The Thirteenth Pearl
“THE newspaper office?” Ned asked, puzzled.
“Yes,” Nancy replied. “I believe that the real Mrs. Rossmeyer is still in Europe and that the
one who was at the party is an impostor!”
Ned was amazed. “You mean she just borrowed the house?”
“Yes,” Nancy replied.
“I didn’t realize that you had never seen a picture of Tanya Rossmeyer,” Ned commented.
“Unfortunately I haven’t, but the Gazette must have plenty of them.”
When they arrived at the newspaper office, a young man at the front counter asked, “You
wish to place an ad? It’s too late for the morning paper. That has just been put to bed.”
Nancy and Ned looked puzzled, and he explained, “That means the forms have been locked
in place and the paper put on the press.”
Nancy spoke up. “We didn’t come about an ad.  May I see some photographs of Mrs. Tanya Rossmeyer?”
The young man, who said to call him Jim, went to an inner room to look through the files. A
few minutes later he came back with a folder containing several photographs of the well-
known socialite.
“Here she is,” Jim said. “I hear the woman’s loaded.” He grinned. “That means she has a lot
of money.”
Nancy ignored his facetiousness. After she and Ned had looked at three different
photographs of the striking brunette who appeared to be in her late thirties, they were
convinced that the woman at the party had indeed been an impostor.
Ned thanked Jim, and the young couple left. When they were outside, Ned remarked, “So
that ‘goddess’ was just a cheap fake!”
“Yes.” Suddenly Nancy thought of something else and turned back to the newspaper office.
“I wonder if there were any recent articles telling exactly where the real Mrs. Rossmeyer is,”
she said.
Jim was surprised to see them again.
Nancy smiled. “Not yet. I’d like a little help first. Will you check recent papers to see if there
have been any recent articles about Mrs. Rossmeyer?”
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Jim went off and came back with a copy of the morning paper. “Maybe there’s something in
here,” he said.
Nancy and Ned turned the pages and ran their fingers down the various columns. Suddenly
Ned stopped.
“Look at this!” he said, and he began to read aloud:Mrs. Tanya Rossmeyer of River Heights is
giving a dinner party on Tuesday for Count and Countess Sorrentino.
Nancy interrupted. “Tuesday! That’s today! Where is the item from?”
“Paris,” Ned replied.
“That settles it. Mrs. Rossmeyer is in Paris and not in River Heights.”
“Is that the big story?” Jim asked.
Once more Nancy smiled enigmatically. “No. But I believe you will have it very soon.”
Before the young man could ask further questions, Nancy and Ned raced from the
newspaper office. Their next stop was police headquarters. They burst inside and told the
officer on duty that a fake Mrs. Rossmeyer had “borrowed” the socialite’s home and was
having a big and very strange party there.
“What!” the officer said. “I’ll get some men with squad cars to investigate at once.”
Nancy suggested that the policeman follow her and Ned. “We’ve just come from the estate
and know exactly where it is,” she added.
While the men were assembling, Nancy told the officer that she suspected the group who
was at the estate were jewel thieves. “They’ve probably robbed Mrs. Rossmeyer’s house.
Would you get in touch with my father and Chief McGinnis? I’m sure they’ll want to come
along.”
When the young sleuth and her companion reached the Rossmeyer mansion, they found to
their dismay that it was in darkness. The last car of guests was just pulling away. It was not
coming toward them, but going out a back service road.
“Let’s follow it!” Nancy urged Ned.
“Okay. But we’d better not get too close or the driver will become suspicious.”
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The chase led beyond the borders of River Heights, and Nancy was worried. Would the
police go back now and perhaps notify the State Troopers to continue the hunt?
Nancy said nothing to Ned, but she wished she had brought her own car with its CB radio.
Ned had driven his car to her home, and she had seen no reason to make a switch.
After they had traveled a good many miles, the driver ahead turned into a wooded area. The
dirt road twisted and turned until it finally led to an encampment. The main house seemed
to be a converted barn. For safety, Ned parked some distance away.
He and Nancy jumped out and quietly but quickly hurried forward. They encountered no
one, since the people ahead of them had already gone inside. Cautiously the young people
went up to the nearest window and peered in.
They recognized many of the people who had been at the party. They were standing
around, still in their ceremonial robes, but the scene was not solemn. The cultists were
talking and laughing loudly. One of them put on a record, and they began to dance singly or
in couples, going through strange gyrations.
Presently two men walked near the window, which was partially open. They were Mr.
Kampura and Benny the Slippery One Caputti!
Nancy and Ned dodged out of sight but remained close enough to listen. Benny Caputti
laughed raucously. “We certainly pulled that one off all right. Good thing those kids didn’t
see us and Rosina!”
“That’s right,” Kampura said. “Praise to the pearl and the lovely moon goddess.”
“Say, we brought so much food back, we’d better feed Moto,” Benny said.
Kampura chuckled. “Which one?”
“Not our Moto, of course.  I still think we should have
gotten rid of him right away.”
Nancy and Ned looked at each other. Mr. Moto the jeweler was the prisoner of the cult
people! But where was he, in the house, or one of the other buildings? They wondered if
the thieves had harmed him.
Kampura and Caputti were joined by a third man who snickered. “It’s a good thing we
locked up that girl and her boyfriend. The nerve of them to crash the party!”
The three men moved away from the window, and Nancy whispered to Ned, “They don’t
even know we’ve escaped!”
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“And they don’t know we were invited,” Ned added. “I wonder who called you.” Nancy
admitted she had no idea.
At that moment two other men passed the window and stopped near it. One of them said,
“We can’t leave that girl and her boyfriend in the hallway forever. Early tomorrow morning,
you go back and quietly unlock the doors.”
His companion grinned. “And give them some pearl soup!”
Both men laughed uproariously but were interrupted by the “goddess.” She reprimanded
them for their hilarity and suggested that everyone go to bed.
“There is work to be done in the morning,” she declared. “I have a new list of jewelry stores
for you to work on.”
The woman clapped her hands. Everyone fell silent, and she commanded the cult members
to retire to their rooms. Within minutes everyone had left, and the lights were turned out.
Nancy and Ned wondered where the police were. Had the River Heights men forgotten to
notify them. Or had the replacements not been able to follow Ned’s car?
“Are you game to go inside the house and see if we can find a telephone to notify the
police?” Nancy asked.
“Yes. Let’s see if we can locate a door that isn’t locked.”
Not far from where they were standing was an open door. Nancy and Ned tiptoed inside.
Before them was a flight of steps with another door at the top. Ned opened it, and they
found themselves in a kitchen. It was in darkness, but a small flashlight Nancy pulled from
her pocket illuminated their way to another door. It swung open noiselessly, and the two
sleuths went into an elegantly furnished dining room.
No telephone was in evidence. Nancy thought, “Perhaps ‘Mrs. Rossmeyer’ keeps it hidden.”
The two young people proceeded through another door and this time stood stock-still,
gaping in astonishment. They were in a small room with a large glass case in the middle of it.
It stood on a pedestal, and in the center, swathed in purple velvet, was the form of a
woman’s neck and shoulders. A light in the top of the case shone on an exquisite pearl
necklace draped over the form. Nancy counted the pearls. There were twelve on each side
of a huge, magnificent center one with a slightly pinkish cast!
Nancy and Ned were stunned.  Was it
the one her companion had brought to Mr. Moto for repairs?
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In front of the glass case, three figures in white hooded robes were kneeling on the floor.
They remained in that position and gave no indication that they had seen or heard the
young people. Every few seconds they glanced up at the necklace with adoring eyes.
Nancy put her lips to Ned’s ear. “We must get the police!”
The two retraced their steps through the dining room and kitchen and went outside.
“Maybe the officers lost us and couldn’t find this place,” Ned suggested. “Why don’t we
walk up the road and wave them down?”
Nancy agreed, and they started off. As they hurried along the dirt road, they were suddenly
stopped by two men who appeared from the bushes and blocked their way like huge,
looming shadows!
Nancy and Ned stood frozen to the spot. Before they had a chance to think, they were
tackled by the two men. As the young couple fought desperately, they smelled a strong,
sweet odor coming from cloths that their attackers had shoved in their faces. Nancy and
Ned blacked out!


