 Some possets can be very heavy on the cream, but I’ve used lemon juice and fragrant lavender to cut the richness.
To make the posset, put the cream, sugar and lavender in a pan. Gradually bring to the boil, stirring all the time to dissolve the sugar. Reduce the heat a little and simmer for 2-3 minutes, stirring often so that the cream doesn’t stick and burn.
Remove the pan from the heat and stir in the lemon juice. Leave to cool for five minutes, then pour into four glass tumblers or small dishes, or six espresso cups. Leave to cool completely then cover with cling film and chill in the fridge for at least three hours, or until set.
Remove from the fridge 20 minutes before serving.
To make the biscuits, place the butter and lavender in a bowl and beat together. This helps release the flavour of the lavender. Add the caster sugar and beat until pale and fluffy. Work in the flour with a fork or wooden spoon. Don’t worry if it seems like there is too much flour at this point - it is supposed to be a fairly dry mix. Use your hands to bring the mixture together into a smooth dough.
Form the mixture into a cylinder shape, about 4cm/1½in in diameter and 18cm/7in long, and wrap in greaseproof paper or cling film. Put in the fridge for at least a couple of hours, until firm.
When you are ready to bake the biscuits, preheat the oven to 160C/325F/Gas 3 and line a large baking tray with parchment.
Unwrap the dough and use a sharp, serrated knife to cut 5mm thick discs from the cylinder. Place these onto the lined tray, allowing room for the biscuits to spread a little when they bake. (You’ll need to bake them in batches.) Bake for about 15 minutes, or until the edges of the biscuits are just starting to turn golden-brown. Transfer to a wire rack to cool.
Serve the lemon posset with the lavender biscuits. Any leftover biscuits will keep in an airtight container for a few days.


Acknowledgement of Orders
All orders must be submitted in writing, either by fax or email.
E-mail<EMAIL_ADDRESS>Fax:<PHONE_NUMBER>
All orders are acknowledged via fax or e-mail. Review your acknowledgement carefully and communicate discrepancies immediately. Unless we are notified immediately, we will not be responsible for errors.
Please provide the following to ensure your order goes through smoothly and efficiently:
·ASI#, PPAI#, Customer ID, or Contact Name
·P.O. number or previous P.O. number for repeat orders
·Correct item number and color
·Quantity and price
·Art location and size desired
·Decoration method
·Color/ PMS #
·In-hands date
·Bill to/ Ship to address
·Approve paper proof and invoice acknowledgement as soon as possible.
·Artwork Requirement - Please attach your artwork along with your order.
Art Format
Adobe Illustrator (saved as .eps or .ai files) Vector format with all text converted to outlines.
Modification/Changes to Artwork
Artwork requiring modification will be billed at $25.00 (v) per half-hour.
Production Time
Imprinted Items: 5 – 7 days after approval of paper proof or spec sample.
Un-imprinted Items: 24 hours from receipt of purchase order. If the order is received by 2:30PM (PST), can ship same day if requested.
Rush Orders
PoshXessories recognizes that there are times when you need your order fast. That’s why we offer 1-Day, 2-Day, and 3-Day rush service. Availability is based on production capacity. All other standard charges and terms apply.
Un-imprinted Products
Products without an imprint will be billed at EQP price. Orders must be submitted in writing and if received by 2:00 pm (PST) can ship same day if requested. No minimum quantities required.
Less Than Minimum Charge
All imprinted orders require minimum quantities as listed throughout the catalog. Less than minimum orders will be accepted at a charge of $50.00 (v). Absolute minimum is half of first column quantity.
Insertions
Upon request, we will insert your items at a charge of $0.70 (v) per item inserted. Please contact us for quotation on unusual items.
Order Changes
Orders are considered firm and cannot be cancelled without written
authorization from factory. If order is in production, cost will be billed on
the basis of work completed. An increase in order quantity will be treated
as a separate order unless notice is received prior to producing initial
quantity. All order changes must be in writing.
Over or Under Runs
We do our best to ship exact quantities. However we reserve the right to ship and bill to an
allowable over or under shipment up to 5%.
SALES TOOLS
Samples
Sample orders received by 2PM Pacific Standard Time can ship the same day if specified on order and on Posh Xessories’ preferred carrier if shipping method is not given. Orders received after 2PM (PST) will be processed and shipped the next working day.
Posh Xessories will provide up to $6 net worth of samples at no charge with your shipper number. All samples are offered at EQP pricing. Limit three quantity of same item per customer.
To order a sample order, you must have the following information:
·Company name
·ASI/SAGE/PPAI number
·Item Quantity
·Item Number
·Shipping address
·Ship Method
·Shipper account (if available)
·Billing address.
Failure to provide all information may result in sample delays.
SHIPPING
Shipping Method
Unless otherwise specified, all orders will ship via best method based on number of cartons, weight, destination, and other information available at time of shipment. Please specify the in-hands date if there is a special event. We reserve the right to not be held liable for delays in transit.
Drop and Split Shipments
$7.00(v) plus freight for each drop shipment on the same date. $10.00(v) for each split shipment on different dates. On orders requiring shipment on different dates, the entire order will be billed at the time of the first shipment. All products must be shipped within six months of the initial shipment.
Individual Product Shipments
Shipments that are shipped individually will have a $2.50(v) fee for each product applied, along with freight for each shipment.
Foreign Shipments
$25.00(v) for each location plus freight.
3rd Party Shipments
$18.75(v) if you provide us with an account number for shipping. we may require call tags to be issued in a timely manner to ensure ship date.
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Freight Claims
Title passes from the factory upon consignment of merchandise to a carrier. Although Posh Xessories™ can assist you, freight claims should be filed with the carrier within 10 days. Factory cannot be held responsible for freight delays in transit.
TERMS
Payment Terms
Net 30 days upon credit approval. New accounts will only accept cash, check, wire transfer, and/or VISA or MasterCard payment, including cost, freight and overruns. Past due accounts will be charged at 1.5% per month on unpaid balance.
Returns
Claims must be made in writing. Merchandise should be kept secure pending inspection or return approval. Returns will not be accepted without a return authorization from Posh Xessories. Un-imprinted merchandise authorized for return by the factory is subject to $25.00(x) service charge plus a restocking fee of up to 15% of the net cost of the order. Factory must be notified of intent to return merchandise within 10 days after receipt of order. All returns must be freight prepaid within 30 days of shipment.
Pricing
Prices subject to change after June 30, 2015. Please visit www.poshxessories.com for updated pricing and promotions.
Guarantee
All products are carefully designed and crafted using the finest materials, and covered by a limited three-year warranty which guarantees the product against defects in material and workmanship. It does not cover damage due to accidents, normal wear and tear, or abuse. With care and normal use, our products will provide the recipient with years of satisfaction. Any item found to be defective will be replaced or repaired at factory’s discretion. In our ever-continuing effort to improve our products, we reserve the right to change specifications and price without notice.
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Proposition 65 Compliance Statement
Posh Xessories, Inc. is committed to conducting its business affairs in a socially responsible and ethical manner consistent with all applicable national and local legal requirements. This also reflects on our commitment to providing our customers with products that make the best impressions for the best price.
Posh Xessories, Inc. applies the highest standards of safety for its products. In order to meet both the needs of our customers and the regulatory requirements of the markets we serve, Posh Xessories, Inc. requires all products purchased to meet our specifications. We take all necessary steps to ensure that our products meet Federal product regulations and require our suppliers to obtain required permits and/or approvals.
As for decorating and printing inks used on Posh Xessories, Inc. products that are decorated in the USA, they have been tested for compliance with the Prop 65 rules.
We do not intentionally add chemicals that might require a warning. Safe Harbor Level limits have not been fully established by Proposition 65 for all substances, and that list changes periodically. If Posh Xessories, Inc. becomes aware that any product shall require a Prop 65 Warning, we will apply the short form Warning label to that product. For products manufactured on or after August 30th, 2018, we will also indicate on our website those items that will require Prop 65 Warning labels. For any specifics regarding these policies and procedures, please contact us at
<EMAIL_ADDRESS>-The Posh Team


ESPN’s Final Prediction For Today’s Nebraska-Maryland Game
by Chris RosvoglouTwo programs that are reeling will have the chance to snap their losing streak this afternoon. Later today, the Nebraska Cornhuskers will take on the Maryland Terrapins.
Many analysts were confident that Nebraska would be a real threat in the Big Ten this year. Scott Frost is widely considered one of the better offensive minds in college football.
Nebraska had a 4-2 record midway through the season and seemed well on its way to building something special. All that momentum went away very quickly though, as the team is currently on a four-game losing streak.
If there was ever a time for the Cornhuskers to snap their losing streak, it’d be this afternoon against the Terrapins. Mike Locksley began the season with back-to-back wins, but the program has now lost its last five games.
Although betting odds have Nebraska favored by 6.5 points, the ‘Worldwide Leader in Sports’ has Maryland winning the game.
Per ESPN’s Football Power Index, the Terrapins have a 51.1 percent chance of defeating the Cornhuskers.
Nebraska needs to defeat Maryland in order to remain eligible for a bowl game this season.
Kickoff for this game is at 3:30 p.m. ET from Maryland Stadium.
You can watch all the action unfold on the Big Ten Network.


