This tutorial will illustrate how to use the optimization algorithms in PyBrain.
Very many practical problems can be framed as optimization problems: finding the best settings for a controller, minimizing the risk of an investment portfolio, finding a good strategy in a game, etc. It always involves determining a certain number of variables (the problem dimension), each of them chosen from a set, that maximizing (or minimize) a given objective function.
The main categories of optimization problems are based on the kinds of sets the variables are chosen from:
- all real numbers: continuous optimization
- real numbers with bounds: constrained optimization
- integers: integer programming
- combinations of the above
- others, e.g. graphs
These can be further classified according to properties of the objective function (e.g. continuity, explicit access to partial derivatives, quadratic form, etc.). In black-box optimization the objective function is a black box, i.e. there are no conditions about it. The optimization tools that PyBrain provides are all for the most general, black-box case. They fall into 2 groups:
- BlackBoxOptimizer are applicable to all kinds of variable sets
- ContinuousOptimizer can only be used for continuous optimization
We will introduce the optimization framework for the more restrictive kind first, because that case is simpler.
Let’s start by defining a simple objective function for (numpy arrays of) continuous variables, e.g. the sum of squares:
>>> def objF(x): return sum(x**2)
and an initial guess for where to start looking:
>>> x0 = array([2.1, -1])
Now we can initialize one of the optimization algorithms, e.g. CMAES:
>>> from pybrain.optimization import CMAES
>>> l = CMAES(objF, x0)
By default, all optimization algorithms maximize the objective function, but you can change this by setting the minimize attribute:
>>> l.minimize = True
Note
We could also have done that upon construction: CMAES(objF, x0, minimize = True)
Stopping criteria can be algorithm-specific, but in addition, it is always possible to define the following ones:
- maximal number of evaluations
- maximal number of learning steps
- reaching a desired value
>>> l.maxEvaluations = 200
Now that the optimizer is set up, all we need to use is the learn() method, which will attempt to optimize the variables until a stopping criterion is reached. It returns a tuple with the best evaluable (= array of variables) found, and the corresponding fitness:
>>> l.learn()
(array([ -1.59778097e-05, -1.14434779e-03]), 1.3097871509722648e-06)
Our approach to doing optimization in the most general setting (no assumptions about the variables) is to let the user define a subclass of Evolvable that implements:
- a copy() operator,
- a method for generating random other points: randomize(),
- mutate(), an operator that does a small step in search space, according to some distance metric,
- (optionally) a crossover() operator that produces some combination with other evolvables of the same class.
The optimization algorithm is then initialized with an instance of this class and an objective function that can evaluate such instances.
Here’s a minimalistic example of such a subclass with a single constrained variable (and a bias to do mutation steps toward larger values):
>>> from random import random
>>> from pybrain.structure.evolvables.evolvable import Evolvable
>>> class SimpleEvo(Evolvable):
... def __init__(self, x): self.x = max(0, min(x, 10))
... def mutate(self): self.x = max(0, min(self.x + random() - 0.3, 10))
... def copy(self): return SimpleEvo(self.x)
... def randomize(self): self.x = 10*random()
... def __repr__(self): return '<-%.2f->'+str(self.x)
which can be optimized using, for example, HillClimber:
>>> from pybrain.optimization import HillClimber
>>> x0 = SimpleEvo(1.2)
>>> l = HillClimber(lambda x: x.x, x0, maxEvaluations = 50)
>>> l.learn()
(<-10.00->, 10)
This section illustrates how to use optimization algorithms in the reinforcement learning framework.
As our objective function we use any episodic task, e.g:
>>> from pybrain.rl.environments.cartpole.balancetask import BalanceTask
>>> task = BalanceTask()
Then we construct a module that can interact with the task, for example a neural network controller,
>>> from pybrain.tools.shortcuts import buildNetwork
>>> net = buildNetwork(task.outdim, 3, task.indim)
and we choose any optimization algorithm, e.g. a simple HillClimber.
Now, we have 2 (equivalent) ways for connecting those:
- using the same syntax as before, where the task plays the role of the objective function directly:
>>> HillClimber(task, net, maxEvaluations = 100).learn()
- or, using the agent-based framework:
>>> from pybrain.rl.agents import OptimizationAgent >>> from pybrain.rl.experiments import EpisodicExperiment >>> agent = OptimizationAgent(net, HillClimber()) >>> exp = EpisodicExperiment(task, agent) >>> exp.doEpisodes(100)
Note
This is very similar to the typical (non-optimization) reinforcement learning setup, the key difference being the use of a LearningAgent instead of an OptimizationAgent.
>>> from pybrain.rl.learners import ENAC
>>> from pybrain.rl.agents import LearningAgent
>>> agent = LearningAgent(net, ENAC())
>>> exp = EpisodicExperiment(task, agent)
>>> exp.doEpisodes(100)


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“To identify one’s character, we have to observe him/her for some time. It is very difficult to measure a person’s character just by looking at his/her behaviour.” So, what is my personal character? I would say as a person I am generous, creative and bold. Why do I identity myself with these traits? Let’s start off with the personal trait of being generous. I would say I am generous because I’m known to put aside anything for a friend that needs me and with me these kinds of things don’t just mean picking up my phone and replying to a message or making a call. It means to me taking action to go see them face to face or taking action to help them in whatever way I can. Being generous to be doesn’t mean just being the helpful person but also being the person that also doesn’t ask for much but being happy with little things and being an understanding person. A lot of times being generous from experience is being able to accept taking the action but not always getting the knowledge of doing things for people and this is part of being generous as you are doing things for people because it’s who you are and you’re not doing it to look for anything in return. As for being creative, this is a trait I have always carried with me with since I was very young. I was always the kid that would sit inside drawing or being in school draw on the side of the paper during tests and exams. Always got better marks in classes that require any sort of art and design and knowing that this was a strong trait of mine it helped me choose which career path I wanted to go down. As for my bold trait, this trait represents the part of me that is open to do have a go at anything to reach the goals I want to reach in life. So far, the bold actions I have made in life are making the action to start university at the age of 16 which lead to be graduating at the age of 20. A current event in my life right now that is also bold is studying a coding course after graduating. Hopefully I will keep making more bold choices in life that will lead to me completing the goals in my life.
As for my values, they are more based on cultural influence. Growing up I always got told things like “no one can help you succeed in life you you’re not the one putting in the work to succeed” or “If you want things in life you have to work for it”. I grew up around the influence of parents with non-stop work lifestyles, and yes these were the things I got told as a kid. I think hearing this growing up has influenced the way I make decisions for my social life and my academic life. As I entered university I dropped loads of social events for the sake of doing assignments and making those things my priority, as I think my future is more important than social events and I do however still take time out for self-care in my own time as this is as important as any work.
My strengths lie in lay in creativity. As I mentioned before I was always the kid that would sit inside drawing. I was never good at the academic side of school, this always made me feel like not the smartest kid in the room growing up. However, as I grew up I learnt that my strengths in school lied on the creative side and soon realising this was my calling and wasted no time. I decided to leave high school and start my journey as a university student in creative arts and design and slowly moving up to making a choice to what I want as my career path. I explored a lot of different creative pathways until I landed on the idea of wanting to pursue interactive design (UX/UI Design) as my career path. Starting University at a young age helped me learn how to manage work load, how to work with groups of people and many other things. These tools are very useful and till this day I apply bits and bits of these tools to my everyday life.


2.1 Product Perspective
This system will consist of two parts: one android application and one web portal. The mobile application will be used by the tourist who will be able to book a tour package. The web portal will be used by both the tourist and business owner. The tourist can book tour packages and the business owner can upload their tour packages descriptions. The android application needs and version 7.0 or above. The mobile app will be used for booking the tour packages where he/she can chat for knowing the details about the tour, that's mean there will be a chatbot. The mobile application and the web application will both have a database to store product data and user data. The web portal will have read, write and modify access of the database but the mobile app will only have read access. All database communication will happen through internet.
2.2 Product Functions
With the mobile application the user will be able to book a tour package. The users will also be able to search for a specific tour package with name or find it from the category menu.The web portal will have two parts, one for the administrator and another one is for the tourist. The tourist will be able to book a tour package from here also. The website and the app will be supported the AI feature. As a result, the web portal will be accessible from any device as it won’t have any hardware constrain. The admins of the portal will be able to add new tour package with details, receive booking and also get analytical data on tour package.
2.3 User Classes and Characteristics
There are two types of users of the platform. The tourist and the administrators.The tourist will be able to use the mobile app and the web app. They can use all the features the mobile app provides. The admin can log in into the webpage and will upload the details about the tour package on the web portal. Same for the tourist. They will also sign up or sign in into the web page to see the details about the tour packages. They will have access to the mobile application too.
2.4 Operating Environment
For Android: Operating System: Android 7.0 RAM: 1 GB
2.5 Design and Implementation Constraints
As this an online application, internet connection is a constraint. Internet connection is crucial for the application to fetch data from the database over the internet. Both the web portal and the mobile application will be constrained by the capacity of the database. Since the database is shared between both application it may be forced to queue incoming requests and therefor increase the time it takes to fetch data.
2.6 User Documentation
The platform is just entering development stage. Once the development is completed and a prototype released user documentation will be provided.
2.7 Assumptions and Dependencies
One assumption for the android application is the application will be used mostly on high-end or latest phones as for a few years as the hardware requirement can only be met on those phones. A good GPS facility will be required for finding the location . Proper browser should be used for the web app and a stable internet connection is required.


