Im reading data directly from my pc from my selfmade energy monitor with the specifications . So if i want to upload these reading directly to EMONCMS how can i go about this . do i really need a raspberry pi since its just a PC . i saw another post but the person was using UBUNTU , so can someone point me in the right direction . Thank you
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Re: upload directly from windows 8
There is an input api help page to give you example urls if you wish to write a script of your own or you could still use emonhub as it runs perfectly well on windows too. There is no installer to automate the installation but it's not too difficult.
How is your data currently accessed, passed or stored?
Paul
Re: upload directly from windows 8
my data is currently being stored in txt format , and im using Makerplot to show the data. so thought off going the extra mile ..
Re: upload directly from windows 8
maybe i need to specify what i am doing more . I built the enrgy monitor from the base up . a bit of a handsy person . Then i connected it directly to my pc via UART . so there is no wireless measurement . Secondly i used MAKERPLOT to plot the graphs for offline use . So i wanted remote monitoring . But now i see most of it is based on the raspberry pi . That were my question arises of if i can just use my windows 8pc with the arduino and directly connect to EMONCMS
Re: upload directly from windows 8
The Pi is by far the most popular OEM platform but many other platforms are used and there are a fair few users using windows. I think the main reasons the Pi is favorite is because it's linux based, as is most development and it only consumes a few watts. To get the full energy monitoring picture data is best collated non-stop and running a windows desktop pc 24/7 (no sleeping) just to help conserve energy can be difficult to justify, but if it's on anyway.. it makes sense to use it if you can.
I guess you already have a script reading the serial data and saving to file so you could add to that to use the emoncms input api or as I mentioned you could use emonhub, your arduino would need to output in the "OEM format" and emonhub would read the serial data and forward to emoncms, although not part of emonhub (currently) I do have a "save to csv" reporter for emonhub that could be used to also save your csv/text files too so you wouldn't need anything else.