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CLOCK_GETCPUCLOCKID
Section: Linux Programmer's Manual (3)
Updated: 2013-07-04
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NAME
clock_getcpuclockid - obtain ID of a process CPU-time clock
SYNOPSIS
#include <time.h>
int clock_getcpuclockid(pid_t pid, clockid_t *clock_id);
Link with -lrt (only for glibc versions before 2.17).
Feature Test Macro Requirements for glibc (see
feature_test_macros(7)):
clock_getcpuclockid():
-
_XOPEN_SOURCE >= 600 || _POSIX_C_SOURCE >= 200112L
DESCRIPTION
The
clock_getcpuclockid()
function obtains the ID of the CPU-time clock of the process whose ID is
pid,
and returns it in the location pointed to by
clock_id.
If
pid
is zero, then the clock ID of the CPU-time clock
of the calling process is returned.
RETURN VALUE
On success,
clock_getcpuclockid()
returns 0;
on error, it returns one of the positive error numbers listed in ERRORS.
ERRORS
- ENOSYS
-
The kernel does not support obtaining the per-process
CPU-time clock of another process, and
pid
does not specify the calling process.
- EPERM
-
The caller does not have permission to access
the CPU-time clock of the process specified by
pid.
(Specified as an optional error in POSIX.1-2001;
does not occur on Linux unless the kernel does not support
obtaining the per-process CPU-time clock of another process.)
- ESRCH
-
There is no process with the ID
pid.
VERSIONS
The
clock_getcpuclockid()
function is available in glibc since version 2.2.
ATTRIBUTES
Multithreading (see pthreads(7))
The
clock_getcpuclockid()
function is thread-safe.
CONFORMING TO
POSIX.1-2001.
NOTES
Calling
clock_gettime(2)
with the clock ID obtained by a call to
clock_getcpuclockid()
with a
pid
of 0,
is the same as using the clock ID
CLOCK_PROCESS_CPUTIME_ID.
EXAMPLE
The example program below obtains the
CPU-time clock ID of the process whose ID is given on the command line,
and then uses
clock_gettime(2)
to obtain the time on that clock.
An example run is the following:
$ ./a.out 1 # Show CPU clock of init process
CPU-time clock for PID 1 is 2.213466748 seconds
Program source
#define _XOPEN_SOURCE 600
#include <stdio.h>
#include <unistd.h>
#include <stdlib.h>
#include <time.h>
int
main(int argc, char *argv[])
{
clockid_t clockid;
struct timespec ts;
if (argc != 2) {
fprintf(stderr, "%s <process-ID>\n", argv[0]);
exit(EXIT_FAILURE);
}
if (clock_getcpuclockid(atoi(argv[1]), &clockid) != 0) {
perror("clock_getcpuclockid");
exit(EXIT_FAILURE);
}
if (clock_gettime(clockid, &ts) == -1) {
perror("clock_gettime");
exit(EXIT_FAILURE);
}
printf("CPU-time clock for PID %s is %ld.%09ld seconds\n",
argv[1], (long) ts.tv_sec, (long) ts.tv_nsec);
exit(EXIT_SUCCESS);
}
SEE ALSO
clock_getres(2),
timer_create(2),
pthread_getcpuclockid(3),
time(7)
Index
- NAME
-
- SYNOPSIS
-
- DESCRIPTION
-
- RETURN VALUE
-
- ERRORS
-
- VERSIONS
-
- ATTRIBUTES
-
- Multithreading (see pthreads(7))
-
- CONFORMING TO
-
- NOTES
-
- EXAMPLE
-
- Program source
-
- SEE ALSO
-
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FORMAL DEFINITION:"The Internet, a loosely-organized international collaboration of autonomous, interconnected networks, supports host-to-host communication through voluntary adherence to open protocols and procedures defined by Internet Standards [1]." History of Internet Website Due Monday by 11:59pm Points 5 Submitting a text entry box or a file upload With your partner your need to make a website about the history of the Internet based on the videos in this unit. Your website needs a homepage, team page (about you and your partner with a link to linkedin), an about page that describes that this is an assignment for the course, it needs a page for each video in the unit and all of the pages need to be linked to the main menu. You need to write the text for each page in word, which is approx 1-2 pages double spaced for each video. You can use bullet points and photos or create a create a timeline graphic, it doesn't need to be all text. Your need to use Bootstrap and can use the code from class that is here to start: https://github.com/kaw393939/HistoryOfInternet (Links to an external site.) Do not FORK or CLONE my repo, it is only for reference and yours should look better than mine. Required Pages: 1. History Channel - The Invention of the Internet (44:44) 2. The True Story of the Internet- Browser Wars Part 1 (43:40) 3. The True Story of the Internet- Internet Search Part 2 (43:19) 4. The True Story of the Internet- Dot Com Bubble Part 3 (43:45) 5. The True Story of the Internet- People Part 4 (43:46) 6. History of Internet Website Submission Requirements 1. At least 20 commits and 9 Branches (Approx 1 branch per page) 2. Commits labeled Bug, Feature, Task i.e. Feature: New Page, Bug: fixed header, Task: created gitignore 3. Both partners need to submit 4. At least 1 picture per page from a legal online source: https://www.pexels.com/ (Links to an external site.) or https://unsplash.com/ (Links to an external site.) 5. You need about 1-2 pages of text per page about each of the videos, so you are required to submit a word document that includes the text.  Please Both Partners Need to Submit 1. Word Document 2. Link to Website


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by Lucy JarvisTHE town centre around Eglinton station is set to include shops, businesses, high density housing and a private school.
An activity centre plan, tabled at the November Wanneroo Council meeting, outlined the vision for the development site beside Pipidinny Road.
Urbis submitted the plan on behalf of landowner Eglinton Estates to fast track development of the town centre so it could accommodate the train station.
The station, bus interchange and parking will be built as part of the Yanchep rail extension, with the first train services expected to run in 2022.
Wanneroo Council recommended the WA Planning Commission approve the plan subject to modifications after raising concerns there would not be enough residential development within a 400m walking distance of the station.
The City also said the school should not be located within that walkable catchment area.
The plan proposed having 27,000sq m of retail floor space and 243 to 365 dwellings in the town centre, with a pedestrian-focused main street.
It said the vision for the town centre was a “coastal urban community which is convenient, connected and provides diversity in both people and housing choices”.
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(Ada Record, February 28, 1894)
The lecture on the Divinity of Man by Swami Vive Kananda, (In the earlier days Swami Vivekananda's name was thus mis-spelt by the American Press. — Publisher.) the Hindu monk, drew a packed house at the Opera last Friday evening [February 22].
He stated that the fundamental basis of all religions was belief in the soul which is the real man, and something beyond both mind and matter, and proceeded to demonstrate the proposition. The existence of things material are dependent on something else. The mind is mortal because changeable. Death is simply a change.
The soul uses the mind as an instrument and through it affects the body. The soul should be made conscious of its powers. The nature of man is pure and holy but it becomes clouded. In our religion every soul is trying to regain its own nature. The mass of our people believe in the individuality of the soul. We are forbidden to preach that ours is the only true religion. Continuing the speaker said: "I am a spirit and not matter. The religion of the West hopes to again live with their body. Ours teaches there can not be such a state. We say freedom of the soul instead of salvation." The lecture proper lasted but 30 minutes but the president of the lecture committee had announced that at the close of the lecture the speaker would answer any questions propounded him. He gave that opportunity and liberal use was made of the privilege. They came from preachers and professors, physicians and philosophers, from citizens and students, from saints and sinners, some were written but dozens arose in their seats and propounded their questions directly. The speaker responded to all — mark the word, please — in an affable manner and in several instances turned the laugh on the inquirer. They kept up the fusilade for nearly an hour; when the speaker begged to be excused from further labor there yet remained a large pile of unanswered questions. He was an artful dodger on many of the questions. From his answers we glean the following additional statements in regard to the Hindu belief and teachings: They believe in the incarnation of man. One of their teachings is to the effect that their God Krishna was born of a virgin about 5000 years ago in the North of India. The story is very similar to the Biblical history of Christ, only their God was accidently killed. They believe in evolution and the transmigration of souls: i.e. our souls once inhabited some other living thing, a bird, fish or animal, and on our death will go into some other organism. In reply to the inquiry where these souls were before they came into this world he said they were in other worlds. The soul is the permanent basis of all existence. There was no time when there was no God, therefore no time when there was no creation. Buddhists [sic] do not believe in a personal god; I am no Buddhist. Mohammed is not worshipped in the same sense as Christ. Mohammed believes in Christ but denies he is God. The earth was peopled by evolution and not special selection [creation]. God is the creator and nature the created. We do not have prayer save for the children and then only to improve the mind. Punishment for sin is comparatively immediate. Our actions are not of the soul and can therefore be impure. It is our spirit that becomes perfect and holy. There is no resting place for the soul. It has no material qualities. Man assumes the perfect state when he realizes he is a spirit. Religion is the manifestation of the soul nature. The deeper they see is what makes one holier than another. Worship is feeling the holiness of God. Our religion does not believe in missions and teaches that man should love God for love's sake and his neighbor in spite of himself. The people of the West struggle too hard; repose is a factor of civilization. We do not lay our infirmities to God. There is a tendency toward a union of religions.


