class: top, left, inverse, title-slide # Education & Globalization ## Session 18 ### Dr. Zhou Yisu 周憶粟 ### 2018/10/22 --- ## About presentation - I finished grading your presentation. In general, I am very impressed by your work: scope, sophistication, amount of efforts. - Why do I design this project? + An opportunity to connect what we have covered in class. + Story-telling is an _very_ important skill to have in your career, no matter what you do (entrepreneur, public servant, researcher, ... .red[0]) + To make a presentation is no different than reading a 5-year old bed-time story: .red[All stories are a form of communication that express the dramatic code.] (John Truby) - To properly use your creative freedom is a learning process: + By realizing the constraint & making choices .footnote[[0] My favorite example: The Carousel scene from TV series _Mad Men_ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=suRDUFpsHus] --- # Culture & Learning ## Recap of the documentary Follows 3 characters who plays the game .cyan[Starcraft] 星海爭霸/星際爭霸: - Lee Jaedong 李帝東: A successful pro gamer - Kim Joon Hyuk 金俊赫: A semi-pro - Park Yo Han 樸燿漢: An aspiring 16 year old who wants to be a pro by quitting school. --- ### Jaedong aka "The Tyrant" A Starcraft legend who retired at age 26 ![](https://images2.minutemediacdn.com/image/upload/c_scale,w_912,h_516,c_fill,g_auto/shape/cover/sport/579a1885d020bf7dbf000001.jpeg) --- ## Culture influence of schooling In Asia, we are accustomed to .violet[competitive schooling], where students compete on tests with each other. This aspect of schooling changes the motivational drive 改變學習動機: .orange[When the means become an end] 當手段成爲目的: - increases .violet[extrinsic motivation] 外在動機 + Study hard so I can be a winner + Study hard to win recognition from teacher & parents + Study hard for a good job + Study hard for a change of life chances - diminishes .violet[intrinsic motivation] 內在動機 + _Curiosity_ : I want to know more + _Self-awareness_ : What does this knowledge speak to me? + _Fulfillment_ : I am reaching toward this learning goal because I am really interested. --- ## We rarely thinks about the "why" question in everyday schools If you visit a typical classroom and listen to what the teacher tells students to do - Many study assignments - Exam instructions - Drills and practice .violet[Why the students should perform these tasks?] - You typically hear a narrow, instrumental goals, such as doing well in the class, getting good grades and avoiding failure. - The value of learning a specific skills for its own sake --- Very rarely will you hear the teacher discuss with students .violet[broader purpose that any of these goals might lead do]: - Why do people read or write poetry? - Why do scientists split genes? - Why, indeed, did I myself work hard to become a teacher? Some one wrote in the quiz answer: >Is it all about going to school and getting some degree. Note that will be narrow definition. Actually, education is an enlightening realization of the essence of life. --- ## What is the goal of schooling? or Why do you go to school? 1. .violet[As a learning institution] + promote teaching and learning 2. .violet[As a social/economic/political institution]: + socialization 社會化 (i.e. making friends) + mandatorily keeping children off the streets + forge a common national/cultural identity 3. .violet[Facilitate social mobility] (i.e. changing one's life chances) + Competition + Meeting occupational demands (formation of certain skills) --- ## Compulsory nature of education in modern society Why we, the adults in general, would force you, the child learner, in school?: >The value of such (intellectual) knowledge to individual would-be knowers is difficult to ascertain because much of it is subsidized by society (or rather by acts of legislatures and executive decisions made by people spending other people's money). The need for subsidies is explained by the fact that the taste for intellectual knowledge is an .orange[acquired taste].red[1] , and that it can be acquired .violet[only if large doses of intellectual knowledge are forced upon or thrust upon rather unwilling individual investors]. Economist Fritz Machlup, _Use, value, and benefits of knowledge_ (1980) .footnote[[1] .orange[acquired taste]: 後天培養的品味] --- ### Or put it simply .violet[you, as a student, are going through a __mandatory process__ that is sanctioned by society at large]: - The learner does not come to school at her/his own will in most cases - The content and procedure of learning are created by someone else (and most likely, not tailor-made for you) by the reason not explained to the learner - The learner does not sign up for competition (exam) at her/his own will but will be evaluated/assessed/judged by the result of it ### These are the norms from the past (more exactly, 18th century Prussia). What has changed for today's school & students? --- ## What has changed for today's school & students? In the past, public schooling is the __only approach__ toward these goals besides private tuition. But now, __new pathways emerged__ in the globalized age, which might make _schooling_ less relevant, less attractive, and maybe even less legitimate. Please note that it is the schooling that is under attack, not education. --- We traditionally divide students into ".violet[college bound]" 上的了大學的 and ".violet[non college bound]" 上不了大學的, but individuals are increasingly able to find new arenas to put their talents in (at 17:00 mark of the doc): >In the 21st century, people like you, who are agile and quick decision makers, will play an important role in the society. And what's the key thing here? Games. And who's the best in the world at games? You guys. Am I right? People say "__Work when you work and play when you play__". That is an old-fashioned concept. __Nowadays they are converging__. This day and age, there's been a change. __The ones who work more can also play better. And the ones who play better increase their productivity__. > .kt[在21世紀，像你們這樣機敏果決的人，將會是社會上的中流砥柱。什麼是韓國的重要產業？遊戲產業。誰是遊戲世界中的頂尖份子？就是你們，對不對？。俗話說工作歸工作，遊戲歸遊戲。但這種想法已經過時了。現在是個匯流時代，工作越是認真的人，遊戲玩得越好。而遊戲玩得越好，就越能提升工作產值。] If you recall, in Session 7 (Knowledge Worker), we already witness a version of this in the case of WillNe, the Youtube vlogger. He benefited from Youtube, being the global platform, which directly reaches millions of his subscriber. He also dropped out of college --- ## The culture of learning & education is changing Personal ambition can be achieved through multiple paths 個人的雄心可以在不同渠道獲得實現 Learning in the digital era is no longer bounded by schools. 數字時代的學習，學校不再是知識唯一的來源 Changing school environment 改變中的學校環境: - Students are increasingly connected, informed, and attracted by the world beyond school wall, physically and virtually - These new venues are perhaps more attractive than traditional ones. More importantly, Finding a purpose for oneself outside of traditional society 在傳統社會價值體系之外找到自我目標 --- ## We can also put it under an old framework .orange[Push]: traditional schooling demands that individual student change themselves to adapt to the education system, not the other way around. .orange[Pull]: Forces outside of school are stronger; means through which these forces can compete for your attention multiplied. --- ## What has changed and what has not ? For .violet[Jaedong], playing video game is his way of getting an education. _What prices does he pay?_ - He could not live like a "normal person" even though he didn't need go to school any more. - Repetitive and boring training is the only way to keep his performance up. - He has many adorable fans. But it is more work than enjoyment. - The .cyan[_game_] keeps changing: he must keep working to adapting to new rules and new features of the game. - Maintain his motivation day in and day out to drive him toward this simple and singular goal: winning. --- class: inverse, middle, center ## Does alternative form of "schooling" change the nature of learning or working? - Schooling might be out-of-date some time, but education is not. --- ## No easy way out: 10,000-hour rule ![](http://www.thehiddenwhy.