W3 School 7.4.2014
by Carl Vuorinen / @cvuorinen
Short?
Simple?
Readable?
Self documenting?
Testable?
SOLID?
DRY?
There are only two hard things in
Computer Science: cache invalidation
and naming things. Phil Karlton
function isMachine($name)
public function isMachine($name)
{
return str_is($name, gethostname());
}
github.com/laravel/framework/blob/master/src/Illuminate/Foundation/EnvironmentDetector.php#L98
public function hostnameMatches($name)
public function isCurrentHost($hostname)
State your intentions.
Say what you mean.
Mean what you say.
Minimize guess work and
possibility for misinterpretation.
Why, not What
$all_permutations = array(array());
foreach ($parameters as $parameter => $values) {
$new_permutations = array();
// Iterate over all values of the parameter.
foreach ($values as $value) {
// Iterate over all existing permutations.
foreach ($all_permutations as $permutation) {
// Add the new parameter value to existing permutations.
$new_permutations[] = $permutation + array($parameter => $value);
}
}
// Replace the old permutations with the new permutations.
$all_permutations = $new_permutations;
}
github.com/drupal/drupal/blob/7.0/modules/simpletest/drupal_web_test_case.php#L615
$all_permutations = array(array());
foreach ($parameters as $parameter => $values) {
// To create all possible permutations,
// combine current values with all existing permutations
$new_permutations = array();
foreach ($values as $value) {
foreach ($all_permutations as $permutation) {
$new_permutations[] = $permutation + array($parameter => $value);
}
}
$all_permutations = $new_permutations;
}
// Use the user's block visibility setting, if necessary.
if ($block->custom != BLOCK_CUSTOM_FIXED) {
if ($user->uid && isset($user->data['block'][$block->module][$block->delta])) {
$enabled = $user->data['block'][$block->module][$block->delta];
}
else {
$enabled = ($block->custom == BLOCK_CUSTOM_ENABLED);
}
}
else {
$enabled = TRUE;
}
github.com/drupal/drupal/blob/7.x/modules/block/block.module#L783
$enabled = TRUE;
if ($block->custom != BLOCK_CUSTOM_FIXED) {
$enabled = ($block->custom == BLOCK_CUSTOM_ENABLED);
if ($user->uid && isset($user->data['block'][$block->module][$block->delta])) {
$enabled = $user->data['block'][$block->module][$block->delta];
}
}
// Limit publicly queried post_types to those that are publicly_queryable
if ( isset( $this->query_vars['post_type']) ) {
$queryable_post_types = get_post_types( array('publicly_queryable' => true) );
if ( ! is_array( $this->query_vars['post_type'] ) ) {
if ( ! in_array( $this->query_vars['post_type'], $queryable_post_types ) )
unset( $this->query_vars['post_type'] );
} else {
$this->query_vars['post_type'] = array_intersect(
$this->query_vars['post_type'],
$queryable_post_types
);
}
}
github.com/WordPress/WordPress/blob/master/wp-includes/class-wp.php#L298
if (isset($this->query_vars['post_type'])) {
$this->query_vars['post_type'] = $this->limitPubliclyQueriedPostTypes(
$this->query_vars['post_type'],
get_post_types( array('publicly_queryable' => true) )
);
}
private function limitPublicPostTypes($post_types, array $queryable_post_types)
{
if (is_array($post_types)) {
return array_intersect($post_types, $queryable_post_types);
}
if (in_array($post_types, $queryable_post_types)) {
return $post_types;
}
return;
}
/**
* Filter array or string to only those values that are allowed
*
* @param array|string $values String value or an array of values
* @param array $allowed_values Values that are allowed
*
* @return array|string Value(s) that are allowed
*/
private function filterArrayOrString($values, array $allowed_values)
{
if (is_array($values)) {
return array_intersect($values, $allowed_values);
}
if (in_array($values, $allowed_values)) {
return $values;
}
return;
}
Unseen control flow makes
code harder to follow
preg_match('/^[a-z][a-z\d_]+$/i', $string);
$usernamePattern = "/"
. "^[a-z]" // Must begin with a alphabetic character
. "[a-z\d_]+$" // Then 1-n alphanumeric characters and/or underscores
. "/i"; // case-insensitive
preg_match($usernamePattern, $username);
} elseif (preg_match('/"([^#"\\\\]*(?:\\\\.[^#"\\\\]*)*)"|\'([^\'\\\\]*
(?:\\\\.[^\'\\\\]*)*)\'/As', $expression, $match, null, $cursor)
) {
// strings
$tokens[] = new Token(
Token::STRING_TYPE,
stripcslashes(substr($match[0], 1, -1)),
$cursor + 1
);
$cursor += strlen($match[0]);
} elseif (preg_match('/not in(?=[\s(])|\!\=\=|not(?=[\s(])|and(?=[\s(])|\=\=\=|\>\=|
or(?=[\s(])|\<\=|\*\*|\.\.|in(?=[\s(])|&&|\|\||matches|\=\=|\!\=|\*|~|%|\/|\>|\|
|\!|\^|&|\+|\<|\-/A', $expression, $match, null, $cursor)
) {
// operators
$tokens[] = new Token(Token::OPERATOR_TYPE, $match[0], $cursor + 1);
$cursor += strlen($match[0]);
}
github.com/symfony/symfony/blob/v2.4.0/src/Symfony/Component/ExpressionLanguage/Lexer.php#L72
Play Golf on your own time
private function getSessionId(Response $response)
{
/** @var Header $cookies */
$cookies = $response->getHeader('Set-Cookie');
return ArrayCollection::create($cookies->parseParams())
->map(
function (array $headerParameters) {
return isset($headerParameters['SESSION_ID']) ?
$headerParameters['SESSION_ID'] :
false;
}
)
->find(
function ($parameter) {
return $parameter;
}
);
}
private function getSessionId(Response $response)
{
/** @var Header $cookies */
$cookies = $response->getHeader('Set-Cookie');
foreach ($cookies->parseParams() as $headerParameters) {
if (isset($headerParameters['SESSION_ID'])) {
return $headerParameters['SESSION_ID'];
}
}
return false;
}
Immutable variables
+ functions without state
= no side effects
Tests are a form of documentation
They need to be easily readable
What's wrong with code that "just works"?
Programming is the art of telling
another human what one wants
the computer to do. Donald Knuth
Code is written once, but read many times.
Adding complexity slows you down tomorrow.
If you want your code to be easy to write, make it easy to read. Robert C. Martin
Maintenance vs. Implementation
Does it make sense?
How well can others understand it?
How could this be easier to understand and use?
Static code analysis
Don't make assumptions about the future
Broken window theory
Remove complexity instead of adding it
Hide complexity you cannot remove
Clean code always looks like it was written by someone who cares. There is nothing obvious you can do to make it better. Michael Feathers
"Code is like humor. When you *have* to explain it, it’s bad" - @housecor
— About Programming (@abt_programming) March 24, 2014
“The cheapest time to refactor code is right now.” Great advices by @bugroll http://t.co/GGEQ8Bc3e1 #refactoring #cleancode
— Luca Guidi (@jodosha) March 20, 2014
Beautiful code, like beautiful prose, is the result of many small decisions. The right method length here, the right object name there.
— DHH (@dhh) March 21, 2014
Your coding standard is in the code. A Word document about your standard says the standard isn't followed #cleancode #agile
— lpcarignan (@lpcarignan) October 25, 2011


This is a demo application
Applications available
Environment
HavenOnDemand
sql (mysql and postgres)
Redis
RabbitMQ
Logs


| re-exports {future} | R Documentation |
The following function used to be part of future but has since been migrated to parallelly. The migration started with future 1.20.0 (November 2020). They were moved because they are also useful outside of the future framework.
For backward-compatible reasons, these functions remain available as exact copies also from this package (as re-exports). For example,
cl <- parallelly::makeClusterPSOCK(2)
can still be accessed as:
cl <- future::makeClusterPSOCK(2)


Bug Test (count 10 in 60 seconds): 0
So close yet so far: 0
It's going backwards: 0
With Decimals: 0
Final Form with custom thousands separator: 0
Final Form in Currency Format with custom symbol and decimals: 0


This is a website designed to teach me HTML, CSS and JScript so I can make a passive income off the 7.2 million visitors that come through the Branson area as tourist.
Adding another line here for testing of the Github SKILLS.
How I learned to Web Dev!Click here to view more cat photos.
Things cats love:
Top 3 things cats hate:


St. Xavier's College, Mumbai(Autonomous)
Department Of History
Faculty
Dr. Baptist A. Menezes, M.A., Ph.D. Principal and Head of Department(acting)
Mr. Avkash D. Jadhav, M.A. Assoc. Prof. (On FIP Leave)
Ms. Kaizeen Jehangir, M.A. Asst. Prof. (On Leave Vacancy)


October 4
In the mouth of two or three witnesses every word may be established. Matthew 18:16
You've been there many times, standing in the valley of decision Perched precariously between victory and defeat. On one side of you is the word of the world authored by Satan that says, for example, "You're not going to get healed." On the other side of you, the Word of God is saying, "My Word is Yea and Amen" and "By His stripes, ye were healed." Who will determine how it all turns out? You will. You're the establishing witness.
I remember a fellow once who wanted me to pray for him. I said, "Now the Word says you're healed." He interrupted me and said, "Yeah, I know it says that, but I've got this terrible pain here...."
I looked him in the eye and said again, "The Word says, 'By His stripes, you were healed.'"
"I know it," he answered, "but I've got this terrible...."
I shook my head. "Listen, the Word says you're healed!"
He turned beet red. "I KNOW IT SAYS THAT, BUT I'VE GOT THIS...."
Finally, he stopped and stared at me. He didn't realize it, but he'd allowed his physical symptoms to become his evidence. It was what he believed. No matter what the Word said, he believed the thing he could see and feel.
  Now if you'll agree with me and the Bible, we can get you healed."
Suddenly he saw it.  "Oh, praise God! I see what you mean. I agree with the Word of God!"

