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Luminosity |
Gen.G |
Evil Geniuses |
Faze Clan |
Reciprocity |
UYU |
Midnight Esports |
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Spylce |
eUnited |
100 Thieves |
Team Envy |
Heretics |
Elevate |
Denial Esports |
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Finally we can write our complete program:
#include <algorithm> #include <iomanip> #include <ios> #include <iostream> #include <stdexcept> #include <string> #include <vector> #include "grade.h" #include "Student_info.h" using std::cin; using std::setprecision; using std::cout; using std::sort; using std::domain_error; using std::streamsize; using std::endl; using std::string; using std::max; using std::vector; int main() { vector<Student_info> students; Student_info record; string::size_type maxlen = 0; // the length of the longest name // read and store all the students data. // Invariant: students contains all the student records read so far // maxlen contains the length of the longest name in students while (read(cin, record)) { // find length of longest name maxlen = max(maxlen, record.name.size()); students.push_back(record); } // alphabetize the student records sort(students.begin(), students.end(), compare); // write the names and grades for (vector<Student_info>::size_type i = 0; i != students.size(); ++i) { // write the name, padded on the right to maxlen + 1 characters cout << students[i].name << string(maxlen + 1 - students[i].name.size(), ' '); // compute and write the grade try { double final_grade = grade(students[i]); streamsize prec = cout.precision(); cout << setprecision(3) << final_grade << setprecision(prec); } catch (domain_error e) { cout << e.what(); } cout << endl; } return 0; }
This program should be fairly straightforward to understand. As usual, we start with the
necessary include
s and using
-declarations. Of course, we need mention only those
headers and declarations that we use in this source file. In this program, we have our
own headers to include as well as library headers. Those headers make available the definition
of the Student_info
type, and declarations for the functions that we use to
manipulate Student_info
objects and generate grades. The main
function itself is the
same as the one that we presented in §4.2.3/64.


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java.lang.Object cetus.hir.UnaryOperator
public class UnaryOperator
Operators that act on a single expression.
| Field Summary | |
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static UnaryOperator |
ADDRESS_OF
& |
static UnaryOperator |
BITWISE_COMPLEMENT
~ |
static UnaryOperator |
DEREFERENCE
* |
static UnaryOperator |
LOGICAL_NEGATION
! |
static UnaryOperator |
MINUS
- |
static UnaryOperator |
PLUS
+ |
static UnaryOperator |
POST_DECREMENT
-- |
static UnaryOperator |
POST_INCREMENT
++ |
static UnaryOperator |
PRE_DECREMENT
-- |
static UnaryOperator |
PRE_INCREMENT
++ |
protected int |
value
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static UnaryOperator |
fromString(java.lang.String s)
Creates a unary operator from the specified string. |
static boolean |
hasSideEffects(UnaryOperator op)
Checks if the specified operator implies a side effect. |
void |
print(java.io.PrintWriter o)
Prints the operator on the specifier print writer. |
java.lang.String |
toString()
Returns a string representation of the operator. |
void |
verify()
Verifies this operator is valid. |
| Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object |
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clone, equals, finalize, getClass, hashCode, notify, notifyAll, wait, wait, wait |
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public static final UnaryOperator ADDRESS_OF
public static final UnaryOperator BITWISE_COMPLEMENT
public static final UnaryOperator DEREFERENCE
public static final UnaryOperator LOGICAL_NEGATION
public static final UnaryOperator MINUS
public static final UnaryOperator PLUS
public static final UnaryOperator POST_DECREMENT
public static final UnaryOperator POST_INCREMENT
public static final UnaryOperator PRE_DECREMENT
public static final UnaryOperator PRE_INCREMENT
protected int value
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public static UnaryOperator fromString(java.lang.String s)
public static boolean hasSideEffects(UnaryOperator op)
public void print(java.io.PrintWriter o)
print
in interface Printable
o
- The writer on which to print the data.public java.lang.String toString()
toString
in class java.lang.Object
public void verify() throws java.lang.IllegalStateException
java.lang.IllegalStateException
- if the operator is invalid.
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--- layout: post title: Peter, Bjorn & John l Nothing to worry about date: 2011-01-17 07:44:00.000000000 +09:00 type: post parent_id: '0' published: true password: '' status: publish categories: [] tags: [] meta: _original_post_id: '40086315' _original_import_author: sheepless_ original_post_id: '40086315' _wp_old_slug: '40086315' author: login: mouthless email<EMAIL_ADDRESS>display_name: mouthless first_name: '' last_name: '' excerpt: Do this thing, this type of thingPut a little money in this type of thingI got nothing to worry aboutI got nothing to worry about Do this thing, this type of thingPut a little money in this type of thingI got nothing to worry aboutI got nothing to... ---
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Put a little money in this type of thing
I got nothing to worry about
I got nothing to worry about
Put a little money in this type of thing
I got nothing to worry about
I got nothing to worry about
if you have problems,
why don’t you go solve them?
beat me up,
at least you won’t be out of touch
if you’re such a poet,
Use your tongue and show it
Put a little money in this type of thing
I got nothing to worry about
I got nothing to worry about
Do this thing, this type of thing
Put a little money in this type of thing
I got nothing to worry about
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it’s always round you
like some thing you subscribe to
Be prepared, there must be something in you
turning boys to men and then back again
Put a little money in this type of thing
I got nothing to worry about
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Do this thing, this type of thing
Put a little money in this type of thing
I got nothing to worry about
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#include <stddef.h>
Go to the source code of this file.
| #define YAMLBYTE_ALIAS ((yamlbyte_char_t)'R') |
Definition at line 41 of file yamlbyte.h.
Referenced by bytestring_extend().
| #define YAMLBYTE_ALLOC ((yamlbyte_char_t)'@') |
Definition at line 52 of file yamlbyte.h.
| #define YAMLBYTE_ANCHOR ((yamlbyte_char_t)'A') |
Definition at line 40 of file yamlbyte.h.
Referenced by bytestring_extend(), and syck_yaml2byte_handler().
| #define YAMLBYTE_BLOCK ((yamlbyte_char_t)'b') |
Definition at line 57 of file yamlbyte.h.
| #define YAMLBYTE_COMMENT ((yamlbyte_char_t)'c') |
Definition at line 44 of file yamlbyte.h.
| #define YAMLBYTE_CONTINUE ((yamlbyte_char_t)'C') |
Definition at line 37 of file yamlbyte.h.
Referenced by syck_yaml2byte_handler().
| #define YAMLBYTE_DIRECTIVE ((yamlbyte_char_t)'V') |
Definition at line 31 of file yamlbyte.h.
| #define YAMLBYTE_DOCUMENT ((yamlbyte_char_t)'D') |
Definition at line 30 of file yamlbyte.h.
| #define YAMLBYTE_DOUBLE_QUOTED ((yamlbyte_char_t)'"') |
Definition at line 62 of file yamlbyte.h.
| #define YAMLBYTE_END_BRANCH ((yamlbyte_char_t)'E') |
Definition at line 35 of file yamlbyte.h.
Referenced by syck_yaml2byte_handler().
| #define YAMLBYTE_FINISH ((yamlbyte_char_t) 0) |
Definition at line 29 of file yamlbyte.h.
| #define YAMLBYTE_FLOW ((yamlbyte_char_t)'>') |
Definition at line 55 of file yamlbyte.h.
| #define YAMLBYTE_INDENT ((yamlbyte_char_t)'i') |
Definition at line 45 of file yamlbyte.h.
| #define YAMLBYTE_INLINE_MAPPING ((yamlbyte_char_t)'{') |
Definition at line 59 of file yamlbyte.h.
| #define YAMLBYTE_INLINE_SEQUENCE ((yamlbyte_char_t)'[') |
Definition at line 60 of file yamlbyte.h.
| #define YAMLBYTE_LINE_NUMBER ((yamlbyte_char_t)'#') |
Definition at line 48 of file yamlbyte.h.
| #define YAMLBYTE_LITERAL ((yamlbyte_char_t)'|') |
Definition at line 56 of file yamlbyte.h.
| #define YAMLBYTE_MAPPING ((yamlbyte_char_t)'M') |
Definition at line 33 of file yamlbyte.h.
Referenced by syck_yaml2byte_handler().
| #define YAMLBYTE_NEWLINE ((yamlbyte_char_t)'N') |
Definition at line 38 of file yamlbyte.h.
Referenced by syck_yaml2byte_handler().
| #define YAMLBYTE_NOTICE ((yamlbyte_char_t)'!') |
Definition at line 50 of file yamlbyte.h.
| #define YAMLBYTE_NULLCHAR ((yamlbyte_char_t)'Z') |
Definition at line 39 of file yamlbyte.h.
Referenced by syck_yaml2byte_handler().
| #define YAMLBYTE_PAUSE ((yamlbyte_char_t)'P') |
Definition at line 32 of file yamlbyte.h.
| #define YAMLBYTE_PLAIN ((yamlbyte_char_t)'p') |
Definition at line 58 of file yamlbyte.h.
| #define YAMLBYTE_PULL2PUSH | ( | pull, | |||
| producer, | |||||
| push, | |||||
| consumer, | |||||
| result | ) |
do { \ yamlbyte_pullbuff_t _pull = (pull); \ yamlbyte_pushbuff_t _push = (push); \ yamlbyte_result_t _result = YAMLBYTE_OK; \ yamlbyte_producer_t _producer = (producer); \ yamlbyte_consumer_t _consumer = (consumer); \ while(1) { \ yamlbyte_buff_t buff = NULL; \ _result = _pull(_producer,&buff); \ if(YAMLBYTE_OK != result || NULL == buff) \ break; \ _result = _push(_consumer,buff); \ if(YAMLBYTE_OK != result) \ break; \ } \ (result) = _result; \ } while(0)
Definition at line 152 of file yamlbyte.h.
| #define YAMLBYTE_SCALAR ((yamlbyte_char_t)'S') |
Definition at line 36 of file yamlbyte.h.
Referenced by syck_yaml2byte_handler().
| #define YAMLBYTE_SEQUENCE ((yamlbyte_char_t)'Q') |
Definition at line 34 of file yamlbyte.h.
Referenced by syck_yaml2byte_handler().
| #define YAMLBYTE_SINGLE_QUOTED ((yamlbyte_char_t)39) |
Definition at line 61 of file yamlbyte.h.
| #define YAMLBYTE_SPAN ((yamlbyte_char_t)')') |
Definition at line 51 of file yamlbyte.h.
| #define YAMLBYTE_STYLE ((yamlbyte_char_t)'s') |
Definition at line 46 of file yamlbyte.h.
| #define YAMLBYTE_TRANSFER ((yamlbyte_char_t)'T') |
Definition at line 42 of file yamlbyte.h.
Referenced by syck_yaml2byte_handler().
| #define YAMLBYTE_WHOLE_SCALAR ((yamlbyte_char_t)'<') |
Definition at line 49 of file yamlbyte.h.
| typedef const yamlbyte_char_t* yamlbyte_buff_t |
Definition at line 88 of file yamlbyte.h.
| typedef yamlbyte_utf8_t yamlbyte_char_t |
Definition at line 19 of file yamlbyte.h.
| typedef void* yamlbyte_consumer_t |
Definition at line 74 of file yamlbyte.h.
| typedef struct yaml_instruction * yamlbyte_inst_t |
| typedef void* yamlbyte_producer_t |
Definition at line 75 of file yamlbyte.h.
| typedef yamlbyte_result_t(* yamlbyte_pull_t)(yamlbyte_producer_t self, yamlbyte_inst_t *inst) |
Definition at line 118 of file yamlbyte.h.
| typedef yamlbyte_result_t(* yamlbyte_pullbuff_t)(yamlbyte_producer_t self, yamlbyte_buff_t *buff) |
Definition at line 145 of file yamlbyte.h.
| typedef yamlbyte_result_t(* yamlbyte_push_t)(yamlbyte_consumer_t self, yamlbyte_inst_t inst) |
Definition at line 105 of file yamlbyte.h.
| typedef yamlbyte_result_t(* yamlbyte_pushbuff_t)(yamlbyte_consumer_t self, yamlbyte_buff_t buff) |
Definition at line 132 of file yamlbyte.h.
| typedef unsigned short yamlbyte_utf16_t |
Definition at line 14 of file yamlbyte.h.
| typedef unsigned char yamlbyte_utf8_t |
Definition at line 13 of file yamlbyte.h.
| enum yamlbyte_result_t |
| YAMLBYTE_OK | |
| YAMLBYTE_E_MEMORY | |
| YAMLBYTE_E_READ | |
| YAMLBYTE_E_WRITE | |
| YAMLBYTE_E_OTHER | |
| YAMLBYTE_E_PARSE | |
| YAMLBYTE_MAX |
Definition at line 78 of file yamlbyte.h.


