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Glossary
A NOTE ON DATES IN THIS GLOSSARY. The Toman
Calendar (devised by Toma dur Ahmid) was adopted approximately two
centuries after the death of the last male Aes Sedai and recorded
years After the Breaking of the World (AB). Many records were
destroyed in the Trolloc Wars, so much so that with the end of the
Wars there was argument about the exact year under the old system.
A new calendar was proposed by Tiam of Gazar, celebrating the
supposed freedom from the Trolloc threat and recording each year as
a Free Year (FY). The Gazaran calendar gained wide acceptance
within twenty years after the Wars’ end. Artur Hawkwing attempted
to establish a new calendar based on the founding of his empire
(FF, From the Founding), but this is now known and referred to only
by historians. After the widespread destruction, death and
disruption of the War of the Hundred Years, a fourth calendar was
devised by Uren din Jubai Soaring Gull, a scholar of the Sea Folk,
and promulgated by the Panarch Farede of Tarabon. The Farede
Calendar, dating from the arbitrarily-decided end of the War of the
Hundred Years and recording years of the New Era (NE), is currently
in use.
- Adan, Heran (ay-DAN,
HEH-ran):
- Governor of Baerlon.
- Aes Sedai (EYEZ seh-DEYE):
- Wielders of the One Power. Since the Time of Madness, all surviving
Aes Sedai are women. Widely distrusted and feared, even hated, they
are blamed by many for the Breaking of the World, and are generally
thought to meddle in the affairs of nations. At the same time, few
rulers will be without an Aes Sedai adviser, even in lands where
the existence of such a connection must be kept secret. Used as an
honorific, so: Sheriam Sedai; and as a high honorific, so: Sheriam
Aes Sedai. See also Ajah; Amyrlin Seat.
- Age Lace:
- See Pattern of an Age.
- Age of Legends:
- The Age ended by the
War of the Shadow and the Breaking of the World. A time when Aes
Sedai performed wonders now only dreamed of. See also Wheel of
Time.
- Agelmar; Lord Agelmar of House of
Jagad (AGH-el-mar; JAH-gad):
- Lord of Fal
Dara. His sign is three running red foxes.
- Aiel (eye-EEL):
- The people of
the Aiel Waste. Fierce and hardy. Also called Aielmen. They veil
their faces before they kill, giving rise to the saying “acting
like a black-veiled Aiel” to describe someone who is being violent.
 Their pipers play them into battle
with the music of dances, and Aielmen call battle “the Dance.”
- Aiel Waste:
- The harsh, rugged and
all-but-waterless land east of the Spine of the World. Few
outsiders venture there, not only because water is almost
impossible to find for one not born there, but because the Aiel
consider themselves at war with all other peoples and do not
welcome strangers.
- Ajah (AH-jah):
- Societies
among the Aes Sedai, to which all Aes Sedai belong. They are
designated by colors: Blue Ajah, Red Ajah, White Ajah, Green Ajah,
Brown Ajah, Yellow Ajah, and Gray Ajah. Each follows a specific
philosophy of the use of the One Power and purposes of the Aes
Sedai. For example, the Red Ajah bends all its energies to finding
and gentling men who are attempting to wield the Power. The Brown
Ajah, on the other hand, forsakes involvement with the world and
dedicates itself to seeking knowledge. There are rumors (hotly
denied, and never safely mentioned in front of any Aes Sedai) of a
Black Ajah, dedicated to serving the Dark One.
- Al Ellisande!
(ahlehl-lih-SAHN-dah):
- In the Old Tongue, “For the Rose of
the Sun!”
- Aldieb (ahl-DEEB):
- In the Old
Tongue, “West Wind,” the wind that brings the spring rains.
- al’Meara, Nynaeve (ahl-MEER-ah,
NIGH-neev):
- The Wisdom of Emond’s Field.
- al’Thor, Rand (ahl-THOR,
RAND):
- A young farmer and sheepherder from the Two Rivers.