CASINO ROYALE (1967) A film review by Andrew Hicks Copyright 1996 Andrew Hicks / Fatboy Productions
CASINO ROYALE (1967) **
This is a royale mess. Supposedly parodying the James Bond films of the 60's, this turns into a confusing, bland, rarely funny movie that's even more episodic and cliched than the movies it parodies. The only redeeming feature is the assemblage of talent. David Niven plays Bond, old and retired, who is drawn back as head of the British secret service after M's murder. Ursula Andress, who co-starred in the real Bond movie DR. NO, plays the traditional Bond girl, with PINK PANTHER star Peter Sellers as the traditional Bond. Also starring are villains Woody Allen (as the sex-obsessed, neurotic Dr. Noah) and card-shark Orson "Macbeth" Welles, who contribute the only truly memorable performances in the movie.
CASINO ROYALE is for the most part indecipherable. Niven, at the beginning, is staying with M's widow and her eleven beautiful daughters, all between the ages of sixteen and nineteen (coincidentally, this has always been my idea of what heaven will be like). The ladies all put the moves on Bond, who has gained some morals since retiring, in an attempt to corrupt him. (Why this is relevant to the plot is beyond me.) Bond gets out of that jam after about thirty minutes and heads to headquarters, where he finds Miss Moneypenny's beautiful daughter has taken her place and seems to have the same intentions her mother did. Bond displaces her and gets down to business.
The plan here is to confuse the enemy by making every agent 007, James Bond, including the ladies. The main Bond is an author- turned-spy who is recruited to play poker against Welles. There's also some harem girl who's the daughter of Bond and Mata Hari, and a few other identical beauties to confuse viewers. Sure, the James Bond series is ripe for parody, with the far-fetched action and sexist views, but CASINO ROYALE doesn't follow the formula at all. It goes in another direction without ever actually being a parody. It has some of the same Bond characters, but they're nothing like their actual counterparts. It's a slow-mover with a bland climax. You could say it has a license to suck.
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TABLE OF CONTENTS
A. GS1 Related Geography 1. ‘Recurving’ cyclones dried August rains B. GS2 Related Polity 1. BJP States tell police to push back Rohingya 2. Court suggests audit of NULM funds 3. How to make Indian courts more efficient 4. Provide relief in cases of unnatural jail death, SC tells Centre, States 5. Reservation charts on trains set to disappear 6. SC notice to Centre on plea to ban Blue Whale International Affairs/Bilateral Relations 1. ‘Gift from India’ sent in coordinated action 2. Three isn’t a crowd Health Issues 1. Under-five mortality rate highest in India: Report 2. India’s pharmaceutical research problem C. GS3 Related Economy 1. ‘Economy has to grow at 8-9% to get more people out of poverty’ 2. Centre plans to borrow for infra development 3. Exports climb 10.3% reversing 5-month slowdown 4. Rupee, gold widen current account gap 5. In a first, reserves hit $400 billion 6. External debt dips 2.7% to $471.9 bn as NRI deposits fall Internal Security and Defense 1. Indigenous artillery gun sets new record in range D. GS4 Related E. Prelims Fact F. UPSC Prelims Practice Questions G. UPSC Mains Practice Questions
A. GS1 Related
1. ‘Recurving’ cyclones dried August rains
Context:
- The India Meteorological Department (IMD) had predicted normal monsoon rains in August.
- Re-curving of Western Pacific tropical cyclones may have played a role in reducing the August rainfall
In news:
- Reason for drying up if monsoon rains in August across India: A strange pattern of tropical cyclones (TC) noticed in the Western Pacific.
- Typically August will be the second most bountiful monsoon month after July.
- Process:
- Normal: During the monsoon months, cyclones in the Western Pacific move westwards towards India and aid rain-bearing systems over the sub-continent.
- Present scenario:
- But during some years they ‘recurve’, or start to swing north-east, and do not give as much of a push to the rains as they do in the good monsoon years.
- This re-curving frequently happens during the El Nino years but this time it inexplicably occurred when an El Nino hasn’t yet taken shape.
- What is El Nino? El Nino years are those when sea surface temperatures in the east equatorial Pacific rise, and often dampen the monsoon.
1. BJP States tell police to push back Rohingya
Context:
- Rohingya’s issue.
- The union government has not yet taken any stance regarding the undocumented Rohingya refugees in India.
In news:
- BJP-led State governments in Assam and Manipur directed their police, especially in the border districts, to push back anyone who tries to cross the border.
- Key Fact:
- Assam shares a 262 km border with Bangladesh.
- Northeastern States — Manipur, Mizoram and Nagaland, are also front-line States.
- Intelligence inputs:
- Decision by state government based on Intelligence inputs from the center.
- What does the intelligence report say? terror groups could use the refugee crisis to sneak in their members and pose a security challenge to the country
2. Court suggests audit of NULM funds
In news:
- The SC has suggested an audit by the CAG of the funds disbursed under the National Urban Livelihood Mission (NULM) scheme
- The SC has questioned whether the money meant to build shelter homes for the urban homeless and poor across the country is was actually lying unspent or had been diverted for other purposes
- Questions posed by Supreme Court:
- The SC has asked, “How can Government ensure that the money is spent?”
- Court has said that the funds for NULM should not be diverted as the money has been given for a specific purpose
Basic Information:
National Urban Livelihoods Mission
- National Urban Livelihoods Mission has be restructured and launched by the Ministry of Housing and Urban Poverty Alleviation (HUPA) which replaces earlier poverty alleviation programme for the urban poor titled Swarna Jayanti
- Shahari Rozgar Yojana (SJSRY) The main reason is that urban poor have a strong desire to come out of their poverty and improve their quality of life which they are unable to do
- Social mobilization and strong institutional help are critical for them to come out ,they lack access to livelihood opportunities and capital
- It has also expanded the beneficiaries of urban poor to include the homeless and street vendors who are invariably ignored in government programmes
- A special provision has been made for the funding of all-weather 24/7 shelters with all essential facilities for the urban homeless. In addition, up to five per cent of the NULM budget has been earmarked to provide support to urban street vendors which will include skill upgradation and development of vendor markets.
3. How to make Indian courts more efficient
Context:
- Problem of ‘Pendency’ in Indian Judicial System
Clearing out of Long Pending Cases
- Lower courts in Kerala, Punjab, Himachal Pradesh, Haryana, and Chandigarh have disposed of almost all cases that had been pending for a decade or more
- Key Fact:
- A total of 11,000 cases pending for over 10 years in these four states and the Union territory of Chandigarh
- National pendency count is at around 2.3 million cases
- Delhi, Assam, Andhra Pradesh, Madhya Pradesh, and Karnataka are also close to clearing out long-pending cases
Lessons to be learnt from lower Courts:
- The high court of Punjab and Haryana has jurisdiction over the lower courts of Punjab, Haryana and Chandigarh
- Case management system —i.e. a mechanism to monitor every case from filing to disposal, setup a decade ago.
- It also began to categorize writ petitions based on their urgency
- In addition, it set annual targets and action plans for judicial officers to dispose of old cases.
- And began a quarterly performance review to ensure that cases were not disposed of with undue haste
- All these measures ushered in a degree of transparency and accountability in the system, the results of which are now apparent
Judicial Case Management:
- In this system, the court sets a timetable for the case and the judge actively monitors progress
- This marks a fundamental shift in the management of cases—the responsibility for which moves from the litigants and their lawyers to the court
Law Commission of India’s Report suggestions :
- The Law Commission of India in its 230th report has also offered a long list of measures to deal with the pendency of cases
- These include
(1) Providing strict guidelines for the grant of adjournments
(2) Curtailing vacation time in the higher judiciary
(3) Reducing the time for oral arguments unless the case involves a complicated question of law
(4) And framing clear and decisive judgements to avoid further litigation
Way Forwards:
- The courts should also seriously consider incorporating technology into the system
- Digitizing courts records has been a good start in this context
- Just like automation powered by Artificial Intelligence is already helping doctors, it can also be leveraged to assist judges and lawyers
4. Provide relief in cases of unnatural jail death, SC tells Centre, States
Context:
- Unnatural Jail deaths.
- The judgment came on a letter addressed to the apex court in 2013 by its former Chief Justice R.C. Lahoti on the deplorable conditions of 1382 prisons across the country.
In news:
- Supreme Court directive:
- Directed the Chief Justices of all High Courts to suo motu register petitions to identify the kin of prisoners who died unnatural deaths from 2012 and order the States to award them compensation.
- This judgment is significant as the high court will now directly award compensation and ensure compliance by the States.
- For first time offenders: Appoint counselors and support persons for counselling prisoners.
- Extend family visits of prisoners and use phones and video-conferencing not only between a prisoner and family, but also his lawyers.
- Supreme Court quotes: Nelson Mandela Rules passed by the UN General Assembly says “ merely because a person is in prison, it does not mean that he or she should be cut off from the outside world”.
- State Legal Services Authorities (SLSAs) to conduct a study and performance audit of prisons.
- Constitute a Board of Visitors which includes eminent members of society to initiate prison reforms.
- Encourage open prisons . Semi-open prison in Delhi are extremely successful.
- Key Facts:
- CAG in 2014: Hospital in Tihar Jail has a shortage of doctors and other medical staff ranging from 18% to 62%.
- NHRC monograph: From 2007–2011, prisoners’ suicides formed 71% of the total number of unnatural deaths.
- Present Scenario:
- The National and States Human Rights Commissions decide and award compensations in cases of custodial torture, deaths, etc.
- However, compliance by State governments is low as these commissions do not exercise any power of contempt.
- Besides, the States go for a long-drawn appeal in the high courts and later on in the Supreme Court, if necessary.
- Why from 2012? National Crimes Records Bureau has records of unnatural deaths from that year.
5. Reservation charts on trains set to disappear
In news:
- The Ministry of Railways has decided to discontinue pasting of reservation charts on reserved coaches of all trains originating from some railway stations on an experimental basis for three months.
- The stations are New Delhi, Hazrat Nizamuddin, Mumbai Central, Mumbai Chatrapati Shivaji Terminus, Chennai Central, Howrah and Sealdah.
- Why such a move?
- This follows a green initiative by South Western Railway’s Bengauru Division (SBC) that is saving about ₹60 lakh on papers.
- The measure is expected to save substantial money to the national exchequer.
6. SC notice to Centre on plea to ban Blue Whale
In news:
- The Supreme Court asked the government to respond to a petition for an immediate direction to ban online game ‘ Blue Whale’ .
- Blue Whale is suspected to be behind the deaths or attempted suicides of teenagers and young adults hooked to it.
- Petition filed by: advocate C.R. Jaya Sukin, representing another lawyer N.S. Ponnaiah, who wanted the government to take immediate steps to spread awareness about the dangers of playing the game and end its availability online.
Category: INTERNATIONAL AFFAIRS/BILATERAL RELATIONS
1. ‘Gift from India’ sent in coordinated action
In News:
- India dispatched one of the largest relief consignments to southeast Bangladesh for the refugees streaming in from violence-hit Myanmar.
- Family packs: Food grains, pulses, sugar, salt, cooking oil, tea, milk powder, biscuits and noodles were put together in jute bags, with ‘ Gift from People of India’ stitched on it. Each small jute pack contains food grains, besides soaps and a mosquito net.
Context:
- India-Japan Special Strategic and Global partnership summit, and the highlights of the Joint statement between India and Japan
Concerns about China
- Even though the Doklam issue is resolved, it can happen again on the long unsettled border between the two countries, at a place and time of China’s choosing.
- Japan, which has its own troubles with China over territory, was the only country that openly articulated its support for India during those two troubled months
- Shinzo Abe recalled Japan’s own experience with China’s claims over the Senkaku (Diaoyu) islands as “very challenging”
- BRICS summit in Xiamen, China, where two Pakistan-based terror groups with animus toward India, Lashkar and Jaish, were named in the resolution
Highlights of the joint-statement:
- It calls for a “rules-based order” in the Indo-Pacific region where “sovereignty and international law are respected, and differences resolved through dialogue
- And all countries, large or small, enjoy freedom of navigation and overflight, sustainable development, and a free, fair and open trade and investment system
- It took a swipe at China’s OBOR initiative by calling for transparency in the development of connectivity and infrastructure development in the region
- It reaffirmed the India-Japan project to connect Africa and Asia
- The statement condemns North Korea, but for the first time, includes “the importance of holding accountable all parties” that helped that country develop its nuclear programme.
The defence and security co-operation
- Malabar joint exercise the most high-profile representation of this.
- A new chapter of co-operation in relations in all spheres, from terrorism, defence, the bullet train, infrastructure development to nuclear co-operation
1. Under-five mortality rate highest in India: Report
In News:
- Global Burden of Disease Study 2016 : In 2016, 9 million children under the age of five died in India — the highest globally
- National Family Health Survey-4 :
- The under-five mortality rate in India stands at 50 per 1000 live births down from 74 in the 10 years between 2005-06 and 2015-16.
- It ranges from 78 in Uttar Pradesh to 7 in Kerala, one of the best states in the country when it comes to effective health systems.
- Globally, mortality rates have decreased across all age groups over the past five decades, with the largest improvements occurring among children younger than five years
- At the national level, heterogeneity remains in terms of both level and rate of changes in age-specific mortality; increases in mortality for certain age groups occurred in some locations.
- GBD 2016 has shown that, non communicable diseases constitute seven of the top ten causes of death in India. The leading cause of mortality was ischemic heart disease.
2. India’s pharmaceutical research problem
Context:
- Issues which are halting the progress of Pharmaceutical Sector in India
Biggest Challenge
- Lack of sufficient funding and inadequate allocations by the government
- At 0.83% of GDP, India is among the countries with the lowest investment in scientific research
An industry study of 2016
- It examined the extent to which public investment, IPRs and drug pricing policies in 56 countries actively contribute to or detract from innovation in global life-sciences.
- India ranked among the lowest (in the bottom five) due to weak IP protection, lack of data protection for biologics, low investment in R&D and price regulations
- All of these contribute to reduced revenue and therefore reduced future investment in biopharmaceuticals
Investment Attractiveness:
- India ranked No.19 in this 28-nation survey
- Five metrics were used to determine these rankings
(1) scientific capabilities and infrastructure
(2) clinical research conditions and framework
(3) regulatory system
(4) market access and financing
(5) effective intellectual property protections
- India scored low on almost all metrics except for partial step-ups on scientific capabilities and infrastructure, and clinical research conditions and framework
Chances ahead:
- Rising cardiovascular problems and other chronic diseases, make India a strong candidate to become a future powerhouse of R&D and manufacturing in pharmaceuticals
- In addition, clean water, rising incomes and better health infrastructure for the nation are contributing to an ageing population
- This population will cause a greater demand for different types of pharmaceutical drugs
Low R&D investment:
- The R&D investment as a percentage of sales has been rising for several years and now stands at 6% for some Indian companies
- But it is still well short of the 20% typical of Western pharma companies
- Moreover, innovation in chronic diseases and rare diseases has not yet taken off
Issues with Indian Education System
- The education system is to blame as well, imparting theoretical knowledge with no emphasis on product development and application of theory
- This leads to the deterioration of the knack(capability) for problem-solving and innovation
- Those who manage to keep their enthusiasm alive for research have to deal with the lack of facilities or face delayed funding issues
- Educational and academic institutions should be encouraged to participate in research programmes with funding from both the government as well as the private sector
Need of the hour:
- Four pillars for strengthening the innovation environment in the biopharmaceutical industry
(1) human resources
(2) finances
(3) infrastructure
(4) legal and regulatory framework
- Each of these pillars needs a concerted focus and a long-term commitment from industry as well as the government
- The environment to support the development of these verticals could emerge through our various government-led initiatives such as Skill India, Make in India, Atal Innovation Mission, etc.
Way Forward:
- In order to support consistent innovation, investment has to increase substantially before any tangible outcomes can be envisioned
- A strong patent system and robust IPRs environment is required to encourage research and to enable foreign pharma companies to bring new products to the market
- Without the requisite investment and enabling policy environment, patients in India will continue to suffer due to lack of access to cutting-edge medicines and new diagnostics
1. ‘Economy has to grow at 8-9% to get more people out of poverty’
In news:
- Rangarajan, former chairman, Prime Minister’s Economic Advisory Council and former Governor, Reserve Bank of India in his speech at the International Conference on Finance and Economics organised by Loyola Institute of Business Administration on the topic ‘Current Trends in Finance and Economics highlights:
- If economy can grow up to 8-9% for a decade or so, the number of people below the poverty line will come down.
- The vulnerable and poor do need to be given special treatment, we need two-fold approaches: letting the economy grow fast and directly addressing the problems of the poor.
- The rural employment guarantee scheme, extension of food security were all done when the economy was strong.
- A policy intervention is needed to divert the surpluses that are generated to development.
- Growth cannot be sustained for a long time unless the population is healthy and educated. For sustained development, you need an educated population
- The challenges ahead is to maintain a tolerable level of inflation
2. Centre plans to borrow for infra development
In news:
- The Urban Affairs Ministry is planning to go for market borrowings to incentivise good performance by the States.
- This move is a bid to break the vicious cycle of low performance leading to low budgetary allocation.
3. Exports climb 10.3% reversing 5-month slowdown
In news:
- India’s merchandise exports grew 10.3% year-on-year to $23.8 billion in August, reversing a declining trend witnessed for five straight months.
- Data released by Commerce Ministry
- The jump in shipments was driven mainly by engineering goods, petroleum products and chemicals as well as an improvement in demand in overseas markets.
4. Rupee, gold widen current account gap
In news:
- April-June period: Current account deficit (CAD) widened to $14.3 billion, 2.4% of GDP.
- In the year earlier period, the CAD was $0.4 billion, which was 0.1% of GDP.
- Reasons:
- Stronger Rupee, one of the best-performing Asian currencies in 2017 encouraged imports and
- Gold imports prior to the introduction of GST.
- Data released by the Reserve Bank of India.
- The widening of the CAD on a year-on-year basis was primarily on account of a higher trade deficit ($41.2 billion) brought about by a larger increase in merchandise imports relative to exports.
Basic Information:
What is a ‘Current Account Deficit’?
- Current account deficit is a measurement of a country’s trade where the value of the goods and services it imports exceeds the value of the goods and services it exports.
- The current account also includes net income, such as interest and dividends, as well as transfers, such as foreign aid, though these components make up only a small percentage of the current account when compared to exports and imports.
- The current account is essentially a calculation of a country’s foreign transactions and, along with the capital account, is a component of a country’s balance of payment
5. In a first, reserves hit $400 billion
In news:
- The country’s foreign exchange reserves have touched $400 billion for the first time.
- Usage of reserve: The reserves act as a buffer to be used in challenging times (assets to boost the import cover).
Basic Information:
FOREX :
- Definition : Forex reserves are foreign currency assets held by the central banks of countries.
- Description : These assets include foreign marketable securities, monetary gold, special drawing rights (SDRs) and reserve position in the IMF. The main purpose of holding foreign exchange reserves is to make international payments and hedge against exchange rate risks.
6. External debt dips 2.7% to $471.9 bn as NRI deposits fall
Key Stats:
- India’s total external debt for the financial year 2016-17 stood at $471.9 billion, declining 2.7% from the previous year’s level.
- The decline in external debt was due to the decrease in long-term debt particularly NRI deposits and commercial borrowings.
- International Debt Statistics 2017’: An inter-country comparison by the World Bank, , which presents the debt data for 2015, shows that India continues to be among the less vulnerable countries with its external debt indicators comparing well with other indebted developing countries
Category: INTERNAL SECURITY AND DEFENSE
1. Indigenous artillery gun sets new record in range
In news:
- Setting up World record: The advanced towed artillery gun system (ATAGS) has set a world record in range by hitting targets at a distance of 48 km
- ATAGS is being jointly developed by the Defence Research and Development Organisation and the private sector
- During trial firings, ATAGS registered the longest ever distance of 48.074 km, surpassing the maximum ranges of 35-40 km fired by any artillery gun system in this category
Development of the Gun
- The development is being done through a consortium based model
- It was designed by DRDO’s Armament Research and Development Establishment (ARDE)
- In addition, Bharat Forge Limited of Kalyani Group, Tata Power Strategic Engineering Division and Mahindra Defence Naval System are involved in a big way, along with the Ordnance Factory Board
Nothing here for Today!!!
Astra missile: Indigenously developed beyond visual range air to air missile, successfully completed developmental trails over the Bay of Bengal.
F. Practice Questions for UPSC Prelims Exam
G. UPSC Mains Practice Questions
GS Paper I
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“Merely because a person is in prison, it does not mean that he or she should be cut off from the outside world”. Evaluate.
GS Paper II
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Discuss the major irritant in Indo-China relations and highlight the latest move to overcome these.
GS Paper III
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Adaptation of PPP model for infrastructure development of the country has not been free from criticism. Critically discuss the pros and cons of the model.


