Hamstring injury rules Duminy out of Mzansi Super League
Cape Town - Paarl Rocks batsman JP Duminy has been ruled out of the 2019 Mzansi Super League due to a hamstring injury suffered in the lead-up to the team’s opening match against the Cape Town Blitz on Sunday at Boland Park.
Duminy was diagnosed with a high-grade partial tear to his right hamstring after undergoing an MRI scan.
The 35-year-old missed out on last year’s tournament because of a hand injury.
Paarl Rocks captain Faf du Plessis said he’s desperately disappointed for Duminy.
“JP brings a lot of value in a lot of different areas. His experience will be missed, especially by the younger guys.
“I have full confidence in our team to bounce back from this. We have strengthened our batting this year and we’ll use this setback as motivation,” said Du Plessis.
Paarl Rocks coach Adrian Birrell said the squad is focused on the opening game against the Blitz on Sunday.
“We will assess our options on Monday and then decide how to best replace JP,” he said.
This is the second high-profile withdrawal to the Paarl Rocks squad for the 2019 tournament after Proteas batsman Aiden Markram sustained an injury during the recent tour of India.
Despite retiring from all international cricket earlier this year, Duminy remains the Proteas leading T20I run-scorer. He is also an experienced T20 franchise cricketer, having played in India, Pakistan, Canada and the Caribbean.
- Cricket SA


Switch User for trusted connection
From previous pages, we saw Bob is using a trusted connection. Switch user from Bob to Sue to use trusted connection.
Operation
Double click on icon under "Set TC" column against Bob's trusted connection.
It will pop-up a window to enter user name and password of the user to be switched to. So enter user name and password for user Sue and click on OK button.
Note: From trusted context object definition, Sue requires authentication.
Solution
Now, user is switched from Bob to Sue to use trusted connection. You will see a new entry in connection manager window with Sue as switched user(You will see Sue's name under
"Set TC" column).


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The program creates a window into a seemingly infinite world where cells live or die depending on the status of its neighbors. The cell dies if there are only 1 or fewer live neighbors or more than 3. If there are exactly 3 live neighbors, the cell is born or stays alive. There are a few options for starting configurations. After the number of requested generations, the user can stop the program there or continue with more generations.
The assignment seemed very daunting at first but after reading each requirement and breaking it down into simpler steps, it become much more manageable. Taking the time to design it before jumping in gave me a clearer view into what needed to be done. However, it seems I would have profited from spending just a little more on the design. I had not designed the configurations thoroughly beforehand. I wrote out ideas for what configurations I wanted but did not take the time to consider how I would enter them in. The way I had to do it was by brute-force. I set every cell I needed alive, one at a time. This was long and tedious. If I had spent some more time designing this, I could have saved myself some a lot of boring work. Whenever there is repetition in coding, it means there is usually a better way to go about it. If I had spent that extra time designing, I could have found an elegant solution.


Van Halen out of hospital - Entertainment News
by WENNVeteran rocker Eddie Van Halen was reportedly hospitalized with abdominal pain last week amid his alleged battle with throat cancer.
The Van Halen star was recently said to have been diagnosed with the disease back in 2000, and has allegedly spent the past five years traveling back and forth between the U.S. and Germany for radiation treatment.
According to TMZ, the guitar great suffered a bad reaction to prescription drugs he's been taking to combat the illness, and ended up spending a few days under doctors' care for intestinal and abdominal issues.
He was discharged on Sunday and has since returned home, where he has been spending quality time with his son and bandmate, Wolfgang.
The 64 year old has yet to comment on the news of his cancer battle, which he apparently believes is related to his years-long penchant for holding a metal guitar pick in his mouth.


Installation
Development
If you’re developing on NCA, installation will differ from standing up a production server. Please see our Development Guide.
Preliminary Setup
Manual installation has several prerequisites:
- Go and some dependencies (see below)
- Poppler Utils for PDF processing
- OpenJPEG 2 + command-line tools for JP2 generation
- The command-line tools will probably need to be manually compiled to support converting PNG files. Most distributions of Linux don’t have this by default, hence the need to manually compile.
- MariaDB
- An IIIF server capable of handling tiled JP2 files without a ton of overhead (e.g., RAIS)
- Apache/nginx for authentication as well as proxying to NCA and the IIIF server
Please note: The easiest way to get up and running with NCA is via our Docker configuration / setup.
- https://github.com/uoregon-libraries/newspaper-curation-app/blob/main/docker-compose.yml
- https://github.com/uoregon-libraries/newspaper-curation-app/tree/main/docker
It’s not difficult to run NCA on a VM or bare metal, but if you go that route, you’ll find the docker setup helpful just in terms of understanding the full stack and configuration.
Compile
Compilation requires:
The easiest way to compile is simply running make
in the source directory.
This will grab various Go packages the application requires, validate the
current code (via revive, gofmt, and go vet, for development purposes), and
build all the binaries.
A full compilation from a clean repository should take about 15 seconds, though
this can depend on network speed the first time dependencies are pulled from
github. Subsequent compiles generally take under 5 seconds. If that’s still
too long, and you don’t mind skipping the code validations, make fast
will
skip the validator entirely, usually saving 1-2 seconds.
If you’re in a serious rush (say you want to auto-build every time code
changes just to see if compilation failed), you can also just build a single
binary via make <binary target>
, e.g., make bin/server
. This skips all
validations and only builds the binary you request, and generally takes less
than a second.
Once you’ve compiled, the two key binaries are going to be bin/server
for the
HTTP listener, and bin/run-jobs
, the job queue processor.
Note that even if you do use Docker, you’ll probably want to have your dev
system set up to compile the binaries. With a suitable
docker-compose.override.yml
file (like the provided
docker-compose.override.yml-example
), the binaries are mounted into the
container, allowing for quicker code changes.
Database Setup
Creating / migrating the database is easily done using the “migrate-database”
binary compiled in a standard make
run. This binary is a wrapper around Goose
functionality, but you will generally only need to use the “up” command.
Advanced users / devs may want to read more about goose to learn how
it works and what other commands may be used.
make
./bin/migrate-database -c ./settings up
If you use docker, the entrypoint script should migrate automatically whenever
the container starts up. If you’re doing development and break the automatic
migration, just run migrate-database
inside the web container.


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If found in cache, check to see if lastModifed, eject if so. On open, lock, on close, unlock.
From https://motherlode.ucar.edu:9443/thredds/admin/debug?Caches/showCaches 50 files are shown, (all GFS_Global_0p5deg).
From MAT, it appears each dataset is holding on to 5.345M. total = 267M
150 variables, each data variable has a GridVariable, size = 14K. 150 * 14 = 2.1 M (so about half)
each GridVariable has an array of GribGridRecord, 216 bytes apiece, 60 * 216 = 13K
so dominated by 216 * (# grib records) bytes.
120M
10 Fmrc objects 55M
20 GridDataset (2D,best)
2143 VariableDS 48M
524 Vstate2D 44M avg = 88K. one for each var. Q: can these be shared ??
each VState2D has object array and int array. size = nruns * ntimes.
large one of 133K has Object[11041] == 88K + int[11041] = 44K = 133K
common case is tht 1 file = 1 runtime. should be able to optimise that.


--- layout: post title: Browse Records by User Label categories: [] tags: webdrawer status: publish type: post published: true meta: {} ---
Browsing by Classifications in RM can be a helpful way to get at Records, how about if the Classifications are not familiar to you? Maybe the Records Managers have a different idea of how Records should be organised than than people in particular departments? In this video explore a sample label browser in WebDrawer.
Making a group location the owner of a user label requires just the right level of access. You need both to have the 'Modify Internal Locations' permission and also to be a member of the group. The challenge is that, by default, only Records Managers and up have 'Modify Internal Locations'. So to use group labels as an alternate navigation method you will either need a Records Manager to join groups to create labels for them, or have users in various groups who have the required permission. I am hoping for a more flexible model in an upcoming release.


Electronic spreadsheet is the most commonly used data analysis tool. Spreadsheet tools are used to structure and rearrange data for their study and manipulation to achieve desired results. These are traditionally used to develop plans, budgets and other analysis. It accepts data values and relationships in the columns and rows of its worksheet and then allows users to perform calculations and other operations on this data to answer analysis questions.
The first personal computer spreadsheet package was VisiCalc, a program developed by Dan Bracklin in 1979. Today, dozens of spreadsheet packages are available to help users prepare budgets, forecast future cash needs, determine break-even sales point and analyze countless other business and non-business problems. For Example :-
Accountants need to keep track of all the money coming into the business and all the payments going out. They need to be able to calculate profits and forecast how well they think the business will do during the next year. They also need to calculate the wages of all the staff each month.
Teachers can use spreadsheets to keep track of marks given for homework and recording exam results and also for registers.
Sales people use spreadsheets to keep track of the items they sell, the value of the items, the profit made on each item and more importantly, the commission they have earned.
Market researchers collect data from shoppers about their spending habits and their awareness of different brands. All of this data has to be collated and analysed in order to provide the company with a detailed report of what customers think about their products.