Game 1: Atlanta Hawks at Charlotte Hornets
My Pick:
Charlotte Hornets
Why I'm Rolling with them:
The Hawks managed to snag a win against the Heat last night on the back of a 17/10 performance from Trae Young, whose assist numbers have been stellar so far this year. However, the Hawks are playing a back to back against a Charlotte team they barely managed to beat out a couple nights ago. This win streak should be short lived, and I have faith that Kemba will be able to prevail tomorrow night and put up a solid performance, scoring upwards of 25 against the weaker Hawks defense in a 120-113 win.
Game 2: New York Knicks at Philadelphia 76ers
My Pick:
Philadelphia 76ers
Why I'm Rolling with them:
These teams have yet to play so far this season, but I'm leaning towards the 76ers for a couple reasons. Firstly, Embiid is a far better player than Kanter, and will be able to take advantage of Kanter's lack of defensive prowess to draw fouls and make buckets. Forcing him on the perimeter should prove effective for the 76ers. In addition, Jimmy Butler is a prime defender for Hardaway Jr and should limit the Knick's leading scorer enough to take the win, 115-109.
Game 3: Utah Jazz at Brooklyn Nets
My Pick:
Utah Jazz
Why I'm Rolling with them:
The Jazz have alternated between looking absolutely lost and absolutely dominant, and I have yet to crack the code for which we'll see tonight. I am leaning towards the latter, as Mitchell, Ingles, and Gobert match up nicely against their Brooklyn counterparts. Mitchell especially should be able to shine against Allen Crabbe, who put up just 1 assist in 25 minutes on Sunday. No, I didn't forget points or rebounds. Having a breather on defense should allow Mitchell to lead the team to a 107-100 victory.
Game 4: Dallas Mavericks at Houston Rockets
My Pick:
Dallas Mavericks
Why I'm Rolling with them:
This is a risky pick, as the Rockets have looked good so far this year in spurts, and when they're on, they're ON. However, Dallas has actually looked really good too, going 7-3 in their last 10. Doncic has been leading this team, operating ridiculously well in the clutch and I'm not sure who on Houston will be guarding him. The Rockets have lost 3 straight, and although they could be trying to right the ship tonight, I'm not sure if they can do it against the Mavs. Dallas takes it, 120-117.
Game 5: Chicago Bulls at Milwaukee Bucks
My Pick:
Milwaukee Bucks
Why I'm Rolling with them:
The Bucks should absolutely rock the Bulls. Giannis and company outclass them at every position, except for Shooting Guard where LaVine probably has the edge over Brogdon. The Bucks are still a top 5 offensive and defensive team, whereas the Bulls have literally the worst offense in the league and a bottom half defense. Robin Lopez won't be able to guard Brook on the perimeter, leaving the lane open for Giannis. Bucks take this 120-105.
Game 6: Cleveland Cavaliers at Oklahoma City Thunder
My Pick:
Oklahoma City Thunder
Why I'm Rolling with them:
The Thunder are the far better team in this matchup, with George and Westbrook being the two best players on the court by a large margin. Steven Adams may even have the 3rd spot there, and his play against Thompson will be a game-changer tonight. The Thunder are a very strong rebounding team and should be able to get around 5 extra possessions against the Cavs, which should be enough for them to put this one away, 110-100.
Game 7: Washington Wizards at New Orleans Pelicans
My Pick:
New Orleans Pelicans
Why I'm Rolling with them:
The Wizards have looked good lately, but their reliance on small-ball may prove to be their undoing against the bullyball of the Pelicans, who have what could be the best front-court in the league outside of Detroit. I am high on Jrue Holiday, and his ability to lock down opposing guards. It will be interesting to see if the Pelicans choose to play him on Beal or Wall (My guess is Beal). New Orleans takes this one, 119-108.
Game 8: San Antonio Spurs at Minnesota Timberwolves
My Pick:
Minnesota Timberwolves
Why I'm Rolling with them:
This game was hard for me to call, but I like the composition of this Timberwolves team in relation to the Spurs. I wouldn't be surprised to see Covington on DeRozan, locking him up and holding him to an inefficient 18 points and 4 assists. Not having DeRozan's ability to create will hurt the Spurs, who will still have to contend with KAT in the paint. The Spurs don't have a good answer for star centers, and it'll show. Minnesota wins 116-112.
Game 9: Orlando Magic at Portland Trail Blazers
My Pick:
Portland Trail Blazers
Why I'm Rolling with them:
The Portland Trail Blazers back court should be enough to handle Orlando, but I've been surprised by this Orlando team before. Vucevic deserves an all star berth this year, and Isaac just guarded Lebron and Durant in two straight games, doing a pretty good job. That said, Portland has the better bench in my eyes, and Collins should be able to do a good job against Bamba. That's not even really mentioning Curry, who should also be a big help. Portland, 121-117.
Game 10: Phoenix Suns at Los Angeles Clippers
My Pick:
Los Angeles Clippers
Why I'm Rolling with them:
The Suns have shown a lot of improvement lately, managing to have a bunch of close games and grab a couple wins. But the grit of this Clippers team will be able to at least partially stifle the Suns, then the Clippers bench can create and grow a lead. These two teams are on opposite sides of the standings for a reason, and Phoenix doesn't have what it takes to be able to go the full 48. LA 112-106.


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java.lang.Object edu.nps.moves.xmlpg.Xmlpg
public class Xmlpg
A class that reads an XML file in a specific format, and spits out a Java or C++ class that does most of the work of the class.
This can probably be done via an XSLT, but the learning curve on that looks fairly steep for the small, short-term project I'm working on.
There is a huge risk of name overloading here, as many of the terms such as "class" are also used by java or c++.
In effect this is sort of like generating an abstract syntax tree, then compiling it to some "target" language, in this case either C++ or Java.
| Nested Class Summary | |
|---|---|
static class |
Xmlpg.LanguageType
The language types we generate |
class |
Xmlpg.MyHandler
inner class that handles the SAX parsing of the XML file. |
| Field Summary | |
|---|---|
protected java.util.HashMap |
generatedClassNames
Contains the database of all the classes described by the XML document |
| Constructor Summary | |
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Xmlpg(java.lang.String xmlDescriptionFileName,
java.lang.String pJavaDirectory,
java.lang.String pCppDirectory)
Create a new collection of Java objects by reading an XML file; these java objects can be used to generate code templates of any language, once you write the translator. |
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static void |
main(java.lang.String[] args)
entry point. |
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clone, equals, finalize, getClass, hashCode, notify, notifyAll, toString, wait, wait, wait |
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protected java.util.HashMap generatedClassNames
| Constructor Detail |
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public Xmlpg(java.lang.String xmlDescriptionFileName, java.lang.String pJavaDirectory, java.lang.String pCppDirectory)
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public static void main(java.lang.String[] args)
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Angus Buchan apologises for saying only 'Jewish and Afrikaans people' have 'covenant with God'
by Canny MaphangaEvangelist Pastor Angus Buchan has apologised to the nation for his remarks, captured in an audio recording, that only Jewish and Afrikaans people shared a covenant with God.
"I would like to apologise and clear up any misunderstanding that I might have made with my statement that went out recently," he said in another statement on Facebook.
This comes after EFF deputy president Floyd Shivambu posted a video clip to Twitter of Buchan convening a prayer meeting called "Staan op vir Jesus" (stand up for Jesus).
READ | Excitement as light drizzle falls over Buchan prayer meeting
In the clip, which is audio edited with photo of Buchan, the pastor says the "emphasis" of this particular meeting would be "on the Afrikaner nation".
Buchan further states:
"Everybody is welcome as always to our meetings but this time the emphasis will be on the Afrikaner nation, we are going to call out to God remembering that only two nations in the world have ever been in covenant with the God of Abraham, Isaac and Jacob. They are the Jewish people and the Afrikaans people, that is fact.
"We are going to call a meeting in Pretoria, booked a stadium on the 1st of February 2020. You really need to start praying towards that now, we don’t have much time, we are praying for a change. God will use that meeting to bring the sacredness of the bible and its principles back to South Africa, where people will understand that the word of God is literal from Genesis to Revelations, it is not a general guideline and all the principles in the bible must be adhered to if this country is going to prosper and it is going to prosper because we are going to repent as a nation.
"We will be inviting all the heads of state, they will be there. We are believing for God to intervene, please send this message out everywhere."
In his apology, Buchan further acknowledges that he was wrong to single out Afrikaans and Jewish people as the only groups that shared a covenant with God.
"Having stated that the Jews and the Afrikaans people were the only two nations that had a covenant with God is totally wrong and, for that statement, I humbly ask for your forgiveness.
"Any person who has given their life to Jesus Christ has in fact entered into a new covenant with our beloved Jesus Christ," the statement continues to read.
Buchan further stated that it was not his intention to hurt anyone with his statement.
"If my statement has led to any division, please forgive me.
"I will, therefore, continue with all my hearts to work toward bringing the entire Nation of South Africa to a unity with each other, and with our God," the statement concludes.


