| Application version | 3.0 |
| Application licence | BSD |
| Trad4 version | 3.0 |
| Document version | 3.0 |
| Author | schevans |
| Date | 23-06-09 |
The heat equation is part of an important class of problems known as Partial Differential Equations (PDEs). The trad4 implementation uses Finite Difference Methods (FDMs) which along with the trad4 approach means that the system can evolve concurrently.
This approach will scale for 2D, 3D or nD models of the heat, wave and convection-diffusion equations, all of which are coming soon.
While the 1D heat equation has been discussed extensively elsewhere, I will briefly summarise the problem here.
Take a fully insulated metal bar with one dimension (think of a lagged copper wire). Provide an initial heat distribution across the bar, and hold each end at a specific temperature (i.e., using Dirichlet boundary conditions). Now let this bar settle into a steady state, taking snapshots of the temperature distribution across the bar as it evolves over time. We should see the temperature converge on a linear slope between the start and end temperatures.
There is a parameter k that gives the thermal conductivity of the bar, i.e. the rate at which heat dissipates through the bar.
As discussed, we'll be using FDMs for this model.
Firstly, we need to create our grid. For this example (worked_example1) we'll be using a very rough grid of 10 elements. Each element will have an x value which won't change through the life of the object, and an y value which will start with our initial conditions and then evolve into equilibrium.
Let's look at the starting values first. Each object has an id, an x value and a y value, where y = cos(2*x), and where y = 0.0 if y < 0.0.
| id | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 |
| x | 0.1 | 0.2 | 0.3 | 0.4 | 0.5 | 0.6 | 0.7 | 0.8 | 0.9 | 1.0 |
| y | 0.980067 | 0.921061 | 0.825336 | 0.696707 | 0.540302 | 0.362358 | 0.169967 | 0.000000 | 0.000000 | 0.000000 |
Now we need to compute the next cycle of the system's evolution, and for this well be using the Central Difference Method, the derivation of which won't be given here.
We have the state at t=n. At t=n+1, the change in any given element is given by:
my_change_change = my_data_server_k * ( up_element_y - 2*this_element_y + down_element_y ); (1)
So that y at t+1 is given by:
element_y = element_y + my_change_change; (2)
As discussed above, this first model uses the Dirichlet boundary conditions. This just means that the ends of the bar are held at a specific temperature. The way we visualise this is by imagining an extra ghost element at the edges of our bar, like so:
| id | ghost1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | ghost2 |
| x | n/a | 0.1 | 0.2 | 0.3 | 0.4 | 0.5 | 0.6 | 0.7 | 0.8 | 0.9 | 1.0 | n/a |
| y | 0.980067 | 0.980067 | 0.921061 | 0.825336 | 0.696707 | 0.540302 | 0.362358 | 0.169967 | 0.000000 | 0.000000 | 0.000000 | 0.000000 |
In this model the edges are given somewhat arbitrary values of alpha=0.980067 and beta=0.0 respectively.
It's important to stress that these ghost nodes don't actually exists - they just allow for the equation above to work at the edges. In this way the equation above becomes, for element id=1:
change_change = my_data_server_k * ( up_element_y - 2*this_element_y + my_data_server_alpha );
The change object calculates the change that is applied to the object that subscribes to that change object. It uses the y-value of the object that subscribes to it, plus the y-values of it's neighbouring elements. The change object also subscribes to the singleton data_server object.
Only 5 nodes are shown below when there are ten nodes in worked_example1. The data_server is not shown on this to keep things simple, but remember every change object also subscribes to a single instance of the data_server.
As you can see from the concrete diagram, a change object subscribes to three element objects so that it is able to calculate equation (1) above. This change gets fed back in to the element object. As such, this is the first application we've seen that has a feedback loop.
static int init element_type_enum element_type sub change my_change pub double y double x
The element object holds the current value of the temperature at a particular x-point on the bar. The element object has an init flag in the static section that is set to 0 in the DB. When the object first fires, if init has not been set it will set the initial x and y values, in this case x = id/10 and y = cos(2*x). If init has been set that means the system has run through once and there are some valid change_change values to apply.
sub data_server my_data_server element up_element element this_element element down_element pub double change
The change subscribes to three element objects - the one below and the two either side of the graph. It also subscribes to the data_server object.
static double k double alpha double beta
The data_server is a singleton object, meaning there is just one instance of the type. All change objects subscribe to this single instance. The advantage of this approach is that you don't get the duplication of data where every change object would carry a copy of alpha in it's static section and the resultant space and maintains issues. The disadvantage of this approach is that every change object has to keep track of and read from this data_server object which could have performance implications.
sub change my_changes[NUM_NODES] element my_elements[NUM_NODES] data_server my_data_server static int counter int print_each_cycle double converged_limit double diverged_limit pub double start_time
The monitor has two jobs in this system. The first is to subscribe to all the change objects and after each change tier (T2) is run, check to see if the system has converged, diverged or still running. The system is considered to have converged if all the change_change values are below converged_limit, and diverged if the change_change values are above diverged_limit.
The monitor is unusual in a few respects. Firstly, it is a singleton like data_server, but unlike data_server which is a T1 object along with all the elements, the monitor object is the only T3 object. This is because it needs to check all the published change_change values to test for convergence. As such it could be viewed as a concurrency bottleneck, but it need not be as the option exists to either a) create a bunch of T3 monitors all subscribing to a sub-set of the T2 objects with a T4 uber_monitor aggregating those monitors, or b) split the functionality of the monitor into two - one to check for convergence and one to check for divergence.
Secondly, it it the first object we've seen that uses the new (in trad4v2.0.1) sub vector mechanism which allows for an object to subscribe to many or all objects of a particular type. The list of change object to which the monitor object subscribes is given in the DB table 'monitor_my_changes'.
Lastly, the monitor object has the job of printing out the data in a consumable format. This is somewhat of a work-around for the lack of support for any feed out of trad4, but it works ok, so expect to see this again in other applications. There is a consequence of this that isn't covered in the above abstract and concrete diagrams and that is in order to print the element's data it must subscribe to them too. An indeed it does - as given in the DB table 'monitor_my_elements'. These links are not shown in the above two diagrams mainly because they make a hell of a mess of the diagrams, but also, arguably, because the act of printing the system is not relevent to it's function.
We'll now step through a couple of iterations, examining the log file as we go. The runtime logs are on-line in full -. there is one with print_each_cycle=0, one with print_each_cycle=1 and a full set of data in csv format.
As usual on start-up, the types are created and their shared objects loaded:
Creating new type data_server, type id: 1, tier: 1 Creating new type change, type id: 3, tier: 2 Creating new type monitor, type id: 4, tier: 3 Creating new type element, type id: 2, tier: 1
Then, the data is loaded:
load_all_data_servers() load_all_changes() load_all_monitors() load_monitor_my_changes() load_monitor_my_elements() load_all_elements()
Next, the system is checked and it's constituents reported:
Checking tier 1. Num objects this tier: 11 Checking tier 2. Num objects this tier: 10 Checking tier 3. Num objects this tier: 1 Checking tier 4. Num objects this tier: 0 Checking tier 5. Num objects this tier: 0
Next, the objects are validated:
Validating objects...
Then the threads start:
Starting thread 1 Starting thread 2 Starting thread 3 Starting thread 4
Then tier1 runs. At this stage, as it's the first time the system has been run, the init flag will not have been set so the element just calculate their y-values using the equation defined in their calculate method - in this case y = cos(2*x) and where y = 0.0 if y < 0.0. We've seen this before above:
| id | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 |
| x | 0.1 | 0.2 | 0.3 | 0.4 | 0.5 | 0.6 | 0.7 | 0.8 | 0.9 | 1.0 |
| y(t) | 0.980067 | 0.921061 | 0.825336 | 0.696707 | 0.540302 | 0.362358 | 0.169967 | 0.000000 | 0.000000 | 0.000000 |
Then tier 2 runs. At this stage the changes are calculated. This is done using equation (1) above, but bear in mind the ghost elements caused by the boundary conditions we've selected. Running this tier will give:
| id | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 |
| x | 0.1 | 0.2 | 0.3 | 0.4 | 0.5 | 0.6 | 0.7 | 0.8 | 0.9 | 1.0 |
| y(t) | 0.980067 | 0.921061 | 0.825336 | 0.696707 | 0.540302 | 0.362358 | 0.169967 | 0.000000 | 0.000000 | 0.000000 |
| change | -0.0195361 | -0.0183599 | -0.0164518 | -0.0138877 | -0.0107701 | -0.00722303 | 0.0112117 | 0.0849836 | 0 | 0 |
And lastly the tier-3 monitor runs. This checks for convergence and prints out the data if configured to do so.