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/04/Ouliers.jpg) --- ## So what is to learn here? .red[These boys start to think about what do they really want in their life.] Psychologist William Damon defines a .green[purpose] as: _Purpose is a stable and generalized intention to accomplish something that is at the same time meaningful to the self and consequential for the world beyond the self._ .red[2] Prof. Damon thinks that a purpose provides .green[sustained motivational drive] in most circumstances. Indeed, we see in the documentary that the love for the games keep those aspiring players coming back. Younger generation is lured by things outside of school to find a purpose. But in many cases: ### They are direction-less .footnote[[2] Damon, William. _The path to purpose: How young people find their calling in life._ Simon and Schuster, 2009.] --- ## Sociological research confirmed this In a study followed 7,000 American teenagers from 8th grade through high school, sociologists Barbara Schneider and David Stevenson found .red[3]: Contrary to popular images of hedonistc 縱情享樂, fun-crazed youth, most young people do have ambitions they would like to achieve. Yet few of them have any real prospect of realizing these ambitions 大部分年輕人確實都擁有想要去完成某些事情的夢想，但是其中僅有少數人對於如何實現夢想有任何想法. >"Most high school students have high ambitions but no clear life plans for reaching them." These young people are ".violet[motivated but directionless] "有動機但是沒方向. As a consequence, they become increasingly frustrated, depressed, and alienated. This is in my view, __the quintessential question your generation has to answer__: .footnote[[3] Schneider, Barbara L., and David Stevenson. _The ambitious generation: America's teenagers, motivated but directionless._ Yale University Press, 2000.] --- class: center, middle ## Given all the problems globalization has caused, we also experienced the highest living standard human being ever has. ## When the economic problem of .red[making a living] be solved. Under such conditions, .red[what will people live for]? --- ## Purpose can be different things (at least in the past) Job/Career Religion Devotion, more broadly defined: - Political ideal - Life philosophy / Aesthetics 美學理想 .red[4] - Hobby - etc .footnote[[4] There are people who can make a living on these: https://www.facebook.com/yitiaotv/] --- ### The bright side: It has never been easier for find your spark The fact that the long tail enables us to find someone is similar to ourselves from around the world. _You can learn almost everything with little cost._ ![:wscale 60%](http://www.thelongtail.com/conceptual.jpg) .footnote[ Image credit: [Chris Anderson](http://www.longtail.com/about.html) ] --- ## But how? .orange[Listen closely for your inner spark], then fan the flames .orange[Convey your own sense of purpose] and the meaning you derive from your work .orange[Take advantage of regular opportunities] to open a dialogue with someone you hold as a role model in your field .orange[Be open-minded]: no one should expect to find a life time goal at early 20s .orange[Look around] and find reachable goals --- ### Film maker Stanley Kubrick .pull-left[ ![](http://www.whudat.de/images/young_celebs_11.jpg) Source of the quote: [Stanley Kubrick: The Lost Tapes](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QsSV6yZZIVk) ] .pull-right[ "I started out by just getting a camera and learning how to take pictures and learning how to print pictures, learning how to build the dark room and learning how to do all technical things and so on. And finally trying to find out how you could sell pictures. And that was a case of a period from the age of 13 to 17 going through step by step by myself when anyone was really helping me. I think looking back that .green[this particular thing about problem solving is something that schools generally don’t teach you]. If you can develop .green[a kind of generalized approach to problem solving] it’s surprising how it helps you in anything. So I think that photography, that seems like a hobby, ultimately led to professional job might be more valuable than doing proper things in school." ] --- # .red[Summary] The ways we experience "learning" in general are quickly changing due to connectedness and opportunities beyond school. To develop any expertise, one still needs to put down lots of effort. A sense of purposefulness keeps one on track and motivated. The important thing is not to be discouraged or dispirited by schooling experience. ---


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Are you dating a narcissist?
The most common description of a narcissist addresses the self-centered, self-absorbed nature of a person and the obsessive concern about appearances and positive self-regard. We throw the word around about people who have never met a mirror they didn't like or who brag or embellish their personal successes and belittle or show disinterest to the achievements of others. If you find yourself with someone who seems to be incapable of receiving enough praise or who subsumes you into her own identity, you may very well be hanging out with a narcissist.
The upside of being with a narcissist occurs when she has merged your two identities into one and she sees you as a powerful and pleasing extension of herself. In the early stages of a relationship, this merging of selves can be intoxicating and satisfying. It doesn't last, though, once you begin to assert your independence and individual identity along with your likes, dislikes, preferences, and so on. Yet letting go is not as easy for a narcissist as one might like; when a person's deepest fears are rooted in limits and powerlessness, letting go of a failing relationship brings a narcissist face-to-face with these most combustible and incendiary fears.


| Package | Description |
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| org.jsimpledb |
Abstraction layer allowing access to a
Database using normal Java objects. |
| org.jsimpledb.app |
Support for JSimpleDB command line applications.
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| org.jsimpledb.change |
Classes passed to
@OnChange -annotated methods. |
| org.jsimpledb.cli |
JSimpleDB Command Line Interface (CLI) classes.
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| org.jsimpledb.cli.cmd |
JSimpleDB CLI
Command related classes, including pre-defined commands. |
| org.jsimpledb.cli.func |
JSimpleDB CLI pre-defined
Function s. |
| org.jsimpledb.cli.telnet |
Support for JSimpleDB Command Line Interface (CLI) over telnet connections.
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| org.jsimpledb.demo |
Demonstration Java model classes.
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| org.jsimpledb.jsck.cmd |
CLI commands associated with
Jsck , the JSimpleDB key/value database consistency checker. |
| org.jsimpledb.kv.raft.cmd |
Raft-related CLI
Command s. |
| org.jsimpledb.maven |
JSimpleDB Maven plugins.
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| org.jsimpledb.parse |
JSimpleDB parsing related classes.
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| org.jsimpledb.parse.expr |
Classes for parsing Java expressions with JSimpleDB-specific extensions.
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| org.jsimpledb.parse.func |
Function used in a ParseSession , including built-ins. |
| org.jsimpledb.spring |
Spring Framework integration classes.
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| org.jsimpledb.vaadin |
Classes to facilitate Vaadin applications that interact with a JSimpleDB database.
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| org.jsimpledb.vaadin.app |
Support for JSimpleDB GUI applications based on Vaadin.
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| Class and Description |
|---|
| CopyState
Maintains state about a multi-object copy operation.
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| Counter
Represents a 64-bit counter value that can be adjusted concurrently by multiple transactions,
typically without locking (depending on the underlying key/value store).
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| EnumConverter |
| JClass
Information about a Java class that is used to represent a specific JSimpleDB object type.
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| JCollectionField
Represents a collection field in a
JClass . |
| JComplexField
Represents a complex field in a
JClass . |
| JCompositeIndex
A composite index.
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| JCounterField
Represents a counter field in a
JClass . |
| JEnumField |
| JField
Represents a field in a Java model object.
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| JFieldSwitch
Visitor pattern interface for
JField s. |
| JListField
Represents a list field in a
JClass . |
| JMapField
Represents a map field in a
JClass . |
| JObject
Interface implemented by
JSimpleDB Java model objects. |
| JReferenceField |
| JSchemaObject |
| JSetField
Represents a set field in a
JClass . |
| JSimpleDB
JSimpleDB Java persistence layer.
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| JSimpleDBFactory
Factory for
JSimpleDB instances. |
| JSimpleField |
| JTransaction
A transaction associated with a
JSimpleDB instance. |
| ReferencePath
Reference paths.