A campus based startup app designed as a service for students to have their parcels collected from the local post office. Users can request for their parcels to be collected and delivered at their accommodation whilst tracking the deliverer's location. Users can also register to become deliverers and gain an income. Status: Deployment stage
Designed an appealing user interface with HTML/CSS, implemented the logic and functionality with Typescript and utilised libraries such as react native elements. Used Google Map API's for the location features of the app.
Used RESTful API's to communicate between front-end and back-end to GET and POST user data when neccessary. Assisted in implementing the Mongoose Schema model and endpoints to create the core functionality of the app. Overall use of a MERN Stack: MongoDB, Express.js, Node.js, React Native.
Designed and created a mobile app to optimise car exporting businesses. Admins assign jobs to the car transporters, track their location on a map and view completed jobs through search queries. Drivers accept jobs, categorically take pictures of cars and view their completed jobs. Status: Final stages of development, changing current design, and implementing design of improved features such as search queries and route tracking.
Responsible for the client-side of the app, using HTML/CSS to allow for an appealing user interface, Typescript to implement the logic for the components and functionality. Pictures of the cars were stored in the S3 (AWS), and the information of each car, location and job was communicated with the server through Google Map API's and RESTful API's. Overall use of the MERN Stack.
Created a mobile app game called 'Impossible 60 seconds' and deployed on the IOS app store. Objective is to avoid all obstacles for the longest time possible. Gained over 600 downloads. Status: Compatible only on old IOS version updates.
Created the design through XCode's Storyboard UI to ensure compatibility of different phone sizes and used Swift along with the Sprite Kit framework to implement the physics neccessary for the objects of the game to change momentum, direction and speed according to collisions.
Studying Mandarin as an Optional Module at the University of Warwick. The challenge of learning Mandarin and the ability to communicate with others of a different culture intrigues me, as it is the most spoken language and definitely one of the toughest to master. Here is an example of my writing practice.
Third year Computer Science student at the University of Warwick with a passion to solve problems in the world of tech. Strong Mathematical foundation and knowledge of building native and hybrid mobile applications. Seeking involvement in AI and Machine Learning.
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Countdown and place all the information in localstoage. when the timer reach 0 - the last updated time will be saved.
For debugging purposes I recommend FireStorage Plus! and view the console logs
{{ event_msg }}
| LocalStorage Timer ID/Name | |
| Start from | |
| Interval | |
| Create new timer based on paraemetrs above ? | |
| Set debugging ( console.logs ? ) | |
| Remove this timer ? | |
| Update the counter with 120 seconds | |
| Timer Actions |
{{ AppTimer.getInfo() | json }}


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Leverage deep learning to expand a list of input terms and identify conceptually similar words and phrases from across the integrated content in the Layar Biomedical Reference Data Fabric.


Before Change
int(100 * (memory / system_memory))))
logger.info(
"Starting Ray with {} GiB memory available for workers and up to "
"{} GiB for objects. You can adjust these settings "
"with ray.init(memory=<bytes>, "
"object_store_memory=<bytes>).".format(
round(
ray_constants.round_to_memory_units(
memory, round_up=False) / (1024**3), 2),
round(object_store_memory / (1024**3), 2)))
spec = ResourceSpec(num_cpus, num_gpus, memory, object_store_memory,
resources, redis_max_memory)
After Change
// TODO(maximsmol): this behavior is strange since we do not have a
// good grasp on when this will get called
// (you have to study node.py to make a guess)
with cli_logger.group("Available RAM"):
cli_logger.labeled_value("Workers", "{} GiB", str(worker_ram))
cli_logger.labeled_value("Objects", "{} GiB", str(object_ram))
cli_logger.newline()
cli_logger.print("To adjust these values, use")
with cf.with_style("monokai") as c:
cli_logger.print(
" ray{0}init(memory{1}{2}, "
"object_store_memory{1}{2})", c.magenta("."),
c.magenta("="), c.purple("<bytes>"))
cli_logger.old_info(
logger,
"Starting Ray with {} GiB memory available for workers and up to "
"{} GiB for objects. You can adjust these settings "


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turning your classroom experience into a Hollywood/Bollywood blockbuster
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Tom Brady Shows Off His Version of The ‘Dak Dance’ (VIDEO)
by Darrelle LincolnFollowing the Sunday night battle between the Dallas Cowboys and the Minnesota Vikings, the NFL world was introduced to a pre-game workout by Dak Prescott that has been dubbed the “Dak dance.”
His hip-shaking warmup is not new or rare, but his version got everybody making jokes about it.
New England Patriots quarterback Tom Brady recently revealed he does it as well, but a less violent version.
“He does a good job of it,” Brady said about Prescott’s warmup. “He’s got those loose hips and then he keeps his … I know exactly what he’s doing, and I like that he’s doing that. It’s good training for him.”
It’s less “violent,” as he said.


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If your terminal is closed, open it from the "Terminal" menu at the top of VS Code.
D3 is a JavaScript library that allows for manipulating HTML page elements in JavaScript using complex data arrays.
It also provides a lot of nice JavaScript shortcuts.
We can use the JavaScript file directly from their website:
<script src="https://d3js.org/d3.v4.min.js"></script>
Similar to JavaScript and JQuery (if you are familiar), D3 has it's own element selector:
document.getElementById("name");
$("#name");
d3.select("#name");
Element attributes and styles can be changed by using the supplied D3 functions:
var elem = d3.select("#name");
elem.attr("class", "big");
elem.style("color", "red");
The attr
and style
functions always return the original element being modified, so they can be chained one after another:
d3.select("#name").attr("class", "big").style("color", "red");
You can also select multiple elements on a page and change all of their properties at the same time using the selectAll
function:
d3.selectAll(".big").style("color", "red");
Now let's get into why D3 is so great. Instead of re-inventing the wheel, let's do the tutorial that the creator of D3 put together: https://bost.ocks.org/mike/circles/.
Experiment with D3 enter/update/exit. Refer to the D3 tutorial, these class notes, and run a function in the console that changes the SVG elements on the page based on different data arrays provided to the function.
Create an HTML page that has:
<button>
elements<button>
that runs the function, with different data for each button


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Usage
The plugin is for three goals: jar, jlink, javapackager.
jar
the jar goal
- jar-module:jar the jar goal sets the main class and can clean a jar from unused directory entries and the second size entry by replacing the size -1 with the real size.
jlink
the jlink goal
- jar-module:jlink the jlink goal calls the jlink command. Its first step is to copy all dependencies in one folder. Second step is to load the jars as module if the module is an automatic module it generates the module-info for the jar. Third step is to update all automatic modules with the module.info. Fourth step is to call jlink. Fifth step is to zip the result and add the result in the attached artifacts.
javapackager
the javapackager goal
- jar-module:javapackager the javapackager goal calls the javapackager command. Its first step is to copy all dependencies in one folder. Second step is to load the jars as module if the module is an automatic module it generates the module-info for the jar. Third step is to update all automatic modules with the module.info. Fourth step is to call javapackager. Fifth step is to zip the installer and add the result in the attached artifacts.


Before Change
// Synchronize GPU devices after data is sent to prevent
// race conditions.
events = []
for d in self.device_ids:
with torch.cuda.device(d):
event = torch.cuda.Event(interprocess=True)
event.record()
events.append(event)
return res, events
After Change
Future.gen_list([
self.call_async(rank, "_async_prepare_sample", sample=samples[rank], volatile=volatile)
for rank in range(self.num_replicas)
])
def _async_prepare_sample(self, rank, device_id, sample, volatile):
if sample is None:


I love capturing amazing moments on camera. The first series of photos showcase some of my favorite action sports photos. The second series of photos showcase my music related photos. The first set are behind the scenes photos from Mark Kuban's "Cake" Music Video, followed by a "Kids That Fly" live performance, and concluded with photos from the JR SPECS music video "Getcha Geeked".


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Checking Variable Existence in Ruby
18 Jan 2014For such a wonderful language, Ruby does seem to have too many different ways of asserting whether a variable or method exists and things can get a little confusing. Following are the different ways I’ve found that work most of the time if used correctly. By used correctly I mean you have to make sure you understand what the object is you’re working with, is it a variable? an instance variable? an instance of a class perhaps? Because not all objects respond to these different methods.
Check for a non-existent variable
If you want to know if the variable has been defined, then use defined?:
For when you need an assertion if this var does not exist then…
Note: nil?
will only work with existing variables or objects, it will throw an error with non-existent ones.
You can use .nil?
to check for existing hash or array keys:
.nil?
will also work with instance variables:
This should work for any method on any object, but for example, does an instance of a Model object (representing a table in your database) have a particular field?
This is great for helpers that might respond to different models and some might not have a particular method or field on them. This way, you avoid the dreaded undefined method error.
But this won’t work if you want to find out if there is a particular method in a Class, for that you’ll need method_defined?
:
Check for empty or nil variable
In Ruby these 2 things are not the same. So you have to check for them both, there doesn’t seem to be one method that does both at the same time unless you are using ActiveRecord.
If using ActiveRecord, then use the blank?
method.
Note: This will not work in straightup Ruby! In Ruby (without ActiveRecord), use:
Note that the variable must exist before you can check whether it’s empty or not, I know this sounds logical, but if you come from other languages (like PHP) you might be surprised by this. If the variable doesn’t exist you’ll get an undefined variable or method error.