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addSelected()
This displays all plants that are in the HashMap that the user desired from Plant Selection
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boolean |
checkColors(Plant p,
java.util.HashSet<Colors> selected)
Checks if a given plant contains any of the selected colors from the given ArrayList.
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boolean |
checkSeason(Plant p)
Checks if the seasons for a plant match what the user desires.
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void |
createButtons()
Function that creates button at the bottom of the screen with handlers
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javafx.scene.layout.VBox |
createPlantBox(Plant p)
Creates a VBox of a plant including its image, button for info, and add button
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void |
displaySelection()
Similar to PlantInfo, allows this method to be called in Refresh and thus
renew the new desired traits for each plant in the left hand side.
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void |
easeSelection()
Automatic addition to make plants appear in plant selection.
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void |
formatButton(javafx.scene.control.Button b)
Formats to match the UI look with color, shadow, etc.
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javafx.scene.Scene |
getScene()
Abstract.
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void |
populateTiles(javafx.scene.control.TitledPane t,
int page)
Populates a tiltedPane in the accordion to match what plants fit in that canopy
also produces buttons and pages to limit the amount of plants show-cased.
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void |
refresh()
Trigger a Window to update any of it's attributes or call any of its methods
to refresh.
Invoked by the Model whenever a Window is being switched to. |
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scrollPaneFormat(javafx.scene.control.ScrollPane scroll)
Formats the ScrollPane to the desired width, height, and padding.
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void |
setAlarm()
Creates an Alarm if there are not plants that suit the given answers.
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Filters the native plants to find those that fit.
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getEnum, getModel, getSession, getTitle, getWindowHeight, getWindowWidth, setTitle, stop, switchToWindow
public PlantSelection(Model m)
public void displaySelection()
java.lang.Exception
public void setAlarm()
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ScrollPane
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TitledPane
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button
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Plant
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p
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Plant
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Four direct numerical simulations of fully developed flow at
different Reynolds numbers in a plane channel have been performed with POONGBACK code which uses
the spectral numerical method of Kim, Moin and Moser (J. Fluid
Mech. vol 177, page 133). The friction Reynolds numbers of the
simulations are 180, 550, 1000, 2000 and 5200. The data may be added to from
time to time and corrections will be made if needed.
A comprehensive set of statistical data has been collected from these
simulations and is available. It includes mean, Reynolds stress, terms
in the Reynolds stress transport equations, etc. The data is in a
series of text files.
Acknowledgement
When publishing results obtained using the
channel flow fields provided here, we ask you to cite the source of
the data through the following publications
Raw data of velocity fields
Please, contact us for raw data.
Reference for simulation detail
- Data analysis :
Myoungkyu Lee and Robert D. Moser "Direct numerical
simulation of turbulent channel flow up to Re_tau = 5200", Journal of Fluid Mechanics, 2015, vol. 774, pp. 395-415
- Code development & Optimization :
Myoungkyu Lee, Nicholas Malaya and Robert D. Moser, 2013, "Petascale direct numerical simulation of turbulent channel flow on up to 786K cores", Proc. SC13: Int’l Conf. for High-Performance Computing, Networking, Storage and Analysis
- Code verification, I/O, & Running simulation :
Myoungkyu Lee, Rhys Ulerich, Nicholas Malaya, and Robert D. Moser, 2014, "Experiences from Leadership Computing in Simulations of Turbulent Fluid Flows", Computing in Sci & Eng
- Uncertainty estimation :
Todd Oliver, Nicholas Malaya, Rhys Ulerich, Robert D. Moser, 2014, "Estimating uncertainties in statistics computed from direct numerical simulation", Physics of Fluids
Contact Information
*Preparing the data was supported by the National Science Foundation under
Award Number [OCI-0749223] and the Argonne Leadership Computing Facility at Argonne National Laboratory under Early Science Program(ESP) and Innovative and Novel
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I’m a cross-disciplinary designer, thinker, and maker.
I am a cross-disciplinary designer based in Bratislava, Slovakia.
I design products and brands and craft IC layouts.


