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Risks are prevalent in every business, and we understand there is no way around that. Below, we have summarized some of the key strategic and operational risks in starting this business and how we have addressed them.
From a strategic standpoint, we face issues in demand, competition, as well as legal regulations:
We have rigorously researched craft beer trends in Vancouver and have noted that in the last six years years, there has been an upwards trend in craft beer interest in the area. In fact, the British Columbia Liquor Distribution Branch (BCLDB) which publishes quarterly liquor market reviews can be used to observe these trends.
On average, an increase of 0.5% in craft beer sales is seen every quarter across the last few years. This gradual increase over an extended period leaves us confident in the continual demand for craft beers in Vancouver.
With regards to the possible lack of interest in our service, we have run a sensitivity analysis for market demand from a pessimistic standpoint in the event that only 1% of our SAM is interested in signing up for our service in the first year.
Assuming that subsequent years follows a geometric increase of 2% (as noted by past trends) then even given this pessimistic scenario, we are still sitting above our company MARR. This ensures that World of BeerCraft will be a profitable venture even if there is little interest in the company moving forwards.
Please refer to the Economics section for more information.
Nobody can stop the rise of competition and realistically, no one should try to stop it either. Competition stimulates innovation due to the fight over limited resources.
With that said, we at World of BeerCraft have worked tirelessly alongside legal professionals to craft an air-tight contract. This contract stipulates that partnered breweries cannot partner with similar subscription-based companies for the first few years that World of BeerCraft is in business. In exchange, for us paying a premium on their craft beers.
This will allow our company to establish a strong footing in Vancouver as the first beer-based subscription service before the emergence of similar competition.
Once our contract ends on the service ends, we will monitor up and coming competition and assess the strategies they use to enter the market.
To determine the efficiency of their workers and services, we first investigate their website we can learn about their values and prices for their service.
If neccessry, we will subscribe to them for at least a month to compare how they differ from what we offer.
A liquor license is the basis of this company. In order to store and sell beer, as well as advertise and deliver various different brands, we require a liquor license.
Thus, if the price of the provincial liquor license increases, it is necessary for us to pay the higher price. As a company, as long as this does not affect our bottom line, we do not plan to increase the price of the subscription, so such an increase will not affect our customers.
Currently in British Columbia, there is a government imposed moratorium on retail based liquor licenses until July 1st, 2022. More information can be read here.
Due to this moratorium, it is not feasible to begin this business until after the aforementioned date. Once the moratorium is lifted, there is unlikely to be any issue with acquiring a liquor primary license for the storage and sale of liquor.
Please note: that for the scope of this project, it is assumed that we can acquire a liquor license such that all values are reflected of real today dollars.
From an operational standpoint we assess, storage capacity, lack of supply, price in consumables, and delivery issues:
Craft beers are purchased from our partnered breweries on a weekly basis. Our system is built such that subscribers will sign up for deliveries on a certain week each month.
By doing so, we can balance the amount of deliveries made each week to ensure quick and timely deliveries. Moreover, our storage fridge can store roughly 4860 cans of craft beer which is enough to service 810 customers.
Granted we restock weekly, only 2 fridges are needed intially; however, additional fridges may be required as our customer base grows.
Craft beers are currently on the rise so addressing whether there will be enough supply is a risk we consider.
The Service Attainable Market (SAM), is based on the present demand for craft beer in Vancouver which is evidently being met.
Thus, supply is not an issue for the craft beer industry on a whole.
As we plan to partner with majority of the breweries as to provide a large range of options, it is unlikely that supply will be an issue.
Our cash models use real numbers addressing all values with regards to their value in today dollars. This model assumes that changes in costs and benefits increase at the same rate effectively, deflating the cash flow.
In other words, even with inflation, our company still turns a profit.
A quick sensitivity test for the price of gas has been performed assuming sudden spikes not due to inflation such as a crash in gas reserves causing the price to skyrocket were to occur.
This analysis found that variations in the price of gas had little effect on our profitability. For the price of craft beer, the price of 6 cans is overestimated greatly not only to account for the premium we plan to pay in the first few years (see strategic risks) but to account for unexpected changes in price or liquor taxes.
According to ICBC statistics, the 5 year average for reported crashes is 200,000 and can be seen here.
It can be expected that a car accident is likely to happen at some point during the operation of our business. To reduce this chance, all delivery drivers will submit a driver’s abstract during the application process, and we will only consider those who have clean abstracts.
Again, this only reduces the risk, as such, all company vehicles will have good insurance policies and any repairs not covered by insurance will be covered by the working capital injected into the company.
Delivery routes are planned every week and each driver is assigned a certain sector to deliver to. If a driver is unavailable to make their deliveries, drivers who are adjacent to their delivery sector will be able to make up for their route.
This allows us to accommodate deliveries if one driver is absent. If multiple drivers are unavailable, we can hire a temporary delivery worker for this position as minimal training is required aside from some background checks.


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There are so many psychonauts out there searching for that one high that will surpass all others, they are willing to try almost anything. I’m writing this experience report here today about what I like to call “Satan’s Drug of Choice.” It’s a little lengthy, however, it’s important for me to stress what this drug can do to someone’s mind.  This is a story about my Meth addiction…an addiction I wouldn’t wish on my worst enemy.
Let me start from the beginning.  I was a “straight A” student, and not one of those “bookworm school nerds.” I was quite popular throughout high school and my first and only year of college. I had everything going for me, tuition was paid for by my Grandparents whom I’d lived with practically all my life. I was very close to all of my family, and a friend to me was something to be treasured and not walked upon. I was the king of my castle and I knew it. I was proud of what I’d accomplished and my future to come.
I started getting into the party scene.  I then moved on to smoking a little marijuana here and there. I made some of my greatest friends during this period of my life. I was usually home, however, at a decent hour, responsibility was my top priority. I had a lot of fun in those days, the “good ole’ days” as I like to call them. Then, my life drastically turned into a downward spiral before I even realized where it was going.
A party…of all the places for my addiction to start, this is probably the most usual and common place for it to happen. This party had a different atmosphere to it however, a darker atmosphere. It wasn’t the lively little party with everyone screaming, yelling and having a good time. I had always been familiar with those types of parties. The people here seemed to be so…so disturbed. I didn’t think nothing of it and partied with the rest of my friends that had come along. Then, it happened, a guy pulled me into a rest room with a few other people and asked me if I wanted to try some Crank. I’ve always been one to try new things, so, I accepted. Being as inexperienced as I was, he had to hold the pipe for me because I was burning the Meth above the flame.
Needless to say, I liked it so much that I was at his back the whole night begging for more. It turned me into a different person. I’m generally not a nagging, persistent little pest, but it didn’t matter to me that night. If it meant I would get more, I would do it. My friends, my good friends, eventually left once they realized what kind of a party it was, however, I stayed behind in spite of their disapproval. I stayed the rest of the night there with a friend that I had just met. I remember us talking outside, telling each other that we would never forget this night and the kick-ass time we both had. It was supposed to be some kind of a bonding moment. To this day, I still don’t remember her name.
Anyways, that was the beginning. The little spark that ignited a fire of despair and loneliness. I never saw any of the people I met that night ever again. It was like a still moment in time that would come and go, never to come back.  I wanted some more so terribly bad, but it wasn’t there and I couldn’t get it. The next week or so wasn’t that bad. After all, I had only done the drug once, and I wasn’t really addicted. Then, something terrible happened, I found a hookup!!!
I was working at that time as an Independent Contractor being a phone psychic with my friend, Aaron, whom I was living with (it’s all fake folks, don’t buy into it). Our boss was hella cool and we could talk to her about literally anything. So, one day, I mentioned the fact that I had tried Crank and liked it. One night, when my friend Aaron wasn’t working, she pulled out her stash and shared. I was surprisingly shocked, and for the next few months, I got my drugs through her.
I eventually moved back in with my Grandmother due to the death of my Grandfather. My Grandmother was devastated and she needed someone to be there for her. I moved back in to give her the comfort I knew she needed. During the first month I had moved back into my Grandmothers, my addiction grew almost exponentially. I was buying an “8-Ball” ($100 worth) on Thursdays and partied until Sunday, sometimes even by myself. It got to the point that practically all of my paychecks were going to drugs. School was becoming less and less important, and I started ignoring my Grandmothers pleas to have me home at a decent hour. She was terribly worried about me, with all the uncertainty surrounding my shift in personality. If she only knew that I was an addict, I know she would have helped me.
I met a guy shortly after the move back home named C. I soon found out that he was just as much into the Meth scene as I was, plus, he had better hookups and much more availability. Being 30 miles away from my home, I was never with my Grandmother. It got to the point that I went home just to sleep. I would usually come home to a crying Grandmother, worried about why I was getting home so late. Money was starting to become a problem with my addiction growing so rapidly. The pawn-shop soon became my best friend. I would steal my Grandmother’s gold jewelry and hawk it for pennies on the dollar. I even ripped off money from my cousin’s college fund that was locked up in my Grandmother’s drawer. It was at the point that I would do absolutely anything for more Crank. I was turning into a monster and didn’t even see it happening.
My car eventually broke down and I had no way of getting back and forth to visit C and the “druggies.” It was at this point in time that I did something that I would never do in my right state of mind. I turned my back on my Grandmother, who just lost her husband of almost 40 years, dropped out of college and moved out. I’ll never forget her crying, begging me not to go. We parted on very bad terms, and it was all my fault. She just needed someone to be there for her. She needed a reason to wake up in the morning. She was so worried about me and just wanted me to be ok. If only I knew that at the time, and if only I never started using drugs.