JetFuel - Explorer
JetFuel
Explorer is the first visualization toolset that is being
developed. Today it is an excellent query tool which can view
data on a very fast bus. Think of it as Aqua Data Studio or Squirrel
that developers use to query databases, where you can
connect and query/update tables or views. Additionally you
can view messaging stats an its history in a graph or table form.
Click here to download and Evaluate JetFuel
View SOW and realtime updates
JetFuel showing data in TextArea
JetFuel showing records vertically
JetFuel showing records horizontally
JetFuel Showing records in a Tree
JetFuel Showing data in Data Sheet
This allows data to be viewed side by side. This is very useful
to compare data from different topics or in the future differnt servers.
View journals and realtime updates
View journals in horizontal table
View journals in vertical table
View journals using JetFuel selector
Here you slide the scrollbar at the bottom to see all the changes on a record.
Publish data
JetFuel can publish, delete, update data easily. This is very useful in
dev and test environments especially when you are creating complex
views or replicating a bug. This functionality can be hidden for
certain environments. Output from the bus is displayed in the
bottom panel which is really useful to debug issues.
Capture and replay journals
JetFuel allows you to capture and replay journal files to replicate behaviours or do performance testing.
Capture journals
Replay Journals
JetFuel Features
Choosing data using record IDs.
Choosing data using filters
JetFuel Showing some server graphs
JetFuel views
JetFuel has a few views to display the following
- SowTopic and its status
- Views and its status
- Current client connections
- Current subscriptions
- Current replications
JetFuel - DashBoard
This
view is not completed. This is gives a system level view of JefFuel and
its components. You can see every component running on
JetFuel. Here you can see the fast brokers and how they are
connected to each other. All publishers and subscribers that are
connected or missing
from JetFuel are also shown.
Below is how JetFuel Dashboard will show connected publishers,
subscribers and users. Light grey icons indicate missing users or publishers
Notes
About queues
When you subscribe to a queue, JetFuel only does a peek so we don't consume the
message.
As we are peeking a queue the view does not update.
There is no IDs on Queue so select "ALL" or "ALL New" in the data chooser.
RecordId does not come up DataChooserExplorer as queues don't have ID field
Since queues don't have ID field you can only show the data in a text area.


OSSL_CRMF_pbm_new, OSSL_CRMF_pbmp_new - functions for producing Password-Based MAC (PBM)
#include <openssl/crmf.h>
int OSSL_CRMF_pbm_new(OSSL_LIB_CTX *libctx, const char *propq,
const OSSL_CRMF_PBMPARAMETER *pbmp,
const unsigned char *msg, size_t msglen,
const unsigned char *sec, size_t seclen,
unsigned char **mac, size_t *maclen);
OSSL_CRMF_PBMPARAMETER *OSSL_CRMF_pbmp_new(OSSL_LIB_CTX *libctx, size_t saltlen,
int owfnid, size_t itercnt,
int macnid);
OSSL_CRMF_pbm_new() generates a PBM (Password-Based MAC) based on given PBM parameters pbmp, message msg, and secret sec, along with the respective lengths msglen and seclen. The optional library context libctx and propq parameters may be used to influence the selection of the MAC algorithm referenced in the pbmp; see "ALGORITHM FETCHING" in crypto(7) for further information. On success writes the address of the newly allocated MAC via the mac reference parameter and writes the length via the maclen reference parameter unless it its NULL.
OSSL_CRMF_pbmp_new() initializes and returns a new PBMParameter structure with a new random salt of given length saltlen, OWF (one-way function) NID owfnid, OWF iteration count itercnt, and MAC NID macnid. The library context libctx parameter may be used to select the provider for the random number generation (DRBG) and may be NULL for the default.
The algorithms for the OWF (one-way function) and for the MAC (message authentication code) may be any with a NID defined in <openssl/objects.h>. As specified by RFC 4210, these should include NID_hmac_sha1.
RFC 4210 recommends that the salt SHOULD be at least 8 bytes (64 bits) long, where 16 bytes is common.
The iteration count must be at least 100, as stipulated by RFC 4211, and is limited to at most 100000 to avoid DoS through manipulated or otherwise malformed input.
OSSL_CRMF_pbm_new() returns 1 on success, 0 on error.
OSSL_CRMF_pbmp_new() returns a new and initialized OSSL_CRMF_PBMPARAMETER structure, or NULL on error.
OSSL_CRMF_PBMPARAMETER *pbm = NULL;
unsigned char *msg = "Hello";
unsigned char *sec = "SeCrEt";
unsigned char *mac = NULL;
size_t maclen;
if ((pbm = OSSL_CRMF_pbmp_new(16, NID_sha256, 500, NID_hmac_sha1) == NULL))
goto err;
if (!OSSL_CRMF_pbm_new(pbm, msg, 5, sec, 6, &mac, &maclen))
goto err;
RFC 4211 section 4.4
The OpenSSL CRMF support was added in OpenSSL 3.0.
Copyright 2007-2021 The OpenSSL Project Authors. All Rights Reserved.
Licensed under the Apache License 2.0 (the "License"). You may not use this file except in compliance with the License. You can obtain a copy in the file LICENSE in the source distribution or at https://www.openssl.org/source/license.html.


Preparation time
less than 30 mins
Cooking time
over 2 hours
Serves
Serves 2
This is a magical recipe for those who aren't convinced by the surf and turf concept. You can't taste the fish, but it totally transforms the meat.
Preheat the oven to 160C/300F/Gas 4.
Season the lamb shanks with the pepper. Brown them in a casserole with a little olive oil.
When the shanks are slightly browned add the roughly chopped onions and garlic. Chop up two of the anchovy fillets and add to the casserole. Tear in the rosemary and bay leaves. Then add the stock and the wine and bring to a simmer.
When simmering, put the lid on and bake in the oven for two hours, with a little turn of the shanks halfway through.
Remove the shanks to a serving dish and leave to rest in a warm oven.
Meanwhile tend to the sauce by adding two more chopped anchovies and a handful of chopped parsley. Bring the sauce to the boil, check the seasoning on then pour over the resting lamb shanks and serve.