The next thing they will see is that their init flag's been set, and that therefore they will not need to seed themselves, but rather to update their published values given the delta they pull up from the change objects to which they subscribe. This means that equation (2) above runs, which results in:
| id | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 |
| x | 0.1 | 0.2 | 0.3 | 0.4 | 0.5 | 0.6 | 0.7 | 0.8 | 0.9 | 1.0 |
| y(t) | 0.980067 | 0.921061 | 0.825336 | 0.696707 | 0.540302 | 0.362358 | 0.169967 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| change(t) | -0.0195361 | -0.0183599 | -0.0164518 | -0.0138877 | -0.0107701 | -0.00722303 | 0.0112117 | 0.0849836 | 0 | 0 |
| y(t+1) | 0.96053 | 0.902701 | 0.808884 | 0.682819 | 0.529532 | 0.355135 | 0.181179 | 0.0849836 | 0 | 0 |
The change object then fires again as discussed above, which produces:
| id | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 |
| x | 0.1 | 0.2 | 0.3 | 0.4 | 0.5 | 0.6 | 0.7 | 0.8 | 0.9 | 1.0 |
| y(t) | 0.980067 | 0.921061 | 0.825336 | 0.696707 | 0.540302 | 0.362358 | 0.169967 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| change | -0.0195361 | -0.0183599 | -0.0164518 | -0.0138877 | -0.0107701 | -0.00722303 | 0.0112117 | 0.0849836 | 0 | 0 |
| y(t+1) | 0.96053 | 0.902701 | 0.808884 | 0.682819 | 0.529532 | 0.355135 | 0.181179 | 0.0849836 | 0 | 0 |
| change(t+1) | -0.00917995 | -0.0179939 | -0.0161238 | -0.0136109 | -0.0105554 | 0.00022083 | 0.0388803 | 0.00560587 | 0.0424918 | 0 |
These changes continue to ripple round the system until the system reaches equilibrium (more on this below).
In the worked_example1 default data set, convergence is considered to have occurred if the value of every change_change is less than 1.0e-06. This is controlable at run-time through the monitor static, and the value you'd set would be a trade-off between your floating point precision and how much time you have on your hands.
In the worked_example1 default data set, divergence is considered to have occurred if the value of any change_change is greater than 1. This is a somewhat arbitrary value and could be set lower or, better, derived from the step_size, but in practise divergence is detected quite quickly.
Divergence is caused by the curve being steeper than the step_size can support, or the rate at which the heat dissipates though the bar - k - again being too fast for the granularity of this grid.
Database values like k, alpha and beta are simple to change through a sql-prompt:
$ t4db SQL> update data_server set k=0.3;
You can update the monitor static in the same way:
SQL> update monitor set print_each_cycle=1;
To change the shape of the initial heat distribution you will have to modify the calculate_element function (found in heat_equation_1d/objects/element.c). There you will be able to change both how the x and y values are derived from the object's id. So if you wanted x = 3-30 you would set x as:
element_x = id * 3.0;
And if you wanted y = sin(2*x) you would set y as:
element_y = sin( 2 * element_x );
There is a 100-node grid checked in to worked_example2 but due to a limitation in the current trad4 infrastructure you will need to increase the value of NUM_NODES in heat_equation_1d/src/constants.t4s, run the precompiler and recompile:
heat_equation_1d$ t4p heat_equation_1d$ make all


The Adventures of Sebastian Cole
rated R 112 minutes starring Adrian Grenier, Clark Gregg, and Aleksa Palladino directed by Tod Williams
A Video Review by Frankie Paiva
There are two fantastic and wonderfully original characters at the heart of this movie. The first is Sebastian Cole, (played well by Adrian Grenier who made this before appearing in teen flick Drive Me Crazy) he's a rebellious teen in the 80s who has to live with a family full of his mother's ex-husbands. One morning, Sebastian's stepfather Henry (Gregg) announces to the family that he plans to become a woman. This sets off Sebastian's sister and mother, especially, who drags him along with her to a boarding school in England. Henry/soon-to-be Henrietta is the second fascinating character in the film. The two leads are both so endearing that the movie will quickly suck you in until it's conclusion. Sebastian moves back to live with Henrietta and he begins what he calls his adventures. All of them are designed to help him become a writer in his later years. Some of these adventures include riding his bike everyday down the school hall, buying a motorcycle, having an on-again off-again relationship with a girl named Mary, and seeing what happens when you drink half a bottle of Vodka in one gulp. When Henrietta asks him why he's trying to get himself into trouble, Sebastian replies, "Because I need something to write about."
This is one of the best movies I've seen in a long time, mainly because of the disjointed storyline (meant to symbolize the confusion of the teen years) and it's intriguing characters. There are some very funny scenes, particularly Sebastian's demonstration of karate, and Sebastian's grandfather who doesn't quite know the right thing to say at the right time. Clark Gregg has done an incredible job with his small role in this movie. Everytime he is on screen you can just look into his eyes and see that he has good intentions behind them. He always looks like there's an emotional bubble in him just about to burst. And just like another recent transgender character (Philip Seymour Hoffman in Flawless) I actually believed he wanted to be a woman. I wish that there would have been more of him in the movie. Grenier makes a good debut, and if he shows the promise he has shown here in other pictures, he should become a leading young actor. The camera work in the movie is very simple, there's nothing too fancy, but it suits the movie, and allows the human emotion to sink in. It's also enjoyable that most of the film is script driven. This little seen festival film has just arrived on video and I urge you to give it a try. It is a worthwhile way to spend your time and money. I hope that you enjoy this movie, which I believe gets pretty darn close to perfectly depicting the loneliness, confusion, anger, and happiness of teenage life in it's true form.
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Files CCore/inc/gadget/Nothing.h CCore/src/gadget/Nothing.cpp
Nothing, Null, Empty, Default — are Words of the type NothingType.
/* words */ enum NothingType { Nothing = 0, Null = 0, Empty = 0, Default = 0 };
They can be used to define an implicit constructor of a class.
class C { public: C(NothingType) { .... } };
Objects of such classes can be constructed using one of these Words:
C func() { return Empty; // explicit intention }


'We cleared popcorn with our own hands' - Disgust as Star City Vue cinema not cleaned before showing
The cinema chain has apologised and admitted a rota blunder led to Screen 10 not being cleaned ahead of the Sunday showing of Punjabi film, Daaka
by Stephanie Balloo, https://www.facebook.com/MissBalloo/A family have shamed a popular city cinema at a Birmingham multiplex after they were forced clean their own seats.
Litter, popcorn and empty cups were left strewn across a cinema screen at Star City's Vue Cinema on Sunday, November 17.
Shocking images capture the mess from previous viewers - which was not cleaned as usual due to a rota blunder, Vue later admitted.
A 26-year-old, who had gone to see a Punjabi movie with his family, hit out at the cinema, saying they had to clear others' popcorn from their seats.
The cinema-goer, visiting with his mum and brother, told BirminghamLive: "There were no clean seats.
"We had to move the popcorn with our own hands. It was all up the stairs."
The son had spent £15 to see the late showing of Daaka at the leisure complex's cinema.
But on arrival, they were greeted by popcorn strewn across the floor, seats and stairs.
Empty bottles still filled the cup holders and litter was seen dumped on every row from the last viewers.
"We got there about 11.30pm, went to the counter and was waiting 5-6 minutes, so we got our tickets from the machine.