I eventually turned my back on the rest of my family and my best friends whom I’d known for years. I dropped all contact and didn’t speak with any of them again until after my recovery. During this time, I was basically “street scum.” I had no job and no place to live. My boyfriend C and I couch-hopped from place to place and party to party. As long as we had the drugs, it didn’t matter where we were. My weight diminished dramatically, to the point I was nothing but skin and bone. My health was deteriorating and it was the middle of winter. I must have worn the same outfit for at least a month straight.
There was one point I even endeared some type of heart problem. I had taken a little too much Crank that night and my heart was beating so hard, and so fast, that it felt like I was having a heart attack. It hurt so tremendously bad that I feared my impending death.  I told myself if I were to live through that situation, I would never touch Crank again. I ended up giving my heart about a days worth of rest, and went right back to the drugs, what a shame.
 There were days when C and I didn’t have a place to stay, and we walked alone on the dark streets all night long in the middle of December. I wouldn’t even be able to count the number of times we borrowed money from friends to buy drugs and never paid them back (that is until after my recovery). It was so bad that we had to steal food from Mini-Marts just to put food in our stomachs. We stole cigarettes from to fuel our nicotine addiction (a habit I still haven’t been able to kick, go figure). All and all, the quality of my life back then was no greater than that of a street-bum.
Meth had me so confused and disoriented; I didn’t even know what had hit me. Hell, I didn’t even know I’d been hit. I thought everything was going to be fine, but everything was getting worse. It’s funny how Meth creates this illusion for me of whatever I want to believe. It’s a false positive that everything is ok, when in reality, everything is dangerously wrong. If I were to explain every single detail of what happened from the time I moved out of my Grandmothers, to my recover, this experience report would be a lot longer than it already is. Just know that I was nothing. I had nothing to my name, nothing to be proud of, and the only think I could call “home” was Main Street or the local park. I lived for the little white baggie of Meth, and that was all I lived for.
Let me fast-forward to Christmas Eve. C, who had been doing Meth alot longer than I had, was starting to realize what it was doing to him. He wanted to go home for Christmas Eve to be with his family, however, I wouldn’t be allowed because they didn’t approve of his gay lifestyle. I didn’t want him to go, and he promised me he wouldn’t. We ended up getting separated and he told me to meet him somewhere on Main Street within the next hour. I waited, and waited, and waited, until I realized he wasn’t coming. He had gone home to his family for Christmas, and here I was, on a cold evening, by myself on Christmas Eve. I began to cry.
It was at this one moment in time that I realized what I had done to my life. I stood out there on Main Street, usually packed, however, not tonight. Everyone was at home with their families. I cried, tears rolling down my cheeks as cold as ice, wishing I were back at home with my family. I desperately searched for someone to be with, for someone to talk to…I didn’t want to be alone on the one day of the year you are supposed to be with family and friends.  We ended up spending the night at a friend’s house and went to the movies the next day for Christmas. C finally met up with me the day after Christmas and I didn’t get too upset at him. I was really too doped up to even care.
Then, it happened, my life was saved. I was sitting on Main Street, C had gone to look for some more drugs and my mother pulled up with my best friend, Aaron, who gave up my location to my family and told them how bad things were. My mother, whom I never really saw that often, told me to get in the car. We cried the whole way back to my Grandmother’s house. For the first time I can remember, my mother and father (who had been divorced 14 years) and my Grandmother sat in the same room with a common goal. They wanted to get me off of the drugs and move in with my mother in Northern California.
 I told them that I was an adult and that’s all that mattered. The Meth was talking for me. I wanted to go back and get high again with C. The power with which this drug pulls me in is absolutely amazing. It wasn’t going to work this time though; the Meth was finally forced to be silenced. My family pulled out a bag of drugs they had found in my old room and threatened to call the police if I didn’t do as they wished, and so I did.
 I hurt a lot of people, including myself. I had everything going for me, and there was nothing in the way to stop me, except an addiction. I want to thank my family, my mother, and Aaron for saving my life. Without them, I’m certain I wouldn’t be alive today. I’m proud to be able to say that I have stayed away from the imprisonment of addiction for two years now, and I’m loving every second it. I am out on my own with a good job and a wonderful boyfriend named George. This relationship, however, is based on love rather than drugs.
I just recently found out that C continued his abuse of Meth, and is now in prison for robbery. I can only wish the best for him, that one day, he will be able to conquer the white demon that torments him.
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Some of the activities described are dangerous and/or illegal and none are recommended by Erowid.


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Peer Reviewed Articles:
| [1] | X. Chen and K. Kerstens. Evaluating horizontal mergers in swedish district courts using plant capacity concepts: With a focus on nonconvexity. RAIRO - Operations Research, 57(1):219--236, 2023. [ bib | DOI | .pdf ] |
| [2] | T. Baležentis, K. Kerstens, and Z. Shen. Economic and environmental decomposition of Luenberger-Hicks-Moorsteen total factor productivity indicator: Empirical analysis of Chinese textile firms with a focus on reporting infeasibilities and questioning convexity. IEEE Transactions on Engineering Management, forthcoming(forthcoming):forthcoming, 2023. [ bib ] |
| [3] | K. Kerstens and J. Sadeghi. Plant capacity notions: Review, new definitions, and existence results at firm and industry levels. International Journal of Production Research, forthcoming(forthcoming):forthcoming, 2023. [ bib ] |
| [4] | Z. Shen, K. Kerstens, and T. Baležentis. An environmental Luenberger-Hicks-Moorsteen total factor productivity indicator: Empirical analysis considering undesirable outputs either as inputs or outputs, and attention for infeasibilities. Annals of Operations Research, forthcoming(forthcoming):forthcoming, 2023. [ bib ] |
| [5] | M. Deng, G. Bai, K. Kerstens, and Z. Shen. Comparing green productivity under convex and nonconvex technologies: Which is a robust approach consistent with energy structure. Managerial and Decision Economics, forthcoming(forthcoming):forthcoming, 2023. [ bib ] |
| [6] | F. Ang, K. Kerstens, and J. Sadeghi. Energy productivity and greenhouse gas emission intensity in dutch dairy farms: A Hicks-Moorsteen by-production approach under nonconvexity and convexity with equivalence results. Journal of Agricultural Economics, 74(2):492--509, 2023. [ bib | DOI | .pdf ] |
| [7] | Q. Jin, A. Basso, S. Funari, K. Kerstens, and I. Van de Woestyne. Evaluating different groups of mutual funds using a metafrontier approach: Ethical vs. non-ethical funds. European Journal of Operational Research, forthcoming(forthcoming):forthcoming, 2023. [ bib ] |
| [8] | W. Briec, A. Dumas, K. Kerstens, and A. Stenger. Generalised commensurability properties of efficiency measures: Implications for productivity indicators. European Journal of Operational Research, 303(3):1481--1492, 2022. [ bib | DOI | .pdf ] |
| [9] | K. Kerstens, J. Sadeghi, I. Van de Woestyne, and L. Zhang. Malmquist productivity indices and plant capacity utilisation: New proposals and empirical application. Annals of Operations Research, 315(1):221--250, 2022. [ bib | DOI | .pdf ] |
| [10] | K. Kerstens, P. Mazza, T. Ren, and I. Van de Woestyne. Multi-time and multi-moment nonparametric frontier-based fund rating: Proposal and buy-and-hold backtesting strategy. Omega, 113:102718, 2022. [ bib | DOI | .pdf ] |
| [11] | K. Kerstens and Z. Shen. Using COVID-19 mortality to select among hospital plant capacity models: An exploratory empirical application to Hubei province. Technological Forecasting and Social Change, 166:1--10, 2021. [ bib | DOI | .pdf ] |
| [12] | K. Kerstens and I. Van de Woestyne. Cost functions are nonconvex in the outputs when the technology is nonconvex: Convexification is not harmless. Annals of Operations Research, 305(1--2):81--106, 2021. [ bib | DOI | .pdf ] |
| [13] | C. Daraio, K. Kerstens, T. Nepomuceno, and R. Sickles. Empirical surveys of frontier applications: A meta-review. International Transactions in Operational Research, 27(2):709--738, 2020. [ bib | DOI | .pdf ] |
| [14] | W. Briec, L. Cavaignac, and K. Kerstens. Input efficiency measures: A generalised, encompassing formulation. Operations Research, 68(6):1836--1849, 2020. [ bib | DOI | .pdf ] |
| [15] | K. Kerstens, J. Sadeghi, and I. Van de Woestyne. Plant capacity notions in a non-parametric framework: A brief review and new graph or non-oriented plant capacities. Annals of Operations Research, 288(2):837--860, 2020. [ bib | DOI | .pdf ] |