LDD Creation Process¶
Proposing a New Discipline LDD¶
Creation of a new Discipline LDDs should be discussed and approved by the PDS LDD Change Control Board (TBD Email list or google group). During this process the following must be determined:
1. Is this LDD needed?¶
Does a similar dictionary exist? If so, what is the rationale for creating a new one instead of adding to an existing one?
2. Who is the LDD Stewardship Team?¶
Responsible for design, implementation, and review LDD development.
Membership includes one lead LDD steward and one or more stakeholders who are identified either by the lead LDD steward and/or dLDD Approval Board.
3. Who is the dLDD Modeling Team?¶
Responsible for reviewing and approving changes to the dLDDs to be released.
Membership includes one or more PDS Engineering Node data engineers who have in depth experience in information modeling and ontology.
Proposing a New Mission LDD¶
Contact your Discipline Node to help you along this process. Many of the best practices and review rigor described below may not be necessary for Mission LDD development.
Submit Request For New LDD Creation¶
Upon receiving approval to begin development on your new LDD, it must be initialized by reserving a namespace ID and creating a new repo.
Create a new [ldd-request] Initialize New PDS LDD
issue within the PDSEN Operations repo and fill out the issue template with the applicable information.
Part of the initialization procedure will include a new namespace added to the PDS4 Information Model and PDS4 Namespace Registry and a new repo will be created.
The EN Operations Team will notify you once the repo is ready to use.
Initializing New LDD¶
Note
Responsible Party: Member of PDSEN Operations
Note
This can probably be scripted someday using GithubAPI or within a Github Action.
Create
PDS Namespace Request
issue in PDS4 Information Model repo with info from and reference to the ticket in PDSEN Operations repo.Once namespace request has been completed, Create LDD Stewardship Team.
Once team has been created, Creating New LDD Repository
Create LDD Stewardship Team¶
Create a new team here :
Team name:
[namespace_id] LDD Stewardship Team
Team visibility:
Visible
Add the users noted in the LDD Initialization Ticket.
Next step: Creating New LDD Repository
Creating New LDD Repository¶
Note
Responsible Party: Member of PDSEN Operations
Note
This can probably be scripted someday using GithubAPI or within a Github Action.
Once the namespace request has been completed. We can create the repo from the ldd-template
Create new repo from ldd-template
- Set the following parameters:
Owner
:pds-data-dictionaries
Repository Name
: should follow the naming schemeldd-<namespace_id>
.Description
: enter description sent by LDD StewardSet visibility to
Public
Check the box
Include all branches
Update Repo Settings
We need to setup the teams and main
branch protections.
Go to
Settings
Disable issues being created on this repo (they will be created in the PDS4 LDD Issue Repo).
- Add appropriate teams with access to repo
Go to
Manage Access
Click on
Invite teams or people
Add the
LDD Stewardship Team
with Admin accessAdd the
@pdsen-operations-team
with Admin accessIf this is a Discipline LDD Repo, add the
@dldd-data-modeling-team
with Write access
- Set branches protections
Go to
Branches
Under Branch protection rules, click
Add rule
Enter Branch name pattern:
main
Select
Require pull request reviews before merging
Select
Require review from Code Owners
- Select
Require status checks to pass before merging
Search and select the
LDD Generation Check
action.
- Select
Select
Restrict who can push to matching branches
- Set GitHub Pages Deployment
Go to
Settings
->Pages
Under
Build and Deployment
->Source
, selectGitHub Actions
Create new issue template in PDS4 LDD Issue Repo
Create a new label in the PDS4 LDD Issue Repo for the new repo (ldd-<namespace_id>)
Clone the PDS4 LDD Issue Repo
Execute the generate-issue-template.sh bash script. This will automatically generate an issue template from the LDD Issue Template and push to the repo:
$ bin/generate-issue-template.sh <namespace_id> '<namespace_name>' <ldd_steward_username> New issue template created: /Users/jpadams/Documents/proj/pds/pdsen/workspace/pds4-ldd-issue-repo/bin/../.github/ISSUE_TEMPLATE/-ldd-cart--ldd-update-request.md [main 950bedb] Add cart issue template 1 file changed, 33 insertions(+) create mode 100644 .github/ISSUE_TEMPLATE/-ldd-cart--ldd-update-request.md Enumerating objects: 8, done. Counting objects: 100% (8/8), done. Delta compression using up to 16 threads Compressing objects: 100% (4/4), done. Writing objects: 100% (5/5), 1.07 KiB | 1.07 MiB/s, done. Total 5 (delta 2), reused 0 (delta 0) remote: Resolving deltas: 100% (2/2), completed with 2 local objects. remote: This repository moved. Please use the new location: remote: git@github.com:pds-data-dictionaries/PDS4-LDD-Issue-Repo.git To github.com:pds-data-dictionaries/pds4-ldd-issue-repo.git b0abee5..950bedb main -> main
You should now see a new issue template created
Notify LDD Stewardship Team
Notify the LDD Stewardship Team the new repo is ready in the PDSEN Operations issue, e.g.:
@<stewardship_team_member_0>, @<stewardship_team_member_1>, and @<stewardship_team_member_n> your LDD repo is now ready for use at https://github.com/pds-data-dictionaries/ldd-<namespace_id>. Read through Getting to Know Your LDD Repo to get started.
Retrofit Existing LDD Repository (Admin / Stewards Only)¶
Clone the ldd-template repo and the LDD repo to be retrofitted. For this example, we will be retrofitting the
ldd-img
repo:git clone git@github.com:pds-data-dictionaries/ldd-template.git git clone git@github.com:pds-data-dictionaries/ldd-img.git
From the
ldd-img
repo, rsync the various files from theldd-template
repo:cd ldd-img rsync -av ../ldd-template/.gitignore ../ldd-template/.github ../ldd-template/build ../ldd-template/src ../ldd-template/test ./
Rename or remove test files and example IngestLDD so they don’t get picked up in the regression tests (files can’t end in .xml):
mv test/test1_FAIL.xml test/test1_FAIL.xml_example mv test/test1_VALID.xml test/test1_VALID.xml_example rm src/PDS4_EXAMPLE_IngestLDD.xml
Re-arrange directories to match that of the
ldd-template
repo. Specifically note thebuild/development
andbuild/release
directories.Create a branch and pull request, and verify the Github Action executes successfully. e.g. https://github.com/pds-data-dictionaries/ldd-img/actions/
Remove local repo github issues, update permissions on the repository, and add branch protections per Update Repo Settings above
Update README as appropriate to direct people to Contribute and Get Support. See the ldd-template README for more details.


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This repo contains a starter project for following along with the “Using Redux with React" article in the JS/Py curriculum.


Snip
Hacking on 23&Me and DbSNP
What is is in DbSNP that we care about?
-
Single-nucleotide Polymorphisms
A change (deletion, insertion or replacement) in a single nucleotide base pair, which is found in at least 1% of the population.
-
GWAS Allele Frequencies
Genome-wide Association Studies give the percentage of the studied population who have the SNP, i.e. how rare it is.
-
Clinical Significance of SNP
How likely the SNP is to cause a disease, based off of a universal standard.
What does 23&Me provide us with?
Our Genotype information at various 'ref SNPs', specific locations on the genome that someone has deemed significant.
rsid chromosome position genotype # Typical 'rsid' ID that starts with 'rs' rs12564807 1 734462 AA rs3131972 1 752721 AG rs148828841 1 760998 CC rs12124819 1 776546 AA rs115093905 1 787173 -- rs11240777 1 798959 GG rs7538305 1 824398 -- rs4970383 1 838555 CC rs4475691 1 846808 CT rs7537756 1 854250 AA rs13302982 1 861808 AG rs55678698 1 864490 CC # 23&Me's internal, experiemental ref_snps, starts with 'i' i6019299 1 871267 CC
Clinical Significance of Alleles
We probably only care about:
-
Pathogenic
-
Likely Pathogenic
-
Drug Response
-
Protective
-
Risk Factor
snip=# SELECT Count(*) cnt, clinical_significance_csv FROM ref_snp_allele_clin_diseases GROUP BY clinical_significance_csv HAVING COUNT(*) > 25; cnt | clinical_significance_csv --------+----------------------------------------------------------- 119 | affects 181 | association 53646 | benign 14252 | conflicting-interpretations-of-pathogenicity 543 | drug-response 101029 | likely-benign 24631 | likely-pathogenic 13958 | not-provided 293 | not-provided,conflicting-interpretations-of-pathogenicity 2173 | other 63192 | pathogenic 66 | protective 824 | risk-factor 186296 | uncertain-significance (14 rows)
What's Next??
-
OpenSpace tomorrow (Sat.) at 4:00PM, Room 19
Come checkout the actual implementation! Walk away with a JSON file with your results. Looking for contributors..
-
JSON API Service
Provide a JSON API service to provide research and information that pertain to your individual genome.
-
Single-page App Interface
We need a front-end to interface with this data.
Thanks!
Slides available at: http://thelaziestprogrammer.com/talks/snip-pycon-2018.html


{% extends "base_nav.html" %} {% block content %} {% load static %}
You can use Download for bulk manual scoring link on Training requests page; you'll download a CSV file with data required for manual score and three columns for bulk upload (see table below).
Hint: the uploaded CSV file needs to have these three columns – other columns will be ignored:
| Column header | Meaning |
|---|---|
request_id |
Primary Key – a field representing individual training request in the database. |
score_manual |
Integer value representing manual score; can be negative. |
score_notes |
Text value used for explanation of manual score, if required. |


This blog system is built from a jekyll template Thanks to Huxpro
Wellcome to use it as a template of your own blog:
$ git clone git@github.com:Huxpro/huxblog-boilerplate.git
If you have jekyll installed, simply run jekyll serve
in Command Line
and preview the themes in your browser. You can use jekyll serve --watch
to watch for changes in the source files as well.
You can easily get started by modifying _config.yml
and _post:
Reference Docuement
This theme support both Disqus and Duoshuo as the third party discussion system.
First, you need to sign up and get your own account. Repeat, DO NOT use mine! (I have set Trusted Domains) It is deathly simple to sign up and you will get the full power of management system. Please give it a try!
Second, from V1.5, you can easily complete your comment configuration by just adding your short name into _config.yml
:
duoshuo_username: _your_duoshuo_short_name_
# OR
disqus_username: _your_disqus_short_name_
To the old version user, it’s better that you pull the new version, otherwise you have to replace code in post.html
, keynote.html
and about.html
by yourselves.
Furthermore, Duoshuo support Sharing. if you only wanna use Duoshuo comment without sharing, you can set duoshuo_share: false
. You can use Duoshuo Sharing and Disqus Comments together also.
From V1.5, we support Google Analytics and Baidu Tongji officially with a deathly simple config:
# Baidu Analytics
ba_track_id: 4cc1f2d8f3067386cc5cdb626a202900
# Google Analytics
ga_track_id: 'UA-49627206-1' # Format: UA-xxxxxx-xx
ga_domain: huangxuan.me
Just checkout the code offered by Google/Baidu, and copy paste here, all the rest is already done for you.


