw data summaries, which can later be used offline to reconstruct the calibration output. This may be useful for instance for debugging purposes. A Reference Data Displayer (GUI) program has been developed to simplify the analysis of the Reference Data.
The two top level classes corresponding to Standalone Calibration Runs and Physics Runs are ITSSPDSCANda and ITSSPDPHYSda respectively. The Offline Preprocessing is implemented in the AliITSPreprocessorSPD class. It takes care of saving the reference data and put information relevant for the offline reconstruction (lists of dead and noisy pixels) in the OCDB.
The calibration files in the OCDB are stored in two directories under $ALICE_ROOT/ITS/Calib:
1) SPDDead: contains 1 TOjArray with 240 AliITSCalibrationSPD objects, i.e. 1 AliITSCalibrationSPD object for each module with the list of dead pixels and some parameters needed to the response model
2) SPDNoisy: conatins 1 TOjArray with 240 AliITSCalibrationSPD objects, i.e. 1 AliITSCalibrationSPD object for each module with the list of noisy pixels
The noisy pixel search is always based on one run only. There is a minimum number of events required to do the search which is basically performed at the level of one read-out chip (8192 pixels). The dead pixel search may span several runs, in order to collect more statistics (which is mandatory for the p-p runs). Also here there is a minimum number of events required to even try to perform the search. The search requires that a noisy pixel search has been done first. The noisy pixels are then removed from the hit-maps before the dead pixel search. Also the dead pixel search is basically performed on the level of one read-out chip. For further details on the dead and noisy pixel search see here.


EXPERIMENT PERILOUS (1944) A film review by Edwin Jahiel Copyright 1996 Edwin Jahiel
EXPERIMENT PERILOUS (1944) Directed by Jacques Tourneur. Screenplay by Warren Duff from a novel by Margaret Carpenter. Photography by Tony Gaudio. Sets by Darrel Silvera & Claude Carpenter. Music by Roy Webb. Produced by Warren Duff for RKO. Cast: Hedy Lamarr, George Brent, Paul Lukas, Albert Dekker, Carl Esmond, Olive Blakeney, George N. Neise, Margaret Wycherly, et al. 91 minutes.
A mix of thrills, psychology and pathology. In 1903, Doctor George Brent meets a friendly older lady in train. She tells him that she is going to visit her brother Lukas and his lovely young wife Lamarr. In New York Brent hears that his train companion suddenly died. He meets Lamarr-Lukas, gets suspicious of Lukas's treatment of his wife and his trying to pass her for crazy. A mixup in bags reveals the diary of the deceased lady, confirms Brent's doubts. He tries to save Lamarr, whom he now loves.
Semi-oddly, Lukas had married the young girl knowing she was not in love with him. Before this, he improbably took her to Europe to educate her and place her in social whirl. Now, in New York he becomes obsessed with jealousy for Lamarr and a young writer who is openly crazy about her, kills the young man and would do the same to Brent and Lamarr were it not for Brent's sleuthing.
Albert Dekker, as Brent's bohemian artist pal, and other supporting roles, are well played. The film is solidly directed by Jacques Tourneur who graduated from B movies (most of them much admired today) to A features with this picture.
The movie is nicely atmospheric, with fine, moody photography and production design, as well as a good "haunted place" music score It is none too convincing however. The execution is superior to the plot, which includes improbabilities and holes.
Paul Lukas, who played, sometimes with commendable reserve, sometimes with obvious dramatics, both heroes and sinister types, is over-villainous here. Hedy Lamarr, as gorgeous an actress as ever graced the silver screen, was never very talented, had very limited expressions. The casting of Lamarr with relatively inexpressive George Brent (who, however, was talented, likable and did well in his many roles) is peculiar. The result is that Lukas overplays, Lamarr underplays but Brent is just right. This neo-gothic drama reminds one many movie melodramas, in particular "Gaslight", made in England in 1939 and remade in the U.S. in 1944. (Edwin Jahiel)
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THE FLINTSTONES A Film Review Copyright Dragan Antulov 1999
These days, we are witnessing the deluge of films based on old, cult TV shows. Most of the times, the fans of these shows shudder thinking what could Hollywood hacks of the present do with the memories of their past. But, some five or six years ago, there weren't that many movies and the trend didn't look that depressing. So, the people who, like the author of this review, grew up watching FLINTSTONES, popular 1960s animated series about "modern Stone Age" family, weren't particularly worried when the word came about live action remake. After all, the producer behind the project was Steven Spielberg and, if anything else, at least the special effects would be good.
The plot revolves about Flintstones, family set in fictious Stone Age "town" of Bedrock, whose members enjoy the lifestyle of 1950s middle class America. Fred Flinstone (John Goodman) works in the quarry, and one day he helps his best friend and neighbour Barney Rubble (Rick Moranis) and his wife Betty (Rosie O'Donnell) to adopt a baby. To return the favour, Barney switches his results of aptitude test with Fred, and, based on that, Fred gets well-paid job in management. But, of course, this is just a sham - corrupt official Cliff Vandercave (Kyle MacLachlan) and his sultry secretary Sharon Stone (Halle Berry) need a scapegoat for their embezzlement scheme.
On the superficial level, THE FLINTSTONES did the excellent job in bringing the animated series to life. Computer effects are flawless, and the costumes, settings and other details are authentic for all the fans of the show. Unfortunately, problems with this film start with inadequate casting - Rick Moranis is too thin for the role of Barney, while the cartoon Betty used to be much skinnier than Rosie O'Donnell. But the greatest problem of all is plot, or to be precise, the lack of plot. Some thirty six screenwriters made sure that the plot of the film is lame, original characters one-dimensional, and many elements of the story, like embezzlement and inter-office politics, totally incomprehensible for the little children, the main targeted audience of this film. Result is almost unwatchable mess, occasionally saved mostly by excellent acting (Elizabeth Perkins was right on mark as Wilma) and one of the classic example of mortal Hollywood disease known as "high concept". After great hype, movie quickly sank into oblivion and the fans of the show returned to the animated version. All in all, film isn't that bad, but only the hard core fans and nostalgics can find more than guilty pleasure in it.
RATING: 4/10 (+)
Review written on April 25th 1999
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| MATLAB 文件帮助: cv.solvePnP | 查看 cv.solvePnP 的代码 | Index |
solvePnP Finds an object pose from 3D-2D point correspondences
[rvec, tvec, success] = cv.solvePnP(objectPoints, imagePoints, cameraMatrix)
[...] = cv.solvePnP(..., 'OptionName', optionValue, ...)
N
is the number of points, or cell
array of length N
of 3-element vectors can be also passed here
{[x,y,z], ...}
.N
is the number of points, or cell array of
length N
of 2-element vectors can be also passed here
{[x,y], ...}
.A = [fx 0 cx; 0 fy cy; 0 0 1]
.tvec
, brings points from the model coordinate system to the
camera coordinate system.[k1,k2,p1,p2,k3,k4,k5,k6,s1,s2,s3,s4]
of 4, 5, 8, or 12 elements.
If the vector is empty, the zero distortion coefficients are assumed.
default empty.rvec
. Not set by default.tvec
. Not set by default.Method='Iterative'
. If true,
the function uses the provided rvec
and tvec
values as initial
approximations of the rotation and translation vectors, respectively,
and further optimizes them. default false.imagePoints
and the projected
(using cv.projectPoints) objectPoints
. This is the default.fx
and fy
assuming
that both have the same value. Then the cameraMatrix
is
updated with the estimated focal length.The function estimates the object pose given a set of object points, their corresponding image projections, as well as the camera matrix and the distortion coefficients.
[1]:
X.S. Gao, X.-R. Hou, J. Tang, H.-F. Chang; "Complete Solution Classification for the Perspective-Three-Point Problem", IEEE Trans. on PAMI, vol. 25, No. 8, August 2003.
[2]:
F.Moreno-Noguer, V.Lepetit and P.Fua; "EPnP: Efficient Perspective-n-Point Camera Pose Estimation".
[3]:
Joel A. Hesch and Stergios I. Roumeliotis. "A Direct Least-Squares (DLS) Method for PnP".
[4]:
A.Penate-Sanchez, J.Andrade-Cetto, F.Moreno-Noguer. "Exhaustive Linearization for Robust Camera Pose and Focal Length Estimation".