| [16] | Q. Jin, K. Kerstens, and I. Van de Woestyne. Metafrontier productivity indices: Questioning the common convexification strategy. European Journal of Operational Research, 283(2):737--747, 2020. [ bib | DOI | .pdf ] |
| [17] | K. Kerstens, C. O'Donnell, and I. Van de Woestyne. Metatechnology frontier and convexity: A restatement. European Journal of Operational Research, 275(2):780--792, 2019. [ bib | DOI | .pdf ] |
| [18] | C. Daraio, K. Kerstens, T. Nepomuceno, and R. Sickles. Productivity and efficiency analysis software: An exploratory bibliographical survey of the options. Journal of Economic Surveys, 33(1):85--100, 2019. [ bib | DOI | .pdf ] |
| [19] | K. Kerstens, J. Sadeghi, and I. Van de Woestyne. Plant capacity and attainability: Exploration and remedies. Operations Research, 67(4):1135--1149, 2019. [ bib | DOI | .pdf ] |
| [20] | G. Cesaroni, K. Kerstens, and I. Van De Woestyne. Short-and long-run plant capacity notions: Definitions and comparison. European Journal of Operational Research, 275(1):387--397, 2019. [ bib | DOI | .pdf ] |
| [21] | K. Kerstens, J. Sadeghi, and I. Van de Woestyne. Convex and nonconvex input-oriented technical and economic capacity measures: An empirical comparison. European Journal of Operational Research, 276(2):699--709, 2019. [ bib | DOI | .pdf ] |
| [22] | K. Kerstens and I. Van de Woestyne. The remarkable incidence of congestion in production: A review, empirical illustration, and research agenda. Data Envelopment Analysis Journal, 4(2):109--147, 2019. [ bib | DOI | .pdf ] |
| [23] | W. Briec, K. Kerstens, and I. Van de Woestyne. Hypercongestion in production correspondences: An empirical exploration. Applied Economics, 50(27):2938--2956, 2018. [ bib | DOI | .pdf ] |
| [24] | K. Kerstens, Z. Shen, and I. Van de Woestyne. Comparing Luenberger and Luenberger-Hicks-Moorsteen productivity indicators: How well is Total Factor Productivity approximated? International Journal of Production Economics, 195:311--318, 2018. [ bib | DOI | .pdf ] |
| [25] | W. Briec, K. Kerstens, D. Prior, and I. Van de Woestyne. Testing general and special Färe-Primont indices: A proposal for public and private sector synthetic indices of european regional expenditures and tourism. European Journal of Operational Research, 271(2):756--768, 2018. [ bib | DOI | .pdf ] |
| [26] | K. Kerstens and I. Van de Woestyne. Enumeration algorithms for FDH directional distance functions under different returns to scale assumptions. Annals of Operations Research, 271(2):1067--1078, 2018. [ bib | DOI | .pdf ] |
| [27] | G. Cesaroni, K. Kerstens, and I. Van de Woestyne. Global and local scale characteristics in convex and nonconvex nonparametric technologies: A first empirical exploration. European Journal of Operational Research, 259(2):576--586, 2017. [ bib | DOI | .pdf ] |
| [28] | G. Cesaroni, K. Kerstens, and I. Van de Woestyne. Estimating scale economies in non-convex production models. Journal of the Operational Research Society, 68(11):1442--1451, 2017. [ bib | DOI | .pdf ] |
| [29] | G. Cesaroni, K. Kerstens, and I. Van de Woestyne. A new input-oriented plant capacity notion: Definition and empirical comparison. Pacific Economic Review, 22(4):720--739, 2017. [ bib | DOI | .pdf ] |
| [30] | W. Briec, K. Kerstens, and I. Van de Woestyne. Congestion in production correspondences. Journal of Economics, 119(1):65--90, 2016. [ bib | DOI | .pdf ] |
| [31] | O. Brandouy, K. Kerstens, and I. Van de Woestyne. Frontier-based vs. traditional mutual fund ratings: A first backtesting analysis. European Journal of Operational Research, 242(1):332--342, 2015. [ bib | DOI | .pdf ] |
| [32] | W. Briec, K. Kerstens, and I. Van de Woestyne. Nonparametric cost and revenue functions under constant economies of scale: An enumeration approach for the single output or input case. International Transactions in Operational Research, 21(4):619--625, 2014. [ bib | DOI | .pdf ] |
| [33] | K. Kerstens and I. Van de Woestyne. A note on a variant of radial measure capable of dealing with negative inputs and outputs in DEA. European Journal of Operational Research, 234(1):341--342, 2014. [ bib | DOI | .pdf ] |
| [34] | K. Kerstens and I. Van de Woestyne. Solution methods for nonconvex Free Disposal Hull models: A review and some critical comments. Asia-Pacific Journal of Operational Research, 31(1):1--13, 2014. [ bib | DOI | .pdf ] |
| [35] | K. Kerstens and I. Van de Woestyne. Comparing Malmquist and Hicks-Moorsteen productivity indices: Exploring the impact of unbalanced vs. balanced panel data. European Journal of Operational Research, 233(3):749--758, 2014. [ bib | DOI | .pdf ] |
| [36] | W. Briec, K. Kerstens, and I. Van de Woestyne. Portfolio selection with skewness: A comparison of methods and a generalized one fund result. European Journal of Operational Research, 230(2):412--421, 2013. [ bib | DOI | .pdf ] |
| [37] | W. Briec, K. Kerstens, and N. Peypoch. Exact relations between four definitions of productivity indices and indicators. Bulletin of Economic Research, 64(2):265--274, 2012. [ bib | DOI | .pdf ] |
| [38] | B. De Borger, K. Kerstens, D. Prior, and I. Van de Woestyne. Static efficiency decompositions and capacity utilisation: Integrating technical and economic capacity notions. Applied Economics, 44(31):4125--4141, 2012. [ bib | DOI | .pdf ] |
| [39] | K. Kerstens and S. Managi. Total factor productivity growth and convergence in the petroleum industry: Empirical analysis testing for convexity. International Journal of Production Economics, 139(1):196--206, 2012. [ bib | DOI | .pdf ] |
| [40] | K. Kerstens, A. Mounir, and I. Van de Woestyne. Benchmarking mean-variance portfolios using a shortage function: The choice of direction vector affects rankings! Journal of the Operational Research Society, 63(9):1199--1212, 2012. [ bib | DOI | .pdf ] |
| [41] | B. K. Sahoo, K. Kerstens, and K. Tone. Returns to growth in a non-parametric DEA approach. International Transactions in Operational Research, 19(3):463--486, 2012. [ bib | DOI | .pdf ] |
| [42] | W. Briec, L. Cavaignac, and K. Kerstens. Directional measurement of technical efficiency of production: An axiomatic approach. Economic Modelling, 28(3):775--781, 2011. [ bib | DOI | .pdf ] |
| [43] | W. Briec and K. Kerstens. The Hicks-Moorsteen productivity index satisfies the determinateness axiom. Manchester School, 79(4):765--775, 2011. [ bib | DOI | .pdf ] |
| [44] | M. Epure, K. Kerstens, and D. Prior. Bank productivity and performance groups: A decomposition approach based upon the Luenberger productivity indicator. European Journal of Operational Research, 211(3):630--641, 2011. [ bib | DOI | .pdf ] |
| [45] | M. Epure, K. Kerstens, and D. Prior. Technology-based total factor productivity and benchmarking: New proposals and an application. Omega, 39(6):608--619, 2011. [ bib | DOI | .pdf ] |
| [46] | K. Kerstens, A. Mounir, and I. Van de Woestyne. Geometric representation of the mean-variance-skewness portfolio frontier based upon the shortage function. European Journal of Operational Research, 210(1):81--94, 2011. [ bib | DOI | .pdf ] |
| [47] | K. Kerstens, A. Mounir, and I. Van de Woestyne. Non-parametric frontier estimates of mutual fund performance using C- and L-moments: Some specification tests. Journal of Banking & Finance, 35(5):1190--1201, 2011. [ bib | DOI | .pdf ] |
| [48] | K. Kerstens and I. Van de Woestyne. Negative data in DEA: A simple proportional distance function approach. Journal of the Operational Research Society, 62(7):1413--1419, 2011. [ bib | DOI | .pdf ] |
| [49] | O. Brandouy, W. Briec, K. Kerstens, and I. Van de Woestyne. Portfolio performance gauging in discrete time using a Luenberger productivity indicator. Journal of Banking & Finance, 34(8):1899--1910, 2010. [ bib | DOI | .pdf ] |
| [50] | O. Brandouy, K. Kerstens, and I. Van de Woestyne. Exploring bi-criteria versus multi-dimensional lower partial moment portfolio models. International Journal of Technology, Modelling and Management, 1(1):25--39, 2010. [ bib | .pdf ] |
| [51] | W. Briec and K. Kerstens. Portfolio selection in multidimensional general and partial moment space. Journal of Economic Dynamics and Control, 34(4):636--656, 2010. [ bib | DOI | .pdf ] |
| [52] | W. Briec, K. Kerstens, D. Prior, and I. Van de Woestyne. Tangency capacity notions based upon the profit and cost functions: A non-parametric approach and a comparison. Economic Modelling, 27(5):1156--1166, 2010. [ bib | DOI | .pdf ] |
| [53] | R. Chumpitaz, K. Kerstens, N. Paparoidamis, and M. Staat. Hedonic price function estimation in economics and marketing: Revisiting Lancaster's issue of “noncombinable" goods. Annals of Operations Research, 173(1):145--161, 2010. [ bib | DOI | .pdf ] |
| [54] | R. Chumpitaz, K. Kerstens, N. Paparoidamis, and M. Staat. Comparing efficiency across markets: An extension and critique of the Zhang and Bartels (1998) methodology. European Journal of Operational Research, 205(3):719--728, 2010. [ bib | DOI | .pdf ] |
| [55] | W. Briec and K. Kerstens. Multi-horizon Markowitz portfolio performance appraisals: A general approach. Omega, 37(1):50--62, 2009. [ bib | DOI | .pdf ] |
| [56] | W. Briec and K. Kerstens. The Luenberger productivity indicator: An economic specification leading to infeasibilities. Economic Modelling, 26(3):597--600, 2009. [ bib | DOI | .pdf ] |
| [57] | W. Briec and K. Kerstens. Infeasibilities and directional distance functions with application to the determinateness of the Luenberger productivity indicator. Journal of Optimization Theory and Applications, 141(1):55--73, 2009. [ bib | DOI | .pdf ] |
