iOS Shared Reference
SetDirection’s iOS-Shared
[work in progress]
Purpose
The intention of iOS-Shared is to serve as a repository for generic iOS code written by Set Direction and
it’s clients, authorized external contributors, etc. Its intent is NOT to be a dumping ground for random
code snippets found on the internet.
Adding 3rd party code
iOS-Shared is licensed under the MIT license (see below). When adding 3rd party code to this project, please
ensure the licenses are compatible. 3rd party code must be added as a sub-directory of /Externals. In
instances where this is just a handful of source files, you may simply copy the code there and ensure the
license(s) remain intact. When possible, it is preferrable to add 3rd party code as an external submodule
reference.
In cases where iOS-Shared doesn’t actually reference any of the added external classes, you should add them
to your own project repository.
License
Copyright © 2012 Set Direction
Permission is hereby granted, free of charge, to any person obtaining a copy of this software and associated documentation files (the “Software”), to deal in the Software without restriction, including without limitation the rights to use, copy, modify, merge, publish, distribute, sublicense, and/or sell copies of the Software, and to permit persons to whom the Software is furnished to do so, subject to the following conditions:
The above copyright notice and this permission notice shall be included in all copies or substantial portions of the Software.
 IN NO EVENT SHALL THE AUTHORS OR COPYRIGHT HOLDERS BE LIABLE FOR ANY CLAIM, DAMAGES OR OTHER LIABILITY, WHETHER IN AN ACTION OF CONTRACT, TORT OR OTHERWISE, ARISING FROM, OUT OF OR IN CONNECTION WITH THE SOFTWARE OR THE USE OR OTHER DEALINGS IN THE SOFTWARE.
Class References
- Reachability
- SDCheckpointLog
- SDContainerViewController
- SDDataMap
- SDDeckController
- SDDragDropGestureRecognizer
- SDDragDropManager
- SDGeocoder
- SDImageButton
- SDKeychain
- SDLabel
- SDLocationManager
- SDPickerModalViewController
- SDRequestResult
- SDSearchBar
- SDSearchDisplayController
- SDStackView
- SDTimer
- SDURLConnection
- SDWebService
- SDWebViewCell
- ios_shared
Protocol References
- SDDragViewDelegate
- SDDropTargetProtocol
- SDGeocoderDelegate
- SDLocationManagerDelegate
- SDSearchDisplayResultsProtocol
Category References
- CLLocation(SDExtensions)
- MKMapView(SDExtensions)
- NSArray(SDExtensions)
- NSCachedURLResponse(LeakFix)
- NSDate(SDExtensions)
- NSDictionary(SDExtensions)
- NSMutableArray(SDExtensions)
- NSObject(SDExtensions)
- NSString(SDDataMap)
- NSString(SDExtensions)
- NSURL(SDExtensions)
- NSURLCache(SDExtensions)
- NSUserDefaults(SDExtensions)
- UIActivityIndicatorView(SDExtensions)
- UIAlertView(SDExtensions)
- UIColor(SDExtensions)
- UIImage(SDExtensions)
- UINavigationController(SDExtensions)
- UIScreen(SDExtensions)
- UISearchBar(SDExtensions)
- UIView(SDDeckController)
- UIView(SDExtensions)
- UIViewController(SDSearchDisplayControllerSupport)


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What is this?
This is a IE5.5+ "behavior" that automatically adds near-native PNG support to
MSIE 5.5 and 6.0 without any changes to the HTML document itself. Supported features
include:
- Automatic activation of transparency for PNGs in the page.
- Support for  elements.
- Support for background PNG images (unlike many other scripts!)
- Support for CSS1 background repeat and position (via optional add-on)
- Background images can be defined inline or in external stylesheets.
- Automatically handles changed SRC/background via normal JavaScript
(e.g. mouseover rollovers) -- no special coding needed.
- Change support includes CSS 'className' changes on elements.
- Incorporates automatic workaround for  elements within
PNG-background elements.
- Tiny script (for fast downloads).
- Licensed under a Free Software license.
How To Use
Follow these simple steps to add this to your page:
- Copy and paste
iepngfix.htc
and blank.gif
into
your website folder.
- Copy and paste this into your website's CSS or HTML:

That CSS selector must include the tags/elements on which you want PNG
support -- basically, give it a comma-separated list of tags you use.
It must also include the correct path to the .HTC relative to the HTML
document location (not relative to the CSS document!). For instance,
yours may look like this:

- If your site uses subfolders, open the .HTC file in a text editor like
Windows Notepad and change the
blankImg
variable to include
a correct path to blank.gif like so:
IEPNGFix.blankImg = '/images/blank.gif';
Again the path is relative to the HTML file.
Otherwise, you will see a "broken image" graphic!
- If you want support for CSS1 background-repeat and background-position,
make sure you include the add-on .JS file in your

:

Otherwise, background images will work but won't repeat or position.
- Sit back and enjoy! Perhaps consider making a
donation to support this script's
development if you like what you see, as I have spent hundreds of hours
developing, testing and supporting it :). Alternatively, I would certainly
appreciate a crediting link on your site back to mine!
If you are interested in more details or an alternative activation method
for the script that maintains CSS validation compatibility, see the source
code to this demonstration file.
How to fix common problems
- I've pasted in the CSS but my PNGs aren't transparent!
- Make sure you remember that the path to the HTC file is relative to the HTML
file, not the CSS file (like CSS background images are). If you want to test the
path, insert this:
alert('This works!');
into the .HTC file.
- It works offline but not online.
- First try unzipping this default demonstration and uploading to your web
server as-is. If it doesn't work, you may have a MIME type problem.
You must ensure your server is sending the correct MIME type of "text/x-component"
for .HTC files. Try one of these two easy fixes:
- Upload the ".htaccess" file from within this script's download ZIP to your
webserver, which will make Apache send the correct MIME type.
- Instead of calling "IEPNGFIX.HTC" from your CSS, upload IEPNGFIX.PHP to
the same folder and call that instead, which also sends the right MIME type.
- My PNGs are transparent but have a funny border or red "X" icon.
- Check that the
blankImg
variable is set correctly in the .HTC
file, again this should be relative to the HTML document containing the PNGs.
- Images are distorted, or this script breaks my page layout.
- When applied to images without set dimensions, this script will try and
"guess" the correct image size and apply that. If it gets it wrong, give
your images a definite
width
and height
. Also, in
IE6 using margins can often be more reliable than padding (and putting them
on parent elements even more so).
- Links or form elements within a PNG'd element are "unclickable".
- Due to an IE bug, elements within a PNG'd element that is absolutely or
relatively positioned will be unclickable and the script will popup a warning.
For more into, see this excellent article on
PNG filters
and links. The simplest fix is to make sure you have the background tiling
JS file included in the page which will work around the issue.
- It works, but breaks another application like Google Maps on my page.
- You'll need to stop applying this behavior to the third-party element that
presumably contains its own PNG fix. Try making your CSS selector more specific,
or put a manual override for the element in your CSS like so:
* html div#map img { behavior: none; }
- I have IE6 installed "alongside" IE7+, and this script fails.
- Either try on a computer with IE6 installed system-wide, or make sure
that you copy the required DLLs into your IE6 folder. You will need
dxtrans.dll
and dxtmsft.dll
for filter support,
try Googling for them or finding them on your Windows install CD.
They must also be the "version 6" DLLs, not v7+, to work with IE6.
You may also want to try virtualising an older Windows, Microsoft
gives away
some time-limited virtual PC images if you don't have an install CD.
- I have lots of images and page loading is slow.
- With a lot of images, it can certainly slow down your page! Make sure
that you apply the script as narrowly as possible. Consider applying only to
elements of a particular CLASS perhaps, rather than all tags.
- The browser is making hundreds of extra HTTP requests.
- See this
MSDN HTC bug report for the details and a workaround. The same technique
might prove handy with the BLANK.GIF file too if that's your problem.
- The MIME type and path are right, but the core script won't load online.
- Check that your server isn't sending the HTC file GZIP-compressed. This
can break IE6, it seems.
- I use jQuery on the page, and this script won't load.
- jQuery versions from 1.3 onwards cause a conflict with this
script so that this behaviour will not even load or run. The solution is to
make sure that the HTC file is included in the page after jQuery.
- I want to use A:HOVER to swap PNGs on mouseover, but it doesn't work.
- Hover is badly broken in IE6 and this script doesn't support it out of
the box on links. If you want this functionality, try the excellent
Whatever:hover
script which can enable :hover PNG background changes on all page elements.
Alternatively, try swapping a className on mouseover like in the demo above.
- When I right-click-save-as the PNG image, it saves BLANK.GIF
- This is by design. It may be a feature not a bug for some people ;).
- I am generating PNGs from a CGI script and they're not transparent.
- The script detects the ".png" extension in image URLs. Try adding a dummy
image name parameter to your CGI script with that extension in it.
- There is a short delay as the page loads before PNGs are transparent.
- I've tried to minimise this but it's somewhat unavoidable!
- It still won't go.
- Try running the self-test at the bottom of the list of demo images.
If that throws any errors, you'll know where to start fixing!
License:
IE5.5+ PNG Alpha Fix
(c) 2004-2010 Angus Turnbull http://www.twinhelix.com
This is licensed under the GNU LGPL,
version 2.1 or later.
If you want to link my site
or make a donation, you're more than welcome :).
Tech Specs
IE5.5+ includes support for a DirectX
AlphaImageLoader
filter, that can take an element on the page and insert a correctly-rendered PNG
image inbetween the element's content and background. This script automatically
scans all IMG SRCs and element backgroundImages for .PNG files, and if it finds
them, it removes the regular image and substitutes this filter in place. See the
source if you want, but I've coded it quite compactly to keep download time down
to a minimum (at the expense of comprehensibility, sorry!).
Changelog
- v2.0 Alpha 4
- Made blankImg pathname relative to the HTC by default.
- Added Macromedia rollover script compatibility.
- Fix for tiled backgrounds in elements with padding.
- Initially "display: none" PNG images now show once visible.
- Documentation updates.
- v2.0 Alpha 3
- Changed activation method so inline LI elements etc. work OK.
- Script now handles dynamic element width/height changes.
- Added .update() method to the background tiler that will update all
elements on the page (called automatically on window resize).
- Restored "scale" sizingMethod for IMG SRC elements.
- v2.0 Alpha 2
- Fixed issue with positioning non-repeated backgrounds.
- Fixed typo in child-link-fix function.
- Fixed background-position changing via className (so 'CSS sprites'
should now work).
- v2.0 Alpha 1
- Complete rewrite into an object-based pattern.
- Support for CSS1 background repeat and position.
- Performance improvements via toggling of the 'onpropertychange' hook.
- Activation of the script via 'oncontentready'.
- Slightly enhanced self-test mode.
- Numerous other minor tweaks.
- v1.0 Final
- Loosened IMG SRC matching regex slightly.
- Script exits gracefully when IE filter isn't installed (e.g. IE on Linux).
- Unclickable child fix now checks for pre-existing absolute/relative position.
- Added className switch demo and self-test debug mode.
- Documentation changes.
- v1.0 RC5
- Added support for CSS className changing of background images.
- The script now detects element's background-repeat and sets the PNG
sizingMethod to 'crop' or 'scale' automatically.
- Enhanced link fixer to cover many clickable elements, and added popup
warning dialog when the fix cannot be made.
- Support for PNG backgrounds behind GIF/JPEG images (e.g. dropshadows).
- Script sets display:inline-block automatically on inline elements.
- Loosened the URL matching rules, now any URLs with a .PNG in the path are
activated, so /cgi-app/foo.png?date=123 will now work without modifications.
- Now works with the 'Whatever:hover' behavior to support :HOVER changing of
background images on page elements!
- Simplified and reorganised portions of the script, especially the
background image changer.
- Included demo .HTACCESS and .PHP files for sending the correct MIME type
for servers where this is an issue.
- Rewrote the documentation, now it's understandable by human beings.
- v1.0 RC4 and earlier


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The overall cryptocurrency capitalization is already more than $133.5 BLN, almost 400K transactions pass through the Bitcoin Blockchain daily. Each transaction is queued with other requests, processed by the miners, adding to the Blockchain and then distributed to the nodes around the world. For some cryptocurrency transfers, such a set of actions is superfluous and loads the network in vain.
For example, the load in the Bitcoin network is gradually increasing, as there are scalability issues taking place from time to time. The network bandwidth is measured by a particular number of operations per second, which is lower in comparison to the real number of transactions. The Lightning Network technology appeared as a solution to this problem.
Lightning Network (LN) is a so-called "Layer-2" protocol functioning on top of a certain blockchain. LN serves as a solution for scalability issues in the blockchain by enablins fast transactions with a very low network fee. In this article, we'll go deeper and learn all the benefits of this technology.
The Lightning network was created by two developers: Joseph Poon and Thaddeus Dryja, and alpha-launched in 2017. This technology is using bidirectional payment channels. Two participants freeze the same amount in the Blockchain to open a payment channel between each other, and then use debt receipts among themselves to perform a transaction.
Imagine that Bob and Alice freeze 10 BTC, each one freezes 5 BTC. This deposit is added to the Blockchain and the payment channel is considered and open between Bob and Alice. Now, if Bob wants to send to Alice 2 BTC, he needs to transfer the ownership of 2 BTC with 3 BTC left. Alice, in turn will get 2 BTC from Bob and will own 7 BTC. Either Bob or Alice may close the channel,and the result will be recorded in the Blockchain, but if they plan to transfer more money to each other, the channel is to left open.
Transactions are going instantly and with the smaller fee due the fact that each operation doesn't require a separate entry in the main Blockchain, but this technology acquires its full power when many more channels are combined into one common Lightning Network. Likewise, the channel is open for payments between Bob and Alice, and another channel is open between other two participants, so Bob can send to any participant, without having a direct open channel between them.
As of now, Lightning Network has already greatly reduced the load on the Bitcoin network. It’s noticeable that this technology can work not only on the Bitcoin Blockchain but also on many other: Stellar, Ethereum, Zcash, Litecoin and XRP. XRP (Ripple) has already launched Lightning Network on its mainnet, and Litecoin is working on it right now, because the LN technology improves the work of the whole Blockchain by making the network more scalable, increasing transaction speed and lowering the fees even for those who don't use this technology.
In addition, the bidirectional channel technology partly increases the transactions anonymity which is attractive to many users of cryptocurrency.
Firstly, at this moment the Lightning Network is on an experimental stage and hence big important transactions are still better to carry out in the main Bitcoin network.
Secondly, Peer-to-Peer (P2P) protocol utilized in Lightning Network requires both peers online in order to complete a transaction. Should one gets offline, the broadcasting stops immediately.
The third is you can’t top up the channel from the mainnet. It’s called "Channel depletion", a situation occurring when the first node transfers all the funds of the channel to the second node. Then such a channel can work only in one direction, hence sending funds from the first node is impossible unless the second one transfers part of the funds back, or the two nodes will have to open a new payment channel.
Pros: The Lightning Network concept means that the system will work on top of the blockchain, but won’t actually have its security behind itself. Thus, it’s very likely that it will be mostly used for small transactions.
Cons: The Lightning network allows users to perform transactions directly among themselves, without adding the data of each transaction in the main Blockchain. Given that, LN kills two birds with one stone:
This technology contributes the most to user anonymity, and also opens the way to game-changing exchange solutions, but as of yet, there’s no software with which real-life casual users of the network can make transactions. We will support the Lightning Network in Atomic Wallet.
Atomic Wallet has already implemented Atomic Swap exchange in mainnet for BTC–LTC–QTUM trading pairs and you can directly exchange your assets in a decentralized order book. Atomic is a universal wallet that supports 300+ cryptocurrency assets, built-in exchange and "Buy crypto with a credit card" feature, so you'll get all you need in one decentralized interface.