--- layout: post title: Reducing Laptop Power Consumption on openSUSE 12.2 (Sandybridge) date: '2012-07-16 16:29:15 +0200' categories: - Tech Tips tags: [] ---
A bunch of us did a lot of work investigating power consumption issues in openSUSE 12.1 on Sandybridge laptops (especially the Thinkpad X220)
We found the majority of the power consumption issues are due to the i915 graphics module and the notorious PCIe ASPM issues that were in the Linux kernel
With the impending release of openSUSE 12.2, I've slapped Release Candidate 1 on my laptop and brushed off my notes to see how the situation has improved in the new release
Matthew Garrett's great work with a number of PCIe ASPM patches and fixes means that now openSUSE 12.2 seems to correctly detect the ASPM capabilities of my PCIe devices, making the pcie_aspm=force boot parameter obsolete. Once you have openSUSE 12.2 installed, you can this for yourself, run the following from the terminal (as root)
# lspci -vvv|grep ASPM
You should get a list showing that the majority of your PCI devices have ASPM Enabled. The more devices with ASPM L1 enabled the better, as this provides greater power reductions
I have tried booting openSUSE 12.2 with the following boot parameter
pcie_aspm=powersave
or
pcie_aspm.policy=powersave
In theory one of these should set the aspm policy to a greater powersaving mode - I haven't seen any improvement
Trying to double check what policy it's using with 'cat /sys/module/pcie_aspm/parameters/policy' suggests it's still set to [default] and ignoring my attempts to eek out a little more battery life.
If you have a different experience, please comment below!
Some people probably think the built in GPU to Sandybridge chips is a cool thing. When it comes to power consumption on Linux, it seems to me to pretty much be a pain in the arse. The i915 driver has a ton of power saving parameters, many of which are turned off by default, to play on the safe side as it seems no two chipsets from the i915 are exactly the same and some really don't seem to like some of these paramters
The following have all been tested on an X220 Thinkpad with an i7 CPU. They work fine for me and so far have had no negative effects, just significant battery life gains. That said, your mileage may vary, please test and find out what works best for you
The i915 RC6 feature allows the GPU to enter a lower power state during GPU idle. Back in openSUSE 12.1 my recommendation was to boot with this parameter set to '1'
However, doing a 'modinfo i915' in openSUSE 12.2 reveals that the i915 RC6 parameter actually controls several different stages of RC6, noted as "RC6, "Deep RC6", and "Deepest RC6", each with obviously different effects on power consumption.
Booting up with the following boot parameter enables all 3 RC6 states, for maximum power savings.
i915.i915_enable_rc6=7
Framebuffer compression reduces the memory bandwidth on screen refereshes and depending on the image in the framebuffer can reduce power consumption. My tests suggest this saves around about 1 Watt
To enable it, boot with the following kernel boot parameter
i915.i915_enable_fbc=1
This option will download the LVDS refresh rate which in theory should save power. In my tests it didn't seem to do much, but it didn't break anything either so I'm still running it on my default boot options
i915.lvds_downclock=1
This parameter reduces DRM wakeup events and according to powertop seems to be saving me a good couple of watts of power.
drm.vblankoffdelay=1
Powertop has a theoretically great feature that can suggest and implement settings to improve the power saving of a number of devices, including Webcams, Audio, DRAM, ethernet, etc
However, every time I tested it in openSUSE 12.1, it always seems to break more than it fixed, and even though openSUSE 12.2 comes with the nice and shiny powertop v2, I haven't been brave enough to play around with this yet. If you give it a shot, let me know how it goes in the comments
Aggressive Link Power Management (ALPM) is a mechanism where a SATA AHCI controller can put the SATA link that connects to the disk into a very low power mode during periods of zero I/O activity and into an active power state when work needs to be done. Tests show that this can save around 0.5-2 Watts of power on a typical system.
But as it can theoretically cause data loss on some controllers that end up going into their low power states incorrectly, I've avoided looking into this and probably wont (I'm quite happy with the results of the above parameters). Again, if you're braving than me, let me know how it goes
Pulling all the above together, if you want to have my recommended maximum (stable) power consumption on Sandybridge laptops running openSUSE 12.2 all you need to do is
i915.i915_enable_rc6=7 i915.i915_enable_fbc=1 i915.lvds_downclock=1 drm.vblankoffdelay=1
Please let me know how it works out for you in the comments below!


WEATHER SIGNS.
THE WEATHER DOG--It frequently happens in unsettled weather that banks of rain-cloud gather around the horizon, and that, over isolated tracts, the rain falls. If these depositions from this low stratum of clouds occur opposite to the sun, the lower limb of a bow is formed, often appearing like a pillar of decomposed light; and sometimes two of these coloured bands will be seen, forming indeed the two extremities of the arch. These are "weather dogs," and they are regarded as certain prognostications of showery or stormy weather. [a]
The usual proverb with regard to the full bow, which prevails generally, is common in Cornwall--
"The rainbow in the morning
Is the shepherd's warning;
The rainbow at night
Is the shepherd's delight."
But, as far as I know, the "weather dog" is peculiarly Cornish,
[a] "There appeared in the northeast the frustrum of a large rainbow; all the colour, were lively and distinct, and it was three times as wide as the arch of an ordinary complete rainbow, but no higher than it was wide. They call it here, in Cornwall, a weather dog; but in the Cornish language, Lagas-auel,--that is, the weather's eye,--and pronounced it a certain sign of hard rain."--Borlase's Natural History of Cornwall.


Class SMTPServerConnection
- Defined in: server.js
| Constructor Attributes | Constructor Name and Description |
|---|---|
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SMTPServerConnection(server, client)
Sets up a handler for the connected client Restarts the state and sets up event listeners for client actions |
Method Summary
Class Detail
Sets up a handler for the connected client
Restarts the state and sets up event listeners for client actions
- Parameters:
- {Object} server
- SMTPServer instance
- {Object} client
- RAISocket instance for the client
Method Detail
-
<private> _handleAuthLogin(payload)
Sets authorization state to "AUTHENTICATING" and reuqests for the username and password from the client
If username and password are set initiate authentication by emitting
'authorizeUser'
and waiting for its callback- Parameters:
- {Buffer} payload
- AUTH LOGIN login information
-
<private> _handleAuthPlain(payload)
Detect login information from the payload and initiate authentication by emitting
'authorizeUser'
and waiting for its callback- Parameters:
- {Buffer} payload
- AUTH PLAIN login information
-
<private> _onCommandAUTH(payload)
If the server is in secure connection mode, start the authentication process. Param
payload
defines the authentication mechanism.Currently supported - PLAIN and LOGIN. There is no need for more complicated mechanisms (different CRAM versions etc.) since authentication is only done in secure connection mode
- Parameters:
- {Buffer} payload
- Defines the authentication mechanism
-
<private> _onCommandDATA()
Switch to data mode and starts waiting for a binary data stream. Emits
'startData'
.If
RCPT
is not yet run, stop -
<private> _onCommandEHLO(host)
Retrieve hostname from the client. Not very important, since client IP is already known and the client can send fake data
Additionally displays server capability list to the client
- Parameters:
- {String} host
- Hostname of the client
-
<private> _onCommandHELO(host)
Retrieve hostname from the client. Not very important, since client IP is already known and the client can send fake data
- Parameters:
- {String} host
- Hostname of the client
-
<private> _onCommandMAIL(mail)
Initiate an e-mail by defining a sender.
This doesn't work if authorization is required but the client is not logged in yet.
If
validateSender
option is set to true, then emits'validateSender'
and wait for the callback before moving on- Parameters:
- {String} mail
- Address payload in the form of "FROM:<address>"
-
<private> _onCommandRCPT(mail)
Add recipients to the e-mail envelope
This doesn't work if
MAIL
command is not yet executedIf
validateRecipients
option is set to true, then emits'validateRecipient'
and wait for the callback before moving on- Parameters:
- {String} mail
- Address payload in the form of "TO:<address>"
-
<private> _onCommandRSET()
Resets the current state - e-mail data and authentication info
-
<private> _onCommandSTARTTLS()
Upgrade the connection to a secure TLS connection
-
end(message)
Sends a message to the client and closes the connection
- Parameters:
- {String} message Optional
- if set, send it to the client before disconnecting
-
init(keepAuthData)
Reset the envelope state
If
keepAuthData
is set to true, then doesn't remove authentication data- Parameters:
- {Boolean} keepAuthData Optional, Default: false
- If set to true keep authentication data
Event Detail
Will be called when a command is received from the client
If there's curently an authentication process going on, route
the data to _handleAuthLogin
, otherwise act as
defined
- Parameters:
- {String} command
- Command
- {Buffer} command
- Payload related to the command
Emits the data received from the client with 'data'
- Parameters:
- {Buffer} chunk
- Binary data sent by the client on data mode
If the data stream ends, emit 'dataReady'
and wait for
the callback.
Will be called when the connection to the client is closed
Will be called when an error occurs
Will be called when timeout occurs