| [58] | J. Kjærsgaard, N. Vestergaard, and K. Kerstens. Ecological benchmarking to explore alternative fishing schemes to protect endangered species by substitution: The Danish demersal fishery in the North Sea. Environmental and Resource Economics, 43(4):573--590, 2009. [ bib | DOI | .pdf ] |
| [59] | S. Blancard, J.-P. Boussemart, W. Briec, and K. Kerstens. Technology adoption in French agriculture and the role of financial constraints. Bulletin of the University of Agricultural Sciences and Veterinary Medicine Cluj-Napoca, Horticulture, 65(2):17--29, 2008. [ bib | DOI | .pdf ] |
| [60] | B. De Borger, K. Kerstens, and M. Staat. Transit costs and cost efficiency: Bootstrapping non-parametric frontiers. Research in Transportation Economics, 23(1):53--64, 2008. [ bib | DOI | .pdf ] |
| [61] | E. Grifell-Tatjé and K. Kerstens. Incentive regulation and the role of convexity in benchmarking electricity distribution: Economists versus engineers. Annals of Public and Cooperative Economics, 79(2):227--248, 2008. [ bib | DOI | .pdf ] |
| [62] | S. E. Stefanou and K. Kerstens. Applied production analysis unveiled in open peer review: Introductory remarks. Journal of Productivity Analysis, 30(1):1--6, 2008. [ bib | DOI | .pdf ] |
| [63] | W. Briec, K. Kerstens, and O. Jokung. Mean-variance-skewness portfolio performance gauging: A general shortage function and dual approach. Management Science, 53(1):135--149, 2007. [ bib | DOI | .pdf ] |
| [64] | S. Blancard, J.-P. Boussemart, W. Briec, and K. Kerstens. Short- and long-run credit constraints in French agriculture: A directional distance function framework using expenditure-constrained profit functions. American Journal of Agricultural Economics, 88(2):351--364, 2006. [ bib | DOI | .pdf ] |
| [65] | W. Briec, C. Comes, and K. Kerstens. Temporal technical and profit efficiency measurement: Definitions, duality and aggregation results. International Journal of Production Economics, 103(1):48--63, 2006. [ bib | DOI | .pdf ] |
| [66] | W. Briec and K. Kerstens. Input, output and graph technical efficiency measures on non-convex FDH models with various scaling laws: An integrated approach based upon implicit enumeration algorithms. TOP, 14(1):135--166, 2006. [ bib | DOI | .pdf ] |
| [67] | W. Briec, K. Kerstens, and P. Vanden Eeckaut. Non-convex technologies and cost functions: Definitions, duality and nonparametric tests of convexity - erratum. Journal of Economics, 87(3):307--308, 2006. [ bib | DOI | .pdf ] |
| [68] | K. Kerstens, N. Vestergaard, and D. Squires. A short-run Johansen industry model for common-pool resources: Planning a fisheries' industrial capacity to curb overfishing. European Review of Agricultural Economics, 33(3):361--389, 2006. [ bib | DOI | .pdf ] |
| [69] | K. Kerstens, D. Squires, and N. Vestergaard. Methodological reflections on the short-run Johansen industry model in relation to capacity management. Marine Resource Economics, 20(4):425--443, 2005. [ bib | DOI | .pdf ] |
| [70] | W. Briec and K. Kerstens. A Luenberger-Hicks-Moorsteen productivity indicator: Its relation to the Hicks-Moorsteen productivity index and the Luenberger productivity indicator. Economic Theory, 23(4):925--939, 2004. [ bib | DOI | .pdf ] |
| [71] | W. Briec, K. Kerstens, and J.-B. Lesourd. Single period Markowitz portfolio selection, performance gauging and duality: A variation on the Luenberger shortage function. Journal of Optimization Theory and Applications, 120(1):1--27, 2004. [ bib | DOI | .pdf ] |
| [72] | W. Briec, K. Kerstens, and P. Vanden Eeckaut. Non-convex technologies and cost functions: Definitions, duality and nonparametric tests of convexity. Journal of Economics, 81(2):155--192, 2004. [ bib | DOI | .pdf ] |
| [73] | S. Blancard, J.-P. Boussemart, and K. Kerstens. L'influence des contraintes de financement de court terme sur le profit des exploitations agricoles: Une approche non paramétrique. Économie et Prévision, (159):71--81, 2003. [ bib | .pdf ] |
| [74] | J.-P. Boussemart, W. Briec, K. Kerstens, and J.-C. Poutineau. Luenberger and Malmquist productivity indices: Theoretical comparisons and empirical illustration. Bulletin of Economic Research, 55(4):391--405, 2003. [ bib | DOI | .pdf ] |
| [75] | B. De Borger, K. Kerstens, and A. Costa. Public transit performance: What does one learn from frontier studies? Transport Reviews, 22:1--38, 2002. [ bib | DOI | .pdf ] |
| [76] | W. Briec, K. Kerstens, H. Leleu, and P. Vanden Eeckaut. Returns to scale on nonparametric deterministic technologies: Simplifying goodness-of-fit methods using operations on technologies. Journal of Productivity Analysis, 14(3):267--274, 2000. [ bib | DOI | .pdf ] |
| [77] | B. De Borger and K. Kerstens. The Malmquist productivity index and plant capacity utilization. Scandinavian Journal of Economics, 102(2):303--310, 2000. [ bib | DOI | .pdf ] |
| [78] | B. Dervaux, K. Kerstens, and H. Leleu. Rationalisation de l'offre de soins en chirurgie: Réduction des surcapacités et réallocation sectorielle. Revue Économique, 50(3):645--655, 1999. [ bib | .pdf ] |
| [79] | K. Kerstens. Decomposing technical efficiency and effectiveness of French urban transport. Annales d'Économie et de Statistique, (54):129--155, 1999. [ bib | .pdf ] |
| [80] | K. Kerstens and P. Vanden Eeckaut. Estimating returns to scale using nonparametric deterministic technologies: A new method based on goodness-of-fit. European Journal of Operational Research, 113(1):206--214, 1999. [ bib | DOI | .pdf ] |
| [81] | K. Kerstens and P. Vanden Eeckaut. A new criterion for technical efficiency measures: Non-monotonicity across dimensions axioms. Managerial and Decision Economics, 20(1):45--59, 1999. [ bib | DOI | .pdf ] |
| [82] | B. De Borger, G. D. Ferrier, and K. Kerstens. The choice of a technical efficiency measure on the Free Disposal Hull reference technology: A comparison using US banking data. European Journal of Operational Research, 105(3):427--446, 1998. [ bib | DOI | .pdf ] |
| [83] | B. Dervaux, K. Kerstens, and P. Vanden Eeckaut. Radial and nonradial static efficiency decompositions: A focus on congestion measurement. Transportation Research: Part B: Methodological, 32(5):299--312, 1998. [ bib | DOI | .pdf ] |
| [84] | B. De Borger and K. Kerstens. Radial and nonradial measures of technical efficiency: An empirical illustration for Belgian local governments using an FDH reference technology. Journal of Productivity Analysis, 7(1):41--62, 1996. [ bib | DOI | .pdf ] |
| [85] | B. De Borger and K. Kerstens. Cost efficiency of Belgian local governments: A comparative analysis of FDH, DEA, and econometric approaches. Regional Science and Urban Economics, 26(2):145--170, 1996. [ bib | DOI | .pdf ] |
| [86] | K. Kerstens. Technical efficiency measurement and explanation of French urban transit companies. Transportation Research: Part A: Policy and Practice, 30(6):431--452, 1996. [ bib | DOI | .pdf ] |
| [87] | B. De Borger and K. Kerstens. Produktiviteit en efficiëntie in de Belgische publieke sector: Situering en resultaten van recent empirisch onderzoek. Tijdschrift voor Economie en Management, 40(2):101--131, 1995. [ bib | .pdf ] |
| [88] | K. Kerstens and P. Vanden Eeckaut. The economic cost of subsidy-induced technical inefficiency: A methodological postscript. International Journal of Transport Economics, 22(2):225--229, 1995. [ bib | .pdf ] |
| [89] | B. De Borger, K. Kerstens, W. Moesen, and J. Vanneste. Explaining differences in productive efficiency: An application to Belgian municipalities. Public Choice, 80(3-4):339--358, 1994. [ bib | DOI | .pdf ] |
| [90] | B. De Borger, K. Kerstens, W. Moesen, and J. Vanneste. A non-parametric Free Disposal Hull (FDH) approach to technical efficiency: An illustration of radial and graph efficiency measures and some sensitivity results. Swiss Journal of Economics and Statistics, 130(4):647--667, 1994. [ bib | .pdf ] |
| [91] | G. D. Ferrier, K. Kerstens, and P. Vanden Eeckaut. Radial and nonradial technical efficiency measures on a DEA reference technology: A comparison using US banking data. Recherches Économiques de Louvain, 60(4):449--479, 1994. [ bib | .pdf ] |
| [92] | B. De Borger and K. Kerstens. Technische efficiëntie in de gemeentelijke voorzieningen. Economisch en Sociaal Tijdschrift, 47(4):665--690, 1993. [ bib | .pdf ] |
| [93] | K. Kerstens and E. Meyermans. The draft versus an all-volunteer force: Issues of efficiency and equity in the Belgian draft. Defence Economics, 4(3):271--284, 1993. [ bib | DOI | .pdf ] |
| [94] | B. De Borger, K. Kerstens, W. Moesen, and J. Vanneste. Efficiency and equity in block grant design: Simulating some alternatives for Flemish municipalities. Cahiers Économiques de Bruxelles, 32(128):399--421, 1990. [ bib | .pdf ] |
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Class: c3.Plot.Selectable
| Defined in: | js/c3-plot.coffee |
| Inherits: | c3.Plot |
Overview
A type of plot that allows making selections.
External Interface
In addition to the standard {c3.base c3 interface}, this chart adds:
- select() - Selection a region in the chart as if the user made one. This will not fire the
select
events to avoid infinite loops.
Events
- select - Triggered when a selection is started and being dragged. Passed with the current selection domain.
- selectend - Triggered when a selection is made. Passed with the selected domain.
Variables Summary
- version =
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0.1
- type =
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'selectable'
- selectable =
-
'hv'
[Boolean, String] Specify if plot is selectable in the
h
orv
direction or both. - drag_selections =
-
true
[Boolean] When true, existing selections move/resize when dragged, otherwise a new selection will be made.