"BDELLIUM "occurs only in Genesis 2:12, where it designates a product of the land of Havilah; and in Numbers 11:7, where the manna is likened to it in colour. It was probably an aromatic gum like balsam which exuded from a particular tree (Borassus flabelliformis) still found in Arabia, Media, and India. It bears a resemblance in colour to myrrh. Others think the word denotes “pearls,” or some precious stone.
"BDELLIUM "occurs only in Genesis 2:12, where it designates a product of the land of Havilah; and in Numbers 11:7, where the manna is likened to it in colour. It was probably an aromatic gum like balsam which exuded from a particular tree (Borassus flabelliformis) still found in Arabia, Media, and India. It bears a resemblance in colour to myrrh. Others think the word denotes “pearls,” or some precious stone.


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Disclaimer: If I haven't updated this site in a while, I apologize, and I am sure I will get back to work on it soon. If you need to get in touch with me, please send me an email<EMAIL_ADDRESS>I am a computer programmer with a love for fun projects that have the benefit of being challenging. Whether I am interested in simulating a specific scenario using Java, playing with a new website idea in RoR, or building a smart home device, I always like to stay busy.
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version 2.4 changes¶
Trajectory plotting
0. Added support for trajectories¶
Support added for plotting trajectories in contiguous ragged array format.
Done
1. zorder option added to plotting commands¶
The plotting order parameter, zorder, has been added to con, vect, stipple and lineplot. Using zorder with a larger number puts the plotted item on top of an item with a lower zorder number.
Done
2. Fix blockfill on pressure plots¶
A bug in pressure blockplots was fixed.
Done
3. Add a gallery item for WRF plots¶
A gallery item was added for Weather Research and Forecasting (WRF) Model plots.
Done
4. Test release¶
A test release to fix a bug in the markup in the README.txt file for cf-plot
Fixed
5. traj - fix missing trajectories¶
An incorrect loop index was used leading to not all teh trajectories being plotted.
Fixed
6. vect - magmin keyword added¶
The magmin keyword was added to vect. Any vectors with a magnitude less than this aren't plotted.
Done
7. con - model level data not properly labelled¶
Contour plots of latitude or longitude vs model level number weren't proper labelled on the y-axis.
Done
8. con - polar plot labels¶
If a polar plot is made and the axis_label_fontsize is set to zero then the longitide labels are no longer plotted. Previously they were plotted but still appeared on the plot wven though they had zero size.
Done
9. con - Rotated pole data change¶
Contour plots using rotated pole data - if the longitudes and latitudes for each point are supplied as 2D arrays in auxiliary coordinates then these are now used for making a contour plot. Previously the rotated pole coordinate system was used to generate the longitudes and latitudes for the contour plot.
Changed


No timeframe determined to announce Nawaz's ECL name removal: Farogh Naseem
by https://www.facebook.com/dunyanewsISLAMABAD (Dunya News) – Federal Law Minister Farogh Naseem clarified that no timeframe has been determined to announce decision regarding former prime minister Nawaz Sharif’s name removal from the Exit Control List (ECL), Dunya News reported.
The federal minister talked to media and told that federal cabinet will take the final decision after recommendations, entirely based on merit, by its subcommittee. The decision does not depend on anyone’s personal choice, he asserted.
It is pertinent here to mention that the subcommittee had on Tuesday decided that Nawaz Sharif will have to submit a surety amount equal to the penalty imposed on him in Al-Azizia Reference in order to get his name removed from the ECL.
A deadlock was created between the subcommittee and Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) as the party refused to accept the demand of submitting the surety amount.


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JerryScript interface documentation
V2.0
JerryScript ECMA5.1 interface for UART terminal documentation
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System time interface.  More... | |
| local_str (time_d) | |
| Get actual system time string. More... | |
System time interface.
Definition at line 483 of file jerryscript_h.h.
| local_str | ( | time_d | ) |
| str | ( | time_d | ) |


Returns a set of all child members of the specified member.
Syntax
member.Children
Children ( member )
| Parameter | Description |
|---|---|
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A member specification. |
Notes
If the input member does not have any children (is a level-0 member), this function returns an emtpy set.
Example
This example uses the following parts of the Sample Basic outline:
The following expression
([West].children)
returns the set:
{ [California], [Oregon], [Washington], [Utah], [Nevada] }
And the following expression
([Diet].children)
returns the set:
{ [100-20], [200-20], [300-30] }
Therefore, the following query
SELECT {([West].children)} ON COLUMNS, {([Diet].children)} ON ROWS FROM Sample.Basic
returns the grid:
| California | Oregon | Washington | Utah | Nevada | |
| 100-20 | -1587 | 338 | 231 | 398 | 86 |
| 200-20 | 2685 | 1086 | 579 | 496 | 167 |
| 300-30 | 1328 | 288 | 1217 | 413 | 362 |


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When you're browsing online and see something you like, what do you do? Print it out? Take a screenshot and save it? I used to bookmark it on my computer, but to be honest, a few times went back to my bookmarks folder and actually did something. Pinterest answers this question by compiling all the great things you find online with a click. You just hit the "Pin it" button. That's it. The main visual challenge that I find, is that it has to display lots of "pins" in such a way that the user finds it both attractive and interesting, according to his/her particular interests. Another challenge is how to organize all the "pins" so the user can access easily to all of them.
LDS
This site meets two main needs. First, the user to find all the available resources to give a Sunday school class, a talk, to find inspiring music, activities for Family Home Evenings, etc. Second, to find the closest lds church or Temple to where the user is (either visiting someone, on vacations, or just moved to another city). The visual challenge it faces is to display the most recent and popular content in an elegant, simple, inspiring way.
COLOURLOVERS
Colourlovers answers the following questions: "What color palette could I use in my new project?", "Which are the new color trends?", "How can I share my color ideas?". It's visual challenge is to convince the user since the beginning that he/she can actually find what he/she is looking for. Since color is their area of expertise should be colorful, harmonious, and showing the latest trends.


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title: "Rails from development to production"
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tags: [rails, assets, production]
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This article has no need to be read if you have seen this excellent
Ryan Bates railscasts. After months, i've decided to subscribe his tutorials,
after all, they are a great way to learn rails, to be updated with all the new
stuff, and, last but not least, they are really well
done.
Thanks Ryan!
Moving an application to production can be a little tricky. With rails assets we
can avoid expensive http requests, all the css and the js files will be called
in only 2 files. That's great, but how it works?
Let's start the apllication in production mode
{% highlight bash %}
rails server -e production
{% endhighlight bash %}
and we will probably catch this error
{% highlight bash %}
ActionView::Template::Error (application.css isn't precompiled):
{% endhighlight bash %}
That's happen 'cause rails is looking for a compiled version of ours css files.
But we DONT have a precompiled version. To compile it, we have to be sure
that our Gemfile contain the required gems.
{% highlight ruby %}
group :assets do
gem 'sass-rails', '~> 3.2.4'
gem 'coffee-rails', '~> 3.2.2'
gem 'uglifier'
end
{% endhighlight ruby %}
Ok, now
{% highlight ruby %}
rake assets:precompile --trace
{% endhighlight ruby %}
I've added the --trace flag 'cause more than one time this command has failed,
for differents reasons. The most common was the wrong css's files order with
twitter bootstrap and bootswatch. Now all our assets are under public/assets. We
can upload this folder on the remote server and tell rails to serve the static
files in this folder, add this line to your config/environments/production.rb
file.
{% highlight ruby %}
config.serve_static_assets = true
{% endhighlight ruby %}
Every time that for development purpose you will run your application in
development mode, rails will take the compiled files in public/assets. This may
be annoiyng when you are trying to improve your css or add new features in the
javascript files. I've searched for solution to avoid this beahviour, but I end
up that the best solution in to erase the folder public/assets, and then
recompile the files when you are ready to go to production.
suggested readings:
wekeroad
blogpost
If you have problem with compiling javascript (like me) The
Little Book on coffescript


Create an original scrolling site
Pile your sections one over another and access them scrolling or by URL!
Plenty of options, methods and callbacks to use.
Designed to work on tablet and mobile devices.
Oh! And its compatible with old browsers such as IE 8 or Opera 12!