You see, when he finally decided to get in agreement with God, he could have received in his bedroom ordrivingdown the road or anywhere else. He could have received any time he decided to become the establishing witness.
You pray and establish your witness. That's your part. If you'll do it, God will back you--and when He backs you, everything else either has to get in line or get out of the way.
You're the deciding witness. What do you say?
Scripture Reading: Matthew 18:15-20


In cryptography, a permutation is a method of encryption by which the positions held by units of plaintext (which are commonly characters or groups of characters) are shifted according to a regular system笔记：这里regular system理解为“规则体系”比较合适, so that the ciphertext笔记：ciphertext是加密之后的数据 constitutes a permutation of the plaintext笔记：plaintext是加密前的数据。. That is, the order of the units is changed (the plaintext is reordered).
Finally, you need a permute routine. The permute routine is responsible
for putting, for instance, the 57th bit of the input into the 14th bit of the output,
depending on the entries in a permute_table
array. As you'll see in the DES code,
this function is the workhorse埋头苦干的人；老黄牛（指吃苦耐劳的人）；耐用的机器 a person or machine that you can rely on to do hard and/or boring work of the DES algorithm; it is
called dozens of times, with different permute_table
each time.


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Ian presented his recent work on a high-throughput approach to measure variant effects at the Molecular Biosciences retreat. His talk won the best talk award. Congratulations Ian!


| Interface | Description |
|---|---|
| AttributeStrategy<T> |
Generic contract for attribute-level data provider strategies.
|
| PodamConstants |
PODAM constants.
|
| Class | Description |
|---|---|
| AbstractConstructorComparator |
It provides a comparator to sort the constructor to choose first.
|
| AbstractMethodComparator |
It provides a comparator to sort the constructor to choose first.
|
| BeanValidationStrategy |
This strategy fills attributes and parameters annotated with Java bean
validation annotations
|
| ConstructorHeavyFirstComparator |
It provides a comparator to sort the constructor to choose first.
|
| ConstructorLightFirstComparator |
It provides a comparator to sort the constructor to choose first.
|
| ManufacturingContext |
Object to hold manufacturing related data
|
| MethodHeavyFirstComparator |
It provides a comparator to sort the constructor to choose first.
|
| MethodLightFirstComparator |
It provides a comparator to sort the constructor to choose first.
|
| Annotation Type | Description |
|---|---|
| PodamAnnotation |
Annotation to mark PODAM annotations.
|
| PodamBooleanValue |
Annotation used to customise a boolean value on the annotated field
|
| PodamByteValue |
Annotation used to customise min and max values of a byte type attribute or
constructor parameter.
|
| PodamCharValue |
Annotation used to customise min and max values of a char type attribute or
constructor parameter.
|
| PodamCollection |
Annotation used to customise collection-type elements
|
| PodamConstructor |
It identifies a constructor to use in order to create an instance of a class.
|
| PodamDoubleValue |
Annotation used to customise min and max values on a double type attribute or
constructor parameter.
|
| PodamExclude |
Annotation which will have PODAM to skip the annotated attribute from
consideration.
|
| PodamFloatValue |
Annotation used to customise min and max values on a float type attribute or
constructor parameter.
|
| PodamIntValue |
Annotation used to customise min and max values on an integer type attribute
or constructor parameter.
|
| PodamLongValue |
Annotation used to customise min and max values on a long type attribute or
constructor parameter.
|
| PodamShortValue |
Annotation used to customise min and max values of a short type attribute or
constructor parameter.
|
| PodamStrategyValue |
Annotation to drive the value of the annotated attribute.
|
| PodamStringValue |
Annotation used to customise string type attributes or constructor parameter.
|
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Badminton: governing body plans 'exciting' changes to scoring.
Badminton will trial a new scoring system from August with a view to using it at the 2016 Olympics.
Under the new rules, matches would be best of five games rather than three, and games would be played
to 11 points instead of 21.
Badminton World Federation president Poul-Erik Hoyer said the length of games under the current
format "compromised the level of excitement".
But many players oppose the changes, saying they will lead to confusion.
Five-time world champion Lin Dan has voiced concern over the new system, which will initially be tried
out at selected tournaments.
"I don't like it," he said. "I don't think making changes like this is good for the
game."
The new scoring system would need to be implemented across the board before May 2015 if it is to be
used at the 2016 Olympics in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.
'Pick up a racquet ladies!'
24th February 2009 By Ben Ellery
MORE women in Basingstoke should be smashing shuttlecocks according to local badminton clubs.The number
of female players in the borough has fallen and a drive has been launched to increase the quota.
Ladies who have never played the game, or who used to play, are being urged to pick up their racquets
for a series of sessions at Everest Community College, in Sherborne Road, Sherborne St John, Basingstoke.
Great Britain has produced a good crop of Badminton players, with the likes of Gail Emms and Nathan
Robertson gaining silver medals at the 2004 Olympics, and it is hoped more stars can be found in Basingstoke.
Chairman of the Basingstoke and District Badminton League, Ruth Cairns, said: “We have 15 clubs
in the area, with more than 300 games played a season and all the clubs are short of ladies.
“Women tend to play badminton at school but stop when they leave, whereas men carry on. It’s
a fantastic sport, and more people play it recreationally than football in this country, we would just
like to see more competitive players.
Louise O’Neill, of Cavalier Road, Old Basing, was borough along to a session by a friend. She said:
“I used to play badminton at school but stopped. It’s a very fast game and is great for
exercise, I think it’s brilliant more women are being encouraged to play.”


Paul Friesen
Nearly three years ago, the CFL unveiled a comprehensive, new policy on violence against women. It was trumpeted as history-changing by then-commissioner Jeffrey Orridge, as well as experts in the field. In November 2016, that shiny, new policy would be put to the test. Here was a chance to put the game plan on paper into practice. Only the league dropped the ball, and it continues to bounce around today, with nobody willing to pick it up. That fall, Vancouver police contacted the Winnipeg Blue Bombers about an investigation involving Euclid Cummings, a defensive lineman from Atlanta in his third year in the CFL, but first with Winnipeg. We don’t know how much the police told the team, because the Bombers haven’t said. This week we learned how serious the investigation was. On Oct. 16, 2016, two days after the Bombers faced the Lions in Vancouver, Cummings was allegedly involved in incidents with two women. Winnipeg was on the bye week, so Cummings must have stayed in town.
 Of course, the Bombers didn’t know that the previous November. “Though charges had not been laid, we immediately informed the CFL,” a team spokesman said via a brief statement earlier this week. Based on the league’s supposedly groundbreaking new policy, procedures would have immediately kicked into gear, pending, obviously, the results of the police investigation. “In the face of a report of violence against a woman perpetrated by any CFL employee, we will always take it seriously,” Orridge had said upon the policy’s unveiling. “Doing nothing will never be an option.” The following statement from the CFL on that day stands out. “We will assess the situation and future risk to the women in question,” it read. “And engage when necessary local experts who will make up violence against women response teams… made up of social workers and other professionals with extensive experience in dealing with violence against women.” Sounds pretty extensive, like there would be a strict follow-up to the kind of investigation Cummings was facing. Yet, that didn’t stop the Edmonton Eskimos from signing Cummings as a free agent during the investigation. With the charges laid in April, you’d think the CFL’s history-making policy would at least take action then. Apparently, the league wasn’t following the case at all. “We were unaware of the charges,” the Eskimos said in a statement this week. “And will not comment further as the matter is before the courts.” An entire season went by, and no action was taken by a league that vowed “doing nothing will never be an option.” A league that promised women it would lead the way on this issue let them down. You’d think an extensive policy on violence against women would include some screening of players before they’re signed. Cummings obviously wouldn’t have a criminal record based on his current charges, so a Google search – which teams actually do, as simple as it sounds – wouldn’t have turned up anything. But what about a “morals” or “behaviour” clause in a player contract that requires them to disclose such things to the team — wouldn’t that be a good thing in a violence-against-women policy? Perhaps it exists, perhaps it doesn’t. We don’t know, because the league wouldn’t take questions this week. At the very least, should teams not ask players if they are under investigation or been charged with a criminal offence? You know, the way we all get asked at the border, on occasion. Instead, Cummings signed his contract without a peep, cashed his weekly paycheques and performed to cheers from the crowds in Edmonton for an entire season. We can only wonder how his accusers felt about that. But this deflating ball wasn’t finished bouncing. Last month, Cummings once again hit the free-agent market, with the league, in close association with its “response teams,” still unaware he was accused of violence and sexual assault against two women. Enter the B.C. Lions, leaders in the anti-violence campaign, and whose Be More Than a Bystander program was the impetus for the CFL’s policy. The Lions handed Cummings a $150,000 contract for 2018, including a $70,000 up-front bonus. “We were given no indication by the player or his representation that these charges existed,” Lions GM Ed Hervey said in a prepared statement. “And I assure our fans, partners and supporters of the CFL across Canada, that we would not have offered him a contract had we known about this situation.”
Why did nobody know? Wednesday, the charges finally came to light, and the league voided Cummings’ contract. I don’t know if first-year commissioner Randy Ambrosie considers that a swift and effective response. Ambrosie, who trumpets transparency and accountability, wouldn’t return calls the last two days. The players union? Mum, too. A policy that’ll change history? Tell that to the women who just see it repeating.