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java.lang.Object | +--org.apache.commons.httpclient.NameValuePair | +--org.apache.commons.httpclient.Cookie
HTTP "magic-cookie" represents a piece of state information that the HTTP agent and the target server can exchange to maintain a session.
| Constructor Summary | |
Cookie()
Default constructor. |
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Cookie(String domain,
String name,
String value)
Creates a cookie with the given name, value and domain attribute. |
|
Cookie(String domain,
String name,
String value,
String path,
Date expires,
boolean secure)
Creates a cookie with the given name, value, domain attribute, path attribute, expiration attribute, and secure attribute |
|
Cookie(String domain,
String name,
String value,
String path,
int maxAge,
boolean secure)
Creates a cookie with the given name, value, domain attribute, path attribute, maximum age attribute, and secure attribute |
| Method Summary | |
int |
compare(Object o1,
Object o2)
Compares two cookies to determine order for cookie header. |
boolean |
equals(Object obj)
Two cookies are equal if the name, path and domain match. |
String |
getComment()
Returns the comment describing the purpose of this cookie, or null if no such comment has been defined. |
String |
getDomain()
Returns domain attribute of the cookie. |
Date |
getExpiryDate()
Returns the expiration Date of the cookie, or null
if none exists. |
String |
getPath()
Returns the path attribute of the cookie |
boolean |
getSecure()
|
int |
getVersion()
Returns the version of the cookie specification to which this cookie conforms. |
int |
hashCode()
Returns a hash code in keeping with the Object.hashCode() general hashCode contract. |
boolean |
isDomainAttributeSpecified()
Returns true if cookie's domain was set via a domain attribute in the Set-Cookie header. |
boolean |
isExpired()
Returns true if this cookie has expired. |
boolean |
isExpired(Date now)
Returns true if this cookie has expired according to the time passed in. |
boolean |
isPathAttributeSpecified()
Returns true if cookie's path was set via a path attribute in the Set-Cookie header. |
boolean |
isPersistent()
Returns false if the cookie should be discarded at the end of the "session"; true otherwise. |
void |
setComment(String comment)
If a user agent (web browser) presents this cookie to a user, the cookie's purpose will be described using this comment. |
void |
setDomain(String domain)
Sets the domain attribute. |
void |
setDomainAttributeSpecified(boolean value)
Indicates whether the cookie had a domain specified in a domain attribute of the Set-Cookie header. |
void |
setExpiryDate(Date expiryDate)
Sets expiration date. |
void |
setPath(String path)
Sets the path attribute. |
void |
setPathAttributeSpecified(boolean value)
Indicates whether the cookie had a path specified in a path attribute of the Set-Cookie header. |
void |
setSecure(boolean secure)
Sets the secure attribute of the cookie. |
void |
setVersion(int version)
Sets the version of the cookie specification to which this cookie conforms. |
String |
toExternalForm()
Return a textual representation of the cookie. |
String |
toString()
Return a textual representation of the cookie. |
| Methods inherited from class org.apache.commons.httpclient.NameValuePair |
getName, getValue, setName, setValue |
| Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object |
clone, finalize, getClass, notify, notifyAll, wait, wait, wait |
| Constructor Detail |
public Cookie()
public Cookie(String domain, String name, String value)
name
- the cookie namevalue
- the cookie valuedomain
- the domain this cookie can be sent topublic Cookie(String domain, String name, String value, String path, Date expires, boolean secure)
name
- the cookie namevalue
- the cookie valuedomain
- the domain this cookie can be sent topath
- the path prefix for which this cookie can be sentexpires
- the Date
at which this cookie expires,
or null if the cookie expires at the end
of the sessionsecure
- if true this cookie can only be sent over secure
connectionsIllegalArgumentException
- If cookie name is null or blank,
cookie name contains a blank, or cookie name starts with character $public Cookie(String domain, String name, String value, String path, int maxAge, boolean secure)
name
- the cookie namevalue
- the cookie valuedomain
- the domain this cookie can be sent topath
- the path prefix for which this cookie can be sentmaxAge
- the number of seconds for which this cookie is valid.
maxAge is expected to be a non-negative number.
-1 signifies that the cookie should never expire.secure
- if true this cookie can only be sent over secure
connections| Method Detail |
public String getComment()
setComment(String)
public void setComment(String comment)
comment
- getComment()
public Date getExpiryDate()
Date
of the cookie, or null
if none exists.
Note: the object returned by this method is considered immutable. Changing it (e.g. using setTime()) could result in undefined behaviour. Do so at your peril.
Date
, or null.setExpiryDate(java.util.Date)
public void setExpiryDate(Date expiryDate)
Note: the object returned by this method is considered immutable. Changing it (e.g. using setTime()) could result in undefined behaviour. Do so at your peril.
expiryDate
- the Date
after which this cookie is no longer valid.getExpiryDate()
public boolean isPersistent()
public String getDomain()
setDomain(java.lang.String)
public void setDomain(String domain)
domain
- The value of the domain attributegetDomain()
public String getPath()
setPath(java.lang.String)
public void setPath(String path)
path
- The value of the path attributegetPath()
public boolean getSecure()
true
if this cookie should only be sent over secure connections.setSecure(boolean)
public void setSecure(boolean secure)
When true the cookie should only be sent using a secure protocol (https). This should only be set when the cookie's originating server used a secure protocol to set the cookie's value.
secure
- The value of the secure attributegetSecure()
public int getVersion()
setVersion(int)
public void setVersion(int version)
version
- the version of the cookie.getVersion()
public boolean isExpired()
public boolean isExpired(Date now)
now
- The current time.public void setPathAttributeSpecified(boolean value)
value
- true if the cookie's path was explicitly
set, false otherwise.isPathAttributeSpecified()
public boolean isPathAttributeSpecified()
setPathAttributeSpecified(boolean)
public void setDomainAttributeSpecified(boolean value)
value
- true if the cookie's domain was explicitly
set, false otherwise.isDomainAttributeSpecified()
public boolean isDomainAttributeSpecified()
setDomainAttributeSpecified(boolean)
public int hashCode()
Object.hashCode()
general hashCode contract.hashCode
in class NameValuePair
public boolean equals(Object obj)
equals
in interface Comparator
equals
in class NameValuePair
obj
- The object to compare against.public String toExternalForm()
public int compare(Object o1, Object o2)
Compares two cookies to determine order for cookie header.
Most specific should be first.
This method is implemented so a cookie can be used as a comparator for a SortedSet of cookies. Specifically it's used above in the createCookieHeader method.
compare
in interface Comparator
o1
- The first object to be comparedo2
- The second object to be comparedComparator.compare(Object,Object)
public String toString()
toString
in class NameValuePair
toExternalForm()
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This graph looks at the retail prices of diesel in dollars/litre in India (IND), Nepal (NEP), Sri Lanka (SL), Pakistan (PAK) as well as the Indian crude oil benchmark from June 2014 to December 2016.
Indians may be paying the most for diesel now at $0.85/litre but for a long time, till the beginning of 2016, it was actually people in Pakistan paying the most.


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  Spelling, punctuation, and syntax are of the utmost importance to a computer and when you mess one of these up your program can often come to a grinding halt.
A recent example of this for me was when I was working on JavaScript Olympics exercise. Take a look at the "Bulk up" section of code below and see if you can see what the problem is:
The test looks for each athlete to have an assigned method which can be called to 'log' the sentence "{athleteName} won the {athleteSport} event!" to the console. Looking at the code line by line; firstly we loop through each athlete that is in our athlete array and assign them to a variable 'a'. This is simply so that we can access and alter the properties of each athlete without having to write out 'athleteArray[i]' each time. Secondly, we assign each athlete a function called 'win', which will log to the console the message determined by our test. And finally, we call the function 'win' so that we return our sentence to the console, satisfying the conditions of our test. Except it doesn't...
Looking at the console we can see the message in the console is exactly what the test expected but it is still failing the test. By this point I have double, and triple, checked my spelling. I have made sure I haven't accidently added any punctuation. And I have read all of the documentation regarding for loops, dot/bracket notation, and object methods on W3School and MDN docs. Still the code doesn't work. I try finding similar examples on stack overflow and everything looks as though it should pass the test. But it doesn't. By this point I consider scrapping my code and trying again with the 'array.forEach' method. But I am stubborn, and I want to know why this code is failing even though it returns the expected result. So I swallow my pride and I reach out to my course coordinator for help.
It turns out I needed to use the ES6 'let' keyword rather than the 'var' keyword when declaring our 'a' variable. On the outside these two keywords look and act very similar and are often used interchangably. However, because of differences in scope using 'var' too freely can introduce unwanted bugs and many people suggest ditching 'var' completely. In the end, struggling with such a simple problem also led to me having a deeper understanding of how and why our code works. If you want to learn from my mistakes then jump on over to dev.to and read about the differences between the two and why you should be ditching 'var'.
Other times things just seem to fall into place. There is an art in solving a problem in a way that is simple, concise, and easy for others to understand and this seems to come as you have more exposure to different methods of achieving the same result. Take the following code for instance:
The goal of this function is to loop through an array of numbers, identify all of the even numbers, and return them as a new array. Previous to exploring JavaScript's built in array functions I probably would've solved this problem by initialising a new even number array, creating a 'for' loop that ran through our initial array, running some math in an 'if' loop that evalutes whether the current number is an even number, if it is push it to our even number array, and finally return our result. What a mouthful! Even though the code does exactly what we want it to do it's not simple, it's much longer, and it's harder to figure out what it is the function is trying to achieve:
Instead in our first example we use the built in '.filter()' method to filter through an array and return an array of items that meet the given conditions. In this case our condition is that if the number is divisible by two with no remainder. Simple. Concise. Easy to understand.
Coming at a problem head-on is not always the best way to solve it. When you run into something that you aren't familiar with it can help to have a series of steps to follow so that you don't spend an entire day reading documentation on MDN docs for something that turns out to be a simple fix (R.I.P Tuesday 22 September...). This process will be different for everyone but i'll run through mine below. Feel free to add steps in. Or take steps out. Or to do the hokey pokey and to turn about; if that helps.
You won't need to follow all of these steps all of the time. Sometimes a problem will just click after five minutes of staring blankly at it. The important thing is to find steps that work for you and that you can implement when you run into a particularly challenging problem.


