opentable
Businessmodel of OpenTable
Customer Segments
OpenTable has a multi-sided business model, with two interdependent customer segments that are both needed in order to operate:
- Consumers: Individuals who want to make restaurant reservations online
- Restaurants: Foodservice venues that want to generate more business from consumers ### Value Proposition
OpenTable offers four primary value propositions: accessibility, convenience, cost reduction, and brand/status.
The company creates accessibility for consumers by enabling them to save a spot at restaurants over the Internet. This provides an additional booking option when the phone option might not be possible. For restaurants, it provides an additional source of reserved customers.
The company offers convenience by enabling consumers to search for restaurants and reservations on its website using parameters such as dates, times, price range, and cuisine. For restaurants, it provides an Electronic Reservation Book (ERB) that handles and simplifies many processes, including reservation management, guest recognition, table management, and email marketing.
The company reduces costs by providing deal opportunities. Consumers are awarded Dining Points when they honor a reservation made through the website. If they earn enough points, they can redeem them for a reward, such as a Dining Rewards Gift (a discount) or an Amazon Gift Card. OpenTable also saves restaurants the cost of using paper systems to take reservations.
The company has established a powerful brand due to its success. It bills itself as the leading provider of online restaurant reservations, having partnered with over 37,000 restaurants worldwide. It serves over 19 million diners per month, and has served over one billion since its founding. These customers have spent over $42 billion at the restaurants and generated more than 40 million reviews.
Channels
OpenTable’s main channels are its website and mobile app; the company utilizes a sales team for restaurant clients. It promotes its offering through its social media pages and online advertising.
Customer Relationships
OpenTable’s customer relationship is primarily of a self-service, automated nature. Customers utilize the service through the website or app while having limited interaction with employees. The site provides self-help resources such as restaurant reviews, a listing of the most popular restaurants among OpenTable users, and answers to frequently asked questions. That said, there is also a community element in the form of forums where customers can interact with each other.
Key Activities
OpenTable’s business model entails maintaining a robust common platform between two parties: consumers and restaurants. The platform consists of its website and mobile app.
Key Partners
OpenTable maintains the OpenTable Affiliate Program. Program members promote the company’s service by including links in their platforms (websites, mobile sites, mobile apps, etc.). Members receive a payment when visitors click on the links and make a reservation; those who generate more than 100 reservations a month qualify for revenue share opportunities. Partners typically fall into the following groups:
- Local or national dining directories
- Local and yellow page listing sites
- Food/restaurant blogs and online communities
- Magazine and newspaper websites
- Theater, movie, or music venue sites
- Chamber of commerce and/or culinary sites Specific partners include Menupages, Yelp, and Google.
Key Resources
OpenTable’s main resource is its proprietary software platform, which serves over 37,000 restaurants and over 19 million monthly customers. It also depends on its human resources in the form of technology, customer service, and sales employees. Lastly, as a startup it has relied heavily on funding from outside parties, raising $48 million from 11 investors as of October 2000.
Cost Structure
OpenTable has a cost-driven structure, aiming to minimize expenses through significant automation and low-price value propositions. Its biggest cost driver is likely marketing expenses, a fixed cost. Other major drivers are in the areas of customer support/operations and sales, both fixed expenses.
Revenue Streams
OpenTable has four revenue streams:
Upfront Fees - The company charges a one-time fee to restaurants for installation of on-site terminals and training services; it ranges from $200 to $700.
Reservation Fees – The company charges a transactional fee to restaurants each time a customer makes a reservation; the amount is $1 for reservations made through the site or app and $0.25 for reservations made through the restaurant’s site using the company’s software.
Subscription Fees – The company charges a fee to restaurants for monthly access to reservation management services (Electronic Reservation Book software); the minimum amount is $199 per month, with extra features costing $25 - $89 per month.
Marketing Revenues – The company charges restaurants a fee to be featured on its website as part of the promotional POP program or to be a part of e-mail marketing efforts. It also obtains revenues from its Spotlight program, through which it sells discount coupons to customers (it splits earnings from these sales with the restaurant).


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Fratty Bear is a custom clothing company focused primarily on servicing student organization and Greek life in different parts of California. Because most of their customer base is Greek life, they donate 10% of their proceeds to a nonprofit of their customer's choice. I was in charge of doing a basic redesign of their website to bring in more customers using React.


Package org.logevents.observers
Standard observers included in LogEvents that can be created in the configuration
file with observer.myobs=ConsoleLogEventObserver
(for example).
Observers outside this package must be created with full package name
(e.g. observer.myobs=org.logevents.observers.ConsoleLogEventObserver
)
The most important observers to be aware of are
ConsoleLogEventObserver
,
FileLogEventObserver
,
DatabaseLogEventObserver
as well as
AbstractBatchingLogEventObserver
, which is
the superclass of MicrosoftTeamsLogEventObserver
,
SmtpLogEventObserver
and SlackLogEventObserver
-
Interface Summary Interface Description LogEventSource -
Class Summary Class Description AbstractBatchingLogEventObserver Used to gather up a number of log event to process as a batch.AbstractHttpPostJsonLogEventObserver Convenience superclass for observers that send JSON over HTTPCircularBufferLogEventObserver Collects log events in an internal circular buffer.ConditionalLogEventObserver An observer that filters log messages by a given conditions, forwarding those that match the condition to a delegate observerConsoleLogEventObserver Log messages to the system out with suitable formatter.DatabaseLogEventObserver Writes log events asynchronously to relational database with JDBC.DateRollingLogEventObserver Log events to a file with the date appended to the fileName pattern.ElasticsearchLogEventObserver Publishes asynchronously to Elasticsearch with the Elasticsearch Index APIFileLogEventObserver Logs events to file.HumioLogEventObserver Publishes asynchronously to Humio Elasticsearch Bulk APILogEventBuffer In-memory implementation ofLogEventSource
to be used withWebLogEventObserver
MicrosoftTeamsLogEventObserver Sends log messages to Microsoft Teams through a webhook extension.SlackLogEventObserver Writes log events as asynchronous batches to Slack.SmtpLogEventObserver Writes log events as asynchronous batches as email over SMTP.StatisticsLogEventsObserver Counts logevents per minute and hour grouped by Level.SystemTrayLogEventObserver Displays messages in the system tray notification area of the operating system.TcpLogEventObserver Writes LogEvents to a TCP address.WebLogEventObserver