"We went in about 11.40 - 11.45pm. It was a complete mess. I took pictures and I complained to one of the staff members in the cinema and he apologised. But he didn't say why it happened.
"While I was at the cinema I emailed Vue. I've tried to phone them but it kept getting disconnected."
Vue apologised for the state of the cinema and said Screen 10 had been overlooked due to a mix up with the cleaning rota.
It has since issued the family with three complimentary tickets,
A Vue spokesperson said: “The images taken at our Star City site clearly don’t meet our high standards of cleanliness.
"Following a review of the cleaning rota and system in place screen 10 was unfortunately overlooked on this evening.
"This would normally not occur and management have taken action to ensure this can’t happen again.
"We would like to apologise to customers who were affected.”


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The Flyway Ant Tasks are provided as an AntLib.
| Distributions | Source |
|---|---|
|
flyway-ant-{{flywayVersion}}.zip flyway-ant-{{flywayVersion}}.tar.gz |
flyway-ant-{{flywayVersion}}-sources.jar |
<dependency> <groupId>org.flywaydb.ant</groupId> <artifactId>flyway-ant</artifactId> <version>0-SNAPSHOT</version> </dependency>
<project ... xmlns:flyway="antlib:org.flywaydb.ant"> <path id="flyway.lib.path"> <!-- include all jars from the Flyway AntLib distribution --> </path> <path id="flyway.classpath"> <!-- include all jars containing jdbc drivers --> <!-- include all jars and directories containing sql migrations --> <!-- include all jars and directories containing compiled java migrations --> </path> <taskdef uri="antlib:org.flywaydb.ant" resource="org/flywaydb/ant/antlib.xml" classpathref="flyway.lib.path"/> </project>
| Name | Description |
|---|---|
| migrate | Migrates the database |
| clean | Drops all objects in the configured schemas |
| info | Prints the details and status information about all the migrations |
| validate | Validates the applied migrations against the ones available on the classpath |
| baseline | Baselines an existing database, excluding all migrations up to and including baselineVersion |
| repair | Repairs the metadata table |
The Flyway Ant tasks can be configured in the following ways:
<flyway:migrate driver="com.myvendor.Driver" password="mySecretPwd"> <locations> <location path="largetest/migrations1"/> <location path="largetest/migrations2"/> </locations> <placeholders> <placeholder name="name" value="Mr. T"/> </placeholders> <schemas> <schema name="schema1"/> </schemas> <resolvers> <resolver class="com.mycomp.MyMigrationResolver"/> </resolvers> <callbacks> <callback class="com.mycomp.MyCallback"/> </callbacks> </flyway:migrate>
<!-- Properties are prefixed with flyway. --> <property name="flyway.password" value="mySecretPwd"/> <!-- List are defined as comma-separated values --> <property name="flyway.schemas" value="schema1,schema2,schema3"/> <!-- Individual placeholders are prefixed by flyway.placeholders. --> <property name="flyway.placeholders.keyABC" value="valueXYZ"/> <property name="flyway.placeholders.otherplaceholder" value="value123"/>
ant -Dflyway.user=myUser -Dflyway.schemas=schema1,schema2 -Dflyway.placeholders.keyABC=valueXYZ
System properties override Ant properties override Task attributes
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Please take a look at the following code:
temperatures = [10, -20, -289, 100] def c_to_f(c): if c < -273.15: return "That temperature doesn't make sense!" else: f = c* 9/5 + 32 return f for t in temperatures: print(c_to_f(t))
The code prints out the output of the c_to_f
function multiple times in the terminal.
For this exercise, please write the output in a text file instead of printing it out in the terminal.
The text file content will look like this:
50.0
-4.0
212.0
Please don't write any message in the text file when input is lower than -273.15.


You clip your pre-exposed photographic paper into the paper holder and insert the holding in to holder arm of th device. You can add up to 5 liquids for processor. Usually 4 chemicals and water is used to develop black and white images and 3 chemcials and water is used to develop coloured images. The time that the paper spends in each chemical can be altered depending on the look that you want. The integrated pump which blows bubbles into each container makes your that each fluid is irrigated and the heating element controlled by the thermostat keeps the liquid at a constant temperature.
Tradionally the fumes emitted by the chemicals cause lightheadness. You don't have to worry about fumes as the BlackBox can be left to work alone when switched on.
Fumbling around in the dark can be hard when developing photos, especially when developing coloured photos as you are in pitch black. You can leave the BlackBox in a dark room annd let it work its magic
If you are going for a desired look and want to change the exposure timings, not to worry as the dials allow you to change the amount of time that is spent in each container.
Our friend, Aiden, who is a darkroom technician in Imperial College London Photography society, was tired of working in low-light to dark conditions trying to get the perfect picture. The fumes emitted from the chemicals would often make him light headed, and he had to submerge the photographic paper for just the right amount of time to get the perfect picture. There was also the risk of back contaminating the liquids.
If he didn't do the process just right he would often get bad results such as this. There would be areas of the picture that were underdevloped or overdeveloped. He was tired of it.
That is when our Chief Technical Officer, Campbell, came up with the concept of Blackbox. A way to automate the development stage of photographs after it has been exposed.
We went to the design room and started working and prototyping multiple solutions. After many....
Many....
Many hours BlackBox was completed (BTW Marij helped too, just didn't have a photo of him)
Many hours Black Box was completed
Chief Information Officer
Research, Professional Help & Contact, Meeting Records
Chief Technical Officer
Technical specifications, Systems oversight
Chief Creative Officer
Visual Design, Brand Identity, Customer Requirements
Chief Organisation Officer
Group Meetings, Project Mitigation, Time-Management
BlackBox was created by a group of inter-disciplinary engineers at Imperial College London
Repository: Github was used to store the changes made to the website online. This mean that as the website was being developed the user had to push the currrent version to the Github repository saving that current version online. This allowed the use to do version control and roll back versions should a mistake happen that caused there to be an error on the site. It also allows different people to collaborate on the same project.
IDE: integrated development environment used to code the website was 'ATOM'. ATOM becuase although it is not the only IDE that allowed the user to connect to Github it is easy to use and has a shollow learning curve. The feature which allows the user to open the project folder in the IDE is particulary useful as the user can easily find the desired file without having to leave the IDE.
Website Languages: HTML was used to define the structure of the website. CSS was used to give each element in the HTML a style/deign. JavaScript was used to enhance the user experience by allowing things to be animated for instance the scroll easing when clicking a section on the website in the navigaion bar.
Browser: as the website was being developed the Google Chrome browser was used to see how the website looked. The inspect feature on Chrome was also used to identify elements and their class or id tags in the HTML and CSS so that they could be editted
A domain name is the address of a website and is the name at which users can find your page on the internet. To create a custom domain first you must register the name you’d like with a domain name system, to make sure it is not already taken. Ordinarily you’d have to pay this company to host your unique domain and connect it to an IP address. Once you have got your custom domain you can add it to you page in Github – another benefit of using this tool.
1. Easy to navigate
A user interface with a navigation flow which mimics that which a user would
naturally/comfortably make is the best type of page, as it improves the overall
user experience
2. Quick loading time
Fast loading times improve the ease of navigation and user involvement with the
website
3. Interactive
The user interface is responsive and uses web tools to make components of the
page responsive to specific user interactions, in order to make it more intuitive
4.Intuitive
A site should be easy to navigate through without additional description. Every
feature and component should be designed to make sense to every user.
5. Simple
A simple page that is void of clutter is easier to navigate and will result in
an elevated user experience on the site. ‘100 simple pages > 1 cluttered one’.
Web accessibility uses varying inclusive practices to ensure a web page is
free from barriers that could prevent people with certain disabilities or
restrictions from interacting with the site.
The next steps would be focused on improving the sites architecture and interface;
this is possible by working on product marketing, incorporation of e-commerce and a more interactive site.


July 21, 2015, Drupal GovCon
@johnbburg, #whatsinyouraudit
John Brandenburg, Senior Developer, Forum One
Coined by Ward Cunningham
Stand up a copy of the site.