- al’Vere, Egwene (ahl-VEER,
eh-GWAIN):
- Youngest daughter of the innkeeper in Emond’s
Field.
- Amyrlin Seat (AHM-ehr-lin):
- (1.) The title of the leader of
the Aes Sedai. Elected for life by the Hall of the Tower, the
highest council of the Aes Sedai, which consists of three
representatives from each of the seven Ajahs. The Amyrlin Seat has,
theoretically at least, almost supreme authority among the Aes
Sedai. She ranks as the equal of a king or queen.
- (2.) The throne upon
which the leader of the Aes Sedai sits.
- Andor (AN-door):
- The realm within which the Two Rivers
lies. The sign of Andor is a rampant white lion on a field of
red.
- angreal (ahn-gree-AHL):
- A
very rare object which allows anyone capable of channeling the One
Power to handle a greater amount of the Power than would be safely
possible unaided. Remnants of the Age of Legends, the means of
their making is no longer known. See also sa’angreal.
- Arafel (AH-rah fehl):
- One of
the Borderlands. The sign of Arafel is three white roses on a field
of red, quartered with three red roses on a field of white.
- Aram (AY-ram):
- A young man of
the Tuatha’an.
- Avendesora
(Ah-vehn-deh-SO-rah):
- In the Old Tongue, “the Tree of
Life.” Mentioned in many stories and legends.
- Aybara, Perrin (ay-BAHR-ah,
PEHR-rihn):
- A young blacksmith’s apprentice from Emond’s
Field.
- Ba’alzamon (bah-AHL-zah-mon):
- In the Trolloc tongue, “Heart of the Dark.” Believed to be the
Trolloc name for the Dark One.
- Baerlon (BAYR-lon):
- A city in
Andor on the road from Caemlyn to the mines in the Mountains of
Mist.
- Barran, Doral (BAHR-rahn,
DOOR-ahl):
- The Wisdom in Emond’s Field prior to Nynaeve
al’Meara.
- Bel Tine (BEHL TINE):
- Spring
festival in the Two Rivers.
- biteme (BITE-me):
- A small,
almost invisible biting insect.
- Black Ajah:
- See Ajah.
- Blasted Lands:
- Desolated lands
surrounding Shayol Ghul, beyond the Great Blight.
- Blight, the:
- See Great Blight,
the.
- Blue Ajah:
- See Ajah.
- Borderlands, the:
- The nations
bordering the Great Blight: Saldaea, Arafel, Kandor, and
Shienar.
- Bornhald, Dain (BOHRN-hahld,
DAY-ihn):
- An officer of the Children of the Light, son of Lord
Captain Geofram Bornhald.
- Bornhald, Geofram (BOHRN-hahld,
JEHF-rahm):
- A Lord Captain of the Children of the Light.
- Breaking of the World, the:
- When
Lews Therin Telamon and the Hundred Companions resealed the Dark
One’s prison, the counterstroke tainted saidin. Eventually every
male Aes Sedai went horribly insane. In their madness these men,
who could wield the One Power to a degree now unknown, changed the
face of the earth. They caused great earthquakes, leveled mountain
ranges, raised new mountains, lifted dry land where seas had been,
made the ocean rush in where dry land had been. Many parts of the
world were completely depopulated, and the survivors were scattered
like dust on the wind. This destruction is remembered in stories,
legends and history as the Breaking of the World. See also Hundred
Companions, the.
- Bryne, Gareth (BRIHN,
GAH-rehth):
- Captain-General of the Queen’s Guard in Andor.
Also serves as Morgase’s First Prince of the Sword. His sign is
three golden stars, each of five rays.
- Byar, Jaret (BY-ahr,
JAH-ret):
- An officer of the Children of the Light.
- Caemlyn (KAYM-lihn):
- The
capital city of Andor.
- Cairhien (KEYE-ree-EHN):
- Both
a nation along the Spine of the World and the capital city of that
nation. The city was burned and looted during the Aiel War
(976-978 NE). The sign of Cairhien is a many-rayed golden
sun rising from the bottom of a field of sky blue.