I live in a j's podcast for monday.
Most wonderful show is keeping up with the jones is.
Welcome to episode one sixty nine of keeping up with the Joneses.
This week we're talking about time gap management, the vital skill for managing
that bit of time that is now, but not yet where you want to be.
But first are weekly catch up.
That was awesome.
Do you want to tell our listeners what you just said before I hit record?
They need sex.
I'm sorry, man.
I mean, I do, but that wasn't why I had in mind.
Oh, what was it?
It's about what I'm drinking.
Oh, oh.
You purchased an entire case of apricot, LaCroix, and it is revolting.

No, I don't understand this.
Before we even get on to this topic,
I would love a definitive list of lacroi flavors.
No problem because it feels like every time I go to the store,
there's a bad one.
There's only one bad one, the coconut flavor.
No, apricot is right up there with coconut.
It's a little thing.
First of all, it's apricot, not apricot.
Well, the rest of the world calls it apricot, but if you want to go to apricot,
I will. I will do some apes for you.
The rest of the world.
OK, people we need to hear from you is an apricot or apricot.
You know what? I'm going to do one of those new fangled Instagram polls tomorrow.
Oh, where it's like, yes, apricot. Yes, apricot.
Yeah. And we'll see that the world comes out.
OK, on the side of justice. But anyway, what's your deal?
Why don't you like the apricot?
It's disgusting. It really.
Hang on. Taste test.
delicious. No, it isn't delicious. To be honest, none of them taste like they say.
Okay, but I like the dual ones, you know, like blueberry and, I don't know, water chestnut
or something, whatever that one is, the purple one, blueberry and cucumber or something.
I love it that it's also got them in French. Like the grapefruit is pomple moose.
Yes, I do like to say what are you drinking? What are you drinking?
Apricot because I opened it and I don't want to waste it, but it's like it's like torture
It's not quite every lacrosse. I don't know my job right now. It's going right
Picking up the crocans shaking them behind the third of your left and then throwing it. I resemble that remark
um
The the only one that I haven't been able to finish is coconut. It tastes like you're drinking suntan lotion
It's so revolting. It's nasty. It's so gross and this is a close second. Well done son
you get a whole box for yourself.
Oh, I see your tricky plan.
And then you bought peachy pear.

So now there's two kinds that I can't have.
Thanks so much.
The cry fail.
This is why I don't want you to let me go shopping.
Yeah.
I didn't actually in fairness let you do anything.
I said, why don't you pick up some eggs so you can make waffles and then you're like,
hey, I got some stuff and I'm thinking, all right, hold on buckle up with.
There's no saying what might be in there that actually shouldn't be there.
Do you want to know my whole ingredient list that I got today?
I guess yes.
Whipped cream.
Yeah, I figured.
I saw that.
It's not even good whipped cream.
It's the kind of a can that you shake.
What other kind of whipped cream is there?
Cream that you whip.
Whipping cream.
That's it.
Okay.
Oh dear.
Wait.
So there's another kind of cream that comes readily available in aerosol can easily waiting
to dispense on pancakes.
Well, no, I don't.
I rest my ears.
I rest my ears.
Okay.
Okay.
Next thing I bought.
I'm confused about this.
Why am I supposed to buy grade B maple syrup and not grade A?
All publics had was grade A maple syrup.
Isn't A better than B?
I can't remember.
B has like less sugar in it or something.
All right.
Well, clearly I'm in the right choice.
Okay.
Then I bought cashew butter.
Yes.
What else did I buy?
Yogurt.
Yeah, for the kids and a yogurt for me.
I was going to say for the kids.
the new says for the kids the new says for me that them and their lunches tomorrow and being rewarded for what
For eating a bag of marshmallows today
Is that what you're being rewarded for to be fair to be fair to be fair?  Oh my gosh
Okay, look at the way I play video games
Okay, I have to have like all the five stars and make sure they're all shiny
So you just couldn't leave that half bag of marshmallows in there so that we could have marshmallows later in the week
No, because what would happen is they just go crusty. No, they don't they were all sealed up and a little bag
No, but I opened them. Yeah, cuz you were eating them
Well, no, they were they weren't leftovers from this week
But I thought as a shopping trips go I did pretty good this week
You did much better than you normally do normally bring home a whole bunch of things.
I'm like why did you bring that random thing home and you're like, I don't know.
I know I do know why it's because you never bring it home.
Yes.
Well, usually there's a reason, but, but it's good.
You did good other than the aerosol whipped cream for lunch today.
I made the kids waffles.
They were easily the best waffles I've ever made.
And it's because I forgot that I had the mixer on.
And you're supposed to be egg whites, too, like stiff peaks.
I went past stiff peaks, a couple of stops past stiff peaks and ended up with what
looked like a bowl of whipped cream.
But for goodness sake, it made the waffles so light and fluffy.
Anyway, the kids had waffles.
Yes.
With said whipped cream, aerosol with cream, yeah, with bananas.
Yes.
And then with shaved chocolate on top and maple syrup.
And they loved it.
And maple syrup.
Yeah, all three foot groups.
Okay, good.
All right, let's do our weekly catch up.
I feel we've got--
We went off track here.
It was a normal week, really.
Well, it was normal.
Yeah, we taught and then we lived in the woods.
Yes.
That's my new norm.
It's your new norm.
Two weekends in a row and it's our norm.
I thought it was hysterical when you're like,
we're campers now.
And I was like, we are, but we've only camped three nights.
So I'm not sure we can be called campers, like experts.
When did I say we were campers? You said it when we were in the woods with all the peoples.
Did I just proudly declared you're like, look at us. We're campers now. I was like, uh,
yeah, I mean, I have had a ton of revelation about camping. It's an interesting exchange.
Like I posted on Instagram, you swap comfort for exhaustion, but it's the kind of exhaustion
that feels like I did something with my weekend. Yeah. And the kids involve it.
yeah i just love coming home and you.
You're dirty and you're grimy and and like the smorney woke up i don't know if there's i don't know if there are these muscles there must be i don't know what they're called you know you got your calf muscle yes what's the muscle to the left and the right.
Like how we want to know if you pretend that your leg is a compass at north would be your shin yes south would be your calf muscle what's the east and west that's such a strange way of the game i don't know what i'm just looking no.
- With never eat shredded wheat,
Northeast Southwest.
- Okay, I don't know.
We can ask Josh or something this week.
- Well both those muscles that East and West
are killing me, presumably because I was walking up
and walking down steep inclines.
- Yes, I have to say I could feel every muscle
in my legs and my shoulders yesterday and this morning.
- Yeah, but it's worth it.

I didn't hear you come in, I didn't hear the kids,
I didn't hear Abby rolling around in her bed.
Like all the things that I normally hear
and wake up like 10 times a night.
I heard nothing.
- You didn't know, so did you make up
while you were asleep last night?

- It was amazing.
- Move, what an interesting choice.
- But literally that was our week.
Monday and Tuesday, you taught when I taught.
You won first year, what did you teach on?
- Intimacy, so intimacy, like hindrance is to intimacy
and then I take them first by verse
to the song of Solomon.
So that was pretty much it.
- And then I was in second year teaching
on the Bible, introduction to the Bible.
I had a great time.
I think I wore them out by the time I got to Tuesday.
- Wow, you know.
- And then Tony Wakefield was at Amine and killed it.
- Oh, it was so good.
It was so good.
- And then Thursday, Friday, Saturday,
we went back to the woods.
- Yeah.
- What did you think about doing for two days instead
of just one day?

It was nice because of the amount of stuff you travel with with five people camping to not unlike the Saturday to just chill.
We we lied in Kate's hammock because she left it for us.
Yeah, that's that's now up there like with food, he shelter and a hammock.
I know I want a hammock.
Yeah.
I never thought I would say that.
No, we need a hammock each.

I have no idea.
Yeah, I'm going to look them up because apparently you can get them in all kinds of colors.
So I'm going to get you pink one.
I'm going to get you on an apricot.
You're going to love it.
OK, all the lacrosse you can drink.
So we, I mean, it was fun and it was great because we also traded off a bit.
Like I took to the to the park for like an hour and then you took them on a hike for an hour.
So we got some alone time in the woods to chill.
Yeah.
It's great.
Well, there you go.
Maybe maybe our fastest weekly catch up ever.
Do you think so?
Well, I'll be with a sidetrack into why you don't appreciate me going grocery shopping.
Well, that's true.
That's true.
Sorry, people.
Why you have no taste in La Croix?
I'm sure most women can relate to what I'm talking about unless their husbands are the people they do,
the cooking.
Our main topic this week is all about time-get management.
I think it's such an important season of life.
The in-between time, between now and where you want to be or what you want to be doing.
Oh, yeah, absolutely.
Because I think that season is always upon us.
Well, you've never arrived.
So there's always more that the Lord's calling you into.
I think we're always in and in between season, babe, because you're, you're not going to
arrive, are you?
Like the Lord is always going to have other stuff on offer, other things that He's growing you in,
other opportunities that He's giving you to excel, that kind of stuff.
So technically, even if you think you've arrived, you haven't arrived here, you're still in a season of the not yet.
Because we're always getting prophetic words.
Yeah.
I mean, just even on a practical level.
So it was a time we had no kids.
Right.
And then we had one kid.
Right.
And then two kids.
Yeah.
And then three kids.
Yeah.
And as far as we know, we're done.
Right.
But at each of those stages, there was a time where we were and a time where we will be.
Right.
Yeah.
So I think it's just such an important life skill to learn to steward the time really, really well.
Because there's so many inherent dangers in the season of what we call time gap management where you're believing for something you don't have it yet.
I mean you can end up just wishing away your days.
Yeah.
And losing sight of what you do have because you focus on what you don't have.
That's a big one.
Yeah.
Or you end up grumbling about the journey because we only want the destination.
Yeah, like if you think about it today, if you think about, let's just say, living in Nashville is, is, is, well, it's just, let's use today, living in Nashville.
When we got the word years ago, almost 10 and a half, 11 years ago that we're going to live in Nashville, the time between when we got the word and when we'd be living there would have been fraught with frustration if we didn't enjoy it.
Yeah, I think, yeah, I mean, I think we just, what did we do?