You must log into the database as Bob before proceeding with this page.
Bob is an employee of customer service department of SOUTH region. He is granted with security label 'SOUTH' with ALL ACCESS.
Check which records of 'dailysales' table
will Bob be able to access.
Since Bob is granted with security label 'SOUTH', he will be able to access all records associated with security label is 'SOUTH'. Thus Bob can only see south region sales information.


Hey there, I am
My name is Ginger Lauren .I love challenging myself to unlock a better version of myself.I love spending time with family and friends.I enjoy offering a helping to anyone who may be in need.I urge myself each time to push on when i encounter any obstacle in life inorder to achieve my desired goals in life.<./p>


{% extends "base.mail.html" %}
{% load i18n %}
{% block content %}
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Hi {{ receiver_name }},
Woohoo, you’re the one! The project owner, {{ sender_name }}, assigned the 1%Task {{ task_title }} to you!
Good luck and please keep us updated about the progress!
Start right away? Leave a short first reaction!
Go to 1%Task.
Good luck!
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{% endblock %}


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{foreach from=$alert_msgs item=alert_msg}
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Sir Gustav Athebaldt:
Yes, I agree. But first I must ask you a question: why do you wish to seek your clan? As clan leader, what is it that you truly desire? Answer truly.
"I want to make our lands safe for future generations."
"I want to have my remembered for all time."


pensioner death
Fife woman, 97, found dead in home as police arrest man
by Paul SmithCOPS have arrested and charged a man after a pensioner was found dead in Fife.
Annie Temple, 97, was discovered within a property on West End, Kinglassie on Friday October 25 2019.
Officers were alerted to a body at around 11:10am that morning.
The man, 36, is expected to appear at Kirkcaldy Sheriff Court on Monday.
Detective Chief Inspector Kevin Jamieson, of Police Scotland's Major Investigation Team, said: "Thank you to the members of the local community who have provided information and assistance in relation to our investigation.
"Your help and support has been appreciated."
"Local officers have been and will continue to be in the local area to provide reassurance."
We told you how a 'traumatised' pensioner was attacked in her own home by a callous thug - who nicked cash, bank cards and house keys.
The 88-year-old woman was assaulted at the property in Windsor Crescent, Paisley, at around 6.25pm on Thursday.
The brute then made off with a three-figure sum of money, along with the cards and keys.


This is a site I put together myself in the summer of 2017 as a way to showcase some average photography and mediocre HTML/CSS skills. Enjoy!
MANHATTAN
SKYLINE
viewed from Brookyln
viewed from Montparnasse Tower
Montmartre neighborhood
Vidden Trail: Mt Ulriken to Mt Floren visited June 2017
Kjeragbolten
an unforgettable 10km hike in truly grueling conditions
OVERLOOKING
BERGEN
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a view from
PREIKESTOLEN
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WHICH THEN TURNED TO THIS...
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About Bell's Brewery
Larry Bell started the state's oldest microbrewery in 1985. Since then, it has grown into a regional craft brewery that was named 2014 Top Brewer in Michigan and 5th Best Brewer in the World in Ratebeer.com's Best Awards. Bell's operates in over 20 states and distributes over 20 of their beers.
Bell's Eccentric Café
Bell's Brewery, Inc. became the first Michigan brewery to serve beer by the glass to the public in June 1993. Beer lovers can taste many of Bell's well-know beers as well as smaller batch brews that are available only at their pub, the Eccentric Café
Vistors enjoy the venue's warm atmosphere and spacious beer garden. In addition, the collection of art and emphemera, and live music, always give visitors something to talk about.
Bell's General Store
Beer is available to-go next door at Bell's General Store. If you're extra thirsty, fill up at their Growler Station. They also offer homebrewing supplies, wearables and other memorabilia.
Tours
Free public tours of their original brewery, connected to the renovated Eccentric Café, are offered every weekend. Tours last apprximately 30–45 minutes and begin at the following times:
- Saturdays 12:30pm, 1:30pm, 2:30pm and 3:30pm
- Sundays 1:30pm, 2:30pm, and 3:30pm
The Brew
At any given time, Bell's has over 20 beers on tap. Many are brewed right next door and are exclusive to the Eccentric Café. If you want to ponder your first drink before you arrive, check out their Tap Cam to see what they're pouring that day.
Bell's offers some of the best beers you'll ever drink so try as many as you can. Several ranked in Ratebeer.com's 11th annual Best Awards:
- Two Hearted Ale named top India Pale Ale in the world
- Hopslam named #4 Double India Pale Ale in the world
- Blacknote Stout named #4 Stout in the world
- Bell's Expedition Stout named #14 Stout in the world
- Other's worth trying include:
- Kalamazoo Stout
- Bell's Amber Ale
- Oberon
Location & Hours
- 355 E. Kalamazoo Ave
Kalamazoo, MI 49007 - Phone:<PHONE_NUMBER>
- Eccentric Café Hours
- Monday–Wednesday 11am–12am
- Thursday–Saturday 11am–2am
- Sunday Noon–12am
- General Store Hours
- Monday–Saturday 10am–9pm
- Sunday Noon–7am


| Manipulating tag-axis | |
| Tags are for attaching other entities to a model. The tag has a position and a direction. The position is not so hard to figure out for anyone, it is the point where the 3 axis intersect. The direction of a tag is given by the angles of the 3 axis. The 3 axis, named X- Y- & Z-axis, are respectively coloured Red, Green & Blue. In other words, the red line points in the direction of the (positive) X-axis, the green line points into a direction along the (positive) Y-axis and the blue line points indicates the (positive) Z-axis. If You rotate the direction of a tag in a model, any attached entity will also be rotated the same way. With this tool You can invert one tag-axis, or swap 2 tag-axis. I've loaded the ET-model of a truck: blitzbody.md3, which has 4 tags in the model. The image below shows the back of the truck where the 2 objectives are attached: | |
| Inverting an axis of a tag | |
| By selecting the choice from the menu, You can invert one of the three axis. When You choose to invert the X-axis, the red line will flip direction. | |
| The result of the invert: | |
| Swapping tag-axis | |
| It is also possible to swap 2 tag-axis. Just select the proper choice from the menu. If You swap the X- & Z-axis, the red & blue lines will flip. | |
| The result of the swapping of 2 tag-axis: | |


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Bayes Optimal Classifier
Background
Three ways to sample from P
- Draw (x,y)
- Draw y according to its marginal distribution, then x according to the conditional distribution of x | y
- Draw X according to its marginal distribution, then Y according to the conditional distribution of y | x
Define:
$\mu$: distribution on $X$
$\eta$: conditional distribution y|x
Classifier
Normal Classifier
$h : x \rightarrow y$
$R(h) = Pr_{(x,y) \in p} (h(x) \neq y)$, where R = risk
Bayes Optimal Classifier
$h^* : x \rightarrow y$
\begin{equation} f(x)=\begin{cases} 1 & \text{if $\eta(x) \geq \frac{1}{2}$} \newline 0 & \text{otherwise}. \end{cases} \end{equation}
$R(h^*)$ should be minimum, so $R^* = R(h^*) = \mathbb{E}_{x \in p}[min(\eta(x), 1 - \eta(x))]$
Consistency
Algorithm is consitent if $R(h_n) \rightarrow R^*$ as $n \rightarrow \infty$
Nearest Neighbor Classification
Pick n points at random from $P = (\mu, \eta)$
Let $h_n$ be the 1-NN classifier based on these.
1-NN is not consistent.
e.g. consider the following distribution
- X = [0, 1], y = {0, 1}
- $\mu$ is uniform on X
- $\eta$ = 1⁄4 everywhere
Bayes optimal classifier
- $h^* = 0$
- $R^*$ = 1⁄4
For 1-NN classifier
- Pr(error) = Pr(two coins of bias, 1⁄4 disagree) = 3⁄4 * 1⁄4 * 2 = 3⁄8 > $R^*$
- $R(h_n) = 2R^* (1 - R^*)$
For k-NN classifier, it’s consistent ($R(h_{n,k}) \rightarrow R^*$) if
- k is grwoing fn of n with $k \rightarrow \infty$, $\frac{k}{n} \rightarrow \infty$
- $\eta$ is continuous
Proof
- if $\eta(x) = \frac{1}{2}$, then $R(h_{n,k}) = 1 / 2$, $R(h^*) = 1 / 2$
- if $\eta(x) \lt 1 / 2$, and assume there is Ball B around x, Pr(inside B) = $\mu(B)$
- As $n \rightarrow \infty$, graph become more dense, radius of B become smaller
- Pr(k-NN of x fall in b) $\rightarrow$ 1 as $\frac{k}{n} \rightarrow 0$
- Pr(majority voe of their label is 0) $\rightarrow$ 1 as $k_n \rightarrow \infty$
- for example, $k(n) = \log n$
Limitation
- All data i.i.d. from fixed unknown distribution over X x y
- Can’t cover shifting distribution
- $\mu$ changing, $\eta$ fixed(covariate shift): different handwriting/speech distribution
- $\mu$, $\eta$ both change: classifying articles $\rightarrow$ politics, sports