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Angle Meter 360 is an application for fast and easy measurement of any angles. The application allows you to measure angles on any photos or pictures from the library, or from the camera in real time. Use the camera mode and measure the angles of the surrounding objects or take a picture and be able to measure them at any other convenient time. The library mode allows you to measure angles on any pictures or photos you made earlier, downloaded from the network or sent by someone.
Without restrictions!
Scaling and moving the image allows you to correctly install the meter, which allows for high accuracy of measuring angles up to 1 second. Add new meters to the object and get data from several angles at the same time, and if any of the meters is no longer needed, just delete it. You can add as many meters to the object as you need to get data about all the measured objects at once. This makes it possible to easily compare the values obtained.
The possibility of inverting allows you to receive data from both external and internal corners, without the need for any calculations. There are no restrictions, get accurate information about the measured angles from the camera in real time or from any image at any time.
Change colors!
Assign colors for each meter separately or set the default color and all new meters will be created with the color schemes you have chosen. Customize color schemes as you like, set the color only for lines, arc and data received individually or for the whole thing! The color wheel will help you choose the color you want, and use the scale to brighten or darken it. Select colors so that the meter is highlighted above the measured object.
As easy as pie
A user-friendly and intuitive interface allows you to easily, quickly and easily use the application's capabilities to determine the corners you need at any time and in any place. Simply place the meter on the contour of the measured object and immediately get the measured value.
Angle Meter's capabilities make it an indispensable tool for measuring the right angles on different objects, surfaces and surrounding objects.


Reflect loading ELF binaries
ELF shared object files behave very similarly to Windows PE DLLs. One of the most similar features is the provided API ability to load a library, dlload and LoadLibrary. A key weakness of dlload is ita lack of the ability to load a compiled elf executable, to say load or even reflectively inject an executable. This post will go over implementing a dlload for executable elf files, in addition to a custom dlsym to aid in retrieving dlload.
The first step in this process is identifying the valid offsets required in a correct ELF header. Assuming a passed in blob is valid, the program header can be located by examining the elf header using the linux man pages.
ELF header (Ehdr)
The ELF header is described by the type Elf32_Ehdr or Elf64_Ehdr:
#define EI_NIDENT 16
typedef struct {
unsigned char e_ident[EI_NIDENT];
uint16_t e_type;
uint16_t e_machine;
uint32_t e_version;
ElfN_Addr e_entry;
ElfN_Off e_phoff;
ElfN_Off e_shoff;
uint32_t e_flags;
uint16_t e_ehsize;
uint16_t e_phentsize;
uint16_t e_phnum;
uint16_t e_shentsize;
uint16_t e_shnum;
uint16_t e_shstrndx;
} ElfN_Ehdr;
As can the section header. The section header will be used for


Address: 127.127.20.u
Reference ID: GPS
Driver ID: GPS_NMEA
Serial Port: /dev/gpsu
; 4800 baud, 8-bits,
no parity
Features: tty_clk
This driver supports GPS's with the $GPRMC NMEA output string. The driver expect the GPS to be set up to transmit a $GPRMC message every second.
The accuracy depend on the GPS used. Inexpesive GPS models are available with a claimed PPS signal accuracy of 1us or better relative to the broadcast signal. However, in most cases the actual accuracy is limited by the precision of the timecode and the latencies of the serial interface and operating system.
The $GPRMC message that the GPS transmits look like this:
$GPRMC,POS_UTC,POS_STAT,LAT,LAT_REF,LON,LON_REF,SPD,HDG,DATE,MAG_VAR,MAG_REF*CC<cr><lf> POS_UTC - UTC of position. Hours, minutes and seconds. (hhmmss) POS_STAT - Position status. (A = Data valid, V = Data invalid) LAT - Latitude (llll.ll) LAT_REF - Latitude direction. (N = North, S = South) LON - Longitude (yyyyy.yy) LON_REF - Longitude direction (E = East, W = West) SPD - Speed over ground. (knots) (x.x) HDG - Heading/track made good (degrees True) (x.x) DATE - Date (ddmmyy) MAG_VAR - Magnetic variation (degrees) (x.x) MAG_REF - Magnetic variation (E = East, W = West) CC - Checksum (optional) <cr><lf> - Sentence terminator.
The driver will send a "$PMOTG,RMC,0000*1D<cr><lf>" message each time a $GPRMC string is needed. This is not needed on most GPS receivers because they automatically send the $GPRMC string every second and will only work on GPS receivers that understand the $PMOTG string. Others will just ignore it.
Switch off all output with by sending it the following string.
"$PGRMO,,2<cr><lf>"Now switch only $GPRMC on by sending it the following string.
"$PGRMO,GPRMC,1<cr><lf>"
On some systems the PPS signal isn't switched on by default. It can be switched on by sending the following string.
"$PGRMC,,,,,,,,,,,,2<cr><lf>"
The $GPRMC string that is used is written to the clockstats file.
time1 time
time2 time
stratum number
refid string
GPS
.
flag1 0 | 1
flag2 0 | 1
flag3 0 | 1
flag4 0 | 1
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There are a lot of issues in the tech industry (as with any industry). The one that’s received the most attention recently has had to do with the lack of diversity among works at the major tech firms. Apple, Google and most recently amazon have recently started sharing numbers around the diversity of their employee base and the underrepresentation of women and certain minorities is quite staggering. So that is a very interesting issue. But, hopefully that’s something you’ve already heard something about and there are a lot of good articles out there discussing the issues. So if you want to learn more, go do some googling.
The issues that I’m going to address briefly today pertain just to finance and financial technology firms. If we want to reimagine how our financial system is structured and design it around the end user there are two problems we need to solve. First, identity verification, and, second, value transfer.
At its most basic level, finance is about transmitting value from one party to another. If I want to transact with someone, I have to (1) know who they are and (2) have a means of transferring value to them.
Let’s look at #1 first. Identity verification or “Know Your Customer” (KYC) as it’s called is a huge problem for banks. The federal government tells banks to do a lot of things including how to appropriately verify their customers are in fact who they say they are. Every bank has it’s own process for KYC, meaning a lot of work is being duplicated by a lot of different institutions. If I’m a startup that wants to provide a financial service to customers (savings, checking, cross border transfers, lending), I have to have an easy way to verify the identity of my customer in a way that makes the regulator happy and doesn’t overly burden my business.
In the US, verifying identity involved a lot of duplicated work. Just think about how many times you’ve been asked to verify your identity online or over the phone. Unfortunately, that burden can make it really hard to service low value customers a low rates. According to a 2013 FDIC survey, nearly 10 million households in the US are unbanked and 25 million are underbanked. In emerging markets, the problem can be even thornier to tackle meaning hundreds of millions don’t have access to basic financial services.
The other reason so many of these people lack access to financial services has to do with how expensive it currently is transfer value, problem #2. To oversimplify things, today, the underlying technology for transferring value hasn’t really changed in a few hundred years. It still depends on banks running their own closed ledger systems, sure it’s not on paper anymore, it’s digitized, but in many ways its the same process. If you want to transfer money inside a bank, that’s relatively quick and easy, but if you want to transfer from one bank to another, things get harder. One of the primary reasons is that now banks have to reconcile their books and the government makes sure their doing it appropriately so they don’t create money out of thin air. Anyways, if you do a regular ACH transfer, it takes around 3 days. You can do expedited versions that take about 1 day. Or you can do a wire, which happens same day, but costs around $20.
Three days or even same day, but for $20 is too much and too slow. Certainly not the type of capabilities that allow the creation of lean efficient platforms that can transmit even a few dollars around the world for next to no cost almost instantly.
Once these two problems startups will be able to build incredible financial services that we can’t even imagine right now. Getting into emerging solutions would take too long to look at in this post. But if you want to learn more, take a look at the innovation underlying bitcoin’s blockchain, which enables a decentralized open ledger. Bitcoin as a currency may not be that important in the future, but the concept of the open decentralized ledger will be. As for identify verification, there are a lot of discussions happening right now, but we’re still early in the game.


Step1: Recognition
There anyone who loves or pursues or desires to obtain pain of itself, because it pain but because occasionally circumstances occurs in which toil and pain procures him some great pleasure take a trivial example physical exercise.
Must explain to you how all this mistaken idea of denouncing pleasure and praising pain was born will give you a complete account of the system pain can procure him some great pleasure expound the actual of the master-builder of human happiness.
Better way to know
Idea of denouncing pleasure and praising pain was born and give you a complete account of the system.
Better way to know
Undertakes laborious physical exercise, except to obtain some from it man who chooses to enjoy.
Must explain to you how all this mistaken idea of denouncing pleasure and praising pain was born will give you a complete account of the system pain can procure.
There anyone who loves or pursues or desires to obtain pain of itself, because it pain but because occasionally circumstances occurs in which toil and pain procures him some great pleasure take a trivial example physical exercise.
There anyone who loves or pursues or desires to obtain pain of itself, because it pain but because occasionally circumstances occurs in which toil and pain procures him some great pleasure take a trivial example physical exercise.
There anyone who loves or pursues or desires to obtain pain of itself, because it pain but because occasionally circumstances occurs in which toil and pain procures him some great pleasure take a trivial example physical exercise.
There anyone who loves or pursues or desires to obtain pain of itself, because it pain but because occasionally circumstances occurs in which toil and pain procures him some great pleasure take a trivial example physical exercise.
Any right to find fault with a man who chooses to enjoy a pleasure that has annoying consequences, or one who avoids a pain that produces no resultant encounter.