- Carai an Caldazar! (cah-REYE ahn
cahl-dah-ZAHR):
- In the Old Tongue, “For the honor of the Red
Eagle!” The ancient battle cry of Manetheren.
- Carai an Ellisande!:
- In the Old
Tongue, “For the honor of the Rose of the Sun!” The battle cry of
the last king of Manetheren.
- Cauthon, Matrim (Mat)
(CAW-thon, MAT-rihm):
- A young farmer from the Two
Rivers.
- channel:
- (1) (verb) To control the
flow of the One Power.
- (2) (noun) The act of controlling the flow of the One
Power.
- Charin, Jain (CHAH-rihn,
JAY-ihn):
- See Farstrider, Jain.
- Children of the Light:
- A society
holding strict ascetic beliefs, dedicated to the defeat of the Dark
One and the destruction of all Darkfriends. Founded during the War
of the Hundred Years by Lothair Mantelar (LOH-thayr
MAHNtee-LAHR) to proselytize against increasing numbers of
Darkfriends, they evolved during the war into a completely military
organization, extremely rigid in their beliefs and completely
certain that only they know the truth and the right. They hate Aes
Sedai, considering them, and any who support or befriend them,
Darkfriends. They are known disparagingly as Whitecloaks; their
sign is a golden sunburst on a field of white.
- Covenant of the Ten Nations:
- A
union formed in the centuries after the Breaking of the World
(circa 200 AB). Dedicated to the defeat of the Dark One.
Broken apart by the Trolloc Wars.
- cuendillar (CWAIN-deh-yar):
- See heartstone.
- Damodred, Lord Galadedrid
(DAHM-oh-drehd, gah-LAHD-eh-drihd):
- Only son of Taringail
Damodred and Tigraine; half-brother to Elayne and Gawyn. His sign
is a winged silver sword, point-down.
- Damodred, Prince Taringail
(DAHM-oh-drehd, TAH-rihn-gail):
- A Royal Prince of Cairhien, he
married Tigraine and fathered Galadedrid. When Tigraine disappeared
and was declared dead, he married Morgase and fathered Elayne and
Gawyn. He vanished under mysterious circumstances and has been
presumed dead for many years. His sign was a golden, double-bitted
battle axe.
- Dark One:
- Most common name, used
in every land, for Shai’tan: the source of evil, antithesis of the
Creator. Imprisoned by the Creator at the moment of Creation in a
prison at Shayol Ghul; an attempt to free him from that prison
brought about the War of the Shadow, the tainting of saidin, the
Breaking of the World, and the end of the Age of Legends.
- Dark One, naming the:
- Saying the
true name of the Dark One (Shai’tan) draws his attention,
inevitably bringing ill-fortune at best, disaster at worst. For
that reason many euphemisms are used, among them the Dark One,
Father of Lies, Sightblinder, Lord of the Grave, Shepherd of the
Night, Heartsbane, Heartfang, Grassburner, and Leafblighter.
Someone who seems to be inviting ill fortune is often said to be
“naming the Dark One.”
- Darkfriends:
- Those who follow the
Dark One and believe they will gain great power and rewards when he
is freed from his prison.
- Daughter-heir:
- Title of the heir
to the throne of Andor. The eldest daughter of the Queen succeeds
her mother on the throne. Without a surviving daughter, the throne
goes to the nearest female blood-relation of the Queen.
- Dha’vol, Dhai’mon (DAH-vohl,
DEYE-mon):
- See Trollocs.
- Djevik K’Shar (DJEH-vihk
KEH-SHAHR):
- In the Trolloc tongue, “The Dying Ground.” The
Trolloc name for the Aiel Waste.
- Domon, Bayle (DOH-mon, BAIL):
- The captain of the Spray.
- Dragon, the:
- The name by which
Lews Therin Telamon was known during the War of the Shadow. In the
madness which overtook all male Aes Sedai, Lews Therin killed every
living person who carried any of his blood, as well as everyone he
loved, thus earning the name Kinslayer. A saying is now used,
“taken by the Dragon,” or “possessed of the Dragon,” to indicate
that someone is endangering those around him or threatening them,
especially if without cause. See also Dragon Reborn.