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| Session
Utility class for programmatic
JSimpleDB database access. |
| Session.Action
Callback interface used by
Session.performSessionAction()
and Session.performSessionActionWithCurrentTransaction() . |
| Session.TransactionalAction
Tagging interface indicating an
Session.Action that requires there to be an open transaction. |
SessionMode
Session modes. |
| SnapshotJTransaction
A "snapshot"
JTransaction that persists indefinitely. |
| StorageIdGenerator
Used to auto-generate storage ID's for Java model classes, fields, and composite indexes when not specified
explicitly in the corresponding
@JSimpleClass ,
@JField , etc., annotations. |
| UpgradeConversionPolicy
Policies to apply when a simple or counter field's type changes during a schema update.
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| ValidationMode
Configures whether and how objects are enqueued for validation in a
JTransaction . |
| Class and Description |
|---|
| JSimpleDBFactory
Factory for
JSimpleDB instances. |
| Class and Description |
|---|
| CopyState
Maintains state about a multi-object copy operation.
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| JObject
Interface implemented by
JSimpleDB Java model objects. |
| JTransaction
A transaction associated with a
JSimpleDB instance. |
| Class and Description |
|---|
| JSimpleDB
JSimpleDB Java persistence layer.
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| Session
Utility class for programmatic
JSimpleDB database access. |
| Class and Description |
|---|
| Session.HasTransactionOptions
Interface implemented by
Session.TransactionalAction 's that want to provide custom transaction options. |
| Session.TransactionalAction
Tagging interface indicating an
Session.Action that requires there to be an open transaction. |
SessionMode
Session modes. |
| Class and Description |
|---|
SessionMode
Session modes. |
| Class and Description |
|---|
| JSimpleDB
JSimpleDB Java persistence layer.
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| Class and Description |
|---|
| JObject
Interface implemented by
JSimpleDB Java model objects. |
| Class and Description |
|---|
SessionMode
Session modes. |
| Class and Description |
|---|
| Session.HasTransactionOptions
Interface implemented by
Session.TransactionalAction 's that want to provide custom transaction options. |
| Session.RetryableAction
Tagging interface indicating a
Session.TransactionalAction that should be retried if a
RetryTransactionException is thrown. |
| Session.TransactionalAction
Tagging interface indicating an
Session.Action that requires there to be an open transaction. |
SessionMode
Session modes. |
| Class and Description |
|---|
| JSimpleDB
JSimpleDB Java persistence layer.
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| Class and Description |
|---|
| JField
Represents a field in a Java model object.
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| JSimpleDB
JSimpleDB Java persistence layer.
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| Session
Utility class for programmatic
JSimpleDB database access. |
| Class and Description |
|---|
| JField
Represents a field in a Java model object.
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| JObject
Interface implemented by
JSimpleDB Java model objects. |
| JSimpleField |
| Class and Description |
|---|
SessionMode
Session modes. |
| Class and Description |
|---|
| JObject
Interface implemented by
JSimpleDB Java model objects. |
| JSimpleDB
JSimpleDB Java persistence layer.
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| JTransaction
A transaction associated with a
JSimpleDB instance. |
| SnapshotJTransaction
A "snapshot"
JTransaction that persists indefinitely. |
| ValidationMode
Configures whether and how objects are enqueued for validation in a
JTransaction . |
| Class and Description |
|---|
| CopyState
Maintains state about a multi-object copy operation.
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| JClass
Information about a Java class that is used to represent a specific JSimpleDB object type.
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| JObject
Interface implemented by
JSimpleDB Java model objects. |
| JSimpleDB
JSimpleDB Java persistence layer.
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| JTransaction
A transaction associated with a
JSimpleDB instance. |
| Session
Utility class for programmatic
JSimpleDB database access. |
| Class and Description |
|---|
| JClass
Information about a Java class that is used to represent a specific JSimpleDB object type.
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| JObject
Interface implemented by
JSimpleDB Java model objects. |
| JSimpleDB
JSimpleDB Java persistence layer.
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| JSimpleField |
| JTransaction
A transaction associated with a
JSimpleDB instance. |
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Marriages are made in heaven and arranged on Earth. However, since the arrangement is completely a human affair, some marriages often suffer turmoil. In spite of match making the couple suffers separation due to various reasons.
Most of the marriages that suffer an unhappy ending weren’t held on an auspicious occasion. Often people try to manipulate the timing or the ‘muhurath’ of their marriage according to their convenience. They try to alter the date, so that they go back to their jobs or can have more guests attending their marriage. This often affects their married life.
Secondly, parents of brides or grooms, tend to hide the faults in the horoscope of their children. This invites serious consequence in future like separation or even death of a partner. These faults can only be identified by qualified and experienced astrologers.
 Not everyone is proficient enough to guide you well. An expert astrologer or a numerologist is able to study the horoscope of both the bride and the bridegroom together and only then come to a decision.
ASK’s marriage date prediction is completely on his research and analysis. According to Sri M. Ashok Kumar, the marriages dates that have the sum total of 4, 5 and 8 often lead to unsuccessful marriages. For example the marriage dates like 4,13,22,31 that have the sum total of 4 invites financial problems for the couples. The dates with the sum total of 5 like, 5, 14, 23 leads to separation due to misunderstanding or ego clashes. Lastly, the marriage dates with the sum total of 8 like, 8, 17 and 26 leads to drastic end, even death of a partner. Nearly all dowry deaths belong to this category.
According to ASK traditional astrology often fails to detect the probable ill effects of inauspicious dates on a marriage. According to him, further research needs to be done by astrologers following the traditional way to sort out existing drawbacks in the process of calculation. This is their social responsibility.
A thorough compatibility matching of both the bride and the groom
Proper calculation of the marriage date and time
Sri M. Ashok Kumar is credited to materialise more that 50 successful marriages till date. If you too wish to be the part of this group, contact ASK Research Foundation today.


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Description:
The Flowsheet User performs a numerical analysis among one of the following: Sequential Modular Analysis, Partitioning Analysis, Tearing Analysis, Sequencing Analysis.
Assumptions:
Success of [Initializing]
Exceptions:
None.


Date: July 2018
Publisher: CHEP 2018
Location: Sofia, Bulgaria
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SWAN (Service for Web-based ANalysis) is a CERN service that allows users to perform interactive data analysis in the cloud, in a “software as a service” model. It is built upon the widely-used Jupyter notebooks, allowing users to write - and run - their data analysis using only a web browser. By connecting to SWAN, users have immediate access to storage, software and computing resources that CERN provides, and that they need to do their analyses.
Besides providing an easier way of producing scientific code and results, SWAN is also a great tool to create shareable content. From results that need to be reproducible, to tutorials and demonstrations for outreach and teaching, Jupyter notebooks are the ideal way of distributing this content. In one single file, users can pack their code, the results of the calculations and all the relevant textual information. By sharing them, it allows others to visualise, modify, personalise or even re-run all the code.
In that sense, this paper describes the efforts made to facilitate sharing in SWAN. Given the importance of collaboration in our scientific community, we have brought the sharing functionality from CERNBox, CERN’s cloud storage service, directly inside SWAN. SWAN users have available a new and redesigned interface where they can share “Projects”: A special kind of folder containing notebooks and other files, e.g., like input datasets and images. When a user shares a Project with some other users, the latter can immediately see and work with the content of that project from SWAN.