Variable inherited from c3.Plot
version type layers axes data h v x y h_domain v_domain margins crop_margins layer_options axis_options class options content_options anchor height width anchor_styles handlers
Instance Method Summary
- # (void) _init() Bound
- # (void) _size() Bound
- # (void) select(selection) Bound Select a region in the chart.
Inherited Method Summary
Methods inherited from
c3.Plot
#_init #_size #_update #_draw #_style #scale #rescale #min_x #max_x #min_y #max_y #init #style #render #resize #redraw #restyle #_prep #size #update #draw
Instance Method Details
#
(void)
_init()
Bound
#
(void)
_size()
Bound
#
(void)
select(selection)
Bound
Select a region in the chart. Depending on which axes are selectable the selection is either [x0,x1], [y0,y1], or [[x0,y0],[x1,y1]]


Fly cast simulator documentation¶
Python package and applications for simulating flycasting.
flycastsim
is a Python library, and (in the future) a set of command line
scripts/programs for simulating flycasts.
Introduction¶
This is the start of an open and free fly casting simulator.
The simulator is both a Streamlit app and a library which you can use and extend as you like.
The simulator and library is a work in progress which will be developed in an ad-hock fashion when I have the time and inspiration.
At the moment the simulator contains:¶
A simple 1-D model for casting
The following is planned but not implemented:¶
A fly line dynamics model
A fly rod dynamics model
A linked line and rod model
The full source code is available on GitHub https://github.com/grunde73/flycastsim.
Quickstart¶
In order to run the app you’ll need a working Python 3 installation/environment with pip for package installation. Using pyenv and/or Conda is highly recommended for separation of Python versions and environments.
The following will usually work on (proper) UNIX based systems…
From the terminal do:
git clone git@github.com:grunde73/flycastsim.git
cd flycastsim
pip install -r requirements.txt
streamlit run streamlit_app.py
Which will launch the app in your default browser. The instructions
above will also install the flycastsim
package in your Python environment,
examples of its use is found in the flysim_examples.ipynb
Jupyter
notebook.
Disclaimer¶
“Essentially, all models are wrong, but some are useful.”
George E. P. Box
Remember, models are just models. So be critical and aware of the limitations and assumptions of all models, including the ones found here :-D


---
layout: post
status: publish
published: true
title: 'Freebie: Coming Soon Church Website Template'
author: Ryan Hayden
wordpress_id: 1951
wordpress_url: http://www.pastorryanhayden.com/?p=1951
date: '2014-07-31 14:30:39 -0500'
date_gmt: '2014-07-31 19:30:39 -0500'
categories:
- Ministry Tech
tags:
- web design
- freebie
---
Recently, a web design client asked me to put up a “Coming Soon” page for his church website while we work on their church website. This got me thinking about the ideal “Coming Soon” page for a church.
Ideally, a “Coming Soon” page would let people know that a new website is coming, while at the same time meeting as many of the needs of website visitors as possible. The majority of church website visitors are going to be looking for one of these things:
- Service Schedule
- The church’s location (with directions to the church.)
- How to get in touch with the church.
- Who the pastor is and how to get in touch with him.
With that in mind, I cranked out a simple coming soon page that provides the visitor with all of the essential info and is generic enough for me to use in future projects. It’s got a lightweight, mobile-first, responsive design.
You can view the template below:
[gallery ids="1953,1954"]
I’ve decided to give it away.
If you are a pastor who is setting up a church website, and want to be able to provide a simple “Coming Soon” page while you are going through that process. Feel free to download the zipped folder below, tweak it to your heart’s desire and upload it to your church website.
[callout type="left, center, right" title="Download the Free Template" message="Click the link below to download the free Coming Soon template." button_text="Start Download" href="https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/47159282/comingsoon.zip" target="blank"]
Here’s how to do it:
1. Download and unpack the zipped file.
2. Replace the images
You’ll only need two things for this file. A logo file with a white background that is less than 115px tall and a picture of your pastor that is 135px square. You’ll simply replace the images/logo.jpg with your own file named logo.jpg and the images/pastorthumb.jpg with your own pastorthumb.jgp file.
3. Replace the information in the HTML file.
Open the index.html file in a text editor and make the following changes:
- On line 7, you’ll want to change everything between the title tags.
- On line 21 you’ll want to put your church name between the h1 tags.
- On lines 37-40, you’ll want to change the service information if it does’t match your church.
- On line 49 you’ll add a short description of where your church is at.
- On line 50 you’ll replace the address with your own.
- On line 51 you’ll replace your address in the google link (your address goes after the “maps.google.com/?=“ part)
- On line 60-80 replace the contact info with your info.
- On line 92 replace the pastor intro paragraph with one of your own making.
4. Save the index.html file
5. Upload everything IN the unzipped file to the home directory of your website using FTP.
You should now have a nice “Coming Soon” page for your website.


Indonesian Foods
Belows are typical food from Indonesia
Sate is a food made of meat that is cut into small pieces and skewered in such a way with a stick of coconut or bamboo and then grilled using wood charcoal coals.
Rendang is a meat dish originating from Minangkabau. This dish is made with long low-temperature cooking process using various spices, meats and coconut milk.
Fried rice is a food in the form of rice that is fried and stirred in cooking oil, margarine or butter, usually added with sweet soy sauce, onion, salt, eggs, chicken, and crackers.
Pempek or empek-empek is a typical Palembang food made from finely ground fish meat and starch, as well as several other ingredients such as eggs, mashed garlic, flavorings and salt.
Gado-gado is a typical food originating from Indonesia in the form of vegetables that are boiled and mixed together, with peanut sauce or sauce from peanuts and which are mashed.
Bika Ambon is a typical dish from Medan, Indonesia. Bika Ambon is generally made with a pandan flavor, although now there are other flavors such as durian, cheese, and chocolate.


Highlights
Journey through the Arctic Forest for story time by the cozy fire. Take a break from your phone and devices, and let your mind rest as you snuggle under a warm blanket with a snack and listen to the Elf tale of your own choosing. And who knows - as the fire grows warmer and the Northern Lights begin their dance, you may just come to realize that all those stories you loved as a child are not just fairy tales after all.
Included
- Welcoming by the Elf
- Fairy tale walk in the snowy forest
- Hot drinks by the open log fire
- Making sausages on the fireplace
- A shortened Christmas story of your own choosing (5 different stories available)
- Return transfer
- Opportunity to take as many pictures with own camera as desired
- Opportunity to provide advance information about your nearest and dearest to make the experience even more special
Price:
- 89€ / adult; 69 € / child (2-12 years old); free for children under 2 years old
Extras/highlights
If you would like to have a private experience or request a time slot that better suits your itinerary, please contact us by email: info@prosanta.fi


Release Notes - Tajo - Version 0.9.0
Changes since Tajo 0.8.0
Sub-task
- [TAJO-215] - Catalog should allow compatible types when finding functions
- [TAJO-218] - HiveQLAnalyzer has to support cast expression.
- [TAJO-517] - Publish Tajo jar to a public maven repository
- [TAJO-529] - Fix warnings in tajo-algebra
- [TAJO-602] - WorkerResourceManager should be broke down into 3 parts
- [TAJO-615] - Implement ADD TABLE RENAME TABLE
- [TAJO-659] - Add Tajo JDBC documentation
- [TAJO-667] - Add math function documentation
- [TAJO-668] - Add datetime function documentation
- [TAJO-669] - Add cluster setup documentation
- [TAJO-696] - Implement ALTER TABLE ADD COLUMN
- [TAJO-697] - Implement ALTER TABLE RENAME COLUMN
- [TAJO-736] - Add table management documentation
- [TAJO-761] - Implements INTERVAL type
- [TAJO-762] - Implements current date/time function
- [TAJO-783] - Remove yarn-related code from tajo-core
- [TAJO-790] - Implements ADD_MONTHS() function
- [TAJO-791] - Implements ADD_DAYS() function
- [TAJO-836] - create index support
- [TAJO-837] - Register index meta information at Catalog
- [TAJO-907] - Implement off-heap tuple block and zero-copy tuple
- [TAJO-924] - Merge the current window_function branch to master
- [TAJO-991] - Running PullServer on a dedicated JVM process which separates from worker.
- [TAJO-992] - Reduce number of hash shuffle output file.
- [TAJO-1008] - Protocol buffer De/Serialization for EvalNode
- [TAJO-1015] - Add executionblock event in worker
- [TAJO-1016] - Refactor worker rpc information
- [TAJO-1038] - Remove use of Builder variable in Schema
- [TAJO-1060] - Apply updated hadoop versions to README and BUILDING files
- [TAJO-1061] - Update build documentation
- [TAJO-1062] - Update TSQL documentation
- [TAJO-1068] - Add SQL Query documentation
- [TAJO-1069] - Add document to explain High Availability support
- [TAJO-1077] - Add Derby configuration documentation
- [TAJO-1096] - Update download source documentation
Bug
- [TAJO-427] - Empty table makes IndexOutOfBoundsException at LEFT OUTER JOIN clause.
- [TAJO-563] - INSERT OVERWRITE should not remove data before query success
- [TAJO-587] - Query is hanging when OutOfMemoryError occurs in the query master
- [TAJO-590] - Rename HiveConverter to HiveQLAnalyzer
- [TAJO-619] - SELECT count(1) after joins on text keys causes wrong plans
- [TAJO-620] - A join query can cause IndexOutOfBoundsException if one of tables is empty.
- [TAJO-624] - Incorrect progress indication
- [TAJO-628] - The second stage of distinct aggregation can be scheduled to only one node.
- [TAJO-630] - QueryMasterTask never finished when Internal error occurs.