- Dragon, false:
- Occasionally men
claim to be the Dragon Reborn, and sometimes one of them gains
following enough to require an army to put it down. Some have begun
wars that involved many nations. Over the centuries most have been
men unable to channel the One Power, but a few could. All, however,
either disappeared, or were captured or killed, without fulfilling
any of the Prophecies concerning the Rebirth of the Dragon. These
men are called false Dragons. See also Dragon reborn.
- Dragon Reborn:
- According to
prophecy and legend the Dragon will be born again at mankind’s
greatest hour of need to save the world. This is not something
people look forward to, both because the prophecies say the Dragon
Reborn will bring a new Breaking to the world, and because Lews
Therin Kinslayer, the Dragon, is a name to make men shudder, even
more than three thousand years after his death. See also Dragon,
the; Dragon, false.
- Dragon’s Fang, the:
- A stylized
mark, usually black, in the shape of a teardrop balanced on its
point. Scrawled on a door or a house, it is an accusation of evil
against the people inside.
- Dreadlords:
- Those men and women
who, able to channel the One Power, went over to the Shadow during
the Trolloc Wars, acting as commanders of the Trolloc
forces.
- Easar; King Easar of House Togita
(EE-zar; toh-GHEE-rah):
- King of Shienar. His sign is a
white hart, which according to Shienaran custom is held also to be
a sign of Shienar along with the Black Hawk.
- Elaida (eh-LY-da):
- An Aes
Sedai who advises Queen Morgase of Andor.
- Elayne (ee-LAIN):
- Queen
Morgase’s daughter, the Daughter-heir to the Throne of Andor. Her
sign is a golden lily.
- Else; Else Grinwell (EHLZ
GRIHN-wehl):
- A farmer’s daughter met on the Caemlyn Road.
- Eyeless, the:
- See
Myrddraal.
- Fade:
- See Myrddraal.
- Fain, Padan (FAIN, PAHD-ahn):
- A peddler who arrives in Emond’s Field just before Winternight.
- Far Dareis Mai (FAHR DAH-rize
MY):
- Literally, “Maidens of the Spear.” One of a number of
warrior societies of the Aiel; unlike any of the others, it admits
women and only women. A Maiden may not marry and remain in the
society, nor may she fight while carrying a child. Any child born
to a Maiden is given to another woman to raise, in such a way that
no one knows who the child’s mother was. (“You may belong to no
man, nor may any man belong to you, nor any child. The spear is
your lover, your child, and your life.”) These children are
treasured, for it is prophesied that a child born of a Maiden will
unite the clans and return to the Aiel to the greatness they knew
during the Age of Legends.
- Farstrider, Jain (JAY-ihn):
- A
hero of the northern lands who journeyed to many lands and had many
adventures; the author of several books, as well as being the
subject of books and stories. He vanished in 981 NE, after
returning from a trip into the Great Blight which some said had
taken him all the way to Shayol Ghul.
- Father of Lies:
- See Dark
One.
- First Prince of the Sword:
- Title
normally held by the eldest brother of the Queen of Andor, who has
been trained since childhood to command the Queen’s armies in time
of war and to be her adviser in time of peace. If the Queen has no
surviving brother, she will appoint someone to the title.
- fist:
- The basic military unit of
the Trollocs, varying in number; always more than one hundred, but
never more than two hundred. A fist is usually, but not always,
commanded by a Myrddraal.