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Diplomats loot UN headquarters bars, restaurants
Time Magazine | Submitted by: Soylent
Yesterday at lunchtime, food service workers went on strike at United Nations Headquarters in New York. How did the UN staffers, diplomats, and ambassadors react? They ransacked the five restaurants, stealing everything they could get their hands on, including utensils. Of course, they also stole everything out of the bar. One eyewitness said: "It was chaos, wild, something out of a war scene... They took everything, even the silverware." Another person said that "chickens, turkeys, souffles, casseroles all went out the door." Thank you, diplomatic immunity!
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U.S. complaining about Canadian civil liberties
canada.com | Submitted by: Soylent
Canada's pesky privacy laws are hampering American efforts to track suspicious individuals. The State Department's 2002 report on global terrorism says that "some U.S. law enforcement officers have expressed concern" about Canada's framework of civil liberties. Those laws "inhibit a fuller and more timely exchange of information and response to requests for assistance." As an added bonus, the report also dinged Canada for loosening criminal penalties on possession of small quantities of marijuana. If a man in Toronto receives only a ticket instead of jailtime for a nickel bag of weed, then the terrorists have won.
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New venereal disease on deck in Africa
New Scientist | Submitted by: optional
"The disease targets the reproductive organs of the primate. The consequences for male baboons are particularly gruesome, says Elibariki Mtui, of the African Wildlife Foundation in Arusha, Tanzania. 'The genitals kind of rot away, then they just drop off.'" Bear in mind that we got AIDS and Ebola from monkeys.
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Latest McDonald's merchandising tie-in: the Pope
BBC | Submitted by: Reid Fleming
Despite John Paul's longstanding criticisms of "unfettered capitalism," group meals for an upcoming Papal visit to Madrid will be furnished by McDonald's. "They consist of hamburgers, medium fries, and medium-sized drink and desert -- either ice cream Sundae or apple pie. All tickets also include an official 'pilgrim's bag,' containing a copy of St Mark's gospel, a baseball cap, a rosary, a map of Madrid's public transport system, and information about the new saints."
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Officer peppersprays jaywalking sixth grader
WKMG-TV 6 Orlando | Submitted by: Tim Howard
When a 12-year-old girl becomes combative with the cops, you just know she's going downtown. "[She] became upset and began to curse... The girl also walked away and ignored four more orders to stop and put her hands behind her back, he said. The girl, who is 5 feet 1 inch and 134 pounds, threatened to hit Roberto and rolled her hand in a fist." And that's when he sprayed her. But here's the best part: "The girl then knocked the spray can out of Roberto's hand, so the deputy wrestled the girl to the ground and handcuffed her." She slapped the O.C. out of his hand! Okay, that girl is a badass.
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Lottery winner suddenly supports Bush tax cut plan
Tri-City Herald | Submitted by: Reid Fleming
Before the Andersons won $18.2 million in the Oregon lottery, they couldn't have cared less about President Bush's tax cut proposal. But in the two days since, they have experienced an instantaneous change of heart. As one of them puts it: "Now we're like, 'Yeah, go for it!'" Evidently their new outlook on life is dedicated to amassing the largest possible fortune. Here's a tip: be sure to file for unemployment after you quit your jobs. Every little bit helps!
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Drunken monsignor gets all 'touchy-feely'
morningjournal.com | Submitted by: Tim Howard
"Monsignor Robert V. Yarnovitz, 74, of St. John Byzantine Catholic Cathedral in Parma, allegedly was half naked when he grabbed a woman's breast, touched the crotch of a man and attempted to touch the crotch of an Erie County sheriff's deputy." A church spokesman is blaming an interaction between booze and the priest's prescription drugs. Then what happens when he drinks communion wine?
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Those New Hampshire quarters are suddenly collectors items. The image on the back depicts The Old Man of the Mountain, an outcropping of rock resembling a man sitting on the edge of a precipice. Or at least, it used to. Now it resembles a pile of boulders on the valley floor.
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The founder of a Oklahoma church says "it is reasonable" to believe that Satan himself will someday become Born Again: "Is God not big enough to change the devil? I can conceive of the devil bowing down and repenting to God, saying, 'I competed with you, but I was wrong. I'm sorry.'" One critic expressed his doubts thusly: "To call what he has theology is really a malapropism. To espouse what he has is not theology nor Christian. It is sheer, wild imagination." As opposed to...?
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Paul Bell has filed suit against police in Bakersfield, California after getting arrested in a Toys R Us parking lot. He was selling fake drivers licenses and Social Security cards. Well, not selling exactly. Bell was actually soliciting donations in exchange for the cards, with the money going to his personal charity, the Jesusian Foundation. Apparently the foundation is a religious organization dedicated to the idea that since Jesus didn't need a license to do business as a carpenter, state licensing requirements are anti-Christian. Hence, anybody should be able to do business or drive on public roads without any prior approval from the government. That's a neat idea, basing a legal theory on Biblical history. I'm sure public officials were far more reasonable back in Jesus's day.
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San Francisco's second annual Masturbate-a-Thon drew more than 100 participants, in an effort to raise money for charity and cure people of sexual repression. Said one of the organizers: "This is an effort to counter centuries of censure, to make masturbation more fun and to make it more accessible." Yeah, if you want to help sexually-repressed men and women, a good place to start is by erecting public sex booths in San Francisco. That really targets the most needy.
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Police in Florida locked up the wrong spouse for wifebeating. "Dawn Marie Gentry says she's been victimized twice -- once by her husband, who is charged with beating her, and once by State Attorney Lawson Lamar's office... The 37-year-old woman is white with blonde hair; Ronnie Gentry, 34, is black and eight or nine inches taller." I smell a lawsuit.
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Chicago Sun-Times | Submitted by: Tim Howard
"A Kenosha, Wis., man was convicted of stalking his former girlfriend by secretly installing a tracking device under the hood of her car in a case that attracted nationwide attention... [the former boyfriend] always seemed to know where she was, sometimes pulling alongside as she was driving and showing up at a restaurant where she was meeting a date."
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"A woman accused of performing voodoo rituals in the restrooms of the Washington County courthouse has been banned from the building by a Superior Court judge." Although she maintains complete innocence, "a courthouse employee saw Catherine Tarver in the rest room breaking eggs, spreading voodoo powder and chicken feathers."
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The Jobs Are Not Coming Back
The NY Times published an interesting article today the impact of robotics on manufacturing jobs using Amazon’s purchase of robot maker Kiva Systems as an exemplar. The core question raised in the article is whether the adoption of automation technologies will create more unemployment or whether - as has been seen in the past - displaced workers will re-train and become employed in other productive areas of the economy.
The authors quote Lawrence Summers views on the matter:
There has long been a mentality that we’re going to run out of work to do and there is going to be an absence of work for people,” Mr. Summers said. “Both have been asserted in every generation and always historically been wrong. In reality, if people are freed up from one thing they are able to do something different.
I believe Mr Summers is quite wrong. It strikes me that his views demonstrate a lack of understanding of the very profound levels of manufacturing automation which are becoming available. The combination of entirely automated production systems combined with highly integrated digital supply chains is going to make today’s manufacturing worker an endangered species. It is not clear at all how our economies would re-absorb a displacement of this magnitude. Historic patterns for employment dislocation are unlikely to be good models for future realities.
The biggest impact of next-generation automation is likely to be in China. The historic cost of labor in China has meant that there is little to be gained by investing in automated manufacturing systems. But that is likely to change. In a world of $150+ oil manufacturers will start to pay close attention to distribution costs. Minimizing those costs will create economic advantage. It will pay to bring manufacturing closer to the centers of consumption. That’s good news for the United States. The repatriation of manufacturing from China would be a political godsend. Except that this will be a very different type of manufacturing.
Factories that relocate from China to the United States - or other developed economies - will not come with jobs. They will come with automation. That will be great for the high tech manufacturing systems sector but not for manufacturing workers. The displacement effect in China is likely to be catastrophic. Factories that today employee millions of workers and drive the growth of the consumptive middle-class will simply disappear - to be replaced by fully automated production in other countries. The prospect of a generation of unemployed - restive - unemployed factory workers should be giving the Chinese political elite nightmares.
In the United States politician’s promises to bring back manufacturing jobs will remain empty. Manufacturing may return but the jobs will not. There are two possible paths beyond this transformation. Either Summers is right and those displaced by automation will be re-absorbed into other sectors of the economy - or he’s wrong. I’m in the pessimistic camp. In my view - as I wrote here - we’re unlikely to be able to use historic models to predict future patterns. The combination of complete manufacturing automation with other digital services - sensors, 3D printing etc. — create such a disruption that the economy will not be able to adjust in the short period over which this transition takes place.
Economies whose populations continue to grow will see an increasing divide between the digital literates who benefit and control - and can exploit - this automated manufacturing and services infrastructure and those who are displaced by it. The alternative path sees populations shrinking as new wealth generated by this next generation of automation drives down fertility rates. Both of these paths come with their own problems. The only sure thing - at least for the next decade - is the inexorable rise computational power which will be applied to ever greater levels of automation. A major dislocation of manufacturing employment patterns it coming. The question is how we’ll handle the dislocation it drives?


Amazon dominates the smart speaker market while Google's sales fall 40%
Source: Android Central
What you need to know
- Amazon dominated smart speaker sales in the third quarter of 2019, shipping 10.4 million units for 36.6% of the market.
- Google fell 40% in smart speaker sales, shipping only 3.5 million units for a market share of 12.3%.
- Google's market share was further hurt by the rise of Chinese smart speaker makers Alibaba and Baidu, which saw massive growth in Q3 2019.
The latest Canalys report is out for the third quarter of 2019, and it shows sales of smart speakers and displays are still on the rise. In the third quarter, the sales of smart speakers alone grew 44.9% for a total of 28.6 million units sold.
However, as always, there are winners and there are losers. This quarter Amazon is the clear winner for smart speakers, sitting at the top with 36.6% market share overall and shipping 10.4 million units in Q3 of 2019.
Source: Canalys
Overall, Amazon saw a growth of 65.9% annually boosted by its strong sales from its Prime Day, back-to-school, and off-to-college promotions during the quarter. Sales were also helped by Amazon's "Echo Upgrade Program" that gives customers a discount when upgrading an old Echo speaker for a newer one.
Unfortunately for Google, it saw a major slip moving only 3.5 million units during Q3 2019 for a 40.1% drop in sales from last year at this time. Even worse, Google saw its market share drop overall from 29.8% in Q3 of 2018 to 12.3% in the third quarter of 2019.
While the drop in market share can be tied to slower sales, it also has much more to do with the rise of smart speakers from Chinese brands. Where Google used to be second to Amazon, this year smart speaker popularity has surged in China with Alibaba and Baidu taking the second and third slots —knocking Google down to fourth.
Source: Canalys
Smart displays sales didn't move as many units as smart speakers in Q3 2019, shipping only 6.3 million total, but it was still great news because that's a 500% growth for the market. The big winner here was Baidu with 2.3 million units sold, which was more than its smart speaker. Amazon wasn't far behind, selling 2.2 million in the third quarter, while Google only moved a paltry 700,000 smart displays.
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Welcome to my world. My name is Priten Vora, and my goal in life is to make really cool stuff that makes people happy. I am a student, programmer, photographer, and aspiring video game designer. Game programming combines technical knowledge and proficiency with creativity, teamwork, and communication, and I firmly believe that if crafted well, gaming can be the most effective platform in humankind's history for engaging, inspiring, and entertaining people. By being a computer science student, I'm working toward my goal of being a game programmer, but I also enjoy programming in general, so I often take on programming projects outside of the scope of video game creation. You will find many such projects in my programming section.