Review status of site on host. Reports > Status Report
Prod Check https://www.drupal.org/project/prod_check
(admin ui that expands on status report)
Site Audit: https://www.drupal.org/project/site_audit
(drush commands generate reports)
The Drupal Patching Ecosystem
The point is to document these modifications. And share!
drupalroot/ patches/ project/[project]-[description]-[issue]-[comment]-[core-version].patch
https://www.drupal.org/patch/submit
And there should be an issue filed in the project's queue. Even if it just supports your use case!
Any custom code follows Drupal coding standards (https://www.drupal.org/coding-standards).
You don't need to memorize these! https://www.drupal.org/project/coder
$view->display['default']->handler->options['filters']['changed']['value'] = '2025-04-30 00:00:00';
Vs.
$filters = array();
$filters['changed'] = '2025-04-30 00:00:00';
$view->set_exposed_input($filters);
It exists, is correct, and ideally, focuses on the why, over the how.
// When the number of items exceeds the visible items,
// resetting the width will collapse the size to
// the viewport width and cause all items be in view.
if ( numItems >= visibleItems ) {
return;
}
How were pages engineered? Was the approach done in a best practices manner?
Blocks < Context < Panels
Is configuration tracked?
Exported to Features/Config Management.
Are exported features cohesive? They should be restricted one feature per bundle type, not one single, site-wide feature.
images/field-name/[year]/[month]
This spans site code/config and the hosting environment.
Modules are up to date with security releases.
No “PHP fields/Input modes” are used on the site.
This isn't just a security issue. Try indexing solr with a drupal_goto().
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CSS well architected. Avoid duct tape themes.
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Returns the Unicode string version of object.
unicode (object=’‘) unicode (object[, encoding[, errors]])
#TODO
#TODO
If encoding and/or errors are given, unicode() will decode the object which can either be an 8-bit string or a character buffer using the codec for encoding. The encoding parameter is a string giving the name of an encoding; if the encoding is not known, LookupError is raised. Error handling is done according to errors; this specifies the treatment of characters which are invalid in the input encoding. If errors is ‘strict’ (the default), a ValueError is raised on errors, while a value of ‘ignore’ causes errors to be silently ignored, and a value of ‘replace’ causes the official Unicode replacement character, U+FFFD, to be used to replace input characters which cannot be decoded. See also the codecs module.
If no optional parameters are given, unicode() will mimic the behaviour of str() except that it returns Unicode strings instead of 8-bit strings. More precisely, if object is a Unicode string or subclass it will return that Unicode string without any additional decoding applied.
For objects which provide a __unicode__() method, it will call this method without arguments to create a Unicode string. For all other objects, the 8-bit string version or representation is requested and then converted to a Unicode string using the codec for the default encoding in ‘strict’ mode.
>>> unicode(10.25)
u'10.25'
>>> unicode((1, 2))
u'(1, 2)'
>>> unicode([1, 2])
u'[1, 2]'
>>> unicode({1, 2})
u'set([1, 2])'
>>> unicode({'a': 1, 'b': 2})
u"{'a': 1, 'b': 2}"
>>> unicode('foobar')
u'foobar'
>>> unicode('źdźbło', 'windows-1250')
u'\u0139\u013dd\u0139\u015fb\u0139\u201ao'
>>> unicode('źdźbło', 'ascii', 'ignore')
u'dbo'
>>> unicode('źdźbło', 'ascii', 'strict')
Traceback (most recent call last):
File "<interactive input>", line 1, in <module>
UnicodeDecodeError: 'ascii' codec can't decode byte 0xc5 in position 0: ordinal not in range(128)
>>> unicode('źdźbło', 'ascii', 'replace')
u'\ufffd\ufffdd\ufffd\ufffdb\ufffd\ufffdo'
#TODO


Streams
Writing Streaming Libraries
Created by Evan Oxfeld / @evanoxfeld
Goal
- Writing Streams Today
- Writing Streams Tomorrow (Today)
Using Streams
fs.createReadStream('zip path').pipe(
unzip.Extract( {path: 'output/path'} ))
Using Streams
fs.createReadStream('zip').pipe(
unzip.Parse()).pipe(
fstream.Writer('out'))
Using Streams
readable stream.pipe(
duplex stream).pipe(
writable stream)
Readable Streams (Present)
- Emit data events
- Maybe implement pause() and resume()
Issues
- No on.('pipe') method
- pause() isn't a guarantee
Writable Streams (Present)
- Implement write() and end()
Issues
- Backpressure
- Hope the source stream buffers
Backpressure
Readable
Writable
Backpressure
Readable
Writable
Backpressure
Readable
Writable
Demo
Enter "Streams2"
Streams in 0.10
- Readable streams are now suck streams
- read([size]) is equivalent to write(data)
- read() returns null if less data is buffered than size
- write() continues to return false if the buffer is full
- Can use Readable to wrap old-style streams
- Same friendly pipe API
Writing 0.10 Streams
- Readable: implement _read(size, cb)
- Writable: implement _write(data, cb)
- Duplex: implement _read() and _write()
- Transform: implement _transform(data, outputFn, cb)
- PassThrough: no method to implement
unzip.Parse
Parse.prototype._transform = function (data, outputFn, callback) {
if (this._pullStream.write(data)) {
return callback();
}
this._pullStream.once('drain', callback);
};
Use Streams2 Today
var Transform = require('stream').Transform;
if (!Transform) {
Transform = require('readable-stream/transform');
}
@substackStreams make programming in node simple, elegant, and composable.
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Saucy, supernatural, and the super rich - Here's what to watch on TV tonight
Cape Town - From UFO sightings, to inside one of the most expensive hotels in London, to a saucy award-winning series - here are our top three recommendations to watch tonight.
UFOs: The Lost Evidence
18:30 - Discovery Family (DStv 136)
Our technology advanced rapidly over the past few decades. Could extra-terrestrials have been involved in aiding these innovations? And what about alien encounters with presidents and other people in power – have these occurred? And if so, how have they affected our day-to-day lives? UFOs: The Lost Evidence connects the dots between alleged UFO sightings and abductions and real-world events.
A Hotel for the Super Rich and Famous
20:01 - BBC Lifestyle (DStv 174)
This documentary series going behind-the-scenes at London's Corinthia hotel, looking at how it tries to stand out in a fiercely competitive market.
The L Word
Showmax
Enjoy this long-running and award-winning drama about the lives and loves of a group of women in LA, with all the hookups, breakups... and everything in between. A reboot of the popular of the show is scheduled to premiere in the coming months.
Compiled by Leandra Engelbrecht.


Welcome to OpenMemphis
OpenMemphis is a an initiative in Memphis, TN to bring technology with a local focus into the hands of citizens by developing open-sourced software and by curating and hosting crowd-sourced and public data and content. Our aim is to raise the "tech tide" of Memphis by not only providing software tools and information services to Memphians at large, but also by facilitating open, collaborative development which allows anyone to participate in the rewarding experience of contributing to technology development projects We envision a technological ecosystem where the open exchange of software and information enhances the community and serves as a model for other municipalities worldwide.


Harry Kane ruled out of Tottenham's clash at Everton through illness
The England striker will not play for Spurs at Goodison Park in a huge blow to Mauricio Pochettino
by James Whaling, https://www.mirror.co.uk/authors/james-whaling/Harry Kane is out of Tottenham's clash at Everton through illness.
In a huge blow for Spurs, their talismanic striker will miss the game with Lucas Moura set to step in up front.
The England captain has started the season in good form, despite his side's tribulations in the first months of the campaign.
He has 10 goals in 13 matches in all competitions and has already found the net on six occasions in the Premier League.
Spurs go into the game at Goodison Park 13th in the Premier League but could jump up to eighth with three points.
The Toffees are in even greater strife, sitting just one place above the relegation zone and with boss Marco Silva under huge pressure.
Gareth Southgate is set to be at Goodison with Dele Alli among those looking to catch the eye of the England boss.
On criticism of Alli so far this term, Mauricio Pochettino said: "We need to remember that Dele is still so young and the demand and the pressure on him is massive.