- Five Powers, the:
- There are
threads to the One Power, and each person who can channel the One
Power can usually grasp some threads better than others. These
threads are named according to the sorts of things that can be done
using them—Earth, Air, Fire, Water, and Spirit—and are
called the Five Powers. Any wielder of the One Power will have a
greater degree of strength with one, or possibly two, of these, and
lesser strength in the others. Some few may have great strength
with three, but since the Age of Legends no one has had great
strength with all five. Even then this was extremely rare. The
degree of strength can vary greatly between individuals, so that
some who can channel are much stronger than others. Performing
certain acts with the One Power requires ability in one or more of
the Five Powers. For example, starting or controlling a fire
requires Fire, and affecting the weather requires Air and Water,
while Healing requires Water and Spirit. While Spirit was found
equally in men and women, great ability with Earth and/or Fire was
found much more often among men, with Water and/or Air among women.
There were exceptions, but it was so often so that Earth and Fire
came to be regarded as male Powers, Air and Water as female.
Generally, no ability is considered stronger than any other, though
there is a saying among Aes Sedai: “There is no rock so strong that
water and wind cannot wear it away, no fire so fierce that water
cannot quench it or wind snuff it out.” It should be noted this
saying came into use long after the last male Aes Sedai was dead.
Any equivalent saying among male Aes Sedai is long lost.
- Flame of Tar Valon:
- The symbol of
Tar Valon and the Aes Sedai.
- Forsaken, the:
- Name given to
thirteen of the most powerful Aes Sedai ever known, who went over
to the Dark One during the War of the Shadow in return for the
promise of immortality. According to both legend and fragmentary
records, they were imprisoned along with the Dark One when his
prison was resealed. Their names are still used to frighten
children.
- Galad (gah-LAHD):
- See
Damodred, Lord Galadedrid.
- Gawyn (GAH-wihn):
- Queen
Morgase’s son, Elayne’s brother, who will be First Prince of the
Sword when Elayne ascends the throne. His sign is a white boar.
- gentling:
- The act, performed by
Aes Sedai, of shutting off a male who can channel from the One
Power. This is necessary because any man who learns to channel will
go insane from the taint upon saidin and will almost certainly
do horrible things with the Power in his madness. A man who has
been gentled can still sense the True Source, but he cannot touch
it. Whatever madness has come before gentling is arrested by the
act of gentling, but not cured by it, and if it is done soon enough
death can be averted.
- gleeman:
- A traveling storyteller,
musician, juggler, tumbler and all-around entertainer. Known by
their trademark cloaks of many-colored patches, they perform mainly
in the villages and smaller towns, since larger towns and cities
have other entertainments available.
- Great Blight, the:
- A region in the
far north, entirely corrupted by the Dark One. A haunt of Trollocs,
Myrddraal, and other creatures of the Dark One.
- Great Hunt of the Horn, the:
- A
cycle of stories concerning the legendary search for the Horn of
Valere, in the years between the end of the Trolloc Wars and the
beginning of the War of the Hundred Years. If told in their
entirety, the cycle would take many days.
- Great Lord of the Dark:
- The name
by which Darkfriends refer to the Dark One, claiming that to use
his true name would be blasphemous.
- Great Pattern:
- The Wheel of Time
weaves the Patterns of the Ages into the Great Pattern, which is
the whole of existence and reality, past, present and future. Also
known as the Lace of Ages. See also Pattern of an Age; Wheel of
Time.
- Great Serpent:
- A symbol for time
and eternity, ancient before the Age of Legends began, consisting
of a serpent eating its own tail.
- Halfman:
- See Myrddraal.
- Hawkwing, Artur:
- A legendary king
who united all the lands west of the Spine of the World, as well as
some lands beyond the Aiel Waste. He even sent armies across the
Aryth Ocean, but all contact with these was lost at his death,
which set off the War of the Hundred Years. His sign was a golden
hawk in flight. See also War of the Hundred Years.
- Heartfang; Heartsbane:
- See Dark
One.
- heartstone:
- An indestructible
substance created during the Age of Legends. Any known force used
in an attempt to break it is absorbed, making heartstone
stronger.
- Horn of Valere (vah-LEER):
- The legendary object of the Great Hunt of the Horn. The Horn
supposedly can call back dead heroes from the grave to fight
against the Shadow.