Susan Granger's review of "PLAYING BY HEART" (Miramax Films)
Someone once said that "writing about music is like dancing about architecture" - meaning it cannot be done - and film-maker Willard Carroll was so taken with that sentiment that he called this funny, poignant drama "Dancing About Architecture" until the MPAA decreed that the title might be confused with "Dancing at Lughnasa." "Playing by Heart" follows multiple characters from various generations and lifestyles as they search for love in contemporary Los Angeles during an eight day-and-night span. Gena Rowlands and Sean Connery head the cast as a mature couple approaching their 40th wedding anniversary, and they're so superb together that it's a wonder no one ever thought of teaming them before. Their story is intercut with several others that are less interesting. Gillian Anderson is an insecure stage director who has been so unlucky in love that she's terrified of taking another chance. Madeline Stowe and Anthony Edwards are embroiled in a steamy extra-marital affair. Ellen Burstyn coming to terms with her son, Jay Mohr, who is dying of AIDS. Dennis Quaid is a drunk, telling sob stories to Nastassja Kinski, Patricia Clarkson, and even a compassionate drag queen, Alec Mapa. And sassy, spunky Angelina Jolie of Generation X finds herself flirting with a surly bystander, Ryan Phillippe, as she splits up with her boyfriend by phone in a nightclub. Reminiscent in structure of Alan Rudolph's "Welcome to L.A." and Robert Altman's "Short Cuts," it has the benefit of intelligent dialogue, Vilos Zsigmond's superb camerawork and John Barry's evocative score; predictably, some storylines work better than others. On the Granger Movie Gauge of 1 to 10, "Playing by Heart" is an engaging ensemble 6, offering sentimental entertainment based on the many faces of love.
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IN THE HIGH COURT OF UTTARAKHAND AT NAINITAL Writ Petition (M/S) No. 1085 of 2017 Chandra Prakash Sharma ....Petitioner Versus State of Uttarakhand and others ....Respondents Present: Mr. Navnish Negi, Advocate for the petitioner. Mr. Yogesh Pandey, Addl. Chief Standing Counsel for the State/respondent nos. 1 & 3. Mr. Shiv Pandey, Advocate for respondent no. 2. Hon'ble Sudhanshu Dhulia, J. (Oral)
The petitioner is running a hotel in the name of Rama Hotel at Village Srikot Ganganaali, Tehsil Srinagar, District Pauri Garhwal. The hotel has been sealed by the orders of Uttarakhand Environment Pollution Control Board. Since the order was appellable under Section 33-B of the Water (Prevention and Control of Pollution) Act and Section 31 of the Air (Prevention and Control of Pollution) Act, the petitioner had earlier filed an appeal before the National Green Tribunal, Principal Bench, New Delhi, which was disposed of with the following orders:
"M.A. No. 371 of 2017 The proprietors of Applicant M/s Rama Hotel (Guest House) seek permission to withdraw appeal with liberty to approach Respondent No. 1 that is Uttarakhand Environment Protection Pollution Control Board.
Learned Counsel for the Uttarakhand Environment Protection Pollution Control Board has no objection for withdrawal of the appeal. The Applicant further submits if they apply to the Board direction be issued, to consider the request expeditiously.2
M.A. No. 371 of 2017 is allowed and disposed of accordingly.
Main Matter Heard. The request to withdraw the appeal is granted with liberty to apply to the Uttarakhand Environment Protection Pollution Control Board for grant of consent to establish STP. In case such application is made, it shall be considered expeditiously.
With the above order this appeal no. 47 of 2016 is disposed of accordingly, with no order as to cost."
2. In other words, the petitioner was given a liberty by the National Green Tribunal to establish S.T.P. Now the case of the petitioner is that he has already established the S.T.P., yet the sealing order has not been withdrawn.
3. The counsel for the Uttarakhand Environment and Pollution Control Board, on the other hand, contends that such an order has been passed on the direction of the Division Bench in a Public Interest Litigation.
4. Considering that the order passed by the Uttarakhand Environment and Pollution Control Board has already been appealed and there is an order by the National Green Tribunal giving an opportunity to the petitioner to establish S.T.P. (a fact which was not brought to the knowledge of the Division Bench at any point of time), writ petition stands disposed with direction to the Uttarakhand Environment and Pollution Control Board to consider the matter in the light of the directions given by the National Green Tribunal and in case the 3 petitioner has complied with the provision of law including the mandate of Environment (Protection) Act, the Board shall pass appropriate orders within a period of three weeks from the date of production of certified copy of this order.
(Sudhanshu Dhulia, J.) Avneet/ 31.05.2017


