This World is not Conclusion.
A Species stands beyond -
Invisible, as Music -
But positive, as Sound -
It beckons, and it baffles -
Philosophy, dont know -
And through a Riddle, at the last -
Sagacity, must go -
To guess it, puzzles scholars -
To gain it, Men have borne
Contempt of Generations
And Crucifixion, shown -
Faith slips - and laughs, and rallies -
Blushes, if any see -
Plucks at a twig of Evidence -
And asks a Vane, the way -
Much Gesture, from the Pulpit -
Strong Hallelujahs roll -
Narcotics cannot still the Tooth
That nibbles at the soul -
"This World is not Conclusion" by Emily Dickinson (1830-1886)
See if you can move Emily into the following box.
Mouseover this poem and see what happens.
Who includes diversity and is Nature,
Who is the amplitude of the earth, and the coarseness and sexuality of the earth, and the great charity of the earth and the equilibrium also,
Who has not look’d forth from the windows the eyes for nothing, or whose brain held audience with messengers for nothing,
Who contains believers and disbelievers, who is the most majestic lover,
Who holds duly his or her triune proportion of realism, spiritualism, and of the æsthetic or intellectual,
Who having consider’d the body finds all its organs and parts good,
Who, out of the theory of the earth and of his or her body understands by subtle analogies all other theories,
The theory of a city, a poem, and of the large politics of these States;
Who believes not only in our globe with its sun and moon, but in other globes with their suns and moons,
Who, constructing the house of himself or herself, not for a day but for all time, sees races, eras, dates, generations,
The past, the future, dwelling there, like space, inseparable together.
"Kosmos" by Walt Whitman (1819-1892)
New Year’s Day—
everything is in blossom!
I feel about average.
Haiku by Kobayashi Issa (1763-1828), translated by Robert Hass (1941-present)
Press the "p" key for a kewl nu font.


Superman first appeared in Action Comics #1 (June 1938) and subsequently appeared in various radio serials, newspaper strips, television programs, films, and video games. With this success, Superman helped to create the superhero genre and establish its primacy within the American comic book. He was created by writer Jerry Siegel and artist Joe Shuster in 1933
Read MoreSuperman is an outsider—a literal alien with unparalleled powers—who could have easily seen only the worst of humanity and America, who could have used his powers to take over the world and turn it into something “better.” Instead, Superman focused on the positive, decided to be inspired by the best of people and in turn inspire others, both within the pages of comic books and in the real world.
Read MoreSuperman is more than just a fictional comic book character, but a cultural icon that’s become ingrained into the public’s consciousness. He’s gone beyond being just a beloved comic book character, but an influential figure that’s helped shape a great deal of modern media and cultural traditions across the world. He not only helped build the superhero as a force in popular culture but became a symbol of the American Dream. Whether you like him or not, a lot is owed to the Man of Steel and his enduring presence in the media which will continue to have an impact for probably many more decades to come.
Read More


ageedit
- filtertype: age source: name direction: older timestring: '%Y.%m.%d' unit: days unit_count: 3 field: stats_result: epoch: exclude: False
Empty values and commented lines will result in the default value, if any, being selected. If a setting is set, but not used by a given filtertype, it may generate an error.
This filtertype will iterate over the actionable list and match indices based on their age. They will remain in, or be removed from the actionable list based on the value of exclude.
Read more about the different settings for this filtertype:
Required settingsedit
- source (required)
- direction (required)
- unit (required)
- unit_count (required)
Dependent settingsedit
-
timestring (required if
source
isname
) -
field (required if
source
isfield_stats
) [Indices only] -
stats_result (only used if
source
isfield_stats
) [Indices only]


The LoginComponent can be used to quickly add login functionality to the app. Simply add <pdsb-login></pdsb-login> to your login page, and subscribe to the userSelected subject in the AuthService.
If the API endpoint is not /apiRoot/login, you can add text between apiRoot and login by settings the [urlPart] property


assignment_id = packet["assignment_id"]
data = None
if "data" in packet:
data = packet["data"]
else:
data = ""
conversation_id = packet["conversation_id"]
print_and_log(
logging.WARN,
"Could not create a valid packet out of the dictionary"
"provided: {}, error: {}".format(packet, repr(e))
)
return None


We are a web based health foods store. We specialize in gluten free and dairy free foods.
You are running this app from the platform and your battery is at %.


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More fluff about the launch of a mobile-specific domain name, .mp; but I've written about this before...
I don't get the argument that "there's lots of mobile devices, so we need a special domain name for them". Do we need similar domain names for cars, sheep, or idiots?
Or is it a tool from which to hang sales of a mobile CMS?
Still, what does TBL know, eh?


--- layout: page title: Messages permalink: /messages/ group: main ---
So modals are awesome, but i like more.
 Just add an id to the message and target it using a link.
{% include_relative message_large.html %} {% highlight html %}{% include_relative message_large.html %}{% endhighlight %}


Avengers
Director
- Joss Whedon
Released
- 2015-05-01
Country
- USA
Actors
- Rober Downey Jr
- Chris Hemsworth
- Mark Ruffalo
- Chris Evans
Language
- English
Awards
- 1 win & 12 nominations.
Imdb Rating
- 7.6
Imdb Votes
- 370909
Genre
- Action
- Adventure
- Sci-Fi
Writer
- Joss Whedon
- Stan Lee (Marvel comics)
- Jack Kirby
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Restful Jersey javax.naming.NamingException:Lookup failed for 'java:module/PersonRessource'
Post by: gasparri Mbeunzoueuh, Greenhorn
on Mar 03, 2011 03:11:25
Hi
I am trying to developp a web service application and I am new in this field.
I have developp a Person, Account ,PersonRessource and PersonneRessource remote classes. I use a oracle database. The PersonRessource is my ressource, Person and Account are my EJB, and they are mapping on my database. I already have implement my persistence.xml and my web.xml but I don?t why I become this error
WARNING: PWC4011: Unable to set request character encoding to UTF-8 from context , because request parameters have already been read, or ServletRequest.getReader() has already been called
please Can someone help me?
All times above are in ranch (not your local) time.
The current ranch time is Dec 13, 2013 16:45:18.


vecQuantize
Vector quantization using LBG method of center splitting
Contents
Syntax
- center=vecQuantize(data, codeBookSize)
- center=vecQuantize(data, codeBookSize, showPlot)
- [center, U]=vecQuantize(data, codeBookSize, ...)
- [center, U, centerHistory]=vecQuantize(data, codeBookSize, ...)
Description
center=vecQuantize(data, codeBookSize) returns the centers (codebook) of k-means via LBG method, where
- data: data matrix where each column is an observation
- codeBookSize: codebook size or number of cluster centers (should be the power of 2)
- center: codebook matrix where each column is a codeword
center=vecQuantize(data, codeBookSize, 1) display the animation and messages during training.
[center, U]=vecQuantize(data, codeBookSize, ...) returns extra info of the partition matrix U.
References
- Y. Linde, A. Buzo, and R.M. Gray, "An Algorithm for Vector Quantizer Design", IEEE Transactions on Communications, vol. 28, pp. 84-94, 1980.
Example
DS=dcData(2); data=DS.input; codeBookSize=2^5; showPlot=1; codebook=vecQuantize(data, codeBookSize, showPlot);
Iteration count = 1/200, distortion = 668.282738 Iteration count = 2/200, distortion = 383.361358 Iteration count = 3/200, distortion = 383.273604 Iteration count = 4/200, distortion = 383.064363 Iteration count = 5/200, distortion = 382.996568 Iteration count = 6/200, distortion = 382.961520 Iteration count = 7/200, distortion = 382.887191 Iteration count = 8/200, distortion = 382.856993 Iteration count = 9/200, distortion = 382.854236 Iteration count = 10/200, distortion = 382.854236 No. of centers = 2, loop count = 10, distortion = 382.854 Iteration count = 1/200, distortion = 382.854236 Iteration count = 2/200, distortion = 305.173976 Iteration count = 3/200, distortion = 167.565873 Iteration count = 4/200, distortion = 153.664509 Iteration count = 5/200, distortion = 153.288060 Iteration count = 6/200, distortion = 153.055238 Iteration count = 7/200, distortion = 152.959066 Iteration count = 8/200, distortion = 152.785305 Iteration count = 9/200, distortion = 152.590860 Iteration count = 10/200, distortion = 152.206281 Iteration count = 11/200, distortion = 151.664618 Iteration count = 12/200, distortion = 151.059425 Iteration count = 13/200, distortion = 150.530504 Iteration count = 14/200, distortion = 149.948186 Iteration count = 15/200, distortion = 149.598265 Iteration count = 16/200, distortion = 149.380304 Iteration count = 17/200, distortion = 149.243004 Iteration count = 18/200, distortion = 149.218169 Iteration count = 19/200, distortion = 149.216349 Iteration count = 20/200, distortion = 149.213982 Iteration count = 21/200, distortion = 149.213982 No. of centers = 4, loop count = 21, distortion = 149.214 Iteration count = 1/200, distortion = 149.213982 Iteration count = 2/200, distortion = 72.493824 Iteration count = 3/200, distortion = 66.125497 Iteration count = 4/200, distortion = 65.405113 Iteration count = 5/200, distortion = 65.284474 Iteration count = 6/200, distortion = 65.258805 Iteration count = 7/200, distortion = 65.251778 Iteration count = 8/200, distortion = 65.247014 Iteration count = 9/200, distortion = 65.242410 Iteration count = 10/200, distortion = 65.231397 Iteration count = 11/200, distortion = 65.228768 Iteration count = 12/200, distortion = 65.227761 Iteration count = 13/200, distortion = 65.227761 No. of centers = 8, loop count = 13, distortion = 65.2278 Iteration count = 1/200, distortion = 65.227761 Iteration count = 2/200, distortion = 37.870619 Iteration count = 3/200, distortion = 36.314301 Iteration count = 4/200, distortion = 35.548753 Iteration count = 5/200, distortion = 35.089839 Iteration count = 6/200, distortion = 34.621084 Iteration count = 7/200, distortion = 34.251317 Iteration count = 8/200, distortion = 33.998069 Iteration count = 9/200, distortion = 33.842855 Iteration count = 10/200, distortion = 33.793602 Iteration count = 11/200, distortion = 33.747729 Iteration count = 12/200, distortion = 33.720109 Iteration count = 13/200, distortion = 33.715406 Iteration count = 14/200, distortion = 33.715406 No. of centers = 16, loop count = 14, distortion = 33.7154 Iteration count = 1/200, distortion = 33.715406 Iteration count = 2/200, distortion = 20.988214 Iteration count = 3/200, distortion = 18.526228 Iteration count = 4/200, distortion = 17.572222 Iteration count = 5/200, distortion = 16.995006 Iteration count = 6/200, distortion = 16.649556 Iteration count = 7/200, distortion = 16.457315 Iteration count = 8/200, distortion = 16.354085 Iteration count = 9/200, distortion = 16.248932 Iteration count = 10/200, distortion = 16.198292 Iteration count = 11/200, distortion = 16.123470 Iteration count = 12/200, distortion = 16.020661 Iteration count = 13/200, distortion = 15.975594 Iteration count = 14/200, distortion = 15.968406 Iteration count = 15/200, distortion = 15.958396 Iteration count = 16/200, distortion = 15.955550 Iteration count = 17/200, distortion = 15.955550 No. of centers = 32, loop count = 17, distortion = 15.9556