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Website name:
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Website name:
Score
Quote from the reviewed work
Story:
Possible spoiler warning
Introduction
Brief introduction.
Sound:
Introduction
Brief introduction.
Poossible disclaimer


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TMZ first reported that the actor was walking by a parked car near the UCLA campus in March when he stopped for an unknown reason and allegedly began ripping off the two side panels with no tools whatsoever.
The 27-year-old, who is married to singer Meghan Trainor, allegedly fled the scene shortly after the damage was done, the outlet reported.
MEGHAN TRAINOR MARRIES DARYL SABARA IN BACKYARD WEDDING
According to charging documents obtained by TMZ, Sabara was hit with one count of vandalism and one count of tampering with a vehicle over the incident.
He is set to appear in Los Angeles County Superior Court later this month. TMZ reports that the owner of the car doesn’t personally know Sabara at all and is reportedly baffled by the act of vandalism.
On Sunday, Sabara took to Twitter to address the allegations, calling them false.
"Woke up to false accusations...happy Sunday y’all," he wrote in response to an article about the alleged incident.
Sabara and Trainor got married in December 2018 after dating since 2016.
The big day came a year after they got engaged on her 24th birthday. They exchanged their vows in front of roughly 100 people at an intimate ceremony in the backyard of their Los Angeles home.
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Sabara is best known for playing Juni Cortez in the 2001 film “Spy Kids,” which spawned three sequels.