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The students of NSS Data Analytics Cohort 1 would like to thank the following people and
organizations..
Our community and industry partners
We are grateful to have met each one of you. Thank you to those who shared data and included us in
solving business problems.
The experience we gained through problem solving and presenting our findings was invaluable. For
those that helped us hone our interviewing skills through
mock interviews, you've prepared us well for the job market. We appreciate all of your wisdom and
feedback.
Thank you to:
- Daren Helton
- David Haines
- David Simon
- Ed Hickey
- Eric Stephens
- Greg Bauman
- Harmon Gage
- Ian Hagerman
- Jason King
- Jason Turan
- Jeremiah Lewis
- Jimmy Greer
- John Burke
- John Irvin
- Katherine Thomas
- Kathy Thomas
- Keith Durbin
- Kristy McGee
- Lance Hahn
- Lindsey Clark
- Maddie Polk
- Mark DeYoung
- Mark Hammock
- Mary Haynes
- Megan McMurtry
- Michael Hardy
- Mikil Taylor
- Pete Brumm
- Peter Bird
- Ray Pasek
- Robert Rice
- Ryan Culligan
- Sekou Tyler
- Steve Butler
- Taylor Desseyn
- Tim Dobbins
- Willis Kelley
The faculty and staff of Nashville Software School
From our first day of class, the NSS staff cultivated our potential. Thank you for encouraging us
to get involved in Nashville's vibrant tech scene and for helping us put our best selves forward as
we navigated
the terrain of networking, resumes, and career paths. We are here today because of your belief in
us.
Thank you to:
- Kristin McKinney
- John Wark
- Jeremiah Vasquez
- Mandy Arola
- Ashley Canino
- Laura Buchanan
Our instructors
You have been with us on every step of this path. Thank you for working tirelessly to shape us into
sharp, inquisitive data analysts. You took an interest in learning each of our stories and learning
styles.
We couldn't have made it through without your help untangling us in our most baffled moments. When
we were lost and overwhelmed,
you listened and guided us back. You encouraged us to persevere and to always improve our work.
Most of all, you taught us how to learn, a skill we will carry with us beyond the classroom.
Thank you to:
- Mary van Valkenburg
- Selam Tekie
- Taylor Perkins


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Responsive web design (RWD) is an approach to web design that makes web pages render well on a variety of devices and window or screen sizes.
Rather than pixels, all page elements are sized by proportion
Target size / context = relative size
(960 / 1280) * 100 = 75%
img {
max-width: 100%;
height: auto;
}
Is to measure the width of the image as a percentage of the overall width of the page and use max and/or min width on the image in pixels as upper and lower limits
/* Extra small devices (phones, 600px and down) */
@media only screen and (max-width: 600px) {...}
/* Small devices (portrait tablets and large phones, 600px and up) */
@media only screen and (min-width: 600px) {...}
/* Medium devices (landscape tablets, 768px and up) */
@media only screen and (min-width: 768px) {...}
/* Large devices (laptops/desktops, 992px and up) */
@media only screen and (min-width: 992px) {...}
/* Extra large devices (large laptops and desktops, 1200px and up) */
@media only screen and (min-width: 1200px) {...}
@media only screen and (orientation: landscape) {
body {
background: red;
}
}
(flex container)
CSS property sets how flex items are placed in the flex container defining the main axis and the direction (normal or reversed).
This defines the alignment along the main axis.
This defines the default behavior for how flex items are laid out along the cross axis on the current line.
It helps aligning a flex container's lines within it when there is extra space in the cross-axis.
Note: this property has no effect when there is only one line of flex items.
CSS property sets whether flex items are forced onto one line or can wrap onto multiple lines. If wrapping is allowed, it sets the direction that lines are stacked.
(flex items)
The order property controls the order in which flex items appear in the flex container
.item {
order: ; /* default is 0 */
}
CSS property sets how much of the available space in the flex container should be assigned to that item
.item {
flex-grow: ; /* default 0 */
}
This defines the ability for a flex item to shrink if necessary.
.item {
flex-shrink: ; /* default 1 */
}
This defines the default size of an element before the remaining space is distributed. It can be a length or a keyword.
.item {
flex-basis: | auto; /* default auto */
}
It is a shorthand for flex-grow, flex-shrink, and flex-basis.
.item {
flex: none | [ <'flex-grow'> <'flex-shrink'>? || <'flex-basis'> ]
}
This allows the default alignment (or the one specified by align-items) to be overridden for individual flex items.


The early years foundation stage ( EYFS ) sets standards for the learning, development and care of your child from birth to 5 years old.
All schools and Ofsted-registered early years providers must follow the EYFS , including childminders, preschools, nurseries and school reception classes.
The EYFS only applies to schools and early years providers in England. There are different early years standards in Scotland and Wales.
Your child will mostly be taught through games and play.
The areas of learning are:
Your child’s progress will be reviewed when they’re between 2 and 3 by an early years practitioner or health visitor.
Their class teacher will assess them at the end of the school year when they turn 5.
The assessment is based on classroom observation - your child won’t be tested. It uses the early learning goals, which can be found in the early years framework .
Talk to your child’s early years provider if you think one or more areas of the EYFS conflict with your religious or philosophical beliefs. They’ll tell you if you need to ask for an ‘exemption’.
If you get an exemption, your child won’t have to take part in a specific area of learning for 12 months.
Write to your early years provider if you decide to ask for an exemption. You must explain how your religious or philosophical beliefs conflict with:
Your early years provider will decide if you can get an exemption. If you get one, you’ll need to apply again after 12 months.


The idea is to allow anyone to bet on the price of anything going up or down using Defi on Bitcoin Cash. This can be achieved using AnyHedge and the Price Oracle. It also uses Bitcoin.com REST APIs. Both AnyHedge and the Oracle are open source.
Depending on which side wins the bet, the Oracle will sign and publish a price message for AnyHedge to liquidate the contract in a deliberate way such that winning side of the contract wins the full amount (minus the commission fees). The winnings will be sent to the same wallet address from which the bet funds came from. Therefore, user accounts are not even required.
Given that I don't have sufficient time to complete this project for the Bitcoin Cash DevCon III, I find that it would make more sense to explain how it would work rather than try to code a complete demo. Hopefully, this will encourage more developers to start building Defi projects on Bitcoin Cash using AnyHedge and the Oracle. I am sure there are much more creative and capable developers out there than I am.
This is an over-simplistic example of using AnyHedge + Oracle to create a Defi contract on Bitcoin Cash. There are many issues which need to be considered such as, what happens if there is a lack of liquidity?
The probability of something going up or down is usually not the same. Therefore, the rates may need to be adjusted accordingly.
The rate of price changes (volatility) differ between different types of bets. Therefore, parameters such as the liquidation date may need to factor these into account.
The opening and closing time of bets will need to be adjusted to avoid cheating.
These issues are beyond the scope of this hackathon project. Feel free to take everything and build your own Bitcoin Cash Defi projects with AnyHedge.