The collaborative aim of SWAN goes beyond CERN borders: The European project “Up to University” (Up2U), whose goal is to create a bridge between high schools and higher education, has chosen SWAN as its main tool to produce, share, and reuse high-quality educational notebooks among students, teachers, and scientists. SWAN reaches out to the academic community and even secondary schools, helping in preparing younger students for their future career in science.


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A program for analyzing vegetation time series, with two algorithms: 1) change detection algorithm that detects trend changes, determines their type (abrupt or non-abrupt), and estimates their timing, magnitude, number, and direction; 2) generalization algorithm that simplifies the temporal trend into main features. The user can set the number of major breakpoints or magnitude of greatest changes of interest for detection, and can control the generalization process by setting an additional parameter of generalization-percentage.
| Version: | 1.8 |
| Imports: | graphics, stats, zoo |
| Published: | 2017-10-23 |
| Author: | Sadegh Jamali, Hristo Tomov |
| Maintainer: | Hristo Tomov <tomov.hristo at gmail.com> |
| License: | GPL-2 |
| NeedsCompilation: | no |
| CRAN checks: | DBEST results |
| Reference manual: | DBEST.pdf |
| Package source: | DBEST_1.8.tar.gz |
| Windows binaries: | r-devel: DBEST_1.8.zip, r-release: DBEST_1.8.zip, r-oldrel: DBEST_1.8.zip |
| OS X binaries: | r-release: DBEST_1.8.tgz, r-oldrel: DBEST_1.8.tgz |
| Old sources: | DBEST archive |
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Trump Surprises 'Fox & Friends' Panel: 'Frankly, I Want a Trial' (Video)
The president discussed his impeachment inquiry on Fox News
by Lindsey EllefsonWatch the latest video at foxnews.com
During a Friday morning appearance on Fox News’ “Fox and Friends,” President Donald Trump renewed his criticism of the recent House impeachment inquiry hearings and surprised the hosts by calling for a trial so he can call his own witnesses.
Calling into the Fox News morning show, Trump said the Democrats looked like “fools” during the hearings. He specifically called out Rep. Adam Schiff, chairman of the House Intelligence Committee.
“All of those witnesses, they’re all Shifty Schiff’s,” he said.
“Don’t forget there was no due process,” he said. “You can’t have lawyers. We couldn’t have any witnesses.”

Co-host Brian Kilmeade asked him to clarify: “You want a trial?”
“I would!” he agreed. “Look: Number one, they should never, ever impeach.”
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House Speaker Nancy Pelosi announced in September that the House of Representatives would begin a formal impeachment inquiry into Trump.
The decision came in light of a whistleblower complaint that the president sought to use foreign power from Ukraine for his own political gain. During a phone call with Ukraine’s president, Trump reportedly pressured Volodymyr Zelensky to investigate the son of former vice president and Democratic presidential candidate Joe Biden.
Earlier that week, Trump admitted that he had brought up Biden’s family during the call but told reporters that he did so because “we don’t want our people like Vice President Biden and his son creating to the corruption already in the Ukraine.” The president also confirmed that his administration withheld nearly $400 million in aid to Ukraine but denied that it was done for leverage.


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Opened in 1965, the Western Australian Native Garden features a scientific collection mainly of Western Australian plants displayed en masse or as individual specimens in an inspiring landscape.The Native Garden is unique from those around the world by different reasons.
- Focus on local flora
- Extraordinary diversity of Western Australian wildflowers
- 2,000 of Western Australia's 12,000 species of plants
- Regional floras of great species richness and beauty
- Favourite for weddings, quiet picnics or resting in the sun
Duke University, Perth
Duke Gardens provides a place where people of all backgrounds and ages come for beauty, education, horticulture, solitude, discovery, study, renewal and inspiration. Often spoken of as "the crown jewel of Duke University," Duke Gardens occupies 55 acres in the heart of west campus, adjacent to Duke University Medical Center.
- One of the premier public gardens in Australia
- Renowned for landscape design and the quality of horticulture
- Over 40,000 indigenous trees from seed collected on the property
- Stone from an old quarry used for low walls and gateways
- Main entry drive lined with double rows of poplars
Queens Park
Queens Park and Botanic Garden covers approximately 400 hectares, including 267 hectares of significant remnant bushland. The escarpment rises steeply from the Swan River to a height of 65 m and, as a high point in the landscape, is visible from the city foreshore and surrounding suburbs.
- Overlook Perth city, the Swan River and Darling Scarp
- Limestone cliffs exposed above Mounts Bay Road
- 3 plant communities (heathland, woodland and low moist areas)
- 324 species of local native plants in the bushland
- Over 70 bird species, 20 reptile species, hundreds of invertebrates
- Rare population and habitat of native snail, Bothriembryon indutus


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Natively installing QIIME 2¶
This guide describes how to natively install the QIIME 2 Core 2019.1 distribution.
Note
QIIME 2 does not currently support Windows. We recommend using one of the QIIME 2 virtual machines.
Install Miniconda¶
Miniconda provides the conda
environment and package manager, and is the recommended way to install QIIME 2. Follow the instructions for downloading and installing Miniconda. You may choose either Miniconda2 or Miniconda3 (i.e. Miniconda Python 2 or 3). QIIME 2 will work with either version of Miniconda.
After installing Miniconda and opening a new terminal, make sure you’re running the latest version of conda
:
conda update conda
conda install wget
Install QIIME 2 within a conda
environment¶
Once you have Miniconda installed, create a conda
environment and install the QIIME 2 Core 2019.1 distribution within the environment. We highly recommend creating a new environment specifically for the QIIME 2 release being installed, as there are many required dependencies that you may not want added to an existing environment. You can choose whatever name you’d like for the environment. In this example, we’ll name the environment qiime2-2019.1
to indicate what QIIME 2 release is installed (i.e. 2019.1
).
From the above tabs, please choose the installation instructions that are appropriate for your platform.
wget https://data.qiime2.org/distro/core/qiime2-2019.1-py36-osx-conda.yml conda env create -n qiime2-2019.1 --file qiime2-2019.1-py36-osx-conda.yml # OPTIONAL CLEANUP rm qiime2-2019.1-py36-osx-conda.yml
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https://data.qiime2.org/distro/core/qiime2-2019.1-py36-osx-conda.yml
Please note, depending on your browser, this might open immediately as a "Download" dialog. If it does not open that dialog you might need to "Save" the file manually.
wget https://data.qiime2.org/distro/core/qiime2-2019.1-py36-linux-conda.yml conda env create -n qiime2-2019.1 --file qiime2-2019.1-py36-linux-conda.yml # OPTIONAL CLEANUP rm qiime2-2019.1-py36-linux-conda.yml
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Please note, depending on your browser, this might open immediately as a "Download" dialog. If it does not open that dialog you might need to "Save" the file manually.
Tip
If you receive errors during the installation process, such as gfortran
errors, please ensure you are following the installation instructions that are compatible with your platform. Other errors are often resolved by running conda env remove -n qiime2-2019.1
to remove the failed environments, then running conda clean -y --all
to clean the local conda installation, and finally re-running the installation instructions above.
Activate the conda
environment¶
Now that you have a QIIME 2 environment, activate it using the environment’s name:
source activate qiime2-2019.1
To deactivate an environment, run source deactivate
.
Test your installation¶
You can test your installation by activating your QIIME 2 environment and running:
qiime --help
If no errors are reported when running this command, the installation was successful!