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POST https://apis.wso2.com/api/am/publisher/v1/scopes
This operation can be used to add a new Shared Scope.
apim:shared_scope_manage
| Type | Name | Description | Schema | Default |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Body |
body required |
Scope object that needs to be added |
Scope (Scope) |
| HTTP Code | Description | Schema |
|---|---|---|
201 |
Created. Successful response with the newly created Scope object as an entity in the body. |
Scope |
400 |
Bad Request. Invalid request or validation error |
Error |
415 |
Unsupported media type. The entity of the request was in a not supported format. |
DELETE https://apis.wso2.com/api/am/publisher/v1/scopes/{scopeId}
This operation can be used to delete a Shared Scope proving the Id of the scope.
apim:shared_scope_manage
| Type | Name | Description | Schema | Default |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Path |
scopeId required |
Scope Id consisting the UUID of the shared scope |
String |
| HTTP Code | Description | Schema |
|---|---|---|
200 |
OK. Resource successfully deleted. |
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404 |
Not Found. The resource to be deleted does not exist. |
Error |
GET https://apis.wso2.com/api/am/publisher/v1/scopes/{scopeId}
This operation can be used to retrieve details of a Shared Scope by a given scope Id.
apim:api_view
| Type | Name | Description | Schema | Default |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Path |
scopeId required |
Scope Id consisting the UUID of the shared scope |
String |
| HTTP Code | Description | Schema |
|---|---|---|
200 |
OK. Requested Shared Scope is returned. |
Scope |
404 |
Not Found. Requested Shared Scope does not exist. |
Error |
GET https://apis.wso2.com/api/am/publisher/v1/scopes/{scopeId}/usage
This operation can be used to retrieve usages of a Shared Scope by a given scope Id.
apim:api_view
| Type | Name | Description | Schema | Default |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Path |
scopeId required |
Scope Id consisting the UUID of the shared scope |
String |
| HTTP Code | Description | Schema |
|---|---|---|
200 |
OK. Usages of the shared scope is returned. |
SharedScopeUsage |
404 |
Not Found. Usages for the shared scope does not exist. |
Error |
GET https://apis.wso2.com/api/am/publisher/v1/scopes
This operation can be used to get all the available Shared Scopes.
apim:api_view
| Type | Name | Description | Schema | Default |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Query |
limit optional |
Maximum size of resource array to return. |
Integer |
25 |
| Query |
offset optional |
Starting point within the complete list of items qualified. |
Integer |
0 |
| HTTP Code | Description | Schema |
|---|---|---|
200 |
OK. Shared Scope list is returned. |
ScopeList |
500 |
Internal server error while retrieving shared scope list |
Error |
PUT https://apis.wso2.com/api/am/publisher/v1/scopes/{scopeId}
This operation can be used to update a Shared Scope by a given scope Id.
apim:shared_scope_manage
| Type | Name | Description | Schema | Default |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Path |
scopeId required |
Scope Id consisting the UUID of the shared scope |
String | |
| Body |
body required |
Scope object that needs to be updated |
Scope (Scope) |
| HTTP Code | Description | Schema |
|---|---|---|
200 |
OK. Successful response with updated Scope object |
Scope |
400 |
Bad Request. Invalid request or validation error |
Error |
404 |
Not Found. The resource to be updated does not exist. |
Error |
HEAD https://apis.wso2.com/api/am/publisher/v1/scopes/{scopeId}
Using this operation, user can check a given scope name exists or not.
apim:api_create
apim:api_publish
| Type | Name | Description | Schema | Default |
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| Path |
scopeId required |
Scope name |
String |
| HTTP Code | Description | Schema |
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200 |
OK. Requested scope name exists. |
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404 |
Not Found. Requested scope name does not exist. |


1) Click on button `Show Message` to open modal window
2) Click on button `Delete` to close modal window
3) Soon modal close then busy indicator stars
4) See there should be `overlay` for busy indicator
Lorem ipsum is a pseudo-Latin text used in web design, typography, layout, and printing in place of English to emphasise design elements over content. It's also called placeholder (or filler) text. It's a convenient tool for mock-ups. It helps to outline the visual elements of a document or presentation, eg typography, font, or layout. Lorem ipsum is mostly a part of a Latin text by the classical author and philosopher Cicero. Its words and letters have been changed by addition or removal, so to deliberately render its content nonsensical; it's not genuine, correct, or comprehensible Latin anymore. While lorem ipsum's still resembles classical Latin, it actually has no meaning whatsoever. As Cicero's text doesn't contain the letters K, W, or Z, alien to latin, these, and others are often inserted randomly to mimic the typographic appearence of European languages, as are digraphs not to be found in the original.