As long as you say, yes, you're fine.
It's one of things Graham Cook shared, which I really loved at first, I didn't understand,
but he says, God loves to speak in vagueness.
And it's for our benefit because we get to explore the territory.
And I think most of my life, I've always wanted more precision with what God's saying.
But think back to the time when we started our journey to discovering here, it was
replete with joy and adventures. Remember when we went to Florida because we thought that God
might be saying, "Do something in Florida." Yeah, we knew the Lord was saying in the U.S.
we just didn't know where. And so, yeah, we went to Florida first. Staying in the billionaire's
beach house. Yeah, and prayed and got nothing. We're like, "This isn't it." I didn't
Then discovered Florida wasn't it, but I heard Nashville.
- Yeah.
- Anyway, here's the thing, wherever you are right now,
you've got a prophetic word or you have a passion
for a job or a vocation or a dream, whatever.
How do you manage life now
while feeling called to something else?
- Yeah, I think there's more defined seasons of that too, babe,
where if you're in your final year of university
or ministry school or you're finishing a project at home
or work, you know, something that your project based,
or-- - Or you feel stuck in it,
but you can see the end coming.
- Yeah, for sure.

Like if you think about, I mean,
you wouldn't be familiar with this,
but the last trimester, you just,
you know it's coming, you know, everything's about to shift,
but those weeks they can feel like forever
as you're growing and waddling along
and just feeling like, you know, I don't know.
- I don't remember that.
- A beeping sound when you back up.
me, me, you know, so I do remember engagement. I do remember you and I on different sides of the
world. Yes, constantly. Or I remember us dating and thinking it would be nice and I have to go home
to our separate houses. Yeah. And there's that tension of oh, I wish you were already married,
but you then wish away the precious time that you have been engaged. So whatever it is, we've got
four things to keep in mind while you're managing this time gap.
Number one is to blossom where you're planted.
Oh, yeah.
So we meet so many people that don't put down roots.
They don't connect.
They don't build relationships because they know they're eventually moving on.
Right.
But typically we are terrible at timing.
So terrible.
Right.
So typically we really tend to overestimate the timing of things we want to have.
like, "Oh, you know, my house will totally sell. It'll sell this week." Or, "Oh, yeah,
I'm totally going to get that job. I interviewed for it. It's totally going to happen." And so we
shortchange what we really want to happen, or we overestimate, "Oh, this is going to take forever
on the things that we don't want to happen as if we were in charge of our destinies,
if we're in charge of the timing of things." All that to say, don't squander today. Squeeze the
most out of it. And our encouragement is flourish, blossom, do well. For example, I remember being
a school teacher babe. Like a school teacher in Scotland. First of all, it wasn't what
I wanted to be doing at all, but it was what I was doing. So I had a choice. I can either
wish I was doing something else and resent what I'm doing, or actually accept this is
what I'm doing. I get paid to do this and I can work really, really well. My parents
brought me up with that verse like, "What have you do? Do unto the Lord?" And so I did
that. And so when I, when I blossomed where I was planted, like I really wanted to be doing
something other than teaching. All my dreams and prophecies spoke about something else. But what I
had before me was no indication from the Lord has going to do anything else. And so you're going to
be miserable if you resent what you're doing. So I just dug down and thought, I'm going to try and
be the best teacher I can.
That's like an important lesson to learn.
But the heat got turned up when I ultimately knew I was going to be leaving.
I felt like the Lord had invited me to Toronto, had been accepted into school, and I was counting
down the months till I was leaving and I was going to be done.

Yeah, the challenge is to finish well, isn't it?
Totally.
Yeah.
Because who you are when no one's looking is who you are.
Yeah.
speaking to Chris McLaurney, who's brilliant, Chris is like a genius. He was finishing up his
time at Grey Centre and was moving into something else. He said, "How you finish one season
determines how you enter the next." He did such a great job in navigating those seasons.
I think, babe, as you're saying that, I got all those prophetic words about traveling the world
and stuff and it was eight years before it even started.
Right. How many years was it before you wanted it to start?
Well, I actually had the dream the next year. It was about a year in that I had a dream
that I was doing it and I started saying yes.
It took seven years.
Seven years.
From the time you said yes to ever happening.
Yes. I just was like, and I worked at several different restaurants and then I started working
for national car rental and I just knew, okay, Lord, the timing of everything belongs to
you. So for right now, I get to be where I am and give it my best. And I mean, that's
that's even when I said to the people at national when I started the job, you know, I was like,
I really believe in five years, I'll be gone, you know, that I'll be full time in ministry.
But while I'm here, I'll give you 150%. And they said, that's great for us.
think about the thing, you know, we're from, I met you in Toronto,
yeah, where they have a school of ministry. It's a five month school.
Yeah. You would watch students come in for five months and some students would
think, well, there's no point really making friendships or connections. I'm
only here for five months. Right. But those that did have lifelong friends all
over the world. Yes. The same thing with here. We've watched people, students from
different states or even from different countries come to our school. Yeah.
Again, when we watch them plug in, they could easily just take the attitude of,
"Well, I'm only here for eight months." There's no real point making friendships.
But the people that we've watched who just dug down made great friendships are the richer for it.
Yeah, for sure.
And we've got friends all over the world because I don't think you ever waste resources by building
relationships.
No way.
Yeah.
That's number one. Number two is interesting because you just said something I want to ask you about.
But number two is don't subscribe to FOMO, the fear of missing out fear should never be our primary
motivator. Yeah, it's not a good motivator. It really isn't. But so here's the thing you get all
these prophetic words. A year into you getting these prophetic words you have a dream from the
Lord and your heart begins to say yes. Yes. Then from the outside that looks like you take a hard
left and you start taking jobs. I've got nothing to do with your prophetic words. Why were you not
scared by doing that, you would be missing out on your prophetic words.
The reason I ask that is, especially living in Nashville, I watch so many people who come
with a dream refuse to do something else because it feels like in doing something else, they're
saying no to their dream.
Talk to me about how did you navigate that?
I think, well, I know the big part for me was trusting the Lord.
"Okay God, actually I can't make anything that you have for me happen anyway."
Right.
Like, I've watched people try and crowbar their way into their dreams and, you know, sometimes
it looks even like it's worked but there's no longevity to it.
Right.

It did feel like forever.
I'm not going to lie.
Like, in certain seasons I was like, "Okay God, have you forgotten?"
You know?
I do remember just thinking I'm just gonna give my best where I am and it's funny now
I look back and I think in all of those different seasons in all of those different situations
I've used all that and where he has me now
You know all the things that I learned and you never know that when you're going through it right nothing is wasted in God's economy now
You usually find it what you've gone through his preparation for where you're going you just don't know it at the time right
One of the things that's funny about walking with a lord is his plans are rarely in a straight line.
Yeah, right yeah i would say that's for sure so we have to purpose in our heart that we're going to enjoy the journey yeah so if we currently live here in Nashville well in franklin.
So we live here i believe we were destined to be here but if we were destined to be here.
God can have messed up because we're both born in the wrong country for that to happen.
I mean I was born in Scotland you were born in Canada and yet shockingly enough it still
worked itself out.
Yeah.
I think the most important thing is your yes.
Right.
You know as long as you keep a heart posture of yes you'll see the door when it opens you
won't miss it.
He won't let you miss it.
Right.
You know and for the rest of it you don't have to have a fear of missing out just do
your best where you are and look for the little everyday opportunities that he brings that
that are going to bring you life and refine your character and all that kind of stuff so
that when the door does open you are ready.
Perfect.
Number three, keep vision before you.
So vision gives pain a purpose.
If you can keep ahead of you or keep in your mind's eye, that thing that God is calling
you to, it helps you stay on course.
It's what we're talking about a little bit before where everything we're doing right
now is actually reusable in the future.
I'm really enjoying, this is a bit obscure, but stay with me.
I'm really enjoying watching something called "Epically Laidered".
It started out as a...
Well, I started watching one YouTube.
It started out as a YouTube show.