 OK, he’s now dropped a little bit but we need to help and back him.”
Youngster Ryan Sessegnon is part of Spurs' squad for the first time since signing from Fulham in the summer after overcoming a hamstring injury.


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PNB share price slips 2% after Credit Suisse maintains underperform, cuts target to Rs 55/sh
Credit Suisse has also cut FY21 EPS estimates of the bank by 40 percent.
Share price of public sector lender Punjab National Bank was down close to 2 percent intraday on November 6 after global research firm Credit Suisse maintained underperform rating on the stock and cut target to Rs 55 from Rs 65 per share.
The bank's loan growth was muted with 1 percent rise QoQ and pre-provision profitability remaining weak. NIM was reported flat at 2.4 percent, unlike the expansion seen at other banks in Q2, the research firm said.
Credit Suisse has also cut FY21 EPS estimates by 40 percent.
Punjab National Bank on November 5 reported a profit at Rs 507.1 crore in Q2FY20, though asset quality weakened sequentially. Other income, PPoP and lower provisions compared to the year-ago period helped the lender report a profit during the quarter.
The numbers were better than expected. An analysts' poll conducted by CNBC-TV18 had expected the bank to report a loss of Rs 1,521.5 crore. The bank had reported a loss of Rs 4,532.35 crore in the year-ago period due to a spike in provisions.
Net interest income during the September quarter increased 7.3 percent year-on-year to Rs 4,263.8 crore, with credit degrowth of 0.7 percent YoY. Deposits in Q2FY20 increased 7 percent YoY.
At 1017 hrs, Punjab National Bank was quoting at Rs 63.80, down Rs 0.95, or 1.47 percent. It has touched an intraday high of Rs 64.90 and an intraday low of Rs 63.35.Special Thursday Expiry on 10th 7th Nov
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 I often eat it as it is, but some fat maftoul (giant couscous) would go very well with it.
Prep time: 35 minutes, plus resting time | Cooking time: 1 hour 5 minutes
SERVES
four
INGREDIENTS
- 1 chicken, weighing about 1.5kg
- ½ tsp fine salt
- 1 tsp ground cumin
- 700g butternut squash
- 500g small red onions
- 120ml olive oil, plus 3 tbsp for cooking
- 500g small tomatoes, halved
- 2 small lemons, halved
- 5 tbsp pomegranate molasses, or as needed
- 30g fresh mint
- 30g fresh coriander
- 200ml plain yogurt (goat’s, sheep’s or Greek)
- Seeds from 1 small pomegranate
- 50g toasted hazelnuts, chopped
METHOD
- Spatchcock the chicken by using strong kitchen scissors to cut down either side of the back bone (remove this and save for stock) and flatten the chicken out like a knock-kneed sunbather (your butcher can do this for you).
- Rub the chicken with the salt and cumin, and ideally leave it on a plate to come to room temperature for a couple of hours, covered with an upturned bowl.
- Preheat the oven to 200C/180C fan/Gas 6.
- Cut the squash in half and scoop out the seedy guts, spreading them on a baking sheet. These can be cooked in the oven, as they are, for 15 or 20 minutes until dark golden, then eaten as a snack.
- Cut the squash into wedges – there’s no need to peel it.
- Peel the onions and cut them into eighths through the roots.
- Line a large roasting tin with a sheet of non-stick parchment. Add the squash and onions, plus two tablespoons of oil. Toss to coat.
- Arrange the tomatoes, cut-side up, amongst the other veg and pop the lemon halves in too.
- Drizzle with another tablespoon of oil and two tablespoons of the pomegranate molasses, rubbing it into the tomatoes and veg. Sprinkle with salt.
- Nestle the chicken in the tin, skin-side up. Rub this with another tablespoonful of pomegranate molasses.
- Roast for 40 minutes, until the chicken is barely done (it will continue to cook as it sits) then lift the chicken on to a warm dish and allow to rest for 20 minutes. If the vegetables need to brown up a bit more, put them back in the hot oven. If not, turn the oven off and leave the veg to keep warm with the door ajar.
- Strip the leaves of mint and coriander from the stalks and chop them roughly. Mix with the remaining oil, adding a bit extra if necessary to make a spooning consistency, add the last two tablespoonfuls of pomegranate molasses and plenty of salt and pepper. Taste and add more molasses if you like.
- Serve the chicken with the vegetables and juices piled around, and some of the yogurt and herbs spooned over, and the pomegranate seeds and hazelnuts tumbled on top. I might even trickle a little more pomegranate molasses over.
- Put the rest of the yogurt and herb sauce in bowls to pass around, and encourage guests to squeeze over the caramelised lemon halves.


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365 photos | 2019 年 2 月
This is a project I made in 2019, the first day counted from the chinese new year. Hope you like them. @Grace
Day 01
Chinese word "FU" means for "Good Lucky". Wish all the people that suffered
Day 02
Play in the royal garden.
Day 03
Red Lantern in the sky.
Day 04
Look up and see the same object with different angles.
Day 05
Chinese cabbage(白菜 Bai Cai) as the same pronunciation with "Rich (财 Cai)". So it's always good means for people.
Day 06
Play with tracks, and enjoy the happiness even with yourself.
Day 07
Black Swan with LOVE.
Day 08
Reflection in a snowing night.
Day 09
Dead plant looks like a golden tree.
Day 10
Snowing in the forbidden city.
Day 100
Chinese word "FU" means for "Good Lucky". Wish all the people that suffered
Day 101
Chinese word "FU" means for "Good Lucky". Wish all the people that suffered
Day 102
Chinese word "FU" means for "Good Lucky". Wish all the people that suffered
Day 103
Chinese word "FU" means for "Good Lucky". Wish all the people that suffered
Day 104
Chinese word "FU" means for "Good Lucky". Wish all the people that suffered
Day 105&106
Chinese word "FU" means for "Good Lucky". Wish all the people that suffered
Day 107
Chinese word "FU" means for "Good Lucky". Wish all the people that suffered
Day 108
Chinese word "FU" means for "Good Lucky". Wish all the people that suffered
Day 109
Chinese word "FU" means for "Good Lucky". Wish all the people that suffered
Day 11
Handmade snowman.
Day 110
Chinese word "FU" means for "Good Lucky". Wish all the people that suffered
Day 111
Chinese word "FU" means for "Good Lucky". Wish all the people that suffered
Day 112
Chinese word "FU" means for "Good Lucky". Wish all the people that suffered
Day 113
Chinese word "FU" means for "Good Lucky". Wish all the people that suffered
Day 114
Chinese word "FU" means for "Good Lucky". Wish all the people that suffered
Day 115
Chinese word "FU" means for "Good Lucky". Wish all the people that suffered
Day 116
Chinese word "FU" means for "Good Lucky". Wish all the people that suffered
Day 117
Chinese word "FU" means for "Good Lucky". Wish all the people that suffered
Day 118
Chinese word "FU" means for "Good Lucky". Wish all the people that suffered
Day 119
Chinese word "FU" means for "Good Lucky". Wish all the people that suffered
Day 12
A group of pears, taste soft and kids like them.
Day 120
Chinese word "FU" means for "Good Lucky". Wish all the people that suffered
Day 121
Chinese word "FU" means for "Good Lucky". Wish all the people that suffered
Day 122
Chinese word "FU" means for "Good Lucky". Wish all the people that suffered
Day 123
Chinese word "FU" means for "Good Lucky". Wish all the people that suffered
Day 124
Chinese word "FU" means for "Good Lucky". Wish all the people that suffered
Day 116
Chinese word "FU" means for "Good Lucky". Wish all the people that suffered
Day 116
Chinese word "FU" means for "Good Lucky". Wish all the people that suffered
Day 116
Chinese word "FU" means for "Good Lucky". Wish all the people that suffered
Day 116
Chinese word "FU" means for "Good Lucky". Wish all the people that suffered
Day 116
Chinese word "FU" means for "Good Lucky". Wish all the people that suffered
Day 13
Beautiful flowers.