Extending Nikola
- Version
- 8.1.2
Contents
Nikola is extensible. Almost all its functionality is based on plugins, and you can add your own or replace the provided ones.
Plugins consist of a metadata file (with .plugin
extension) and
a Python module (a .py
file) or package (a folder containing
a __init__.py
file.
To use a plugin in your site, you just have to put it in a plugins
folder in your site.
Plugins come in various flavours, aimed at extending different aspects of Nikola.
Available Plugin Categories
Command Plugins
When you run nikola --help
you will see something like this:
$ nikola help Nikola is a tool to create static websites and blogs. For full documentation and more information, please visit https://getnikola.com/ Available commands: nikola auto automatically detect site changes, rebuild and optionally refresh a browser nikola bootswatch_theme given a swatch name from bootswatch.com and a parent theme, creates a custom theme nikola build run tasks nikola check check links and files in the generated site nikola clean clean action / remove targets nikola console start an interactive python console with access to your site and configuration nikola deploy deploy the site nikola dumpdb dump dependency DB nikola forget clear successful run status from internal DB nikola help show help nikola ignore ignore task (skip) on subsequent runs nikola import_blogger import a blogger dump nikola import_feed import a RSS/Atom dump nikola import_wordpress import a WordPress dump nikola init create a Nikola site in the specified folder nikola list list tasks from dodo file nikola mincss apply mincss to the generated site nikola new_post create a new blog post or site page nikola run run tasks nikola serve start the test webserver nikola strace use strace to list file_deps and targets nikola theme manage themes nikola version print the Nikola version number nikola help show help / reference nikola help <command> show command usage nikola help <task-name> show task usage
That will give you a list of all available commands in your version of Nikola. Each and every one of those is a plugin. Let's look at a typical example:
First, the serve.plugin
file:
[Core] Name = serve Module = serve [Documentation] Author = Roberto Alsina Version = 0.1 Website = https://getnikola.com Description = Start test server.
Note
If you want to publish your plugin on the Plugin Index, read the docs for the Index (and the .plugin file examples and explanations).
For your own plugin, just change the values in a sensible way. The
Module
will be used to find the matching Python module, in this case
serve.py
, from which this is the interesting bit:
from nikola.plugin_categories import Command # You have to inherit Command for this to be a # command plugin: class CommandServe(Command): """Start test server.""" name = "serve" doc_usage = "[options]" doc_purpose = "start the test webserver" cmd_options = ( { 'name': 'port', 'short': 'p', 'long': 'port', 'default': 8000, 'type': int, 'help': 'Port number', }, { 'name': 'address', 'short': 'a', 'long': '--address', 'type': str, 'default': '<IP_ADDRESS>', 'help': 'Address to bind', }, ) def _execute(self, options, args): """Start test server.""" out_dir = self.site.config['OUTPUT_FOLDER'] if not os.path.isdir(out_dir): print("Error: Missing '{0}' folder?".format(out_dir)) return 1 # Exit code on failure. (return 0 not necessary) else: os.chdir(out_dir) httpd = HTTPServer((options['address'], options['port']), OurHTTPRequestHandler) sa = httpd.socket.getsockname() print("Serving HTTP on", sa[0], "port", sa[1], "...") httpd.serve_forever()
As mentioned above, a plugin can have options, which the user can see by doing
nikola help command
and can later use, for example:
$ nikola help serve nikola serve [options] start the test webserver Options: -p ARG, --port=ARG Port number [default: 8000] -a ARG, --address=ARG Address to bind [default: <IP_ADDRESS>] $ nikola serve -p 9000 Serving HTTP on <IP_ADDRESS> port 9000 ...
So, what can you do with commands? Well, anything you want, really. I have implemented a sort of planet using it. So, be creative, and if you do something interesting, let me know ;-)
TemplateSystem Plugins
Nikola supports Mako and Jinja2. If you prefer some other templating
system, then you will have to write a TemplateSystem
plugin. Here's how they work.
First, you have to create a .plugin
file. Here's the one for the Mako plugin:
[Core] Name = mako Module = mako [Documentation] Author = Roberto Alsina Version = 0.1 Website = https://getnikola.com Description = Support for Mako templates.
Note
If you want to publish your plugin on the Plugin Index, read the docs for the Index (and the .plugin file examples and explanations).
You will have to replace "mako" with your template system's name, and other data in the obvious ways.
The "Module" option is the name of the module, which has to look something like this, a stub for a hypothetical system called "Templater":
from nikola.plugin_categories import TemplateSystem # You have to inherit TemplateSystem class TemplaterTemplates(TemplateSystem): """Wrapper for Templater templates.""" # name has to match Name in the .plugin file name = "templater" # A list of directories where the templates will be # located. Most template systems have some sort of # template loading tool that can use this. def set_directories(self, directories, cache_folder): """Sets the list of folders where templates are located and cache.""" pass # You *must* implement this, even if to return [] # It should return a list of all the files that, # when changed, may affect the template's output. # usually this involves template inheritance and # inclusion. def template_deps(self, template_name): """Returns filenames which are dependencies for a template.""" return [] def render_template(self, template_name, output_name, context): """Renders template to a file using context. This must save the data to output_name *and* return it so that the caller may do additional processing. """ pass # The method that does the actual rendering. # template_name is the name of the template file, # context is a dictionary containing the data the template # uses for rendering. def render_template_to_string(self, template, context): """Renders template to a string using context. """ pass def inject_directory(self, directory): """Injects the directory with the lowest priority in the template search mechanism.""" pass
You can see a real example in the Jinja plugin
Task Plugins
If you want to do something that depends on the data in your site, you
probably want to do a Task
plugin, which will make it be part of the
nikola build
command. These are the currently available tasks, all
provided by plugins:
$ nikola list Scanning posts....done! copy_assets copy_files create_bundles post_render redirect render_galleries render_listings render_pages render_posts render_site render_sources render_taxonomies robots_file scale_images sitemap
These have access to the site
object which contains your timeline and
your configuration.
The critical bit of Task plugins is their gen_tasks
method, which yields
doit tasks.
The details of how to handle dependencies, etc., are a bit too much for this
document, so I'll just leave you with an example, the copy_assets
task.
First the task_copy_assets.plugin
file, which you should copy and edit
in the logical ways:
[Core] Name = copy_assets Module = task_copy_assets [Documentation] Author = Roberto Alsina Version = 0.1 Website = https://getnikola.com Description = Copy theme assets into output.
Note
If you want to publish your plugin on the Plugin Index, read the docs for the Index (and the .plugin file examples and explanations).
And the task_copy_assets.py
file, in its entirety:
import os from nikola.plugin_categories import Task from nikola import utils # Have to inherit Task to be a task plugin class CopyAssets(Task): """Copy theme assets into output.""" name = "copy_assets" # This yields the tasks def gen_tasks(self): """Create tasks to copy the assets of the whole theme chain. If a file is present on two themes, use the version from the "youngest" theme. """ # I put all the configurations and data the plugin uses # in a dictionary because utils.config_changed will # make it so that if these change, this task will be # marked out of date, and run again. kw = { "themes": self.site.THEMES, "output_folder": self.site.config['OUTPUT_FOLDER'], "filters": self.site.config['FILTERS'], } tasks = {} for theme_name in kw['themes']: src = os.path.join(utils.get_theme_path(theme_name), 'assets') dst = os.path.join(kw['output_folder'], 'assets') for task in utils.copy_tree(src, dst): if task['name'] in tasks: continue tasks[task['name']] = task task['uptodate'] = task.get('uptodate', []) + \ [utils.config_changed(kw)] task['basename'] = self.name # If your task generates files, please do this. yield utils.apply_filters(task, kw['filters'])
PageCompiler Plugins
These plugins implement markup languages, they take sources for posts or pages and create HTML or other output files. A good example is the misaka plugin or the built-in compiler plugins.
They must provide:
compile
-
Function that builds a file.
create_post
-
Function that creates an empty file with some metadata in it.
If the compiler produces something other than HTML files, it should also implement extension
which
returns the preferred extension for the output file.
These plugins can also be used to extract metadata from a file. To do so, the
plugin must set supports_metadata
to True
and implement read_metadata
that will return a dict containing the
metadata contained in the file. Optionally, it may list metadata_conditions
(see MetadataExtractor Plugins below)
MetadataExtractor Plugins
Plugins that extract metadata from posts. If they are based on post content,
they must implement _extract_metadata_from_text
(takes source of a post
returns a dict of metadata). They may also implement
split_metadata_from_text
, extract_text
. If they are based on filenames,
they only need extract_filename
. If support_write
is set to True,
write_metadata
must be implemented.
Every extractor must be configured properly. The name
, source
(from the
MetaSource
enum in metadata_extractors
) and priority
(MetaPriority
) fields are mandatory. There might also be a list of
conditions
(tuples of MetaCondition, arg
), used to check if an
extractor can provide metadata, a compiled regular expression used to split
metadata (split_metadata_re
, may be None
, used by default
split_metadata_from_text
), a list of requirements
(3-tuples: import
name, pip name, friendly name), map_from
(name of METADATA_MAPPING
to
use, if any) and supports_write
(whether the extractor supports writing
metadata in the desired format).
For more details, see the definition in plugin_categories.py
and default extractors in metadata_extractors.py
.
RestExtension Plugins
Implement directives for reStructuredText, see media.py for a simple example.
If your output depends on a config value, you need to make your post record a dependency on a pseudo-path, like this:
####MAGIC####CONFIG:OPTIONNAME
Then, whenever the OPTIONNAME
option is changed in conf.py, the file will be rebuilt.
If your directive depends or may depend on the whole timeline (like the
post-list
directive, where adding new posts to the site could make it
stale), you should record a dependency on the pseudo-path
####MAGIC####TIMELINE
.
MarkdownExtension Plugins
Implement Markdown extensions, see mdx_nikola.py for a simple example.
Note that Python markdown extensions are often also available as separate packages. This is only meant to ship extensions along with Nikola.
SignalHandler Plugins
These plugins extend the SignalHandler
class and connect to one or more
signals via blinker.
The easiest way to do this is to reimplement set_site()
and just connect to
whatever signals you want there.
Currently Nikola emits the following signals:
sighandlers_loaded
-
Right after SignalHandler plugin activation.
initialized
-
When all tasks are loaded.
configured
-
When all the configuration file is processed. Note that plugins are activated before this is emitted.
scanned
-
After posts are scanned.
-
new_post
/new_page
-
When a new post is created, using the
nikola new_post
/nikola new_page
commands. The signal data contains the path of the file, and the metadata file (if there is one). -
existing_post
/existing_page
-
When a new post fails to be created due to a title conflict. Contains the same data as
new_post
. deployed
-
When the
nikola deploy
command is run, and there is at least one new entry/post sincelast_deploy
. The signal data is of the form:{ 'last_deploy: # datetime object for the last deployed time, 'new_deploy': # datetime object for the current deployed time, 'clean': # whether there was a record of a last deployment, 'deployed': # all files deployed after the last deploy, 'undeployed': # all files not deployed since they are either future posts/drafts }
compiled
-
When a post/page is compiled from its source to html, before anything else is done with it. The signal data is in the form:
{ 'source': # the path to the source file 'dest': # the path to the cache file for the post/page 'post': # the Post object for the post/page }
One example is the deploy_hooks plugin.
ConfigPlugin Plugins
Does nothing specific, can be used to modify the site object (and thus the config).
Put all the magic you want in set_site()
, and don’t forget to run the one
from super()
. Example plugin: navstories
Shortcode Plugins
Shortcode Plugins are a simple way to create a custom shortcode handler.
By default, the set_site
method will register the handler
method as a
shortcode with the plugin’s name
as the shortcode name.
See the Shortcodes section for more details on shortcodes.
PostScanner Plugins
Get posts and pages from "somewhere" to be added to the timeline.
There are currently two plugins for this: the built-in scan_posts
, and
pkgindex_scan
(in the Plugin Index), which is used to treat .plugin/.theme
+ README.md as posts to generate the Plugin and Theme Indexes.
Plugin Index
There is a plugin index, which stores all of the plugins for Nikola people wanted to share with the world.
You may want to read the README for the Index if you want to publish your package there.
Path/Link Resolution Mechanism
Any plugin can register a function using Nikola.register_path_handler
to
allow resolution of paths and links. These are useful for templates, which
can access them via _link
.
For example, you can always get a link to the path for the feed of the "foo" tag
by using _link('tag_rss', 'foo')
or the link://tag_rss/foo
URL.
Here's the relevant code from the tag plugin.
# In set_site site.register_path_handler('tag_rss', self.tag_rss_path) # And these always take name and lang as arguments and return a list of # path elements. def tag_rss_path(self, name, lang): return [_f for _f in [self.site.config['TRANSLATIONS'][lang], self.site.config['TAG_PATH'], self.slugify_name(name, lang) + ".xml"] if _f]
Template Hooks
Plugins can use a hook system for adding stuff into templates. In order to use it, a plugin must register itself. The following hooks currently exist:
extra_head
(not equal to the config option!)body_end
(not equal to the config option!)page_header
menu
menu_alt
(right-side menu in bootstrap, aftermenu
in base)page_footer
For example, in order to register a script into extra_head
:
# In set_site site.template_hooks['extra_head'].append('<script src="/assets/js/fancyplugin.js">')
There is also another API available. It allows use of dynamically generated HTML:
# In set_site def generate_html_bit(name, ftype='js'): """Generate HTML for an asset.""" return '<script src="/assets/{t}/{n}.{t}">'.format(n=name, t=ftype) site.template_hooks['extra_head'].append(generate_html_bit, False, 'fancyplugin', ftype='js')
The second argument to append()
is used to determine whether the function
needs access to the current template context and the site. If it is set to
True
, the function will also receive site
and context
keyword
arguments. Example use:
# In set_site def greeting(addr, endswith='', site=None, context=None): """Greet someone.""" if context['lang'] == 'en': greet = u'Hello' elif context['lang'] == 'es': greet = u'¡Hola' t = u' BLOG_TITLE = {0}'.format(site.config['BLOG_TITLE'](context['lang'])) return u'<h3>{greet} {addr}{endswith}</h3>'.format(greet=greet, addr=addr, endswith=endswith) + t site.template_hooks['page_header'].append(greeting, True, u'Nikola Tesla', endswith=u'!')
Dependencies for template hooks:
if the input is a string, the string value, alongside arguments to
append
, is used for calculating dependenciesif the input is a callable, it attempts
input.template_registry_identifier
, theninput.__doc__
, and if neither is available, it uses a static string.
Make sure to provide at least a docstring, or a identifier, to ensure rebuilds work properly.
Shortcodes
Some (hopefully all) markup compilers support shortcodes in these forms:
{{% foo %}} # No arguments # One argument, containing "bar" # Two arguments, one containing "bar", one called "baz" containing "bat" Some text{{% /foo %}} # one argument called "data" containing "Some text"
So, if you are creating a plugin that generates markup, it may be a good idea to register it as a shortcode in addition of to restructured text directive or markdown extension, thus making it available to all markup formats.
To implement your own shortcodes from a plugin, you can create a plugin inheriting ShortcodePlugin
.
By default, the set_site
method will register the handler
method as a
shortcode with the plugin’s name
as the shortcode name. To have other
shortcode names, you can call
Nikola.register_shortcode(name, func)
with the following arguments:
-
name
: -
Name of the shortcode ("foo" in the examples above)
-
func
: -
A function that will handle the shortcode
The shortcode handler must return a two-element tuple, (output, dependencies)
-
output
: -
The text that will replace the shortcode in the document.
-
dependencies
: -
A list of all the files on disk which will make the output be considered out of date. For example, if the shortcode uses a template, it should be the path to the template file.
The shortcode handler must accept the following named arguments (or variable keyword arguments):
-
site
: -
An instance of the Nikola class, to access site state
-
data
: -
If the shortcut is used as opening/closing tags, it will be the text between them, otherwise
None
. -
lang
: -
The current language.
If the shortcode tag has arguments of the form foo=bar
they will be
passed as named arguments. Everything else will be passed as positional
arguments in the function call.
So, for example:
{{% foo bar baz=bat beep %}}Some text{{% /foo %}}
Assuming you registered foo_handler
as the handler function for the
shortcode named foo
, this will result in the following call when the above
shortcode is encountered:
foo_handler("bar", "beep", baz="bat", data="Some text", site=whatever)
Template-based Shortcodes
Another way to define a new shortcode is to add a template file to the
shortcodes
directory of your site. The template file must have the
shortcode name as the basename and the extension .tmpl
. For example, if you
want to add a new shortcode named foo
, create the template file as
shortcodes/foo.tmpl
.
When the shortcode is encountered, the matching template will be rendered with
its context provided by the arguments given in the shortcode. Keyword arguments
are passed directly, i.e. the key becomes the variable name in the template
namespace with a matching string value. Non-keyword arguments are passed as
string values in a tuple named _args
. As for normal shortcodes with a
handler function, site
and data
will be added to the keyword arguments.
Example:
The following shortcode:
{{% foo bar="baz" spam %}}
With a template in shortcodes/foo.tmpl
with this content (using Jinja2
syntax in this example)
<div class="{{ _args[0] if _args else 'ham' }}">{{ bar }}</div>
Will result in this output
<div class="spam">baz</div>
State and Cache
Sometimes your plugins will need to cache things to speed up further actions. Here are the conventions for that:
If it's a file, put it somewhere in
self.site.config['CACHE_FOLDER']
(defaults tocache/
.If it's a value, use
self.site.cache.set(key, value)
to set it andself.site.cache.get(key)
to get it. The key should be a string, the value should be json-encodable (so, be careful with datetime objects)
The values and files you store there can and will be deleted sometimes by the user. They should always be things you can reconstruct without lossage. They are throwaways.
On the other hand, sometimes you want to save something that is not a throwaway. These are things that may change the output, so the user should not delete them. We call that state. To save state:
If it's a file, put it somewhere in the working directory. Try not to do that please.
If it's a value, use
self.site.state.set(key, value)
to set it andself.state.cache.get(key)
to get it. The key should be a string, the value should be json-encodable (so, be careful with datetime objects)
The cache
and state
objects are rather simplistic, and that's intentional. They have no default values: if
the key is not there, you will get None
and like it. They are meant to be both threadsafe, but hey, who can
guarantee that sort of thing?
There are no sections, and no access protection, so let's not use it to store passwords and such. Use responsibly.
Logging
Plugins often need to produce messages to the screen. All plugins get a logger object (self.logger
) by default,
configured to work with Nikola (logging level, colorful output, plugin name as the logger name). If you need, you can
also use the global (nikola.utils.LOGGER
) logger, or you can instantiate custom loggers with
nikola.utils.get_logger
or the nikola.log
module.
Template and Dependency Injection
Plugins have access to two injection facilities.
If your plugin needs custom templates for its features (adding pages, displaying stuff, etc.), you can put them in the
templates/mako
and templates/jinja
subfolders in your plugin’s folder. Note that those templates have a very low
priority, so that users can override your plugin’s templates with their own.
If your plugin needs to inject dependencies, the inject_dependency(target, dependency)
function can be used to add a
dependency
for tasks which basename == target
. This facility should be limited to cases which really need it,
consider other facilities first (eg. adding post dependencies).