Next steps¶
Now that you have the Core distribution installed, check out the q2cli docs to get familiar with the QIIME 2 command-line interface (it is used extensively in the tutorials). After that, try out the QIIME 2 tutorials for examples of using QIIME 2 to analyze microbiome datasets. You might also try installing other QIIME 2 interfaces.
How do I update to the newest version of QIIME 2?¶
In order to to update/upgrade to the newest release, you simply install the newest version in a new conda environment by following the instructions above. Then you will have two conda environments, one with the older version of QIIME 2 and one with the newer version.


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WHERE'S THE BEEF? EVELYN
SHAKY ON LEGAL ISSUES
By Paul Bergman
Desmond Doyle is something
of a stock Irish character: an often out-of-work construction
worker who has too much fondness for the drink. Desmond's wife
runs off with another man, leaving the couple's three school
age children in Desmond's care. With no mother in the house and
Desmond's ability to provide for the children in serious doubt,
the Government/Church (pretty much one and the same entity) place
the children in orphanages. Desmond pulls himself together. But
his efforts to regain custody of his children are thwarted by
an Irish law that regards a motherless home as unfit for raising
children. With the help of three lawyers who impress on Desmond
the likely futility of a legal challenge, Desmond petitions for
the return of his children. The case ends up in front of three
judges on Ireland's Supreme Court, who award custody of the children
to Desmond by a 2-1 vote.
In
contrast to many recent films, lawyers can be proud of their
portrayal in Evelyn. The lawyers who take on Desmond's
case do so for reasons of principle rather than remunerative
gain, and formal legal rules give way to the demands of justice.
Indeed, lawyers can even be humble. Desmond's solicitor Michael
Beattie seeks aid from Nick Barron, an Irish-American barrister
with rights of audience in court, and Tom Connolly, a family
law expert who comes out of retirement to fight what he sees
as an unjust law. Movie viewers would be hard pressed to find
a more positive portrayal of a team of lawyers in recent years.
While I enjoyed the story of
Evelyn and left the theater feeling as good as the rest
of the audience, I was nonetheless frustrated by the film's simplistic
treatment of the legal issues. I felt that the filmmakers' operated
from the premise that "we can either make audiences think
or feel good, but we can't do both." As a result, even though
the law preventing Desmond from regaining custody of his children
must have had positive social consequences, the film says nothing
about them. Instead, the government lawyer asking the court to
uphold the law is reduced to a nasty cross examination of Evelyn,
Desmond's eight year old daughter. The cross examination makes
it appear that the crux of the case is whether Evelyn told the
truth in a letter to Desmond describing a beating that she suffered
in the orphanage at the hands of a nun. (Just the image the Catholic
Church needs at a time when many priests have been exposed as
pedophiles!) Seemingly, the cross examination serves only to
magnify the audience's delight in Desmond's victory.
The character of Tom Connolly
further exemplifies the film's inattention to serious legal issues.
Tom is supposedly one of Ireland's greatest family law experts,
one who has spent the better part of his career trying to fight
unjust laws. Connolly warns Desmond that he's fighting an uphill
battle, but unfortunately has little to say that sheds light
on the legal issues. The lawyers actually institute two legal
actions on Desmond's behalf. The first one concludes with a non-appealable
trial judge's order that Desmond's children remain in their orphanages.
The lawyers then file a second action on new grounds that aren't
foreclosed by the earlier adverse judgment. This is the case
that results in a favorable outcome for Desmond in the Irish
Supreme Court, with the same judge who decided the case against
Desmond in the first action issuing a dissenting opinion in the
second action.
These are tough, meaty legal
issues. Why is the first order non-appealable? Why is the Irish
Supreme Court listening to witnesses, and how can it be that
the same judge who decided the case against Desmond the first
time around is one of the judges hearing the second case? What
is so different about Connolly's legal theory that underlies
the second action, and how come the supposedly-impregnable legal
establishment can't prevent the second action from going forward?
Had Evelyn trusted its audience, we might have witnessed
a few fascinating moments of lawyer strategizing and dramatic
courtroom arguments. Alas, nothing like this is in the film,
and movie goers have to be content with good feelings that are
likely to dissipate by the time they've left the theater.
Posted January 21, 2003
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Thoughts on Spotify
If you haven't heard of Spotify yet, stop reading this, and go download it. Spotify is a service which allows you to listen to any song, right now. Instead of downloading music, everything streams, just like YouTube. The product restriction is you don't have the ability to burn the music to a CD, or download it to a device. Spotify gets around this problem through subscriptions. For $10/month you can get access to all the music from your smartphone, thus circumventing the need to store the music. However, this is only valuable if the device you want to listen to music on has access to the internet.
The Hesitation to Use Spotify
When I talk to people about Spotify, a common complaint is the ability to download the music. I argue with them, why not use Spotify and then when you want to listen to music on a non-connective device then purchase it. There is still hesitation. Spotify's product works for 90% of music listeners. The majority of music listeners are listening to the radio. This is the only music they are exposed to and will only buy albums which are pop hits.
The other 10% of listeners, listen to music outside of popular (radio-played) music. This includes local bands, indie bands (which is poppy now), or mixtapes. These people will never be happy with Spotify because as soon as the band's music is Spotify available they will stop listening to the band.
People who think this way infuriate me because Spotify gives money to artists. If a track is listened to on Spotify, Spotify gives money to the artist. If you are one of the 10% listening to independent music how can you not want to continually pay the artist?
Why Spotify Kills Pandora
If you are Pandora user there is no reason not to make the switch. Spotify has the same radio feature as Pandora. My wife used Pandora before I turned her onto Spotify. The problem she always had with Pandora was she couldn't listen to an artist or a song right now. She could only seed a station with the song. This of course had to do with the way Pandora licensed the music.
She was incredibly happy once she used Spotify. Up until she tried to use it on her phone. She didn't understand why she could play any song she wanted on her laptop but not her phone.
Why not Wifi
With a subscription, however, you can listen to any song you want on your phone. My wife however had a great point. Her phone and laptop are both connected to the same wireless access point. Why could she not listen to music on the access point through a mobile device?
If my iPad and iPod are connected to a wireless network, and not a cellular data network, why can't I listen to any song I want. This probably has to do with the licensing contract Spotify has or maybe it is a pain point people have and will convert to paid users because of it. I don't know, but it isn't a strong enough pain point for me to pay $10/month yet.
Shared Playlists
One exceptional feature Spotify has is shared playlists. Like iTunes you have the ability to create a playlist from multiple tracks and then sync it across multiple devices. However, the shared playlist is the ability to invite others to add tracks they want to a playlist you can all view.
Amazing! You can throw a cocktail party, or a poker game, and invite people to add music to the playlist. Collectively you have created and pruned a song list which all of you will have access to anytime in the future.
Spotify is Killing It
Spotify seems to be killing it. I can't understand after using Spotify how you could stick with any other music service such as Pandora. If you use any other service, once you use Spotify, you will stop using your previous favorite music service.
How can Spotify not be killing it? Paid users are giving Spotify money. Non-paid users are listening to ads which are paid for by advertisers (more revenue). Spotify gives money to the artists whenever their songs are played. How is everyone not happy with the service Spotify is delivering? I would love to hear your thoughts.


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This is money which has been paid to us by housemates. The aim should be to get these accounts to zero by transferring money to the relevant expense or stockpile accounts.