'3BlackChicks Review...'
WHAT'S THE WORST THAT COULD HAPPEN? (2001) Rated PG-13; running time 90 minutes Genre: Comedy Seen at: Jack Lokes' Celebration Cinema (Lansing, Michigan) Official site: http://www.mgm.com/whatstheworst/ IMDB site: http://us.imdb.com/Details?0161083 Written by: Matthew Chapman, Barry Fanaro Directed by: Sam Weisman Cast: Martin Lawrence, Danny DeVito, John Leguizamo, Carmen Ejogo, Larry Miller, Nora Dunn, William Fichtner, Glenne Headly, Bernie Mac
Review Copyright Rose Cooper, 2001 Review URL: http://www.3blackchicks.com/bamstheworst.html
Knowing my history of hating every TV show and movie Martin Lawrence has ever done thus far (I liked him fine as a stand-up comedian, but cannot stand anything else he's done), I was fully prepared to hate WHAT'S THE WORST THAT COULD HAPPEN?. And without having read her review before I saw the flick, seeing that my partner The Diva already redlighted "The Worst", I was sure that, given my even lower tolerance for Lawrence, I'd finally reached my first double triple-redlight year.
Imagine my surprise when I found myself liking "The Worst". Man, I can't believe I just admitted that.
The Story (WARNING: **spoilers contained below**): At an art auction, Kevin Caffery (Martin Lawrence) notices a damsel-in-distress, and gentleman that he is, introduces himself to her. Faire Damsel Amber (Carmen Ejogo) is distraught over having to sell a work of art her father willed to her; and, gentleman that he is, Kevin rescues said art work for the Faire Damsel. Just as in yon modern fairy tale, they immediately hit the hay, and, after Kevin tells Amber he's a high-end thief, they fall in love, she gives him her father's lucky ring, and they live happily ever after.
[hooookay.]
Uh, where was I...oh yeah.  Their target is Max Fairbanks (Danny DeVito), a billionaire about to lose the business that he and his wife Lutetia (Nora Dunn) inherited from her father; his impending bankruptcy somehow makes Max attractive to high-end thieves [don't ask. It involves Math.]
The problem is, Max just isn't ready to be robbed; and in retaliation for Kevin's actions, Max very legally steals Amber's lucky ring from Kevin's finger, a ring that Max - as a big I-Ching/tarot follower with his own psychic assistant, Gloria (Glenne Headly) - is convinced is now *his* lucky ring.
Wackiness, as you no doubt can guess, Ensues.
The Upshot: As I implied above, all signs pointed toward me hating this movie. I only decided to see it because of Danny DeVito and the supporting cast; to be sure, I went in spite of, not because of, Martin Lawrence. Strangely enough, when Lawrence wasn't cheesing and playing the clown, he was nearly likeable; and in fact, I tired of that over-large cast, before I was ready to call it quits on this flick.
When Lawrence's trademark over-the-top behavior (see the last five or so minutes of this movie for a perfect example of just that) was reined in, he was fine, and so was "The Worst". It'd never get any statues for originality, subtlety, or much beyond the Obligatory NAACP/BET(Viacom) Image Award [hey, don't EVEN sweat me.], but I've certainly seen worse than "The Worst".
What killed WHAT'S THE WORST THAT COULD HAPPEN? for me was the inclusion of WAAAAAY too many characters; what ultimately deflated "The Worst" was its excess. I won't get into Amber's patent stupidity in so easily accepting Kevin's "profession"; that's a whole 'Nother Rant For Another Time. Here, I'll just ask "why", as in, why give Max an ObBallsBusting wife, *and* a mistress, *and* a codependent assistant-cum-harpie-cum- psychick? Why have not one, not two, but *three* screechy girlfriends/wives for the thieves to Suffer? Why the fey cop *and* the Goofy Security Chief? Why wasn't the one sidekick thief enough; was there *really* a perceived need for a Family Fence, plus Bebe Bickerson and Wife? [and don't forget Bebe's Kids]. Didn't anyone ever teach these filmmakers the maxim "less is more"?
And it wasn't just the characters who let me down. Lawrence aside, DeVito didn't really seem to have his heart in it here; his gruff act seemed like textbook Louie DePalma, and I just wasn't feelin' him at all. John Leguizamo continues to work in vehicles that do nothing to showcase his raw talent (check out any of his HBO specials, and you'll see the sad truth in that). I don't know *what* Glenne Headly was thinking [other than "Hey, my cupboard is gettin' kinda bare; maybe it'd be a good idea to go rustle up some vittles this month. Let's see what the balance is on yonder checkbook. Oops."], and the sooner I can forget the criminal waste of William Fichtner (as fey Detective Alex Tardio) and Larry Miller (as Goofy Security Chief Earl), the happier I'll be.
This flick, in the end, could've used better editing - starting with the writers exercising some self-control and the director yelling "oh HELL no!" a bit more from time to time. And with that, I think I'll do some self-editing, and stop there.
Bammer's Bottom Line: Yank my britches and slap me silly, but I had some liking for "The Worst". It exceeded my low expectations, provided a chuckle or two, and almost made me forget the lack of regard I have for Martin Lawrence's acting career to date. For a few minutes, anyway. Too bad the movie's execs felt the need to pile on the characters; it overwhelmed what could've been a Cute Popcorn Flick. Still, it could've been worse, eh?
WHAT'S THE WORST THAT COULD HAPPEN? (rating: yellowlight): I gotta wonder if the guys behind this one, *really* thought out that title.
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- education
- Jason K. Moore
- #jupyter, #libretexts, #computation, #education, #oer, #textbooks
As of September 30th we have wrapped up our work integrating Jupyter based computing tools into the LibreTexts platform. This work was part of a three year $5M grant from the U.S. Department of Education (DoE) to enhance open access textbooks called Open Textbooks Pilot Program (CFDA No. 84.116T).
This blog post serves as a report on the outcomes from the portion of the grant I was responsible for as a co-principal investigator. Overall, I think we were quite successful. LibreTexts users are creating textbooks with interactive computational elements (10+ textbooks), we've served hundreds of students with our JupyterHub, and we've trained 12 undergraduate students in full stack development, system administration, and site reliability engineering with many of them now in professional positions making use of those skills.
Project Goals
The overall goals of the DoE grant were multifold and we contributed to one small chunk. Our project was part of "Thrust 3: Next Generation Technology - Interactive Visualizations, Automated Assessment, Annotations, Database Integration, & Technological Synergy". Here is what I proposed we would do in the grant proposal:
3C: Interactive Figure Editor (Jason K. Moore).
While the CalcPlot3D application provides powerful, simple-to-use, specialized 3D visualizations, many LibreTexts authors also desire arbitrary interactive visualizations illustrating concepts in any scientific domain. It is known that quality figures enhance learning when adjunct to text regardless if the figures are static, dynamic, or interactive,[18,40] but research demonstrating whether interactivity improves learning is nascent. In computer science education, there is evidence that interactive visualizations of computer algorithms improve learning when they are self paced and of high quality[41–43] but may hamper learning if poorly designed.[44,45] There is recent evidence that interactivity is especially beneficial for lower performing students.[46] Cutting edge interactive visualizations demonstrate how concepts are learned through exploration [47] and modern publishing platforms are adopting interactive figures for high level scientific communication (Authorea)[48] as well as for the public (e.g. New York Times). This will enable LibreText to become a platform for research into the benefits of interactive figures in addition to providing authors with infinite interactive visualization possibilities to convey concepts (see Figure 4 for examples). To do so, we will implement general functionality for authors to easily include any type of interactive figure through a new "interactive figure editor" that relies on the Jupyter interactive widget system, ipywidgets.[49]
Jupyter is a popular open source web application that allows users to create and share interactive documents that contain equations, visualizations, narrative text, and the execution of code.[50] LibreTexts authors will be able to write high level code in the Python programming language in the LibreTexts editing interface to generate figures. On page save, the Python code will be sent to an external server where it will be executed in a secure container using Jupyter to generate an entry in an open access database of versioned interactive Javascript figures.
By the time the grant period started, the specific goals solidified into three primary aims and two ancillary aims:
Primary
- Allow textbook authors and readers to execute code that produces passive and interactive figures
- Allow any reader of a LibreTexts textbook page to execute code interactively
- Add Jupyter enabled textbooks and portions of textbooks to LibreTexts
Ancillary
- Provide a JupyterHub for LibreTexts and UC Davis users
- Train students in full stack development, system administration, and site reliability engineering
Below, each section describes the various things we produced to meet these goals. Developing a system like this from scratch is an enormous task, so it is important to note that we built everything off of the strong open source foundation of the greater Jupyter community and various other connected projects.
UC Davis Kubernetes Cluster
We decided to build and run our own bare metal Kubernetes computing cluster. We chose to do this instead of using cloud services because the 5-10 year cost projection seemed to be more favorable. We also had the expertise and existing hardware available to pilot the system. After two build and test iterations, we now have a 19 node cluster that runs JupyterHub and BinderHub on top of Kubernetes for UC Davis and LibreTexts users. The cluster has several notable features:
- Puppet based deployment that allows us to tear down and rebuild the cluster with one command
- Monitoring and alerts via Prometheus and Grafana
- Large redundant ZFS data storage node
- High availability entry point server pair
- Custom user abuse sensors and process killers
JupyterHub
We run JupyterHub on the cluster that defaults to the latest JupyterLab interface for interacting with the available programming languages. The JupyterHub is accessible at both https://jupyter.libretexts.org and https://jupyterhub.ucdavis.edu. Anyone with a UC Davis email address can log in and make use of the hub. We've served over 400 users over the last couple of years, most from various UC Davis and LibreTexts courses. We developed a FAQ that provides instructions for more advanced use. We also created a section in the LibreTexts construction guide that provides guidance specifically for LibreTexts users and authors.
Custom Docker Image
The default repo2docker based docker image for our our hub includes a large set of software. We manage the software dependencies using APT and Mamba, with most packages installed via Mamba from the conda-forge channel. Managing an image with a large set of software packages in a single environment has been rather difficult due to hard-to-solve version compatibilities, relying on packages that languish in maintenance, user desire for different versions of some packages, packages not being available in conda-forge, slow build times, and large docker image sizes. We've wrestled with these issues for three years, but things are reasonably smooth at this point. New images are immediately cached on all of our cluster nodes so that user load times are snappy and the vast majority of needed software is pre-installed.
Our repo2docker build specs for the image can be found here:
https://github.com/LibreTexts/default-env
This image is a nice starting image for many scientific computing situations as it includes Python, R, Julia, Octave, C++, and Sage in the console and notebooks as well as RStudio server access to R.
CKEditor Thebe Plugin
Thebe is a JavaScript application that enables live Jupyter code cells to be integrated into an arbitrary HTML page. Viewers of the HTML page can interact with the cells by editing and executing them. Once executed the output can be simple text output or advanced Javascript based interactive visualizations. Thebe was originally developed as part of Europe's OpenDreamKit project and ties into the Jupyter ecosystem. There are some alternatives to Thebe, but they offered essentially the same features. Because of this we more-or-less flipped a coin and chose to make use of Thebe in LibreTexts. LibreTexts uses the CKEditor for WYSIWYG editing of textbook pages. Once we settled on using Thebe for LibreTexts pages, we developed a plugin for CKEditor that allows page authors to edit and execute code cells. The plugin can be found here:
https://github.com/LibreTexts/ckeditor-binder-plugin
The plugin allows authors to:
- Insert code cells and run them from CKEditor to check their execution.
- Embed the code cell with or without the output of the cell.
- Embed the code cell with or without the code of the cell displayed to readers.
- Set the cells to uneditable by the LibreTexts readers.
Video showing how to use the plugin on LibreTexts
LibreTexts page authors can get started with the above video and the instructions in the guide.
Thebe Improvements
After selecting Thebe and developing the CKEditor plugin we discovered that ipywidgets did not fully function with Thebe. We had planned to use ipywidgets to offer LibreTexts readers interaction with figures and visualization using GUI widgets (sliders, buttons, input boxes, etc.). We set out to remedy this and began contributing to Thebe. In the fall of 2020, we organized a sprint for Thebe during JupyterCon which helped breathe some life into the project. With the help of the original Thebe developer, Executable Book Project members, Curvenote project members, and JupyterCon sprint attendees we knocked out a number of outstanding issues (see the Github project for details). Since the sprint, there have been regular contributions to the repository and we've made three releases of Thebe that have added a number of import new features and bug fixes. Most importantly we recently merged the fix to fully enable ipywidgets support. Here are some of the major improvements made during and since the sprint:
- Improved the documentation, including examples of more advanced cell outputs
- Thebe now uses JupyterLab 3.0 APIs
- Added a configuration for read-only cells
- Improved unit testing infrastructure
- Thebe now persists binder sessions across pages on the same domain
- A "Restart & Run All" button is now available on each cell
- Each cell has a "busy indicator" to give the user feedback from the server
- Enabled general ipywidgets functionality
You can see examples many of the rich Jupyter outputs on this LibreTexts page:
https://query.libretexts.org/Sandboxes/jupyterteam_at_ucdavis.edu
Supporting Classes
We piloted the JupyterHub and LibreTexts in several courses over the last three years:
- GEL 56: Introduction to Geophysics, GEL 161: Geophysical Field Methods (Prof. Magali Billen, UC Davis)
- GEL 160: Geological Data Analysis (Prof. Max Rudolph, UC Davis)
- GEL 298 (Profs. Sarah Stewart & Max Rudolph, UC Davis)
- STS 101: Introduction to Data Studies (Prof. Lindsay Nicole Poirier)
- ENG 122: Introduction to Mechanical Vibrations, MAE 223: Multibody Dynamics (Prof. Jason K. Moore, UC Davis)
- Cheminformatics OLCC (Prof. Robert Belford et al., University of Arkansas at Little Rock)
The cheminformatics course was a collaboration among several universities and partners. This published paper details more about that effort:
Kim et al. (2020), Teaching Cheminformatics through a Collaborative Intercollegiate Online Chemistry Course (OLCC), Journal of Chemical Education, https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.jchemed.0c01035
LibreTexts Textbooks Using Jupyter Integration
There are at least 10 textbooks now on LibreTexts that make use of the Jupyter integration for a variety of different programming languages.
Python
- Introduction to Geophysics (Magali Billen, University of California, Davis)
- Introduction to Programming Concepts - Python (Chuck Severance, University of Michigan)
- Matrix Algebra with Computational Applications (Dirk Colbry, Michigan State University)
- Introduction to Engineering for Engineers and Scientists
- Python for Everybody (Chuck Severance, University of Michigan)
- Chemistry Interactive Applications
R
- Cheminformatics
- Visual Statistics Use R (Alexey Shipunov, Minot State University)
- Answering Questions with Data - Introductory Statistics for Psychology Students (Matthew J. C. Crump, Brooklyn College of CUNY)
Julia
- Scientific Computing (Peter Staab, Fitchburg State University)
Octave
- Introduction to Control Systems (Kamran Iqbal, University of Arkansas at Little Rock)
Shell, Python, R
- Internet of Science Things (Robert Belford, University of Arkansas at Little Rock)
Three of the book authors (Belford, Billen, Iqbal) present their use of Jupyter in LibreTexts.
Outreach
We did a number of outreach talks. This was important for disseminating what we had done, but also in helping the students develop their presenting skills and connecting them to the communities of practice. We presented at Jupyter Open Studio (2019), SacPy (2020), OpenEd Week (2020), Women in Data (2020), and the National Workshop on Data Education (2020).
OpenEd Week Webinar
The Team
It is important to point out that all of the work to bring Jupyter to LibreTexts was done by a group of amazing undergraduate students over the last three years. Richard Feltstykket and I mentored them and couldn't have asked for a better group. Overall, we had 12 students work from 2 quarters to a whole year on the project. They developed their teamwork process and onboarded new students every other quarter. Many of the the students particpated during the height of the COVID 19 pandemic. I have been thoroughly impressed with them and their work. They came to the project with minimal to no knowledge about the assortment of tools and skills that they needed to solve the presented problems. The skillset needed for them to succeed was very broad, from building servers all the way up the stack to frontend Javascript app development. The students vacuumed up the knowledge, learned the skills, and it wasn't before long that they all knew way more than their two mentors (which is the agenda of all good mentors). As far as I can tell, this has paid off for many of them. Some have taken positions doing very similar work to what they did in this project. And outside of the work, the students led us through an assortment of online games during our quarterly social breaks. I'll have nightmares about Jackbox Trivia Murder Party for some time to come :). Without further ado, here is it the team that made all of this magic happen:
| Celine Liang (now @ Facebook) | Hao Huang (now @ Zillow) | Henry Agnew (now @ UC San Diego) |
| Kevin Krausse (now @ Ekata) | Kevin Rong (now @ Zoox) | Mandeepika Sani (UC Davis) |
| Noah Sanders (UC Davis) | Patrick Mackle (now @ DocuSign) | Tannavee Kumar (now @ Tempus Labs) |
| Tim Stewart (UC Davis) | Xiaochen Zeng (now @ Tencent) | Xin Luigi Chen (now @ VMware) |
Additionally, students Kevin Rong, Lawrence Lee, Eric Li, Abigail Almanza co-developed ngshare.
Congratulations on a job well done!
We also had tons of help and support from a number of folks. Special thanks goes out to: Bob Belford & team, Chris Holdgraf, Christopher Nitta, Delmar Larsen, Hongfei Wang, Lindsay Nicole Poirier, Max Rudolph, Michael Casper Lewis, Magali Billen, Min Ragan-Kelley, Paul Ivanov, Sarah Stewart, Steve Purves, Tim Head, Tom Neubarth, Yuvi Panda, and likely others that I am forgetting.
And I give the most special thanks to Richard Feltstykket for being an amazing partner in this project. We couldn't have pulled it off without his extensive knowledge and resources regarding the cluster development and system administration. Richard had some major things to deal with outside of work during these three years but he never showed any slowing down or loss of enthusiasm. He has my full admiration. I'll miss working with you Richard, hopefully we can start up something new in the future! The project is in great hands.
The Future
The future for the system and tools we've developed as a part of this grant look good. Richard Feltstykket is taking the project forward with LibreText's support. The cluster, JupyterHub, and LibreTexts page integration will continue to support a variety of instructors, courses, and students. The next big step is to scale up use for courses at UC Davis and LibreTexts participating universities. I certainly hope to see things grow now that it is all running smoothly.
Resources
Code repositories
- ckeditor-binder-plugin
- CKEditor plugin that adds a button to add Jupyter code cells via Thebe.
- ckeditor-query-plugin
- CKEditor plugin to add buttons for LibreTexts' Query and Adapt systems.
- default-env
- Our custom JupyterHub repo2docker spec.
- galaxy-vagrant
- Vagrant setup for testing our galaxy cluster
- jupyterhub-templates
- JupyterHub HTML templates that add the About and FAQ pages.
- jupyterteam_widget
- Example Jupyter widget used for learning how Jupyter widgets work.
- labextension-libretexts-faq
- JupyterLab extension that adds an FAQ link in the menu bar.
- metalc
- Primary documentation and issue tracker for the project.
- ngshare
- Primary repository containing the ngshare application.
- ngshare_exchange
- Exchange used to run ngshare on single user space systems (non distributed
- ngshare-helm-repo
- A ready made Helm chart for deploying to kubernetes.
- protogalaxy
- Puppet module bootstrapping highly available Kubernetes cluster using kubeadm, keepalived and HAProxy
- widget-testing
- Extensive tests for various advanced Jupyter cell outputs in Thebe and LibreTexts.
Prior blog posts
The students wrote (almost-)quarterly blog posts throughout the project duration. These have more details on the various topics discussed above. Here are all of the prior posts:


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by Jonathan Geddes, https://www.dailyrecord.co.uk/authors/jonathan-geddes/A young Cambuslang footballer is in the running for a goal of the season award - against adult players.
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Seasonality in the Arctic-Subarctic sea ice system affects diverse physical, chemical, and biological processes such as surface ocean warming 25, 26 with implications for sea ice melt 27, atmospheric moisture and cloud cover 28, 29, momentum transfer into the ocean 30, 31, primary production 32, and ecological dynamics 33. We illustrate the impact of the transitioning of the Arctic sea ice cover to the seasonal regime on the climate system by a simple example: the role of the ice cover in Arctic amplification. Arctic amplification is the faster rate of Arctic warming compared to the global average (Fig. 4a), which is most prominent in autumn and winter 34, 35. While Arctic amplification can be found throughout the troposphere, it is strongest at the surface 35. Several studies show that sea ice plays a major role in surface Arctic amplification 36– 39. Here, we focus on the relationship of the September-mean sea ice area and surface air temperature (SAT) during autumn (September to November mean).
Sea ice trends and peak Arctic amplification in CMIP5 historical runs and RCP8.5 projections. ( a) Autumn (September to November) Arctic (north of 70°N) mean surface air temperature (SAT; dashed lines) and global mean SAT (solid lines). Temperatures are anomalies with respect to the relevant 1960–1980 mean and smoothed by a 30-year boxcar filter. ( b) Arctic September mean sea ice area (SIA) from the CMIP5 models (colored lines) and the multi-model mean (black line). Colored circles mark the year in which each model run passes through Se = 1. The vertical black dashed line marks the multi-model mean peak year of sea-ice-related feedbacks (also shown in ( c, d); see Fig. SI7). The lower horizontal gray dashed line marks the commonly-used 10 6 km 2 threshold of an ice-free Arctic. The upper horizontal gray dashed line marks 50% of the 1960–1980 SIA value. ( c) Rates of SIA and SAT change based on the 30-year running mean smoothed multi-model mean time series shown in ( a, b). ( d) Time series of the Arctic amplification factor defined as the ratio of Arctic to global SAT anomalies as shown in ( a).
Sea ice influences, among other variables, Arctic SAT by moderating both absorption of insolation at the surface and property exchange between the ocean and atmosphere. As sea ice retreats during the melt season it exposes the darker ocean to direct insolation, which then warms locally over the summer, causing further ice retreat. Seasonally, the warmer ocean accelerates ice melt and delays re-freezing. Inter-annually, less sea ice survives summer melt and the shorter freezing season promotes overall thinner ice which is more prone to retreat during the next melt season. This positive ice-albedo feedback is an important process under global warming 34, 40, 41.
The sea ice cover also impedes heat and moisture fluxes from the ocean to the atmosphere. In autumn and winter the open ocean can significantly warm the atmosphere in the absence of sea ice 42. In conjunction with advection from lower latitudes of warm and moist air, this was a key factor leading to unusual high surface temperatures in the Arctic in autumn 2016 43. Moreover, it shows that Arctic amplification is influenced by non-local processes. Sea ice retreat, and its consequences, may cause it to vary in time, however. For example, the positive ice-albedo feedback is most effective when a thin ice cover exists because it requires the contrast between dark open water that warms and bright sea ice that rapidly melts. Due to the topographic enclosure of the Arctic Ocean by land, sea ice retreat is limited and the ice-albedo feedback will disappear once the ocean becomes ice-free in the sunlit season. To the extent that the ice-albedo feedback influences Arctic amplification, Arctic amplification should be greatest during the time of fastest year-to-year ice retreat.
To investigate this idea further we focus on two quantitative diagnostics. We study the decadal increase in autumn mean surface air temperature (SAT) north of 70°N (Fig. 4a, dashed lines) and the decline in summer minimum sea ice area (SIA; Fig. 4b). By limiting the area of interest to north of 70°N we focus on processes related to the Arctic Ocean, such as sea ice coverage and enhanced upper ocean heat storage. Other processes involved in Arctic amplification, such as variations in snow cover on land, are not explicitly considered, although they are represented in the climate models. The CMIP5 model RCP8.5 projections are examined after applying a 30-year boxcar filter to reduce the influence of model-specific interannual to decadal variability. The rates of change of both Arctic summer SIA and autumn SAT peak in the decade of the 2010s (Fig. 4c, blue and light blue lines). In contrast, the rate of change of global mean autumn SAT increases to a plateau after 2060 (Fig. 4c, indigo line).
We quantify the peak effectiveness of sea ice feedbacks using the year of greatest combined summer sea ice retreat and subsequent autumn warming (see Methods and Fig. SI7). This peak occurs in 2012 for the CMIP5 multi-model mean and is shown with a black vertical dashed line in Fig. 4b–d. At the same time autumn Arctic SAT warming reaches a maximum and so does Arctic amplification, measured by an Arctic amplification factor, which reaches a magnitude of 3.0 in 2015 for the ensemble mean (Fig. 4d). We define the Arctic amplification factor as the ratio of Arctic mean to global mean SAT anomaly. This variable varies with time to quantify the secular change in the amplification magnitude. SAT anomalies are computed with respect to the period 1960–1980. Autumn Arctic SIA decline stays high for another ten years before diminishing after 2030.
Importantly, the peak year in sea ice feedback effectiveness coincides with the year that the CMIP5 multi-model mean passes from the perennial to the seasonal regime for sea ice area ( Se = 1, coloured circles on Fig. 4b). And it precedes both the time when half the September sea ice area is lost and when the commonly-used 10 6 km 2 threshold is reached (in years 2024 and 2050, respectively, for the CMIP5 multi-model mean). This finding suggests that the seasonality number is closely related to the effectiveness of sea ice feedbacks in modulating Arctic amplification. The multi-model mean Arctic amplification factor decreases significantly after 2015 reaching a value of 2.4 toward the end of the study period in 2085 (Fig. 4d).
Processes such as the ice-albedo feedback preferentially accelerate summer sea ice melt, increasing the seasonal range, namely, the numerator in (1). They also facilitate an inter-annual decrease of the mean ice thickness and area, thus decreasing the denominator of (1). Both effects increase the seasonality number, with greatest impact when sea ice processes are most effective, i.e. when there is still a contrast between ice-covered and open ocean in the Arctic. Thus it is reasonable to hypothesize that the change from the perennial to the seasonal regime occurs when sea ice feedbacks are most effective. For these reasons, we speculate that the decisive transition of the Arctic climate and eco-systems will occur during the next decade, long before the threshold of an ice-free Arctic is reached.