A CIVIL ACTION RATING: 6.5 / 10 --> So-so
For more reviews and movie trivia, visit http://www.joblo.com/
This film melds the respective talents of the man behind the words of SCHINDLER'S LIST (7/10) and the man who once proudly uttered the phrase "They call it Le BigMac" in a film, Steve Zaillian and John Travolta. Captured from a book written by Jonathan Harr, this film is based on a true story, stars plenty of big names and tosses in a couple of cameos, just for the fun of it.
PLOT: Typical shark-like lawyer with no conscience takes on a case featuring the suspiciously similar deaths of eight children in a small town. The parents believe that a local plant had contaminated the water supply, ultimately killing their kids. The lawyer fights two multinationals in court, but runs out of money nearing the end of the trial. Luckily for him, he's able to replace it with a newly developed sense of morals.
CRITIQUE: Interesting yet unexciting court-battle drama features Travolta in prime form as John Travolta, Duvall in one of his better supporting roles, and an unsatisfying ending which leaves you dispassionately shrugging your shoulders at best. This movie is a highbrow affair for people who 1) enjoy lawyer movies 2) don't require any action in their films and 3) don't mind a "realistic" ending and appreciate good actors. I personally found it to be quite humdrum, and even a little boring at times. Kinda had me wishing for a fistfight or something, one which, unfortunately for me, never materialized.
The plot is well developed, as is the execution of the film, but the missing link seemed to be the emotional attachment to the film or any of its characters. This seemed to be non-existent for me. Travolta's cold performance may have been the reason. Or maybe the lack of tension or real suspense. Not sure. All's I know is that the film had a superb idiosyncratic performance by Bobby Duvall, some interesting law factoids, and enough stars to agreeably allow me to weather its two-hour runtime, all without wowing me over.
All in all, a mediocre fabrication of law-cinema, offering some points of interest, no real action, and a weak ending, which applauds the hard work and genuine nature of some lawyers out there, while belaboring a few of the justice system's systemic imperfections. No need to see it on the big screen. Catch it on video, if interested.
Little Known Facts about this film and its stars: John Travolta received only $140,000 for his Oscar-nominated role in Quentin Tarantino's PULP FICTION (7.5/10), and a whopping $15,000,000 for 1997's FACE-OFF (8/10). He needn't make another movie for the rest of his life because he has secured a percentage of the profits from the Saturday Night Fever and Grease soundtracks (which have sold in excess of 19 million copies). Travolta was born the youngest of six children to tire salesman and former semiprofessional football player Salvatore Travolta, and high school drama teacher Helen Travolta. At the age of 16, Travolta dropped out of school (with his parents' permission, mind you) to pursue acting full-time. Travolta's white "disco outfit" from 1977's SATURDAY NIGHT FEVER (7.5/10) recently fetched a record-setting $145,500 at a Christie's auction. Travolta's present wife, actress Kelly Preston, was once engaged to Hollywood bad-boy Charlie Sheen, and lived with George Clooney at another point in her life. Since 1964, Robert Duvall has been married three times, most recently to dance instructor Sharon Brophy. Their tumultuous divorce, which was set into motion by Duvall's allegations that Brophy had carried on an adulterous affair with a pool installer, dragged on for nearly three years. William H. Macy got his infamous role in the Coens' brothers FARGO (7/10) as such: From the moment he read the script, Macy knew he was the man best suited for the role of luckless car salesman Jerry "Hey! I'm cooperating here!" Lundegaard. Though asked to read for the part twice, Macy was eventually left hanging by those darn Coen brothers, who promised to get bac k to him. Shortly thereafter, the actor learned that the brothers were continuing to audition his prize part and promptly flew from L.A. to New York, where he cornered the still-deliberating duo and frankly informed them, "I'm very, very worried that you are going to screw up this movie by giving this role to somebody else. It's my role, and I'll shoot your dogs if you don't give it to me." The Coens conceded, and Macy's brilliant performance was rewarded with a Best Supporting Actor Oscar nomination in that very same year. Actor James Galdolfini's sister Johanna is a prominent official with the New Jersey Family Court system.
Review Date: January 12, 1999 Director: Steve Zaillian Writer: Steve Zaillian Producers: Rachel Pfeffer, Robert Redford and Scott Rudin Actors: John Travolta as Jan Schlichtmann Robert Duvall as Jerome Facher William H. Macy as James Gordon Genre: Drama Year of Release: 1998
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Rarely does life present the opportunity to change the world in such a
profoundly positive way.
We are called to action today, inspired by legendary leaders who understood
that today's actions and words will echo long into tomorrow.
Before the Congress of the United States is AGOA III, the Africa Growth and
Opportunity Act. AGOA is a commitment to Africa's destiny, charted by Africans, encouraged by
Americans, and expressed in hopes and dreams that have stirred great nations
throughout history.
Africa can bridge the political divide. AGOA can bind Republicans and
Democrats, embracing an African destiny that recalls American's own struggle
for independence.
We establish this place to bring voices, and faces, and nations, together.
To share, and learn, and understand.
Join us. Contemplate what role America can play in Africa's destiny.
Celebrate what Africa is, what Africa will be.
Jim McDermott
Member of Congress
Bono Appeals to House and Senate Leaders to Quickly Pass AGOA III
Earlier this year Bono spoke to Members of the U.S. House and Senate and African diplomats. He said that Africans were terrified that provisions of AGOA would expire in September 2004, and he urged the Congress to quickly pass AGOA III
The front man for the Irish rock band U2 founded the organization DATA (Debt, AIDS, Trade, Africa) in 2002 to advocate for debt relief, AIDS funding, and a fair international trade policy for Africa.
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NEW
Africa Trade Competitiveness Report Out
The AGOA Acceleration Act, a trade law authored by McDermott enacted last summer, required the president to conduct country-by country studies on trade and investment opportunities in sub Saharan Africa. The report details many opportunities for entrepreneurs while also pointing the barriers to economic growth in key sectors and it makes recommendations to policy makers about ways in which to overcome these challenges.
Read the report...
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White House Press Release
For Immediate Release
Office of the Press Secretary
July 13, 2004
President Bush Signs African Growth and Opportunity Act
Remarks by the President at Signing of the Agoa Acceleration Act of 2004
Dwight David Eisenhower Executive Office Building
THE PRESIDENT: Thanks for coming. In just four years, the African
Growth and Opportunity Act has shown the power of free markets to
improve the lives of people in both the United States and Africa. By
reducing barriers to trade, this law has increased export, created
jobs, and expanded opportunity for Africans and Americans alike. It
has given American businesses greater confidence to invest in Africa,
and encouraged African nations to reform their economies and
governments to take advantage of the opportunities that AGOA provides.
So today I'm pleased to build on that success and extend the law's
benefits long into the future by signing the AGOA Acceleration Act of
2004.
This legislation is a product of strong bipartisan cooperation, and
I thank the members of the House and the Senate for working together on
this very important piece of legislation. And I want to thank those in
the audience who worked hard to see that the bill made it to my desk as
quickly as it did.
Mr. Secretary, thank you very much for your leadership. Secretary
Powell is a strong believer in the potential of the continent of
Africa, and so am I.
I appreciate so very much Senate Majority Leader Bill Frist for
joining us today. Senator, thank you for coming. I'm pleased to see
that my friend, the Ranking Member of the Senate Finance Committee, Max
Baucus, is still standing. And I appreciate your
leadership, sir. We're honored that Dick Lugar, who is the Chairman of
the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, is with us. Mr. Chairman,
thank you, and thank you for your clear vision for a better world. I
appreciate so very much the members of the Ways and Means Committee who
are here with us -- the Chairman and Ranking Member -- Chairman Bill
Thomas, who's worked so hard for this legislation, as has his friend
and Ranking Member, Charlie Rangel, both fine members of the Congress.
Thank you all for being here, and thanks for your good work. I also am
honored that Ed Royce, the Chairman of the International Relations
Sub-committee on Africa, has joined us, and soon will be joined by
Donald Payne, the Ranking Member, as well.
These members put in good work. They worked hard. They brought
the other members of Congress along with them, many of whom are with
us.
I am honored that the dean of the African Diplomatic Corps stands
with me today. Mr. Ambassador, thank you for coming. I'm proud you're
here. And thank you for representing the other ambassadors who have
joined us today. We appreciate you taking time to come. And thanks
for supporting this legislation.
There's a growing consensus in both Africa and the United States
that open trade and international investment are the surest and fastest
ways for Africa to make progress. That's what you have said; that's
what Congress had responded to. For too many years, the world's
efforts to promote Africa's development were focused on aid.
Development aid is important. Nothing wrong with aid. And my
administration has substantially increased aid to Africa, and we
appreciate working with the members to do that.
But as Uganda's President Museveni has said, "By itself, aid cannot
transform societies. Only trade can foster the sustained economic
growth necessary for such transformation." This African leader
understands that when nations close their markets and opportunity is
hoarded by a privileged few, no amount of development aid is ever
enough. But when nations respect their people, open their markets,
expand freedom and opportunity to all their citizens, entire societies
can be lifted out of poverty and despair. This is a hopeful piece of
legislation. As America works for open markets and opportunity on the
African continent, we will also confront disease and hunger and the
violence that undermines progress and hope.
I'm deeply concerned about the humanitarian and human rights crisis
in Darfur, Sudan. For the sake of peace and basic humanity, I echo the
sentiments of the Secretary of State. I call upon the government of
Sudan to stop the Janjaweed violence. I call on all parties of the
conflict to respect the cease-fire, to respect human rights, and to
allow for the free movement of humanitarian workers and aid. The
United States and the United Nations and the leadership of the African
Union are working to bring relief to the suffering people of that
region. America will continue to strongly support these efforts for
peace.
One way to spread peace is to encourage political and economic
reform across Africa by opening markets here in the United States.
It's important for our people to understand, by opening United States
markets we make it more likely there will be peace on the continent of
Africa.
AGOA nations are strengthening the rule of law. They are lowering
trade barriers, they're combating corruption, and eliminating child
labor. They're setting an important example for the entire continent,
demonstrating that governments that respect individual rights and
encourage the development of their markets are more likely to grow
economically and achieve political stability.
Like all good partnerships, AGOA has been beneficial to all
parties. Free trade between the United States and sub-Sahara Africa
has created jobs, wealth, and opportunity on both continents. Last
year, under AGOA, African exports to the United States increased by 55
percent, and African -- and American businesses saw a 15-percent
increase in our exports to sub-Sahara Africa that equals almost $7
billion. The most notable gains were made by American companies
selling agricultural goods and machinery and transportation equipment.
See, when you sell goods in Africa, it means somebody is finding
work here at home. Trade must work both ways. AGOA has been
beneficial to the people of the continent of Africa and to the people
of the United States of America. That's why this is a good piece of
legislation.
Since its enactment in 2000, AGOA has generated over $340 million
in investment and created thousands of jobs. Things are happening
because of the law we're extending today, positive things for people in
Africa and in America. The enactment of this law will help ensure that
this mutually beneficial trade continues. Trade and investment from
around the world is essential to world peace. The United States and
the nations of the sub-Saharan Africa are working together to break
down trade barriers around the world -- not just between ourselves, but
around the world.
My trade representative, Ambassador Bob Zoellick is in Africa right
now. He's meeting with his counterparts from across the continent to
prepare for the World Trade Organization meeting in Geneva later this
month. These are important meetings. They're important meetings for
the people of the United States; they're important meetings for the
people on the continent of Africa. And the reason why is because we
want to advance our shared economic agenda, and it's very important for
our AGOA partners to help make these talks in Geneva a success. Pass
the word on to your capitals.
No region has more to gain from free markets than Africa -- that's
the message. And no region has more to lose from a stalled WTO process
than Africa. By working together and by our example, we can show the
world that a new global trade agreement can bring greater prosperity to
all nations.
Real prosperity is the work of many years. I know that. It's hard
work. It's hard to change the status quo. This law encourages the
change in the status quo.
I'm so pleased and proud to see the ambassadors from the African
nations who are here. Thank you all for coming. You've worked hard to
make AGOA a success. You've worked hard to spread the message in the
halls of Congress, and your hard work has paid off. I share your
optimism about Africa's future. That's what we believe. Those of us
who are standing up here believe in the future of Africa. We
appreciate the commitment to freedom. We appreciate your understanding
that we all have an obligation to spread opportunity throughout all
corners of this important part of the world.
And now, it is my honor to sign this important piece of
legislation.
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What I’ve been doing; or, what if you start a project and it kinda takes off but doesn’t; or, what if it seems like you abandoned your own thing; or, integrating new practices; or, Day 36 to Day 64
For the first 5 weeks or so of 2017, I committed a whole lot to my #100DaysOfHealthing repo. The project buzzed around my head, I set up my work computer to launch Git Bash every day when I logged in, and folks that I admire even added me to their own projects.
And then hey look at that, it was February, and a lot of good things were happening in my personal life–health things shaking out, finances slowly but kinda surely improving, meditating every day (not just three minutes at a time, but 10 minutes, even! Thanks Headspace !), and going to acupuncture regularly. I took baths a lot more with the help of the “podcast bath kit” my girlfriend bought me for Christmas. I helped promote self-care at work and at home. I had encouraging things for other folks who were participating.
And then, the commits dried up.
I feel a responsibility to explain that, and also like the idea of showing how this kind of shift can be positive, too. So here goes.
  If trying to make time to track a self-care hour in itself made you miss or long for self-care. If “update self-care log” because a niggling, nagging task, instead of a joyous way to track amazing steps!
Did this happen to me? No way. But as I started updating three, four, seven days all in a batch, I realized something:
It was more important to me to live a life that included self-care (and promotion of self-care) than it was to do little updates every day.
Cop out? Hmm.
¯\_(ツ)_/¯
But here’s a list of things that have happened since my last commit to the repo:
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For my birthday, my girlfriend, dog, and I took a screenless weekend on the Washington coast. This included a lot of taking baths, reading, and not much else. I wanted a pause, and I got one, and it was like a self-care boot camp reset.1
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I learned that I no longer wanted to use my phone as my alarm. Weird? I dunno, but hear me out: screenless weekend meant my phone wasn’t the last thing I saw at light’s out or the first thing I saw when waking up. I no longer could get sucked in to distractions at the time when my mind is most apt (apt!) to fill with distraction.
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So I bought a [Pebble Time][pebble]. This, too, was huge.  I can walk the dog without my phone as a step tracker. I have a thing that lives on my body that maybe is a bit less accurate but more realistic in telling me when I was actually sleeping.
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I continued working out some medication stuff that’s important.
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I had some mini-breakthroughs in therapy and at acupuncture.
These seem positive to me. And (maybe with the exception of a gadget, even a well-thought out one) it seems like ongoing self-care, too.
Unstructured Time
I never take any. If I think of the kind of thing where I actively just…hang out? Watch a random movie? Read a magazine and just drink coffee, or even just go out for coffee without a Task At Hand? I hardly ever do these things.
And my therapist (who rules) and I keep coming back to that. I always feel time-constrained, and I also always feel like “this time right here has to have something going on.”
So, in a way, I’ve been doing more self-care during #100DaysOfHealthing. I just haven’t always planned, executed and recorded it.
I hope that’s true for you as well.
And I know that I have a loooong way to go improve my relationship with myself and others, but the self-care part has landed in a good spot.
Now What?
Well, a few things:
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I still consider the project to be underway, for me, and for any of you that are still doing it.
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In the future, for the project, I’m going to consider finding a way to make tracking days a lot simpler / more “on the fly”. Because stressing out about tracking self-care is super unproductive.
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At some point we will reach 100 days! And then maybe, later in the year, I’ll do a relaunch of the project.
But for now, know this: I’m supporting myself by taking time for self-care. I hope you are, too.
❤ jim
p.s. I wrote this about two weeks ago, but didn’t quite post it then. I think it all still stands though. 😀 Today, March 18, is Day 75, if you’re counting.
This post originally appeared on unfocused.tech
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You should go to Westport. It’s delightful. ↩