- Hundred Companions, the:
- One
hundred male Aes Sedai, among the most powerful of the Age of
Legends, who, led by Lews Therin Telamon, launched the final stroke
that ended the War of the Shadow by sealing the Dark One back into
his prison. The Dark One’s counterstroke tainted saidin; the
Hundred Companions went mad and began the Breaking of the
World.
- Illian (IHL-lee-ahn):
- A great
port on the Sea of Storms, capital city of the nation of the same
name. The sign of Illian is nine golden bees on a field of dark
green.
- Ingtar; Lord Ingtar of House
Shinowa(IHNG-tahr; shih-NOH-wah):
- A
Shienaran warrior met at Fal Dara.
- Kandor (KANH-dohr):
- One of
the Borderlands. The sign of Kandor is a rearing red horse on a
field of pale green.
- Kinch, Hyam (KIHNCH, HY-ahm):
- A farmer met on the Caemlyn Road.
- Ko’bal (KOH-bahl):
- See
Trollocs.
- Lace of Ages:
- See Great Pattern,
the.
- Lan; al’Lan Mandragoran (AHL-LAN
man-DRAG-or-an):
- A warrior from the north; Moiraine’s
companion.
- Leafblighter:
- See Dark
One.
- league:
- A measure of distance
equal to four miles. See also mile.
- Luc; Lord Luc of House Mantear
(LUKE; MAN-tee-ahr):
- Tigraine’s brother, who would have
been her First Prince of the Sword when she ascended the throne.
His disappearance in the Great Blight is believed to be in some way
connected to Tigraine’s later disappearance. His sign was an
acorn.
- Lurk (LUHRK):
- See
Myrddraal.
- Machera, Elyas (mah-CHEER-ah,
ee-LY-ahs):
- A man encountered by Perrin and Egwene in the
forest.
- Mahdi (MAH-dee):
- In the Old
Tongue, “Seeker.” Title of the leader of a Tuatha’an carvan.
- Malkier (mahl-KEER):
- A
nation, once one of the Borderlands, now consumed by the Blight.
The sign of Malkier was a golden crane in flight.
- Mandarb (MAHN-dahrb):
- In the
Old Tongue, “Blade.”
- Manetheren
(mahn-EHTH-ehr-ehn):
- One of the Ten Nations that made the
Second Covenant, and also the capital city of that nation. Both
city and nation were utterly destroyed in the Trolloc Wars.
- Maradon (MAH-rah-don):
- The
capital city of Saldaea.
- Merrilin, Thom (MER-rih-lihn,
TOM):
- A gleeman who comes to Emond’s Field to perform at Bel
Tine.
- mile:
- A measure of distance equal
to one thousand spans. Four miles make one league. See also
span.
- Min (MIN):
- A young woman
encountered at the Stag and Lion in Baerlon.
- Moiraine (mwah-RAIN):
- A
visitor to Emond’s Field who arrives just before Winternight.
- Morgase (moor-GAYZ):
- By the
Grace of the Light, Queen of Andor, High Seat of House Trakand
(TRAHK-ahnd). Her sign is three golden keys. The sign of
House Trakand is a silver keystone.
- Myrddraal (MUHRD-draal):
- Creatures of the Dark One, commanders of the Trollocs. Twisted
offspring of Trollocs in which the human stock used to create the
Trollocs has resurfaced, but tainted by the evil that made the
Trollocs. Physically they are like men except that they have no
eyes, but can see like eagles in light or dark. They have certain
powers stemming from the Dark One, including the ability to cause
paralyzing fear with a look and the ability to vanish wherever
there are shadows. One of their few known weaknesses is that they
are reluctant to cross running water. In different lands they are
known by many names, among them Halfmen, the Eyeless, Shadowmen,
Lurk, and Fade.