Chicago Salaries iOS Application
Introduction
Over the winter break, my good friend Oliver San Juan and I wanted to make the best of our time by releasing an application into the app store. After many hours of work we finally completed ChiSalary and had it successfully approved by Apple! You can click the links below to view details about the application.
About ChiSalary
ChiSalary is an iOS application that allows you to view the salaries of all Chicago Employees using simple search methods. The app as of right now is in the app store and freely available for anyone to use.
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We’ve decided to open source our app. We welcome anyone willing to contribute new ideas to the project. If you’re interested, please submit a pull request on github or contact us at chisalaryapp@gmail.com.


Atomic Tests
Calculated luminance
Test Procedure
- Obtain representative sRGB values for the foreground text and the background color.
- If an “eye dropper” type tool is used it must report values relative to the sRGB colorspace.
- The eye dropper sample should be a pixel in the middle of a major stroke of the font at the smallest size to be tested, with the content size set to default with no user scaling.
- Calculate the predicted contrast between foreground text and background color.
- Important: do not swap the background or text colors in the tool entry fields.
- The contrast evaluation is based in part on polarity, so it is important that the text color value be entered into the text color field, and likewise for the background.
- Compare this calculated value against the lookup table
Accessible Contrast by Font Size and Weight
below. - Check that the absolute value of the predicted contrast percentage meets or exceeds the required value for the font weight and size.
Expected Results
Check #4 is true.
The following table cross indexes APCA contrast values to the reference font's CSS font-size and CSS font-weight. Reference fonts for comparison include Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, K2D, Fira Sans, Kanit, and Arial. Contrast percentage must meet or exceed the value listed, using the absolute value for negative values. A ⊘ indicates that a larger font size (or heavier font weight) must be used.
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| Font Size |
100 | 200 | 300 | 400 Normal |
500 | 600 | 700 Bold |
800 | 900 |
| 12px | ⊘ | ⊘ | ⊘ | 100% | 95% | 88% | 80% | 80% | 80% |
| 14px | ⊘ | ⊘ | ⊘ | 90% | 85% | 80% | 75% | 75% | 75% |
| 16px | ⊘ | ⊘ | 110% | 85% | 80% | 75% | 70% | 70% | 70% |
| 18px | ⊘ | ⊘ | 100% | 80% | 75% | 70% | 67% | 65% | 65% |
| 20px | ⊘ | 120% | 95% | 78% | 72% | 67% | 65% | 60% | 60% |
| 22px | ⊘ | 110% | 85% | 77% | 71% | 65% | 62% | 57% | 57% |
| 24px | ⊘ | 100% | 80% | 75% | 70% | 65% | 60% | 55% | 55% |
| 28px | ⊘ | 95% | 77% | 70% | 65% | 60% | 57% | 53% | 53% |
| 32px | ⊘ | 85% | 76% | 67% | 62% | 57% | 53% | 50% | 48% |
| 36px | 120% | 80% | 75% | 65% | 60% | 55% | 50% | 48% | 46% |
| 42px | 110% | 77% | 73% | 62% | 57% | 52% | 48% | 46% | 42% |
| 48px | 100% | 75% | 70% | 60% | 55% | 50% | 45% | 42% | 40% |
| 60px | 90% | 73% | 65% | 57% | 52% | 46% | 42% | 40% | 40% |
| 72px | 80% | 70% | 60% | 55% | 50% | 44% | 40% | 40% | 40% |
| 96px | 70% | 60% | 55% | 50% | 45% | 40% | 40% | 40% | 40% |
| 120px | 60% | 55% | 50% | 47% | 43% | 40% | 40% | 40% | 40% |
- Values shown are for common sans-serif fonts (e.g., Helvetica, Arial, Verdana, Calibri, Trebuchet).
- Serif fonts should use values for the row above (e.g., Times, Georgia, Cambria, Courier).
- Decorative, unusual, and very thin fonts should be avoided for columns of body text.
- Due to the vast variety of font designs, designers should visually compare an unusual font to a standard font such as Helvetica, using the size and weight of Helvetica that most closesly matches the appearance of the tested font as a guide.
- Designers are cautioned that bypassing default font smoothing can drastically reduce contrast for small or thin fonts. For instance, the use of
webkit-font-smoothing: antialiasing
is strongly discouraged.
Holistic Tests
- Still to be developed. We will include this in a future working draft.


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Download Agendas
Please note: All files after 2011 are in the Adobe Acrobat format.
Graphics/Photos: Download a PDF copy of the
materials that are presented at the meeting.
To Change the Year, make a selection from the drop down box.
Select the agenda to view from the drop down box.
Older Agendas can be found here.
Office Hours
Monday through Friday
8:00 am - 4:00 pm
Important: Any variance granted by the Board expires 6 months afterward if no permit has been issued nor acted upon to exercise the variance rights.
Board Members
Carol A. Johnson (Chairman)
Tim Donovan
Myrline Barnes
Kelley Britt
Alanna Faith
Applicants Guide: a printable version (PDF) can be found here
Board Members can be found here
Rules and Regulations can be downloaded here
What are the Board of Zoning Apeals Business Hours?
The Board of Zoning Appeals business hours are from 8:00 am - 4:00 pm Monday through Friday.
Is there anything I should do before I file my appeal?
Yes. Take the opportunity to talk about the plan with City staff in the Building and Housing Department and with City Planning to determine whether there is a possibility for change that may eliminate the need to appeal for a variance from the Code.
If an appeal is filed, factors that may be taken into consideration by the Board of Zoning Appeals for granting a variance include but are not limited to:
- whether the property in question will yield a reasonable return or whether there can be any beneficial use of the property without the variance;
- if the variance is substantial- a large extent of size, area, distance, etc.;
- whether the essential character of the neighborhood would be substantially altered or adjoining properties would suffer a substantial detriment as a result of the variance;
- if the variance would adversely affect the delivery of governmental services-safety forces, water, sewer, garbage collection, etc.;
- was the property purchased with knowledge of the zoning restriction;
- whether the predicament feasibly may be resolved through some method other than a variance;
- whether the spirit and intent behind the zoning requirement would be observed and substantial justice done by granting a variance.
When and Where will my Hearing be held?
The Board of Zoning Appeals meets on Monday mornings at 9:30am in Room 514 on the 5th floor of Cleveland City Hall. If Monday is a holiday recognized by the city, the meeting is held on the following Tuesday. You will be sent a notice in the mail stating the date and time of your hearing. It is important that you list your correct mailing address on your application. Please understand that a hearing appealing for a variance cannot be held until notices are mailed to nearby property owners and an announcement is published in the City Record. The notification process requires a minimum of 2 weeks.
What time should I arrive for my Hearing?
It is important that you arrive promptly for your hearing at the time listed on the notice you receive in the mail. However, please understand that more than one case is scheduled for the same day, so you may have to wait while other cases are heard.
Do I have to be present at the Hearing?
The person filing the appeal (“the applicant”) is expected to appear at the hearing, in person. The applicant is typically the owner of record of the property. If you cannot appear, you may submit a letter to the Board authorizing an appropriate authority to act on your behalf. Your representative must be authorized to bind you or your organization to the decision of the Board. Your representative must also be familiar with the subject of the appeal and the current conditions and operations of any business associated with the appeal.
What if I need to postpone my Hearing?
Once your case has been scheduled, you may request a postponement if necessary. Please submit your request as early as possible. Generally, the Board will not grant more than 3postponements and limits the number of postponements to there being one request from each participant, by either the applicant or their agent, by an elected City Council official, or by a city department staff member.
If the Board approves my appeal, when can I pick up my permit?
Any action taken by the Board on your case at the hearing will be finalized at its next meeting, unless there is additional information you are required to submit to the Board prior to the finalizing of their vote. When the Board has voted to adopt and approve a voted decision of a previous meeting, a resolution is mailed or may be picked up one week after the decision on an appeal has been finalized by the Board. You may then take the resolution and the original Application for Permit that was filed with the appeal to the Department of Building and Housing to continue with the permit process.
If the Board denies my appeal, can I request from the Board a rehearing or reconsideration?
The Board may grant either a motion for a rehearing of a previous appeal or a motion for reconsideration of any prior Board action, only if the Board determines that new relevant evidence will be presented that was not available at the original hearing or that a change in circumstance exists justifying the rehearing or reconsideration. The Board may require that a request be supported by an affidavit setting out the new evidence or circumstance that justify the rehearing or reconsideration. The filing of a Motion for Rehearing or Reconsideration shall not stay the time by which an applicant has to file an appeal to the Common Pleas Court.
Does my Variance expire?
Any variance granted by the Board expires 6 months afterward if no permit has been issued nor acted upon to exercise the variance rights. You may submit a request to the Board for an affirmation, a 6-month extension, in the event of a delay that may go beyond 6 months from the date when the Board adopted and approved the variance. A brief written explanation and a fee of $50 are required with the affirmation request and it may be submitted one week prior to the date of expiration.
If you have any questions, please feel free to contact the Board of Zoning Appeals staff.
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216-664-2631
Room 516, City Hall, 601 Lakeside Avenue,
Cleveland, Ohio 44114
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Board Members
Carol A. Johnson (Chairman)
Tim Donovan
Myrline Barnes
Kelley Britt
Alanna Faith


JavaScript Lesson 6 - May 11 to May 15
Hello everyone,
This week you will deal with loops and iteration in JavaScript.
I've included a video explaining some built-in fucntions and the HTML file that was used. After you watch the video and study the file, please try the exercises below.
Good luck and feel free to reach out if you are having any issues<EMAIL_ADDRESS>Video Lessons (Created by Mr. Andrew MacDougald of Colonel Gray)
Files for Following the Videos
Student Exercise(s)
- Create a loop that will print out the numbers from 30 to 90 with increments of 3; 30, 33, 36, .................,87, 90
Do this with a while loop and then try it with a for loop.
- Create a loop that will print out the numbers for 100 down to 25 with decrements of 5; 100, 95, 90, ..........., 35, 30, 25
Do this with a while loop and then try it with a for loop.
- Create a list/array with 8 names in it. Use a for loop to print out names each on a seperate line.
For example:
Henry
Sally
Mike
Jenny
etc.