The nose package consists of a collection of three functions for classifying sparseness in typical 2 x 2 data sets with at least one cell should have zero count. These functions are based on the three widely applied summary measures for 2 x 2 categorical data viz, Risk Difference (RD), Relative Risk (RR), Odds Ratio (OR). This package helps to identify suitable continuity correction for zero cells when a multi centre analysis or a meta analysis is carried out. Further, it can be considered as a tool for sensitivity analysis for adding a continuity correction and to identify the presence of Simpson's paradox.
| Version: | 1.0 |
| Published: | 2012-12-19 |
| Author: | originally written by Subbiah M packaged by Sumathi R with considerable contributions by Srinivasan M R |
| Maintainer: | Sumathi R <sumathimr at yahoo.co.in> |
| License: | GPL-2 |
| NeedsCompilation: | no |
| CRAN checks: | nose results |
| Reference manual: | nose.pdf |
| Package source: | nose_1.0.tar.gz |
| Windows binaries: | r-devel: nose_1.0.zip, r-release: nose_1.0.zip, r-oldrel: nose_1.0.zip |
| OS X binaries: | r-release: nose_1.0.tgz, r-oldrel: nose_1.0.tgz |
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This web app was created as a project while enrolled at the University of Texas Web Development Bootcamp. We were tasked with creating an app that included user authorization, 1 api, and a MySQL database. It is currently being deployed through Heroku on their free tier. We will post updates, bugs, and announcements below.
General Use: You can click on the box Simulation or Youcube page to see how THREE.js is incorporated into this webpage
Bugs: Loading the saved parameters on the box simulation does not work for all of the fields.
Challenges: Connecting the animation back end to the front end and changing them dynamically


Preparation time
overnight
Cooking time
over 2 hours
Serves
Serves 8
Dietary
This is the perfect cake for Christmas, birthdays and all special occasions – it's a winner.
Put the currants, sultanas, raisins, rinsed, dried and quartered cherries, snipped apricots and chopped mixed peel in a large bowl. Stir in the brandy, cover the bowl and leave in a cool place overnight.
Lightly grease a 23cm/9 in deep round cake tin. Cut a strip of non-stick baking parchment to fit twice around the sides of the tin, fold the bottom edge of the strip up by about 2.5cm/1 in creasing it firmly, then open out the fold and cut slanting lines into this narrow strip at intervals. Put a circle of non-stick baking parchment into the base of the tin, lightly grease the outer edge and then fit the prepared strip of parchment with the snipped edge in the base of the tin to line the sides of the tin. Place a second circle of non-stick baking parchment in to cover the cut part of the paper.
Preheat the oven to 140C/275F/Gas 1.
Put the flour, grated nutmeg, mixed spice, butter, sugar, eggs, chopped almonds, black treacle and the citrus zest into a large bowl and beat well to mix thoroughly. Fold in the soaked fruits.
Spoon the mixture into the prepared cake tin and spread out evenly with the back of a spoon. Decorate the top with the whole blanched almonds and glacé cherries, pushing them lightly into the top of the cake mixture. Cover the top of the cake loosely with a double layer of greaseproof paper. Bake in the pre-heated oven for about 4¼-4 ¾ hours, or until the cake feels firm to the touch and a skewer inserted into the centre comes out clean. Allow the cake to cool in the tin.
When cool, pierce the cake at intervals with a fine skewer and 'feed' with a little splash of brandy. Once the cake is completely cold, leave the lining paper on the cake, wrap in a double layer of greaseproof paper and again in foil. Store in a cool, dry place for up to three months, feeding at intervals with more brandy.