All texts and images(without me) are by @itchyfeetdonica | 图文 by Donica
When you hear “Easter Island”, what pops up in your mind? When I type this place name in my phone, this icon🗿 appears on the list. Right! It’s moai, the enigmatic giant stone figures created by the early Rapa Nui people. But of course there are much more than these monumental statues on this enchanting volcanic island. So I’m going to show you some fragments through my 9-day traveling on the island. Today let’s start from the introduction and Anakena, the cradle of Easter Island’s history and culture.
Before I start talking about my experience on the island, I’d like to make clear first some concepts that puzzled me a bit before I traveled there. Hopefully it could be helpful to you too in understanding better the Polynesian and Rapa Nui cultures.
There are three major cultural areas in the Pacific Ocean: Micronesia, Melanesia and Polynesia. As you can see from this picture I took in the Anthropology Museum on the island: Easter Island is at the southeastern vertice of the Polynesian Triangle in Oceania. 👇
Around 500 BC, the first Polynesians set sail in their big canoes 🛶 on a colonization adventure. From Tonga, Samoa and other adjacent islands, they reached and populated the Cook Islands, Tahiti and other islands. After another 700 years, they sailed to different directions and closed the Polynesian Triangle by colonizing its three extremes: Hawai’i (Sandwich Islands) between 200 and 400 AD, Rapa Nui (Easter Island) between 800 and 1200 AD and Aotearoa (New Zealand) between 800 and 1000 AD.
After the population phase on Easter Island, it came the classic era when the Rapa Nui culture reached its peak with the construction of the huge ceremonial centers and moai statues. Then at around 17th century, conflicts started between the different lineages. Moai were toppled and the Tangata Manu (birdman) ritual sprang up, until the arrival of Catholic missionaries in 1864.
I’m lucky to have worked in Chile and traveled to Easter Island which was annexed by Chile in 1888. It’s a flight around 5 hours by LAN Airlines (now LATAM Airlines, the only operator flying from the South America continent) from Santiago to Hanga Roa, kind of the capital town, the settlement with most residents.
You can also fly from Tahiti(less frequent flights), or take a more intrepid route - once a year, you’ve got the chance to sail the “tall ship” Soren Larsen to Easter Island from New Zealand. This great voyage takes 35 days, crossing the point on earth furthest from land. Sounds epic right? Just takes some time, courage and patience ;)
The high season of tourism on Easter Island is normally from December to March, the warmest time on the island, and the coldest time in the Northern Hemisphere. In late January or early February, there’s the two-week long traditional festival Tapati Rapa Nui drawing crowds of tourists. On this annual event, the islanders showcase their skills and crafts in stone and woodcarvings, body-painting and cooking in the Polynesian style.
We rent a motor scooter and roamed around the whole island for 9 days in August. You might think it’s too long to stay on a small island like this. But we explored almost all corners of it, and enjoyed it a lot during the off season when there were not many tourists. We even got upgraded to first class in the flight back to Santiago de Chile, because the airplane was almost empty.  ; )
From the picture below(shot from my DK travel book of Chile), you can see that the overall shape of Easter Island is triangular. The main and only village Hanga Roa is located at the southwest. The photos in this post were all taken at the site number 5 - Playa(beach) Anakena. 👇
Anakena has two ahus(ceremonial platforms); Ahu Ature Huki has a single moai(the giant monolithic stone statue), and Ahu Nau Nau has seven moai statues, two of which have deteriorated. 👇
Anakena is the only tropical coral sand beach on the island that is good for swimming and sunbathing. The other beaches here are actually pretty rough, mostly with rocks, cliffs and strong waves. Surrounded by palm trees, it’s a great place to relax and to click some pretty shots.
Anakena is known as “The Bay of The King”, named after the founding Rapa Nui king Hotu Matu’a who set foot on the island when it was first populated. This was where king Hotu Matu’a built his first house, and it remained the sacred land of the royal family.
The single moai of Ahu Ature Huki is the first moai statue ever to be restored by Norwegian explorer Thor Heyerdahl in 1956. The moai was raised by using only rocks, logs and rope. The logs were used as levers to lift the statue and rocks were put underneath, raising the statue little by little. 👇
This whole vicinity in Anakena is a dense archeological site. It contains ceremonial centers both above and under the ground. So it’s of vital importance for understanding this mysterious island’s past.
That’s it for my first post about Easter Island. Hope you enjoyed it. Have you ever visited this remote island? What did you do there? Tell me what you think in the comments below! 😃 See you next time!
Thank you for reading. Check out my recent posts below, and follow me for more! =)
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A virtual machine (VM) is a virtual environment that functions as a virtual computer system with its own CPU, memory, network interface, and storage, created on a physical hardware system.
Setting up virtual machine will allow you to setup an another operating system with different settings into your main or working operating system, It could be any new OS you can install it on your virtual machine like windows falovours, linux etc.
To achive this there are lots of third party software available on web, some are paid, some free and open source. Few of most popular are: virtual box, VM Ware, parallels etc.
But in the article i am going to detail about the in built feature of windows 10 through which you can enable that feature of virtual machine without install any other software into the operating system, i.e Hyper-v
First of all your physical machine or hardware has a virtualization feature should enabled, That can be acheive by go to the BIOS of the system at the start up. On start up of the machine there different keys for different hardware, generally F10 or F8. After click on that on startup a blue screen of BIOS will appear and you need to enable the virtualization option in it which looks lie below image
After enable this when the system start up, click on the start button and search for windows features
When the windwos features windwos appear, search for the Hyper-v option in it and check the checkbox for hyper-v and click on Ok button. It will take a few moment to enable that feature
When the feature will enable completely, you will see the hyper-v application on the start programs
check out next article to see how to setup a new virtual machine in windows 10 using hyper-v