"ALMOST FAMOUS" 4½ stars out of 5 Review by R.L. Strong
DREAMWORKS PICTURES AND COLUMBIA PICTURES PRESENTS A VINYL PICTURES PRODUCTION OF A CAMERON CROWE FILM "ALMOST FAMOUS" BILLY CRUDUP FRANCES McDORMAND KATE HUDSON JASON LEE PATRICK FUGIT ANNA PAQUIN FARUZA BALK NOAH TAYLOR and PHILIP SEYMOUR HOFFMAN MUSIC SUPERVISOR DANNY BRAMSON SCORE BY NANCY WILSON EXECUTIVE PRODUCERS MARTY P. EWING SCOTT M. MARTIN STEVEN P. SAETA EDITED BY MARTIN APPLEBAUM DIRECTOR OF PHOTOGRAPHY JOHN TOLL PRODUCED BY CAMERON CROWE IAN BRYCE WRITTEN AND DIRECTED BY CAMERON CROWE
The 1970's were a time of passage for a lot of us. Cruising with our friends, going out on our first date, and learning the ins and outs of too many vices were all part of that passage. Not all of us experienced the same things. But one thing that we all did have in common and that was Rock and Roll. Cameron Crowe, the writer of the seminal teen comedy "Fast Times at Ridgemont High" and Writer, Director of the charming "Say Anything" and "Jerry McGuire", give us a touching and humorous peon to youth, love, and most importantly music.
William Miller (Patrick Fugit) is an intelligent young man of 15. Already in his senior year of High School (thanks to his mother's skipping two grades, claiming the school system is too limiting). Elaine Miller (Frances McDermont) is a college professor who is raising her children on her own (William's father died when William was only 6). Elaine's fear of modern society creates at atmosphere of repression around the home, with drugs being the ultimate danger. This leads William's sister, Anita (Zooey Deschanel) to leave home with her boyfriend for California. In an effort to expand her little brother's horizons, she leaves him her album collection, giving him strict instructions to listen to The Who's "Tommy" with a candle burning, "and you'll see your future".
William becomes fascinated with the music. Being a gifted child, he starts to write. Soon he is submitting articles to national magazines which leads to his meeting famed Cream Magazine critic, Lester Bangs (Philip Seymour Hoffman). Bangs burned on the industry's homogenization of music. But he is taken by Williams's innocents and creativity, so offers the young man an assignment. Interview Black Sabbath and write a 700-word article about the band. William is excited and nervous as his Mother drives him to the concert. Unable to get past security, Williams befriends Penny Lane (Kate Hudson); leader of the famed Band Aid troop of fans (groupies that claimed not to have sex with the bands) and the band Sweetwater.
Russel Hammond (Billy Crudup) is taken by the young man and gives the boy a chance at a new gig, interviewing Sweetwater and travelling with them on their latest tour. This leads to William being approached by Rolling Stone Magazine to cover the tour and write an inside piece on the band.
Cameron Crowe is one of the best writers of characters and character interplay working today. While not having a poetic style like David Mamet, Crowe's characters speak with a personality and believability that seems unscripted. This naturalness is most appealing here. All of the characters are finely drawn and believable in their behavior and attitudes. And that same quality leads to some very funny and heartbreaking moments.
Patrick Fugit, in his first film steals the picture with his wide eyed innocent portrayal of William. His passion for the music and the shear joy in which he follows the band are just infectous. This is one of the best debuts by an actor in years. This is a young actor to watch. Frances McDermont is vivaciously droll as Elaine Miller. So concerned with her son's upbringing, she constantly reminds him of the dangers of drugs, while urging him to read the works of Poe, Isben, and Goethe. She is a strong willed woman who loves her children but refuses to stand in the way of their future. This is McDermont's best performance since "Fargo" and is as touching and funny.
Of course, the real showcase performances of the film belong to Billy Crudup and Kate Hudson. Billy Crudup as Russell Hammond, guitarist for the band Sweetwater is a young adult dealing with his own fame and his growing dissatisfaction with his band. His performance is charmingly naïve. Here is a man who would just as well be sitting with a beer at a house party, as he would work on his career. His is a funny, touching and completely believable realization. And Kate Hudson is absolutely charming as the love interest Penny Lane. Her love affair with Russell and her growing affection for William is just a joy to watch. Again, the naivete of the character is the most notable quality here.
The other cast members are all equally fine. In fact, I can't think of another recent film as perfectly cast and performed as this one this year. Most notably are, Jason Lee as Jeff Bebe (Sweetwater's lead singer), to the other members of Band Aid, Anna Panquin as Polexia Aphrodisia and Faruza Balk as Sapphire are all wonderfully crafted performances. These are just damn good character performances, and while never really center stage always remain in the periphery of the film, adding just the right subtle touches of character and depth to bring this film its believability.
And foremost throughout the film is the music. The section of songs ranging from Lou Reed's "Waiting for the Man" to Led Zeppelin's "Tangerine" is just marvelously chosen, rivaling the soundtrack to Stephen Feares' "High Fidelity". And the score by Nancy Wilson (of the 70's group Heart) is equally enjoyable in both its simplicity and its detail. Wilson also penned two songs for the fictional band, Sweetwater that will make audiences everywhere searching for more material from this group.
At the close of the movie, both William and his Family have reconciled and have grown into adults. And the film will have an equally marvelous effect on those who see it. A film steeped in charm, nostalgia and joy for a time when innocents was both painful and blissful, and nothing to be looked down upon. "Almost Famous" is one of this years best films.
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A Full Stack Web Development student at UNH
A Father - A Husband - A Marine
Hobbies are Technology, Martial Arts, Gaming (Vintage and Current), and grilling in the back yard.
We Workout is a fitness app for users new to training. User's can select pre-made workouts from WAPP's databse or build their own personalized workouts of exercises with or without weights. This app makes it easy for friends to socially distance and use that WAPP database to workout virtually together.
Eat-Da-Burger! is a resturant app that lets users input the names or burgers they'd like to eat. When a user submits a burgers name, the app displays the burger on the left side of the page -- waiting to be devoured. When the user clicks the devour button, the burger will move to the right side of the page.
A Weather application that gives you the current weather for your selected area and the 5 day forecast.
This is a workday Scheduler Based on a 9-5 day. You can type and save any event or task.
Password Generator. Determine how long you want your passwrod and what characters you would like to use.
A web application designed for anyone who likes space. See pictures from space, the Mars rover, and Space X.