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Database Testing
- Introduction
- Defining Model Factories
- Creating Models Using Factories
- Factory Relationships
- Running Seeders
- Available Assertions
Introduction
Laravel provides a variety of helpful tools and assertions to make it easier to test your database driven applications. In addition, Laravel model factories and seeders make it painless to create test database records using your application's Eloquent models and relationships. We'll discuss all of these powerful features in the following documentation.
Resetting The Database After Each Test
Before proceeding much further, let's discuss how to reset your database after each of your tests so that data from a previous test does not interfere with subsequent tests. Laravel's included Illuminate\Foundation\Testing\RefreshDatabase
trait will take care of this for you. Simply use the trait on your test class:
<?php
namespace Tests\Feature;
use Illuminate\Foundation\Testing\RefreshDatabase;
use Illuminate\Foundation\Testing\WithoutMiddleware;
use Tests\TestCase;
class ExampleTest extends TestCase
{
use RefreshDatabase;
/**
* A basic functional test example.
*
* @return void
*/
public function test_basic_example()
{
$response = $this->get('/');
// ...
}
}
Defining Model Factories
Concept Overview
First, let's talk about Eloquent model factories. When testing, you may need to insert a few records into your database before executing your test. Instead of manually specifying the value of each column when you create this test data, Laravel allows you to define a set of default attributes for each of your Eloquent models using model factories.
To see an example of how to write a factory, take a look at the database/factories/UserFactory.php
file in your application. This factory is included with all new Laravel applications and contains the following factory definition:
namespace Database\Factories;
use App\Models\User;
use Illuminate\Database\Eloquent\Factories\Factory;
use Illuminate\Support\Str;
class UserFactory extends Factory
{
/**
* The name of the factory's corresponding model.
*
* @var string
*/
protected $model = User::class;
/**
* Define the model's default state.
*
* @return array
*/
public function definition()
{
return [
'name' => $this->faker->name(),
'email' => $this->faker->unique()->safeEmail(),
'email_verified_at' => now(),
'password' => '$2y$10$92IXUNpkjO0rOQ5byMi.Ye4oKoEa3Ro9llC/.og/at2.uheWG/igi', // password
'remember_token' => Str::random(10),
];
}
}
As you can see, in their most basic form, factories are classes that extend Laravel's base factory class and define a model
property and definition
method. The definition
method returns the default set of attribute values that should be applied when creating a model using the factory.
Via the faker
property, factories have access to the Faker PHP library, which allows you to conveniently generate various kinds of random data for testing.
{tip} You can set your application's Faker locale by adding a
faker_locale
option to yourconfig/app.php
configuration file.
Generating Factories
To create a factory, execute the make:factory
Artisan command:
php artisan make:factory PostFactory
The new factory class will be placed in your database/factories
directory.
The --model
option may be used to indicate the name of the model created by the factory. This option will pre-fill the generated factory file with the given model:
php artisan make:factory PostFactory --model=Post
Factory States
State manipulation methods allow you to define discrete modifications that can be applied to your model factories in any combination. For example, your Database\Factories\UserFactory
factory might contain a suspended
state method that modifies one of its default attribute values.
State transformation methods typically call the state
method provided by Laravel's base factory class. The state
method accepts a closure which will receive the array of raw attributes defined for the factory and should return an array of attributes to modify:
/**
* Indicate that the user is suspended.
*
* @return \Illuminate\Database\Eloquent\Factories\Factory
*/
public function suspended()
{
return $this->state(function (array $attributes) {
return [
'account_status' => 'suspended',
];
});
}
Factory Callbacks
Factory callbacks are registered using the afterMaking
and afterCreating
methods and allow you to perform additional tasks after making or creating a model. You should register these callbacks by defining a configure
method on your factory class. This method will be automatically called by Laravel when the factory is instantiated:
namespace Database\Factories;
use App\Models\User;
use Illuminate\Database\Eloquent\Factories\Factory;
use Illuminate\Support\Str;
class UserFactory extends Factory
{
/**
* The name of the factory's corresponding model.
*
* @var string
*/
protected $model = User::class;
/**
* Configure the model factory.
*
* @return $this
*/
public function configure()
{
return $this->afterMaking(function (User $user) {
//
})->afterCreating(function (User $user) {
//
});
}
// ...
}
Creating Models Using Factories
Instantiating Models
Once you have defined your factories, you may use the static factory
method provided to your models by the Illuminate\Database\Eloquent\Factories\HasFactory
trait in order to instantiate a factory instance for that model. Let's take a look at a few examples of creating models. First, we'll use the make
method to create models without persisting them to the database:
use App\Models\User;
public function test_models_can_be_instantiated()
{
$user = User::factory()->make();
// Use model in tests...
}
You may create a collection of many models using the count
method:
$users = User::factory()->count(3)->make();
Applying States
You may also apply any of your states to the models. If you would like to apply multiple state transformations to the models, you may simply call the state transformation methods directly:
$users = User::factory()->count(5)->suspended()->make();
Overriding Attributes
If you would like to override some of the default values of your models, you may pass an array of values to the make
method. Only the specified attributes will be replaced while the rest of the attributes remain set to their default values as specified by the factory:
$user = User::factory()->make([
'name' => 'Abigail Otwell',
]);
Alternatively, the state
method may be called directly on the factory instance to perform an inline state transformation:
$user = User::factory()->state([
'name' => 'Abigail Otwell',
])->make();
{tip} Mass assignment protection is automatically disabled when creating models using factories.
Connecting Factories & Models
The HasFactory
trait's factory
method will use conventions to determine the proper factory for the model. Specifically, the method will look for a factory in the Database\Factories
namespace that has a class name matching the model name and is suffixed with Factory
. If these conventions do not apply to your particular application or factory, you may overwrite the newFactory
method on your model to return an instance of the model's corresponding factory directly:
use Database\Factories\Administration\FlightFactory;
/**
* Create a new factory instance for the model.
*
* @return \Illuminate\Database\Eloquent\Factories\Factory
*/
protected static function newFactory()
{
return FlightFactory::new();
}
Persisting Models
The create
method instantiates model instances and persists them to the database using Eloquent's save
method:
use App\Models\User;
public function test_models_can_be_persisted()
{
// Create a single App\Models\User instance...
$user = User::factory()->create();
// Create three App\Models\User instances...
$users = User::factory()->count(3)->create();
// Use model in tests...
}
You may override the factory's default model attributes by passing an array of attributes to the create
method:
$user = User::factory()->create([
'name' => 'Abigail',
]);
Sequences
Sometimes you may wish to alternate the value of a given model attribute for each created model. You may accomplish this by defining a state transformation as a sequence. For example, you may wish to alternate the value of an admin
column between Y
and N
for each created user:
use App\Models\User;
use Illuminate\Database\Eloquent\Factories\Sequence;
$users = User::factory()
->count(10)
->state(new Sequence(
['admin' => 'Y'],
['admin' => 'N'],
))
->create();
In this example, five users will be created with an admin
value of Y
and five users will be created with an admin
value of N
.
If necessary, you may include a closure as a sequence value. The closure will be invoked each time the sequence needs a new value:
$users = User::factory()
->count(10)
->state(new Sequence(
fn () => ['role' => UserRoles::all()->random()],
))
->create();
Factory Relationships
Has Many Relationships
Next, let's explore building Eloquent model relationships using Laravel's fluent factory methods. First, let's assume our application has an App\Models\User
model and an App\Models\Post
model. Also, let's assume that the User
model defines a hasMany
relationship with Post
. We can create a user that has three posts using the has
method provided by the Laravel's factories. The has
method accepts a factory instance:
use App\Models\Post;
use App\Models\User;
$user = User::factory()
->has(Post::factory()->count(3))
->create();
By convention, when passing a Post
model to the has
method, Laravel will assume that the User
model must have a posts
method that defines the relationship. If necessary, you may explicitly specify the name of the relationship that you would like to manipulate:
$user = User::factory()
->has(Post::factory()->count(3), 'posts')
->create();
Of course, you may perform state manipulations on the related models. In addition, you may pass a closure based state transformation if your state change requires access to the parent model:
$user = User::factory()
->has(
Post::factory()
->count(3)
->state(function (array $attributes, User $user) {
return ['user_type' => $user->type];
})
)
->create();
Using Magic Methods
For convenience, you may use Laravel's magic factory relationship methods to build relationships. For example, the following example will use convention to determine that the related models should be created via a posts
relationship method on the User
model:
$user = User::factory()
->hasPosts(3)
->create();
When using magic methods to create factory relationships, you may pass an array of attributes to override on the related models:
$user = User::factory()
->hasPosts(3, [
'published' => false,
])
->create();
You may provide a closure based state transformation if your state change requires access to the parent model:
$user = User::factory()
->hasPosts(3, function (array $attributes, User $user) {
return ['user_type' => $user->type];
})
->create();
Belongs To Relationships
Now that we have explored how to build "has many" relationships using factories, let's explore the inverse of the relationship. The for
method may be used to define the parent model that factory created models belong to. For example, we can create three App\Models\Post
model instances that belong to a single user:
use App\Models\Post;
use App\Models\User;
$posts = Post::factory()
->count(3)
->for(User::factory()->state([
'name' => 'Jessica Archer',
]))
->create();
If you already have a parent model instance that should be associated with the models you are creating, you may pass the model instance to the for
method:
$user = User::factory()->create();
$posts = Post::factory()
->count(3)
->for($user)
->create();
Using Magic Methods
For convenience, you may use Laravel's magic factory relationship methods to define "belongs to" relationships. For example, the following example will use convention to determine that the three posts should belong to the user
relationship on the Post
model:
$posts = Post::factory()
->count(3)
->forUser([
'name' => 'Jessica Archer',
])
->create();
Many To Many Relationships
Like has many relationships, "many to many" relationships may be created using the has
method:
use App\Models\Role;
use App\Models\User;
$user = User::factory()
->has(Role::factory()->count(3))
->create();
Pivot Table Attributes
If you need to define attributes that should be set on the pivot / intermediate table linking the models, you may use the hasAttached
method. This method accepts an array of pivot table attribute names and values as its second argument:
use App\Models\Role;
use App\Models\User;
$user = User::factory()
->hasAttached(
Role::factory()->count(3),
['active' => true]
)
->create();
You may provide a closure based state transformation if your state change requires access to the related model:
$user = User::factory()
->hasAttached(
Role::factory()
->count(3)
->state(function (array $attributes, User $user) {
return ['name' => $user->name.' Role'];
}),
['active' => true]
)
->create();
If you already have model instances that you would like to be attached to the models you are creating, you may pass the model instances to the hasAttached
method. In this example, the same three roles will be attached to all three users:
$roles = Role::factory()->count(3)->create();
$user = User::factory()
->count(3)
->hasAttached($roles, ['active' => true])
->create();
Using Magic Methods
For convenience, you may use Laravel's magic factory relationship methods to define many to many relationships. For example, the following example will use convention to determine that the related models should be created via a roles
relationship method on the User
model:
$user = User::factory()
->hasRoles(1, [
'name' => 'Editor'
])
->create();
Polymorphic Relationships
Polymorphic relationships may also be created using factories. Polymorphic "morph many" relationships are created in the same way as typical "has many" relationships. For example, if a App\Models\Post
model has a morphMany
relationship with a App\Models\Comment
model:
use App\Models\Post;
$post = Post::factory()->hasComments(3)->create();
Morph To Relationships
Magic methods may not be used to create morphTo
relationships. Instead, the for
method must be used directly and the name of the relationship must be explicitly provided. For example, imagine that the Comment
model has a commentable
method that defines a morphTo
relationship. In this situation, we may create three comments that belong to a single post by using the for
method directly:
$comments = Comment::factory()->count(3)->for(
Post::factory(), 'commentable'
)->create();
Polymorphic Many To Many Relationships
Polymorphic "many to many" (morphToMany
/ morphedByMany
) relationships may be created just like non-polymorphic "many to many" relationships:
use App\Models\Tag;
use App\Models\Video;
$videos = Video::factory()
->hasAttached(
Tag::factory()->count(3),
['public' => true]
)
->create();
Of course, the magic has
method may also be used to create polymorphic "many to many" relationships:
$videos = Video::factory()
->hasTags(3, ['public' => true])
->create();
Defining Relationships Within Factories
To define a relationship within your model factory, you will typically assign a new factory instance to the foreign key of the relationship. This is normally done for the "inverse" relationships such as belongsTo
and morphTo
relationships. For example, if you would like to create a new user when creating a post, you may do the following:
use App\Models\User;
/**
* Define the model's default state.
*
* @return array
*/
public function definition()
{
return [
'user_id' => User::factory(),
'title' => $this->faker->title(),
'content' => $this->faker->paragraph(),
];
}
If the relationship's columns depend on the factory that defines it you may assign a closure to an attribute. The closure will receive the factory's evaluated attribute array:
/**
* Define the model's default state.
*
* @return array
*/
public function definition()
{
return [
'user_id' => User::factory(),
'user_type' => function (array $attributes) {
return User::find($attributes['user_id'])->type;
},
'title' => $this->faker->title(),
'content' => $this->faker->paragraph(),
];
}
Running Seeders
If you would like to use database seeders to populate your database during a feature test, you may invoke the seed
method. By default, the seed
method will execute the DatabaseSeeder
, which should execute all of your other seeders. Alternatively, you pass a specific seeder class name to the seed
method:
<?php
namespace Tests\Feature;
use Database\Seeders\OrderStatusSeeder;
use Illuminate\Foundation\Testing\RefreshDatabase;
use Illuminate\Foundation\Testing\WithoutMiddleware;
use Tests\TestCase;
class ExampleTest extends TestCase
{
use RefreshDatabase;
/**
* Test creating a new order.
*
* @return void
*/
public function test_orders_can_be_created()
{
// Run the DatabaseSeeder...
$this->seed();
// Run a specific seeder...
$this->seed(OrderStatusSeeder::class);
// ...
}
}
Alternatively, you may instruct Laravel to automatically seed the database before each test. You may accomplish this by defining a $seed
property on your base test class:
<?php
namespace Tests;
use Illuminate\Foundation\Testing\TestCase as BaseTestCase;
abstract class TestCase extends BaseTestCase
{
use CreatesApplication;
/**
* Indicates whether the default seeder should run before each test.
*
* @var bool
*/
protected $seed = true;
}
When the $seed
property is true
, the test will run the Database\Seeders\DatabaseSeeder
class before each test. However, you may specify a specific seeder that should be executed by defining a $seeder
property on your test class:
use Database\Seeders\OrderStatusSeeder;
/**
* Run a specific seeder before each test.
*
* @var string
*/
protected $seeder = OrderStatusSeeder::class;
Available Assertions
Laravel provides several database assertions for your PHPUnit feature tests. We'll discuss each of these assertions below.
assertDatabaseCount
Assert that a table in the database contains the given number of records:
$this->assertDatabaseCount('users', 5);
assertDatabaseHas
Assert that a table in the database contains records matching the given key / value query constraints:
$this->assertDatabaseHas('users', [
'email' =><EMAIL_ADDRESS>]);
assertDatabaseMissing
Assert that a table in the database does not contain records matching the given key / value query constraints:
$this->assertDatabaseMissing('users', [
'email' =><EMAIL_ADDRESS>]);
assertDeleted
The assertDeleted
asserts that a given Eloquent model has been deleted from the database:
use App\Models\User;
$user = User::find(1);
$user->delete();
$this->assertDeleted($user);
The assertSoftDeleted
method may be used to assert a given Eloquent model has been "soft deleted":
$this->assertSoftDeleted($user);