--- author: Steve Gill categories: app date: '2011-07-19 00:42:51' permalink: /2011/07/19/intro-to-phonegap-training-on-july-26/ slug: intro-to-phonegap-training-on-july-26 status: publish title: Intro to PhoneGap training on July 26! type: post format: html ---
Hey Everyone,
Just wanted to let people know that we are having the next session of our monthly training program on Tuesday July 26, 2011. We will be presenting an Intro to PhoneGap. We will walk over setting up your environment for iOS/Android development and creating a hello world app. If you are new to PhoneGap, definitely check this out!
To register for the event, you must sign up for a PhoneGap support subscription. You will also get access to our previous training sessions once you sign up. To view more information on the event, check out http://www.phonegap.com/community/events/#2011-7-26 and http://nitobi.com/training.
Cheers, -Steve Gill


Preparation time
less than 30 mins
Cooking time
30 mins to 1 hour
Serves
Serves 6
Dietary
These citrusy, soufflé-style puddings are baked in a bain marie to ensure they are beautifully moist. Serve topped with candied orange peel and fresh mint.
Preheat the oven to 180C/350F/Gas 4 and grease six individual pudding moulds.
In a pan, bring the orange and lemon juices to the boil. Cook until the volume of liquid has reduced by half. Set aside to cool.
In a bowl, beat the butter, sugar and lemon zest until pale and creamy. Mix in the egg yolks, one at a time. In a separate bowl, mix the sifted flour and baking powder together, then add to the butter mixture.
Slowly add the reduced orange and lemon juices and milk to the mixture stirring gently to combine.
In a large bowl, whisk the egg whites until soft peaks form when the whisk is removed.
Beat one-third of the egg whites into the cake batter, then carefully fold in the remainder using a large metal spoon.
Stand the moulds in a roasting tin and pour in the cake batter. Pour boiling water into the base of the tin. Bake for 20 minutes, or until the puddings are golden-brown and firm to the touch. If the tops are browning too quickly cover with aluminium foil.
Meanwhile, whip the cream until soft peaks form when the whisk is removed and fold in the orange liqueur.
Decorate puddings with the candied orange peel and fresh mint, and serve with the cream.


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The SGID contains a complete statewide coverage of scanned standard series USGS topographic maps, also known as digital raster graphics (DRGs). AGRC has modified these DRGs so that they are collarless and are georeferenced to the surface of the earth using the UTM Zone 12 North, NAD83 projected coordinate system (except where noted).
The 1:24K, 1:100K, and 1:250K scale USGS topographic maps are available in mosaiced format using the SGID Image Server's free downloadable client for use in ArcMap and CAD software.
Download USGS Topo Maps By Interactive Map (1:24000, 1:100000 and 1:250000)
File-based 1:24K, 1:100K, 1:250K DRGs available for download from AGRC's FTP site are indexed by both quad name and quad number (SGID Q Number), using the links below:
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GeoTIFFs of USGS Scanned Topographic Maps, by quads, with collars from the AGRC ftp site
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Statewide NAD27 JPG (1:500000)


Note: the www
endpoint is now deprecated. Please use the https://app.bitrise.io/app/APP-SLUG/build/start.json
endpoint instead.
With the Build Trigger API you can start a new build of your app with a simple API call.
You can define parameters for the build like what branch
, tag
or git commit to use
and what build message to present on the Build’s details page.
!!! note “Interactive cURL call configurator”
You can find an interactive cURL call configurator by clicking on the Start/Schedule a build
button on your app’s bitrise.io page
and switching to Advanced
mode in the popup.
At the bottom of the popup you can find a curl
call,
based on the parameters you specify in the popup.
How to start a build by calling the Trigger API?
You have to call your build trigger with a POST
request with a JSON body.
!!! note “Build Trigger Token and App Slug”
When you use the Bitrise Trigger API you have to specify the App’s Build Trigger Token
and App Slug
.
You can view both and regenerate your App’s Build Trigger Token anytime you want to,
on the Code
tab of the app.
Note: the old api_token
parameter is DEPRECATED, please use the build_trigger_token
parameter instead
JSON body
The JSON body has to contain at least:
- a
hook_info
object with:- a
type
key andbitrise
as its value - a
build_trigger_token
key and your Build Trigger Token as its value
- a
- a
build_params
object, with at least atag
,branch
orworkflow_id
parameter specified
A minimal sample JSON body, which specifies master as the branch
parameter:
{
"hook_info": {
"type": "bitrise",
"build_trigger_token": "..."
},
"build_params": {
"branch": "master"
}
}
To pass this JSON payload you can either pass it as the body of the request as string (the JSON object serialized to string),
or if you want to pass it as an object (e.g. if you want to call it from JavaScript) then you have to include a root payload
element, or set the JSON object as the value of the payload
POST parameter.
jQuery example using the payload
parameter:
$.post("https://app.bitrise.io/app/APP-SLUG/build/start.json", {
"payload":{
"hook_info":{
"type":"bitrise",
"build_trigger_token":"APP-API-TOKEN"
},
"build_params":{
"branch":"master"
}
}
})
Build Params
The following parameters are supported in the build_params
object:
Git related:
branch
(string): The (Source) Branch to build. In case of a standard git commit this is the branch of the commit. In case of a Pull Request build this is the source branch, the one the PR was started from.tag
(string): The git Tag to build.commit_hash
(string): The git commit hash to build.commit_message
(string): The git commit message (or build’s message).
Bitrise.io specific:
workflow_id
: (string): Force the use of the specified workflow ID. If not defined then the workflow will be selected based on the project’s Trigger Map config.environments
(array of objects): See the Specify Environment Variables section for more info about theenvironments
objects.skip_git_status_report
(bool): Skip sending build status for the connected git provider
Pull Request specific:
branch_dest
(string): Used only in case of Pull Request builds: the destination/target branch of the Pull Request, the one the PR will be merged into. Example:master
.pull_request_id
(int): Pull Request ID on the source code hosting system (e.g. the PR number on GitHub)pull_request_repository_url
(string): repository url from where the Pull Request is sent. E.g. if it’s created from a fork this should be the fork’s URL. Example:https://github.com/xyz/bitrise.git
.pull_request_merge_branch
(string): the pre-merge branch, if the source code hosting system supports & provides the pre-merged state of the PR on a special “merge branch” (ref). Probably only GitHub supports this. Example:pull/12/merge
.pull_request_head_branch
(string): the Pull Request’s “head branch” (refs/
) if the source code hosting system supports & provides this. This special gitref
should point to the source of the Pull Request. Supported by GitHub and GitLab. Example:pull/12/head
(github) /merge-requests/12/head
(gitlab).
!!! note “Git Clone - parameter priority”
If you provide a tag
, the branch
parameter will be ignored by the Git Clone
step.
If you provide a commit_hash
parameter then both the tag
and the branch
parameters will be ignored.
These will still be logged, will be available for steps and will be visible on the Build’s details page,
but the Git Clone
step will use the the most specific parameter for checkout.
Specify Environment Variables
You can define additional environment variables for your build.
These variables will be handled with priority between Secrets
and App Env Vars
,
which means that you can not overwrite environment variables defined in
your build configuration (e.g. App Env Vars), only Secrets.
For more information see:
Availability order of environment variables
It’s important that this parameter have to be an array of objects,
and that every item of the array have to include
at least a mapped_to
(the key of the Environment Variable, without a dollar sign ($
))
and a value
property (the value of the variable). By default environment variable names inside values will be replaced in triggered build by actual value from target environment. This behavior can be disabled by setting is_expand
flag to false
.
Example:
"environments":[
{"mapped_to":"API_TEST_ENV","value":"This is the test value","is_expand":true},
{"mapped_to":"HELP_ENV","value":"$HOME variable contains user's home directory path","is_expand":false},
]
Workflow to be used for the build
By default the Workflow for your Build will be selected based on the
build_params
and your app’s Trigger Map.
This is the same as how Webhooks select the workflow for the build
automatically (based on the Trigger Map), and how you can
define separate Workflows for separate branches, tags or pull requests
without the need to specify the workflow manually for every build.
With the Trigger API you can however overwrite this selection and specify exactly which Workflow you want to use.
All you have to do is add a workflow_id
parameter to your build_params
and specify the Workflow you want to use for that specific build.
An example build_params
with branch
and workflow_id
:
"build_params":{"branch":"master","workflow_id":"deploy"}'
curl
example generator
You can find an interactive cURL call configurator by clicking on the Start/Schedule a build
button on your app’s bitrise.io page
and switching to Advanced
mode in the popup.
At the bottom of the popup you can find a curl
call, based on the parameters you specify in the popup.
A base curl call would look like this (with master
specified as the branch
build parameter):
curl -H 'Content-Type: application/json' https://app.bitrise.io/app/APP-SLUG/build/start.json --data '{"hook_info":{"type":"bitrise","build_trigger_token":"APP-API-TOKEN"},"build_params":{"branch":"master"}}'
Note: please don’t forget to add Content-Type
header with application/json
value
A more advanced example: let’s say you want to build the master branch
using the deployment
workflow,
specify a build message (commit_message
)
and set a test environment variable (API_TEST_ENV
),
the call will look like this:
curl -H 'Content-Type: application/json' https://app.bitrise.io/app/APP-SLUG/build/start.json --data '{"hook_info":{"type":"bitrise","build_trigger_token":"APP-API-TOKEN"},"build_params":{"branch":"master","commit_message":"Environment in API params test","workflow_id":"deployment","environments":[{"mapped_to":"API_TEST_ENV","value":"This is the test value","is_expand":true}]}}'