Alphabet’s Loon to bring internet to Amazon rainforest
The company hopes to deploy the service sometime in 2020
by Aisha MalikLoon, which is owned by Google’s parent company, Alphabet, said that it will be bringing internet to parts of Peru through its balloons.
The company will use its high-altitude balloons to provide internet to parts of the Peruvian Amazon where people lack access to 3G internet or don’t have access to any internet at all. There are around 200,000 people who live in this area.
The system works by using a network of balloons to act as floating cell towers that transmit 4G services from provider. The balloons float 20km above sea level, which allows them to avoid air traffic.
Loon previously worked in Peru to provide internet access earlier this year when the area suffered from an earthquake. It also provided emergency internet following the 2017 El Niño floods.
The company hopes to deliver the service to the area sometime in 2020 after receiving regulatory approval from Peru’s Ministry of Transport.


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Metropolitan planning organizations
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279D-1 Statement of purpose
279D-2 Definitions
279D-3 Establishment of metropolitan planning organizations;
duties
279D-4 Transportation management area metropolitan planning
organizations
279D-5 Oahu transportation management area metropolitan
planning organization revolving fund
279D-6 Metropolitan planning organization policy boards;
membership and meetings
279D-7 Staff and funding
279D-8 Member financial dues
279D-9 Meetings
279D-10 Conflict between laws
279D-11 Annual reports


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Filtering-Multi-DNS-Forwarder
A lightweight DNS forwarder to combine multiple public filtering DNS services and use them in parallel
At github: https://github.com/matthias-straub/Filtering-Multi-DNS-Forwarder
The Challenge
Public DNS services that block phishing sites, malware sites, advertisements or pornography are great, as they can protect an entire household when configured on the local Internet router as an upstream DNS server. They are typically free for personal use and do not require additional hardware or in fact any resources. Nor do they negatively affect Internet access performance significantly.
The downside is, though, that you have to choose one public DNS service to use in your home, as you typically cannot use more than one DNS service at the same time. This is unfortunate as different public DNS services have different strengths and weaknesses: Quad9 is great against malware and phishing but it does not filter pornography to protect your kids, nor does it block ads. OpenDNS/Umbrella adds a "Family Shield" to this but still does not block advertisements. AdGuard DNS is great against ads but might be less effective against malware.
It would be great to be able to combine the features of any number of public DNS service to one super DNS filtering service. Also this should be able to run on your existing Internet router with minimal resource requirements. There obviously should also not be a slow down of access speeds and you would also like to be able to choose which of the services you trust the most for the actual name resolution.
The Solution
This DNS forwarder listens for incoming DNS queries and forwards them to multiple pairs of upstream DNS servers at the same time.
It replies as soon as one server of each pair of servers have answered.
This allows combining multiple filtering DNS services at the same time, thus adding the capabilities of services like Cisco Umbrella/OpenDNS, Quad9, AdGuard DNS and others for a combination of malware and phishing filter, ad blocker and family shield.
It runs super lightweight on e.g. OpenWRT (with luasocket installed) with only a few lines of lua code.
It listens on UDP port 5553 and is meant to act as upstream resolver for a local caching DNS server like dnsmasq.
DNS queries will always be answered with replies from the first pair of listed DNS servers (by default this is OpenDNS). Replies from the other pairs of upstream servers will only be returned if they point to blocking pages (or e.g. <IP_ADDRESS> or <IP_ADDRESS>). So these other pairs of servers are only used for filtering of malware, ads and other unwanted content. The first pair of servers should be trustworthy as it does the actual DNS resolving.
Dependencies
This DNS forwarder requires lua and lua-socket installed.
It runs lightweight even on small OpenWRT routers.
INSTALL
Run the service with "lua dnsfilter.lua &"
You can test it with:
"nslookup www.google.com <IP_ADDRESS>#5553" on OpenWRT
or "nslookup -port=5553 www.google.com <IP_ADDRESS>" on Linux
Point to this forwarder in your dnsmasq config like this:
server=<IP_ADDRESS>#5553
LICENSE
This is a fork of uleelx/dnsforwarder
Filtering-Multi-DNS-Forwarder is distributed under the MIT license.


Tensorflow is a popular choice if you are working on Computer Vision projects such as image classification, object detection, pose estimation, or just any Machine Learning task. I have a MacBook Pro and while using tensorflow, I noticed a warning when importing tensorflow which stated the following.
2020-05-08 19:57:50.106998: I tensorflow/core/platform/cpu_feature_guard.cc:142] Your CPU supports instructions that this TensorFlow binary was not compiled to use: AVX2 FMA
2020-05-08 19:57:50.128346: I tensorflow/compiler/xla/service/service.cc:168] XLA service 0x7febdd364b60 initialized for platform Host (this does not guarantee that XLA will be used). Devices:
2020-05-08 19:57:50.128370: I tensorflow/compiler/xla/service/service.cc:176] StreamExecutor device (0): Host, Default Version
This warning is issued because the tensorflow binary installed using pip install tensorflow
was not built specifically for my machine. Since the binary should work on a wide varity of devices, the tensorflow binary on pip repository would be built such that it works on majority of the CPUs. Using this generic binary prevents tensorflow from using hardware specific optimizations. These optimizations lead to gain in performance which is especially important when using CPU-only version tensorflow. Since I use CPU-only configuration for tensorflow on my MacBook Pro (I do not have NVIDIA GPUs), this performance gain (up to 300% as mentioned here) is very much welcome!
If you observe the warning closely, you see TensorFlow binary was not compiled to use: AVX2 FMA
. AVX (Advanced Vector Extensions) are instruction set extensions and specifically, FMA (Fused Multiply Accumulate) introduced by AVX speeds up linear algebra computation. For more information, you can read the stackoverflow post here.
Motivated by 300% gain I could get, I started following instructions for building tensorflow from source using instructions from official tensorflow website and stackoverflow post.
Before you build the code, if your MacOS version is < 10.14, I would recommend to upgrade it to 10.14 before you proceed. I lost lot of time since I initially started with 10.13 MacOS version and Python 3.7 version and finally could not install the *.whl file using the pip command (this is the last step which will be outlined later). Note that building tensorflow from source is time consuming and memory intensive.
I followed these instructions to build tensorflow from source: https://www.tensorflow.org/install/source
Some issues and resolutions that worked for me:
- I had to explicit select Xcode using
sudo xcode-select -s /Applications/Xcode.app/Contents/Developer
otherwise, I got compile errors when runningbazel build //tensorflow/tools/pip_package:build_pip_package
- Having issues as I’m unable to install using
pip install /tmp/tensorflow_pkg/tensorflow-version-tags.whl
. I’m getting the following error(tf-build) Pramods-MacBook-Pro:tensorflow pramodanantharam$ pip install /tmp/tensorflow_pkg/tensorflow-2.2.0-cp37-cp37m-macosx_10_14_x86_64.whl ERROR: tensorflow-2.2.0-cp37-cp37m-macosx_10_14_x86_64.whl is not a supported wheel on this platform.
- To fix this, I upgraded my MacOS from 10.13 to 10.14 which resolved the issue.
Conclusion
- Building tensorflow from source is a good idea if you do not have GPU on your machine – if you have a GPU version of tensorflow, you need not bother for this marginal performance gain.
- Having MacOS 10.14.x was necessary for me to complete the process of installing the binary in my virtual environment.