My HAProxy Test Page
Welcome to HA Proxy test page!
There should be more here, but I don't know what to be write :p.
Created: 18 April 2016
by Gerhard Pegel.


ngx-smart-modal comes with the NgxSmartModalService that you can use in any
component like this:
{{ CODES?.SERVICE_IMPORT }}
List of available methods
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Parameters
{{ param.name }}
{{ param.type }}
Returns
{{ method.return.type }}
To get more details about the available methods, their parameters and what they return, please take a look at
ngx-smart-modal.service.ts
file (well documented).


Pad extends the input data set (of type VectorType) with zeros according
to the choices that the user makes in the parameter window. The user can
choose to place the extra zeros at the beginning or at the end of the data
set. The user can choose one of four algorithms for adding zeros, and for
three of them the user must supply a value for an appropriate parameter.
The four choices are
The way that this unit acts on VectorType inputs varies according to
the type. A pure VectorType
will be extended as described above. If the data are irregularly
sampled, they will be extended with a regular spacing equal to the size
of the first or last data interval, according to whether they are placed
at the beginning or the end. A SampleSet
or a ComplexSampleSet
will be extended as described above and its sampling rate will not be changed.
A
Spectrum
or ComplexSpectrum
will be extended as described above; its frequency resolution will not
be changed, and the parameter nFull (the number of points in the
full data set from which it might have been derived by a Fourier transform)
is increased to the new size. If the spectral data are narrow-band,
the new length of the extended set is interpreted as the size of nFull,
not the size of the bandwidth of the data held in the object. Note that
Spectrum and ComplexSpectrum data sets cannot be extended at the front,
since it does not make sense to add points below zero frequency. More details
are given in the documentation for these spectral types. If the input set
is a Histogram, then the data set will be extended as described above.
If the zeros are to be added at the beginning and the first delimiter is
negative infinity, then nothing is done; similarly if the zeros are to
be added at the end and the last delimiter is positive infinity, nothing
is done.
The default choices are: add data at the end, reaching a given multiple
of the existing data set length, with that multiple equal to 1. This
does nothing, since the final length equals the initial one.


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Israel says holding fire in Gaza as long as militants do
JERUSALEM (Reuters) - Israel will follow suit if Palestinian fighters in the Gaza Strip stop cross-border attacks, an Israeli official said on Thursday, denying that Israel had changed open-fire policy as demanded by the Islamic Jihad militant group for a truce.
“Quiet will be answered with quiet,” Foreign Minister Israel Katz told Army Radio. “The State of Israel will not hesitate to strike at those who try to harm it, from the Gaza Strip or from anywhere else.”


#include <play.hpp>
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| ~Play () | |
| LineFinder * | getFinder () |
| Access the LineFinder object. More... | |
| void | detect (float minLength=100.f, float minGap=40.f, int minVote=80, int skelThreshold=50, int cannyThreshold1=40, int cannyThreshold2=300, int cannyApertureSize=3, bool l2Gradient=true) |
| Calls all neccessary functions to detect the lines in an image and saves them in form of a two-dimensional vector which can be accessed via getLevelMap(). More... | |
| int | play () |
| Builds a level based on a text file and instantiates a game object and calls it's run method. More... | |
| void | setLevelMap (std::vector< std::vector< int > > lm) |
| Change the private Level Map. More... | |
| std::vector< std::vector< int > > & | getLevelMap () |
| Access the Level Map. More... | |
Static Public Member Functions | |
| static Play * | getInstance () |
| Used to access Play class which has a static constructor. More... | |
| static void | destroy () |
The Play class.
This class acts as a wrapper for the detection and game functionalities of the program. It calls each in a seperate function. The class is implemented with the singleton pattern, meaning that the classes functions must be called via Play::getInstance()->function.
| Play::~Play | ( | ) |
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| void Play::detect | ( | float | minLength = 100.f , |
| float | minGap = 40.f , |
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| int | minVote = 80 , |
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| int | skelThreshold = 50 , |
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| int | cannyThreshold1 = 40 , |
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| int | cannyThreshold2 = 300 , |
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| int | cannyApertureSize = 3 , |
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| bool | l2Gradient = true |
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Calls all neccessary functions to detect the lines in an image and saves them in form of a two-dimensional vector which can be accessed via getLevelMap().
| fileNameLevel[in],: | how should the generated level file be named |
| minLength[in],: | minimal length for LineFinder class |
| minGap[in],: | minimal gap for LineFinder class |
| minVote[in],: | minimal amount of votes for LineFinder class |
| skelThreshold,: | minimal threshold for the generation of the skeleton of the image |
| cannyThreshold1[in],: | minimal threshold for contour detection with the canny-edge filter. |
| cannyThreshold2[in],: | maximum threshold for contour detection with the canny-edge filter. |
| cannyApertureSize[in],: | Aperture Size for the canny-edge detector. If set higher it should remove some noise, but due to skeleton this is unneccessary. |
| l2Gradient[in],: | If set to true, the calculation is more demanding, but also yields better results. |
| LineFinder * Play::getFinder | ( | ) |
Access the LineFinder object.
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static |
| std::vector< std::vector< int > > & Play::getLevelMap | ( | ) |
Access the Level Map.
| int Play::play | ( | ) |
Builds a level based on a text file and instantiates a game object and calls it's run method.
| void Play::setLevelMap | ( | std::vector< std::vector< int > > | lm | ) |
Change the private Level Map.


# Live demo Changes are automatically rendered as you type. * Follows the [CommonMark](http://commonmark.org/) spec * Renders actual, "native" React DOM elements * Allows you to escape or skip HTML (try toggling the checkboxes above) * If you escape or skip the HTML, no `dangerouslySetInnerHTML` is used! Yay! ## HTML block below
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Unnamed Fukidashi font is a font for Japanese comics. It is based on Takao Fonts.
The following sample uses this font of 24pt.
It is under MIT License.
UnnamedFukidashi-1.1.0.tar.xz
UnnamedFukidashi-1.0.0.tar.xz
The author of this font is SumiTomohiko .


This dialog allows for the altering of the advanced SearchGUI settings.
Most search engines are able to take advantage of so-called multithreading. Meaning that more than one process can be carried out at the same time. As a default SearchGUI allows the search engines to use as many threads as there are processors on the running machine. Using more is not possible, but the number can be reduced, for example if the machine is to be used for other tasks at the same time.
Before using a spectrum file SearchGUI validates the file. This includes checking if the file
has been peak picked and if there are duplicate spectrum titles. Both options can be switched
off in this dialog. This is however not recommended unless there are special circumstances.
The size of the spectrum files is also checked, as very big spectrum files can cause issues
for some of the search engines. For example OMSSA does not seem to be fond of mgf files bigger
than around 1 GB. In such cases it is therefore recommended to split the mgf file into smaller
parts than can later be merged when processing the search results in PeptideShaker. In this
dialog the maximum mgf file size before SearchGUI suggests that a spectrum file should be split
and how many spectra to include in each new spectrum file can be set.
When SearchGUI adds reverse decoys to a given FASTA file it generates a new file with the
same name as the original FASTA file plus a suffix at the end.
SearchGUI also renames the search result file generated by X!Tandem. This option can here
be switched on or off.
Running SearchGUI can often result in a long list of output files for each search engine, especially when searching multiple spectrum files. To better organize the files SearchGUI supports various types of output file formatting: (i) Single zip file - Groups all files in a single compressed zip folder, (ii) One zip file per mgf - Groups files per run (i.e. spectrum file), (iii) One zip file per algorithm - Groups files per identification algorithm, and (iv) No zipping - No file grouping. In addition one can choose if the spectrum and FASTA files are to be included in the zipped files.
If the data is to be processed in PeptideShaker a peptide to protein mapping, referred to as a protein index, has to be created. The protein index is only created the first time a given FASTA database file is used. It is recommended to create the protein index parallel to running the search engines. This option can be turned off by setting this option to 'No'. The index will then instead be created when loading the data in PeptideShaker.


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An attractive town to visit. Approaches are shallow and dangerous in strong on-shore winds.
Position 48° 49'54"N, 01° 35'48"W (harbour entrance)
In settled weather it is possible to anchor just north of the harbour entrance off the fine sandy beach. The marina offers complete shelter but being completely surrounded with concrete it can be very hot in summer.
There is a chandlery and restaurants adjacent to the marina and shops not far away.
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Anti-Melania Trump Protest During Hospital Visit Divides Netizens
The US first lady, whose Be Best campaign aims to help challenged children, among other things, visited the Boston Medical Centre, where volunteers cuddle babies born with Neonatal Abstinence Syndrome because their mothers were using drugs during pregnancy. However, some tried to show that she was not welcome.
US First Lady Melania Trump has been lambasted on social media and rallied against in Boston over her visit to the city’s medical centre, which has a special cuddling programme for babies with withdrawal symptoms. Its volunteers help children who suffer from Neonatal Abstinence Syndrome (NAS) as their mothers, addicted to opiates, took drugs during pregnancy.
With her visit, FLOTUS, whose Be Best Initiative was launched to help children facing problems, hoped to attract attention to the BMC’s project.
“As you may know, this is an issue I am very focused on. I hope today’s visit helps shine a light on programs like yours. It is so important to acknowledge and show gratitude for what you are doing to help”, she said, apparently referring to the Trump administration’s fight against opioids.
However, she drew the attention that she might have hardly desired. As Express.co.uk reports, while the first lady was told to cancel her visit, some 200 people protested outside the centre.
Hospital staffers reportedly held signs, while others chose to send their message, wearing white coats with the caption “we really care do u?” on the back, alluding to her infamous “I don't really care, do u?” jacket that she wore at the height of the border crisis.
Twitter users were also not very welcoming.
But many lambasted the protesters, noting that Melania Trump went there to help for a good cause.