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Yannick Zakowski
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17 May 2001
Disease Outbreak Reported
No human
cases of H5N1 virus have been detected. The strains isolated from the birds differ
genetically from the H5N1 virus which caused human disease in 1997. There is no
cause for public health concern, but as a precautionary measure, the birds at all three
retail markets have been destroyed and the markets cleansed and disinfected. For further information, click on the website of the
Government of Hong Kong
Special Administrative Region of China. The following is the transcript of the
English portion of the opening remarks made by Mrs Lily Yam, the Secretary for the
Environment and Food, Hong Kong Special Administrative Region of China, at a press
briefing held on May 16: Precautionary measures taken to prevent
spread of chicken disease I have called this press briefing to
announce that at 3.30 this afternoon the Director of Agriculture, Fisheries and
Conservation has issued a notice declaring the poultry stalls in three markets as infected
places in accordance with the Public Health (Animals and Birds) Regulations. The three
markets are Yeung Luk Road Market in Sheung Wan, Fa Yuen Street Market, and the Smithfield
Road Market. The Food and Environmental Hygiene
Department has already started action to close these poultry stalls and the department has
requested all poultry stallholders to destroy the live birds in their stalls, and these
stallholders will be given every assistance and advice by members of the Food and
Environmental Hygiene Department. The department has also made appropriate arrangements
for the destroyed birds to be sent right away to a landfill for proper treatment. After
all the birds have been destroyed, the poultry stalls in the markets will be thoroughly
cleansed and disinfected. We have taken this precautionary measure
for two reasons. The first is that since yesterday, in Yeung Luk Road Market, 763 chickens
have died. There are also a number of chicken deaths in the other two markets. Tests by
the Agriculture, Fisheries and Conservation Department have demonstrated that these
chickens have died of avian influenza. I have to emphasize that there are many strains of
H5N1 and according to the information currently available, only the H5N1 chicken strain
that we had in Hong Kong in 1997 would affect human beings, and the vast majority of H5N1
strains will not affect human beings. From samples we have recently collected
from these three markets, a few are shown to contain the H5 virus, and genes sequencing
tests have demonstrated that these viruses are not - I repeat not - the same as the kind
of H5N1 chicken virus that we had in Hong Kong in 1997. Nonetheless, we feel that it is
essential for us to take this precautionary measure because there is a need to destroy
these viruses thoroughly, to prevent their lingering in the market always with the
probability, no matter how low the possibility, that they might - they might - combine
with other viruses to result in a new strain which may affect human beings. I have to reiterate there is no cause for
public concern at this stage. This is a precautionary measure. The indication is that
there is no evidence that these viruses would affect human beings. Of course, the public
is reminded to observe the usual hygiene standards. The measures that we have taken and the
tests that we have conducted, and the results, show that in Hong Kong we have one of the
best and thorough surveillance systems covering not just imported birds but also the
arrangements in our markets, and the public can rest assured that this surveillance system
will enable us to detect any problems as soon as they arise so that we can take the
necessary measures. Thank you very much.
Influenza A(H5N1) virus was recently detected in three retail
live-bird markets in Hong Kong Special Administrative Region of China, with increased
mortality in the bird population noted in the last few days. No H5N1 viruses were
isolated in other retail markets.