"When you teach any branch of physics you must motivate the formalism — it isn’t any good just to present the formalism and say that it agrees with experiment — you have to explain to the students why this [is] the way the world is. After all, this is our aim in physics, not just to describe nature, but to explain nature." - Steven Weinberg, 1997
As teaching associate:
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ME16: Engineering Dynamics, spring 2018, department of mechanical engineering, UCSB.
As teaching assistant:
University of California Santa Barbara, Department of Physics:
- Intermediate Mechanics,
University of California Santa Barbara, Department of Mechanical Engineering:
- Engineering Vibrations (twice),
- Fluid Mechanics II (twice),
- Fluid Mechanics I,
- Statics,
University of California Riverside, Department of Physics:
- Physics General Labs, 6 classes (sections 2LA, 2LC, 2C),
- General Physics Discussions, 12 classes in total (2A, 2B, 2C),
Sharif University of Technology, Department of Aerospace Engineering:
- Orbital Mechanics (5 semesters),
- Aircraft Design II.


Which rectangle do you find more pleasing to the eye?
Some of these rectangles conform to the Golden Ratio but not all. The Golden Ratio
is approximately 1:1.6 or if you want to be more precise 1 to (0.5 + sqrt(1.25))
which is approximately 1.618033988749895


Rock Paper Scissors - MULTIPLAYER!
You Picked
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They Picked
Pick One!
Rock
Paper
Scissors
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For checks, the task lists are the exact same as task lists from our follow-on actions.
Since the string is blank, the maximum invocations parameter should be set to zero. To achieve this, you simply reassign the parameter, overwriting it's old value.


Represents a template archetype (namely a template used to generate other templates that can then be customized)
no summary matey
The Scalate development console
Helper snippets for creating the console
no summary matey
Defines the default representations to be used on resources
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Parameters to create a JAXRS resource template


06/08/2014 09:41:05 ¶ ● Grunt, Gulp, Broccoli nodejsreactions: “Make: it work.” <rimshot> (I kid, I kid. Those libs are cool and useful for a lot of things.)


In order to allow for fine-grained configurable logging without making any assumptions about the logging backend,
reactive
takes the following approach. Rather than logging directly, any information that can be logged
has a case class defined, containing the relevant details. When logging for that object is at a high enough level,
this information will be put in a LogEvent and fired from a global EventStream. LogEvent is a case class with two
arguments: a subject, i.e. the object "logging" the information, and a predicate, the first case class we mentioned.
The Logger
trait supplies the ability to log. It's used by reactive
classes, and you
can use it in your own classes. Either mix it in, or instantiate it, optionally overriding subject
(presumably to point to the containing object). It has the following members:
logLevel
var
specifying the logging level.setLogLevel
Logger
. Useful for chaining
reactive
operations. For instance:
val es2 = es.setLogLevel(Logger.Levels.Trace).map(_ + 2)
log
LogEvent
based on the specified level and LogEventPredicate
.trace
, warn
, error
LogEvent
based on the specified
LogEventPredicate
, at the relevant level.The Logger
singleton contains the EventStream
(s)
that fire the log events. Here are some of its members:
Levels
Enumeration
of the supported levels.defaultLevel
var
specifying the level of subsequently created Logger
s.all
EventStream[(Levels.Value,Logger#LogEvent)]
that
fires all events.traces
, warnings
, errors
EventStream[Logger#LogEvent]
s firing only the
relevant events from all
.


Europass servers do not keep record of CVs, Language Passports, European Skills Passports or any other files uploaded by the users. The files are processed by the Europass servers and immediately deleted.
All processing carried out by the Europass e-service meets the requirements of Regulation (EU) 2018/1725 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 23 October 2018 on the protection of natural persons with regard to the processing of personal data by the Union institutions, bodies, offices and agencies and on the free movement of such data, and repealing Regulation (EC) No 45/2001 and Decision No 1247/2002/EC.
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Gameplay
- User logs in / Signs up using Facebook.
- User selects 6 players from the available list of players.
- User has to select 1 player from Level 1 , Level 2 , Level 4 , Level 5 each.
- User has to select 2 players from Level 3.
- User saves the team for that week.
- User earns points for each action of the selected players in the episode.
- After the episode is telecasted and the points are calculated, Top 2 winners will be announced for the week.
- At the end of the season , all the points will be added and the final winner will be crowned KING OR QUEEN OF SEASON 7.


Zone 3
Authored By: Meghana Padullaparthi
1. Computer operating systems
Most secure OS:
- Windows Host OS
- OS X Host OS
- Linux Guest OS on Ether Host
- Linux Host OS
2. Passwords Make sure to pass or protect your bios as well as you storage drives this will make sure no one can tamper with your bios or even begin the operating system without typing in a password to get past the bios and access your disk or disks. 3. Smart phones - Get a basic flip phone (No SMS) - Android w/ privacy custom ROM 4. Web browser The tor browser bundle, tor is a browser which will encrypt your traffic and mask your IP address. This makes a traffic unable to be searched even by your ISP.


Block template body returned by the server.
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| string | MinerAddr [get, set] |
| | 20-byte hex-encoded miner address. More...
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| string | ExtraData [get, set] |
| | Hex-encoded value of the extra data field. More...
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| string[] | Transactions [get, set] |
| | Array of hex-encoded transactions for this block. More...
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| | Array of hex-encoded pruned accounts for this block. More...
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| Hash[] | MerkleHashes [get, set] |
| | Array of hex-encoded hashes that verify the path of the miner address in the merkle tree. This can be used to change the miner address easily. More...
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Block template body returned by the server.
◆ ExtraData
| string Nimiq.BlockTemplateBody.ExtraData |
|
getset |
Hex-encoded value of the extra data field.
◆ Hash
| Hash Nimiq.BlockTemplateBody.Hash |
|
getset |
32-byte hex-encoded hash of the block body.
◆ MerkleHashes
| Hash [] Nimiq.BlockTemplateBody.MerkleHashes |
|
getset |
Array of hex-encoded hashes that verify the path of the miner address in the merkle tree. This can be used to change the miner address easily.
◆ MinerAddr
| string Nimiq.BlockTemplateBody.MinerAddr |
|
getset |
20-byte hex-encoded miner address.
◆ PrunedAccounts
| string [] Nimiq.BlockTemplateBody.PrunedAccounts |
|
getset |
Array of hex-encoded pruned accounts for this block.
◆ Transactions
| string [] Nimiq.BlockTemplateBody.Transactions |
|
getset |
Array of hex-encoded transactions for this block.
The documentation for this class was generated from the following file:
- NimiqClient/NimiqClient.cs