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STUtor is a desktop app tailored for tuition coordinators to easily match and manage a database of tutors and students. This app is optimized for those who prefer to work with a Command Line Interface (CLI) while still having the benefits of a Graphical User Interface (GUI).
This project was done in a group of 4 members, as part of CS2103T module. We modified the existing Address Book application provided and transformed it into a tution coordinating application.
I worked on Remark, Rating and Autofill features in STUtor. View My Contributions
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--- layout: single title: Comparing Affirm and AfterPay — The Yin and Yang of BNPL category: fintech tags: excerpt: Affirm and AfterPay are diametrically different in how they locate themselves on the Margin-Turnover grid. While Affirm monetizes its GMV at twice AfterPay's rates, AfterPay more than makes up for this with their higher turnover of the receivables book. The new effect is for AfterPay to have a significantly higher yield on their average capital invested. comments: true ---
The chart below compares the GMV processed by Affirm and AfterPay over the last three years. AfterPay has consistently dominated Affirm in GMV processed. AfterPay's broader merchant base (100K merchants in FY2021, with 28K in USA) and a larger customer base (16.2 Mn in FY 2021 v/s Affirm's 7.1 Mn) allow it to rack up consistently large GMV numbers. However, it is Affirm that earn more revenue per dollar of GMV serviced.
Affirm monetizes its GMV better by charging both the merchants and the customers. Merchants are on average charged a discount rate of ~4.5% and customers are on average charged an interest rate of ~4% as part of Affirm's monetization strategy.
In order to justify the higher charges, Affirm focuses on high-value transactions where affordability can be a concern.
Affirm's higher margins on GMV come with a catch: Affirm needs to wait longer to collect back the loans it made to customers. This means that Affirm needs more capital than AfterPay to service the same amount of GMV.
The graph below shows how many times Affirm and AfterPay turn their receivables book around. We see that AfterPay rolls their receivables an average of 17 times, almost once every three weeks. In contrast, Affirm rolls their book only 5.5 times; in other words it takes Affirm over two months to collect back and re-issue an earlier loan.
AfterPay's ability to roll its book faster allows it to compensate for the lower Gross Margin it earns on GMV. The graph below shows the ratio of Net Revenue to the average balance of receivables on Affirm's and AfterPay's book. AfterPay's advantage from its faster turnover is evident.
Affirm recognizes this yield calculation in their S-1 filing. From page 97, we see
As an annualized percentage of average loans held for investment, total interest income decreased from approximately 21% to 18%. This decrease was driven by an increase in the amount of 0% APR loans being held on our balance sheet as a percentage of the total loans held for investment, which averaged 27% during the three months ended September 30, 2019, compared to 45% during the three months ended September 30, 2020. The shift was largely due to strong volume of longer-term 0% APR loans.
Affirm might be angling for a slice of this low-value, high-frequency pie. Affirm's recent partnerships, with Spotify and Amazon, and product launches like the Debit+ card suggest that Affirm is at least slightly interested in low-margin, high-frequency transactions. However, it's unclear if Affirm's origination bank partners would be comfortable processing such smaller ticket size loans.
The following 2x2 diagrams summarize the Yin-Yang nature of Affirm and AfterPay.
Affirm is primarily an affordability play, rather than a discovery play. As such Affirm is spiritually closer to (and will need to compete closely with) credit cards. The archetypal products serviced by Affirm are consumer durables like Peloton (Peloton contributes roughly a third of Affirm's revenue). Expect Affirm to become entrenched in the space of high-margin, high-value consumer goods that are purchased after significant research and deliberation.
AfterPay on the other hand is a marketing and discoverability partner for the growing Direct-to-consumer market with the credit feature serving more as lubricant to reduce friction at checkout. AfterPay's future lies in turbo-charging impulse purchases driven increasingly through direct to customer marketing campaigns. AfterPay's highly engaged users (Average of 6.5 transactions per year v/s Affirm's 2.3 transaction) provides it an advantage by generating rick SKU-level data to train predictive models for targetted advertising and marketing campaigns. AfterPay is a bet on the power of marketing; Affirm is a bet on the power of credit.


I have a build design for a server and I am tryin to determine what the max umd should be to use the majority of itms. I have never really thought about the formula used to determine what umd makes available cuz most of the time I am using classes (bard or rogue or assassy) all the way through the build, so it never really mattered. THis one does however. I need to place one assassy lvl into an epic lvl spot to max out umd, and I would HATE to have to wait til the end to get it.
Anyone know the formula or process used to determine umding of itms, specifically +10 monk gloves and such.


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In addition, it is aggregatable, thus it is possible to
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20 June 2001
Disease Outbreak Reported
For the period 18-19 June, 3 new suspected cases were registered. From May 18, 2001 to June 19, 2001, 57 suspected CCHF cases were registered, out of which 4 have died. Of these, 12 have been classified as confirmed (10 laboratory and 2 on clinical/epidemiological grounds). Twenty-seven cases are laboratory negative and 18 further suspected cases were still under investigation. Of the 12 confirmed cases, 5 were infected through contact with 1 case with haemorrhagic disease. The remainder (7) are likely to be primary infections (Source: Institute of Public Health, Pristina, Kosovo).
Most of the primary infections have occurred in areas of Kosovo that have had CCHF activity in previous years. CCHF infections are expected to continue throughout the summer and autumn months while ticks are active.
The WHO Collaborating Centre for Arbovirus and Haemorrhagic Fever Reference and Research in Ljubljana, Slovenia, continues to provide support in the field by extending the stay of their staff member. In addition the North Manchester General Hospital, Department of Infectious Diseases, have provided a clinician with specific expertise in hospital infection control who is working to strengthen procedures at the isolation unit.
A two person WHO rapid assessment team carried out a mission to Kosovo from 12 to 15 June 2001. The team worked with the epidemic response committee, the Institute for Public Health, the Clinic for Infectious Diseases and WHO Kosovo to support the outbreak response in epidemiology, laboratory support, case management, hospital infection control, environmental control measures and health education.