Puppertino is a straightforward framework to use as you would expect. You can use Puppertino in two ways:
Downloading the full CSS is recommended if you are going to use several components of Puppertino or you are planning on using them. However, if you are going to use if some of them we recommend you to go to the next way of using Puppertino.
Download PuppertinoYou can also browse the Puppertino Repo to find whatever components you want to use.
Browse repoThere's a section for that in our repo. Sadly there's no full.js, so you'll have to manually download and import every one of them you want to use.
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Computer science student currently seeking a graduate scheme.
An interactive game created from a JavaScript-based programming called p5.js. The user can manipulate the character on the keyboard. The objective is to collect all the cherries, avoid the pits of water so that the character can reach the final goal where the game the ends. Click here to play
pixelRun is an augmented reality app designed for runners, it is concept that was created as a group for our software projects module for University. Augmented reality is a type of technology that expands on the physical world by adding layers that contains digital information. With this technology we could add sounds, videos and graphics to the existing environment. It would be designed so that runners would be able to see coins on a route during their break, collecting these coins would give them points, when collecting a predetermined amount, they would receive achievements trophies. This would not only keep the runners active during their break but also entertained!Click here to download the final concept report
View ProjectThe Recipe Bank is a website created for Data, Networks and the Web which a module in my computer science degree. We were given the task of creating a web application using Node.js, express and a choice of NoSQL and MYSQL. For this website I used the NoSQL database Mongodb. With this website a user can add, update and delete recipes. These recipes will show on the lists page. This website has access control meaning that you need to log in before you can access any of the pages. You can register and log in, this will save your session util you logout. Check out the project by clicking the link below!
View ProjectDuring our first year we were tasked in making a website independently. For this I used HTML5, CSS3 and JavaScript to create a website for landscape enthusiasts. This website functioned like an article that the users could subscribe to. This website includes; a landscape architects page, a landscape art page, a landscape photography page and an about page.
View ProjectYear 3 Modules[Current]:
Artificial Intelligence:
• This modules will contain: fully and partially observable environments, environments containing other rational agents, deterministic, stochastic and dynamic environments, problem solving as search, inductive, deductive and probabilistic reasoning, knowledge representation and learning, philosophical and moral dimensions and challenges for society.
Machine Learning:
• This module will contain supervised learning (generative/discriminative learning, parametric/non-parametric learning), unsupervised learning (clustering, dimensionality reduction), and learning theory (bias/variance trade-offs).
• We will also discuss recent applications of machine learning (e.g., computer vision)
Security & Encryption:
• This module will contain computer security, attacks and control, elementary cryptography, cryptosystems, security control models, security problems and protection in operating systems, in databases and data mining, and in networks, security management and administration.
Data Visualization and the web:
• This module will cover both fundamental ideas and the use of some of the most important currently available tools - Python (matplotlib and pandas), and JavaScript (e.g. D3.js, Gephi, tableau).
Year 2 Modules:
Principles and Applications of Programming:
• In this module we learned; how to develop programs on Androids using Java, fundamentals of data structures and algorithms, computational complexity and run time efficiency.
• We also learned OO design and implementation, advanced software techniques, general features of programming languages, libraries and specific language features.
Data, Networks and the Web:
• In this module we learned; relative database systems from a developmental perspective emphasising on issues related to data modelling and database implementation in SQL and No SQL.
Algorithms and Data Structures:
• In this module we learned; how to choose appropriate data structures for representing problems and converting algorithms non-programmatically into efficient programs which solve the problem at hand.
Software Projects:
• pixelRun is an augmented reality web application for runners created with a team. The final product of our project can be found in the "projects" section. The final report shows our entire process!
Year 1 Modules:
Introduction to programming:
• Using a JavaScript-based programming environment called p5 we created and interactive game. Subjects included; simple statements, variables and conditionals, for and while loops, arrays, functions and objects.
Web development:
• In this module we learn how to use HTML5, CSS3 and JavaScript to create interactive websites. We first created a water park themed website in a team of 4 using purely HTML5 and CSS3, we made 7 pages that interacted with each other from the navigation bar.
• The second website was one I created independently; it was a website about landscapes. It had different pages for landscape architects, landscape artists and landscape photographers. I used HTML5, JavaScript and CSS3.
Problem Solving for Computer Science:
• In this module we discussed problems that included data conversion, string and text manipulation, generating random and prime numbers, encryption and decryption as well as parsing and un-parsing. We tackled problems using abstract and general approaches to their algorithmic solution.
Fundamentals of Computer Science:
• In this module we learned the current context and future trends in computation. We learned how to simulate and explain integer arithmetic and logical operations as implemented by ALUs. Learned to describe similarities and differences between data languages. Gained the knowledge to explain the functions of a modern computer operating system and how to construct simple assembly programs.
• Learned how to build a simple relational database and query it is using basic SQL and how to convert data between representations.
Mathematical modelling for Problem Solving:
• In this module we learned the basic mathematical tools, both discrete and continuous, for computational and algorithmic questions. We focused greatly on the notions of experimentation, reasoning, and generalisation.


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Part 1 - Create a function "findSum" that takes in two parameters and returns the sum of those parameters. - Create a function "findProduct" that takes in two parameters and returns the product of those parameters.
Part 2 - Create a function "threeOperation" that takes in two parameters, named "x" and "operation". The first parameter is a number. The second parameter is a function. - "threeOperation" should call the "operation" parameter as a function. It should pass the number 3 along with the "x" parameter to that function.
Part 3 - Call "threeOperation" with the values of "4" and "findSum". Check that your answer is "7". - Call "threeOperation" with the values of "5" and "findSum". Check that your answer is "8". - Call "threeOperation" with the values of "4" and "findProduct". Check that your answer is "12". - Call "threeOperation" with the values of "5" and "findProduct". Check that your answer is "15".


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| DP_Decision |
A DP decision that corresponds to an edge in the multi-stage graph.
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| DP_DecisionSet |
Class that represents a set of decisions (outgoing edges in the DP graph), each one leading to a different target.
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| DP_Path_Equijoin_Instance |
A class for DP problems that are equi-join path queries.
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| DP_Path_ThetaJoin_Instance |
A class for DP problems that are theta-join path queries.
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| DP_Prefix_Solution |
A prefix representation of DP solutions that allows for sharing common prefixes.
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| DP_Problem_Instance |
An instance of a DP problem realized as a multi-stage graph of state-nodes
where the stages are organized in a path (chain).
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| DP_Solution |
A solution to a DP problem is a path from the source node to the terminal node in the state-space graph.
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| DP_State_Node |
A state-node in the multi-stage DP graph constructed by
DP_Problem_Instance.bottom_up() . |
| DP_Suffix_Solution |
A suffix representation of DP solutions that allows for sharing common suffixes.
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| Path_Equijoin_Query |
An equi-join query where the relational atoms are organized in a path.
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| Path_Query_Solution |
A DP solution for problems that are equi-join path queries.
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| Path_ThetaJoin_Query |
A theta-join query where the relational atoms are organized in a path.
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POSITION()
POSITION(anyArray, search, returnIndex) → position
Return whether search is contained in array. Optionally return the position.
- anyArray (array): the haystack, an array with elements of arbitrary type
- search (any): the needle, an element of arbitrary type
- returnIndex (bool, optional): if set to true, the position of the match
is returned instead of a boolean. The default is false.
- returns position (bool|number): true if search is contained in
anyArray,
false otherwise. If returnIndex is enabled, the position of the match is
returned (positions start at 0), or -1 if it's not found.
To determine if or at which position a string occurs in another string, see the
CONTAINS() string function.
Examples
RETURN POSITION( [2,4,6,8], 4 )
RETURN POSITION( [2,4,6,8], 4, true )


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Walker, Ivy Elizabeth
| Birth Name | Walker, Ivy Elizabeth |
| Gender | female |
| Age at Death | 66 years, 4 months |
Narrative
SMH - GRAY, IVY ELIZABETH - 1 May 1963, at her residence, 4 Charles St, Parramatta, beloved wife of the late John George Gray, & beloved mother of Gloria (Mrs.Coombe), George, Gordon, Marjorie (Mrs.Clarke), Roy & Colin, & loved mother-in-law of William, Ada, Eric, Shirley & Faye, & loved Grandmother.(65yrs)
SMH - GRAY, Ivy Elizabeth - 1 May, 1963, loved sister of Mona (Mrs.B.Wallace) & Cecil Walker.
FUNERAL - GRAY - The rels & friends of the late IVY ELIZABETH GRAY are invited to attend her Funeral, to leave Leigh Memorial Methodist Church, Parramatta, To-morrow (Friday) after a service at 1.15pm, for Northern Suburba Crematorium.
Events
| Event | Date | Place | Description | Sources |
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| Birth | 1897 | Parramatta NSW #15414 | ||
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| Death | 1963-05-01 | Parramatta NSW (65yrs) | ||
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| Relation to main person | Name | Birth date | Death date | Relation within this family (if not by birth) |
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| Father | Walker, Frederick H. & Sarah E. | |||
| Walker, Ivy Elizabeth | 1897 | 1963-05-01 | ||
| Sister | Walker, Mona | |||
| Brother | Walker, Cecil |
Families
Family of Gray, John George Richard and Walker, Ivy Elizabeth |
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| Gray, George James | 1921-05-06 | 1986-04-16 |
| Gray, Gordon Frederick | 1923-08-03 | 1986-04-20 |
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| _UID | 75FDFA65E5C4D5119853B7EB0FA9CA6DDC21 |
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| _UID | 36FEFA65E5C4D5119853B7EB0FA9CA6D9E40 |