T
- This is the board of the specific game we're using.ChessGame
public abstract class BoardGame<T extends Board>
extends java.lang.Object
| Modifier and Type | Method | Description |
|---|---|---|
abstract BoardGame<T> |
getCopy() |
This function returns a copy of the current game so that any modifications on the copy won't affect the current
game.
|
abstract GameState |
getGameState() |
This function returns the current game state.
|
abstract java.util.Collection<Move> |
getPossibleMoves() |
This function returns a collection of the possible (legal) moves of the current alliance.
|
abstract void |
makeMove(Move move) |
This function executes the move that's given as a parameter and makes changes in the board as needed.
|
abstract void |
undoMove() |
This function return to the state of the game before the last move.
|
protected BoardGame(T board)
public abstract java.util.Collection<Move> getPossibleMoves()
public abstract GameState getGameState()
public abstract void makeMove(Move move)
move
- The move that needs to be executed.public abstract void undoMove()


A Rare And Spectacular 'Unicorn' Meteor Outburst Could Be Happening Tonight
by MARCIA DUNN, ASSOCIATED PRESSScientists are predicting a rare meteor outburst this week that may be brief but incredibly intense.
A brilliant flurry in the sky near the Unicorn constellation is expected Thursday night over the eastern half of North America and all South America.
The action should unfold early Friday morning over the western portions of Europe and Africa.
Hundreds of shooting stars may be visible as Earth plows through the dusty tail of an unidentified comet.
The alpha Monocerotids - named after the constellation Monoceros or the Unicorn - most recently produced an outburst in 1995.
NASA's Ames Research Center scientist Peter Jenniskens and the Finnish Fireball Networks' Esko Lyytinen anticipate another good show.
They encourage stargazers to look up, but get out early because peak viewing time is short.
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I designed the branding for the Pint Talks Podcast. My work included picking typefaces colors, as well as designing a logo. I also worked on a variety of assets for social media, which included designing posts, audiograms and banners.
Pint Talks is a podcast about science, technology, and how they impact society. The show format features two pals that sit down and have a discussion over a pint. The brand is about filtering serious topics through the lens of a casual and friendly conversation by two non-experts.
The target persona of the podcast is a person that is curious and eager to learn about the world. She is fascinated by technology and wants to explore the way it affects people.
For typefaces, I picked Anton for headings and Open Sans for body text. The types intended to communicate a clean, modern look that is visually engaging, while also maintaining a sense of simplicity.
For colors, I was inspired by the colors of hops. I strived to establish a connection to a pint of beer, as well as to nature in general. I was attracted by the connection of green colors to nature as I feel like that can make the brand my earthy and easier to digest.
Next, I designed the visual language around the social media strategy for the podcast. This included posts, banners and audiograms.
The podcast was released on January 26, 2021. The branding is continuing to expand to more assets and evolve over time. Overall, it has been a great experience with lots of learning along the way. I look forward to continuing my work on the podcast and its future needs.