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Class CalendarPickerView. More...
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| class | OnPageChangeListener |
| Class OnPageChangeListener. | |
Public Types | |
| enum | SelectionMode { SelectionMode.Single, SelectionMode.Multi, SelectionMode.Range } |
| Enum SelectionMode More... | |
Public Member Functions | |
| void | UpdateStyles () |
| Updates the styles. More... | |
| CalendarPickerView (Context context, IAttributeSet attrs) | |
| Initializes a new instance of the CalendarPickerView class. More... | |
| FluentInitializer | Init (DateTime minDate, DateTime maxDate, DayOfWeek[] highlightedDaysOfWeek) |
| Initializes the specified minimum date. More... | |
| void | HighlighDaysOfWeeks (DayOfWeek[] daysOfWeeks) |
| Highlighes the days of weeks. More... | |
| void | DeselectDate () |
| Deselects the date. More... | |
| void | HighlightDates (ICollection< DateTime > dates) |
| Highlights the dates. More... | |
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| void | InvokeOnMonthChanged (int position) |
| Invokes the on month changed. More... | |
| override void | OnMeasure (int widthMeasureSpec, int heightMeasureSpec) |
| Called when [measure]. More... | |
Properties | |
| StyleDescriptor | StyleDescriptor [get] |
| Gets the style descriptor. More... | |
| SelectionMode | Mode [get, set] |
| Gets or sets the mode. More... | |
| DateTime | CurrentMonth [get] |
| Gets the current month. More... | |
| int | MonthCount [get] |
| Gets the month count. More... | |
| DateTime | SelectedDate [get] |
| Gets the selected date. More... | |
| List< DateTime > | SelectedDates [get] |
| Gets the selected dates. More... | |
Events | |
| EventHandler< DateSelectedEventArgs > | OnInvalidDateSelected |
| Occurs when [on invalid date selected]. More... | |
| EventHandler< DateSelectedEventArgs > | OnDateSelected |
| Occurs when [on date selected]. More... | |
| EventHandler< DateSelectedEventArgs > | OnDateUnselected |
| Occurs when [on date unselected]. More... | |
| EventHandler< MonthChangedEventArgs > | OnMonthChanged |
| Occurs when [on month changed]. More... | |
| DateSelectableHandler | OnDateSelectable |
| Occurs when [on date selectable]. More... | |
Class CalendarPickerView.
| XLabs.Forms.Controls.MonoDroid.TimesSquare.CalendarPickerView.CalendarPickerView | ( | Context | context, |
| IAttributeSet | attrs | ||
| ) |
Initializes a new instance of the CalendarPickerView class.
| context | The context. |
| attrs | The attrs. |
| void XLabs.Forms.Controls.MonoDroid.TimesSquare.CalendarPickerView.DeselectDate | ( | ) |
Deselects the date.
| void XLabs.Forms.Controls.MonoDroid.TimesSquare.CalendarPickerView.HighlighDaysOfWeeks | ( | DayOfWeek[] | daysOfWeeks | ) |
Highlighes the days of weeks.
| daysOfWeeks | The days of weeks. |
| void XLabs.Forms.Controls.MonoDroid.TimesSquare.CalendarPickerView.HighlightDates | ( | ICollection< DateTime > | dates | ) |
Highlights the dates.
| dates | The dates. |
| FluentInitializer XLabs.Forms.Controls.MonoDroid.TimesSquare.CalendarPickerView.Init | ( | DateTime | minDate, |
| DateTime | maxDate, | ||
| DayOfWeek[] | highlightedDaysOfWeek | ||
| ) |
Initializes the specified minimum date.
| minDate | The minimum date. |
| maxDate | The maximum date. |
| highlightedDaysOfWeek | The highlighted days of week. |
| Java.Lang.IllegalArgumentException | minDate and maxDate must be non-zero. + Debug(minDate, maxDate) or minDate must be before maxDate. + Debug(minDate, maxDate) |
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Invokes the on month changed.
| position | The position. |
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protected |
Called when [measure].
| widthMeasureSpec | horizontal space requirements as imposed by the parent. The requirements are encoded with T:Android.Views.View+MeasureSpec . |
| heightMeasureSpec | vertical space requirements as imposed by the parent. The requirements are encoded with T:Android.Views.View+MeasureSpec . |
| System.InvalidOperationException | Must have at least one month to display. Did you forget to call Init()? |
<since version="Added in API level 1"> <altmember cref="P:Android.Views.View.MeasuredWidth"> <altmember cref="P:Android.Views.View.MeasuredHeight"> <altmember cref="M:Android.Views.View.SetMeasuredDimension(System.Int32, System.Int32)"> <altmember cref="M:Android.Views.View.get_SuggestedMinimumHeight"> <altmember cref="M:Android.Views.View.get_SuggestedMinimumWidth"> <altmember cref="M:Android.Views.View.MeasureSpec.GetMode(System.Int32)"> <altmember cref="M:Android.Views.View.MeasureSpec.GetSize(System.Int32)">
Measure the view and its content to determine the measured width and the measured height. This method is invoked by M:Android.Views.View.Measure(System.Int32, System.Int32)
and should be overriden by subclasses to provide accurate and efficient measurement of their contents.
CONTRACT: When overriding this method, you must call M:Android.Views.View.SetMeasuredDimension(System.Int32, System.Int32)
to store the measured width and height of this view. Failure to do so will trigger an IllegalStateException
, thrown by M:Android.Views.View.Measure(System.Int32, System.Int32)
. Calling the superclass' M:Android.Views.View.OnMeasure(System.Int32, System.Int32)
is a valid use.
The base class implementation of measure defaults to the background size, unless a larger size is allowed by the MeasureSpec. Subclasses should override M:Android.Views.View.OnMeasure(System.Int32, System.Int32)
to provide better measurements of their content.
If this method is overridden, it is the subclass's responsibility to make sure the measured height and width are at least the view's minimum height and width (M:Android.Views.View.get_SuggestedMinimumHeight
and M:Android.Views.View.get_SuggestedMinimumWidth
).
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| void XLabs.Forms.Controls.MonoDroid.TimesSquare.CalendarPickerView.UpdateStyles | ( | ) |
Updates the styles.
Forces a redraw of the calendar and thus applying of the styles
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get |
Gets the current month.
The current month.
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getset |
Gets or sets the mode.
The mode.
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get |
Gets the month count.
The month count.
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get |
Gets the selected date.
The selected date.
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get |
Gets the selected dates.
The selected dates.
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get |
Gets the style descriptor.
The style descriptor.
| DateSelectableHandler XLabs.Forms.Controls.MonoDroid.TimesSquare.CalendarPickerView.OnDateSelectable |
Occurs when [on date selectable].
| EventHandler<DateSelectedEventArgs> XLabs.Forms.Controls.MonoDroid.TimesSquare.CalendarPickerView.OnDateSelected |
Occurs when [on date selected].
| EventHandler<DateSelectedEventArgs> XLabs.Forms.Controls.MonoDroid.TimesSquare.CalendarPickerView.OnDateUnselected |
Occurs when [on date unselected].
| EventHandler<DateSelectedEventArgs> XLabs.Forms.Controls.MonoDroid.TimesSquare.CalendarPickerView.OnInvalidDateSelected |
Occurs when [on invalid date selected].
| EventHandler<MonthChangedEventArgs> XLabs.Forms.Controls.MonoDroid.TimesSquare.CalendarPickerView.OnMonthChanged |
Occurs when [on month changed].


Project RISHI (Rural India Social and Health Improvement) is a non-profit organization whose mission is to promote the sustainable development and growth of rural Indian communities.
In partnership with local community members and social enterprises, we identify issues central to our target communities and provide the resources necessary to implement solutions through extensive field research and on-campus initiatives.
The first chapter of Project RISHI was set up at UCLA in 2005. Since then Project RISHI chapters have sprung up UC Berkeley, UC San Diego, UC Davis, UC Irvine, and Northwestern University.
The UCSD chapter of Project RISHI was founded in September 2009 by UCSD Alumni Nikhil Nadkarni ('11). We work in rural villages set up by Baba Amte in rural Maharashtra. Since our inception we have had two official trips to India during the summers of 2010 and 2012.
In 2011, Project RISHI was awarded the UCSD Organization of the Year from the UCSD Alumni Association.
UCSD Project RISHI students have also attended the prestigious Clinton Global Initiative University conferences in 2011 - 2014 gaining acceptance to these conferences based on our projects (known as commitments at the conference). This conference provides a great opportuntity for UCSD Project RISHI members to meet other motivated college students like themselves, learn about different types of commitments, network with people interested in similar work, and hear luminaries in their respective fields speak about all aspects of philanthropy.
Based on the trip attendees' schedules, around ten students travel to India during the summer to get hands-on, invaluable experience at the villages. They live in a guest house at the village, and meals are provided in the village's communal eating area. In addition to overseeing and carrying out the various pre-planned projects, they are given to opportunity to wound-wrap at the leprosy hospital, teach disabled girls Bharatanatyam, work with blind and deaf children, help out in the pathology lab, work on agricultural sustainability projects, and volunteer at the children's school.
Students have to be ready to experience extreme tropical conditions such as rainfall, humidity, heat, and the presence of insects. Malaria pills are recommended. The total trip costs come to around $1700 USD including flights, domestic transportation, lodging, and food. No donor money is used to subsidize these costs, and each student pays individually for their trip. Flights are booked be our Travel Coordinator based on individual preferences.