2.6. RV: Random Variables¶
The RV tab allows the user to specify the probabilistic distribution for the random problem at hand. The following probabilistic distributions for the random variables are currently supported:
2.6.1. Probability distribution¶
Note
To add a new random variable the user presses the Add button. To remove a random variable, the user must first select it by checking the small circle before the random variable, and then pressing the Remove button.
<IP_ADDRESS>. Dakota Engine¶
The following six distribution classes are supported for Dakota engine.
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User provides the mean (\(\mu\)) and standard deviation (\(\sigma\)) of the normal distribution. The density function of the normal distribution, as a function of \(\mu\) and \(\sigma\) is:
(<IP_ADDRESS>.1)¶\[f(x) = \frac{1}{\sqrt{2 \pi} \sigma} \exp \left( -{\frac{1}{2} \left( \frac{x - \mu}{\sigma} \right)^2} \right)\] -
User provides the mean (\(\mu\)) and standard deviation (\(\sigma\)) of the lognormal distribution. The density function of the lognormal distribution, as a function of \(\mu\) and \(\sigma\) is:
(<IP_ADDRESS>.2)¶\[f(x) = \frac{1}{\sqrt{2 \pi} \zeta x} \exp \left( -{\frac{1}{2} \left( \frac{\ln x - \lambda}{\zeta} \right)^2} \right)\]
where \(\zeta^2 = \ln \left( \frac{\sigma^2}{\mu^2} + 1 \right)\) and \(\lambda = \ln(\mu) - \frac{\zeta^2}{2}\)
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User provides \(\alpha\), \(\beta\), lower bound (\(L_B\)), and an upper bound (\(U_B\)) for the beta distribution. The density function of the normal distribution, as a function of these quantities is:
(<IP_ADDRESS>.3)¶\[f(x) = \frac{\Gamma(\alpha + \beta)}{\Gamma(\alpha)\Gamma(\beta)} \frac{(x - L_B)^{\alpha-1}(U_B-x)^{\beta-1}}{(U_B - L_B)^{\alpha + \beta - 1}}\]where \(\Gamma(\alpha)\) is the Gamma function.
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User provides the lower bound (\(L_B\)), and an upper bound (\(U_B\)) for the uniform distribution. The density function of the normal distribution, as a function of these quantities is:
(<IP_ADDRESS>.4)¶\[f(x) = \frac{1.0}{(U_B - L_B)}\]The mean of the distribution is \(\frac{(U_B + L_B)}{2.0}\)
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User provides shape parameter (\(k\)) and scale parameter (\(\lambda\)) for the Weibull distribution. The density function of the Weibull distribution, as a function of these quantities is:
(<IP_ADDRESS>.5)¶\[f(x) = \frac{k}{\lambda}\left(\frac{x}{\lambda}\right)^{k-1} \exp \left( -(x/\lambda)^{k} \right)\]where \(k,\lambda > 0\) and \(x \geq 0\). For \(x<0\), \(f(x) = 0\).
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User provides \(\alpha\) and \(\beta\) for the Gumbel distribution, where \(\beta\) is known as the location parameter and \(\frac{1}{\alpha}\) the scale parameter. The density function of the Gumbel distribution, as a function of these quantities is:
(<IP_ADDRESS>.6)¶\[f(x) = \alpha e^{-\alpha(x-\beta)} \exp(-e^{-\alpha(x-\beta)})\]
For each random variable, the user must enter a name and select from the pull down menu the distribution associated with the random variable. For the distribution selected, the user must then provide the input arguments, which are as described above. Fig. <IP_ADDRESS>.1 shows the panel for a problem with four Random Variables with all random input following Gaussian distributions.
Note
To add a new random variable the user presses the Add button. To remove a random variable, the user must first select it by checking the small circle before the random variable, and then pressing the Remove button.
Warning
Removing a random variable may have unintended consequences and cause the UQ engine to fail.


Employment Contract
This agreement is made and takes effect on between Laikipia University called "Company" and , hereafter called "Employee".
Witnesseth:
1. The Company hereby employs Employee for a term commencing on the date of this agreement and Employee hereby accepts such employment.
2. During the Employee's employment he/she will:
A. Devote such time and effort as may be reasonably required by the Company to perform his/her duties.
B. Not engage in any other employment or business activity without the Company's written consent.
C. Perform such duties as may reasonably be requires of him/her by the Company.
3. For services rendered by the Employee, the Company shall pay him/her as follows:
A. The annual sum of $X, as agreed by the senate.
B (Optional as agreed by the senate) A bonus of ($X, Y% of sales, etc.) payable (monthly, quarterly, annually) based upon (performance goals)
4. Employee agrees that during his/her term of employment by the Company and for a period of one year after termination of such employment, he/she will not act as an employee, agent, broker, shareholder, or otherwise engage in any business selling products similar to those customarily sold by the Company within the States of (specify).
5. Employee understands that he/she will acquire confidential information of business value to the Company during the course of his/her employment. Employee hereby agrees not to divulge such confidential information to any other party, or to use such information for his/her own profit except in performance of employment activities beneficial to the Company.
6. This agreement is an employment-at-will agreement. The Company may, at any time, with or without cause, discharge the Employee by giving him/her written notice of such discharge.
7. Employee's employment shall terminate upon his/her death; inability or failure to perform the duties required by his/her employment; or his/her written notice of resignation given to the Company.
8. Following termination of employment, all obligations under this agreement shall end except for the provisions of items 4 and 5, and any causes of action which may arise from the circumstances of the termination.
9. This agreement constitutes the entire agreement between Company and Employee.
10. This agreement shall be interpreted and, if necessary, adjudicated in accordance with the laws of (State, County).
11. Until written notice of other address(es) are exchanged between the parties, all notices legally required shall be deemed delivered by the sending of registered mail to the following addresses:
In witness to their agreement to these terms, Company's representative and Employee affix their signatures below:
I Agree to the terms and conditions.