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emojitracker is an experiment in realtime visualization of all emoji symbols used on twitter.
it updates at the speed of updates on twitter in realtime, and thus contains rapidly updating visuals that may
possibly cause problems for those sensitive to such things? I'm not sure, but I don't want to risk it, so here
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How To Set Single Borders on BorderContainer
Create a BorderContainer with no gutters
- Drag a BorderContainer onto a blank canvas.
- In the Border Container Dialog, select Headline, Top, Left, Center.
- Set a light background color on top and left panes (so you can see them after turning off gutters).
- Turn the splitter off on top and left panes (Splitter is in the Widget Specific section).
- On the BorderContainer, turn gutters off (gutters is in the Widget Specific section).
- Note: all borders will now be gone on BorderContainer.
Setting the outer border
- Go to Outline palette and select BorderContainer
- In Properties palette go to Border section and select show: props
- Click the ">" icon to the far right of border-width:
- Set Apply to: element.style
- Set width to 1px.
- Close Apply-to window.
- Click the ">" icon to the far right of border-style:
- Set Apply to: element.style
- Set style to "solid".
- Close Apply-to window.
- Click the ">" icon to the far right of border-color:
- Set Apply-to: element.style.
- Click on border-color to open ColorPicker. The color will default to #b5bcc7.
- Click off the Color Picker to set the color and close it.
Setting the inner borders
- Set the bottom border on the header pane:
- Select the top content pane
- Under Borders select show: side
- Verify Apply-to: element.style
- Set border-bottom: 1px solid #b5bcc7
Set the right-side border on the left pane
- Select the side content pane
- Under Borders select show: side
- Verify Apply-to: element.style
- Set border-right: 1px solid #b5bcc7
- Remove the background color from the top and side panes.
- Preview in browser.
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RADIOLAND MURDERS A film review by Ben Hoffman Copyright 1994 Ben Hoffman
Director Mel Smith has the top-rated TV comedy show in Great Britain but if this frantic comedy is to be taken as an indication of his directorial abilities, he had better stick to comedic acting.
Given a superb cast with which to work he failed to utilize their abilities, instead employing what appears to be a scatter shot approach with hysterical non-stop running around in circles to the point where it leaves the audience exhausted; somewhere in the film you have to slow down for a moment so when the pace picks up again it is noted and appreciated. This just becomes tiresome, seeming longer than its 112 minutes running time.
To see what could have been accomplished, let us just list the cast: Mary Stuart Masterson, Brian Benben, Ned Beatty, George Burns, Scott Michael Campbell, Brion James, Michael Lerner, Michael McKean, Jeffrey Tambor, Stephen Tobolowsky and Christopher Lloyd. With few exceptions, it was a waste of talent.
Smaller roles included Harvey Korman, Robert Klein, Bo Hoskins, Billy Barty, Bobcat Goldthwait, Corbin Bernsen and Rosemary Clooney, among others.
The story, in brief: In the olden days of pre-TV, millions of people tuned in their radios each night to comedy, mystery and romance. In addition to the three major radio networks, a fourth one is making its debut. While out in the studio's audience the show is going on, the dancers are dancing, the singers are singing, the comedians are being comedic and the orchestra with its genial, smiling conductor is waving his baton. Backstage, all is bedlam.
There are murders, there are the producers and directors trying to keep the show going so the studio audience is unaware of what is happening behind the curtains. And there is even a love story. This hodgepodge is flung at us to the point that we do not care who or why anyone is murdered; rather the concentration is on when is this thing going to end?
Story by George Lucas. You never can tell.
1.5 Bytes 4 Bytes = Absolutely must see. 3 Bytes = Too good to be missed. 2 Bytes = So so. 1 Byte = Save your money.
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{% extends "layout-simple.html" %} {% block page_title %} GOV.UK prototype kit {% endblock %} {% block content %}
Mostly based on the domestic GREAT styleguide, but with contrast based improvements.
This is a sentence in a paragraph, this is a link in the sentence to another page. Text is #333 dark grey, link is #black and underlined.
Why? Lots of blue links in sentences in paragraphs of text is more difficult to read as a flow, but the link function remains clear. Hover on a link uses the highlight gold #FFBF47, and the active on-click colour is the link blue #00549f. A link the user has previously visited is coloured #4c2c92.
Standalone action link
Stands out more, has space around it, does an obvious thing and doesn't interrupt the reading of big bits of text.
This is a link list:
Lists of links are blue #00549f and list titles already stand out, especially with bullets, so the additonal text decoration of an underline has been omitted here. Hover as before highlight gold #FFBF47, and the active on-click colour is a lighter blue #136EBF. A link the user has previously visited is coloured #4c2c92.
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The fastest rate of employment growth in the UK, with Reading set to outstrip London for gross value added growth and the rest of the country for employment growth.
Most of the region connects with London by train in under an hour, with up to 60% lower property costs.
Home to the world’s top ranked university, the University of Oxford.
The South East leads the UK for growth and productivity:
Regional property costs are up to 60% lower than in central London. Businesses report strong rates of return on their investment due to the high productivity and growth rates across the region.
The South East has 2 of the top 3 UK cities for GVA per worker in the UK (GBP 71.6k in Slough and Reading). Oxford, in the South East, has the second highest proportion of adults in the UK with university-level education (64%).
Cities Outlook 2017
| Region name | Statistical value | |
|---|---|---|
| A | North West | 100,303 |
| B | South West | 34,562 |
| C | Scotland | 11,870 |
| D | Wales | 8,438 |
Small text used for additional or supplementary information, which can include references, footnotes and links to sources.
From the Where in UK page
The Energy sectors are active all over the UK. Oil and gas are highly active in Scotland and Northern Ireland.
Renewable energy is making an impact in East of England and Wales.
Find out about:
| Region name | Statistical difference | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| A | Scotland | 10.2% | |
| B | Northern Ireland | 9.3% | |
| C | North East England | 8.1% | |
| D | Wales | 2.4% | |
| C | Yorkshire and The Humber | +1.2% | |
| D | East of England | +3.3% | |
| C | West Midlands | +5.0% | |
| D | North West England | +11.2% |
Calculated from variation form the mean UK wages. Source: Office for National Statistics, Department for International trade. Download data as CSV or as XLS
There are major R & D hubs in key locations that work in academia, industry and governement to advance developments in Aerospace.
| Airport | Destinations | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| A | London Heathrow in London |
UK Europe Americas Africa Asia Australasia |
12 74 31 15 42 4 |
| B | London Gatwick in South East |
UK Europe Americas Africa Asia Australasia |
7 31 10 8 6 - |
| C | Manchester in North West |
UK Europe Americas Africa Asia Australasia |
7 31 10 8 6 - |
| D | London Stanstead in East of England |
UK Europe Americas Africa Asia Australasia |
7 31 10 8 - - |
| E | London Luton in East of England |
UK Europe Americas Africa Asia Australasia |
7 31 10 8 - - |
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On the Manage users page, you can manage the users registered for your organization. You can change user data and user roles, reset a user's password, and delete users.
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To change user data and user roles:
To reset a user's password:
- In the list in the upper page area, select the user whose password you want to reset. You can only reset a user's password if the user is logged out.
- Click Reset Password.
The password is instantly reset. The user is sent an email with a new initial password to be used for the next login.
To delete a user:
- In the list in the upper page area, select the user you want to delete. The following prerequisites must be fulfilled for deleting a user:
- The user is not assigned to a subscription.
- The user is not the only one who is assigned the administrator role in your organization.
- The user is not logged in.
- Click Delete and confirm the deletion.
The user is instantly deleted from the platform.
Note: You can delete users even if your organization uses an external OIDC provider such as Microsoft Azure Active Directory for user management and authentication. Be aware, however, that the users may be added again with the next synchronization with the external provider.


Highlight.js is a syntax highlighter written in JavaScript. It works in
the browser as well as on the server. It works with pretty much any
markup, doesn’t depend on any framework, and has automatic language
detection.
Version 10 is one of the biggest releases in quite some time. If you’re
upgrading from version 9, there are some breaking changes and things you may
want to double check first.
Please read VERSION_10_UPGRADE.md for high-level summary of breaking changes and any actions you may need to take. See VERSION_10_BREAKING_CHANGES.md for a more detailed list and CHANGES.md to learn what else is new.
Please see SECURITY.md for support information.
The bare minimum for using highlight.js on a web page is linking to the
library along with one of the styles and calling initHighlightingOnLoad
:
<link rel="stylesheet" href="/path/to/styles/default.css">

This will find and highlight code inside of

tags; it tries
to detect the language automatically. If automatic detection doesn’t
work for you, you can specify the language in the class
attribute:

...

Classes may also be prefixed with either language-
or lang-
.

...

To style arbitrary text like code, but without any highlighting, use the
plaintext
class:

...

To disable highlighting of a tag completely, use the nohighlight
class:

...

Highlight.js supports over 180 different languages in the core library. There are also 3rd party
language plugins available for additional languages. You can find the full list of supported languages
in SUPPORTED_LANGUAGES.md.
When you need a bit more control over the initialization of
highlight.js, you can use the highlightBlock
and configure
functions. This allows you to better control what to highlight and when.
Here’s the equivalent of calling initHighlightingOnLoad
using
only vanilla JS:
document.addEventListener('DOMContentLoaded', (event) => {
document.querySelectorAll('pre code').forEach((block) => {
hljs.highlightBlock(block);
});
});
Please refer to the documentation for configure
options.
We strongly recommend

wrapping for code blocks. It’s quite
semantic and “just works” out of the box with zero fiddling. It is possible to
use other HTML elements (or combos), but you may need to pay special attention to
preserving linebreaks.
Let’s say your markup for code blocks uses divs:

...