What was your story?
And for me, as somebody who is hugely in the skateboarding,
it's been fascinating watching just recently.
I think it's on HBO now.
I've been watching interviews with...
These are really my heroes when I was 14, 15.
I've kept in touch with the skateboarding community and culture this whole time.
But watching all these people I grew up idolizing and really being influenced by now in their 40s,
just listening to them in retrospect, tell the story of their adventure in skateboarding.
These athletes, these top of the game, top of their industry,
The one thing they all have in common is that your life makes more sense
looking back than it does looking forward.
Sure.
Like they're telling all these stories of happenstance and, you know,
relationships and these coincidences.
And I'm watching it going, I can see the hand of the Lord in all of that.
You know, they're for the most part, these people aren't believers, but it's
been fascinating for me to go back and watch them as I watch their lives move
forward listening to them chronicle their lives looking backwards. I've really, really loved it.
So it's easy. I say all that to say, it's easy to know where you're going. It's harder to know
the right. Yeah. Yeah, for sure. But keeping vision helps you in the ups and downs. So for me,
my vision has always been to honor the Lord. It always has. I know that truly, really broad.
I remember somebody once asked me, so what's your five-year plan?
And I'm like, listen, I'm not against people having five-year plans, but five years ago. I didn't know I was gonna be doing this
Yeah, that's for sure. Literally my five-year plan my 10-year plan the vision for my life is I want obedience to God to define everything
Yeah
I just want to obey the Lord and let him lead and I trust it my trust him with my passions
I trust him with my desires, but you know, just letting God lead is taking me to places
I'd never go and do things I'd never choose, but I've ended up saturated with satisfaction.
So good.
All right, number four.
This is super simple, but it's a worthy reminder.
Don't opt out.
Yeah.
I remember one time Chris Valtin was at our church.
He was doing a private session for the staff and I asked him, I said, "Chris, how did
you end up where you are?"
Right?
Because I know a little bit of his story.

And I was like, how did you end up where you are like with this global influence?
And he said, I just outlasted everyone else.
I just didn't know how to quit.
And I just kept going.
And it's so, so important again, watching epically later, watching these people, they're
They're interviewing people who have stayed.
They're down their forties, who've stayed.
There's plenty of people who didn't, who just dropped out, who just quit.
They had the same potential, the same talent, the same skill, but they never made where
they're going.
My encouragement is done opt out.
One of the...
I haven't preached on this in forever.
I don't think I've preached on it.
Maybe I've preached on it once or twice.
I don't think I've preached on it in ever.
But is watching the 12 tribes of Israel go from captivity to the promised land, two
two of the tribes camp on the wrong side of the Jordan. They say, "I don't know, we're
good." Now, this is great. This is great. They literally couldn't believe that God was
promising them something better than what they had right now. So they opted out.
Yeah. And they're like, "No, no, no. We'll still
believe for your destiny. We'll come fight for you, but let us just have this share of
the magic." And then that becomes their inheritance.
Right. And I'm like, "Lord, no matter how good my life is, I don't want it to be the
worst enemy of best. I want to constantly keep moving forward and not opt out and not settle.
Yeah, just keep moving forward and keep hanging on to God and stay in hope.
And if you have quit, get back in the race. Yeah, unquit today.
Yeah, he's to go to 2nd, 3rd, 4th chances. I love saying yes to God. It's the most amazing way
to slipstream in in the things of the spirit as you yes agreed i got to listen questions okay the first one ask you this is from nikla she said i've been catching up on the podcast on fasting lots of great and challenging areas to mull over.
The discussion on hunger strike in particular caught my attention this is where you were talking about you want to share if you're actually fasting or.
in retrospect just doing a hunger strike for revelation.
Yeah.
Nicholas continues. She says, "I'm curious around that and how it perhaps differs from wrestling with God where Jacob would not let go until God blesses him."
Thoughts?
Well, I don't suppose we really know what it looked like for Jacob to wrestle with God, but I doubt he was starving himself to do it.
I think the problem with hunger striking is there's a certain amount of control at play there on our part.
And so what I'm actually doing is kind of throwing a little fit, but it looks spiritual and saying,
"Hey, I'm not moving from this place and I'm not going to eat.
You're going to watch me starve until you tell me stuff."
Right. And you know, of course, God's lovely and he tells you stuff, but that's not actually
the heart motivation of fasting. It's not to manipulate God.
I think the other big difference is with you, hunger striking and with Jacob wrestling with God,
one was self-initiated, the other was God-initiated. Yeah. Like God came to Jacob and he wrestled with
him. Right. You went to God and were like, see, watch me. See? Not going to eat. Can he get skinny?
Watch this. Yeah. Hopefully that helps. Second question. This is from Aaron and she asks,
"I've noticed more and more hostility towards Christians, the church and any language related
to God, increasing more in both my Christian friends and also non-Christian friends I've had
for 10 plus years, both who know my faith and character openly. My question is, how would you
advise someone to approach or handle such hostile conflict to Christianity in their day-to-day
relationships will still try to be kind and gentle if that's even possible. Well, kindness and
gentleness is always possible. It's always an option. I think the reason there's been increased
hostility is we've been representing Jesus and his kingdom really, really poorly.
I'm sometimes embarrassed to be called a Christian when I watch Christians
or people taking the name of christians representing me in media.
I think there's a handful of people who do it brilliantly.
I think Joel Osteen does a brilliant job at it.
I think Rick Warren does a brilliant job at it.
I've seen some other leaders, you know, I'm not exclusively leaving it to them.
But when I see Christians being interviewed, especially around the time of the election,
especially over controversial topics, I kind of want to scream like, they're not representing me.
Yeah, I don't hold with what they're saying.
I don't agree with what they're saying.
And so I think part of it is we haven't done a great job.
A, we being the Christian evangelical community at large,
done a great job at representing Jesus well.
Yeah.
And then I think that the best way to do it, Aaron, is to actually offer a different
voice to the narrative.
Yeah.
I think if you can stay calm and keep your love on and not be shaken by
information that's delivered, I think that that actually
speaks a lot louder than even being able to reasonably argue something, if that makes
sense.
I know I should know this, but hopefully everyone else does.
Who was the person that said, "Preach the gospel, use words if necessary."
Probably butcher the quote terribly.
No, that's right.
That's the right quote.
Somebody very famous.
Yeah.
But also, you can represent your Christian faith and use words as an option.
Yeah.
your character, your nature, your kindness, your unflappability, your the trouble is so that's one side of it. The other side of it is.
I don't I don't want to get into culture war. That's just not my area of expertise. B is not something I care to comment on a huge lot.
But I have noticed that Christians are called intolerant by people who won't tolerate us.
So there has become like this, this, this swell in if you don't think like us then your, your opinion isn't valid.

So I think it's always a challenge to just keep your love on whether you agree or not
With what's being said and and just trust that the Lord's gonna help, you know, wash it all out kind of thing
Yeah, that's that's really true. I think if we can exercise self-control, which is just manage ourselves in the midst of oh
It's you know Facebook or Twitter or just even real-life conversation and try and move in the opposite spirits
I mean, I'm not sure I'm an expert at it, but that would probably be my best guess, Aaron.
I'm sorry that's increased in your life.
I don't think you're alone in that, but it's a great opportunity to practice the fruit
of the spirit, isn't it?
I just saw a large bag, empty bag of marshmallows.
I've been looking at it all night and asking the Lord to find your eyes to Alan Jones.
That was from last week.
Oh, oh, great.
Well, here's the thing, I'll help your complete or finish your by not buying you any more marshmallows.
Oh, the kids will be very sad.
Yeah, well, you know what?
They'll get over it.
No, they won't.
They'll be in their healing.
Paleo marshmallows.
Oh, my gosh, please.
Yeah.
I love coconut husks.
Why my marshmallows?