#include <ParticleUniverseInterParticleCollider.h>
| ParticleUniverse::InterParticleCollider::InterParticleCollider | ( | void | ) |
| virtual ParticleUniverse::InterParticleCollider::~InterParticleCollider | ( | void | ) | [inline, virtual] |
| Ogre::Real ParticleUniverse::InterParticleCollider::getAdjustment | ( | void | ) | const |
Todo
| void ParticleUniverse::InterParticleCollider::setAdjustment | ( | Ogre::Real | adjustment | ) |
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| InterParticleCollider::InterParticleCollisionResponse ParticleUniverse::InterParticleCollider::getInterParticleCollisionResponse | ( | void | ) | const |
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| void ParticleUniverse::InterParticleCollider::setInterParticleCollisionResponse | ( | InterParticleCollider::InterParticleCollisionResponse | interParticleCollisionResponse | ) |
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| void ParticleUniverse::InterParticleCollider::_prepare | ( | ParticleTechnique * | particleTechnique | ) | [virtual] |
Perform initialisation actions.
Reimplemented from ParticleUniverse::ParticleAffector.
| void ParticleUniverse::InterParticleCollider::_unprepare | ( | ParticleTechnique * | particleTechnique | ) | [virtual] |
Reverse the actions from the _prepare.
Reimplemented from ParticleUniverse::ParticleAffector.
| void ParticleUniverse::InterParticleCollider::_affect | ( | ParticleTechnique * | particleTechnique, | |
| Particle * | particle, | |||
| Ogre::Real | timeElapsed | |||
| ) | [virtual] |
Affect a particle.
| particle | Pointer to a ParticleTechnique to which the particle belongs. | |
| particle | Pointer to a Particle. | |
| timeElapsed | The number of seconds which have elapsed since the last call. |
Implements ParticleUniverse::ParticleAffector.
| void ParticleUniverse::InterParticleCollider::copyAttributesTo | ( | ParticleAffector * | affector | ) | [virtual] |
Copy attributes to another affector.
Reimplemented from ParticleUniverse::BaseCollider.
| bool ParticleUniverse::InterParticleCollider::_validateAndExecuteSphereCollision | ( | Particle * | particle1, | |
| Particle * | particle2, | |||
| Ogre::Real | timeElapsed | |||
| ) | [protected] |
Todo
Collision detected.
const Ogre::Real ParticleUniverse::InterParticleCollider::DEFAULT_ADJUSTMENT = 1.0f [static] |
const InterParticleCollider::InterParticleCollisionResponse ParticleUniverse::InterParticleCollider::DEFAULT_COLLISION_RESPONSE [static] |
Initial value:
Ogre::Real ParticleUniverse::InterParticleCollider::mAdjustment [protected] |
InterParticleCollisionResponse ParticleUniverse::InterParticleCollider::mInterParticleCollisionResponse [protected] |