The Love-Hate Square Counting method is implemented with a bipartite graph. This method is more like a network-based Collaborative filtering. We represent the users as one set of nodes and the items (books) as another set of nodes and form the bipartite graph. The edges between the user and the item are classified as Love (+) if the user's rating for the item is more than 7 and Hate (-) if the rating is less than or equal to 7.
We perform BFS on this graph to get configurations. Assume we have a target user ut and a target item ti. The recommender system is now expected to predict the preference of the user ut with respect to the item ti depending on the information available. The Love-Hate Square Counting Method does this by taking into account the neighboring users of the uset ut. A user must satisfy the following conditions to be a neighbor of the target user ut.
1) The user must have rated the target item ti. 2) The user must have rated an item or items which the targer user ut has also rated.
Now the frequency of all the possible configurations are found by performing a BFS traversal on the bipartite graph. Assuming the intermediate user to be ot and intermediate item to be oi, the possible configurations are as shown below.
The frequency of all the possible configurations are counted and the represented as a feature vector with 8 features. This feature vector is then fed into a Machine Learning model to train and the model is tested for accuracy.


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awesome gender-free contra dancing
“Last night's dance was seriously some of the most fun, chill, welcoming and open dancing I've been to in a super long time. I feel so lucky to live in a community that can create this kind of vibe. And, I got my contra and club dancing done all in one night.” -TC
Find Out MoreContra Dance is a form of community dance. No partner is necessary. PDX Contra Remix is a gender-free community of contra dancers. We use LARKS and ROBINS to signify what is often referred to as the Gents and Ladies or Lead and Follow roles in partner dancing.
Dance Culture
Contra Remix is a queer loving, intergenerational dance series that focuses on ecstatic, joyful dance connection and asking everyone in our community to own the culture we each create. Anyone who can get down with this is welcome. Gender neutral terms are used when teaching and calling dances. No fragrances - especially mint!
Music
Genres include House music around the world, High driving Electro Swing, Latin & Remix Pop, Reggaeton, Melodic Techno, Funk, Alt Indigenous, and a medley of genre bending magical music to tantalize your body's emoticons.
Lights
Lighting is dimmed lower than a traditional dance but is intended to still be visible. We use the white lantern lights & string lights of our hall at a little less than half luminescence as well as lasers & colored floods, some of which bleepy-bloop with the music.
Floor
A deliciously smooth wooden floor in the main hall of the Academy. Warm feel & comfortable on the feet & knees.
Callers
Noah Grunzweig is the house caller. Callers interested in cultivating our language &/or cultural agreements at our dance are encouraged to reach out to Noah.
DJ's
DJ Contra Kitty is our House DJ, and we have guest DJ's both in person & virtually, though the playlist.
Lesson
We do have an introduction to culture & dance at 6:30.
UPDATE: MASKS ARE REQUIRED AT SUNDAY'S DANCE!
In our enthusiasm to restart Remix, we jumped the gun a little bit on relaxing the Covid masking protocol. After contacting the CDC and engaging some online discussion, we have decided we don’t have enough information yet to drop the mask requirements and depend on rapid tests instead. Please bring your mask and plan to wear it at the dance.
Our aim is to take care of each other as a community and to have fun dancing together. We want to make sure everyone has an opportunity to enthusiastically consent to the risk level at the dance and to advocate for and negotiate the community dancing experience they want. We will bring our vision for care and community in this context to you at the dance and like we always do at Remix, we will muddle our way through together.
Norse Hall upstairs @ 111 NE 11th Ave, Portland, OR 97232
Norse Hall upstairs
111 NE 11th Ave, Portland, OR 97232
6:30pm community welcome & lesson | dance until 10
$6 - $20 sliding scale
or ask about volunteering
Check Facebook for the most up-to-date info.
Join our Facebook group to keep in touch and hear about events.
https://www.facebook.com/groups/pdxcontraremix
Please don't hesitate to contact us if you have any questions or feedback.
<EMAIL_ADDRESS>Noah (caller, dj, organizer)
<EMAIL_ADDRESS>Jaydra (organizer)
<EMAIL_ADDRESS>Mike (website)


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But the densest and most coherent set of texts center on Egypt, especially greater Cairo and the delta.