Day 116
Chinese word "FU" means for "Good Lucky". Wish all the people that suffered
Day 116
Chinese word "FU" means for "Good Lucky". Wish all the people that suffered
Day 116
Chinese word "FU" means for "Good Lucky". Wish all the people that suffered
Day 116
Chinese word "FU" means for "Good Lucky". Wish all the people that suffered
Day 116
Chinese word "FU" means for "Good Lucky". Wish all the people that suffered
Day 116
Chinese word "FU" means for "Good Lucky". Wish all the people that suffered
Day 116
Chinese word "FU" means for "Good Lucky". Wish all the people that suffered
Day 116
Chinese word "FU" means for "Good Lucky". Wish all the people that suffered
Day 116
Chinese word "FU" means for "Good Lucky". Wish all the people that suffered
Day 116
Chinese word "FU" means for "Good Lucky". Wish all the people that suffered
Day 14
Astronauts, boys' dreams.
Day 116
Chinese word "FU" means for "Good Lucky". Wish all the people that suffered
Day 116
Chinese word "FU" means for "Good Lucky". Wish all the people that suffered
Day 116
Chinese word "FU" means for "Good Lucky". Wish all the people that suffered
Day 116
Chinese word "FU" means for "Good Lucky". Wish all the people that suffered
Day 116
Chinese word "FU" means for "Good Lucky". Wish all the people that suffered
Day 116
Chinese word "FU" means for "Good Lucky". Wish all the people that suffered
Day 116
Chinese word "FU" means for "Good Lucky". Wish all the people that suffered
Day 15
A lonely rabbit.
Day 16
Great architecture blends tradition and art.
Day 17
Workout.
Day 18
Long exposure with sq20.
Day 19
Cactus.
Day 20
Human made happiness.
Day 21
The forbidden city.
Day 22
Symbol.
Day 23
Workout to keep strong.
Day 24
Planting.
Day 25
Angel.
Day 26
Here is a birthday party.
Day 27
Kid really like the red truck from a picture book, so mom just draw it. And the book writer is MIYANISHI from Japan.
Day 28
Broken glasses.
Day 29
Workout.
Day 30
Candles.
Day 31
Ages.
Day 32
The forbidden city.
Day 33
An old small town.
Day 34
Raining day.
Day 35
The other side of BEIJING city.
Day 36
Jars for flowers.
Day 37
A church in Beijing.
Day 38
Workout.
Day 39
The corner tower of the Forbidden City.
Day 40
Can not stop playing.
Day 41
Chestnut pumpkin.
Day 42
Happy birthday.
Day 43
Workout.
Day 44
Ear rings.
Day 45
Sunset building.
Day 46
Sunset building.
Day 47
Sunset building.
Day 48
Sunset building.
Day 49
Sunset building.
Day 50
Sunset building.
Day 51
Sunset building.
Day 52
Sunset building.
Day 53
Sunset building.
Day 54
Sunset building.
Day 55
Sunset building.
Day 56
Chinese word "FU" means for "Good Lucky". Wish all the people that suffered
Day 57
Chinese word "FU" means for "Good Lucky". Wish all the people that suffered
Day 58
Chinese word "FU" means for "Good Lucky". Wish all the people that suffered
Day 59
Chinese word "FU" means for "Good Lucky". Wish all the people that suffered
Day 60
Chinese word "FU" means for "Good Lucky". Wish all the people that suffered
Day 61
Chinese word "FU" means for "Good Lucky". Wish all the people that suffered
Day 62
Chinese word "FU" means for "Good Lucky". Wish all the people that suffered
Day 63
Chinese word "FU" means for "Good Lucky". Wish all the people that suffered
Day 64
Chinese word "FU" means for "Good Lucky". Wish all the people that suffered
Day 65
Chinese word "FU" means for "Good Lucky". Wish all the people that suffered
Day 66
Chinese word "FU" means for "Good Lucky". Wish all the people that suffered
Day 67
Chinese word "FU" means for "Good Lucky". Wish all the people that suffered
Day 68
Chinese word "FU" means for "Good Lucky". Wish all the people that suffered
Day 69
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Fix for iPad 'Error 14'
[Updated with Windows 7 File location]
The update of my iPad to version 3.2.1 of iOS failed last night. iTunes reported that an ‘Error 14’ had occured (Not very helpful) Subsequent attempts at un-docking and re-docking resulted in iTunes trying and failing to restore the device. Here’s how I fixed the problem.
I eventually took a scroll through the crash dump which iTunes was suggesting I should send to Apple for analysis. It appeared from the logs that the updated OS image was failing a checksum verification i.e. it had been corrupted during the download. A few minutes of searching provided the information needed to fix the problem:
- Un-dock and shutdown the iPad (Note: You will not see the ‘Red’ power down slider in this state)
- Shutdown iTunes
- Delete the previously downloaded software update file which you will find in these location depending on your system:
- Mac Location: /users/
/Library/iTunes/iPad Software Updates - PC Location (Pre Windows 7): \Documents and Settings<User>\Application Data\Apple Computer\iTunes\iPad Software Updates
- PC Location (Windows 7): \Users<User>\AppData\Roaming\Apple Computer\iTunes\iPhone Software Updates
- Mac Location: /users/
- ‘Empty Trash’ to be on the safe side.
- Restart iTunes
- Dock iPad
- Follow the prompts to have iTunes download the OS upgrade again
- Once downloaded iTunes should automatically upgrade the iPad with the new OS and bring it out of restore mode.
- This will restore the iPad to factory settings
- Once the factory restore is complete iTunes will let you further restore the iPad from the most recent backup of the device before it encountered the problems. This should recover your apps, data and user settings.
I believe this fix will also work if you get ‘Error 14’ during an iPhone update. The download files will be found at the same locations except in the ‘iPhone Software Updates’ directory.
I hope this helps if you been trying to recover from this very annoying and frustrating problem.


Outputs minishift shell completion for the given shell (bash or zsh)
This depends on the bash-completion binary. Example installation instructions:
macOS:
$ brew install bash-completion
$ source $(brew --prefix)/etc/bash_completion
$ minishift completion bash > ~/.minishift-completion # for bash users
$ minishift completion zsh > ~/.minishift-completion # for zsh users
$ source ~/.minishift-completion
RHEL/Fedora:
$ yum install bash-completion # for RHEL
$ dnf install bash-completion # for Fedora
$ minishift completion bash > ~/.minishift-completion # for bash users
$ minishift completion zsh > ~/.minishift-completion # for zsh users
$ source ~/.minishift-completion
Additionally, you may want to output the completion to a file and source in your .bashrc
Note for zsh users: [1] zsh completions are only supported in versions of zsh >= 5.2
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Python List: Comprehension, Apend, Sort, Length, Reverse EXAMPLES
What is a Python List?
A list is exactly what it sounds like, a container that contains different Python objects, which could be integers, words, values, etc. It is the equivalent of an array in other programming languages. It is represented by square brackets (and this is one of the attributes that differentiates it from tuples, which are separated by parentheses). It is also mutable, that is, it can be modified or updated; unlike tuples, which are immutable.
In this python tutorial, you will learn:
- What is a Python List?
- Examples of Python lists:
- Accessing values within lists
- List slicing
- Updating lists
- Deleting list elements
- Appending list elements
- List built-in functions (methods)
- Looping through lists
- List comprehensions
Examples of Python lists:
Python lists can be homogeneous, meaning that they can contain the same type of objects; or heterogeneous, including different types of objects.