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| Total: | {{ housemate_accounts.net_balance|color_currency }} |
This is money which has been received from elsewhere. The aim should be to get these accounts to zero. You can do this but putting it towards this month's expenses, or towards the stockpile. You could also save it for a rainy day by moving it to Retained Earnings.
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| No additional income accounts | |
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Amounts below are things we have already spent money on. The aim should be to get these accounts to be zero by transferring money in from the income accounts.
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This is money we are saving up because we know we are going to have to pay it in the future. When we eventually pay a bill it will come out of an expense account (because it will then be money we have spent). At which point we transfer the relevant stockpile into the expense account, thereby returning both to zero. Congratuations on planning for the future.
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Sometimes we may have long-term debts, such as loans from housemates. These don't need to be worried about from month-to-month.
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Sometimes we end up with more money than we need. In which case we place it into the 'Retained Earnings' account. It is money the house has earnt, and it is retained until a later date when we may choose to spend it.
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If you have just installed Pidgin, you will see the Accounts screen (pictured).
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Click Add... to setup your account.
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Enter your chat username.
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Enter your chat account password.
Click the Add button when done.
Make sure that small checkbox next to your account is checked.
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You can close the Modify Accounts window.
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Press the Add button.
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We suggest you check both boxes at the bottom, but the other fields can be ignored.
Press the Add button. Back on the Room List window (above), click Join.


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Here is some inspiration for some creative loading effects.*
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Loading animations don't have to be restricted to a tiny indicator.
Here is some inspiration for some creative loading effects.*
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This brief tutorial will show how to send e-mail using Spring and JavaMail. JavaMail can handle e-mail storage as well, but here we’re just worrying about sending e-mail.
I happen to be using Spring 2.5 but this ought to work for earlier versions of Spring as well (at least Spring 2.0 I think).
Let’s jump right in. You can configure your JavaMail session either in Spring itself or with JNDI. We’ll look at both alternatives.
Alternative 1: Configuring JavaMail with Spring
You may be operating in an environment where you don’t have a JNDI enterprise naming context (ENC) available. No problem; you can just configure JavaMail in the Spring application context configuration as shown below.
<!-- Mail service --> <bean id="mailSender" class="org.springframework.mail.javamail.JavaMailSenderImpl"> <property name="host" value="your.smtphost.com"/> <property name="port" value="25"/> <property name="username" value="yourusername"/> <property name="password" value="yourpassword"/> <property name="javaMailProperties"> <props> <!-- Use SMTP-AUTH to authenticate to SMTP server --> <prop key="mail.smtp.auth">true</prop> <!-- Use TLS to encrypt communication with SMTP server --> <prop key="mail.smtp.starttls.enable">true</prop> </props> </property> </bean>
This bean is, as its name suggests, a mail sender. It is basically a wrapper around JavaMail SMTP, and the configuration reflects that. In the example I’m showing how you would enable SMTP-AUTH (supports authentication to the SMTP server) and TLS (supports message encryption), assuming your SMTP server has those capabilities. For more information see my article SMTP and SMTP-AUTH.
IMPORTANT: You will need to inject mailSender
into your mail-sending service bean.
So that’s how to configure JavaMail from Spring. Now here’s how to do the same thing with JNDI, which you may want to do if you’re running in an environment with a JNDI ENC (like an app server or a servlet container).
Alternative 2: Configuring JavaMail with JNDI
Server JNDI configuration (using Tomcat 6 as an example)
(For a Jetty configuration using Gmail, see Configuring Jetty to use Gmail as an SMTP provider.)
First you will need to expose a JavaMail session factory through JNDI in your server environment. This is environment-dependent, but let’s look at an example.
Say you’re using Tomcat 6. There are a couple things you must do. First, move mail.jar
and activation.jar
to your tomcat/lib
directory. I say “move” rather than “copy” because you will get an odd error if you leave the two JARs in your application classpath. The error is
java.lang.IllegalArgumentException: Cannot convert value of type [javax.mail.Session] to required type [javax.mail.Session] for property 'session': no matching editors or conversion strategy found
Second, define your Tomcat JNDI configuration, which might look like this (e.g. in your context.xml
file):
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?> <Context path="/myapp" docBase="myapp" debug="5" crossContext="false"> <!-- JavaMail session factory --> <Resource name="mail/Session" auth="Container" type="javax.mail.Session" username="yourusername" password="yourpassword" mail.debug="true" mail.user="yourusername" mail.password="yourpassword" mail.transport.protocol="smtp" mail.smtp.host="your.smtphost.com" mail.smtp.auth="true" mail.smtp.port="25" mail.smtp.starttls.enable="true"/> </Context>
As with the non-JNDI example, I’m configuring for SMTP-AUTH and TLS. If you are using SMTP-AUTH (authenticated SMTP sessions, which you activate using mail.smtp.auth=“true”
), then you will need to specify the username and password twice, as shown above. Also, if your SMTP server supports it, you can tell JavaMail to encrypt sessions using TLS by setting mail.smtp.starttls.enable=true
.
The above discussion applies only to Tomcat 6 (see Apache Tomcat 6.0 JNDI Resources HOWTO for detailed instructions); you’ll need to consult your server docs to expose a JavaMail session factory through JNDI in your environment.
Spring configuration
We still need to create a mail sender, but the configuration is simpler since we did all the heavy lifting in context.xml
(or whatever, depending on your server environment). So for the Spring application context, all we need is:
<bean id="mailSender" class="org.springframework.mail.javamail.JavaMailSenderImpl"> <property name="session" ref="mailSession"/> </bean>
IMPORTANT: As before, you will need to inject mailSender
into your mail-sending service bean.
So that takes care of configuring the mail sender, and also the JavaMail session factory if you are using JNDI. Let’s visit one more topic before we dive into the code itself.
Creating an e-mail template (optional)
Sometimes the e-mail you want to send fits inside a standard template (e.g., maybe it always has the same sender, or maybe the same recipient, or whatever). You can define a template using Spring. Here’s an example:
<!-- Mail message --> <bean id="mailMessage" class="org.springframework.mail.SimpleMailMessage"> <property name="from"> <value><![CDATA[Simple Application Monitor<EMAIL_ADDRESS></property> <property name="to"> <value><![CDATA[System Administrator<EMAIL_ADDRESS></property> <property name="subject" value="SAM Alert"/> </bean>
You can include as many e-mail templates in a Spring app context configuration, including none if you don’t need a template. Here I’ve defined a template that specifies a “from” field, a “to” field and a “subject” field. It doesn’t specify the date or the body. That template works say for an application monitoring system but it wouldn’t work for an e-commerce site’s order confirmation e-mail,which would need to have a variable “to” field.
IMPORTANT: I didn’t show it above, but you will need to inject any e-mail templates (i.e. mail messages) you create into your mail-sending service bean. Otherwise the service bean has no way to use the template.
So that’s that. Time for the Java code that actually sends the e-mail.
How to send the e-mail from your service bean
It turns out that the coding part is much simpler than the configuration (not that the config was too bad). Let’s suppose for the sake of example that we want to send an e-mail based on the template that we defined above, and that you’ve injected that template into your service bean as mailMessage
. Then here’s the service bean code that allows you to use the template to send an e-mail:
SimpleMailMessage message = new SimpleMailMessage(mailMessage); message.setSentDate(new Date()); message.setText("Blah blah blah..."); mailSender.send(message);
You can see we’re creating a new message based on the mailMessage
e-mail template and mailSender
that we injected into said service bean.