Pipeline: how we collect and process data
One of our principles is that data should be maintained as close to the source as possible. This means that we often have to bring together over 350 sources to make 1 national dataset. Our “pipeline” describes the steps we take to collect data from each source and transform them into a national dataset.
We support publishers of data by providing guidance and tools to help ensure their data meets the data standard. Any changes that we make to the data as it passes through the pipeline, brings a risk that we’ll introduce errors.
For any resource, you can view its state at each step in the pipeline, allowing you to see what we’ve changed.
The pipeline follows these steps:
1. Collect
The collector’s primary purpose is to gather all of the resources that we know about. Each night it visits the URL for each resource to check if it's still valid.
We produce a daily log which records what the collector has found. This includes any links that cannot be accessed and new resources found at a URL.
If a resource has changed, we add it to our collection. The brownfield collection is an example of a data collection.
2. Convert
If the collected resource is not a UTF-8 encoded CSV file, we’ll try to convert it into one.
We can convert certain file types with varying degrees of confidence. For example, a Microsoft Excel file may be easy to convert into a CSV file, whereas we would not be able to convert a PDF or image file.
3. Normalise
Once we have a UTF-8 CSV file, we strip out anything that is not recognisable as data. For example if a row has no values, or if there are descriptions above the column headers.
4. Map the headers
Next we check (or “map”) the column headers in the resource against those in the data standard.
If we have made any changes to the data standard over time, the header names in a published resource may not have been updated to meet the new standard.
We may also be able to identify and correctly map typos. For example, we can confidently map both HazourdousSubstances
and HazardousSubtances
to the correctly spelled header: HazardousSubstances
.
We found ~800 different column headers that were submitted to the brownfield land data collection. We have attempted to map these against 20 headers in the standard.
5. Harmonise
We then look at the values in the data and check that everything is consistent with the data standard. This step can be the trickiest to do with certainty, because sometimes we have to interpret what the data publisher meant.
For example, if yes
has been entered as Y
, we can confidently change this. However, we cannot guess what the data publisher meant by an incorrect date, such as 2019-11-31
. Since this date does not exist, it would not be safe to assume that the correct value should be 2019-11-30
.
View the harmonisation rules that we’ve been able to automate based on what we've learned through the brownfield land project.
6. Transform
The final step in our pipeline process takes each harmonised resource and builds a national dataset.


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This is an example of the only endpoint accounted for (search by keyword). You can develop more endpoints as you see fit. This is just a proof of concept to demonstrate the integration works, and with minimal effort too!


abort
&optional condition
⇒ #<NoValue>
continue
&optional condition ⇒ nil
muffle-warning
&optional condition
⇒ #<NoValue>
store-value
value &optional condition ⇒ nil
use-value
value &optional condition ⇒ nil
value—an object.
condition—a condition object, or nil.
Transfers control to the most recently established applicable restart having the same name as the function. That is, the function abort searches for an applicable abort restart, the function continue searches for an applicable continue restart, and so on.
If no such restart exists, the functions continue, store-value, and use-value return nil, and the functions abort and muffle-warning signal an error of type control-error.
When condition is non-nil, only those restarts are considered that are either explicitly associated with that condition, or not associated with any condition; that is, the excluded restarts are those that are associated with a non-empty set of conditions of which the given condition is not an element. If condition is nil, all restarts are considered.
;;; Example of the ABORT retart (defmacro abort-on-error (&body forms) `(handler-bind ((error #'abort)) ,@forms)) ⇒ ABORT-ON-ERROR (abort-on-error (+ 3 5)) ⇒ 8 (abort-on-error (error "You lose.")) |> Returned to Lisp Top Level. ;;; Example of the CONTINUE restart (defun real-sqrt (n) (when (minusp n) (setq n (- n)) (cerror "Return sqrt(~D) instead." "Tried to take sqrt(-~D)." n)) (sqrt n)) (real-sqrt 4) ⇒ 2 (real-sqrt -9) |> Error: Tried to take sqrt(-9). |> To continue, type :CONTINUE followed by an option number: |> 1: Return sqrt(9) instead. |> 2: Return to Lisp Toplevel. |> Debug> |>>(continue)<<| |> Return sqrt(9) instead. ⇒ 3 (handler-bind ((error #'(lambda (c) (continue)))) (real-sqrt -9)) ⇒ 3 ;;; Example of the MUFFLE-WARNING restart (defun count-down (x) (do ((counter x (1- counter))) ((= counter 0) 'done) (when (= counter 1) (warn "Almost done")) (format t "~&~D~ ⇒ COUNT-DOWN (count-down 3) |> 3 |> 2 |> Warning: Almost done |> 1 ⇒ DONE (defun ignore-warnings-while-counting (x) (handler-bind ((warning #'ignore-warning)) (count-down x))) ⇒ IGNORE-WARNINGS-WHILE-COUNTING (defun ignore-warning (condition) (declare (ignore condition)) (muffle-warning)) ⇒ IGNORE-WARNING (ignore-warnings-while-counting 3) |> 3 |> 2 |> 1 ⇒ DONE ;;; Example of the STORE-VALUE and USE-VALUE restarts (defun careful-symbol-value (symbol) (check-type symbol symbol) (restart-case (if (boundp symbol) (return-from careful-symbol-value (symbol-value symbol)) (error 'unbound-variable :name symbol)) (use-value (value) :report "Specify a value to use this time." value) (store-value (value) :report "Specify a value to store and use in the future." (setf (symbol-value symbol) value)))) (setq a 1234) ⇒ 1234 (careful-symbol-value 'a) ⇒ 1234 (makunbound 'a) ⇒ A (careful-symbol-value 'a) |> Error: A is not bound. |> To continue, type :CONTINUE followed by an option number. |> 1: Specify a value to use this time. |> 2: Specify a value to store and use in the future. |> 3: Return to Lisp Toplevel. |> Debug> |>>(use-value 12)<<| ⇒ 12 (careful-symbol-value 'a) |> Error: A is not bound. |> To continue, type :CONTINUE followed by an option number. |> 1: Specify a value to use this time. |> 2: Specify a value to store and use in the future. |> 3: Return to Lisp Toplevel. |> Debug> |>>(store-value 24)<<| ⇒ 24 (careful-symbol-value 'a) ⇒ 24 ;;; Example of the USE-VALUE restart (defun add-symbols-with-default (default &rest symbols) (handler-bind ((sys:unbound-symbol #'(lambda (c) (declare (ignore c)) (use-value default)))) (apply #'+ (mapcar #'careful-symbol-value symbols)))) ⇒ ADD-SYMBOLS-WITH-DEFAULT (setq x 1 y 2) ⇒ 2 (add-symbols-with-default 3 'x 'y 'z) ⇒ 6
A transfer of control may occur if an appropriate restart is available, or (in the case of the function abort or the function muffle-warning) execution may be stopped.
Each of these functions can be affected by the presence of a restart having the same name.
If an appropriate abort restart is not available for the function abort, or an appropriate muffle-warning restart is not available for the function muffle-warning, an error of type control-error is signaled.
invoke-restart, Restarts, Interfaces to Restarts, assert, ccase, cerror, check-type, ctypecase, use-value, warn
(abort condition) ≡ (invoke-restart 'abort) (muffle-warning) ≡ (invoke-restart 'muffle-warning) (continue) ≡ (let ((r (find-restart 'continue))) (if r (invoke-restart r))) (use-value x) ≡ (let ((r (find-restart 'use-value))) (if r (invoke-restart r x))) (store-value x) ≡ (let ((r (find-restart 'store-value))) (if r (invoke-restart r x)))
No functions defined in this specification are required to provide a use-value restart.


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the one and only, the fabulous and fantastic, the great and noble, Dason.
Da-son. Coder of this app.
A smart, well-dressed, respectable youth who spent his Christmas creating this app.
A hardworking boy who had his previous APIs fail him, and had to start over.
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When I was seven, I joined gymnastics with two friends from my
primary school.
However, I started to dislike it very quickly
and quit after a month.
When I was eight, I started Swimming lessons. I later moved onto
lifesaving.
During this time my mom broke her wrist and was
unable to drive me to my lessons.
I joined soccer with my neighbour when I was eleven. I trained every
Tuesday and Wednesday evening.
I loved training but did not enjoy
the matches.
I joined Togher Running Club when I was fourteen, with my sister and
our friend.
I was trained by one of Rob Heffernan's trainer.
Unfortunately, I did not make it to the Olympics.
I was seventeen when I joined Kickboxing with one of my school friends.
Even though she quit after the first training session,
I kept it
up and ending up winning three gold medals in a kickboxing competition
in Dublin.