To highlight such blocks manually:
// first, find all the div.code blocks
document.querySelectorAll('div.code').forEach(block => {
// then highlight each
hljs.highlightBlock(block);
});
Without using a tag that preserves linebreaks (like pre
) you’ll need some
additional CSS to help preserve them. You could also pre and post-process line
breaks with a plug-in, but we recommend using CSS.
To preserve linebreaks inside a div
using CSS:
div.code {
white-space: pre;
}
Simply register the plugin with Vue:
Vue.use(hljs.vuePlugin);
And you’ll be provided with a highlightjs
component for use
in your templates:

<highlightjs autodetect :code="code" />

<highlightjs language='javascript' code="var x = 5;" />

You can run highlighting inside a web worker to avoid freezing the browser
window while dealing with very big chunks of code.
In your main script:
addEventListener('load', () => {
const code = document.querySelector('#code');
const worker = new Worker('worker.js');
worker.onmessage = (event) => { code.innerHTML = event.data; }
worker.postMessage(code.textContent);
});
In worker.js:
onmessage = (event) => {
importScripts('<path>/highlight.min.js');
const result = self.hljs.highlightAuto(event.data);
postMessage(result.value);
};
You can use highlight.js with node to highlight content before sending it to the browser.
Make sure to use the .value
property to get the formatted html.
For more info about the returned object refer to the api docs.
// require the highlight.js library, including all languages
const hljs = require('./highlight.js');
const highlightedCode = hljs.highlightAuto('Hello World!').value
Or for a smaller footprint… load just the languages you need.
const hljs = require('highlight.js/lib/core'); // require only the core library
// separately require languages
hljs.registerLanguage('xml', require('highlight.js/lib/languages/xml'));
const highlightedCode = hljs.highlight('xml', 'Hello World!').value
First, you’ll likely install via npm
or yarn
– see Getting the Library below.
In your application:
import hljs from 'highlight.js';
The default import imports all languages. Therefore it is likely to be more efficient to import only the library and the languages you need:
import hljs from 'highlight.js/lib/core';
import javascript from 'highlight.js/lib/languages/javascript';
hljs.registerLanguage('javascript', javascript);
To set the syntax highlighting style, if your build tool processes CSS from your JavaScript entry point, you can also import the stylesheet directly as modules:
import hljs from 'highlight.js/lib/core';
import 'highlight.js/styles/github.css';
You can get highlight.js as a hosted, or custom-build, browser script or
as a server module. Right out of the box the browser script supports
both AMD and CommonJS, so if you wish you can use RequireJS or
Browserify without having to build from source. The server module also
works perfectly fine with Browserify, but there is the option to use a
build specific to browsers rather than something meant for a server.
Do not link to GitHub directly. The library is not supposed to work straight
from the source, it requires building. If none of the pre-packaged options
work for you refer to the building documentation.
On Almond. You need to use the optimizer to give the module a name. For
example:
r.js -o name=hljs paths.hljs=/path/to/highlight out=highlight.js
A prebuilt version of Highlight.js bundled with many common languages is hosted by several popular CDNs.
When using Highlight.js via CDN you can use Subresource Integrity for additional security. For details
see DIGESTS.md.
cdnjs (link)
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--- layout: post title: How are science and maths perceived by society? tags: - Personal Opinion status: publish type: post published: true meta: {} --- DDJ | DDJ's Portal Blog
'...fewer than 6 percent of high-school seniors in the U.S. are planning on engineering degrees. A decade ago it was 36 percent. In 2000, 56 percent of the undergraduate degrees in China were in the hard sciences. In the U.S., 1 percent.I wonder if the US is starting to gather the harvest from it's apparent antipathy against hard science? (Possibly fuelled by the conservative, religious, right.) It would be interesting to know if there is a similar trend in other western countries? Or, at the risk of sounding like a grumpy old fart, are maths and science subjects too hard for the current calibre of student? Whatever it is, it's probably not good -- although of course at the in individual level it creates great opportunities for the people who choose to study these subjects.
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So there has been something that I have recently been getting into the habit of doing. I will be super motivated to want to do something and within an hour, write down ideas, plan out what I will be doing and how I will be doing it. I will research as much as I can within that amount of time and really find all the determination I can to learn what I need to learn. This will include bookmarking a million websites I think will be useful, finding all the books on the topic, and looking up all the tutorials I can.
The problem that I face, which seems to be something a lot of people face, is that we create such a high benchmark for ourselves for this task we look to achieve, that we end up falling flat on our faces after no longer than a few weeks.
After beating myself up countless times on making projects for myself and not keeping to my promise, I wanted to find the reason that we are not keeping ourselves going. I am going to start with the learning.
One thing that I have noticed a trend in is that a lot of projects has some learning involved. Whether this be learning a new programming language for your particular task, a framework which is involved with your project, a customer base in which you want your project to target, there is always some new type of learning that is involved with this. Now, the question comes to why can’t we follow through with the learning to accomplish this task?
I find that we can’t learn these things because of the initial project we start off with. Some of us are so ambitious to create the next big thing or to do something of such large scale, that internally deters us away from ever reaching our goal. If you were looking to pick up something like running, you wouldn’t immediately goal yourself to olympic levels would you? Or if you are looking to pick up rock climbing, you wouldn’t goal yourself to the hardest climb you can find. I mean, sure that is a future goal that we often look to find, but it isn’t something that should immediately be driving us to learn what it is we need to learn.
We need to start with a very small project. Something that would be both satisfying and give you that feeling of accomplishment. Let us remember that we are in the state of “learning” still. This is the time we can take to enjoy the information we are receiving and having this small project will be the motivational factor that keeps us going. As a runner, seeking to run a target set in a certain amount of time. As a rock climber, finding a decent route that you cannot initially do but can goal towards.
If you have any questions, follow and ping me on Twitter- I’m twitter.


Which authentication protocols to use, and in which order.
Negotiate prefers Kerberos and will use it unless it is unavailable; it then will use NTLM.
Kerberos will always be unavailable if the system is not connected to a domain, or is configured incorrectly.
NTLM is an additional option that will allow setting a preference for NTLM,
or to prevent errors in case of Kerberos misconfiguration.


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Generally we always report our Product sale of everyday store in the city
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September 21, 2018
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|---|---|
| TBD | arrival |
| TBD | rehearsal dinner |
| TBD | camp fire |
September 22, 2018
| time | event |
|---|---|
| TBD | breakfast |
| 3:30pm | ceremony |
| 4:00pm | receiving line |
| 4:30pm | pre reception |
| 6:00pm | reception |
| 10:00pm | camp fire |
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| TBD | breakfast |
| TBD | farewell |