And that’s it!
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The AMC 258 was introduced in 1971 in J-series pickups and Wagoneers
and in 1972 in CJs. It continued to be used through 1990 in the
Wrangler. It is basically a stroked 232 engine. The great thing
about this engine is it reliable, inexpensive, and has horse power
and toque peaks at low RPM.
The 258 inline 6 (I6) engine always came from the factory carbureted
any many people complain about the Carter BBD carburetor and the maze
of emmissions vacuum hoses. There are a couple articles below that
can help you sort through those hoses and tune the Carter BBD. For
a carbureted engine, the 258 with the Carter BBD performs very well
off road. The 258 always came with a cast iron block and cylinder
head, hydraulic lifters (with non-adjustable rockers), and 7 main
bearings.
The 258 used in '87-'90 Wrangler YJs uses a computer controlled
Carter BBD. It is very simlar to the 258 used in '82-'86 CJs,
but performance suffers due to emmission controls.
| AMC 258 I6 |
| Bore x Stroke | 3.75" x 3.90" |
| Displacement | 258 (4.2L) |
| Compression Ratio | 9.2:1 |
| Horsepower (net) | 112@3200 |
| Torque (net) | 210@2000 |
| Main Bearings | 7 |
| Valve Configuration | OHV |
| Fuel | 2bbl Carter BBD |
The 258 used in '82-'86 CJs used a computer controled Carter BBD. The
computer controls mixture based on an O2 sensor and other sensors.
| AMC 258 I6 |
| Bore x Stroke | 3.75" x 3.90" |
| Displacement | 258 (4.2L) |
| Compression Ratio | 9.2:1 |
| Horsepower (net) | 115@3200 |
| Torque (net) | 210@1800 |
| Main Bearings | 7 |
| Valve Configuration | OHV |
| Fuel | 2bbl Carter BBD |
The 258 used in '79-'81 CJs, some used a 1bbl carb and some used
a 2bbl carb.
| AMC 258 I6 |
| Bore x Stroke | 3.75" x 3.90" |
| Displacement | 258 (4.2L) |
| Compression Ratio | 8.3:1 |
| Horsepower (net) | 110@3500 |
| Torque (net) | 195@2000 |
| Main Bearings | 7 |
| Valve Configuration | OHV |
| Fuel | 1bbl and 2bbl |
The 258 used in '72-'78 CJs, J-series pickups, and Wagoneers, some
used a 1bbl carb and lower compression than later 258s.
| AMC 258 I6 |
| Bore x Stroke | 3.75" x 3.90" |
| Displacement | 258 (4.2L) |
| Compression Ratio | 8.0:1 |
| Horsepower (net) | 110@3500 |
| Torque (net) | 195@2000 |
| Main Bearings | 7 |
| Valve Configuration | OHV |
| Fuel | 1bbl |
The 258 was introduced in 1971 as the standard engine
in J-series pickups and Wagoneers.
| AMC 258 I6 |
| Bore x Stroke | 3.75" x 3.90" |
| Displacement | 258 (4.2L) |
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How is it calculated 1480.
NUMBER OF SAMPLES = 1480 it come from?.
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#include "EmonLib.h" // Include Emon Library EnergyMonitor ct1;// Create an instance void setup() { Serial.begin(9600); ct1.currentTX(1, 115.6); // CT channel, calibration } void loop() { double Irms = ct1.calcIrms(1480); // Calculate RMS current (1480: no. of samples) Serial.print(Irms*240.0); // Print to serial apparent power Serial.print(" "); Serial.println(Irms); // Print to serial Irms
Re: How is it calculated 1480. NUMBER OF SAMPLES 1480 it come from?.
The sketch reads approximately 106 samples of current in each cycle of mains at 50 Hz. 1480 samples therefore works out at 14 cycles of mains. That will give you a good average reading. You can change the number, but you should get as close as possible to having a whole number of mains cycles, otherwise if you have only part of a cycle on the end, you will introduce an error.
Re: How is it calculated 1480. NUMBER OF SAMPLES 1480 it come from?.
In contrast with the 'current only' sketch, the 'voltage & current' sketch measures for a whole number of cycles. It actually counts the number of zero-crossings, so for a one second window at 50Hz you would pass the value 100.
Re: How is it calculated 1480. NUMBER OF SAMPLES 1480 it come from?.
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Re: How is it calculated 1480. NUMBER OF SAMPLES 1480 it come from?.
You can time the code like this:
This gives you the time to read (in this case) 1172 samples. The time it took was very close to 200 ms (10 cycles at 50 Hz) with an average of 200.033 ms counted over 452 loops. If you wish to time more accurately, you could use micros( ).
A little while ago, Trystan Lea measured 1185 for 10 cycles at 50 Hz.
200 ms would seem to be a good time to aim for, because 200 ms will also give an integral number of cycles at 60 Hz.
Re: How is it calculated 1480. NUMBER OF SAMPLES 1480 it come from?.
What will be the calibration for 230 V with same SCT 013-000 transformer? I am using the normal 5V arduino board? And is this SCT CT is having the built in zener diodes?
Thanking you.
Re: How is it calculated 1480. NUMBER OF SAMPLES 1480 it come from?.
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The system mains voltage does not affect the current calibration constant, you can follow the calculations here where everything is explained (including the 30 A c.t. which has a built-in burden resistor and no zener diodes).
Re: How is it calculated 1480. NUMBER OF SAMPLES 1480 it come from?.
Respected sir,
The serial print which prints 106 sample values alongwith the rms current?
I need to take average of 106 samples and i need to calculate the apparent power (Only one value on serial port)?
How we can calculate as i used for loop for it but it is showing 106 samples value.
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Re: How is it calculated 1480. NUMBER OF SAMPLES 1480 it come from?.
Hello rahuls,
Please can you ask your question in a simple way so that I can understand exactly what you are asking.
If you want to measure real power, the best way is to use the standard Voltage and Current sketch. Then you won't need to worry about how many samples are to be used.
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Re: How is it calculated 1480. NUMBER OF SAMPLES 1480 it come from?.
Respected sir,
Actually the sketch that is uploaded for current measurement and as per the 1480 samples it will shows the 1480 current and apparent power values in the serial value? So sir if i used 106 sample values then can i take the average of 106 values i.e. of Apparent power values.
Thanking you.
Re: How is it calculated 1480. NUMBER OF SAMPLES 1480 it come from?.
Hi rahuls,
The "Current Only" sketch should give approximately the right answer whatever number of samples you specify. But if you measure over a whole number of mains cycles, the result will be more stable.
I am still not clear what you are trying to measure. Is it "real power", as a supply-meter would do, or do you want to measure something else? Are you measuring voltage as well as current?
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Re: How is it calculated 1480. NUMBER OF SAMPLES 1480 it come from?.
Rahuls,
The way the analogue to digital converter in the processor measures both voltage and current are similar. The signal is changing rapidly, it is approximately a 50 Hz sine wave. Samples of the sine wave are measured and mathematics are done on the numbers. First, a high pass filter is used to remove any d.c. offset. Then:
In the current-only sketch, voltage is not measured and so Vrms and Real Power cannot be known. You assume a value for voltage and from that you can only estimate Apparent Power.