FSEEK
Section: Linux Programmer's Manual (3)
Updated: 2014-05-28
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Return to Main Contents
NAME
fgetpos, fseek, fsetpos, ftell, rewind - reposition a stream
SYNOPSIS
#include <stdio.h>
int fseek(FILE *stream, long offset, int whence);
long ftell(FILE *stream);
void rewind(FILE *stream);
int fgetpos(FILE *stream, fpos_t *pos);
int fsetpos(FILE *stream, const fpos_t *pos);
DESCRIPTION
The
fseek()
function sets the file position indicator for the stream pointed to by
stream.
The new position, measured in bytes, is obtained by adding
offset
bytes to the position specified by
whence.
If
whence
is set to
SEEK_SET,
SEEK_CUR,
or
SEEK_END,
the offset is relative to the start of the file, the current position
indicator, or end-of-file, respectively.
A successful call to the
fseek()
function clears the end-of-file indicator for the stream and undoes
any effects of the
ungetc(3)
function on the same stream.
The
ftell()
function obtains the current value of the file position indicator for the
stream pointed to by
stream.
The
rewind()
function sets the file position indicator for the stream pointed to by
stream
to the beginning of the file.
It is equivalent to:
-
(void) fseek(stream, 0L, SEEK_SET)
except that the error indicator for the stream is also cleared (see
clearerr(3)).
The
fgetpos()
and
fsetpos()
functions are alternate interfaces equivalent to
ftell()
and
fseek()
(with
whence
set to
SEEK_SET),
setting and storing the current value of the file offset into or from the
object referenced by
pos.
On some non-UNIX systems, an
fpos_t
object may be a complex object and these routines may be the only way to
portably reposition a text stream.
RETURN VALUE
The
rewind()
function returns no value.
Upon successful completion,
fgetpos(),
fseek(),
fsetpos()
return 0,
and
ftell()
returns the current offset.
Otherwise, -1 is returned and
errno
is set to indicate the error.
ERRORS
- EBADF
-
The
stream
specified is not a seekable stream.
- EINVAL
-
The
whence
argument to
fseek()
was not
SEEK_SET,
SEEK_END,
or
SEEK_CUR.
Or: the resulting file offset would be negative.
The functions
fgetpos(),
fseek(),
fsetpos(),
and
ftell()
may also fail and set
errno
for any of the errors specified for the routines
fflush(3),
fstat(2),
lseek(2),
and
malloc(3).
CONFORMING TO
C89, C99.
SEE ALSO
lseek(2),
fseeko(3)
Index
- NAME
-
- SYNOPSIS
-
- DESCRIPTION
-
- RETURN VALUE
-
- ERRORS
-
- CONFORMING TO
-
- SEE ALSO
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Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang confirmed as Arsenal’s new captain
Unai Emery has confirmed Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang as Arsenal’s new captain after the head coach stripped Granit Xhaka of the armband following his recent outburst against supporters.
Xhaka told fans to “f**k off” as he was jeered following his substitution in a 2-2 draw against Crystal Palace – also removing his shirt and cupping his ears.
The 27-year-old has since issued an apology of sorts, explaining that ongoing social media abuse aimed at his family also led to his furious reaction.
In the immediate aftermath of the incident, Arsenal said they would offer counselling and other support mechanisms as Emery said Xhaka was “devastated, sad and very down”.
The Switzerland international has since sat out the following two draws against Liverpool and Wolves and has not travelled for the Europa League clash against Vitoria on Wednesday afternoon.
And it was here in Guimaraes, talking at his pre-match press conference, where Emery revealed he had taken the decision to relieve Xhaka of the captain’s armband.
“He is not today here, but also I think we need time with him and first protect him also to be calm and training with us every day,” he replied when asked about Xhaka’s continued absence from the team.
“But I was speaking with him this morning and also I decided he is not one of the captains in our group. I decided that and I told him this morning.
“He accepted my decision. And also I told the other captains the decision.
“We need to carry on and focus for tomorrow’s match and next Saturday’s match. I needed to make a decision and now it is closed.”
Former captain Laurent Koscielny left under a cloud during the summer after refusing to travel on the club’s pre-season tour of the United States, eventually being sold to Bordeaux.
In response, Emery held a blind ballot amongst his players which saw Xhaka’s top the poll, and in a five-man leadership group Aubameyang, Hector Bellerin, Alexandre Lacazette and Mesut Ozil were also selected.
The Spaniard confirmed another vote will not take place and Aubameyang will lead the team, adding: “We have now Aubameyang, Hector, Lacazette and Ozil. They are the four captains and the first now is Aubameyang.”
With Aubameyang left at home to rest, Bellerin is expected to captain the side in Portugal.
I respect this competition and this Vitoria team
Despite revealing his decision over the captaincy, Emery dodged questions as to Xhaka’s long-term future at the club.
“The decision I took I told him and I told the other captains and now it’s continuing,” he replied having been asked three times about if Xhaka had played his last game for Arsenal.
“Then the time is giving us the next matches, the next weeks and months how we can continue with every player and with him also.
“But now the focus is tomorrow. He’s not here we are other players and it’s very important I respect a lot this competition and this Vitoria team.”


| DOSE: |
2 hits |
smoked |
Cannabis |
(plant material) |
I remember the first time I ever got high.  I was just a 16 year old trying to catch a buzz.
  Before you can put up your dukes, you are assaulted with lighning fast punches, and before you know what happened you're on the ground getting kicked in the ribs.
This was my experience.
I was with my friend at the time, who lived right next door to me and was a huge pothead. I smoked out of a bowl and a joint with him a couple times, never got more than a slight body buzz though.
One night in particular, he wanted me to get high with him. Really Freakin' High.   As soon as I was done coughing the second time, I just sat there for what was probably 5 minutes but could have been more or less. I remember him asking me how I felt, but I simply couldn't respond. Or I didn't want to, I just remember I couldn't. I heard what sounded like a waterfall, which could have been the blood in my veins or a hallucination.
 I tried to go in his house, as if I was noramal, we had planned on listening to Metallica after getting high. Then I realized I just was'nt walking normally. I seemed to be walking backwards, yet moving forward. This truly confused me. So I kept asking him if I was walking alright and why I wasn't enjoying the high. All I remember after that was banging my head against a wall in his apartment - REALLY HARD - and I didn't feel a thing.
I went straight home after that to try to relax and sleep it off. But laying down in my bed, I could hear and feel everything that was going on in my body. I remember thinking, is this what weed does?? How come I can't relax on this stuff like everybody else? This thinking made things worse. WTF. This weird part of a Marilyn Manson song off of Portrait of an American Family kept playing like a continuous loop in my head. It was rather haunting and disturbing, the way it sounded.
I remember at one point it felt like I became my heart and I was trapped in my chest or soemthing! Shit was nuts.  And that I was only a teenager trying to expiriement and I'd NEVER do it again. haha. Off course that didn't work and her reaction only made me feel worse. I just layed there on the living room floor till it wore off, every now and then I would twitch and shake and say 'make it stop'. My mom was convinced I was on something else (I told her I just had weed).
The minutes really were like hours* so I kept staring at the digital clock on the microwave in disbelief. It was really annoying at this point because every time I swallowed saliva or took a breath, I could feel it going down my throat or I could feel my chest and everything involved in the movement. I experienced every bodily function in too much damn detail. I know that sounds cool but it really wasn't. Its as if I was so focused on the inside that I couldn't focus on the outside.
This caused me to feel really isolated from everything and everyone, like I wasn't really there. And I felt so numb. My heart seemed to be beating ten times as fast as it normally was, and I could hear it clearly without even trying to, which really freaked me out. I was sure it was angel dust or acid weed. I KNEW it had to be something crazy, but when I asked my 'friend' about it the next day, he insisted that it was just weed. It should be noted that he was just fine while I was trippin balls.
[Erowid Note: Some authors report suspicions that their cannabis has been 'laced' (adulterated), in some cases presumably with PCP. While this is possible, readers should be aware that idiosyncratic response to the effects of cannabis (usually higher doses) can lead some users to presume their cannabis has been 'laced'. There is no way to know if the cannabis in this report was adulterated or not. Given the description here, it would appear highly unlikely that PCP was involved.]
The next morning when I woke up feeling mentally, physically and psycologically exhausted.  I felt weaker than I ever have/had in my whole life, I honestly thought I was dieing or something.
Well, about 4 years later I decided to smoke some hydro, had about half a joint, and it was quite enjoyable. So I started smoking weed occasionally, because most of my friends at that time smoked.
A couple years After that, I took a couple hits (that's it) off another friend's blunt, and the same thing as the first time happened! As soon as I was done coughing, I felt dissociated and numb EXACTLY like the first time, which is what freaked me out. It was like a lightswich in my head SNAP! Purple rain reality! Because my mental state was identicle to that one night, I was convinced I would have the same trip as 4 years ago, and so I pretty much did. Can you say FLASHBACK?! FUCK! I just waited it out this time, at first.
My homie said I was buggin out so he was like 'I'm gonna leave bro'.  I did convince him to get me some Nyquil from Cirkle K, which I ended up taking a couple hours later. At first I tried to breath, calm down, do pushups* it all made it worse.  Everything was sooo far away, so alien, you don't understand.
So yeah, I ended up drinking a double dose of Nyquil. When it kicked in it took me like 15 minutes to walk from my living room to my room (or at least thats what it felt like). Everything was so slooooow. But I was so releived to know I was going to sleep.
Ironically, DXM is my drug of choice these days. I don't do much of anything else. But my first time, on 4 ounces of Tussin, after the euphoria, the dissociative effects kicked in, which were very similar to the that numb, bad trippy feeling from the 'weed'. And I was like 'Jesus, does every drug end up doing this to me'? I did get over it, it wasn't nearly as bad as those two horrible, hellish experiences with weed (that sounds so ridiculous).
Whatever, I'm like the only person I know that doesn't smoke weed for these reasons. Everybody else either simply doesn't like it, is straight edge, or they quit smoking. I'm glad to see others have these things happen on here. Wait, no I'm not.  But at least there's those that can relate.
Some information about my state of mind around the time when I had my first wild trip. I rarely drank water, didn't eat as well as I should, like most Americans, and I was on medication for a chemical imbalance.
I don't remember if I was taking an MAOI or anti-depressant (I was given a few different meds, some of which were the wrong shit and I had to be given different doses/meds till it 'worked') at the exact time, but I know it was during that era and I HAD been on medication.
Experience Reports are the writings and opinions of the individual authors who submit them.
Some of the activities described are dangerous and/or illegal and none are recommended by Erowid.


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The problem with SlowEventQueue is that LineSweep requires no duplicate reporting of intersections. For this to work, you must be careful not to insert the same point multiple times into the event queue. This could happen if there are numerous pairs of lines that intersect at the same intersection point (an easy case to construct). Thus the insert method actually behaves more like merge.