SUBROUTINE ZPBSV( UPLO, N, KD, NRHS, AB, LDAB, B, LDB, INFO ) * * -- LAPACK driver routine (version 3.1) -- * Univ. of Tennessee, Univ. of California Berkeley and NAG Ltd.. * November 2006 * * .. Scalar Arguments .. CHARACTER UPLO INTEGER INFO, KD, LDAB, LDB, N, NRHS * .. * .. Array Arguments .. COMPLEX*16 AB( LDAB, * ), B( LDB, * ) * .. * * Purpose * ======= * * ZPBSV computes the solution to a complex system of linear equations * A * X = B, * where A is an N-by-N Hermitian positive definite band matrix and X * and B are N-by-NRHS matrices. * * The Cholesky decomposition is used to factor A as * A = U**H * U, if UPLO = 'U', or * A = L * L**H, if UPLO = 'L', * where U is an upper triangular band matrix, and L is a lower * triangular band matrix, with the same number of superdiagonals or * subdiagonals as A. The factored form of A is then used to solve the * system of equations A * X = B. * * Arguments * ========= * * UPLO (input) CHARACTER*1 * = 'U': Upper triangle of A is stored; * = 'L': Lower triangle of A is stored. * * N (input) INTEGER * The number of linear equations, i.e., the order of the * matrix A. N >= 0. * * KD (input) INTEGER * The number of superdiagonals of the matrix A if UPLO = 'U', * or the number of subdiagonals if UPLO = 'L'. KD >= 0. * * NRHS (input) INTEGER * The number of right hand sides, i.e., the number of columns * of the matrix B. NRHS >= 0. * * AB (input/output) COMPLEX*16 array, dimension (LDAB,N) * On entry, the upper or lower triangle of the Hermitian band * matrix A, stored in the first KD+1 rows of the array. The * j-th column of A is stored in the j-th column of the array AB * as follows: * if UPLO = 'U', AB(KD+1+i-j,j) = A(i,j) for max(1,j-KD)<=i<=j; * if UPLO = 'L', AB(1+i-j,j) = A(i,j) for j<=i<=min(N,j+KD). * See below for further details. * * On exit, if INFO = 0, the triangular factor U or L from the * Cholesky factorization A = U**H*U or A = L*L**H of the band * matrix A, in the same storage format as A. * * LDAB (input) INTEGER * The leading dimension of the array AB. LDAB >= KD+1. * * B (input/output) COMPLEX*16 array, dimension (LDB,NRHS) * On entry, the N-by-NRHS right hand side matrix B. * On exit, if INFO = 0, the N-by-NRHS solution matrix X. * * LDB (input) INTEGER * The leading dimension of the array B. LDB >= max(1,N). * * INFO (output) INTEGER * = 0: successful exit * < 0: if INFO = -i, the i-th argument had an illegal value * > 0: if INFO = i, the leading minor of order i of A is not * positive definite, so the factorization could not be * completed, and the solution has not been computed. * * Further Details * =============== * * The band storage scheme is illustrated by the following example, when * N = 6, KD = 2, and UPLO = 'U': * * On entry: On exit: * * * * a13 a24 a35 a46 * * u13 u24 u35 u46 * * a12 a23 a34 a45 a56 * u12 u23 u34 u45 u56 * a11 a22 a33 a44 a55 a66 u11 u22 u33 u44 u55 u66 * * Similarly, if UPLO = 'L' the format of A is as follows: * * On entry: On exit: * * a11 a22 a33 a44 a55 a66 l11 l22 l33 l44 l55 l66 * a21 a32 a43 a54 a65 * l21 l32 l43 l54 l65 * * a31 a42 a53 a64 * * l31 l42 l53 l64 * * * * Array elements marked * are not used by the routine. * * ===================================================================== * * .. External Functions .. LOGICAL LSAME EXTERNAL LSAME * .. * .. External Subroutines .. EXTERNAL XERBLA, ZPBTRF, ZPBTRS * .. * .. Intrinsic Functions .. INTRINSIC MAX * .. * .. Executable Statements .. * * Test the input parameters. * INFO = 0 IF( .NOT.LSAME( UPLO, 'U' ) .AND. .NOT.LSAME( UPLO, 'L' ) ) THEN INFO = -1 ELSE IF( N.LT.0 ) THEN INFO = -2 ELSE IF( KD.LT.0 ) THEN INFO = -3 ELSE IF( NRHS.LT.0 ) THEN INFO = -4 ELSE IF( LDAB.LT.KD+1 ) THEN INFO = -6 ELSE IF( LDB.LT.MAX( 1, N ) ) THEN INFO = -8 END IF IF( INFO.NE.0 ) THEN CALL XERBLA( 'ZPBSV ', -INFO ) RETURN END IF * * Compute the Cholesky factorization A = U'*U or A = L*L'. * CALL ZPBTRF( UPLO, N, KD, AB, LDAB, INFO ) IF( INFO.EQ.0 ) THEN * * Solve the system A*X = B, overwriting B with X. * CALL ZPBTRS( UPLO, N, KD, NRHS, AB, LDAB, B, LDB, INFO ) * END IF RETURN * * End of ZPBSV * END


Lebanon's Safadi withdraws from PM race
by COMPILED FROM WIRE SERVICESFormer Lebanese Finance Minister Mohammad Safadi withdrew Saturday his candidacy to be the country's next prime minister, saying he saw that it would have been difficult to form a "harmonious" cabinet supported by all parties.
Safadi, in a statement, said he hoped outgoing Prime Minister Saad al-Hariri would be designated again for the post. Hariri quit on Oct. 29 in the face of unprecedented protests.
As a former member of parliament from the majority Sunni northern city of Tripoli, Safadi rose as a candidate following Lebanese media's and political sources' announcements that three major parties had agreed to support him for the post.
Last Thursday night saw thousands of protesters take the streets of capital Beirut, shortly after the media announced Safadi's nomination as Lebanon's next prime minister.
Although there was no official confirmation of his nomination, demonstrators gathered in front of one of his properties in his hometown of Tripoli to protest.
The government has stayed on in a caretaker capacity since Hariri stepped down.
Safadi has had close relations with the Saudi royal family and he left Lebanon in 1975 for the kingdom to build a business empire in the construction sector.


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Anywhere but Westminster: homeless people, the voters without a voice – video
by Jem Talbot, John Harris, John DomokosIn the third part of their election series, John Harris and John Domokos go to Southend-on-sea, and find a coastal town with a homelessness crisis. A local charity is making sure that homeless people register to vote, while huge issues scream out for attention: benefit sanctions, abusive landlords, the gap between wages and rents, and the dire lack of mental health services