Implements multitaper spectral analysis using discrete prolate spheroidal sequences (Slepians) and sine tapers. It includes an adaptive weighted multitaper spectral estimate, a coherence estimate, Thomson's Harmonic F-test, and complex demodulation. The Slepians sequences are generated efficiently using a tridiagonal matrix solution, and jackknifed confidence intervals are available for most estimates.
| Version: | 1.0-14 |
| Depends: | R (≥ 3.0), methods |
| Suggests: | psd, astrochron, fftwtools, slp |
| Published: | 2017-10-25 |
| Author: | Karim Rahim, Wesley S. Burr |
| Maintainer: | Karim Rahim <karim.rahim at queensu.ca> |
| License: | GPL-2 | GPL-3 [expanded from: GPL (≥ 2)] |
| URL: | https://github.com/krahim/multitaper/ |
| NeedsCompilation: | yes |
| Citation: | multitaper citation info |
| In views: | TimeSeries |
| CRAN checks: | multitaper results |
| Reference manual: | multitaper.pdf |
| Package source: | multitaper_1.0-14.tar.gz |
| Windows binaries: | r-devel: multitaper_1.0-14.zip, r-release: multitaper_1.0-14.zip, r-oldrel: multitaper_1.0-14.zip |
| OS X binaries: | r-release: multitaper_1.0-14.tgz, r-oldrel: multitaper_1.0-14.tgz |
| Old sources: | multitaper archive |
| Reverse depends: | CepLDA |
| Reverse imports: | astrochron, eseis, pdSpecEst |
| Reverse suggests: | psd |
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GeoKrety (From Greek geo = ‘earth’, and Polish krety = ‘moles’) is a service similar to TravelBug(TM) or GeoLutins, aiming at tracking objects you leave in geocache containers. People move these registered objects (called GeoKrety) from cache to cache and register each move with this service. The trip of each GeoKret is then presented on a map.
GeoKrety are not a trade item, you do not have to put something in the cache to take a GeoKret, and you should not take something from a cache in trade for a GeoKret. If you should take something from a cache, you should make a trade, and you can place the GeoKret.
The service is absolutely free (contrary to TravelBug) and easy to use. A GeoKret can be anything, but in most cases it is a small puppet.
Please see (and edit, if necessary) the article about GeoKrety at Wikipedia.
Then you have to:
Examples of ready GeoKrety
Watch an instructional screencast about registering and making your own GeoKrety.
| Icon | Apraksts |
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| or |
I've dropped a GeoKret when you've left a GeoKret in a cache. |
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I've grabbed a GeoKret when you've taken a GeoKret from a cache and are not going to put it to another cache soon. |
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I've met a GeoKret when you've met a GeoKret in a cache but haven't taken it with you. |
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I've dipped a GeoKret when you take a GeoKret for a cache-tour; this is the same as doing a drop and then grab - the visited location is logged but GeoKret is still in your inventory. |
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Comment when you want to write a comment :) |
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Hibernation / archiving when a GeoKret has been missing for a long time. |
You can easily indicate the location of GeoKrety by entering either the waypoint or the name of cache.
| Icon | Type | Url | Komentāri |
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| OP | OpenCaching | Polish database | |
| OC | OpenCaching | German database | |
| OK | OpenCaching | UK database | |
| OS | OpenCaching | SE/NO database | |
| OB | OpenCaching | NL database | |
| OZ | OpenCaching | Czech database | updated manually from time to time |
| GA | GeoCaching Australia | updated daily (lat, lon, cache name, link) | |
| TR/VI/MS/EX | GeoCaching Russia | updated every two hours (lat, lon, cache name, link, owner) | |
| GE | gpsgames.org database | updated daily (lat, lon, cache name, link) | |
| GD | gpsgames.org GeoDashing | waypoints (updated monthly) | |
| unique name | geopeitus.ee | Estonian database | updated daily (lat, lon, cache name, link) |
| GR | Geocaching Romania | romanian database | updated manually |
| GC | Geocaching Hungary | hungarian database | updated daily |
| WPG | WaypointGame | Polish Waypoint Game | for generating map -- updated daily |
From waypoints listed below we can generate a proper link to the cache:
| Icon | Type | Url | Komentāri |
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| GC | Geocaching | geocaching.com | |
| N | Navicache | Navicache.com |
But maybe in the future we will be able to do more. So enter the waypoint anyway.
GC waypoints are not fully supported by GeoKrety (Licensee shall not remarket, resell, and/or redistribute the Data or any derived portion(s) of the Data in its digital form to any third party whatsoever… from waypoint license agreement ). However you can easily use GeoKrety with GC caches.
There are two options:
This is a greasemonkey script (written and maintained by simor).
You also need an account on geokrety.org. After installing GKT in your browser, you will see an extra [ GeoKrety.org ] panel on the right hand side of every GC cache page. From the list of GeoKrety pick the one you wish to drop and click "Drop selected GK" - you will be redirected to the standard logging page with both the GC Code and coordinates already filled in. Check the date, add a comment and you're done.
Go to Log a GeoKret page and under the section New location enter the following:
Here is an example:
Note: according to groundspeak,
geocaching.com users may use and log geokrety ;)
I have checked with Brian, and his definitive answer is that
these 'rogue' TBs are not of concern to us - reviewers and
GS staff. We cannot govern their usage, and Geocachers are
allowed to give out GC codes.
You can enter lat/lon coordinates in different formats:
52.205205 21.190891 52.205205/21.190891 N 52.205205 E 21.190891 +52.205205 -21.190891
52 12.3123 -21 11.45345 N52 12.3123 W21 11.45345 +52 12.3123 -21 11.45345 N 52° 10.369' W 021° 01.542'
52 12 18.74 -21 11 27.21 N52° 12' 18.74", W21° 11' 27.21" 52° 12' 18.74", -21° 11' 27.21"
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| edit | an email address, description, log entry | |
| delete | a log entry, photo or comment | |
| upload photo | attach a photo to a log entry or your profile | |
| known GeoKret | you already logged this GeoKret before, now you can log it without its Tracking Code (it is provided for you automatically) | |
| avatar | move mouse over this icon to see GeoKret's avatar | |
| komentârs | you may comment a log entry or a news post | |
| report missing | you may report a GeoKret missing if you have visited the cache where the GeoKret should be but it wasn't there |
For easy logging dropping or grabbing during your trip, I've added the possibility of attaching QR code on the GK label. QR Code is a kind of bar code, which can be "scanned" by your mobile phone, which will redirect you to the proper page at geokrety.org ; you will not have to enter the Tracking Code, everything will be encrypted in the QR. Read more about QR Code.
The QR code with encrypted address of geokrety.org page.
You can use the free software for your mobile phone, eg: Barcode Scanner
There are others trackable items systems:
Your e-mail address will be not transferred to third parties. Your password is one-way encrypted, so it can not be revealed.
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Cookies is automatically destroyed when you explicitly logout. However, if you would like to, you can change your cookie settings at any time in your browser.
The connection to our server is secured using TLS encryption. You should see a green lock in your navigator address bar. It indicate that the communication between you and the server cannot be read by anyone else and it's fine for your credentials!
Our server is using IPv6, meaning we are ready for the future! IPv6: The Future is Now More than Ever
To get more help on GeoKrety contact us or visit the forums:
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Defines a class that can provide mountable content and have it be pooled.
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| MountDelegateInput | Deprecated
Marked for removal; check out D4182567 for context.
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MountState API to RenderCoreExtension |
| MountItemsPool.ItemPool |
Content item pools that RenderCore uses to recycle content (such as Views)
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Represents a single node in a RenderCore Tree.
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Represents the result of a Layout pass.
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| RenderState.LazyTree<State> |
Represents a function capable of creating a tree.
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Represents a single bind function.
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| RunnableHandler |
Handler abstraction to allow instrumentation and that is responsible for scheduling
Runnable computations in RenderCore. |
| Systracer | |
| Systracer.ArgsBuilder |
Object that accumulates arguments for beginSectionWithArgs.
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Any interface for mounted items that need to capture motion events from its
HostView . |
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This delegate allows overriding a
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This is intended as a hook into
android.util.Log , but allows you to provide your own
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A ViewGroup that can be used as a host for subtrees in a RenderCore tree.
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A Cache that can be used to reuse LayoutResults or parts of them across layout calculations.
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Encapsulates the measured size of a Mountable, and any layout data
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Can be passed to a MountState to override default mounting behaviour and control which items get
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Pools of recycled resources.
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Reduces a tree of Node into a flattened tree of RenderTreeNode.
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Config class to enable or disable specific features.
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Result from resolving a
RenderState.LazyTree . |
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| RenderState<State,RenderContext> |
todo: javadocs *
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A LayoutContext encapsulates all the data needed during a layout pass.
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TODO add javadoc
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| RenderUnit<MOUNT_CONTENT> |
A RenderUnit represents a single rendering primitive for RenderCore.
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A binder is a pair of data Model and
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Default implementation of the RunnableHandler which simply wraps a
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This scenario demonstrates how to send tile notifications with web images.
Tile notifications can specify web images.
These images can be referenced using the http:// or https:// protocols. Images must be in .png, .jpg, .jpeg, or .gif format and can have a maximum size of 200KB and maximum dimensions of 1024x1024.
Specify the URL of an image:
Send using the Notifications Extensions Library:
For the first example, we use the Notifications Extensions Library to build the notification payload.
Send by constructing your own payload:
Since notifications are simply XML, you can create them in many different ways. For example, here we create notifications by constructing strings.


The desire to be respected by someone of the opposite ses is something that runs deep within everyone, even though most people don't take the time to find someone who truly respects them. It seems like people are just looking for someone to show them the slightest amount of attention, settling for something much less than respect. I am convinced one of the best ways to help any relationship grow is by showing respect.
I have come to the conclusion that everyone longs to be respected. What is respect? Respect is showing someone extra special attention, or high regard, based on a desire to show them how highly they are valued.


Status:
Version:
This xBrowserSync service provides a REST API that xBrowserSync clients can sync to. The available API methods are listed below.
For more information visit the xBrowserSync website or check out the API GitHub repo.
/bookmarks
Creates a new (empty) bookmark sync and returns the corresponding ID.
Post body example:
{
"version":"1.0.0"
}
Response example:
{
"id":"52758cb942814faa9ab255208025ae59",
"lastUpdated":"2016-07-06T12:43:16.866Z",
"version":"1.0.0"
}
/bookmarks/{id}
Retrieves the bookmark sync corresponding to the provided sync ID.
Query params:
Response example:
{
"bookmarks":"DWCx6wR9ggPqPRrhU4O4oLN5P09onApoAULX4Xt+ckxswtFNds...",
"lastUpdated":"2016-07-06T12:43:16.866Z",
"version":"1.0.0"
}
/bookmarks/{id}
Updates the bookmark sync data corresponding to the provided sync ID with the provided encrypted bookmarks data.
Query params:
Post body example:
{
"bookmarks":"DWCx6wR9ggPqPRrhU4O4oLN5P09onApoAULX4Xt+ckxswtFNds..."
}
Response example:
{
"lastUpdated":"2016-07-06T12:43:16.866Z"
}
/bookmarks/{id}/lastUpdated
Retrieves the bookmark sync last updated time stamp corresponding to the provided sync ID.
Query params:
Response example:
{
"lastUpdated":"2016-07-06T12:43:16.866Z"
}
/bookmarks/{id}/version
Retrieves the bookmark sync version number of the xBrowserSync client used to create the bookmarks sync corresponding to the provided sync ID.
Query params:
Response example:
{
"lastUpdated":"2016-07-06T12:43:16.866Z"
}
/info
Retrieves information describing the xBrowserSync service.
Response example:
{
"maxSyncSize":204800,
"message":"",
"status":1,
"version":"1.0.0"
}