- [TAJO-635] - Improve tests of query semantic verification
- [TAJO-638] - QueryUnitAttempt causes Invalid event error: TA_UPDATE at TA_ASSIGNED
- [TAJO-640] - In inner join clause, empty table can cause a error by order-by clause.
- [TAJO-641] - NPE in HCatalogStore.addTable()
- [TAJO-645] - Task.Reporter can cause NPE during reporting.
- [TAJO-647] - Work unbalance on disk scheduling of DefaultScheduler
- [TAJO-648] - TajoWorker does not send correct QM rpc and client rpc ports via heartbeat.
- [TAJO-650] - Repartitioner::scheduleHashShuffledFetches should adjust the number of tasks
- [TAJO-651] - HcatalogStore should support (de)serialization of RCFile
- [TAJO-652] - logical planner cannot handle alias on partition columns
- [TAJO-653] - RCFileAppender throws IOException
- [TAJO-663] - CREATE TABLE USING RAW doesn't throw ERROR
- [TAJO-672] - Wrong progress status when overwrites to partition table
- [TAJO-674] - ExplainLogicalPlan can cause NPE when a query includes derived tables
- [TAJO-682] - RangePartitionAlgorithm should be improved to handle empty texts
- [TAJO-689] - NoSuchElementException occurs during assigning the leaf tasks
- [TAJO-690] - infinite loop occurs when rack task is assigning
- [TAJO-693] - StatusUpdateTransition in QueryUnitAttempt handles TA_UPDATE incorrectly
- [TAJO-698] - Error occurs when FUNCTION and IN statement are used together.
- [TAJO-701] - Invalid bytes when creating BlobDatum with offset
- [TAJO-705] - CTAS always stores tables with CSV storage type into catalog
- [TAJO-706] - In the case of very quick query, client can't get query status.
- [TAJO-712] - Fix some bugs after database is supported
- [TAJO-713] - Missing INET4 in UniformRangePartition
- [TAJO-716] - Using column names actually aliased in aggregation functions can cause planning error.
- [TAJO-718] - A group-by clause with the same columns but aliased causes planning error.
- [TAJO-719] - JUnit test failures
- [TAJO-729] - PreLogicalPlanVerifier verifies distinct aggregation functions incorrectly.
- [TAJO-738] - NPE occur when failed in QueryMaster's GlobalPlanner.build().
- [TAJO-739] - A subquery with the same column alias caused planning error.
- [TAJO-741] - GreedyHeuristicJoinOrderAlgorithm removes some join pairs.
- [TAJO-747] - BroadCastJoin omits some data.
- [TAJO-748] - Shuffle output numbers of join may be inconsistent.
- [TAJO-750] - Join orders affects abnormal to the result data.
- [TAJO-754] - failure of INSERT INTO may remove the target table.
- [TAJO-759] - Fix findbug errors added recently.
- [TAJO-763] - Out of range problem in utc_usec_to()
- [TAJO-765] - Incorrect Configuration Classpaths
- [TAJO-766] - Test failures in TestExecExternalShellCommand
- [TAJO-772] - TajoDump cannot dump upper/lower mixed case database names.
- [TAJO-777] - Partition column in function parameter occurs NPE
- [TAJO-778] - TPC-DS Q34 occurs NPE
- [TAJO-779] - TPC-DS Q46 occurs NPE
- [TAJO-786] - TajoDataMetaDatabase::getSchemas creates invalid MetaDataTuple
- [TAJO-787] - FilterPushDownRule::visitSubQuery does not consider aliased columns.
- [TAJO-792] - Insert table with a qualified target table name can cause error.
- [TAJO-795] - PlannerUtil::joinJoinKeyForEachTable need to handle theta-join.
- [TAJO-799] - Local query without FROM throws IllegalArgumentException in CLI
- [TAJO-800] - CLI's meta command should be aware "TABLE_NAME" style.
- [TAJO-802] - No partition columns in WEB catalog page.
- [TAJO-803] - INSERT INTO without FROM throws ClassCastException.
- [TAJO-805] - Multiple constant in selection emits some columns.
- [TAJO-806] - CreateTableNode in CTAS uses a wrong schema as output schema and table schema.
- [TAJO-808] - Fix pre-commit build failure
- [TAJO-812] - Some methods of TajoDatabaseMetaData should result in an empty tuple list instead of SQLFeatureNotSupportedException.
- [TAJO-813] - CLI should support comment character with multi-line query.
- [TAJO-816] - NULL delimiter doesn't apply with HCatalogStore
- [TAJO-819] - KillQuery does not work query occasionally.
- [TAJO-821] - IllegalStateException occurs when a NettyClientBase object is created within single thread.
- [TAJO-823] - Missing INET4 handling in DatumFactory.cast()
- [TAJO-827] - SUM() overflow in the case of INT4
- [TAJO-829] - Same constants in groupby clause may cause planning error.
- [TAJO-830] - Some filter conditions with a SUBQUERY are removed by optimizer.
- [TAJO-832] - NPE occurs when Exception's message is null in Task.
- [TAJO-833] - NPE occurs when using the column as a alias name in the multiple DISTINCT.
- [TAJO-848] - PreLogicalPlanVerifier::visitInsert need to find smaller expressions than target columns for a partitioned table.
- [TAJO-850] - OUTER JOIN does not properly handle a NULL.
- [TAJO-851] - Timestamp type test of TestSQLExpression::testCastFromTable fails in jenkins CI test
- [TAJO-852] - Integration test using HCatalog as a catalog store is failed
- [TAJO-861] - tajo-dump script are not executable
- [TAJO-862] - Restore failure of dumped relations
- [TAJO-863] - Column order mismatched in the JOIN query with asterisk selection.
- [TAJO-864] - JUnit test failure at TestTimestampDatum.testTimestampConstructor()
- [TAJO-866] - COUNT DISTINCT with other aggregation function throws ClassCastException.
- [TAJO-867] - OUTER JOIN with empty result subquery produces a wrong result.
- [TAJO-868] - TestDateTimeFunctions unit test is occasionally failed
- [TAJO-869] - Sometimes, the unit test of testTaskRunnerHistory is failed.
- [TAJO-870] - FilterPushDown ignores a partitioned column in CASE expression within WHERE clause
- [TAJO-872] - NOW() function has a different value on each task.
- [TAJO-873] - Query status is still RUNNING after session expired.
- [TAJO-874] - Sometimes InvalidOperationException occurs when aggregates TableStat.
- [TAJO-879] - Some data is missing in the case of BROADCAST JOIN and multi-column partition.
- [TAJO-880] - NULL in CASE clause occurs Exception.
- [TAJO-881] - JOIN with union query occurs NPE
- [TAJO-882] - CLI hangs when a error occurs in the GlobalPlanner.
- [TAJO-884] - complex join conditions should be supported in ON clause
- [TAJO-891] - Complex join conditions with UNION or inline should be supported
- [TAJO-894] - Left outer join with partitioned large table and small table returns empty result.
- [TAJO-896] - Full outer join query with empty intermediate data doesn't terminate.
- [TAJO-897] - PartitionedTableRewriter is repeated several times with same table.
- [TAJO-898] - Left outer join with union returns empty result.
- [TAJO-899] - Nested now() has different value for each task
- [TAJO-902] - Unicode delimiter does not work correctly
- [TAJO-904] - ORDER BY Null first support
- [TAJO-905] - When to_date() parses some date without day, the result will be wrong.
- [TAJO-908] - Fetcher does not retry, when pull server connection was closed
- [TAJO-909] - {SortBased, Col}PartitionStoreExec should not write partition keys to files.
- [TAJO-912] - Tsql prints wrong version.
- [TAJO-913] - Add some missed tests for constant value group-by keys
- [TAJO-914] - join queries with constant values can cause schema mismatch in logical plan
- [TAJO-916] - SubQuery::computeStatFromTasks occasionally fail.
- [TAJO-917] - Using alias name which is same to existing column names causes error
- [TAJO-925] - Child ExecutionBlock of JOIN node has different number of shuffle keys.
- [TAJO-926] - Join condition including column references of a row-preserving table in left outer join causes incorrect result
- [TAJO-927] - Broadcast Join with Large, Small, Large, Small tables makes a wrong plan.
- [TAJO-929] - Broadcast join with empty outer join table returns empty result.
- [TAJO-934] - Multiple DISTINCT returns null grouping key value.
- [TAJO-936] - TestStorages::testSplitable is failed occasionally.
- [TAJO-939] - Refactoring the column resolver in LogicalPlan
- [TAJO-945] - Connecting to Tajo by JDBC driver failed with SQL Exception "Invalid JDBC URI"
- [TAJO-947] - ColPartitionStoreExec can cause URISyntaxException due to special characters
- [TAJO-948] - 'INSERT INTO' statement to non existence table casuses NPE.
- [TAJO-949] - PullServer does not release files, when a channel throws an internal exception
- [TAJO-952] - Wrong default partition volume config
- [TAJO-957] - ROUND should be support INT parameter.
- [TAJO-960] - TajoCli's problem does not show the current status
- [TAJO-961] - TajoCli should exit when at least one query faces error while executing a SQL script.
- [TAJO-962] - Column reference used in LIMIT clause incurs NPE.
- [TAJO-965] - Upgrade Bytes class and move some methods to others
- [TAJO-968] - Self-Join query (including partitioned table) doesn't run unexpectedly using auto broadcast join.
- [TAJO-969] - Distributed sort on a large data set may result in incorrect results.
- [TAJO-972] - Broadcast join with left outer join returns duplicated rows.
- [TAJO-974] - Eliminate unexpected case condition in SubQuery
- [TAJO-975] - alias name which is the same to existing column name may cause NPE during PPD
- [TAJO-977] - INSERT into a partitioned table as SELECT statement uses a wrong schema.