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UFC News: Canelo Alvarez makes fun of Floyd Mayweather for wanting to box MMA fighters
by Ani BanerjeeSaul 'Canelo' Alvarez and Floyd 'Money' Mayweather are both really big names in the world of boxing. With Mayweather apparently returning in 2020, Canelo Alvarez said that the fact that Mayweather wanted to come back to box MMA fighters is laughable.
Alvarez recently talked about the matter to TMZ.
Alvarez about Mayweather: "He's not going to fight with me"
Alvarez has fought in 56 fights in his professional boxing career, where he has won 53, drawn 2, and lost only the one. The solitary loss in his career remains against the unbeaten Boxing legend Floyd Mayweather Jr. (50-0). This is something that he has always looked upon as something to avenge, but with Mayweather retired, he never had the chance.
Talking about Mayweather's rumored return in 2020, Alvarez threw some shade at Mayweather.
“He’s not going to fight with me. Don’t worry, no. He’s going to take an MMA fighter.”
Alvarez is less than impressed about the fact that even if Mayweather returns in 2020, he will most probably be fighting MMA fighters since he is possibly going to be working with Dana White in Zuffa Boxing.
ALSO READ: 4 reasons why Conor McGregor will lose to 'Cowboy' Cerrone at UFC 246


CHAPTER 43
CONCLUSIONS
1. The vessel was designed in accordance with the state of the Art and the Rules and Regulations applicable at the time of design and building by one of the shipyards most experienced in the building of such type of ships, which had just completed a Near-Sister-Vessel. (See Chapters 2.1, 2.2, 2.3, 2.4.1 and 2.4.2.and Chapter 15 JAIC)
2. The vessel was constructed in accordance with the state of the Art, the approved design and under the supervision of a very experienced and competent Class-surveyor. (See Chapters 2.4.2, 2.4.3, 2.4.5, 2.4.6 and 2.6. JAIC maintains, that the building yard did not adhere to it's own design criteria (Chapter 15 JAIC).This conclusion however is based on the wrong assumption, that the welding seams found on the wreck were laid during the construction of the vessel. (See Chapters 3.3, 12.5, 29.2 and 30.)
3. The procedure chosen by the Finnish Board of Navigation (FBN) in the issuance of Passengership Safety Certificates whilst the vessel was under it's jurisdiction did not completely comply with the SOLAS Regulations in force at that time, but this failure of FBN did not contribute to the accident. (See Chapters 2.4.4 and 6.5.2)
4. Whilst being owned and managed by her previous Finnish owners (Sally and Silja) the vessel was reasonably well maintained. Design or construction defects were not noted, although the vessel cruised for twelve years in the Baltic Sea. At the time of delivery of the vessel to her new Owners, she had deficiencies, which were however quite normal for a ship of her age and in her trade. These deficiencies were reported by the staff on board to Silja, the then managers of the vessel. This report became known to the new managers, being Nordström & Thulin, who however chose not to take note. These deficiencies then developed fast to the worse and into a substantial contributing cause of the accident. (See Chapters 3.4 and 6.5.1)
5. Acting as mandatory of the Estonian National Maritime Board (ENMB), Bureau Veritas on 7.2.1993 issued an Interim Passengership Safety Certificate for MV ESTONIA. This was done in obvious violation of the relevant Regulations of SOLAS. Had the responsible inspector of Bureau Veritas complied with his duties and refused the issuance of a Passengership Safety Certificate, the new Owners would have been forced to install the extension of the collision bulkhead above main deck and had this been done, the vessel would - with all probability - have survived, despite of all her other deficiencies. (See Chapters 6.4, 6.5 and 9.1)
6. At Sea the vessel was operated recklessly in ice and during bad weather, which caused a further worsening of the deficiencies taken over with the vessel and added new ones, the most outstanding of which was, that the visor was pushed out of its geometry, vibrated and was constantly filled with water to the outside water level at sea. No attempt was made to rectify these deficiencies. It has to be assumed, that the responsible staff at Nordström & Thulin was aware of these further deficiencies as well. (See Chapters 12.1 to 12.6, 16.2 and 30)
7. The most crucial deficiency developed in 1994: The port outer hinge of the bow ramp became twisted, could consequently not be secured properly anymore and lost it's watertightness. Ever since water from the filled visor flowed into the car deck at sea, despite the efforts of the crew to prevent the ingress of water by plugging the gaps with linen and mattresses. As the watertightness of the bow ramp - when deemed to be the extension of the collision bulkhead above main deck - is a mandatory condition of SOLAS, the Rules of Bureau Veritas and the Load Line Convention, MV ESTONIA had lost it's class notation and it's seaworthiness, when being traded with an untight bow ramp. (See Chapters 12.4.3, 12.4.4, 12.5, 16.2 and 29.2)
8. It is common knowledge with the Owners or Operators of Ro-Ro Passengerships, that water on the car deck must under any and all circumstances be avoided as it unavoidably lessens the stability of the vessel, being the vital safety criterion of each passengership. It has to be assumed, that the responsible staff at Nordström & Thulin was aware of the loss of watertightness of the bow ramp and the consequential ingress of water onto the car deck from the water-filled visor. No attempt was made however to rectify this unacceptable condition. (See Chapter 12.5)
9. It should have been detected at least by those whose duty it was, to control safe operation of Passengerships trading between Estonia and Sweden for the benefit of their passengers. This refers especially to the inspections conducted by the inspector of Bureau Veritas - also acting as mandatory of ENMB - shortly before the casualty and - especially - the inspection of MV ESTONIA on the day before the casualty by leading personnel of Sjöfartsinspectionen (SHIPINSPEC) and ENMB. During this inspection the most serious deficiencies at the bow area were found and noted, but - although the vessel could have been stopped by order of the Estonian members of ENMB in Tallinn or by refusal to permit entry into Swedish waters or ports through the leading personnel of Sjöfartsverket - nothing was done. (See Chapters 9.1, 9.3, 12.5, 15 and 16)
10. There were further grave deficiencies in the vessel, when she left for her last voyage:
I. Due to fatigue cracks caused by the vibrations of the visor and unqualified repair work the hinges of the visor had lost nearly all of their design strength. (See Chapters 12.5, 16.2, 29.2, 34.8 and 34.9)
II. The stempost of the visor had been cracked four times due to fatigue caused by the vibration of the visor. Consequently it could not support the weight of the visor anymore. The visor did instead rest on the forepeak deck which fact caused misalignment of the visor and all its locking- and holding devices far exceeding the permissible tolerances. (See Chapters 12.5, 30)
III. The vessel left port with a starboard list, which was caused by uncontrolled water ingress into the vessel through a hole in the shell plating. (See Chapter 17.1) The cargo in the vessel was not lashed according to regulations despite knowledge of vessel's command of the coming heavy weather. (See Chapters 17.2, 18)11. The grave deficiencies described in 5, 7 and 10 above rendered the vessel unseaworthy. When she left the port of Tallinn, she was not permitted to carry passengers, cargo or crew under all relevant international or Estonian national regulations.
12. The vessel was run on full engine power in very rough seas up and until the casualty. This fact constitutes a gross violation of the principles of good seamanship and shows disrespect for the comfort of the passengers. (See Chapter 20) Had the vessel been in a seaworthy condition however, such facts would not have mattered, as they did not over the past 14,5 years of her trade in the Baltic Sea. Under conditions as given on the night of the 28th of September 1994 this excessive speed started the known deficiencies to interlink and thereby the chain of causes to unravel which led irreversibly to the foundering of MV ESTONIA.
13. This 'Group of Experts' has used all efforts and possibilities available to it to investigate the actual casualty scenario. All available crew members and survivors were interrogated by members of this 'Group of Experts' or by experts instructed by it. (See Chapters 20 and 21) Substantial evidence unknown so far was collected. (See Chapters 22 to 30) The Group purposely refrained from taking refuge to hypothetical assumptions in it's attempt to establish the casualty scenario but rather made it their point to seek the truth based on facts only. Only evidence confirmed by other facts was considered permissible evidence in the establishment of the casualty scenario by this 'Group of Experts'. The result of these efforts is the casualty scenario described in Chapter 31. It demonstrates that the vessel was already in a crucial situation, which should have prompted immediate return at 20.45 hours at which time it was still under coastal shelter. (See Chapter 20) That occasion having been missed the vessel was doomed to death as the water ingress into the car deck constantly increased until it finally became overwhelming.
14. When scrutinizing the underwater videos made available to this 'Group of Experts' by JAIC astonishing facts were discovered. Although these facts do not contribute to the task of the Group, the most important of them shall be reported here briefly:
I. The underside of the port bridge wing had apparently been torn open, when the vessel was already resting on the seabed. (See Chapters 27 and 34.6)
II. Divers of the "official" teams took time to search for, find and salvage a certain suitcase belonging to a gentleman with the reputation of being engaged in the smuggling of weapons. (Chapter 27 and 34.6)
III. There is evidence, that there has been movement of the bow ramp, when the vessel was already resting on the seabed. (See Chapter 34.6)
IV. There is evidence, that other than the "official" diving teams were in the vessel, especially in the car deck. (See Chapters 25.1, 27 and 34.6)It has to be assumed that the other divers had entered the wreck with the knowledge and permission of Swedish Government Authorities. No records of their activities are available.After thorough investigation of some of the underwater videos a world renowned expert came to the conclusion, that explosions had occurred on MV ESTONIA's bow. (See Chapters 32.1, 7 and 34.7.1) These conclusions have not been taken into consideration when establishing the casualty scenario. The sole reason was, that these conclusions have to be seen in conjunction with the repeated reports about a "big hole on the starboard side" (See Chapter 36.3). Whether there were explosions can only be established with certainty by metallurgical examination of the metal affected from the wreck and whether there actually is a big hole on the starboard side can only - but easily - be established with certainty, if and when the Swedish authorities release the underwater video tapes taken of the wreck by different diving teams in their original version i.e. without any tapering therewith. Only after such further investigations have been held, is it possible for anybody to establish the true causes for the foundering of MV ESTONIA.
15. This 'Group of Experts' has commented on the quality of the work of the JAIC and on the legal and ethical standards applied by that Commission in detail in Chapter 41. The reader is referred to those comments.
Hamburg, May 2000
Dr. Peter Holtappels Captain Werner Hummel