In the voltage & current sketch, voltage and current are measured one after the other and the three calculations are done together. At the end, when you have calculated rms current, rms voltage and real power, you can then calculate:
You do not need to know the 106 individual readings for each mains cycle, and you should not try to look at them because you will slow the processor down and they mean nothing. The only numbers that you should use are the results from your calculations: Vrms, Irms, Real Power, Apparent Power and Power Factor.


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The demo in this tutorial can be obtained by running pyGPs/Demo/demo_GPC_FITC.py. This demo is more or less a repetition of the demo of FITC regression.
First load the same data as in the GPC demo.
[Theory] In case the number of training inputs exceeds a few hundred, approximate inference using Laplacian Approximation or Expectation Propagation takes too long. As in regression, we offer the FITC approximation based on a low-rank plus diagonal approximation to the exact covariance to deal with these cases. The general idea is to use inducing points and to base the computations on cross-covariances between training, test and inducing points only.
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model = pyGPs.GPC_FITC()
The difference between the usage of basic is that we will have to specify inducing points. In our first example, we will introduce how to perform sparse GPC with the default settings.
The default inducing points form a grid (hypercube in higher dimension), where each dimension has values in equidistant steps in , where and are the minimum and maximum values of the input data by default. In order to specify the dimension of input data, we HAVE TO set data first:
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The number of inducing points per axis is per default. How to change this, see A bit more things you can do.
Then, the regular process follows:
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model.predict(z, ys=np.ones((z.shape[0],1)))
model.plot(x1,x2,t1,t2)
The equispaced default inducing points are shown as black circles in the plot.
Alternatively, a random subset of the training points can be used as inducing points. Note, that there are various different ways of how to set the inducing points. So, in the second example let us use a user-defined set of inducing points:
u1,u2 = np.meshgrid(np.linspace(-2,2,5),np.linspace(-2,2,5))
u = np.array(zip(np.reshape(u2,(np.prod(u2.shape),)),np.reshape(u1,(np.prod(u1.shape),))))
Here, we also use a grid euqually spaced, but without the values on the margin of the grid.(i.e. shrinking the grid) Then, we can just pass when specifying prior:
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model.setPrior(mean=m, kernel=k, inducing_points=u)
The prediction results for this set of inducing points are shown below:
As in standard GPC, it is possible to use other inference/likelihood in the FITC method:
model.useInference("Laplace")
Change the number of inducing points per axis:
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When I work, I often listen to music. Sometimes, I make a deliberate choice, but often, I just ask my music player to shuffle my entire music library.
It invariably happens that it plays a song it played only a couple of days before; I often notice when it's a song I don't like, because then it annoys me that it plays that stupid song again. Given that I have more than 16,000 tracks, and approximately 5,000 tracks on my laptop, it seems unlikely that the music player should pick the same track within only a few days.
This is a well-known phenomenon known as frequency illusion, or more colloquially as the Baader-Meinhof Phenomenon.  This is a really strong feeling, it turns out.
When tracks are played in truly random fashion, it's as unlikely that it should play two tracks far apart as it should play them close together. Therefore, many media players come with shuffle algorithms that are not random, but designed to feel random.
With my thousands of tracks, I couldn't shake the feeling that my player's shuffle algorithm was one of those non-random algorithms, so I decided to analyse my plays.
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There's a third-party service where you can download all your Last.fm scrobbles as a CSV file, so I did that; all 53,700 scrobbles.
This file contains all my scrobbles since 2007, but I had to clean it up:
Next, I created an F# script file, and read in the file's contents:
open System open System.IO type Track = { Artist : string; Album : string; Name : string } type Scrobble = { Track : Track; Time : string } let parse (line : string) = match line.Split '|' with | [| artist; album; track; time |] -> Some { Track = { Artist = artist; Album = album; Name = track } Time = time } | _ -> None let scrobbles = File.ReadAllLines @"Last.fm_ploeh_shuffled.csv" |> Array.map parse
This script reads the file, with each line an element in an array. It then parses each line into Scrobble values. There may be parse errors, if a line contains the wrong number of elements, but this turned out to not be the case:
> let hasParseErrors = scrobbles |> Array.exists (Option.isNone);; val hasParseErrors : bool = false
The next step was to group the scrobbles into distinct tracks, with a count of each track:
let counts = scrobbles |> Array.choose id |> Array.countBy (fun s -> s.Track) |> Array.sortByDescending snd
This gave me a sorted 'hit list', showing me the songs played the most in the top of the list. Here's the top 10:
DJ Zen, Peace Therapy, Anamatha (Intro) : ....... Abakus, That Much Closer to the Sun, Igmatik : ....... Yoji Biomehanika, Technicolor Nrg Show, seduction (sleep tonight remix): ...... Mindsphere, Patience for Heaven. CD 2: Inner Cyclone, inner cyclone : ...... Massive Attack, Mezzanine, Black Milk : ...... Dimension 5, TransAddendum, Strange Phenomena : ...... Dire Straits, Brothers in Arms, Your Latest Trick : ...... Digicult, Out Of This World, Star Travel : ...... Infected Mushroom, Classical Mushroom, Bust A Move : ...... Brother Brown feat. Frank'ee, Under The Water, Under The Water (Or[...]: ......
None of these, with the exception of Under The Water, are particular favourites of mine, so I don't think these were tracks I'd definitely selected; remember: I'd made a deliberate effort to remove such tracks before starting the analysis.
This list tells me something, because I know what I like and don't like, but it doesn't tell me much about the distribution of tracks. The two most 'popular' tracks had been played 7 times over the last two years, and the remaining tracks 6 times. How about the other 5,155 entries in counts
? How were they distributed?
It's easy to count how many tracks were played 7 times, how many were played 6 times, 5 times, etc.:
> let frequencyCounts = counts |> Array.countBy snd;; val frequencyCounts : (int * int) [] = [|(7, 2); (6, 9); (5, 43); (4, 159); (3, 561); (2, 1475); (1, 2916)|]
It looks as though the 'popular' tracks are rare occurrences. Most tracks (2,916) were played only once, and 1,475 only twice. This is perhaps easier to understand when visualised.
While there are great visualisation packages for F#, for this ad-hoc task, I found it easier to use Excel. After all, I only had 7 observations to plot:
This figure shows that almost 3,000 tracks were scrobbled only once, approximately 1,500 were scrobbled twice, 500 or so were scrobbled thrice, and so on.
Even if we expect the distribution to be entirely uniform, we should expect to see duplicates. While I have more than 16,000 tracks on my home system, I only have some 5,000 tracks on my laptop, and these are the tracks for which I have data. Since I had 8,500 scrobbles to analyse, there must be duplicates, but we shouldn't expect to see two plays being more common than one, because even with an even distribution, you can't play all tracks twice when you have 5,000 tracks, but 'only' 8,500 plays.
That there are some 500 tracks that have been played three times don't seem unlikely in this light. Furthermore, outliers are to be expected as well; while they're there, the figure also shows that they promptly taper off to insignificance.
Although I took theoretical statistics in university (I had to), I never liked it, and got the lowest passing grade. In other words: don't trust any of this. I haven't formally analysed it with proper statistical tools.
Still, based on this little Friday exercise, I now feel renewed confidence that my music player does, indeed, pick tracks at random when I tell it to play all songs shuffled.


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This picture, again taken by my talented and godly wife, reminds me of the Pacific Northwest. It was taken at the UofM Arboretum in Chaska, MN, but I can imagine looking at these rocks near a gurgling mountain stream in the Cascades.