- [TAJO-978] - RoundFloat8 should return Float8Datum type.
- [TAJO-979] - Dividing float value by zero should throw "Divide by zero Exception"
- [TAJO-980] - execution page in Web UI broken
- [TAJO-981] - Help command (\?) in tsql takes too long time.
- [TAJO-985] - Client API should be non-blocking
- [TAJO-994] - 'count(distinct x)' function counts first null value.
- [TAJO-995] - HiveMetaStoreClient wrapper should retry the connection
- [TAJO-996] - Sometimes, scheduleFetchesByEvenDistributedVolumes loses some FetchImpls
- [TAJO-999] - SequenceFile key class need to be compatible.
- [TAJO-1000] - TextDatum.asChar() is incorrect, if client charset is different
- [TAJO-1004] - UniformRangePartition cannot deal with unicode ranges
- [TAJO-1006] - Fix wrong storage unit for kilo bytes and others.
- [TAJO-1009] - A binary eval for column references of the same tables should not be recognized as a join condition
- [TAJO-1013] - A complex equality condition including columns of the same table is recognized as a join condition
- [TAJO-1017] - TajoConf misuses read & write locks in some functions
- [TAJO-1020] - TajoContainerProxy::assignExecutionBlock causes NPE by race condition.
- [TAJO-1021] - Remove the member variable Builder from all classes inherited from ProtoObject.
- [TAJO-1022] - tsql does not work as background process
- [TAJO-1024] - RpcConnectionPool::getConnection can cause NPE at initialization
- [TAJO-1025] - Network disconnection during query processing can cause infinite exceptions
- [TAJO-1029] - TAJO_PULLSERVER_STANDALONE should be false in default tajo-env.sh
- [TAJO-1037] - KillQuery hang in subquery init state
- [TAJO-1047] - DefaultTaskScheduler:allocateRackTask is failed occasionally on JDK 1.7
- [TAJO-1048] - Missed use of session variables in GlobalPlanner
- [TAJO-1050] - RPC client does not retry during connecting
- [TAJO-1056] - Wrong resource release or wrong task scheduling
- [TAJO-1065] - The \admin -cluster argument doesn't run as expected.
- [TAJO-1067] - INSERT OVERWRITE INTO should not remove all partitions.
- [TAJO-1072] - CLI gets stuck when wrong host/port is provided
- [TAJO-1074] - Query calculates wrong progress before subquery init
- [TAJO-1081] - Non-forwarded (simple) query shows wrong rows.
- [TAJO-1097] - IllegalArgumentException: RawFileScanner
- [TAJO-1098] - LogicalPlanVerifier should validate operations within CASE WHEN clauses.
- [TAJO-1099] - LogicalPlanner::convertDataType causes NPE in some cases.
- [TAJO-1101] - Broadcast join with a zero-length file table returns wrong result data.
- [TAJO-1102] - Self-join with a partitioned table returns wrong result data.
- [TAJO-1103] - Insert clause of partitioned table loses some FetchImpls
- [TAJO-1104] - Using asterisk with GROUP BY causes NPE.
- [TAJO-1106] - Missing session check in getFinishedQuery API
- [TAJO-1107] - Broadcast join on non-leaf node scans only first data file.
- [TAJO-1110] - JAVA_PULLSERVER_HEAP_MAX in bin/tajo should be increased
- [TAJO-1111] - TestKillQuery.testKillQueryFromInitState occasionally fails
- [TAJO-1113] - SubQuery in KILLED state should handle unexpected events.
Improvement
- [TAJO-153] - Proto(Async|Blocking)RpcClient should retry to connect a server when failed.
- [TAJO-196] - Add EngineContext to contain resource information about worker
- [TAJO-356] - Improve TajoClient to directly get query results in the first request
- [TAJO-425] - RAWFILE_SYNC_INTERVAL has not default value.
- [TAJO-589] - Add fine grained progress indicator for each task
- [TAJO-614] - Explaining a logical node should use ExplainLogicalPlanVisitor.
- [TAJO-616] - SequenceFile support
- [TAJO-617] - Rename BIN/tajo_dump BIN/tajo-dump
- [TAJO-634] - ExecutionBlock must be sorted by start time in querydetail.jsp
- [TAJO-644] - Support quoted identifiers
- [TAJO-654] - Separate TajoWorker into yarn worker and standby worker
- [TAJO-662] - The tasks of CTAS on a partitioned table should be fine grained
- [TAJO-665] - sort buffer size must be dealt as long type values.
- [TAJO-670] - Change daemon's hostname to canonical hostname
- [TAJO-673] - Assign proper number of tasks when inserting into partitioned table
- [TAJO-675] - maximum frame size of frameDecoder should be increased
- [TAJO-691] - HashJoin or HashAggregation is too slow if there is many unique keys
- [TAJO-699] - Create a table using LIKE
- [TAJO-709] - Add .reviewboardrc and use rbt instead of post-review
- [TAJO-714] - Enable setting Parquet tuning parameters
- [TAJO-715] - hadoop version upgrade to 2.3.0
- [TAJO-717] - Improve file splitting for large number of splits
- [TAJO-725] - Broadcast JOIN should supports multiple tables
- [TAJO-728] - Supports expressions in 'IN predicate'
- [TAJO-732] - Support executing LINUX shell command and HDFS command.
- [TAJO-734] - Arrange TajoCli output message.
- [TAJO-735] - Remove multiple SLF4J bindings message.
- [TAJO-737] - Change version message when daemon starts up.
- [TAJO-743] - Change the default resource allocation policy of leaf tasks
- [TAJO-745] - APIs in TajoClient and JDBC should be case sensitive.
- [TAJO-755] - ALTER TABLESPACE LOCATION support
- [TAJO-758] - Supports parameter values in the SQL file.
- [TAJO-768] - Improve the log4j configuration
- [TAJO-769] - A minor improvements for HCatalogStore
- [TAJO-789] - Improve shuffle URI
- [TAJO-793] - CLI should be able to exit when single query is failed.
- [TAJO-797] - Implicit type conversion support
- [TAJO-801] - Multiple distinct should be supported.
- [TAJO-804] - Bump up Parquet version to 1.4.2
- [TAJO-807] - Implement Round(numeric, int) function.
- [TAJO-811] - add simple fifo scheduler support
- [TAJO-824] - Improve SimpleParser to handle JSON statements
- [TAJO-840] - Improve query result print with counting empty table.
- [TAJO-842] - NULL handling in JDBC.
- [TAJO-843] - implements COALESCE for BOOLEAN, DATE, TIME, TIMESTAMP
- [TAJO-844] - JDBC should be support getTime, getDate, and getTimestamp.
- [TAJO-846] - Clean up the task history in woker
- [TAJO-853] - Refactoring FilterPushDown for OUTER JOIN
- [TAJO-895] - ConstEval should not be included in target list of projectable nodes
- [TAJO-900] - Reducing memory usage during query processing
- [TAJO-903] - Some left outer join cases are not optimized as the broadcast join.
- [TAJO-906] - Runtime code generation for evaluating expression trees
- [TAJO-910] - Simple query (non-forwarded query) should be supported against partition tables.
- [TAJO-911] - Refactoring Mysql/Maria Catalog Store
- [TAJO-928] - Session variables should override query configs in TajoConf.
- [TAJO-931] - Output file can be punctuated depending on the file size.
- [TAJO-932] - Upgrade Parquet to 1.5.0.
- [TAJO-933] - Fork some classes of Parquet as builtin third-party classes
- [TAJO-937] - Should use tajo.util.VersionInfo instead of TajoConstants.TAJO_VERSION
- [TAJO-953] - RawFile should release a DirectBuffer immediately
- [TAJO-956] - CONCAT should be support multiple params and null param.
- [TAJO-966] - Range partition should support split of multiple characters.
- [TAJO-983] - Worker should directly read Intermediate data stored in localhost rather than fetching
- [TAJO-984] - Improve the default data type handling in RowStoreUtil
- [TAJO-987] - Hash shuffle should be balanced according to intermediate volumes
- [TAJO-989] - Cleanup of child blocks after parent execution block is complete
- [TAJO-990] - Implement a tool to find tajo configurations.
- [TAJO-1010] - Improve multiple DISTINCT aggregation.
- [TAJO-1027] - Upgrade Hive to 0.13.0 and 0.13.1
- [TAJO-1028] - JDBC should support SET command.
- [TAJO-1030] - Not supported JDBC APIs should return empty results instead of Exception
- [TAJO-1034] - Reduce Explicit Use of JVM Internal Class
- [TAJO-1040] - Misuse netty HashedWheelTimer
- [TAJO-1046] - Remove hadoop native dependency of pullserver
- [TAJO-1049] - Remove the parallel degree limit up to the maximum cluster capacity
- [TAJO-1052] - (Umbrella) Add and Update user documentation for 0.9.0
- [TAJO-1071] - should be possible to get long query results with no prompt
- [TAJO-1093] - DateTimeFormat.to_char() is slower than SimpleDateFormat.format()
New Feature
- [TAJO-20] - INSERT INTO ... SELECT
- [TAJO-30] - Parquet Integration
- [TAJO-353] - Add Database support to Tajo
- [TAJO-377] - Implement concat function
- [TAJO-378] - Implement concat_ws function.
- [TAJO-480] - Umbrella Jira for adding ALTER TABLE statement
- [TAJO-704] - TajoMaster HA
- [TAJO-711] - Add Avro storage support
- [TAJO-847] - Supporting MariaDB-based Store, which is compatible with MySQL.
- [TAJO-849] - Add Parquet storage to HCatalogStore
- [TAJO-860] - Implements TRUNCATE table.