Cabinet clears Bill to facilitate property rights
It will give some relief from registration charges, stamp duty
by Special CorrespondentA Bill that will facilitate the grant of ownership rights for properties in 1,731 unauthorised colonies in Delhi was approved by the Union Cabinet on Wednesday.
The National Capital Territory of Delhi (Recognition of Property Rights of Residents in Unauthorised Colonies) Bill, 2019 was approved for introduction in the ongoing session of Parliament during the Cabinet meeting chaired by Prime Minister Narendra Modi, a government statement said.
The Bill would aid the registration of properties in the unauthorised colonies and give some relief to the applicants from registration charges and stamp duty, it said.
“Nearly 40 lakh people reside in unauthorised colonies located on private or public land in Delhi,” the statement noted, adding that these residents were unable to register their properties for lack of title documents.
Relaxation
The Bill will allow for recognition of general power of attorney, will, agreement to sale, payment and possession documents for registration of the properties, providing a one-time relaxation from a Supreme Court ruling that said general power of attorney/sale agreement were not transfers.
It will also allow for registration charge and stamp duty to be levied on the value in the conveyance deed and it would be applicable to the last transaction only.


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- A book which make you believe that whatever you visualizes, materializes.
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- What The Rich Teach Their Kids About Money - That the Poor and Middle Class Do Not!
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THE GINGERBREAD MAN A film review by Matt Williams
RATING: * * * out of * * * *
Doing a John Grisham film seems to be the trendy way these days for an artistic director to make a commercial film. First Francis Ford Coppola tackled The Rainmaker, which is still the finest adaptation of any of Grisham's works. Now Robert Altman gives his own unique stamp to Grisham's first story written exclusively for the screen, The Gingerbread Man.
All Grisham films have to have a lawyer, and The Gingerbread Man is no exception. This time around, the lawyer is Rick Magruder (Kenneth Branagh), a somewhat unscrupulous criminal attorney in Savannah. His career is skyrocketing, but his life has fallen apart. He has divorced from his wife, Leeanne (Famke Janssen), and has a hard time keeping track of his children when they're in his custody.
 The old man drove a wedge between her and her ex-husband (Tom Berenger), and now it seems he may be out to kill her. Rick sets out to help her, but slowly gets drawn into the deadly game himself.
Meanwhile as a tempest is brewing in Rick's life, a real storm is brewing outside. Hurricane Geraldo is building force and heading straight toward the Savannah coast. Hmmm...I wonder when it will hit?
The Gingerbread Man starts well, with a nearly trademark Altman party scene that informs us this won't be the typical Grisham adaptation. The overlapping dialogue weaves a rich texture of Savannah life, and is an excellent backdrop for the film. Unfortunately, as the storm brews outside, chunks of the movie get torn away like debris in gale-force winds. While the film is thrilling over two-thirds of the way through, the film's finale is a whimper of incredulity.
The cast is top notch, involving us even though the characters are never quite endearing. Shining out among the talented cast are Duvall, who gives the eerie coot a note of authenticity, Robert Downey Jr as a booze-ridden private eye, and Daryl Hannah as Rick's legal assistant.
The film is neither the typical John Grisham tale, nor the typical Robert Altman film. Although involving a lawyer, the film is more personal and compelling than most of Grisham's work. It's good to see the protagonist as something either than a fresh idealist just out of law school. The film is much more linear than most of Altman's work. While the opening carries his distinctive touch, as the film progresses it gains a greater sense of anonymity.
Still, even with its flawed ending, The Gingerbread Man is an enjoyable tale to watch. Solid directing and an excellent cast make for a thrilling initial 90 minutes, and even when the good actors start doing stupid things, at least you can enjoy the good acting.
Copyright 1998 Matt Williams
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This very small port is about 25nm due south of Bissau on the east coast of the island of Ponta Doce Mancanha.
Position 11° 34.4' N, 15° 28.2'W.
There is just one commercial jetty here. Not a recommended berth for yachts.
No other information.
Last updated January 2012.


Aimia to revise board in deal with dissident shareholders, plans share buyback
by The Canadian Press, StaffMONTREAL - Aimia Inc. has reached a deal with a group of dissident shareholders to revise its board of directors and buy back up to $125 million worth of its shares.
The agreement ends a dispute with the group led by Charles Frischer that had sought to overthrow half of Aimia's eight-member board.
Aimia sold its flagship Aeroplan program to Air Canada earlier this year. The deal left Aimia with significant cash on hand, but also questions about its future.
Under the terms of the shareholder agreement, the company has agreed to a plan to reconstitute its board no later than Feb. 28, 2020, ahead of the company's next annual meeting, to be held no later than April 30, 2020.
A request for a special meeting of shareholders has been also withdrawn by the requisitioning dissident shareholders and Aimia and Mittleman Brothers LLC, the company's largest shareholder, have agreed to end their legal fight.
All six of the company's current, non-management directors, excluding Philip Mittleman, have confirmed that they will not stand for election to the board at the company's 2020 annual meeting.


 Cambridge has this roundabout way of doing it, maybe your town does too? so I want to try
vote.org
's tool.
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state resources
Malden
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this form must be mailed or dropped off in person, ugh!
Somerville
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you can email it, but good luck signing
Cambridge
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you can email it, but good luck signing
D.C.
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you can email it, but good luck signing
Newton Highlands
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INVOKE
to behave as free functionOne of possible interpretation of INVOKE
for member pointer is behaviour should be equivalent to result
of invocation of free function that accepts object at the first argument. In that case user-defined conversion should be also
considered for the one, newly introduced argument. As consequence of this design we introduce support reference_wrapper
and other wrappers with conversion operator.
In C++98 every member function of class C
with signature Ret foo(Args...) cv
can be transformed into pair of the following functions:
Ret foo(C cv &, Args...); Ret foo(C cv *, Args...);
Although after introduction of reference qualified method in C++11, every member function of class C
with signature Ret foo(Args...) cv ref
can be transformed without loss of information only to:
Ret foo(C cv ref, Args...);
That is caused by the fact that dereferencing a raw pointer in C++ will always produce and lvalue, so there is no possibility
to transform rvalue-qualified methods into free function that accepts raw pointer.
Although there is a possibility that we will encounter a class that will return a rvalue from a dereference operator; most noticeable
example of such class is optional
from Library Fundamentals TS.
To support such classed we should provde a generic overload that will support every pointee object:
template<typename T, typename U> concept bool Pointee = requires(T t) { {*std::forward<T>(t)} -> U; }; template<typename T> requires Pointee<T&&, C cv ref> Ret foo(T&&, Args...);
Allowing the conversion in INVOKE
for pointers to member may lead to an ambiguity in the case of entity t
for which both the result of t
and *t
is implicitly convertible to target class of the pointer.
If we want to keep the behaviour close to the result of the invocation of overloaded function, as defined in previous section, dereference operator
should be preferred over conversion if it's result type was compatible with cv-qualification and ref-qualification of member function pointer, as
the template function will always instantiate.
However applying such rules can cause silent code behaviour change, caused by change in cv-qualification of member method. For example, given the following definitions:
struct Clazz { void foo(); }; struct Wrapper { A const& operator*(); operator A&(); };
With above defitions expression std::mem_fn(&A::foo)(Wrapper())
will use conversion operator
because member function foo
cannot be invoked on a const object.
Let's imagine the situation in which member function foo
becomes const-qualified; such modification will silently change meaning of expression std::mem_fn(&A::foo)(Wrapper())
,
that will invoke dereference operator instead of conversion.
The author considers such change unacceptable because -- unlike in the case when we change one function overload for another --
we cannot reliably expect that dereference operator and conversion would have similar behaviour.
In order to avoid the described problem, following rules of dereference operator preference is proposed: the deference operator is selected if it returns a type that is implicitly convertible to a reference to target class of member pointer, however cv-qualified..
Described resolution keeps the above example ill-formed, preserving behaviour defined in the current standard.
In addition, it greatly simplifies usage of components defined in terms of INVOKE
,
by making their behaviour for pointers to members independent of the actual nature of the member: data or function.
This proposal has no dependencies beyond a C++11 compiler and
Standard Library implementation. (It depends on perfect forwarding,
varidatic templates, decltype
and trailing return types.)
Nothing depends on this proposal.
Change the paragraph 20.9.2 Requirements [func.require].
Define
INVOKE(f, t1, t2, ..., tN)
as follows:
(t1.*f)(t2, ..., tN)
whenf
is a pointer to a member function of a classT
andt1
is an object of typeT
or a reference to an object of typeT
or a reference to an object of a type derived fromT
;((*t1).*f)(t2, ..., tN)
whenf
is a pointer to a member function of a classT
andt1
is not one of the types described in the previous item;t1.*f
whenN == 1
andf
is a pointer to member data of a classT
andt1
is an object of typeT
or a reference to an object of typeT
or a reference to an object of a type derived fromT
;(*t1).*f
whenN == 1
andf
is a pointer to member data of a classT
andt1
is not one of the types described in the previous item;f(t1, t2, ..., tN)
in all other cases.
Proposed change can be implemented as pure library extension in C++11. Implementation of invoke
function that conforms proposed wording can be found https://github.com/tomaszkam/proposals/tree/master/invoke.