Examples of homogeneous lists include:
list of integers = [1, 2, 3, 8, 33]
list of animals = ['dog', 'cat', 'goat']
list of names = ['John', 'Travis', 'Sheila']
list of floating numbers = [2.2, 4.5, 9.8, 10.4]
Examples of heterogeneous lists include:
[2, 'cat', 34.33, 'Travis']
[2.22, 33, 'pen']
Accessing values within lists
To access values within lists, the index of the objects inside the lists can be used. An index in Python lists refers to the position of an element within an ordered list. For example:
list = [3, 22, 30, 5.3, 20]
- The first value in the list above, 3, has an index of 0
- The second value, 22, has an index of 1
- The third value, 30, has an index of 2
and so on. To access each of the values from the list, you would use:
list[0] to access 3
list[1] to access 22
list[2] to access 30
list[3] to access 5.3
list[4] to access 20
The last member of a list can also be accessed by using the index -1. For example,
list[-1] = 20
List slicing
List slicing is the method of splitting a subset of a list, and the indices of the list objects are also used for this. For example, using the same list example above;
list[:] = [3, 22, 30, 5.3, 20] (all the members of the list];
list[1:3] = [22, 30] (members of the list from index 1 to index 3, without the member at index 3);
list[:4] = [3, 22, 30, 5.3] (members of the list from index 0 to index 4, without the member at index 4)
list[2:-1] = [30, 5.3] (members of the list from index 2, which is the third element, to the second to the last element in the list, which is 5.3).
Python lists are upper-bound exclusive, and this means that the last index during list slicing is usually ignored. That is why
list[2:-1] = [30, 5.3]
, and not [30, 5.3, 20]. The same goes for all the other list slicing examples given above.
Updating lists
Let's say you have a list = [physics, chemistry, mathematics], and you want to change the list to [biology, chemistry, mathematics], effectively changing the member at index 0. That can easily be done by assigning that index to the new member you want.
That is,
list = [physics, chemistry, mathematics]
list[0] = biology
print(list)
Output: [biology, chemistry, mathematics]
This replaces the member at index 0 (physics) with the new value you want (chemistry). This can be done for any member or subset of the list you want to change.
To give another example; let's say you have a list called integers and containing the numbers [2, 5, 9, 20, 27]. To replace 5 in that list with 10, you can do that with:
integers = [2, 5, 9, 20, 27]
integers[1] = 10
print(integers)
>>> [2, 10, 9, 20, 27]
To replace the last member of the list of integers, which is 27, with a free number like 30.5, you would use:
integers = [2, 5, 9, 20, 27]
integers[-1] = 30.5
print(integers)
>>> [2, 5, 9, 20, 30.5]
Deleting list elements
There are 3 Python methods for deleting list elements: list.remove(), list.pop(), and del operator. Remove method takes the particular element to be removed as an argument while pop and del take the index of the element to be removed as an argument. For example:
list = [3, 5, 7, 8, 9, 20]
To delete 3 (the 1st element) from the list, you could use:
- list.remove(3) or
- list.pop[0], or
- del list[0]
To delete 8, the item at index 3, from the list, you could use:
- list.remove(8), or
- list.pop[3]
Appending list elements
To append elements to a list, the append method is used, and this adds the element to the end of the list.
For example:
list_1 = [3, 5, 7, 8, 9, 20]
list_1.append(3.33)
print(list_1)
>>> list_1 = [3, 5, 7, 8, 9, 20, 3.33]
list_1.append("cats")
print(list_1)
>>> list_1 = [3, 5, 7, 8, 9, 20, 3.33, "cats"]
List built-in functions (methods)
The following is a list of list built-in functions and methods with their descriptions:
- len(list): this gives the length of the list as output. For example:
numbers = [2, 5, 7, 9]
print(len(numbers))
>>> 4
- max(list): returns the item in the list with the maximum value. For example:
numbers = [2, 5, 7, 9]
print(max(numbers))
>>> 9
- min(list): returns the item in the list with the maximum value. For example:
numbers = [2, 5, 7, 9]
print(min(numbers))
>>> 2
- list(tuple): converts a tuple object a list. For example;
animals = (cat, dog, fish, cow)
print(list(animals))
>>> [cat, dog, fish, cow]
- list.append(element): appends the element to the list. For example;
numbers = [2, 5, 7, 9]
numbers.append(15)
print(numbers)
>>> [2, 5, 7, 9, 15]
- list.pop(index): removes the element at the specified index from the list. For example;
numbers = [2, 5, 7, 9, 15]
numbers.pop(2)
print(numbers)
>>> [2, 5, 9, 15]
- list.remove(element):deletes the element from the list.For example;
values = [2, 5, 7, 9]
values.remove(2)
print(values)
>>> [5, 7, 9]
- list.reverse(): reverses the objects of the list. For example;
values = [2, 5, 7, 10]
values.reverse()
print(values)
>>> [10, 7, 5, 2]
- list.index(element): to get the index value of an element within the list. For example;
animals = ['cat', 'dog', 'fish', 'cow', 'goat']
fish_index = animals.index('fish')
print(fish_index)
>>> 2
- sum(list): to get the sum of all the values in the list, if the values are all numbers (integers or decimals). For example;
values = [2, 5, 10]
sum_of_values = sum(values)
print(sum_of_values)
>>> 17
If the list contains any element that is not a number, such as a string, the sum method would not work. You would get an error saying: "TypeError: unsupported operand type(s) for +: 'int' and 'str'"
- list.sort(): to arrange a list of integers, floating point numbers, or strings, in ascending or descending order. For example:
values = [1, 7, 9, 3, 5]
# To sort the values in ascending order:
values.sort()
print(values)
>>> [1, 3, 5, 7, 9]
Another example:
values = [2, 10, 7, 14, 50]
# To sort the values in descending order:
values.sort(reverse = True)
print(values)
>>> [50, 14, 10, 7, 2]
A list of strings can also be sorted, either alphabetically, or by length of the strings. For example;
# to sort the list by length of the elements
strings = ['cat', 'mammal', 'goat', 'is']
sort_by_alphabet = strings.sort()
sort_by_length = strings.sort(key = len)
print(sort_by_alphabet)
print(sort_by_length)
>>> ['cat', 'goat', 'is', 'mammal']
['is', 'cat', 'goat', 'mammal']
We can sort the same list alphabetically by using 'strings.
Looping through lists
Looping through lists can be done in just the same way as any other looping function in Python. This way, a method can be performed on multiple elements of a list at the same time. For example:
list = [10, 20, 30, 40, 50, 60, 70].
To loop through all the elements of this list, and let's say, add 10 to each element:
for elem in list:
elem = elem + 5
print(elem)
>>>>15
25
35
45
55
65
75
To loop through the first three elements of the list, and delete all of them;
for elem in list[:3]:
list.remove(elem)
>>>list = [40, 50, 60, 70]
To loop through the 3rd (index 2) to last element on the list, and append them to a new list called new_list:
new_list = []
for elem in list[2:]:
new_list.append(elem)
print(“New List: {}”.format(new_list))
Output:
New List: [30, 40, 50, 60, 70]
In this way, any or method or function can be applied to the members of a list to perform a particular operation. You can either loop through all the members of the list, or loop through a subset of the list by using list slicing.
List Comprehensions
List comprehensions are Python functions that are used for creating new sequences (such as lists, dictionaries, etc.) using sequences that have already been created. They help to reduce longer loops and make your code easier to read and maintain.
For example; let's say you wanted to create a list which contains the squares of all the numbers from 1 to 9:
list_of squares = []
for int in range(1, 10):
square = int ** 2
list_of_squares.append(square)
print(list_of_squares)
List_of_squares using for loop:
[1, 4, 9, 16, 25, 36, 49, 64, 81]
To do the same thing with list comprehensions:
list_of_squares_2 = [int**2 for int in range(1, 10)]
print('List of squares using list comprehension: {}'.format(list_of_squares_2))
Output using list comprehension:
[1, 4, 9, 16, 25, 36, 49, 64, 81]
As seen above, writing the code using list comprehensions is much shorter than using traditional for loops, and is also faster. This is just one example of using list comprehensions in place of for loops, but this can be replicated and used in a lot of places where for loops can also be used. Sometimes, going with a for loop is the better option, especially if the code is complex, but in many cases, list comprehensions will make your coding easier and faster.
Below is a table containing some list functions and methods, and their descriptions.