Kondou Isao ( 近藤 勲 Kondō Isao ), also known as Gorilla, is the former commander of the Shinsengumi. When he was not working (which was often the case, the vice-commander, Hijikata Toushirou, being the one covering for him most of the time), he was busy stalking Shinpachi's sister Shimura Tae, earning him the nickname Gorilla-stalker.
Even though the Shinsengumi are fiercely loyal to Kondou, he often has to use the Shinsengumi Vice-Commander Hijikata Toushirou to settle them down before giving instructions. During Nobu Nobu's reign when he and Matsudaira were about to be beheaded, he entrusted Gintoki with a message to pass on to his fellow former Shinsengumi police-mates (most of all to Hijikata) to keep moving forward and to not be stupid as Edo still needed someone to protect it, even if the Shinsengumi disbanded.
 He had been a troublesome kid, uprooting neighbors' daikon and stealing them. Because of his behavior, rumors spread that he was raised by monkeys. The chief priest of the monkey god-worshipping temple took Kondou in and let him attend the temple school, even going as far as wanting him to be his successor, so long as Kondou never stole anything again. One day loan sharks took some kids from the temple school as hostage as they wanted the land. Kondou went alone and saved the kids, but when they returned the temple had been burned down. He was forbidden by the chief priest to return to the temple's site, and eventually Kondou left. From Episode 293.
Kondou became a member of a dojo run by Kanchou in Bushuu. There, he met Okita Sougo and Hijikata Toushirou, recruiting both of them to join his dojo. Kondou would later take all the members of the dojo with him and move from Bushuu to Edo to establish a career for himself, and create what is now the Shinsengumi.
Appearance
Kondou is a tall, muscular man with tan skin, spiky brown hair and a goatee. He usually wears a Shinsengumi uniform, though in many situations he is found naked, believing that being naked is a show of big heart. It is a running gag that his normal appearance resembles that of a gorilla, and the other characters often "mistake" him for one; although he often gets angry with them for using that nickname, he sometimes uses the same word to identify himself. Later during the Farewell, Shinsengumi Arc, he receives a scar on face from Sasaki.
During the events of the Dekoboko Arc he temporarily switched genders, receiving the most drastic appearance change out of all the gender-swapped cast. In female form, he has blonde hair, pale skin, and a slender figure with a large bust.
Kondou Isao's Gallery
Relationships
Friends & Allies
Okita Sougo : As a child, Sougo had trouble fitting in, Kondou found him playing by himself joined in and invited him to the Doujou. Sougo was noted to have the most potential in the doujo. In the Mitsuba Chapter, Kondou said to Sougo that if one of them (Toushirou or Sougo) ever strayed, then the other two would punch him back to where he belongs. Kondou explains that having terrible friends in your life isn't a bad thing. When he's about to be executed during Nobu Nobu's reign, Sougo is one of the few remaining former Shinsengumi members to be entrusted to look over Edo, seemingly trying to prevent from what will happen if he'll become like Takasugi Shinsuke.
Hijikata Toushirou : One of the students he taught at his family doujo, Toushiro is greatly loyal to Koundo and is his right-hand man. Kondou found Toushirou after being beaten by groups of samurai he challenged. Finding him to be a very interesting character, he saved him and gave him a home within the doujo. Before being beheaded along with Matsudaira during Nobu Nobu's reign, he entrusted Toushirou to pass on his footsteps to carry the Shinsengumi's honor to look over the Edo, even though they're not in the Shinsengumi anymore, by requesting Gintoki to message his words to them.
Yagyuu Kyuubei : He was her enemy and love rival at first, but in time they became friends. The relationship between them is pretty weird (Gintoki noted this due to them standing at the area where Tae was) but strong.
Matsudaira Katakuriko : Kondou answers to his superior Matsudaira Katakuriko, a high-ranking government officer under direct control of the Bakufu. Matsudaira Katakuriko usually sets up politically arranged marriages for Kondo.
Shimura Shinpachi : In the Yagyuu Chapter, Kondou had his mind set on being Shimura Shinpachi's brother-in-law, even going as far as saying Shinpachi was the only one he could entrust the Shinsengumi to, much to Shinpachi's annoyance and response that he doesn't give a damn about the Shinsengumi. Kondou even added a new Regulation to the Shinsengumi code: "Yorozuya is to be hated, but treat Shinpachi well".
Sakata Gintoki : After his duel with Gintoki, he and Kondo usually got along well, since their desire to watch over Edo until they die is very similar. Although he wrote down a new Regulation that Yorozuya is to be hated, Kondo actually greatly respects Gintoki, as Yamazaki stated in episode 32. During Nobu Nobu's reign after Shige Shige got assassinated by one of Nobu Nobu's assassins, and he and Matsudaira were about to be beheaded, he entrusted Gintoki to message the other former Shinsengumi police-mates to carry out the force's honor, to not be stupid as the Edo needs them, even though they're not in the Shinsengumi anymore, this also caused Gintoki to remember how his master, Yoshida Shouyou needed to be beheaded by Gintoki himself in order to save Katsura and Takasugi.
Katsura Kotarou : When Kondo was the commander of the Shinsengumi, Katsura was his rival because of the latter being a Jouishishi faction leader. Back then they bickered due to the similarity between their online nicknames, and Kondo was always shown chasing after Katsura in order to arrest him. They later become friends after Shige Shige's death and during Nobu Nobu's reign.They fight together during the Farewell, Shinsengumi Arc against the enemy forces, and when Sasaki Isaburo arrived on the island, he tries to shoot Kondo, but Katsura protects him and gets shot instead.
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Shimura Tae : He is desperately in love with her. Kondou once asked Tae whether she would still love her boyfriend if he had a hairy butt. When she replied that she would love her boyfriend no matter what, Kondou instantly fell for her and began stalking her while asking for her hand in marriage. Because of this, Kondou is often seen showing up in strange places around her and is always getting beaten up or threatened by her, as she highly disapproves of his stalking and affection towards her.