| < Day Day Up > |
ExercisesExercise 3-1Define as precisely as you can the terms attribute, body, cardinality, degree, heading, relation, relvar, and tuple. Also, every relation and every relvar is of some (relation) type; define the term relation type as precisely as you can too. Exercise 3-2Exercise 3-3State as precisely as you can what it means for two tuples to be equal. Exercise 3-4We saw in the section "What's a Tuple?" that it's strictly incorrect to say that, for example, S1 or even 'S1' is a supplier number ("a value of type SNO is a value of type SNO, not a value of type CHAR"). As a consequence, Figure 1-3 in Chapter 1 is pretty sloppy, inasmuch as it pretends that it is correct to think of, for example, S1 as a supplier number. Show the correct way of referring to the various scalar values in that figure, given the types specified for attributes in the suppliers-and-parts database in the introductory section in Chapter 2. Exercise 3-5Write Tutorial D tuple selector invocations for a typical tuple from (a) the parts relvar, (b) the shipments relvar. Also show SQL's counterparts, if any, to those selector invocations. Exercise 3-6Write a typical Tutorial D relation selector invocation. Also show SQL's counterpart, if any, to that selector invocation. Exercise 3-7Does the concept of a tuple literal make any sense? What about a relation literal? Exercise 3-8(This is essentially a repeat of Exercise 1-8 from Chapter 1, but you should be able to give a more comprehensive answer now.) There are many differences between a relation and a table. List as many as you can. Exercise 3-9The attributes of a tuple can be of any type whatsoever (well, almost; can you think of any exceptions?). Give an example of (a) a tuple with a tuple-valued attribute, (b) a tuple with a relation-valued attribute (RVA). Exercise 3-10Tuple equality was defined precisely in the body of the chapteróbut what about relation equality? (I'll discuss the question of relation comparisons in general in Chapter 5, but you might like to take a shot at defining relation equality for yourself here.) Exercise 3-11Why don't the comparison operators "<" and ">" apply to tuples? Note that, by contrast, they do apply to SQL rows. How can this be? (Hint: What's the difference between SQL's rules for row equality and the relational rules for tuple equality?) Exercise 3-12Give an example of a relation with (a) one RVA, (b) two RVAs. Also give two more relations that represent the same information as those relations but do not involve RVAs. Then give an example of a relation with an RVA such that there's no relation without an RVA that represents precisely the same information. (You might prefer to come back to this exercise after reading more about RVAs in Chapter 5.) Exercise 3-13It's sometimes suggested that a relation (or relvar, rather) is really just a traditional computer file, with tuples instead of records and attributes instead of fields. Discuss. Exercise 3-14Explain the relations TABLE_DUM and TABLE_DEE in your own words. Does SQL support them? Exercise 3-15The following is a legitimate example of an SQL row value constructor: ROW ( 1, NULL ) Is the row it represents null or not? Exercise 3-16"Duplicates are a good idea in databases because duplicates occur naturally in the real world. For example, all pennies are duplicates of one another." How would you respond to this argument? Exercise 3-17Why are the databases of Figures 3-1 and 3-2 nonrelational? Exercise 3-18Do you think nulls occur naturally in the real world? Exercise 3-19Nulls were originally proposed as a solution to the problem of missing information. Now, it's true that information is often missing in the real world (think of such things as "Speaker to be announced" or "Present address unknown," for example). Therefore, if nulls are prohibited, how should we deal with missing information inside our database systems? (As I'm sure you noticed, I didn't answer this question in the body of the chapter. This exercise might best serve as a basis for group discussion. I'll have a little more to say on the subject in Chapter 7.) Exercise 3-20TABLE_DEE means TRUE and TABLE_DUM means FALSE. Do these facts mean we could dispense with the usual BOOLEAN data type? Also, DEE and DUM are relations, not relvars. Do you think it would ever make sense to define a relvar of degree zero? Exercise 3-21We saw in the body of the chapter that this SQL expression: VALUES ( 1, 2 ), ( 2, 1 ), ( 1, 1 ), ( 1, 2 ) denotes a table with four rows. What does the following SQL expression denote? VALUES ( ( 1, 2 ), ( 2, 1 ), ( 1, 1 ), ( 1, 2 ) ) |
| < Day Day Up > |


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Send the whole thing to them, for example in an instant message or e-mail.
Now paste in the "answer" that was sent back to you.
The person who created the room will send you an "offer" string. Paste it here.
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Send the whole thing to them, for example in an instant message or e-mail.
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This game is one of the 2 original games coded and founded by Unavrs. This one is more exploring and seeing what the universe can offer. You can travel anywhere in this galaxy and study all the stars and planets of this universe.
This game is one of the 2 original games coded and founded by Unavrs. This one is more is more interective than Explore the Unavrs. Not only can you can travel anywhere in this galaxy and study all the stars and planets of this universe. You can also travel thoughout the universe and dominate the planets. If humans don't interest you, you can always take over the aliens.
You are the only survivor of an underground duck organization, and now a maniac is trying to hunt you down. His goal: Kill all of Duck-dom. Your goal: Survive! Make your way through the mineshafts and find the resources you need to bring ducks back to the surface!
You are a night guard at a newly founded museum in the city of Calluses. Lucky for you, your first day of service is when the first robbery in a century occurs. If you don’t get back the stolen guitar, the reign of music will end and everyone will lose their sense of pitch. You need to find the guitar and restore your planet's lifestyle.
Moths are now the prime species of planet earth. They have pushed humans from the surface of the earth, and now all humans reside at the very depths of the earth’s core. It has been a century since the Moth War.  Now all they need is the underground to totally conquer the earth. Moth War II has started and humans need to defend from the moth attack.
Welcome to your new home in the town of Eldren, located approximately 3ft from the nearest graveyard. It's your first night in your home, and you can already tell something is off. Noises in the night. Handprints on the window. Footsteps in the kitchen. Something is wrong in Elderen, and luckily, it looks like you can fix it. If you manage to survive, that is!
Your name is Dovin Azorious, a famous racecar driver, and the most renowned in the world. You have been racing for 22 years, and haven’t lost a race since birth. Suddenly, the competition steps up. An alien has come to earth to race. The human race needs a represenative, and you are the obvious choice. Be warned, if you win, you gain supremacy over the galaxy. Lose, and Earth will be destroyed!
You are a measly fisherman in the wilds of Alaska. You fish in the same spot everyday, until suddenly, crisis occurs. Other fishermen come and steal your fish, and the heat starts rising. You need to earn money to build the biggest fishing empire the world has ever seen.
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Continuing the field testing of my new Mark II, I decided to check off another item on my list of must visit locations and headed to the San Francisco Zoo. Getting there is a fairly trivial task - a simple matter of hopping on an outbound Muni L Taraval LRV and taking it all the way to the end. The line ends near the Great Highway which runs parallel to Ocean Beach right next to the zoo. The zoo is spread out over 125 acres and is home to around 250 different animal species.
The zoo is divided into different areas including the African Savanna where you can see the Giraffes, Zebras, Ostriches and a variety other species. The Bear Grottos are home to the Grizzly, and Polar Bears while the Family Farm offers an all ages petting zoo including sheep, goats, and miniature donkeys. As well as having the opportunity to feed animals directly, several other daily feedings by the zoo staff can be watched at designated times around the zoo. A favorite of both the crowd and the gulls is the afternoon feeding of the Magellanic penguins at the Penguin Island.


three.js
- Blue Noise Generator by
Garrett Johnson
Blue noise generator based on void cluster algorithm outlined
here
.