Built-in Functions
| FUNCTION | DESCRIPTION |
| Round() | Rounds off the number passed as an argument to a specified number of digits and returns the floating point value |
| Min() | return minimum element of a given list |
| Max() | return maximum element of a given list |
| len() | Returns the length of the list |
| Enumerate() | This built-in function generates both the values and indexes of items in an iterable, so we don't need to count manually |
| Filter() | tests if each element of a list true or not |
| Lambda | An expression that can appear in places where a def (for creating functions) is not syntactic, inside a list literal or a function's call arguments |
| Map() | returns a list of the results after applying the given function to each item of a given iterable |
| Accumulate() | apply a particular function passed in its argument to all of the list elements returns a list containing the intermediate results |
| Sum() | Returns the sum of all the numbers in the list |
| Cmp() | This is used for comparing two lists and returns 1 if the first list is greater than the second list. |
| Insert | Insert element to list at particular position |
List Methods
| FUNCTION | DESCRIPTION |
| Append() | Adds a new item to the end of the list |
| Clear() | Removes all items from the list |
| Copy() | Returns a copy of the original list |
| Extend() | Add many items to the end of the list |
| Count() | Returns the number of occurrences of a particular item in a list |
| Index() | Returns the index of a specific element of a list |
| Pop() | Deletes item from the list at particular index (delete by position) |
| Remove() | Deletes specified item from the list (delete by value) |
| Reverse() | In-place reversal method which reverses the order of the elements of the list |
Summary
- A list is exactly what it sounds like, a container that contains different Python objects, which could be integers, words, values, etc.
- Python lists can be homogeneous, means they can contain the same type of objects; or heterogeneous, containing different types of objects.
- To access values within lists, the index of the objects inside the lists can be used.
- List slicing is the method of splitting a subset of a list, and the indices of the list objects are also used for this.
- Three methods for deleting list elements are : 1)list.remove(), 2)list.pop(), and 3)del operator
- Append method is used to append elements. This adds the element to the end of the list.
- Looping method of Python program can be performed on multiple elements of a data list at the same time.
- List comprehensions are Python functions that are used for creating new sequences (such as lists, dictionaries, etc.) using sequences that have already been created.


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J. C. Penney Should Be Able To Easily Beat Its 2019 Adjusted EBITDA Target
by Elephant AnalyticsSummary
- J. C. Penney now expects to exceed $475 million in adjusted EBITDA for 2019.
- This appears to be an easy goal to reach, since even a relatively weak Q4 (-9% comps) 2019 should get it to above $500 million on the year.
- A relatively strong Q4 (with -7% comps and 2% gross margin improvement) may help get it to above $600 million on the year.
- J. C. Penney still faces the challenge of delivering sales growth long term.
- Improved credit income reduces the total sales growth it needs to around +3% from 2019 levels.
J. C. Penney (JCP) adjusted its 2019 guidance for adjusted EBITDA to "exceed $475 million." A closer look indicates that it is likely to significantly exceed $475 million in adjusted EBITDA and potentially get close to $600 million for the year. The biggest concern remains J. C. Penney's ability to generate sales growth going forward, but J. C. Penney should perform quite well in terms of adjusted EBITDA for 2019 at least.
Current Results
J. C. Penney's adjusted EBITDA for the first three quarters of 2019 ended up at $340 million, a $38 million increase over the same period in 2018. The improvement was due to gross margin improvement and increased credit income more than offsetting the impact from lower sales.
Source: J. C. Penney
The improvement would have been even higher if not for the impact of various accounting items. SG&A expenses have been $15 million higher during the first three quarters of 2019 due to the home office lease expense being included in SG&A now rather than depreciation and amortization and interest expense. As well, J. C. Penney recorded $73 million in SG&A reductions in the first three quarters of 2018 for items such as the buyout of store leasehold interests and the reversal of accrued risk insurance reserves.
Excluding those items, J. C. Penney's SG&A would be down around 4% over the first three quarters of 2019, and its adjusted EBITDA would be improved by $126 million.
Q4 2019 Results
This puts J. C. Penney to end up with over $500 million adjusted EBITDA on the year even if its results are weak in Q4 2019. For example, if comps are down around -9% in Q4 2019 and its cost of goods sold only improved by 100 basis points in Q4 2019 year-over-year, then it would end up with $176 million in adjusted EBITDA in Q4 2019 if SG&A was roughly the same as Q4 2018. This scenario would involve J. C. Penney missing its full-year comps guidance (ending up at around -8.3%), while its cost of goods sold improvement would be below the midpoint of its full-year guidance.
Despite this relatively weak Q4 2019 performance, J. C. Penney would end up with around $516 million in adjusted EBITDA for the full year.
| $ Million | Weak | Good |
| Net Sales | $3,299 | $3,372 |
| Credit Income | $120 | $125 |
| Total Revenues | $3,419 | $3,497 |
| COGS | $2,233 | $2,249 |
| SG&A | $1,010 | $980 |
| Adjusted EBITDA | $176 | $268 |
If J. C. Penney performs relatively well in Q4 2019, then it could generate over $600 million adjusted EBITDA for the year. A scenario where Q4 2019 comps are -7% (bringing the full year to -7.7%), cost of goods sold improved by 200 basis points and SG&A down 3% year-over-year would allow it to generate around $268 million in adjusted EBITDA for Q4 2019, bringing its full year number up to $608 million.
Notes On Sales Growth
While J. C. Penney is likely to significantly exceed its adjusted EBITDA guidance for 2019, I am still cautious about it longer term. The reason is that achieving comparable store sales growth is quite challenging for department stores.
Jill Soltau has received positive reviews from retail experts for her vision, but getting to and sustaining +1% comps would still be a major achievement given that this would make J. C. Penney the best-performing mainstream department store.
That being said, the increased credit income means that J. C. Penney may be able to get to around $875 million to $900 million adjusted EBITDA with +3% sales growth from 2019 levels.
Conclusion
J. C. Penney's improved gross margin and credit income performance and its cost controls have put it in the position where it should be able to easily exceed $475 million in adjusted EBITDA in 2019. J. C. Penney is already 72% of the way to $475 million after three quarters, and Q4 is typically by far the best quarter for retailers. Thus, with a relatively weak Q4, J. C. Penney should be able to clear $500 million in adjusted EBITDA for the full year, and with a relatively good quarter, it may be able to get above $600 million.
Longer term, J. C. Penney still faces the challenge of actually growing sales. Retail experts are positive about Soltau's vision, but whether that is enough to go from significantly negative sales to positive sales remains to be seen. J. C. Penney needs to increase sales by around 3% to get its adjusted EBITDA up to a level where refinancing its debt appears reasonably possible.
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Historic Royal Visit to Waitangi
by Department Of Internal AffairsThe Prince of Wales and The Duchess of Cornwall’s historic visit to Waitangi
The Prince of Wales and The Duchess of Cornwall will visit the Waitangi Treaty Grounds tomorrow during their week-long trip to New Zealand.
It will be the first visit to Waitangi by a member of the Royal Family since the Prince went 25 years ago.
The visit will commence with a pōwhiri at Te Whare Runanga during which the Prince will speak from the mahau (porch) of the meeting house. Following the pōwhiri there will be a tree planting ceremony before Their Royal Highnesses are given a tour of the grounds and Te Kōngahu Museum of Waitangi.
The Treaty grounds will be open as usual and people are encouraged to arrive before 12pm.
Afterwards the Prince will travel the short distance to the Queenstown Resort College’s Tai Tokerau campus and meet some of the students involved in the Prince’s Trust New Zealand Enterprise programme. The programme has a focus on working with young Māori students, and has a partnership with Air New Zealand to provide scholarships for young people from around the country to engage with their courses.
The Prince will also visit Paihia Fire Station to meet some of the volunteer firefighters and the public are encouraged to be at the site from 3pm to meet him.
The Duchess will travel to Kerikeri Primary School and see the school’s involvement in the Enviroschools programme and Garden to Table, where children grow vegetables and fruit and then learn how to cook them.
Earlier this year, the school attained the Enviroschool Bronze reflection for activities including having a garden, pig buckets and a recycling programme.
Following their visit to the Bay of Islands Their Royal Highnesses will travel to Christchurch. The Prince of Wales will also visit Kaikōura on Saturday.
There are no public engagements on Thursday.
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