FSH/LH
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Leteinising hormone
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Follicle stimulating hormone
-
released by ant pituitary in response to pulsatile gonadotropin releasing hormone (GnRH)
-
negative feedback of oestrogen or testosterone
-
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females:
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growth of ovarian follicles and steroidogenesis
-
mid-cycle surge LH triggers ovulation
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FSH increases during menopause
-
ovaries become less responsive to FSH
-
fluctuating ovarian activitiy means not reliable predictors of menopause
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Males
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FSH -> sertoli cells
- sprematogensis
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LH interstitial Leydig cells of testes to produce testosterone
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Oestradiol
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principal oestrogen
-
ovulating female
-
dominant during follicular phase
-
concentration varies throughout menstrual cycle
-
released in parallel to follicular growth
-
highest when follicle matures (prior to ovulation)
-
gradually reduces
-
-
males
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essential part of reproductive system
- required for maturationi of sperm
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primary hypogonadism
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impaired response to gonadoptropins including FSH/LH
-
increase testicular secretion of oestradiol
-
increase conversion of testosterone to oestradiol
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obesity also increase levels
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Progesterone
-
dominant ovarian hormone
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secreted during luteal phase
-
prepare uterus for implantation
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if hcg released from placenta and maintain s corpus luteum -> progesterone levels remain raised
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at approx. 12wks placenta begins to produce progesterone in place of corpus luteum
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decrease after delivery and during breast feeding
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low in women after menopause
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men - almost all converted to testosterone in teses
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fertility investigation only indication for testing
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d20-23
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0-6 ovulation unlikely
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7-25 ovulation possible
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>25 ovulation likely
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Prolactin
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stimulates breasts to produce milk after oestrogen priming
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inhibited by hypothalamic release of dopamine
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hypothyroidism can also be associated with hyperprolactinaemia
- if TRH raised
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prolactin-secreting tumours most common type of pituitary tumour
-
small
-
microprolactinomas
-
anovulation or other menstrual disturbance
-
galactorrhoea
-
sexual dysfunction
-
-
-
rarely large
-
macroprolactinoma
-
headaches
-
bitemporal hemianopia
-
-
-
-
diurnal variation in prolactin levels
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lowest 3hrs after waking
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best collected in afternoon
-
-
Stress and illness may elevate levels
Testosterone
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primary androgen
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responsibel for development and maintenance of male sexual characteristics
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stimulates anabolic processes in non-sexual tissues
-
-
males
- LH —> Leydig cells in testes —> testosterone
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females
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peripheral conversion of androgen precursor steroids to testosterone
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fluctuate with menstrual cycles
-
increase in pregnancy
-
stable during and after menopause
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PCOS = most common cause of hyperandrogensims
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Rarely
-
Cushing’s syndrome
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congenital adrenal hyperplasia
-
androgen secreting tumours
-
-
-
free testosterone
-
total and sex hormone binding globulin
-
rarely required
-
only when abnormal total
-
hyperthyroidism
-
anticonvulsant use
-
severe obestiy
-
-
-
Human chorionic gonadotrophin
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structurally and functionally identical to LH apart from beta chain
- hence beta-hCG
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released by tropoblast cells during pregnancy
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outer layer of developing blastocyst following conception and embryonic implantation
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stimulates progesterone production by corpus luteum
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increases vascularity between trophoblast and uterus wall
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detectable \~3d after implantation of embryo
- 6-12d after ovulation and fertilisation
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during normal pregnancy
-
double \~every 2 d
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begin to decrease at 8-10wk
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remain elevated throughout pregnancy
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twins = higher
- not reliable to predict this
-
-
TV uss can be used after approx. 5wk gestation or hCG >1000-2000
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non-viable pregnancy may be indicated by decrease or plateua in early pregnancy
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following miscarriage may take 3-4wk to return to non pregnnat levels (\<5)
- may remain elevated in incomplete miscarriage
-
males:
- produced by some testicular tumours
Primary amenorrhoea (delayed puberty)
-
reassuracne and watchful waiting
-
investigate:
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if no sign of breast development
-
first sign
-
12-14yo
-
-
or menstruation not begun by age 16yo
-
-
common causes:
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weightloss
-
dieting
-
excessive exercise
-
pituitary/thyroid disease
-
anatomical abnormalities
- Mullerian agenesis
-
Congenital abnormal
-
-
Investigations:
-
FSH/LH
-
low
-
hypogonadotropic hypogonadism
-
Kallmann syndrome
-
Space occupying pituitary
-
-
-
high
-
hypergonadotropic hypogonadism
- Turner’s syndrome
-
-
-
oestradiol
-
can indicate whether absolutely no evidence of ovarian oestrogen activity
-
or have statrted to rise from pre-pubertal levels
-
low oestradiol associated with low LH suggestive of hypothalamic amenorrhoea
-
-
prolactin
- pituitary cause
-
testosterone
- PCOS
-
TSH
-
FT4
-
-
normal hormone levels but otherwise normal development may suggest anatomical abnormal
-
imperforate hymen
-
Mullerian agenesis
- congential malformation = absent uterus and fallopian tubes
-
Secondary amenorrhoea and oligomenorrheoa
-
cessation of menstration who previously menstruating = secondary
-
consistently >35d - oligo
-
causes
-
hypothalamic amenorrhoea
-
PCOS
-
premature ovarian failure
-
rule out pregnancy
-
-
Investigations:
-
FSH/LH
-
oestradiol
-
-
FSH >20 and decrease oestradiol
-
female \<40yo
-
suggests premature ovarian failure
-
-
low LH and oestradiol = hypothalamic cause
-
weight loss
-
excessive exercise
-
stress
-
Hyperprolactinaemia
-
stress
-
medicine use
-
hypothyroid
PCOS
-
2/3 of:
-
hyperandrogenism
-
oligomenorrhoea
-
and/or anovulation and polycystic ovaries on USS
-
-
Testeosterone testing not necessarily required
-
if total te stosterone >5 and hirsuit
-
rule out late-onset congenital adrenal hyperplasia
-
Cushing syndrome
-
tumour
-
adrenal
-
ovarian
-
-
Menopause
-
Hormone testing not usually necessary
-
in women >45yo with typical symptoms
-
hormone testing not routine
-
levels fluctuate
-
FSH may be beneficial
-
oligomenorrhea and fertility potential
-
women recently stopped taking OCP
-
hysterectomy
-
-
repeated at least once to confirm
-
doesn’t reliably predict menopuase in women using COC
-
Hypogonadism in males
delayed puberty
first sign - increase size of testes around 12yo
-
cause:
-
constitutional delay - commenst
-
FHx
-
catch up growth
-
onset of puberty
-
pubertal growth spurt occur later
-
result in normal adult stature, stexual development and fertility
-
-
-
if no signs at 16yo
-
FSH/LH
-
increase
- primary hypogonadism
-
low
-
secondary hypogonadism
-
hypothalamic dysfunction
-
hypopituitarism
-
hypothroidism
-
hyperprolactinaemia
-
-
-
constitutional delay = low FSH/LH
-
-
testosterone
-
prolactin
-
TSH
-
FT4
-
Gynaecomastia
-
indicated imbalance between free oestrogen and androgens
-
distinguish between true gynacomastia
- concentric rubbery or firm mound of tissue around nipple
-
from accumulation of adipose tissue
-
common during mid-late pregnancy
- usually resolves within a couple of years
-
rises again in older males
- decrease in free testosterone
-
once eliminate medicines as causes
-
anti-androgens
-
TCA
-
metronidazole
-
spironolactone
-
CCB
-
cimetidine
-
concurrent illness
- cirrhosis
-
-
test:
-
testosterone
- followed by LH if low
-
oestradiol
-
hCG
-
in rare cases
- testicallar tumour
-
-
late-onst hypogonadism
-
clincial signs and symptoms
-
reduced libido
-
absent early morning erection
-
-
consider testosterone
-
early morning levels
-
if one within reference - no need to do more
-
if low then confimratory test when well and LF
-
-
if LF low
- consider prolactin
-
FSH only if investigating infertility
-
Hi LH = primary hypogonadism
Early pregnancy
-
random urine hCG
-
repeat 1wkhCG >20-25 usually show on urine
-
serum @ lower levels although no need to test if positive urine


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