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uri.length <= 7 ||
'file://' != uri.substring(0, 7)) {
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var rest = decodeURI(uri.substring(7));
var firstSlash = rest.indexOf('/');
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Welcome to a timed test of your JavaScript knowledge! In the following moments you will be presented with a set of 10 questions. As soon as you click the start button below, your time of 5 minutes will begin. Each correctly answered question will earn you a point, however, each incorrect answer will reduce your remaining time by 10 seconds. When time runs out or you answer all of the questions that's game over and you will attach your initials to your score. Good luck!


public class BubbleIconFactory
extends java.lang.Object
Bitmap
s generated by the factory should be used in conjunction with a com.google.android.gms.maps.model.BitmapDescriptorFactory
.
This class is not thread safe.| Modifier and Type | Class and Description |
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static class |
BubbleIconFactory.Style
Style represents a bubble background drawable and a suitable text appearance.
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| Constructor and Description |
|---|
BubbleIconFactory(Context context)
Creates a new BubbleIconFactory with the default style.
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| Modifier and Type | Method and Description |
|---|---|
Bitmap |
makeIcon()
Creates an icon with the current content and style.
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Bitmap |
makeIcon(java.lang.String text)
Sets the text content, then creates an icon with the current style.
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void |
setBackground(Drawable background)
Set the background to a given Drawable, or remove the background.
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void |
setContentPadding(int left,
int top,
int right,
int bottom)
Sets the padding of the content view.
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void |
setContentRotation(int degrees)
Rotates the contents of the bubble.
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void |
setContentView(View contentView)
Sets the child view for the bubble.
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setRotation(int degrees)
Rotates the bubble.
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void |
setStyle(BubbleIconFactory.Style style)
Sets the style of the bubble.
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void |
setTextAppearance(Context context,
int resid)
Sets the text color, size, style, hint color, and highlight color from the specified
TextAppearance resource. |
public BubbleIconFactory(Context context)
public Bitmap makeIcon(java.lang.String text)
text
- the text content to display inside the bubble.public Bitmap makeIcon()
public void setContentView(View contentView)
TextView
with the id "text", operations such as setTextAppearance(Context, int)
and makeIcon(String)
will operate upon that TextView
.public void setContentRotation(int degrees)
degrees
- the amount the contents should be rotated, as a multiple of 90 degrees.public void setRotation(int degrees)
degrees
- the amount the bubble should be rotated, as a multiple of 90 degrees.public void setTextAppearance(Context context, int resid)
TextAppearance
resource.resid
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public void setBackground(Drawable background)
background
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| 061:006 Khan | : |
And (remember) when 'Iesa (Jesus), son of Maryam (Mary), said: "O Children of Israel! I am the Messenger of Allah unto you confirming the Taurat [(Torah) which came] before me, and giving glad tidings of a Messenger to come after me, whose name shall be Ahmed. But when he (Ahmed i.e. Muhammad SAW) came to them with clear proofs, they said: "This is plain magic." |
| 061:006 Maulana | : |
And when Jesus, son of Mary, said: O Children of Israel, surely I am the messenger of Allah to you, verifying that which is before me of the Torah and giving the good news of a Messenger who will come after me, his name being Ahmad. But when he came to them with clear argument, they said: This is clear enchantment. |
| 061:006 Pickthal | : |
And when Jesus son of Mary said: O Children of Israel! Lo! I am the messenger of Allah unto you, confirming that which was (revealed) before me in the Torah, and bringing good tidings of a messenger who cometh after me, whose name is the Praised One. Yet when he hath come unto them with clear proofs, they say: This is mere magic. |
| 061:006 Rashad | : |
Recall that Jesus, son of Mary, said, "O Children of Israel, I am GOD's messenger to you, confirming the Torah and bringing good news of a messenger to come after me whose name will be even more praised (Ahmad)." Then, when he showed them the clear proofs, they said, "This is profound magic." |
| 061:006 Sarwar | : |
Jesus, son of Mary, said to the Israelites, "I am the Messenger of God sent to you. I confirm the Torah which is in existence and give you the glad news of the coming of a Messenger who will come after me named Ahmad." When this Messenger came to them with all the proofs (to support his truthfulness), they said, "He is simply a magician". |
| 061:006 Shakir | : |
And when Isa son of Marium said: O children of Israel! surely I am the messenger of Allah to you, verifying that which is before me of the Taurat and giving the good news of an Messenger who will come after me, his name being Ahmad, but when he came to them with clear arguments they said: This is clear magic. |
| 061:006 Sherali | : |
And call to mind when Jesus, son of Mary, said, 'O children of Israel, surely, I am ALLAH's Messenger unto you, fulfilling that which is before me of the prophecies of the Torah, and giving glad tidings of a Messenger who will come after me, his name being Ahmad. And when he came to them with clear proofs, they said, this is manifest sorcery.' |
| 061:006 Yusufali | : |
And remember, Jesus, the son of Mary, said: "O Children of Israel! I am the messenger of Allah (sent) to you, confirming the Law (which came) before me, and giving Glad Tidings of a Messenger to come after me, whose name shall be Ahmad." But when he came to them with Clear Signs, they said, "this is evident sorcery!" |
Concepts/Themes Covered: أركان الإسلام > (محمد (صلى الله عليه وسلم > بعثته Pillars of Islam> The Blessed Muhammad(PBUH)> His Mission(PBUH) أركان الإسلام > (محمد (صلى الله عليه وسلم > تأييد رسالته Pillars of Islam> The Blessed Muhammad(PBUH)> Supporting his Message أركان الإسلام > (محمد (صلى الله عليه وسلم > صفاته في التوراة والإنجيل Pillars of Islam> The Blessed Muhammad(PBUH)> His Characteristics in the Bible and Gospel الإيمان > الكتب السماوية الأخرى > التوراة Faith> The Other Divine Books> The Bible
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Jacob Welling
Currently a student at Brigham Young University earning a degree in Information Systems. I enjoy skiing, being outdoors, and learning new things. I'm also excited about future industry opportunities in software development, product management, and consulting.


What's going on here, I can only guess, but here's what you're about to see: In the video below, the great musician Glenn Gould, supreme interpreter of Bach, is sitting at his living room piano on a low, low chair, his nose close to the keys. He's at his Canadian country house in his bathrobe.
Through the window, you catch snatches of his back yard. It's a windy day and he's got a coffee cup sitting on the piano top. He's working on a Bach partita, not just playing it, but singing along in his swinging baritone. As he plays, he gets so totally, totally lost in the music that suddenly (1:57 from the top), smack in the middle of a passage, with no warning, for no apparent reason, his left hand flips up, touches his head; he stands up, and walks in what looks like a trance to the window. There's an eerie silence. Then, in the quiet, you hear the Bach leaking out of him. He's still playing it, but in his head, he's scatting the beats. Then he turns, wanders back, sits down, and his fingers pick up right where his voice left off, but now with new energy, like he's found a switch and switched it.
What just happened? I'm not sure. But I think this is a rare vision of what it's like to be so in your head you leave your body, or at least the moving parts of your body, totally behind. There is a name for this, from psychologist Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi, but first, just watch. And don't miss the walk-to-the-window part ...
Athletes, of course, call this "being in the zone." Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi (pronounced MEE-high, CHEECH-sent-mee-high) calls it "the flow state." When you are in it, writesneuroscientist Daniel Levitin, "attention is focused on a limited perceptual field that receives your full concentration and complete investment. Action and awareness merge." You get so deeply into your head, you lose track of everything except what you're doing. There was a surgeon, Csikszentmihalyi says, who wasn't aware that the roof of his operating room had collapsed until he was done with the surgery. In this state, "what you thinkbecomes what you do," Levitin writes. We "get wonderfully, blissfully lost in an activity, losing all track of time, of ourselves, our problems." How one gets there — that's still a mystery. Practice is important. Tenacity matters. Talent helps. When you find your "flow," your brain changes. Dopamine and noradrenaline kick in, GABA neurons get suppressed; sex, hunger, thirst matter less, you are free to play more deeply with stream-of-conscious associations; you are chemically released and can now roam far and wide. Yes, you have no idea where you are or how this is happening; but that it's happening must be one of the most wonderful experiences ever. When I watch Glenn Gould walking back to his piano, carried there by an 18th-century fugue, I see a man transported, a man not lost, but found, a man in a state of grace. If there is a heaven, Glenn Gould at that moment is very close.


Sree Padmanabhaswamy Temple
Located inside the East Fort in Thiruvananthapuram, the capital city of the State of Kerala in India is the Sree Padmanabha Swamy Temple dedicated to Lord Vishnu. This temple is a blend of the Kerala and Dravidian styles of architecture. It is believed to be the world’s richest temple. The history of Sree Padmanabhaswamy Temple dates back to 8th century. It is one of the 108 sacred Vishnu temples or Divya Desams in India. Divya Desams are the holiest abodes of Lord Vishnu that are mentioned in the works of the Tamil Azhvars (saints). The presiding deity of this temple is Lord Vishnu, reclining on Anantha, the hooded Serpent. Marthanda Varma, noted among Travancore kings, did a major renovation to the temple and it resulted in the present day structure of the Sree Padmanabhaswamy Temple. It was Marthanda Varma who introduced the Murajapam and Bhadra Deepam festivals in the temple. Murajapam, which literally means continuous chanting of prayers, is still conducted in the temple once every six years. In 1750, Marthanda Varma dedicated the kingdom of Travancore to Lord Padmanabha. Marthanda Varma vowed that the royal family will rule the State on behalf of the Lord and he and his descendants would serve the kingdom as Padmanabha Dasa or the Servant of Lord Padmanabha. Since then the name of every Travancore King was preceded by the title Padmanabha Dasa. The donation of the kingdom of Travancore to Padmanabhaswamy was known as Thripadidanam. Thiruvananthapuram, the capital city of Kerala takes its name from the presiding deity of the Sree Padmanabhaswamy Temple, who is also known as Anantha (one who reclines on the Serpent Anantha). The word 'Thiruvananthapuram' literally means - the Land of Sree Anantha Padmanabhaswamy. The Sree Padmanabhaswamy Temple as per belief is located at a place that is considered as one of the seven Parasurama Kshetras. There are references to the temple in texts like the Puranas, viz. the Skanda Purana and Padma Purana. The temple stands close to the holy tank - Padma Theertham, which means 'lotus spring.' The shrine is currently run by a trust headed by the erstwhile royal family of Travancore.