Well, that's the podcast for this week.
We have a killer conference coming up.
not this weekend, but next we have Gary Morgan and David Campbell coming in for the conference
and it is going to be stellar.
I think we still have seats left in the main sanctuary.
We do.
We're fast approaching capacity.
I would love you to come join us.
I honestly think it's going to be a really significant time.
I'm super looking forward to I'm praying into just for me personally, like Lord, I would
love both corporate and personal revelation at this conference.
And I know the Lord loves to answer prayers like that.
So go to grace center dot us slash heaven declares for more information and to get
tickets. We will probably be selling live streaming.
I don't know that for sure, but we have in the past conferences.
So I'm sure that's going to be the case that we'll probably announce that next week.
Um, if you're, if you're listening to this and thinking, I have a friend just
at a conversation with them about time gap management, or you can think of somebody
friend or family that would be encouraged by this episode. Do them a favor for them a link
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Notes on 'Decisive'
by the Heath Brothers
## If you think about a normal decision process, it usually proceeds in four steps:
- you encounter a choice
- you analyze your options
- you make a choice
- you live with it
And what we've seen here is that there is a villain that affects each of these stages:
1/4 -you encounter a choice. but NARROW FRAMING makes you miss options.
you must WIDEN YOUR OPTIONS
2/4 -you analyze your options. But the CONFIRMATION BIAS leads you to gather self-serving information
you must REALITY-TEST YOUR ASSUMPTIONS
3/4 -you make a choice. But SHORT-TERM EMOTION will often tempt you to make the wrong one.
you must ATTAIN DISTANCE BEFORE DECIDING
4/4 -you live with it. But you'll often be OVERCONFIDENT about how the future will unfold.
you must PREPARE TO BE WRONG
# Chapter 1
"A remarkable aspect of your mental life is that you are rarely stumped" -Danny Kahneman
What's in our spotlight = the most accessible information + our interpretation of that information. But that will rarely be all we need to make a good decision.
Process matters more than analysis.
Villain 1: Narrow framing (unduly limiting options we consider)
-Can I do this AND that?
Villain 2: The confirmation bias (seeking out information that bolsters our beliefs)
Villain 3: Short-term emotion (being swayed by emotions that will fade)
Villain 4: Overconfidence (having too much faith inn our predictions)
The pros-and-cons process won't correct these problems. But the WRAP process will.
1. Widen your options
2. Reality-test your assumptions
3. Attain distance before deciding
4. Prepare to be wrong
# Chapter 2: Avoid a narrow frame
Often our options are far more plentiful than we think.
Why do we get stuck in a narrow frame? Focusing on our current options means that other things are in the spotlight.
How do we escape a narrow frame? Think about opportunity cost. Or try the vanishing options test: what if your current options disappeared?
It's easier to spot narrow frame from the outside - watch for it as a decision adviser. "Whether or not" decisions should set off warning bells.
# Chapter 3: Multitrack
Multi-tracking = considering more than one option simultaneously
When you consider multiple options simultaneously you discover the "shape" of the problem
Multi-tracking also keeps egos in check - and it can actually be faster!
-when you develop only one option your ego is tied to it
-Eisenhardt's research on Silicon Valley firms: Multi-tracking minimized politics and provided a built-in fallback plan
While decision paralysis may be a concern for people who consider many options, we're pushing for only one or two extra. And the payoff can be HUGE
Beware "sham options"
-Kissinger: "Nuclear war, present policy, or surrender.”
-One diagnostic: If people on your team disagree about the options, you have real options
Toggle between prevention and promotion mindsets
-prevention focus = avoiding negative outcomes. Promotion focus = pursuing positive outcomes
-Companies who used both mindsets performed much better after a recession
Push for "this" AND "that" rather than "this OR that"
## Chapter 4: Find someone who's solved your problem
When you need more options or feel stuck, look for someone who's solved your problem
Look outside: competitive analysis, benchmarking, best practices
Look inside. Find your bright spots
### Chapter 5: Consider the opposite
Confirmation bias = hunting for information that confirms our initial assumptions (which are self-serving)
We need to spark constructive disagreement within our organizations
-The devil's advocate, murder boards
-Roger Martin's brilliant question: "What would have to be true for this option to be the very best choice?"
To gather more trustworthy information, we can ask discomforting questions
Caution: probing questions can backfire in situations with a power dynamic
Extreme disconfirmation: Can we force ourselves to consider the opposite of our instincts?
-"Assume positive intent" spurs us to interpret someone's actions/words in a more positive light
We can even test our assumptions with a deliberate mistake
Because we naturally seek self-confirming information, we need discipline to consider the opposite.
## Chapter 6: Zoom Out, Zoom In
Often we trust the "averages" over our instincts - but not as much as we should
The inside view = our evaluation of our specific situation. The outside view = how things generally unfold in situations like ours. The outside view is more accurate, but most people gravitate toward the inside view.
If you can't find the "base rates" for your decision, ask an expert.
-WARNING: Experts are good at estimating base rates but lousy at making predictions
A "close-up" can add texture that's missing from the outside view
To gather the best information, we should zoom out and zoom in. (Outside view + close-ups.)
# Chapter 7: Ooch
ooching = running small experiments to test our theories. Rather than jumping in headfirst, we dip a toe in.
ooching is particularly useful because we're terrible at predicting the future.
-Tetlock's research showed that experts' are worse than simple extrapolations from base rates
Entrepreneurs ooch naturally. Rather than create business forecasts, they go out an try things.
-Reercher Sarasvathy on attitudes of successful entrepreneurs: "To the extent that we can control the future, we do not need to predict it"
-Intuit's Scott Cook believes in "leadership by experiment," not by "politics, persuasion and PowerPoint."
Caveat: Ooching is counterproductive for situations that require commitment
## Chapter 8: Overcome Short-Term Emotion
Fleeting emotions tempt us to make decisions that are bad in the long term
To overcome distracting short-term emotions, we need to attain some distance
10/10/10 provides distance by forcing us to consider future emotions as much as present ones:
Our decisions are often altered by two subtle short-term emotions: (1) mere exposure: we like what's familiar to us; and (2) loss aversion: losses are more painful than gains are pleasant.
-How many of our organizational truths are ideas that we like merely because they've been repeated a lot?
Loss aversion + mere exposure = status-quo bias
We can attain distance by looking at our situation from an observer's perspective
-adding distance highlights what is most important; it allows us to see the forest, not the trees
Perhaps the most powerful question for resolving personal decisions is "What would I tell my best friend to do in this situation?"
### Chapter 9: Honour Your Core Priorities
Quieting short-term emotion won't always make a decision easy.
Agonizing decisions are often a sign of a conflict among your priorities.
-core priorities: long-term emotional values, goals, aspirations. What kind of person do you want to be? What kind of organization do you want to build?
-The goal is not to eliminate emotion. It's to honour the emotions that count.
By identify and enshrining your core priorities, you make it easier to resolve present and future dilemmas.
Establishing your core priorities is, unfortunately, not the same as binding yourself to them
-MIT study: Managers had done no work on their core priorities in the previous week!
To carve out space to pursue our core priorities, we must go on the offence against lesser priorities.
-Jim Collins's "Stop-doing list": What will you give up so that you have more time to spend on your priorities?
-Bregman's hourly beep: Am I doing what I most need to be doing right now?
Widen your options
Reality-test your assumptions
Attain distance before deciding
Prepare to be wrong
### Chapter 10: Bookend the Future
The future is not a "point" - a single scenario that we must predict. It is a range. We should bookend the future, considering a range of outcomes from very bad to very good.
-our predictions grow more accurate when we stretch our bookends outward
### To prepare for the lower bookend, we need a premortem. "It's a year from now. Our decision has failed utterly. Why?"
### To be ready for the upper bookend, we need a preparade. "It's a year from now. We're heroes. Will we be ready for success?
To prepare for what can't be foreseen, we can use a "safety factor."
-Elevator cable are made 11 times stronger than needed; software schedules include a "buffer factor."
Anticipating problems helps us cope with them.
-The "realistic job preview": Revealing a job's warts up front "vaccinates" people against dissatisfaction.
By bookending - anticipating and preparing for both adversity and success - we stack the deck in favour of our decisions.
### Chapter 11: Set a Tripwire
In life we naturally slip into autopilot, leaving past decisions unquestioned.
A tripwire can snap us awake and make us realize we have a choice.
-Zappos $1,000 offer created a conscious fork in the road for new hires
Tripwires can be especially useful when change is gradual
For people stuck on autopilot, consider deadlines or partitions
We tend to escalate our investment in poor decisions; partitions can help rein that in
Tripwires can actually create a safe space for risk taking. They: (1) cap risk; (2) quiet your mind until the trigger is hit
Many powerful tripwires are triggered by patterns rather than dates/metrics/budgets
-Peter Drucker Be ready for "unexpected success"
Tripwires can provide a precious realization: We have a choice to make.
# Chapter 12: Trusting the process
Decisions made by groups have an additional burden: They must be seen as fair
"Bargaining" - horse-trading until all sides can live with the choice - makes for good decisions that will be seen as fair
Procedural justice is critical in determining how people feel about a decision
We should make sure that people are able to perceive the process as just
A trustworthy process can help us navigate even the thorniest decisions
Process isn't glamorous. But the confidence it can provide is precious. Trusting a process can permit us to take big risks, to make bolder choices. Studies of the elderly show that people regret not what they did but what they didn't do