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reactToRoomText(String)
- Method in class eu.irreality.age.
Mobile
read(DataInput)
- Static method in class micromod.
ModuleLoader
readEffectSpecifics(World, Node)
- Method in class eu.irreality.age.
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readInt32(DataInput)
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DataReader
Read a signed 32 bit integer.
readPropListFromXML(World, Node)
- Method in class eu.irreality.age.
Entity
readRelationshipListFromXML(World, Node)
- Method in class eu.irreality.age.
Entity
readRelationshipListFromXML(World, Node)
- Method in class eu.irreality.age.
Mobile
readSigned16Bit(DataInput)
- Static method in class micromod.
DataReader
Read a single signed 16 bit word.
readSigned16BitArray(short[], int, int)
- Method in class micromod.
DataReader
Read length 16 bit signed, big endian words from the DataInput device into the specified array.
readSigned8Bit(DataInput)
- Static method in class micromod.
DataReader
Read a single signed byte.
readSigned8BitArray(DataInput, byte[], int, int)
- Static method in class micromod.
DataReader
Read length 8 bit signed words from the DataInput device into the specified array.
readText(DataInput, int)
- Static method in class micromod.
DataReader
Simple method to read ASCII text and convert nulls to spaces.
readUnsigned16Bit(DataInput)
- Static method in class micromod.
DataReader
Read a single unsigned 16 bit word.
readUnsigned7Bit(DataInput)
- Static method in class micromod.
DataReader
Read a positive number from a byte between 0 and 127.
readUnsigned8Bit(DataInput)
- Static method in class micromod.
DataReader
Read a single unsigned byte.
readWeaponSpecifics(World, Node)
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Weapon
readWeaponSpecifics(World, String)
- Method in class eu.irreality.age.
Weapon
readWearableSpecifics(World, Node)
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Wearable
READY_TO_BLOCK
- Static variable in class eu.irreality.age.
Mobile
READY_TO_DODGE
- Static variable in class eu.irreality.age.
Mobile
reconnect(InputOutputClient)
- Method in class eu.irreality.age.
Player
refersToEntities(String, Entity, Entity, boolean, boolean)
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ParserMethods
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refersToEntity(String, Entity, boolean)
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refersToEntityIn(String, EntityList, boolean)
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ParserMethods
removeAllEnemies()
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Mobile
removeAndGetSelectedIrcServerEntry()
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ServerConfigurationWindow
removeAndGetSelectedPartidaEntry()
- Method in class eu.irreality.age.
ServerConfigurationWindow
removeElement(Effect)
- Method in class eu.irreality.age.
EffectList
La función removeElement de java.util.Vector.
removeElement(Mobile)
- Method in class eu.irreality.age.
MobileList
La función removeElement de java.util.Vector.
removeElement(Spell)
- Method in class eu.irreality.age.
SpellList
La función removeElement de java.util.Vector.
removeEnemy(Mobile)
- Method in class eu.irreality.age.
Mobile
removeItem(Item)
- Method in class eu.irreality.age.
Inventory
removeItem(Item)
- Method in class eu.irreality.age.
Mobile
removeItem(Item)
- Method in class eu.irreality.age.
Room
removeMob(Mobile)
- Method in class eu.irreality.age.
Room
removeMobileReference(Mobile)
- Method in class eu.irreality.age.
Item
removeRoomReference(Room)
- Method in class eu.irreality.age.
Item
removeSelectedIrcServerEntries()
- Method in class eu.irreality.age.
ServerConfigurationWindow
removeSelectedPartidaEntries()
- Method in class eu.irreality.age.
ServerConfigurationWindow
requestInput(Player)
- Method in interface eu.irreality.age.
PlayerClient
requestServerFiles(List)
- Method in class eu.irreality.age.
ServerProxy
requestUserSelectedFiles(Vector)
- Method in class eu.irreality.age.
ServerProxy
resample(short[], int, int, int, int, short[], int, int)
- Method in class micromod.resamplers.
FIRResampler
Do resampling.
resample(short[], int, int, int, int, short[], int, int)
- Method in class micromod.resamplers.
LinearResampler
resample(short[], int, int, int, int, short[], int, int)
- Method in interface micromod.resamplers.
Resampler
Resample the audio in inputBuf to outputBuf.
Resampler
- Interface in
micromod.resamplers
The Resampler interface specifies a pure resampling algorithm.
reset()
- Method in class micromod.
Channel
Overrides reset() to reinitialise the default volume and period.
reset()
- Method in class micromod.
Modulator
Reset the modulator to "power on" defaults.
reset()
- Method in class micromod.
ProTrackerLFO
Set the LFO to default values.
reset()
- Method in class micromod.
Sequencer
Reset the Sequencer and Synthesizer to their initial states.
reset()
- Method in class micromod.
Synthesizer
Silence the channels and reset panning to the default values.
resetZRPlural()
- Method in class eu.irreality.age.
Player
restartPosition
- Variable in class micromod.
Sequence
resumeExecution()
- Method in class eu.irreality.age.
Player
ReturnValue
- Class in
eu.irreality.age
ReturnValue(Object)
- Constructor for class eu.irreality.age.
ReturnValue
Room
- Class in
eu.irreality.age
Room(World, String)
- Constructor for class eu.irreality.age.
Room
Este constructor solo llama a constructRoom, que es el constructor de verdad.
Room(World, Node)
- Constructor for class eu.irreality.age.
Room
Room()
- Constructor for class eu.irreality.age.
Room
room_preffix
- Static variable in class eu.irreality.age.
Utility
Constantes
room_summand
- Static variable in class eu.irreality.age.
Utility
roomFile(World, int)
- Static method in class eu.irreality.age.
Utility
Nos da el nombre y ruta de un fichero de habitación.
roomNameToID(String)
- Method in class eu.irreality.age.
World
run()
- Method in class eu.irreality.age.
AGEClientHandler
run()
- Method in class eu.irreality.age.
GameEngineThread
run()
- Method in class eu.irreality.age.
IrcDccChatSocket
run()
- Method in class eu.irreality.age.
IrcSocket
run(String)
- Method in class eu.irreality.age.
ObjectCode
run(String, String)
- Method in class eu.irreality.age.
ObjectCode
This method is for EVA code execution only, needed data is placed in data segment.
run(String, Object, Object[])
- Method in class eu.irreality.age.
ObjectCode
This method is for BeanShell code execution only.
run(String, Object, Object[], ReturnValue)
- Method in class eu.irreality.age.
ObjectCode
This method is for BeanShell code execution only.
run(String, Object, Object[], ReturnValue, Object[][])
- Method in class eu.irreality.age.
ObjectCode
This method is for BeanShell code execution only.
run()
- Method in class eu.irreality.age.
ServerProxy
run()
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SimpleTelnetClientHandler
run()
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runCode(String, String, String)
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**Easy FPGA and Embedded Linux on ZYBO**
**by [Erwin Setiawan](https://yohanes-erwin.github.io/)**
**[Home](../tutorials.html)**
Introduction
===================================================================================
In this tutorial series, I am going to share about how to build a system that consists of FPGA and Embedded Linux web application.
We are going to build a hardware accelerator for calculating greatest common divisor (GCD) on the FPGA.
The GCD core is connected to the CPU ARM Cortex-A9 through the AXI4-Lite bus.
On top of the Linux, we are going to build an embedded web application based on Python Flask web framework.
The system is illustrated in the following block diagram.
![Figure [fig:system_block_diagram]: System block diagram](system_block_diagram.jpg width=700px)
At the end of this tutorial, you will be able to build the following system.
You are going to learn how to develop a system that consists of both hardware and software stack.
This kind of methodology is usually called hardware/software (HW/SW) co-design.
The hands-on skill that you are going to learn is applicable for your future project, such as IoT or Edge AI.
![](https://youtu.be/F4um_TcvePM)
Throughout this tutorial series, you are going to learn the following technology/programming language:
**Zynq-7000, AXI4-Lite, Ethernet, Embedded Linux, Verilog, C, HTML, CSS, JavaScript, Python, and Flask**.
**The idea is that the readers can adapt this project to fulfill their needs.**
I hope this course will be beneficial one for beginners in Zynq FPGA and Linux.
So, they can accelerate their learning curve in order to build complete embedded systems that employ FPGA, CPU, Linux OS, and embedded web applications.
Even though I use ZYBO board in this tutorial, you can use other Zynq boards as well.
In general, once you understand the concept in this tutorial, you can apply that to any FPGA board.
There are several Zynq boards that already come with pre-build Linux OS.
So, you just need to follow the setup instructions of the boards.
There are several alternative boards that you may want to check out:
* [PYNQ-Z1 or PYNQ-Z2](http://www.pynq.io/board.html): It comes with pre-build Linux OS and also Python framework for interacting with the PL (FPGA). It can also support interrupt and DMA (Python API). So, you can easily (no need to know about kernel) exploit the benefits of FPGA and microprocessors to build more capable and exciting embedded systems. This board is recommended for you who want to start developing machine learning/deep learning/computer vision on FPGA.
* [STEMlab Red Pitaya](https://www.redpitaya.com/): It comes with high speed DAC and ADC for RF communication. It also comes with pre-installed Linux OS and also has built-in oscilloscope software. So, basically, you can use this board as a portable oscilloscope, logic analyzer, etc. This board is recommended for you who want to start developing baseband processor for RF communications on FPGA.
Contents
===================================================================================
This tutorial is divided into several parts as follows. So, let’s get started!
* [Part 1 RTL Simulation of the GCD Core](part_1/index.html)
* [Part 2 Wrap the GCD Core with AXI4-Lite Interface](part_2/index.html)
* [Part 3 Create a Testbench for Simulating the AXI4-Lite Interface](part_3/index.html)
* [Part 4 Test the GCD Core with Bare Metal Application](part_4/index.html)
* [Part 5 Performance Comparison of the GCD Core](part_5/index.html)
* [Part 6 Configure the Linux System, Ethernet Connection, and Python Libraries](part_6/index.html)
* [Part 7 Web Page Development using HTML, CSS, and JavaScript](part_7/index.html)
* [Part 8 Embedded Web Server Development using Python and Flask Framework](part_8/index.html)
Resources
===================================================================================
* **[Source Code]** Get the full source code: [handsonembedded repository](https://github.com/yohanes-erwin/handsonembedded/tree/master/gcd_accelerator).
* **[Book]** P. P. Chu, [Embedded SoPC Design with Nios II Processor and Verilog Examples](https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/book/10.1002/9781118309728), Wiley, 2012.
* **[Book]** L. H. Crockett, R. A. Elliot, M. A. Enderwitz, and R. W. Stewart, [The Zynq Book](http://www.zynqbook.com/), 2015.
* ARM, [AMBA AXI and ACE Protocol Specification](http://www.gstitt.ece.ufl.edu/courses/fall15/eel4720_5721/labs/refs/AXI4_specification.pdf), 2011.
* **[Video]** The Development Channel, [Embedded Linux with FPGA](https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLo7bVbJhQ6qxRyrF7CSW3wXcbmmFl9z7-), 2016.
* **[Video]** Microelectronic Systems Design Research Group, [ZYNQ](https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL4D6H9w4Ihdp0YRExoQXfbVMRL1GgEPCm), 2015.