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CEO compensation is something that people in finance, accounting, economics, and outside of academia are interested in. The topic is probably the one with the most overlap between accounting and finance. In these notes, I will focus on two research questions:
How high can we expect the total compensation of a CEO to be based on some simple economic assumptions. Too high CEO compensation is sometimes seen as a signal of bad corporate goverance. To measure what ‘too high’ means, we first need to establish a baseline of what normal levels of compensation actually mean.
How should CEOs be incentivised: equity or options? And how schould we measure whether CEOs have appropriate incentives? Pay-for-performance is a big topic in accounting, finance, and economics and there is a long standing discussion of what the best performance measure is for a CEO.
Altough I am not a specialist in this literature, I am comforable with the type of economic theories that researchers test in this literature.5 The theories in these notes are all based on the overview paper by Edmans and Gabaix (2016). Finding a good overview paper is the best start to any research project. I am going to stress the role of theory in data analysis a lot. Some of you will have a topic that is at first sight less theory driven or rely more strongly on very specific knowledge about your setting. One of my goals is to convince you that even with these projects it is useful to think about the underlying story that you are testing.6 I have been mocked by multiple people in the department for asking one too many times: “I understand, but what is the story?”
The first theory on CEO compensation is mathematically easy to follow. We assume that the value of a firm depends (\(V\)) on three variables: how good the CEO is (\(T\)), how much labour is available to the firm (\(L\)), and how much capital the firm has available (\(K\)).7 This is obviously a simplification and that is fine. All theories are simplifications and too much nuance in a theory can make a theory worthless (Healy 2017). We use (T)alent to describe how good the CEO is but you can also think of the CEO’s ability or connections as part of \(T\).
The condition (2.2) implies that there is nothing special about a specific size (\(V\)) of the firm. Bigger is not necessarily better, smaller is not necessarily better. This is a very traditional constant returns to scale assumption.
We also assume that the total compensation or wage (\(W\)) of the CEO is whatever value they create over the cost of labor (\(w_L\)) and the cost of capital (\(r\)).
With these equations in hand we can derive an empirical relation that we can test with data. The derivations are not very difficult, they are just a bit tedious.
First, let us find the optimal level of capital from the CEO’s point of view. That is, the CEO will try to attract the amount of capital that will maximise their wage. Mathematically, that means that we need to find the level of \(K\) for which the first derivative of the CEO’s wage to \(K\) equals 0.8 The \(\frac{\alpha_K}{\alpha_K}\) is a bit weird and obviously it cancels out. It’s the result of using the chain rule. The numerator is the result of taking the derivative of an exponential function. The denominator is the result of fact that we need to multiply the derivative of the exponential function with the derivative of \(\frac{K}{\alpha_K}\). The whole reason why \(V\) was set-up this way was because it makes things cancel out; it’s mathematically convenient.
\[\begin{align*} 0 = \frac{\partial W_T}{\partial K} &= T^{\alpha_T} \frac{\alpha_K}{\alpha_K} \Bigl( \frac{K}{\alpha_K} \Bigl)^{\alpha_K - 1} \Bigl( \frac{L}{\alpha_L} \Bigl)^{\alpha_L} - r \\ T^{\alpha_T} \Bigl( \frac{K}{\alpha_K} \Bigl)^{\alpha_K} \Bigl( \frac{L}{\alpha_L} \Bigl)^{\alpha_L} \frac{\alpha_K}{K} &= r \\ \frac{V \alpha_K}{K} &= r \\ \frac{V}{r} &= \frac{K}{\alpha_K} \end{align*}\]
Next, we can find the optimal level of labour that the CEO should attract.
\[\begin{align*} 0 = \frac{\partial V}{\partial K} &= T^{\alpha_T} \Bigl( \frac{K}{\alpha_K} \Bigl)^{\alpha_K} \Bigl( \frac{L}{\alpha_L} \Bigl)^{\alpha_L - 1} - w_L \\ T^{\alpha_T} \Bigl( \frac{K}{\alpha_K} \Bigl)^{\alpha_K} \Bigl( \frac{L}{\alpha_L} \Bigl)^{\alpha_L} \frac{\alpha_L}{L} &= w_L \\ \frac{V}{w_L} &= \frac{L}{\alpha_L} \end{align*}\]
We can plug these results into equation (2.3) and we get
\[\begin{equation} W^*_T = V - V \alpha_K - V\alpha_L = (1 - \alpha_K - \alpha_L) V = \alpha_T V \end{equation}\]
I like the basic intuition and deriviation of the model. The derivation is straightforward and (some of) the implicit assumptions are relatively easy to accept. The effect of the CEO depends on the size of the firm (\(V\)). When there is more capital and labour available a more talented CEO will have a bigger impact.9 If a CEO is a talented people manager, the advantage of this talent will be larger when there are more employees working in the company. The model also predicts a clear quantitative relationship between firm size, \(V\), and CEO compensation, \(W_T\), i.e. that relationship should be linear. This is a nice result that we can test with data. In contrast we would not be able to test the relationship between CEO talent and compensation because talent is very difficult to measure. We can measure \(V\) but not \(T\).
One of the assumptions in the model is that the CEO takes the ultimate decision and they have an incentive to maximise firm value because they keep the all the value after workers and investors have been paid. As it turns out when you assume competitive labour and financial markets, that assumptions does not really matter a lot for the predicted relationship between wage and firm size (Edmans and Gabaix 2016).10 That is, you could set up the model so that investors take the final decision where they offer an incentive contract to the CEO who then chooses the number of workers that maximise the their compensation under the contract. The predictions for the model would be very similar to what we have here and we would have to deal with the contract as an extra complication. Good theory papers will explain when simplifications matter and when they do not. Nevertheless, This model is too simple to capture reality perfectly, but that is not the goal of the model and of this exercise. The idea is to see whether we can find a reasonable baseline for CEO compensation that we can test against the data. Here, we have established that there should be a positive relation between the company’s size and the CEO’s compensation and the relation is larger when the CEO is more talented.
We will test the predictions of the model with data from S&P500 companies in the US. I made the data available for UWA students on LMS.11 I really want to find an open dataset where we can test the same model. In the Appendix of this chapter, you can find how you can download the same data straight from the WRDS database. The data is downloaded from Compustat and Execucomp. A lot of you will use these are similar databases in your research project. I did not clean or check the data for this exercise. In your own project, you should show a better understanding of how the data are gathered and what they include than what I am displaying here.12 The CEO compensation data is fairly complete. It includes changes in the value of equity and options. Market value also includes all outstanding financial instruments on the company.
The code below does multiple things in R
. I do not expect you
to understand or even replicate what I have done here. I include
it as a reminder of what is possible with some coding. I hope it
may serve as an inspiration further down the track when you are
doing your own research project.
library(tidyverse)
library(cowplot)
# Read the data from a custom folder. If the data is not in this
# folder, change the path to the folder. Rename some of the
# variables to make them easier to work with.
= "data/"
folder = readRDS(paste0(folder, "us-compensation.RDS")) %>%
us_comp rename(total_comp = tdc1)
= readRDS(paste0(folder, "us-value.RDS")) %>%
us_value rename(year = fyear, market_value = mkvalt)
# Match the compensation data with the value data based on
# company key and year
= left_join(select(us_comp, gvkey, year, total_comp),
us_comp_value by = c("year", "gvkey"))
us_value, # Run the non-linear regression and save the results as an
# equation to put on the figure. This goes beyond what we are
# going to do in this module.
= list(a= 5, b = .15)
power_law_start =
power_law_comp nls(total_comp/1000 ~ a * (market_value/1000)^b,
data = us_comp_value, start = power_law_start)
= substitute(
eqn_comp italic("compensation") == a * italic("MV") ^ b,
list(a = as.numeric(format(coef(power_law_comp)[1],
digits = 2)),
b = as.numeric(format(coef(power_law_comp)[2],
digits = 2))))
# create the plot
=
plot_comp_value # Add dataset and define x and y axis
ggplot(us_comp_value, aes(x = market_value/1000,
y = total_comp/1000)) +
# Add the observations as points to the plot
geom_point(alpha = .125) +
# Draw the results of the power_law regression on the plot
stat_function(fun =
function(x){
coef(power_law_comp)[1] *
^ coef(power_law_comp)[2]},
x colour = "blue") +
ggtitle("CEO compensation (in million USD)") +
# Add label for the x-axis
ylab("Compensation") +
xlab("Company market value (in billion USD)")
(ref:us-comp-value-plot) Relation between CEO compensation and market value for the largest US firms (2011-2019).
print(plot_comp_value +
annotate("text", y = 45, x = 500, parse = TRUE,
label = as.character(as.expression(eqn_comp))))
The qualitative relationship holds quite well. Larger companies have CEOs with higher compensation. However, the relationship is far from linear and looks more like a power function. Clearly there are other effects at play. In this sample, the power coefficient is 0.31 .13 Prior studies have found a coefficient more closely to 0.33 (Baker, Jensen, and Murphy 1988). Remember that in our setup the CEO can grow the firm at will by attracting more capital and more labour. That assumption is probably too strong. Later, we will see that there other theories that describe the relation between CEO compensation and firm size and they seem to describe the data better.
There are two things you should take away from this section. What we have just done here is a research project in a nutshell. First, we used theory to derive an empirical relation between two observable variables. Second, we tested the prediction against data. The evidence I present is not in the form of a complicated statistical analysis but in a graph. You will see in the remainder of this notes that I refer over and over to the connection between theory (‘your story’) and the data. The structure I used in this chapter (Introduction, Theory, Data Analysis, Conclusion ) is also the structure of most research papers and your thesis.
An other important message is that I did not speak about a causal relation between market value and compensation. Our theory gave us a mathematical relation between the two variables and it is that relation we tried to find in the data. This is absolutely fine and I think a worthwile way to do research. However, this focus away from causal relation sometimes clashes with the popular statistical techniques and frame of mind that is presented in textbooks on causal inference (Angrist and Pischke 2008; Cunningham 2018) and which permeates the literature in accounting and finance.14 This has been a source of frustration for me for awhile. I never could clearly articulate my unease. This podcast by physist Sean Caroll helped me crystalise my thoughts. He explains that from for a physicist on a fundamental level there are no causes. Fundamental particles follow equations and that is it. What we think of as causal relations, happens at a higher level of abstraction. If you have the time, give it a listen. The title of the podcast is appropriate: ‘Mindscape.’. I have seen students and established researchers alike get confused when their theory includes both equilibrium relations and a causal story. Throughout these notes I will try to explain the differences so that you can avoid the confusion when you start your own research project.
To get access to the Wharton Research Data
Services, you first
will have to obtain a username and password through your
university’s subscription. To get access to the databases, you
have to install the Rpostgres
package (Wickham, Ooms, and Müller 2021) and make a
file where you can securely store your password. The WRDS
website
gives excellent guidelines on how to do that. You can then use
the following code to establish a connection with the WRDS
services.
library(RPostgres)
<- dbConnect(Postgres(),
wrds host='wrds-pgdata.wharton.upenn.edu',
port=9737,
dbname='wrds',
user='stimas',
sslmode='require')
With an SQL string, we define which data we want. We send the SQL query to the database via de connection. We download the actual data and save in an R object. We close the data, see whether our dataset is the right one, and then save the R object as a file on our computer.
library(tidyverse)
<- "SELECT year, gvkey, cusip,
sql1 exec_fullname, coname, ceoann,
execid, bonus, salary,
stock_awards_fv, stock_unvest_val,
eip_unearn_num, eip_unearn_val,
option_awards, option_awards_blk_value,
option_awards_num, tdc1, tdc2,
shrown_tot_pct,
becameceo, joined_co, reason
FROM EXECCOMP.ANNCOMP
WHERE year > 2010 AND ceoann = 'CEO'"
<- dbSendQuery(wrds, sql1)
res <- as_tibble(dbFetch(res)) %>%
compensation rename_all(tolower)
dbClearResult(res)
glimpse(compensation)
saveRDS(compensation,
"../data/us-compensation-new.RDS")
Now, we do the same for the market value of the company.
<- unique(compensation$gvkey)
gvkeys length(gvkeys)
<- paste0("SELECT fyear, gvkey, mkvalt, ni ",
sql2 "FROM COMP.FUNDA ",
"WHERE fyear > 2010 ",
"AND gvkey in ('",
paste(gvkeys, collapse = "','"),
"')"
)<- dbSendQuery(wrds, sql2)
res <- as_tibble(dbFetch(res)) %>%
value rename_all(tolower)
dbClearResult(res)
glimpse(value)
<- distinct(value)
value glimpse(value)
saveRDS(value, "../data/us-value-new.RDS")
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Each turn, a player repeatedly rolls a die until either a 1 is rolled or the player decides to "hold":
The first player to score 100 points wins.