On the hunt for the perfect travel backback
I travel a lot. When I travel there is mostly a flight and one or more overnight stays involved. So far I was using a Tumi backpack, which served me well. After 10 years of service it is showing its age and I'm looking to retire it. Turns out the hunt for a replacement is far more difficult than I expected. I'm looking for the ultimate backpack for the frequent traveller. I thought my criteria are not uncommon:
Update (14 July 2009): A new contestant entered the race which looks like a good compromize:
Travelpro executive first backpack. It features 9 externally accessibe compartments, 2 of them lockable, plenty of storage space and TravelPro's sturdy ballistic nylon. I already have one of their products and was quite happy, so I'll go with that for now.
- Robust and torture resistant: I carry heavy loads and long distances (mostly running to gates to catch that flight) and don't need a strap coming off. It also shouldn't look -after a month of use- worn out like 19th century gold digger equipment.
- Fit under an airline seat (which is kind of a contradiction to the amount of stuff I need to carry
- Carry the corporate Lenovo T61 (no Macbook anytime soon) and its little brother
- Well organized space for: 2 power supplies, 2 international adapters, various cables, business cards, phone, passport, wallet for second currency, tickets, external disks, iPod etc.
- Carry a folder with reference materials (and the bill collection) and a book
- Have space for shirt, underwear and toothbrush (many trips are overnight)
- Umbrella -- best outside so it doesn't soak the stuff inside after use
- Ability to be locked
- Needs to offer service/warranty in Singapore (I can buy it anywhere)
- I like black, but that's optional
- Needs to be sold in a place I can have a look (means: any airport/city in AP). Singapore would be an advantage
- The incumbent brand sends its model Alpha T-pass Business Class Briefpack:
Having a track record and an excellent customer service is clearly and advantage. Tumi is in the upper price quadrant. - Samsonite offers the Pro-DXL2 Laptop backpack
The Samsonite offers a dedicated garment compartment that even features a hanger for a jacket. - Booq sends in 2 models which I quite liked and examined yesterday: the BOA3M and the Phython XM:
Problem with both of them: Since Booq has no luggage heritage they don't feature zips that can be locked. A big disadvantage for international travel. - Timbuk2 Patrol
The website states it is sold in Singapore, but I haven't found a shop yet. - Others (seen online, but haven't touched them yet): Spire Meta, Megalopolis Aero, Brain Bag and Wenger's Swiss Gear
Update (14 July 2009): A new contestant entered the race which looks like a good compromize:
Travelpro executive first backpack. It features 9 externally accessibe compartments, 2 of them lockable, plenty of storage space and TravelPro's sturdy ballistic nylon. I already have one of their products and was quite happy, so I'll go with that for now.
Posted by Stephan H Wissel on 24 May 2009 | Comments (9) | categories: Travel