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'Sphere'
A movie review by Walter Frith
Member of the ONLINE CRITIC'S ASSOCIATION AT: http://www.geocities.com/Hollywood/Studio/5713/index.html
It looks more and more like Hollywood is running out of ideas. Remember a little space horror film entitled 'Event Horizon' from 1997? 'Sphere' has almost the exact same plot and manifestation of visual output except that 'Event Horizon' is a lot scarier and I actually recommended that one for the kind of film that it was because it was the first film in a long time that made me jump in my seat at the movies as it was genuinely scary with religiously sublime overtones. I can't recommend 'Sphere'.
I get so angry at Hollywood marketing through coming attractions on posters, trailers, newspaper, t.v. and radio ads when they say 'Sphere' is from "Michael Crichton, the author of 'Jurassic Park' and 'The Lost World'" and immediately people begin saying, "Wow, if it's from that guy, it must be great". To no one's surprise, in many cases advertising is an insult to the intelligence and we've all fallen for it at one time or another.
'Sphere' is from director Barry (in most cases--'yawn') Levinson who has concocted a flat and lifeless motion picture disguised as science fiction but looking more like a low budget episode of any paranormal television series with a cast of actors far beyond the realm of this mess.
Dustin Hoffman (a psychologist), Sharon Stone (a biologist) and Samuel L. Jackson (a mathematician) along with two others are sent on a mission to the bottom of the Pacific Ocean to investigate an alleged alien spacecraft that landed more than 300 years ago. As they investigate further, there is a strange transmission coming from somewhere on the ship that allows the crew to communicate with an unseen force and later they discover a gigantic golden sphere which reflects everything in the room except the people looking at it. Members of the team get drawn into it and they later draw conclusions that it has the power to inhibit mind control at will and visually enhance a person's sub-conscious thoughts. At one point Jackson is reading the book '20,000 Leagues Under the Sea' and says to Hoffman that he can never get past page 87 because it's "too scary". Later, Hoffman finds the cupboards of the ship filled with multiple copies of '20,000 Leagues Under the Sea' all with blank pages after page 87.
The film is just downright boring and never gets off the ground with any substance or point of interest worthy of a plot twist and the film feels like a nightmare you have trouble describing to people the next morning because it was so weird, people look at you funny. There's also no reason for it to be well over two hours with a running time of 132 minutes. I looked at my watch about every fifteen minutes after the first half hour and I was drawn into a tedious and restless odyssey of blandness.
There isn't much more to write because there isn't that much more to say about a film that looks so similar in many of its scenes. The only thing memorable about 'Sphere' is telling people that for quite a while, Dustin Hoffman appeared in a movie about every five years and now that he's been in three in the last 6 months ('Mad City', 'Wag the Dog', 'Sphere') perhaps it was a good idea for him to remain absent until a good project came along, one that he could really believe in. There certainly isn't a good film contained in this block of celluloid.
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Arbitrary and racially biased: The NYPD's stop-and-frisk practice received a lot of criticism in the past. Data show a decline in practice, however the racial bias prevails.
After heavy criticism in 2011 and a 2013 ruling declaring NYPD's stop-and-frisk as unconstitutional, data proves a sharp decline of on the practice:
However, the racial bias - one of the critics' main argument - remains unchanged: Still black and hispanic people are stopped disproportionally more often than white people.
On top of that, after being stopped, black and hispanic people are also frisked more often than white people.
Each data-entry is assigned a "crime code description", suggesting what a person was stopped for. The five most frequent ones in 2015 are 'criminal possession of a weapon' (30% of stops), 'robbery' (14% of stops), 'grand larceny auto' (10% of stops), 'bulgary' (9% of stops), and 'assault' (6% of stops). The data records do not detail if stops are based suspicion of these crimes or based on evidence.
However, 2015 data suggest that out of 100 people stopped, only 17 would be arrested, whereas only 2 would be summonsed -- proving the point of the practice still being arbitrary. One possible reason might be that not yet all officers are aware of the reform, analysts argue.
If you are wondering what offenses people got arrested or summonsed for -- you unfortunately have to keep wondering: data on reasons for arrests and summons are gathered non-systematically.
Data Source: NYPD


This package contains interfaces and classes that manage a dictionary of Radius attribute types.
Each attribute type is represented by an instance of the
object AttributeType
. This class stores the
type code, the type name and the vendor ID for each
attribute type.
The interface Dictionary
declares the methods necessary
to access a dictionary. Every class that implements this
interface can be used to resolve AttributeType objects.
Dictionaries that can be changed after construction should
implement the interface WritableDictionary
.
You can use the class DictionaryParser
to populate WritableDictionary
objects with
data from a dictionary file in the well-known Radiator
dictionary file format.
MemoryDictionary
is the default implementation
of WritableDictionary
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in the RAM. This class is used together with the
DictionaryParser
by the class DefaultDictionary
which is a singleton object containing the default dictionary
that is used if there is no dictionary explicitly specified.
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Cobie Smulders is on Tom Cruise’s holiday cake list, and she’s found a way to make it last for months
by Olivia Singh- Cobie Smulders appeared on NBC’s “Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon” on Monday and said that she’s on Tom Cruise’s holiday cake list and can’t wait to receive the white chocolate coconut cake this year.
- “I leave it in my freezer and it lasts until, like, March,” she said. “I just slowly chip away at this thing. It’s so good. I don’t know why. I’m not even a big sweets person, but it’s so good.”
- Cruise’s previous costars, including Henry Cavill and Kirsten Dunst, have also spoken about receiving cakes from the star.
- Visit Insider’s homepage for more stories.
Cobie Smulders says she’s on Tom Cruise’s infamous holiday cake list, and she looks forward to receiving the gift every time.
“The most glorious time of the year,” Smulders said during an appearance on NBC’s “Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon” on Monday.
The “Stumptown” actress and late night host went on to gush about the white chocolate coconut cake, which they both get from Cruise.
“I receive it, and hopefully, maybe if I talk about it on television I will for sure receive it,” Smulders said.
The “Spider-Man: Far From Home” star went on to say that she found a clever way to make the cake last beyond the holidays.
“I leave it in my freezer and it lasts until, like, March,” she said. “I just slowly chip away at this thing. It’s so good. I don’t know why. I’m not even a big sweets person, but it’s so good.”
Smulders, who starred alongside Cruise in 2016’s “Jack Reacher: Never Go Back,” added: “It’s Tom Cruise deliciousness.”
Back in 2018, Smulders appeared on “The Goods” and said that the actor sends out “hundreds, potentially thousands of cakes.” She also said that she received the cake two years in a row.
This isn’t the first time Cruise’s costars have spoken about receiving cakes from the action star.
Cruise appeared on CBS’ “The Late Late Show With James Corden” and said that when he trains for movies and can’t eat sugar, he sends cakes to his costars so he can live vicariously through them. Even Bassett, his “Mission: Impossible – Fallout” costar, said that Cruise gave her one of the sweets. And fellow cast member Henry Cavill told “Access” that he also was delighted to eat the “decadent” cake.
Corden also said that the “Top Gun” star unexpectedly sent him a cake on the morning of the 2018 Grammys, wishing him good luck ahead of hosting the award show.
Kirsten Dunst, who starred alongside Cruise in “Interview With a Vampire” spoke about the “Cruise cake” during an appearance on “The Graham Norton Show” in 2016. The actress said that it’s the “best coconut cake I’ve ever had in my life” and the dessert, which she receives every year, is from Doan’s Bakery in California.
Watch the video below (Smulders talks about Cruise at 1:54).


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JBoss BRMS & BPM Suite
Get started with rules, events & processes, an overview
JBoss BRMS - Components
JBoss BRMS - Architecture
JBoss BPM Suite - Components
JBoss BPM Suite - Architecture
Customer Case
Electronic payment provider
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Problems - outdated systems, legacy apps difficult to update, duplication of critical data
- Goals - reduce turnaround for changes, improve visibility KPIs
- Solution
- Saved resources - reduction manual processes, increase productivity, 360° visibility to management
- Single procurement processes provides better oversight on spending by the org
- Focus core business activities vs repetitive manual work
- Quicker on-boarding of merchants, new business capabilities come to market quickly
Customer Case
Financial Institution
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Context
- Serve over 4,000 business units within its family of companies, spanning 20,000+ accounts at nearly 200 banks.
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Manage billions of dollars collected from customers and paid to vendors around the globe, in over a dozen foreign currencies
- Solution
- Handling complex financial transaction with proper integration of:
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Customer Case
Mobile Network Operator
- Context
- Business Rule Engine used to implement complex billing rules when generating customer invoices
- Solution
- Sometimes the rules would determine that an unusual discount should be applied, and such discounts required manual approval
- In fact the rule evaluation was simply a step in a much larger business process - motivation to adopt BPM solution


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terms_categories.Rd
A dataset containing example terms that could be extracted by linguists from the medical free-text records. The procedure of extracting medical terms from the real medical data is described in the paper Dobrakowski et al., 2019. Each term has been assigned to at least one category.
terms_categories
A data frame with 19 rows and 2 variables:
A medical term
A category of the term
Dobrakowski, A., A. Mykowiecka, M. Marciniak, W. Jaworski, and P. Biecek 2019. Interpretable Segmentation of Medical Free-Text Records Based on Word Embeddings. arXiv preprint arXiv:1907.04152.