I started using k when I was 16 socially at parties then proceeded to use with just a few friends. I began by sniffing tiny bumps finding myself in a state of euphoria, otherwise known as a k hole. At this point my tolerance was very low. The sealed vial the ketamine came in were either yellow, blue, red or green labeled. Pure and straight from the vet.
Bumps turned into lines and then bigger rails! As my tolerance heightened some of the mental vision or hallucination would entail feelings of floating, rising, and sinking. If I were watching tv or a movie I would actually feel as if I was inside the program. Seeming as though I entered into another realm or netherworld literally! I'm assuming I liked this because the experience is fantasy dominated unlike any other. Through the years of going through these phases of psychological addiction I would travel or move away, living my life normally without partying with ketamine. I always associated this drug with people, places and things. But I must admit it is amazing and I really do enjoy doing it.
It's unfortunate that my habit did become a serious substance abuse over time. At 22 moving back into the same environment I remember one evening there not being a microwave to cook the lick of k and I experimented with a needle into the muscle. To this day my use escalated to intramuscular injection from 1cc to 2 cc at a time usually 10 to 20 cc a day which equally two full licks a day with the use of a 1/2 inch diabetic insulin needle. Either in my butt check which isn't as effective as injecting into my arm muscle. I was never trained in this field and I'm certainly not a certified nurse or doctor so obviously there is a lot wrong with this picture. Thank goodness I never wanted to go into the vein AND I NEVER WILL! I find that to be one of the worst and most dangerous things I could do to myself. This is all very CRAZY of course.
The feeling of injection from k is much more intense then sniffing. If I could describe it I would probably compare it more to a sort of blackout or temporary lose of time. My mind is somewhat cloudy and certain things are enhanced. Slow motion will happen and I must be very careful to do this in the safety of my own home never driving on it because vision will be impaired and never doing it around people I don't know or an unfamiliar place. I could embarrass myself, possibly fall, or could get taken advantage of by a complete stranger if not cautious. Also I could get arrested if caught by the law! Family and friends have had serious concerns for me getting hurt or jeopardizing my health… Thank goodness I never went to the streets to buy any of this stuff and it always came from someone I knew and felt comfortable with otherwise I wouldn't go out of my way. This may not seem typical of a drug user but everyone is different.
Which brings me to why I am writing this document right now. I'm presently 26 and still do kay nearly every day. It seems to always be in the back of my mind at the times. By the way a word of advise sometimes the friends you may think are your friends really aren't they are just out for themselves in the long run either to get high or make some $$$. Money, Sex and Drugs the root of all evil!
Medical issues that have occurred something described as a k pain for me is when my organs feel as if they may be squeezing together then I see spots, get very hot, either throw up and/or pass out for a couple seconds to a minute. Very Scary! I wish I would never do it again. I don't want to move it almost comes in contractions… comes and goes away for 5-10 minutes then comes back. When I vomit it is mostly clear bile. This will make me feel a lot better. An antacid such as zantac maalox or a doctor prescribed prevasid antacid will help a lot. In this case I stay away from acidic foods such as tomatoes, orange juice, etc. It will eventually go away and not happen again for months even longer maybe depending on my usage.
Another symptom I recently experienced is a urinary tract infection (UTI). This is a very uncomfortable burning sensation when I urinate caused from bacteria collected on the walls of your urethra. I'm trying to find out how ketamine can cause this. It is imperative to be extremely aware of symptoms because I don't want anything to spread to my kidneys possibly my brain or any other organs.
I am not untouchable IN THIS LIFE even if I may think I am or want to be. This is not a physical addicting drug only mental and if I want to get help or change my lifestyle I have to want to make a difference badly enough. I don't believe you can be forced into going to rehab. In some cases I've heard of people going away spending thousand of dollars and getting out and putting themselves right back into the same vicious cycle all over again! Hopefully I will soon learn from all my personal mistakes and grow out of this without having to run away from my problems and face the true reality of the meaning of existence, helping others and eliminating the selfishness that most human beings tend to get caught up in. Temptation and loss of self control are key factors that contribute to this whole addiction process. I hope to grow wiser and better myself and my health in due time.
[Reported Dose: '10-20 cc daily']
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Created robotic simulation to test a 3 DOF satellite with a 3 DOF robotic arm to test path planning and control algorithms.
Created satellite tracking software that will predict the path of a satellite given its Two Line Element (TLE) data. The software would then output a tracking file that would be feed into the Algonquin Radio Observatory Antenna, to rotate the 46 meter dish.
Created a buisness and marketing plan for YourCar.com. This business was targeted at determining which new vehicle would best suit your needs using machine learning. It will then send requests to local dealerships to bid to sell you the car. The lowest cost offer would then be presented to you. Performed market scan, primary research through surveys, and created a user interface prototype.
The project my team worked on, is a social kiosk that students, staff and visitors can communicate and interact with to learn curriculum information, directions to staff offices and other important information.
The system makes use of text-to-speech API’s, as well as other Google services integrated with our custom databases and software to provide appropriate responses.
The system is currently used in the Bergeron Center for Engineering Excellence at York University to assist administrative staff. It was also used at the 2017 Maker Festival at the Toronto Reference Library.
Designed a satellite payload to sample material on an asteroid. The payload consisted of a robotic arm that extends an acquisition pod to obtain surface material. Performed calculations to ensure pod will remain sealed with solenoids and maintains motor operating temperatures.
For our Microsystems course, my team designed a release mechanism of anticoagulant to treat blood clots. The microsystem is inserted into the blood vessel where an external signal interacts with the dipole carbon nanotube antenna. The antenna generates a current to increase the temperature of the thermal actuator to release the anticoagulant.
Designed a system to allow folded up solar cells to be deployed from CubeSat. The system increases the area solar cells can be applied, allowing for more solar power absorption.
Built a 3D-printer using Arduino MEGA micro-controller. The motors, printer extruder and LCD/SD card interface are all connected to a RAMPS 1.4 board.
Used the 3D-printer to prototype the QB50 project at York University.
My team conducted an experiment to determine the maximum power point of three different solar cells due to changing characteristics of current through the semiconductor material. We used an Arduino as an analog to digital converter to obtain the data. The data was analyzed and plotted using Matlab.
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The team created a prototype chalk-holder with IR-LED. The LED was tracked by a Wii-remote and translated live to a website for students to view on mobile devices.
The purpose of this project was to create a robot that would navigate a course and perform a task of pushing an exercise ball at a given distance through the course.
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