- [TAJO-1105] - Add thread which detects JVM pauses like HADOOP's
Task
- [TAJO-605] - Rename Options to KeyValueList
- [TAJO-621] - Add DOAP file for Tajo
- [TAJO-632] - add intellij idea projects files into git ignore
- [TAJO-642] - Change tajo documentation tool to sphinx
- [TAJO-657] - Missing table stat in RCFile
- [TAJO-681] - Embed sphinx rtd theme into tajo-docs
- [TAJO-694] - Bump up hadoop to 2.3.0
- [TAJO-700] - Update site, wikis, pom.xml and other resources to point to the new repository location
- [TAJO-730] - Update Tajo site to reflect graduation
- [TAJO-752] - Escalate sub modules in tajo-core into the top-level modules
- [TAJO-753] - Clean up of maven dependencies
- [TAJO-788] - Update Tajo documentation and README, and BUILDING
- [TAJO-810] - Update Tajo site for 0.8.0 release
- [TAJO-814] - Set up Travis CI builds
- [TAJO-817] - tajo-core should not skip deploy.
- [TAJO-820] - Add missing license header to 0.8.0 release announcement.
- [TAJO-834] - Add Travis notification to<EMAIL_ADDRESS>and IRC.
- [TAJO-859] - Update site for new committer Alvin Henrick
- [TAJO-886] - Add IRC page to community section in site.
- [TAJO-887] - Eliminate HiveQL support feature
- [TAJO-890] - Redirect stdout of maven test to /dev/null in Travis CI script
- [TAJO-1001] - Add missed postgresql license to NOTICE.txt and LICENSE.txt
- [TAJO-1007] - Update site for new committer and new contributors
- [TAJO-1054] - Wrong comment in ByteUtils.splitWorker()
- [TAJO-1070] - BSTIndexScanExec should not seek a negative offset
- [TAJO-1078] - Update contributor list
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Depeche Mode
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Smile You're Traveling - Henry Rollins
Drinking With Strangers - Butch Walker
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Gasoline prices to go up; diesel on rollback
by Myrna VelascoIt will be a mixed bag of adjustments in retail pump prices next week – with gasoline prices anticipated going up by P0.60 to P0.70 per liter; and diesel will be on a marginal rollback of P0.10 to P0.20 per liter.
That had just been based on the four-day trading outcome in the world market, but Friday (November 8) trading results could still change the final numbers.
The oil companies are expected to implement cost swings at their respective retail pumps on Tuesday (November 12), which has already been their routine on price adjustments.
Prior to the next round of cost movements, independent player Cleanfuel announced on Friday that it enforced P0.30 per liter rollback on the price of its autoLPG, considered an alternative fuel for the transport sector.
Philippine pump costs swing based on the fluctuation of prices in the world market given its dependency on fuel imports. The other factor influencing domestic pump prices is the peso-dollar exchange rate.


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Each milestone is aimed to be achieved at the end of 4 months, so in a year you should have 3 milestones


Requirements and odd hints for Vinnie's Tomb :
You should know how to turn the computer and use a mouse. No, not that kind of mouse. That joke should be extinct by now.
You'll need a connection to the Internet so you can e-mail us your complaints and hack into our webpage.
You will need Windows '95, and a computer to run it on. Vinyl siding is also cool to have. Please keep in mind that microwave ovens and carrot sticks are inessential to the game.
Banging the keyboard at random will not help you win the game. It is a little known fact that swinging the mouse around the room may make you dizzy.
In case you actually want to hear the dialouge (which was obviously recorded by the same person), you need a sound card.
We are sorry to relate that the grand prize in the Vinnie's Tomb Sweepstakes was snatched by some burly looking gentleman with a penknife in his toolbox.
This game is for immature audiences only. Even then, they should consult a physician.
Please send any comments or suggestions to<EMAIL_ADDRESS>Visit The Reldni Productions Webpage at http://www.skylinc.net/~reldni/default.html.
Playing the Game (Instructions):
On certain scenes, you can move Vinnie around. Vinnie can pick up objects he finds.
To Move Vinnie
Click on Vinnie with the mouse
Your mouse pointer should turn into Vinnie.
To collect an object
Make sure your mouse pointer looks like Vinnie.
Click on the object to try and pick it up.
To complete some scenes you will need to click on a hand pointing to the exit.
On some scenes, you must talk to creatures. Use the horizontal scrollbar at the bottom of the scene's window to advance the conversation. Normally, you cannot pickup objects or move Vinnie until you have completed the dialogue.
To use an object you have collected
Click on the desired object located in your toolbox window. It should load at the top of your screen.
Move your mouse on to the scene's window. Normally the mouse pointer will have changed into the object.
Click and move the the object around the scene.
The toolbox window may not always be available.
To end the game at anytime click on the top right corner of the window.
As this is the first game in the trilogy, we have decided to make it relatively easy. The second chapter of Vinnie's Tomb will be more challenging. The second chapter should be available late in the summer of 1997.
Thank you for playing. We hope you enjoy the game.
KNOWN PROBLEMS
This game will not work with Windows' Large Font settings. Although you can modify your screen resolution, you must choose to use small fonts.
For updated information on Vinnie's Tomb and other Reldni projects, please visit The Reldni Productions webpage.
Vinnie's Tomb is absolutely freeware.
02/26/1997


THE FIFTH ELEMENT A film review by David N. Butterworth Copyright 1997 David N. Butterworth/The Summer Pennsylvanian
Rating: *** (Maltin scale)
French director Luc Besson's films ("La Femme Nikita," "The Professional") have often favored style over substance. With "The Fifth Element," Besson does his previous entries one better, sacrificing narrative coherence for a visually remarkable future world that leaves you breathless, if a little confused.
It's no surprise that the film looks so good. French comic book creators Moebius and Jean Claude Mezieres guided Dan Weil's impressive production design, and iconoclastic fashion designer Jean Paul Gaultier is responsible for the outrageous costumes (although one might argue that the carrot-haired Milla Jovovich displays a strategic *lack* of costume in several of her scenes).
The story, on the other hand, is one that Besson himself threw together as a teen.
Bruce Willis plays Korben Dallas, a New York cabbie who's reluctantly recruited to save the world by securing the mysterious fifth element. Part of the puzzle emerges in the form of Jovovich's bio-engineered supreme being, Leeloo, who drops into Dallas' airborne taxicab and provides new definition to the phrase "a perfect fare."
In this classic and classy Good vs. Evil yarn, ubiquitous British bad-guy Gary Oldman plays corporate despot Zorg. Oldman churns out yet another of his puffed-up madman roles, sporting an American drawl that renders most of his dialogue unintelligible. Zorg's lizard-like alien henchmen vie with Dallas to unearth four sacred stones--representing earth, wind, fire, and water--which, when brought together with a fifth element, can either save the world or destroy it, depending on what side of the universe you woke up on.
This 23rd-century actioner culminates at Fhloston Paradise, a intergalactic cruise ship of sorts, emceed in living color by Chris Tucker's effeminate Prince-ly pop diva, Ruby Rhod. How Besson worked him into this script is anyone's guess, although his hysterical mincing and shrieks of "Oh my God!" get funnier with age, especially during one of the bigger shoot-em-up sequences.
Ignore the hokum that is at the center of this film and marvel at its eye-popping sets, outrageous costume designs, and down-to-earth performances from Willis and Jovovich. While the logic of the storyline leaves a lot to be desired, "The Fifth Element" satisfies as sheer spectacle.
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I am Anusri Pampari. I am a graduate student in computer science at UIUC. My research interests are focused in Machine Learning and Natural Language Processing. Working as a member of Professor Jian Peng’s group, I have been leading a collaborative project with IBM Research. My work so far has been focused on developing a question answering system for Electronic Medical Records. In this endeavor, we developed a large dataset “emrQA”, and I am happy to be presenting this work at EMNLP, 2018’s main conference in Brussels, Belgium. This work also introduced me to the important and challenging problem of machine learning interpretability, which is the focus of my ongoing research.
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MTech in Electrical Engineering, 2016
Indian Institute Of Technology, Bombay
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I’m deleting all my old tweets.
I’m deleting all my old tweets and will delete them on an ongoing basis – every tweet older than three months.
Why? Because I am growing increasingly uncomfortable about the way in which our historical data is weaponized online. Tweets are particularly susceptible to this – they’re particularly easy to decontextualize. And looking back on my Twitter history, I can see that how I’ve used the service has changed dramatically over the years. I can see that; I’m not sure others, without context, could or would.
I hit “delete.”
I reckon if it was an important enough idea, I blogged about it. (If I didn’t, oh well. I’ll do better from here on out.) The stories that I write on my blogs are (obviously) longer than the 140 characters of Twitter. I think they’re more nuanced. I spend more time crafting my thoughts here. Moreover, the only person that’s responsible for the words I write on my blog is me. There are no @-mentions, no retweets. Yes, I can link and cite, but those references are trackable, discoverable in a different way.
As someone who cares deeply about history – historical records, archives, and the like – deleting my tweets is painful. I’ll feel remorse, I’m sure. But I also feel no obligation to have my personal data available publicly, in the hands of corporations and not under my own ownership and control. (I do have a copy of all my tweets, just as I have a copy of the old Facebook account I deleted. When I die, I’ll bequeath all this digitalia to the Casper Community College library. They’ll be thrilled, I’m sure.)
If you’ve linked to or embedded one of my tweets in an article, my apologies. I’ve taken screenshots of two of my popular ones that I see people resurface from the depths of Twitter history:
I also took screenshots of the story I recently told on Twitter about my experiences pre-Obamacare: “Life and Death Before the Affordable Care Act.”
I’m hoping this will encourage me to blog more. I don’t think it’ll stop me from tweeting, although I imagine knowing that this is all quite ephemeral will probably change my behavior somewhat. We shall see. (Or we won’t see. Depends on if you or me grab screenshots.)


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