Vehicle SMART City Pure 61 Auto
MOT valid until 7 March 2018
Get a reminder emailRegistration AY53KFD
Fuel type Petrol
Colour Black
Date registered 30 January 2004
Check another vehicle
Incorrect details?
If you think the MOT expiry date or any of the vehicle details are wrong, contact DVSA
MOT history
Date tested 8 March 2017
PASS
Mileage 76,686
Expiry date 7 March 2018
Test location
Halfords Autocentre
160 Bromley Rd
London
SE6 2NZ
MOT test number 8814 8216 2080
Advisory notice:
- Front Macpherson strut has slight movement at the upper attachment Both Front (2.5.A.1c)
Date tested 8 March 2017
FAIL
Mileage 76,686
MOT test number 1646 8974 6678
Test location
Halfords Autocentre
160 Bromley Rd
London
SE6 2NZ
Reasons for failure:
- Nearside Headlamp aim too low (1.8)
- Offside Front Headlamp aim too low (1.8)
- Nearside Front position lamp(s) not working (1.1.A.3b)
- Nearside Stop lamp not working (1.2.1b)
Advisory notice:
- Front Macpherson strut has slight movement at the upper attachment Both Front (2.5.A.1c)
What are these?
Failure items must be fixed before the vehicle can pass its MOT.
Advisory notices are minor problems with the vehicle. If they become more serious they could cause the vehicle to fail its next MOT test.
Date tested 13 February 2016
PASS
Mileage 72,383
Expiry date 25 February 2017
Test location
Hopfields Auto Repairs
2-10 Raymouth Rd
London
SE16 2DB
MOT test number 1803 2414 5123
Date tested 26 February 2015
PASS
Mileage 66,779
Expiry date 25 February 2016
Test location
Hopfields Auto Repairs
2-10 Raymouth Rd
London
SE16 2DB
MOT test number 9364 1785 5031
Advisory notice:
- Offside Front Macpherson strut has slight movement at the upper attachment (2.5.A.1c)
- Under-trays fitted obscuring some underside components
- Engine covers fitted obscuring some components in the engine bay
What are these?
Failure items must be fixed before the vehicle can pass its MOT.
Advisory notices are minor problems with the vehicle. If they become more serious they could cause the vehicle to fail its next MOT test.
Date tested 25 February 2015
FAIL
Mileage 66,740
MOT test number 1485 3625 5425
Test location
Hopfields Auto Repairs
2-10 Raymouth Rd
London
SE16 2DB
Reasons for failure:
- Nearside Headlamp aim aimed so that it dazzles other road users (1.8.A.1a)
Advisory notice:
- Offside Front Macpherson strut has slight movement at the upper attachment (2.5.A.1c)
- Under-trays fitted obscuring some underside components
- Engine covers fitted obscuring some components in the engine bay
What are these?
Failure items must be fixed before the vehicle can pass its MOT.
Advisory notices are minor problems with the vehicle. If they become more serious they could cause the vehicle to fail its next MOT test.
Date tested 11 January 2014
PASS
Mileage 62,312
Expiry date 30 January 2015
Test location
Hopfields Auto Repairs
2-10 Raymouth Rd
London
SE16 2DB
MOT test number 6391 9181 4011
Advisory notice:
- Nearside Front Brake pipe slightly corroded (3.6.B.2c)
What are these?
Failure items must be fixed before the vehicle can pass its MOT.
Advisory notices are minor problems with the vehicle. If they become more serious they could cause the vehicle to fail its next MOT test.
Date tested 19 January 2013
PASS
Mileage 57,032
Expiry date 30 January 2014
Test location
Hopfields Auto Repairs
2-10 Raymouth Rd
London
SE16 2DB
MOT test number 6495 1901 3064
Advisory notice:
- rear tyres 3mm
What are these?
Failure items must be fixed before the vehicle can pass its MOT.
Advisory notices are minor problems with the vehicle. If they become more serious they could cause the vehicle to fail its next MOT test.
Date tested 21 January 2012
PASS
Mileage 31,968
Expiry date 30 January 2013
Test location
Hopfields Auto Repairs
2-10 Raymouth Rd
London
SE16 2DB
MOT test number 3654 3112 2081
Advisory notice:
- Offside Front Tyre worn close to the legal limit (4.1.E.1)
- Offside Front Macpherson strut has slight movement at the upper attachment (2.5.A.1c)
- air bag light is on
What are these?
Failure items must be fixed before the vehicle can pass its MOT.
Advisory notices are minor problems with the vehicle. If they become more serious they could cause the vehicle to fail its next MOT test.
Date tested 14 January 2011
PASS
Mileage 45,875
Expiry date 30 January 2012
Test location
Hopfields Auto Repairs
2-10 Raymouth Rd
London
SE16 2DB
MOT test number 4856 5471 1014
Advisory notice:
- Nail in nearside rear tyre
What are these?
Failure items must be fixed before the vehicle can pass its MOT.
Advisory notices are minor problems with the vehicle. If they become more serious they could cause the vehicle to fail its next MOT test.
Date tested 14 January 2011
FAIL
Mileage 45,875
MOT test number 4876 5461 1051
Test location
Hopfields Auto Repairs
2-10 Raymouth Rd
London
SE16 2DB
Reasons for failure:
- NOffside Front coil spring fractured (2.4.C.1a)
Advisory notice:
- Nail in nearside rear tyre
What are these?
Failure items must be fixed before the vehicle can pass its MOT.
Advisory notices are minor problems with the vehicle. If they become more serious they could cause the vehicle to fail its next MOT test.


I had a nightmare last night. It was as vivid as it was gruesome.
I wake up sweating, shaking uncontrollably. This is normal.
Every night I go to sleep with this heavy feeling on my chest, as if somehow its contents had solidified leaving only a heavy rock pressing against the rest of me.
It’s hard to breathe. I feel dread. What is there for me to fear? Everything.
Perhaps also nothing. It’s hard to know which one it will be each day.
I have been neglecting myself lately. I don’t feel focused enough to do anything about it.
I still have time before work...


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Recently Firefox Marketplace developers might have got the mails to update to Firefox Accounts.
It is one of the interesting update as Far as I know. It has lot of benefits for Firefox OS app user, developers, Firefox OS apps developers.
For Firefox Browser Users
Currently Firefox has provided an option to sync our bookmarks between Firefox browsers of two different devices. It will be very helpful with the Firefox Accounts.
In Future we can see Video calling service between our friends which will be using the Firefox accounts. On the recent
Firefox Developer browser release we can easily see this Video calling feature in beta version.
For Firefox OS app Users
We can keep track of the apps we have install so it will be helpful for us to install the apps which we had in our previous Firefox OS device.
If we lose our device we can easily locate them in the maps.
Note if you use same persona mail ID for Firefox accounts also it will be easily transfer all contents to Firefox Accounts.


About me
Terms
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Workshop 3


Open a PowerPoint presentation and start
the slide show by pressing Alt-F5 or Alt-Shift-F5.
Include Background
Show Checkerboard
Enable Slide Transition
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io.parallec.core.actor
Classes
ActorConfig
AssistantExecutionManager
ExecutionManager
HttpWorker
HttpWorker.HttpAsyncHandler
OperationWorker
PingWorker
PingWorker.PingTask
SshWorker
SshWorker.SshTask
TcpWorker
TcpWorker.MyIdleHandler
TcpWorker.MyPipelineFactory
TcpWorker.TcpChannelHandler
UdpWorker
UdpWorker.MyIdleHandler
UdpWorker.UdpChannelHandler
UdpWorker.UdpPipelineFactory


MPI related optimization, distributed function optimization
and distributed mutli-start optimization.
Classes
| DistributedMetricEvaluator(funcObj[, comm, root]) |
Wrapper class for functions which are evaluated by combining (MPI-reducing) a result from each MPI process. |
| OptimizeResult() |
Optimization result object returned by SingleStartOptimizer.optimize method. |
| SingleStartOptimizer() |
Base class for single start optimizers. |
| MultiStartOptimizer(singleStartOptimizer[, ...]) |
Runs an optimization, using multiple starting values, in an attempt to find a global minimum. |


{% extends "base.html" %} {% from "templates.jinja" import custom_navbar %} {% block head %} {% endblock %} {% block title %} {{class_obj.name}} Grades {% endblock %} {% block body %} {% set left = '
| Total | {% for assignment in assignments %}{{ assignment.assignment_name }} | {% endfor %}||||
| {% for assignment in assignments %} | {% endfor %} | ||||
| Date Due | {% for assignment in assignments %} | {{ assignment.assignment_date }} | {% endfor %}|||
| Category | {% for assignment in assignments %} | {{ grade_factor['category' ~ assignment.assignment_type ~ '_name'] }} | {% endfor %}|||
| Pts Possible | {% for assignment in assignments %} | {{ assignment.total_points }} | {% endfor %}|||
| {{ student.first_name }} {{ student.last_name }} | {% for assignment in assignments %} {% for assignment_result in assignment_results[student.id] if assignment_result.assignment_id == assignment.id%} | {{ assignment_result.points_earned }} | {% else %}{% endfor %} {% endfor %} |


Test purpose
Creation:
- Create a responsive, and a static, Oval entity
- Create a responsive, and a static, Tetragon entity
- Create a responsive, and a static, Line entity
- Create a responsive, and a static, Rectangle entity
- Create a responsive, and a static, Star entity
- ... All entitys should correctly create and display
Testing - change the cell dimensions by dragging the bottom left corner, and observe changes in the shapes of the responsive entitys:
- Oval - radiusX follows cell width; radiusY follows cell height
- Tetragon - radiusX follows cell width; radiusY follows cell height
- Line - start and end coordinates update as the cell dimensions update
- Rectangle - rectangleWidth and x-aligned radius values follow cell width; rectangleHeight and y-aligned radius values follow cell height
- Star - radius1 and radius2 both follow cell width
Touch test: canvas should be resizable
Annotated code


# Discussion
The answers submitted here probably cause more additional questions to be raised than full answers. For instance, what causes a tweet with an image to be retweeted? Is it the "interest" of the image? It doesn't seem to correlate with the number of followers of the original tweeter, but what if you looked at the follower count of the retweeters? If a tweet is retweeted by someone with a large following at any time in the retweet path, perhaps that's what makes it go viral. Do tweets with comments in less popular languages have less of a chance of going viral? What is the typical "lifecycle" of a tweet and are there common patterns? How quickly to tweets leave the location of a disaster?
For example, I began wondering how often users tweet in a language other than their user setting language, but found that all tweets in the dataset fit that criteria, since users tweeted in either Nepalese or Hindi, while their user setting was English. Since this finding was uninteresting, I decided to change my question to simply analyze the proportion of languages that users tweeted in. I think that these types of language-based questions would be interesting to apply to the entire set of tweets from the Nepal earthquakes, to see the patterns of diffusion across the entire world, and not just on the set of local tweets.
More tweet data over a longer duration and a second round of analysis would prove very interesting.