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Flaming CarrotWho is the Flaming Carrot?The Flaming Carrot is not your garden-variety super hero. For one thing, he doesn't wear tights. For another, he lives in a strange netherworld of twisted reality that is one-fourth Salvador Dali, one-32nd Batman, one-eighth 23-minute prose poem in the middle of a Doors song, and seven-16ths bad acid trip. Flaming Carrot is the brainchild of Bob Burden, a demented writer and artist whose major claim to fame is, well, Flaming Carrot Comics. The Flaming Carrot debuted with a short story in VISIONS, a limited-run comic anthology, and later moved to his own title. Flaming Carrot is a super hero whose main power is "Zen Stupidity."  The bottom of the mask has a secret compartment that holds a collapsible nuclear pogo stick. (Don't ask.) He also wears flippers for shoes (in case he has to swim). The Carrot fights crime just because it's there. When asked why he became a superhero, he responded, "I needed the exercise." His typical crime-fighting strategy is to shoot first and ask questions never. But he's not one of those grim, violent, obsessed warrior types. Flaming Carrot possesses a child-like innocence, which many believe is the product of brain damage. Rumor has it that the Carrot's mind was destroyed after reading 5,000 comic books in one sitting. But his true origin is unknown. His true identity is also unknown, hidden behind his extremely large orange mask. The Flaming Carrot is a surreal superhero, who lives in Palookaville (a neighborhood in Iron City). His utility belt holds Silly Putty, Pez, a bubble pipe and a wishbone. His enemies include a dead dog, alien swingers and clones of Hitler's feet (yes, just the feet). His friends include the famous inventor Dr. Heller, a potato bug, Uncle Billy and an array of young, buxom, innocent, promiscuous, free-thinking, bootylicious women (generally outfitted in halter tops and Daisy Dukes).  Women are drawn to his strange ways, and they tend to overlook his occasional spells of dementia (relative to his normal, simply bizarre state). Reading an issue of Flaming Carrot Comics is like taking a trip to an idealized childhood home. Not your real childhood home, with all its issues and dysfunctions, but a strange fantasy childhood, when people were friendly and their actions comprehensible, when everything made perfect sense even if it made no sense at all. The Flaming Carrot's world is plucked from a poetical dream - but not a grand mythic Lovecraftian dream; more of a rambling, free verse, absurdist dream in which one thing leads inexplicably to another, and everything you encounter is familiar, except it's not. (i.e., "We were in my apartment, except it wasn't my apartment. My high school music teacher was dancing on a table, except she wasn't my high school music teacher and it wasn't really a table.") When Flaming Carrot Comics debuted in 1984, it was an overnight sensation among a certain class of socially stunted young adults. The mid-1980s were an interesting time for comic books, marking the launch of a series of experimental and independent books that stretched the boundaries of the superhero genre. Flaming Carrot Comics never achieved the mainstream success of its contemporaries, such as Frank Miller's The Dark Knight Returns or the underground hit Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles - which became a minor pop culture phenomenon by selling out its subversive origins and becoming an example of the kiddie comix it parodied. But FC did make a mark. It scored huge sales for a black-and-white independent book, even outselling Superman one month. Its stylistic influence paved the way for more sophisticated jaunts in comic book storytelling, whether surreal (like Grant Morrison's Doom Patrol) or humorous (like Keith Giffen's Justice League). The Flaming Carrot Comics 31 issues also became bonafide collector items, enjoying sky-high prices during a brief speculative craze during the 1990s (which ended 20 minutes after it began). Flaming Carrot was optioned as a movie property for a while, but it never got off the drawing board. A subsequent Bob Burden project - Mysterymen - was made into an extremely unsuccessful Ben Stiller movie (the domestic gross wasn't even half its budget). The Mysterymen, a mythic alliance of second-string heroes including The Shoveler and Mr. Furious, originally appeared in Flaming Carrot Comics, but the Carrot himself was unfortunately nowhere to be found when the movie came out. Hollywood could still be in the Carrot's future, though. A brand-spanking new Flaming Carrot series is set to debut for Christmas 2004, and frankly, the world has never needed Zen stupidity more. There are a few unanswered questions from the original series will no doubt rear their heads during the new version. For instance, the Flaming Carrot once woke up with a mysterious speaker implanted in his chest after a three-day bender. The speaker occasionally activates to impart mysterious instructions, as well as "special insights, secrets of the universe and race track tips." FC doesn't know who implanted the speaker, or what they want from him. A more pressing question: What is the Flaming Carrot's secret identity? Readers never glimpsed the Carrot's real face during the series' run. Burden said in the comic book's letter columns and in subsequent interviews that the Carrot does have a secret identity. Burden has said he would reveal the Carrot's secret identity to any correspondents who correctly guessed it. Although the Carrot's identity was never revealed outright, there are plenty of clues scattered throughout the series:
Maybe we'll find out in the new series. On the other hand, maybe not. If you like stories that wrap up into a tight coherent ball, you might want to stick with Law and Order. In the Flaming Carrot's world, too, too solid facts have a tendency to melt, thaw and resolve themselves into a dew. And that dew then evaporates into a churning fog, which subsequently congeals into a puddle that mysteriously reflects the image of a buffalo head nickel.
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Drag actions in the order they will be executed on the client.


The following attributes are cached with a window when the window is created.
In C, calls to
MPI_Win_get_attr(win, MPI_WIN_BASE, &base, &flag),
MPI_Win_get_attr(win, MPI_WIN_SIZE, &size,
&flag),
MPI_Win_get_attr(win, MPI_WIN_DISP_UNIT, &disp_unit,
&flag),
MPI_Win_get_attr(win, MPI_WIN_CREATE_FLAVOR, &create_kind, &flag), and
MPI_Win_get_attr(win, MPI_WIN_MODEL, &memory_model, &flag)
will return in base a pointer to the start of the window
win, and will return in size,
disp_unit, create_kind, and memory_model
pointers to the size, displacement unit of the
window, the kind of routine used to create the window, and the memory model,
respectively.
A detailed listing of the type of the pointer in the attribute value
argument to MPI_WIN_GET_ATTR and
MPI_WIN_SET_ATTR is shown in
Table 8
.
| Attribute | C Type |
| MPI_WIN_BASE | void * |
| MPI_WIN_SIZE | MPI_Aint * |
| MPI_WIN_DISP_UNIT | int * |
| MPI_WIN_CREATE_FLAVOR | int * |
| MPI_WIN_MODEL | int * |
In Fortran, calls to MPI_WIN_GET_ATTR(win, MPI_WIN_BASE,
base, flag, ierror),
MPI_WIN_GET_ATTR(win, MPI_WIN_SIZE, size, flag, ierror),
MPI_WIN_GET_ATTR(win, MPI_WIN_DISP_UNIT, disp_unit,
flag, ierror),
MPI_WIN_GET_ATTR(win, MPI_WIN_CREATE_FLAVOR, create_kind, flag,
ierror), and
MPI_WIN_GET_ATTR(win, MPI_WIN_MODEL, memory_model, flag,
ierror)
will return in base, size, disp_unit, create_kind, and memory_model the
(integer representation of) the base address, the
size, the displacement unit of the window
win, the kind of routine used to create the window, and the memory model,
respectively.
The values of create_kind are
The values of memory_model are MPI_WIN_SEPARATE and MPI_WIN_UNIFIED. The meaning of these is described in Section Memory Model .
In the case of windows created with MPI_WIN_CREATE_DYNAMIC, the base address is MPI_BOTTOM and the size is 0. In C, pointers are returned, and in Fortran, the values are returned, for the respective attributes. (The window attribute access functions are defined in Section Windows .) The value returned for an attribute on a window is constant over the lifetime of the window.
The other ``window attribute,'' namely the group of processes attached to the window, can be retrieved using the call below.
| MPI_WIN_GET_GROUP(win, group) | |
| IN win | window object (handle) |
| OUT group | group of processes which share access to the window (handle) |
int MPI_Win_get_group(MPI_Win win, MPI_Group *group)
MPI_Win_get_group(win, group, ierror)
TYPE(MPI_Win), INTENT(IN) :: win
TYPE(MPI_Group), INTENT(OUT) :: group
INTEGER, OPTIONAL, INTENT(OUT) :: ierror
MPI_WIN_GET_GROUP(WIN, GROUP, IERROR)
INTEGER WIN, GROUP, IERROR
MPI_WIN_GET_GROUP returns a duplicate of the group of the communicator used to create the window associated with win. The group is returned in group.