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William Dalrymple, Shobhaa De, Manu Pillai to be in Qatar for JLF Doha
Doha: Renowned authors Shobha De, William Dalrymple, Manu S Pillai, Jeffrey Gettleman and Tony Joseph will be in Qatar next month for the first edition of JLF Doha.
Being held for the first time in the region, the Doha edition of Jaipur Literature Festival will take place at Qatar National Library from December 12 to 14.
Synonymous with the greatest literary show on Earth, the JLF Doha will feature renowned literary figures.
One of the widely read columnist from India, Shobha De has written extensively on India's socio-cultural-political contours for over four decades. William Dalrymple has penned many books and has won the Wolfson Prize for History, Scottish Book of the Year Award and the Duff Cooper Memorial Prize.
Tony Joseph is known for the award-winning book Early Indians: The Story of Our Ancestors and Where We Came From, while Manu S Pillai is the author of The Ivory Throne: Chronicles of the House of Travancore.
Pulitzer Prize winner Jeffrey Gettleman, who is The New York Times's South Asia bureau chief based in New Delhi, is also one of the speakers.
Some of the other names listed on its website who will be in the country for the festival include Asma Khan who's cookbook Asma's Indian Kitchen won in the UK category for food publishing in Indian cuisine at the Gourmand World Cookbook Awards; popular Indian actress Sharmila Tagore who was conferred with the Padma Bhushan, India's third-highest civilian award in 2012; The Polari First Novel Prize winner and co-founder of London Short Story Festival Paul McVeigh; and co-director of JLF and Bhutan Literature Festival Namita Gokhale.
The other speakers at the JLF Doha include Georgetown University in Qatar Dean and author of An Islamic Response to Greek Astronomy Ahmad Dallal, author of Aidan Snow thrillers Alex Shaw, one of the 75 Most Influential Women of Turkey and author of novels, short stories Buket Uzuner; associate professor at Qatar University Kaltam Jabor M Al-Kuwari and Founding Deal of College of Humanities and Social Sciences at Hamad bin Khalifa University Amal al-Malki.
More speakers are expected to be announced in the coming few days.
Registration for the festival, that allows access to the festival, session venues, book shop, and art installation spaces, is already open and can be done through JLF Website.
The event will be an opportunity for the people of Qatar to attend a diverse line-up of literary events and for emerging and established writers, poets and artists in Qatar to share their achievements and perspectives with the world.
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Section 7.1 Nov. 12: Diagonalizability and Similarity
Subsection 7.1.1 Sage and Diagonalization
Sage has built-in commands about diagonalization. We shall try a few out here. We need a matrix to play with, so we take this one:
We chose to define this matrix over AA because we need to find roots of polynomials when looking for eigenvalues. AA is the set of algebraic numbers, which just means the collection of all roots of polynomials with integer coefficients.
Sage has a command for finding the eigenvector decomposition \(A = S\Lambda S^{-1}\text{.}\)
As you see, Sage returns a pair of matrices. One of them is diagonal, so that is probably \(\Lambda\text{.}\) We'll use tuple unpacking to assign the matrices to sensible names.
Note that \(S\) has the eigenvectors of \(A\) as its columns, and the corresponding eigenvalues are lined up as the diagonal entries of \(\Lambda\text{.}\)
Anyway, now we can check that everything lines up correctly:
Subsection 7.1.2 Explorations
Exploration 7.1.1.
Are the following matrices diagonalizable? Justify.Exploration 7.1.2.
A discrete (linear) dynamical system \(x_{k+1} = A x_k\text{,}\) which describes the long-term behavior of a state vector \(x_k\text{,}\) is best understood via the eigenvalues and eigenvectors of \(A\text{,}\) as described in this example.
In the redwood forests of California, dusky-footed wood rats provide up to 80% of the diet for the spotted owl, the main predator of the wood rat. Let's build a linear model to describe the basic physical system of the owls and the rats.
Denote the owl and wood rat populations at time \(k\) by the vector \(x_k = \begin{bmatrix} O_k \\ R_k \end{bmatrix}\text{,}\) where \(k\) is the time in months, \(O_k\) the number of wols in the region studied, and \(R_k\) the numer of rats (measured in thousands). Suppose
where \(p\) is a positive parameter to be specified.
- Ignoring the \(R_k\) term in the first equation, what does \((0.5) O_k\) mean? Answer similar questions for the other three terms on the right-hand sides of the equations.
- Assume \(p=0.104\text{.}\) Write a coefficient matrix \(A\) satisfying \(x_{k+1}= A x_k\text{.}\)
- Find the eigenvalues and associated eigenvectors of \(A\text{.}\)
- Diagonalize \(A\text{,}\) if possible.
- Let \(v_1, v_2\) be the eigenvectors of \(A\text{.}\) Why can any initial state \(x_0\) be written as a linear combination \(x_0 = c_1 v_1 +c_2 v_2\text{?}\)
- Now explain why \(x_k = c_1 A^k v_1 + c_2 A^k v_2\) for any \(k > 0\text{.}\) Use whatever numbers you've found in place of the letters.
- As \(k\to \infty\text{,}\) what does \(x_{k+1}\) approach (in terms of \(x_k\))?
Exploration 7.1.3.
Suppose \(A\) is \(5\times 5\) with two eigenvalues. One eigenspace is three-dimensional while the other is two-dimensional. Is \(A\) diagonalizable?Exploration 7.1.4.
Suppose \(A\) is \(3\times 3\) with two eigenvalues. Each eigenspace is one-dimensional. Is \(A\) diagonalizable?Exploration 7.1.5.
Suppose \(A\) is \(4\times 4\) with three eigenvalues. One of the eigenspaces is one-dimensional, and one of the others is two-dimensional. Is it possible that \(A\) is not diagonalizable?Exploration 7.1.6.
Let \(e_1, e_2, e_3\) be the standard basis of \(\mathbb{R}^3\text{:}\)
Make an example of an invertible \(3 \times 3\) matrix \(S\text{.}\) Write your matrix as a matrix of column vectors.
How do you know that the set \(\{ Se_1, Se_2, Se_3 \}\) is a basis for \(\mathbb{R}^3\text{?}\)
What is the connection between \(Se_1\text{,}\) \(Se_2\text{,}\) \(Se_3\text{,}\) \(S^{-1}v_1\text{,}\) \(S^{-1}v_2\text{,}\) \(S^{-1}v_3\) and the original vectors \(e_1, e_2, e_3, v_1, v_2, v_3\text{?}\)
Finally, how do we use this to understand the way that the decomposition \(A = S\Lambda S^{-1}\) works?


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In this unit we learned about computer aided design or CAD. Mr. Gerber taught us how to use autodesk fusion 360. We used this application to create a variety of designs from diagrams Mr. Gerber provided. Here are the ones I did.


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Cola Vending Machine 5
GUI expanded version of CVM-4
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#include "Initialization.h"
Data Fields | |
| const int | V_1_CENT |
| const int | V_2_CENT |
| const int | V_5_CENT |
| const int | V_10_CENT |
| const int | V_20_CENT |
| const int | V_50_CENT |
| const int | V_1_EURO |
| const int | V_2_EURO |
| const int | V_5_EURO |
| const int | V_10_EURO |
| const int | V_20_EURO |
| const int | V_50_EURO |
Definition at line 17 of file Initialization.h.
| const int valuta_t::V_10_CENT |
Definition at line 22 of file Initialization.h.
| const int valuta_t::V_10_EURO |
Definition at line 28 of file Initialization.h.
| const int valuta_t::V_1_CENT |
Definition at line 19 of file Initialization.h.
| const int valuta_t::V_1_EURO |
Definition at line 25 of file Initialization.h.
| const int valuta_t::V_20_CENT |
Definition at line 23 of file Initialization.h.
| const int valuta_t::V_20_EURO |
Definition at line 29 of file Initialization.h.
| const int valuta_t::V_2_CENT |
Definition at line 20 of file Initialization.h.
| const int valuta_t::V_2_EURO |
Definition at line 26 of file Initialization.h.
| const int valuta_t::V_50_CENT |
Definition at line 24 of file Initialization.h.
| const int valuta_t::V_50_EURO |
Definition at line 30 of file Initialization.h.
| const int valuta_t::V_5_CENT |
Definition at line 21 of file Initialization.h.
| const int valuta_t::V_5_EURO |
Definition at line 27 of file Initialization.h.


INDICATIONS AND USAGE
For the treatment and control of the symptoms associated with common bacterial, fungal and viral infections of fresh and saltwater fish.
- For true fungal infections of fish and eggs
- Effective against common forms of bacterial fin and tail rot.
NOTE
Consult a veterinarian or fish expert for assistance in diagnosis of disease causing organisms and treatment options.
DIRECTIONS
Use of a hospital tank is recommended. It is always wise to check your water quality levels to ensure they are within their acceptable ranges before administering any water treatment. No water changes, pH or temperature adjustments necessary if readings are in ideal range. Maintain normal filtration and air. Use 1/2 capfull (2.5 mL) per 10 gallons of water. Repeat as needed for not more than 5 days. It is suggested to always increase tank aeration during treatment to ensure an adequate oxygen supply for sick fish. Switch off UV sterilizers during treatment. Should fish exhibit signs of distress neutralize the medication by using an aquarium dechlorinator. Follow the manufacturers directions for dosing.
KEEP OUT OF REACH OF CHILDREN
PRECAUTIONS
For aquarium use only.
WARNINGS
Causes irritation. Avoid contact with eyes, skin and clothing. If in eyes: Flush eyes with water for 15 minutes. Call a physician. If on Skin: Flush skin with water. (Wash clothing before reuse.) Wash thoroughly after handling.
ACTIVE INGREDIENT
Stabilized chlorine oxides
HOW SUPPLIED
Net Contents 2 fl oz (59 mL)
Net Contents 4 fl oz (118 mL)
PACKAGING COMPONENT
Sentry AQ Mardel Maracyn-Oxy
Distributed by:
Sergeant's Pet Care Products, Inc., Omaha NE 68130
www.sentrypetcare.com
Sergeant's Pet Care Products, Inc.


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