Simple Web page which determines closest cinema based on your location, and returns current list of movies and showtimes.
- utilises internationalshowtimes.com, google maps and places APIs
Your closest cinema with current listings and directions....
Retrieving cinema listings...


Planet Sick-Boy: http://www.sick-boy.com "We Put the SIN in Cinema"
© Copyright 2001 Planet Sick-Boy. All Rights Reserved.
Barbara Kopple, the two-time Oscar-winning documentary filmmaker who most recently directed Woody Allen's Wild Man Blues, gives us a striking look at the three Woodstock festivals in My Generation. Originally meant to be a comparison between the 1969 and 1994 concerts, Kopple didn't need to wait long for the 1999 fiasco to provide an apocalyptic end to her picture.
The fun starts in February 1994 and shows the behind-the-scenes genesis of the 25th anniversary show, from the Saugerties town meeting to get the permit (set to Primus' "Here Come the Bastards") to the merchandising efforts to provide consumers with everything from Woodstock condoms to Woodstock dog tags. There are nice segues between people proudly stating that "it isn't about the money" and giant, baby-killing corporate sponsors selling $20 slices of pizza.
There are some truly interesting musical moments in Generation, like when Kopple cuts between Joe Cocker's performance in 1969 and 1994, or Melissa Etheridge's Janis Joplin cover in '94 juxtaposed with a clip of Joplin from the original concert. The 30th anniversary show in 1999 showed the difference between quietly raging against the machine and the misguided, fire-stoking anger of Limp Bizkit's "Break Stuff," as three days of peace, music and love turned into three days of fire, rape and looting.
A big chunk of the film focuses on Michael Lang, the perpetually calm producer of all three events. Nothing seems to faze the guy, even though he claims the original Woodstock concert has just broken even within the last few years (which is why you had to be bombarded with Pepsi advertising just to see DMX). There isn't one mention of the rapes in '99 but plenty of coverage of various security check problems (people weren't told metal tents weren't allowed until they were at the gate), drugs, injuries and, of course, mud.
If anything, the film is a great way to catch a wide variety of music from the likes of Green Day, Metallica, Nine Inch Nails, The Who, Country Joe and the Fish and a pre-pop-chart Santana.
1:43 - TVMA for adult language, nudity and drug use
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Watch our short video Focus on pupil premium funding for answers to some of the more common questions about pupil premium funding from academies and free schools.
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Designing Classes with a Single Responsibility
25 Apr 2017Classes
The goal of modeling classes is to keep it simple enough to do what it is supposed to right now, and is also easy to change later. Design is more of the art of preserving changeability than it is the act of achieving perfection.
Single Responsibility
Applications that are easy to change consist of classes that are easy to reuse. A class that has more than one responsibility is difficult to reuse. A class should do the smallest possible useful thing. Try to describe what the class does in one sentence. SRP doesnt require that a class only do one very narrow thing - it requires a class be cohesive - that everything the class does be highly related to its purpose.
Same things apply to not only classes but methods - Ask them questions about what they do and try to describe their responsibilites in a single sentence.
Design decisions
When the future cost of doing nothing is the same as the current cost, postpone the decision. Applications are never perfectly designed, every choice has a price. “Improve it now” vs “improve it later” tension always exists. Depending on behavior and not data - behavior is captured in methods and invoked by sending messages. Use attr_accessors to encapsulate methods for only that class. Implementing these changes that data (which is referenced all over) to behavior (which is defined once).
Direct references into complicated data structures are a maintenance nightmare, because every reference will need to be changed when the structure of the data structure changes.
Example:
@data -> [[622,20], [622,23], [559,30], [559,40]]
def diameters
data.collect{|cell| cell[0] + (cell[1] *2)}
end
Creating a struct can solve this problem by defining a method that understands the structure of the incoming data structure, so that we only have to change the code in that one place if the data structure happens to change. (if its externally owned data etc.)
The path to changeable and maintable objected oriented software begins with classes that have a single responsibility. Classes that do one thing isolate that thing from the rest of your application. This isolation allows change without consequence and reuse without duplication.
If you like what you read you can check out my previous posts listed in my archive. Or you can check out my github here.


Finnish is not an Indo-European language, but belongs to the Finno-Ugric
group, which again belongs to the Uralic group (*). Distinctions between
a-, i- and d-suffixes can be made in Finnish, but they are much
less sharply separated than in an Indo-European language. The system of
endings is extremely elaborate, but strictly defined, and applies equally to
all nominals, that is, to nouns, adjectives and pronouns. Verb endings have a
close similarity to nominal endings, which again makes Finnish very different
from any Indo-European language.
More problematical than the endings themselves is the change that can be
effected in a stem as a result of taking a particular ending. A stem typically
has two forms, strong and weak, where one class of ending follows the
strong form and the complementary class the weak. Normalising strong and weak
forms after ending removal is not generally possible, although the common case
where strong and weak forms only differ in the single or double form of a
final consonant can be dealt with.
Finnish includes the following accented forms,
-
ä ö
The following letters are vowels:
-
a e i o u y ä ö
R1 and
R2 are then defined in the usual way
(see the note on R1 and R2).
Do each of steps 1, 2, 3, 4, 5 and 6.
Step 1: particles etc
-
Search for the longest among the following suffixes in R1, and perform the
action indicated
- (a) kin kaan kään ko kö han hän pa pä
- delete if preceded by n, t or a vowel
- (b) sti
- delete if in R2
(Of course, the n, t or vowel of 1(a) need not be in R1: only
the suffix removed must be in R1. And similarly below.
Step 2: possessives
-
Search for the longest among the following suffixes in R1, and perform the
action indicated
- si
- delete if not preceded by k
- ni
- delete
- if preceded by kse, replace with ksi
- nsa nsä mme nne
- delete
- an
- delete if preceded by one of ta ssa sta lla lta na
- än
- delete if preceded by one of tä ssä stä llä ltä nä
- en
- delete if preceded by one of lle ine
The remaining steps require a few definitions.
Define a v (vowel) as one of a e i o u y ä ö.
Define a V (restricted vowel) as one of a e i o u ä ö.
So Vi means a V followed by letter i.
Define LV (long vowel) as one of aa ee ii oo uu ää öö.
Define a c (consonant) as a character other than a v.
So cv means a c followed by a v.
Step 3: cases
-
Search for the longest among the following suffixes in R1, and perform the
action indicated
- hXn preceded by X, where X is a V other than u (a/han, e/hen etc)
- siin den tten preceded by Vi
- seen preceded by LV
- a ä preceded by cv
- tta ttä preceded by e
- ta tä ssa ssä sta stä lla llä lta ltä lle na nä ksi ine
- delete
- n
- delete, and if preceded by LV or ie, delete the last vowel
So aarteisiin -> aartei, the longest matching suffix being siin,
preceded as it is by Vi. But adressiin -> adressi. The longest
matching suffix is not siin, because there is no preceding Vi, but n,
and then the last vowel of the preceding LV is removed.
Step 4: other endings
-
Search for the longest among the following suffixes in R2, and perform the
action indicated
- mpi mpa mpä mmi mma mmä
- delete if not preceded by po
- impi impa impä immi imma immä eja ejä
- delete
Step 5: plurals
-
If an ending was removed in step 3, delete a final i or j if in R1;
otherwise, if an ending was not removed in step 3, delete a final t in
R1 if it follows a vowel, and, if a t is removed, delete a final mma or
imma in R2, unless the mma is preceded by po.
Step 6: tidying up
-
Do in turn steps (a), (b), (c), (d), restricting all tests to the region
R1.
a) If R1 ends LV delete the last letter
b) If R1 ends cX, c a consonant and X one of a ä e i, delete the last
letter
c) If R1 ends oj or uj delete the last letter
d) If R1 ends jo delete the last letter
Do step (e), which is not restricted to R1.
e) If the word ends with a double consonant followed by zero or more vowels,
remove the last consonant (so eläkk -> eläk, aatonaatto ->
aatonaato)
|