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FAR adds studio with corrugated plastic door to artist's Los Angeles residence
by Kristine KleinThis artist's studio, which architecture firm FAR has added to a Los Angeles house, includes a large plastic door that folds in half and a rooftop covered in blue tiles.
The Mount Washington Studio was designed for Los Angeles artist Kim Schoen to accompany her home nestled into a steeply sloped site in Mount Washington.
FAR, which stands for Frohn and Rojas, added the workspace to adjoin the lower level of the two storey residence, which just contains storage. The main house occupies just the top floor, and so now links with the deck to allow for outdoor dining with views of the nearby Angeles National Forest.
"Taking advantage of the slope we located the studio a full level below the ground floor of the existing home so that its roof surface could double as a spacious deck," the architects said.
A bi-folding garage-like door, made from an inner layer polycarbonate and an outer later of corrugated plastic, fronts the studio space.
The hatchway operates on a series of hinges that collapse the two pieces shut to form a canopy-like roof. When pulled fully down, the door's rigid texture distorts the view of scenery.
"Its corrugated and twin-wall layers offer a fine vertical linear pattern abstracting the silhouette of the landscape outside," the architects added. "Opened up the door folds into a canopy orienting the studio to the outside and framing a panoramic view of the surrounding hills."
Inside, the open space is topped by a series of slender tubular light fixtures that hang from above and exposed ribbed ceiling.
Brown gravel is laid on the floor extends into the space from the outside. For the studio, the architects covered the stones in a see-through plastic sheet that acts as a protection. The pebbles are also moulded into a set of steps that lead up to new rooftop.
Other features of the interior include two additional doorways that provide access to the main residence and outside.
Blue tiling covers the exterior walls, outdoor staircase and floor of the deck extension, separating the volume from the existing building. Its colouring is intended to complement the stucco green facade of the main house, which dates back to the 1930s.
"All surfaces of the deck and the exterior stair connecting it to the lower level are clad in tile creating a fine three-dimensional grid," the studio said. "While this rhythmic precision sets the addition apart from the existing house, the colour of the tiles matching that of the existing facades synchronises the two."
FAR was founded by Marc Frohn and Mario Rojas. It has offices in Los Angeles, Berlin and Santiago, Chile. Its previous projects include a tent-like residence in Chile made from angular polycarbonate panels that it publicly sold the plans for in 2008.
Elsewhere in Mount Washington, ceramicist Raina Lee made a showroom for pottery with her partner inside a stilted shed in the backyard of their home.
Photography is by Brica Wilcox.
Project credits:
Architects: FAR frohn&rojas (team: Marc Frohn, Mario Rojas Toledo, Max Koch, Maria Martinez, Wendy Gilmartin)
Structural Engineer: IDG Structural Engineering (Farshid Behshid)
Landscape Architect: Barbara Kennedy Design
General Contractor: El Castillo Construction


Life
Liberty
And the pursuit on a perfect cup of coffee
top


My Writing Process
I tend to have a more suis generis process for writing technical documents. With this I mean I don’t have too much of a structure when it’s time to type. I usually do an outline first (but not always) and then write, edit, cut, redit, recut until I have something that’s, at the very least, decent.
But lately I’ve been paying more attention to how I write and I’ve noted that I’m kind of following a process after all. After some though, I think I’m ready to formalize it a bit. For now, I’ll only name the steps:
- Research
- Sketch
- 1st draft
- 2nd draft
- 3rd draft
- Review
- Publish
Let me explain what happens in each one.
Research
Any good article starts from good knowledge. This is probably my favorite part of the process as I don’t really need to worry about the writing. I just can learn interesting.
During this process I take notes, collect links, grab interesting paragraphs, see videos and presentations, save screenshots and try to learn a little bit of the people behind the tech (an often forgotten part of technical writing).
I keep track of everything with Notion.
Once I think I know enough get started with the article is sketching time.
Sketch
During this phase I create a tentative outline: write headers, describe the contents of each section, make notes of there diagrams will be needed and plan the ideas. I write all my articles in Markdown and use pandoc if I need to switch formats.
Before I start writing paragraphs I like to place a single sentence descring its main idea. It helps me keep focused and form an idea of how the article will flow from paragraph to paragran and section to section.
For most of the first phases of the writing I use Vim as my primary text editor, because it’s so easy to move large chunks of text around.
1st draft
The first draft is usually the hardest. If I’m lucky the work I did on the sketch will help me get over the first draft soon.
In this phase, guided by the ideas/paragraph flow, I flesh out each paragragh. I also design most diagrams, write their alt and caption texts. I do this here because a diagram with a good caption can save a lot of writing.
The first draft doesn’t have to be perfect, it rarely is any good in fact. The important part is fill the empty space with something to work with.
2nd draft
On the second draft I want to make sure:
- I haven’t missed something important.
- I’m writing accurately.
- I haven’t gone any rabbit holes.
So I go back to my reseach notes and compare what I’ve written with the facts. Having written about the topic I can understand my notes more deeply.
I add any missing details, do a little fact checking (usually do a more research), take out parts that aren’t needed.
By the second draft, I expect to have a more coherent article. So I go streamlining the text paragraph by paragraph section by section. I use Grammarly heavily at this point to correct and consolidate. I love Grammarly, its suggestions are usually spot on. Although, it’s a bit stubborn at times regarding word choices. There’s a lot of “this word is overused, use this one instead” that really makes no sense. But overall is a great tool.
3rd draft
By the third draft I can take a more panoramic view of the draft. I check if it flows well and make little adjustments. For that, I switch to Typora as it gives me the full rendering of the page with graphics.
I’m a strong believer of simple language so during this phase I use Hemingway Editor to simplify complex sentences. In all honesty I wish I could write simple sentences from the get go. It would simplify things so much. Regardless, the Hemingway editor is great. It highlights complex sentences, and offers a few simpler alternative words.
I tend to rewrite a lot of paragraphs during this last draft. When I’m out of ideas or have difficulty finding different ways of expressing a though I use Quillbot, a rephrasing engine, to get altenate versions and inspiration.
Before sending the draft to review do a pass with Google Docs. It’s surprising how good this humble word editor is at picking errors no other tool had.
Review
I’m blesseed with having people who can review my draft. Doubly blessed with a technical reviewer that fact checks and offers insightful suggestions, and a proofreader that doesn’t let me get away with lazy writing. After the review process, the draft has reached a new level in quality.
Publish
The last stretch involves preparing the draft for publication. I check that graphics all looking good, code is lined up, links are broken and everything is ready for publication.
Once published, it’s rinse and repeat with the next draft.
Recap
Here’s how the process looks visually.
Happy writing
-Tommy


Poland's Play does not expect its key investors to sell shares
WARSAW (Reuters) - Polish mobile operator Play Communications does not expect key investors to sell any shares in the company, its chief executive said on Wednesday.
“Investors are very involved on a day to day basis ... I don’t predict that they will make any additional move, but I’m not in their shoes,” said Jean-Marc Harion.


Faster, node.js focused alternative to JavaScript's native array map.
Install with npm:
$ npm install --save arr-map
JavaScript's native Array.map()
is slow, and other popular array map libraries are focused on browser compatibility, which makes them bloated or less than idea for non-browser usage. This implementation is focused on node.js usage keeping it light and fast.
var map = require('arr-map');
map(['a', 'b', 'c'], function(ele) {
return ele + ele;
});
//=> ['aa', 'bb', 'cc']
map(['a', 'b', 'c'], function(ele, i) {
return i + ele;
});
//=> ['0a', '1b', '2c']
Pull requests and stars are always welcome. For bugs and feature requests, please create an issue.
(This project's readme.md is generated by verb, please don't edit the readme directly. Any changes to the readme must be made in the .verb.md readme template.)
To generate the readme, run the following command:
$ npm install -g verbose/verb#dev verb-generate-readme && verb
Running and reviewing unit tests is a great way to get familiarized with a library and its API. You can install dependencies and run tests with the following command:
$ npm install && npm test
Jon Schlinkert
Copyright © 2017, Jon Schlinkert. Released under the MIT License.
This file was generated by verb-generate-readme, v0.4.2, on February 28, 2017.


Northwind is a privately held company that develops property management systems, as well as GDS/web based booking solutions for the hospitality industry. Maestro Enterprise Suite, the company's flagship product, includes a variety of modules which can be coordinated to comply with a hotel or hotel chain's requirements.
Maestro is a multi-platform system, with over 10,000 users, allowing for optimized adaptibility to single or multi-property businesses.
Northwind's headquarters are based in Markham, Ontario, with sales and support offices located worldwide.
The Maestro Enterprise Suite is a sophisticated property management system used by single and multi-property hotel groups to share information between all branches of an operation, allowing for total network control.