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Southeast Ohio, like many parts of the country, is a region full of people well aware of the consequences of combating chronic pain. From just 2006 to 2014, more than 28 million prescription pain pills were supplied to Athens County alone. That’s enough to give each resident of the county 48 pills per year during the period, according to a DEA database on prescription pain pills sold in the U.S.
The fallout of pharmaceutical corporations’ blatant, intentional overprescription of opioids to treat chronic and acute pain during the last few decades has been disastrous. Communities across the nation have been torn apart by addiction and the toll the disease takes on those with substance use disorders, their friends, families and the communities they live in.
“If you see a case in the (county) court system, it’s far more likely than not that it is related to some sort of addiction," Athens County Prosecutor Keller Blackburn said.
Most people in the region know someone suffering from addiction to opioids. Ariane Kirkpatrick, CEO of Harvest, said she’s even had an employee miss work due to overdose.
Kirkpatrick said the addiction crisis in Appalachia is no secret, and her business offers an alternative method of pain management.
“There's a commitment that we have to people in the rural communities,” she said. “When you listen to the patients, I know that I did the right thing.”
Though many people are now using medical marijuana, rather than opioids, to treat chronic pain, there’s just not enough clinical research to suggest that its use could curb the disease of addiction, Ellen Martin, CEO of Health Recovery Services, which is a health care service specializing in substance use and mental health disorders, said.
As marijuana laws become more lenient and the legal marijuana industry grows — legal sales in the U.S. hit a record of $17.5 billion in 2020 , according to Forbes — there is a greater demand for further research on the medicinal properties of marijuana.
The current lack of research is less about marijuana as a substance and more about the disjointed level of legalization in the country.
Marijuana is classified by the DEA as a schedule I drug, meaning there is “no currently accepted medical use and a high potential for abuse,” according to the agency’s website.
Though medical marijuana is now legal in 36 states and four territories, the patchwork nature of state-based legalization is also a barrier to research. Members of the Consortium for Medical Marijuana Clinical Outcomes Research, a research organization instituted by the Florida state legislature, said during a conference that state policies, rather than evidence-based clinical guidelines, currently guide the use of medical marijuana, according to a report from the organization.
Some experts disagree. Joe Gay, former HRS director and psychologist specialized in addiction treatment, said he doesn’t view cannabis as useful for treating opioid addiction.
He said addiction research strongly supports agonist treatment, meaning medicine-assisted treatment through the use of opioid agonists methadone or buprenorphine, which are longer-acting opioids, prevents withdrawal while keeping the user from getting high. He also believes in the effectiveness of Naltrexone, better known as Vivitrol, which is a non-opioid drug used to treat both alcohol use disorder and opioid use disorder.
 “But it causes a lot of other problems.”
During his time at HRS, Gay said he was involved in the treatment of thousands of people whose lives were being substantially harmed by marijuana use.
“I think the dangers of marijuana are underestimated in our whole society,” he said. “I think it is widely perceived to be almost a harmless drug. And it is not at all.”
Gay is against the legalization of marijuana for both recreational and medicinal use, saying it has limited usefulness.
He said if it’s going to be used medicinally, medical marijuana should have to go through the same clinical trials and FDA approval process as any other prescription drug.
“If it's going to be used as a medication, I think it should be treated as a medication,” he said. “There’s a fairly clear body of evidence that effective treatment for opioid addiction needs to involve medication.”
But even medication-assisted treatment doesn’t always work. People who relapse often experiment with other substances and go back into a street market ready to sell to them.
Drugs like heroin and other drugs laced with fentanyl have become popular with recreational opioid users, and overdoses are common when you cannot be sure what exactly is in the drug you are about to take.
Heroin and other street drugs weren’t always the most popular. In the ‘90s, Purdue Pharma created OxyContin, a release pill packed full of the opioid oxycodone designed to be taken every 12 hours, rather than the standard 4-6 hours. Purdue Pharma knowingly made the false claim that the drug was less addictive than other opioids, and an affiliate company and three executives admitted it in a 2007 lawsuit.
More recently, Purdue Pharma has pleaded guilty to fraud and kickback conspiracies.
The FDA approved the drug in 1995, believing the larger dosage would reduce the risk of abuse because there was “no evidence to suggest at the time” that crushing the pills to get high would become a widespread practice, an FDA timeline states.
OxyContin became the poster child for overprescription, and along with several other pills, became one of the most widespread opioids found in American households for years. The flood of prescription pain pills has since blossomed into the public health crisis the country is continuing to suffer from today.
One consequence of the opioid epidemic has been the overburden of addiction-related criminal cases in local court systems.
Between 90% and 95% of all cases seen by the prosecutor’s office have something to do with addiction, Blackburn said. But only about a quarter of those are possession charges.
Most felony cases related to addiction are ancillary to addiction itself, including property theft and more violent offenses related to drugs.
One in three people convicted and sent to jail in Athens County will either commit another crime or break the terms of their parole. This occurrence, known as recidivism, is especially high for people suffering from addiction who choose not to get treatment, Blackburn said.
His office offers several treatment programs for addiction, including a cognitive behavioral therapy program for meth and cocaine users, and a medication-assisted treatment that uses Vivitrol to prevent opioid users from experiencing the high from the opioid after the user has detoxified from opioids.
The prosecutor’s program is unlike many other treatment programs, which use drugs like suboxone and methadone to “wean” addicts off stronger opioids.
“I think using drugs to get off drugs is not necessarily the right thing,” Blackburn said.
One of the most important ways to treat addiction in a community is to prevent it before it starts by educating people about the ways that addiction can develop. One of the ways that the prosecutor’s office tries to prevent future addiction is by teaching people about the four personality traits that put people more at risk for addiction: negative thinking, impulsivity, sensation-seeking and anxiety sensitivity.
The higher risk of addiction that these traits present often are associated with mental health disorders like depression or a lack of dopamine, Blackburn said.
“I think treating those things through the natural process might be a good way of helping reduce our addiction culture,” he said. “That is something that I’m very much in favor of. Just treating mental health, in general, is something I’m 100% in favor of.”
An important part of the process of recovering from opioid use disorder, beyond medicine-assisted treatment and therapy, is to reincorporate people recovering from addiction back into normal life, especially if they have been released from prison.
Rehabilitation programs, like the prosecutor’s office’s re-entry program, help people released from prison to find housing, transportation and jobs in order to get their lives back on track. But agencies that offer programs like these often must compete with other organizations for state and federal funding.
Since the state reached a settlement agreement with the nation’s three largest opioid manufacturers in August, communities and drug addiction services in Ohio can expect to receive additional funding in the near future.
Under the state’s OneOhio opioid settlement agreement, 55% of the $808 million paid to Ohio will go to a foundation that will disburse the funds to communities and opioid programs across the state that apply for funding. Thirty percent of the settlement will go directly to Ohio’s local communities, and 15% will go to the state.
But Ohio’s local communities have not yet seen any of the settlement money, said Marissa McDaid, communications and community engagement specialist at the Athens-Hocking-Vinton Alcohol, Drug Addiction and Mental Health Services Board.
Commonly called the 317 Board due to the 1989 state legislation that incorporated alcohol and drug addiction prevention and treatment services to local mental health boards, the board is responsible for distributing money from tax dollars to community mental health and addiction services.
McDaid said people have asked at 317 Board meetings about the settlement money Ohio’s local communities are supposed to receive, and the board members have responded honestly: they haven’t heard anything from the state.
The money will not go far enough for many communities, regardless.
For instance, if every resident of Scioto County — a county featured in national media for the toll the opioid epidemic has taken on it and the only municipality not to sign onto the settlement agreement — got an equal portion of the county’s share of the settlement, it would amount to just over $20 per person.
In most cases, the money that local communities will receive is not nearly enough to address the financial cost that opioid addiction has taken on public infrastructure and services.
“(Addiction) takes a great toll on society in general,” Martin said. “It’s kind of like the concentric circles, they get bigger and bigger and bigger, and it encompasses all of us, even if you aren’t directly affected yourself.”
Residents of central Southeast Ohio, though, will soon have the opportunity to more immediately support mental health services in the region in the fight against addiction.
One of the issues that will be voted on in Athens, Hocking and Vinton counties during the upcoming Nov. 2 election will be the 317 Board’s levy renewal.
The 317 Board is seeking to renew a 10-year levy from 2011. As it is the renewal of a previous levy, it will not raise taxes if passed.
The levy money, made of local tax dollars, allows the 317 Board to be flexible with how it funds its care network of more than 25 partner agencies that deal with mental health, addiction and other community services, McDaid said.
“A lot has changed over the last decade since this was last renewed,” she said. “We're just hoping to provide the same support — though it's hard to even say ‘the same support,’ because we've just been able to grow so many things over the last decade.”


Recently I was asked about the difference between PCA and SVD and I realized I could not answer it well. So today let's extend from my last post PCA and simply summarize the similarities and difference between PCA and SVD.
1. SVD for dimension reduction
1.1. SVD in PCA
First lets review how to use SVD to realize PCA:
SVD tells us that any arbitrary matrix \(X\) can be converted to an orthogonal matrix, a diagonal matrix and another orthogonal matrix: \[X = U \Sigma V^T\] Then: \[\begin{align*} C_X &= \frac{1}{n-1}X^TX \\&=(V \Sigma U^T)(U\Sigma V^T) \\ &= V\Sigma^2V^T \end{align*}\]
If we define \(P = V\), then: \[\begin{align*} C_Y &= (XP)^T(XP) \\ &=P^TP\Sigma U^T U \Sigma P^TP \\ &=\Sigma^2 \end{align*}\] Therefore, the columns of \(V\) are the loading vectors of \(X\)1.2 SVD itself performs dimension reduction
SVD can not only used to prove PCA, itself can also perform dimension reduction: we know SVD is: \[X_{(m,n)} = U_{(m,m)} \Sigma_{(m,n)} V^T_{(n,n)}\]
We found out that the sum of top 10% or 1% diagonal elements of matrix \(\Sigma_{(m,n)}\) which are singular values represent almost 99% of the sum of all singular values. In that case we can use only top k singular values and the corresponding \(U\) and \(V\) to re-express the original matrix.
2. Difference comparing to PCA
Purpose
- SVD is a method to purely decompose a matrix. It generalizes the eigen-decomposition of a square normal matrix to any \(m\times n\) matrix via an extension of the polar decomposition.
- PCA literally is a method for dimension reduction
Method
- PCA needs to calculate the covariance matrix which will take a lot of time when there are lots of data and features
- SVD can calculate right singular matrix V without calculating covariance matrix \(X^TX\), so that it will take less time than PCA using eigenvector decomposing method
- Also, you may notice that SVD only uses the right singular matrix \(V\) but not left one \(U\). Lets say we have \(X_{m,n}\), and we found the matrix \(U_{(m,d)}\) which gives the k-dimensional \(V\). If we do: \(X' = U^T_{(d,m)} X_{(m,n)}\) then it results in a \(d \times n\) matrix. It tells us that the left singular matrix \(U\) is for compressing the data in row level and the right singular matrix \(V\) is for compressing in column level. In another word, SVD could compress the data in two directions whereas PCA can only get the feature-wise dimension reduction.
Implementation
- SVD can deal with sparse-matrix better -> save more space for large matrix
- PCA needs to do normalization which will destroy the sparsity for its original matrix
Hopefully after reading this short article you can have a deeper understanding of PCA and SVD.
Reference:
Book: An Introduction to Statistical Learning
https://arxiv.org/abs/1404.1100
sklean.decomposition.PCA documentation https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Singular_value_decomposition https://www.cnblogs.com/bjwu/p/9358777.html


Defines a solver for DC optimal power flow [3].
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Combines pwl, polynomial and user-defined costs. |
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Solves the either quadratic or linear program. |
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Parenting win: bribing children to good behavior on loooong road trip with promise of salmon and asparagus for dinner.
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