CSS Quiz
Q 1 - Which of the following selector matches a element based on its id?
- The Id Selector
- The Descendant Selector
- The Class Selector
- The Universal Selector
Answer : A
Explanation
The Id Selector matches a element based on its id attribute.
Q 2 - Which of the following is a true about CSS style overriding?
- Any inline style sheet takes highest priority. So, it will override any rule defined in tags or rules defined in any external style sheet file.
- Any rule defined in tags will override rules defined in any external style sheet file.
- Any rule defined in external style sheet file takes lowest priority, and rules defined in this file will be applied only when above two rules are not applicable.
- All of the above.
Answer : D
Explanation
All of the above.
Q 3 - Which of the following property specifies the color of a border?
- border-color
- border-style
- border-width
- border-bottom-color
Answer : A
Explanation
The border-color specifies the color of a border.
Q 4 - What does CSS stand for?
- Colorful Style Sheets
- Creative Style Sheets
- Computer Style Sheets
- Cascading Style Sheets
Answer : d
Explanation
CSS stands for Cascading Style Sheets.
Q 5 - Which of the following measurement defines a measurement in centimeters?
- c
- cm
- centi
- centimeter
Answer : B
Explanation
Example: div {margin-bottom: 1cm;}
Q 6 - Which of the following measurement defines a measurement relative to the height of a font in em spaces?
- px
- in
- em
- pt
Answer : C
Explanation
Defines a measurement relative to the height of a font in em spaces. Because an em unit is equivalent to the size of a given font, if you assign a font to 12pt, each em unit would be 12pt, thus 2em would be 24pt.
Q 7 - Which of the following measurement defines a measurement in points?
- px
- in
- em
- pt
Answer : D
Explanation
Defines a measurement in points. A point is defined as 1/72nd of an inch. A point does not equate to a pixel unless there are 72 pixels per inch onscreen.
Q 8 - Which of the following property is used to create a small-caps effect?
- font-family
- font-style
- font-variant
- font-weight
Answer : C
Explanation
The font-variant property is used to create a small-caps effect.
Q 9 - Which of the following property is used as shorthand to specify a number of other font properties?
- font-size
- font
- font-variant
- font-weight
Answer : B
Explanation
The font property is used as shorthand to specify a number of other font properties.
Q 10 - Which of the following property of a anchor element signifies unvisited hyperlinks?
- link
- visited
- hover
- active
Answer : A
Explanation
The :link signifies unvisited hyperlinks.
Q 11 - Which of the following property specifies the color of a border?
- border-color
- border-style
- border-width
- border-bottom-color
Answer : A
Explanation
The border-color specifies the color of a border.
Q 12 - Which of the following property changes the style of left border?
- border-bottom-style
- border-top-style
- border-left-style
- border-right-style
Answer : C
Explanation
The border-left-style changes the style of left border.
Q 13 - Which of the following value of cursor shows it as crosshair or plus sign?
- crosshair
- default
- pointer
- move
Answer : A
Explanation
crosshair: A crosshair or plus sign.
Q 14 - Which of the following property specifies the bottom margin of an element?
- margin
- margin-bottom
- margin-top
- margin-left
Answer : B
Explanation
The margin-bottom specifies the bottom margin of an element.
Q 15 - Which of the following measurement is relative to font-size of the root element?
- rem
- kd
- rr
- hx
Answer : A
Explanation
rem-Relative to font-size of the root element
Q 16 - Which of the following measurement defines a measurement relative to a font’s x-height?
- e
- xh
- ex
- rxh
Answer : C
Explanation
Defines a measurement relative to a font’s x-height. The x-height is determined by the height of the font’s lowercase letter x.


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TEST METHOD: Spectrophotometry
Updated: 30 May 2007 (additional information on data transfer)
RISK ASSESSMENT
Assess the Quality, Safety and Environmental risks of each step.
OVERVIEW
A wide variety of analyses may be conducted on the Vega Spectrophotometer. The machine has methods incorporated in it, and may also be programmed for further analyses by the operator.
TASK SAFETY REQUIREMENTS
Safety boots are mandatory
Observe the requirements of the Chemical Hygiene Plan
Use appropriate PPE.
SPECIFIC JOB STEPS |
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General use of the Vega:
Turn on at least twenty minutes prior to use |
If you shut the lid, the machine turns off and requires another twenty minute warm up prior to use. |
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Methods vary in requirements. |
Installed methods have the full standard operating procedures provided by the manufacturer. |
Analyse at least one blank per analytical run and one standard sample as requested by the QA function built-in to the machine. |
Which standard shall I use? |
All the methods in the machine have a listed standard for use with that method. Look up the method in the manufacturer's handbook to determine which standard (and how much of it) to use. User-defined methods are recorded on loose leaves in the folder, and include details of standards. |
Standard analyses for QA/QC purposes are recorded within the spectrophotometer's memory, as are analytical results for samples. |
Where? |
See the Vega manual for instructions on using the Merck MultiAchat software to download data from the Vega to the laboratory PC. |
Undertake photometer and method QA checks as specified in the manual, when prompted by the Vega. |
How shall I record the checks? |
The machine records the date of checks internally, and uses this to set the reminders it displays. |


 I am absolutely zero in hardware, so I’ll just as well document it here for my own reading.
What’s that servo thing in the title?
One component is the prototype is that there are movable components. How do you move something programmatically? In robotics, you get this nifty thing called the servo. A simple servo is just a small component that can move in 1d direction. So if you ask it to rotate to some angle at 30 degrees, or 110 degrees, you can just give it an analog signal to do it. Of course, analog signals are not precise, so it may end up at 29 degrees or 108 degrees.
It has three wires: Generally a red wire which is the power, a yellow/white wire which is the signal, and the brown/black wire which is the ground. We’ll need to connect these wires to the Arduino board.
You can screw something onto the servo, so that thing will move along with the servo. For example, it is common to tie some “hands” to the servo which will serve as a robot’s hand.
How to control a servo?
A servo is generally analog, so you need to use an Arduino board to control it. Arduino can take digital input (computer) and output analog signal to control analog components (servo). Here is how an Arduino board Meta 2560 looks like:
You will need to connect the servo power to the 5V pin, ground to the GRD pin, and the signal wire to pin 9. Why pin 9? Because the program I wrote assume it is pin 9.
Then, you need to upload this program to the Arduino board using the Arduino IDE:
// This program demonstrates how to control a servo to move in either direction // with the keyboard. // // Setup: // - Power (RED) to 5V. Ground (BROWN) to GRD/GRC. Signal (YELLOW) to pin 9. // - Upload this program to Arduino and connect Servo to board. // - Download Putty. (http://www.chiark.greenend.org.uk/~sgtatham/putty/) // // Usage: // - Open putty, connect to the COM port. // - Input a series of 'e' and press ENTER. // - Input a series of 'd' (or other char other than 'e') and press ENTER. // - You should see the servo move in either direction depending if the char // is 'e' or non-'e'. // Ref: http://arduino.cc/en/reference/servo #include Servo servo; int pos = 0; // Stores the position (angle) of the servo. Range is [0, 180]. void setup() { Serial.begin(9600); servo.attach(9); // Attaches the servo on pin 9 to the servo object. servo.write(0); // Resets the position. } void loop() { if (Serial.available()) { // Returns true if there is serial input. char ch = Serial.read(); if (ch == 'e') { // Make sure not to exceed the mechanical limitation. if (pos < 180) { pos += 1; } } else { // Make sure not to exceed the mechanical limitation. if (pos > 0) { pos -= 1; } } // Now ask the servo to move to that position. servo.write(pos); // Mechnical limitation to the frequency of commands given. delay(50); } }
Basically, what the program does is that if a char ‘e’ is received, it will move the servo in one direction, and other chars will move the servo in another direction.
Once the program is uploaded to Arduino, you should open Putty and connect to the serial port, and then start to press a series of ‘e’ and then ENTER, and other chars will reverse the servo.
There! Your first movable component at the command of your finger tips!
Source code is on github here.


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