System Architect Symbol details for "Subject Location"
classifier (Association)
- From Class:
"Subject Location Type"
- To Class:
"Subject Location"
- From Class:
"Subject Location Type"
- To Class:
"Subject Location"
end for (Association)
- From Class:
Timepoint
- To Class:
"Subject Location"
- Description:
"Timepoint" at which the "Subject Location" ended. If this is not present, the "Subject Location" is
current.
- From Class:
Timepoint
- To Class:
"Subject Location"
Inter Subject Relationship (Class)
- Description:
"Subject Property" associating one "Subject" with another.
- Comment:
-
Previous documented definitions providing the source for the above are:
A connection of interest from one "Subject" to another (CBS v2).
Note that authoritative relationships (eg employee) are recorded in Authorised Agent rather than
here.
Involvement In Incident (Class)
- Description:
"Subject Property" associating the "Subject" with an "Incident".
- Comment:
-
Location (Class)
- Description:
"Reference Point" being a point or set of contiguous points in space.
- Comment:
-
Previous documented definitions providing the source for the above are:
Point or set of contiguous points in space.
location for (Association)
- From Class:
Location
- To Class:
"Subject Location"
- From Class:
Location
- To Class:
"Subject Location"
SPr/Association (Generalization Node)
- Description:
Partition of Subject Property based on the associations which the subtypes have.
- Base Class:
"Subject Property"
- Definitions Used:
-
Subject Property (Class)
start for (Association)
- From Class:
Timepoint
- To Class:
"Subject Location"
- From Class:
Timepoint
- To Class:
"Subject Location"
Subject Characteristic (Class)
- Description:
"Subject Property" which is a specific condition, state or other item of information observed about
a "Subject" at a point in time and excluding its location, identifiers and relationships to other
"Subjects".
- Comment:
-
Derived in part from CBS v2:
Any specific condition, state, property or other item of information about a "Subject" at a point in
time.
Subject Location (Class)
- Description:
"Property" giving the past, present or future physical location of the "Subject".
Subject Location Type (Class)
- Description:
"Associative Category" capable of classifying a relationship between a "Subject" and a "Location".
Subject Property (Class)
- Description:
Condition or state associated with a "Subject".
Timepoint (Class)
- Description:
"Reference Point" being a point or period in time.


QUILLS
Reviewed by Harvey Karten Fox Searchlight Films Director: Philip Kaufman Writer: Doug Wright (play & screenplay) Cast: Geoffrey Rush, Kate Winslet, Joaquin Phoenix, Michael Caine, Billie Whitelaw, Patrick Malahide, Amelia Warner, Jane Menelaus, Stephen Moyer
If you're reading this online review, you are, of course, familiar with the power of the Internet. All sorts of movie data, even whole books, can be uploaded to the 'net and then downloaded in a matter of seconds by readers from Passaic to Port Moresby. How easy things have become in the Information Age! Our very freedom to gather printed and even visual material from a gadget that can be held on our laps furnishes dramatic contrast to the difficulties people had in disseminating their views during the Nineteenth Century and before. Although Gutenberg's invention of movable type had been around for a couple of hundred years, governments and religious leaders were reluctant to allow their people to read materials they considered subversive of the political or social order. In our own time, an age that beholds eight- year-olds gazing casually and without shock at pornography on the Internet, we may feel bemused that at one time some books considered corrupt by those in power were off limits to the populace (as a few are even today). One such work was "Justine," published anonymously but recognized everywhere as the work of the Marquis de Sade. While the contents would today be considered hokey, even downright laughable, the flagrantly erotic text of "Justine" created quite a scandal in Paris, so much so that while many who could get their hands on the outlawed novel gobbled up the pages hungrily, Church officials and even Napoleon himself were apoplectic with outrage.
Phil Kaufman, whose "The Right Stuff" was neither arty nor subtle, now comes across with a decidedly uncommercial movie; cynical where "The Right Stuff" was idealistic, grotesque where the all-American movie was straight-laced, depraved and revolting where the rah-rah picture was uplifting. Based on Doug Wright's Obie (off-Broadway)-award winning play by the same name, "Quills" cannot be mistaken for a naturalistic movie but instead evokes its theatrical origins in virtually every scene. Resembling in spirit Peter Brook's 1996 film "Marat/Sade"--which was in turn based on Peter Weiss's breathing-down-your-neck play about a so- called performance staged by inmates of the French asylum for the insane at Charenton--"Quills" offers a potent, arch, humorous and downright fascinating glimpse into a society both terrified and titillated by literary descriptions of raging sexuality. While "Justine" appears to me to be more gynecological than arousing, the illustrated novel in its time became a cause celebre, as controversial as the current presidential quagmire in the U.S.
"Quills" takes place in 1807 and centers on the Marquis de Sade, a man whose very name has given us the word "sadism" but whose cruelty in this screenplay is limited to a passing comment about his activities--which included the carving up of a 16-year-old's backside and the rubbing of salt into the wound. Instead de Sade is made into an artistic hero, a man who, while imprisoned at a mental institution for his past sadism, is for the most part a gentlemanly, intelligent fellow with a compulsion to write and comfortable quarters to do so. If denied the privilege of putting his ideas on paper with his feathery, quill pen--of subliminating his madness through his art--he believes that he will go as demented as his fellow inmates, who include one guy who thinks he's a bird and another a bald, lecherous Frenchman who could pass for a Sumo wrestler or for the masked executioner who in the opening scene lowers the guillotine on a hapless aristocrat.
The Marquis (Geoffrey Rush) is treated well by the Abbe de Coulmier (Joaquin Phoenix), who believes that insane people can act reasonably when treated with kindness and given therapy. (In one situation, he gently asks a pyromanic, "Isn't it better to paint fires than to set them")? A virginal chambermaid in the institution, Madeleine (Kate Winslet), is regularly aroused by the Marquis' erotic writings, which she reads to the giggles and pique of other workers, but more important she has been smuggling the banned chapters of the Marquis' literature out of the asylum for general publication--handing the pages over to a mysterious equestrian comrade. With Napoleon himself infuriated by the novels and the Marquis' wife scandalized by the pornography, Dr. Royer-Collar (Michael Caine) is sent to Charenton to bring both the Marquis and the Abbe to heel.
Most of the film deals forcefully, dramatically, and exquisitely with what happens after the Marquis is forbidden to write. His quill pen taken away, he resorts to writing on the tablecloth with a chicken bone dipped in wine.  When even the ability to cut himself is removed, he implements yet another resourceful method to get his ideas into print, one which horrifies the entire institution and could turn quite a few stomachs of those in the theater audience. (His final words give new meaning to smut on bathroom walls.)
"Quills" informs us with striking drama what happens when art and sexuality are repressed by the forces of pious hypocrisy. Director Kaufman draws the lines clearly, giving the viewer no doubt that compromise is out of the question. The gentle Abbe is pitted against the throughly unsentimental Royer-Collard, the latter infuriated when his own marriage to a orphaned girl decades younger than he is brutally satirized in a play written by the Marquis and performed by the inmates to the glee and horror of the audience. The Abbe himself is torn between his vows of chastity to the Church and his arousal by both a naked Marquis and the winsome chambermaid, Madeleine. The lovely wife of the Dr. Royer- Collard, Simone (Amelia Warner), is torn between her marriage vows to the aging doctor (who supplies her with all the material luxuries any woman could want) and her "Justine"-inspired desire for the young and handsome architect, Prouix (Stephen Moyer).
While most of the action of this stage-born work is filmed within the institution, Kaufman's photographer, Rogier Stoffer and his production designer, Martin Childs, give the work a painterly essence, a gruesome exhibition of the guillotine in action in the very opening of the film climaxing with the horror that befalls the Marquis as he uncompromisingly alienates the powers that be.
The always reliable Michael Caine plays admirably against the extraordinarily talented Geoffrey Rush, while the erotic nature of the young women is tested against the repressive notions of the Church and government. Strip away the costumes and you could almost see our own times: the ongoing dialectic about Hollywood's alleged corrupting of youths around the world; the absurd overreaction of right- wingers to President Clinton's peccadilloes; even (as ace online critic Maitland McDonagh points out in her prescient essay) the controversy over the defense given by the American Civil Liberties Union to repulsive organizations like the American Nazi Party and other skinhead bands. Contemporary relevance aside, "Quills" stands out as a tough-minded, lush portrayal of people acting in extremis, particularly of one man unwilling, nay unable, to compromise even at the risk of torture and death. There's a place on our screens for small, low-budget indies like Kenneth Lonergan's remarkable "You Can Count on Me," which NY Times critic Stephen Holden named one of the two or three best movies of the year so far. "Quills" demonstrates that we also need off-the-wall high drama, powerful tales of larger-than-life characters whose uncompromising heroism elevates them to mythic stature.
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