- One Power, the:
- The power drawn
from the True Source. The vast majority of people are completely
unable to learn to channel the One Power. A very small number can
be taught to channel, and an even tinier number have the ability
inborn. For these few there is no need to be taught; they will
touch the True Source and channel the Power whether they want to or
not, perhaps without even realizing what they are doing. This
inborn ability usually manifests itself in late adolescence or
early adulthood. If control is not taught, or self-learned
(extremely difficult, with a success rate of only one in
four), death is certain. Since the time of Madness, no man has been
able to channel the Power without eventually going completely,
horribly mad; and then, even if he has learned some control, dying
from a wasting sickness which causes the sufferer to rot alive—a sickness caused, as is the madness, by the Dark One’s
taint on saidin. For a woman the death that comes without control
of the Power is less horrible, but it is death just the same. Aes
Sedai search for girls with the inborn ability as much to save
their lives as to increase Aes Sedai numbers, and for men with it
in order to stop the terrible things they inevitably do with the
Power in their madness. See also channel; Time of Madness; True
Source.
- Pattern of an Age:
- The Wheel of
Time weaves the threads of human lives into the Pattern of an Age,
which forms the substance of reality for that Age; also known as
Age Lace. See also ta’veren.
- Questioners, the:
- An order within
the Children of the Light. Their avowed purposes are discovering
the truth in disputations and uncovering Darkfriends. In the search
for truth and the Light, as they see it, they are even more zealous
than the Children of the Light as a whole. Their normal method of
inquiry is by torture; their normal attitude that they know the
truth already and must only make their victim confess to it. The
Questioners refer to themselves as the Hand of the Light, and at
times act as if they were entirely separate from the Children and
the Council of the Anointed, which commands the Children. The head
of the Questioners is the High Inquisitor, who sits on the Council
of the Annointed.
- Red Ajah:
- See Ajah.
- sa’angreal
(SAH-ahn-GREE-ahl):
- An extremely rare object which allows
an individual to channel much more of the One Power than would
otherwise be possible or safe. A sa’angreal is like unto, but much,
much more powerful than, an angreal . Remnants of the Age
of Legends, the means of their making is no longer known.
- saidar; saidin (sah-ih-DAHR;
sah-ih-DEEN):
- See True Source.
- Saldaea (sahl-DAY-ee-ah):
- One
of the Borderlands. The sign of Saldaea is three silver fish on a
field of dark blue.
 Most seaborne trade is carried by the Sea Folk’s
ships.
- Second Covenant:
- See Covenant of
the Ten Nations.
- Shadar Logoth (SHAH-dahr
LOH-goth):
- In the Old Tongue, “the Place Where the Shadow
Waits.” A city abandoned and shunned since the Trolloc Wars. Also
called “Shadow’s Waiting.”
- Shadowman:
- See Myrddraal.
- Shai’tan (SHAY-ih-TAN):
- See
Dark One.
- Shayol Ghul (SHAY-of GHOOL):
- A mountain in the Blasted Lands, the site of the Dark One’s
prison.
- Shepherd of the Night:
- See Dark
One.
- Sheriam (SHEER-ee-ahm):
- An
Aes Sedai, of the Blue Ajah.
- Shienar (shy-NAHR):
- One of
the Borderlands. The sign of Shienar is a stooping black hawk.
- shoufa (SHOO fah):
- A garment
of the Aiel, a cloth, usually the color of sand or rock, that wraps
around the head and neck, leaving only the face bare.
- Sightburner:
- See Dark
One.
- span:
- A measure of distance equal
to two paces. A thousand spans make a mile.
- Spine of the World, the:
- A
towering mountain range, with only a few passes, which separates
the Aiel Waste from the lands to the west.
- stedding (STEHD-ding):
- An
Ogier (OH geer) homeland. Many stedding have been
abandoned since the Breaking of the World. They are portrayed in
story and legend as havens, and with reason. They are shielded in
some way, no longer understood, so that within them no Aes Sedai
can channel the One Power, nor even sense that the True Source
exists. Attempts to wield the One Power from outside a stedding
have no effect inside a stedding boundary. No Trolloc will enter a
stedding unless driven, and even a Myrddraal will do so only at the
greatest need and then with the greatest reluctance and distaste.
Even Darkfriends, if truly dedicated, feel uncomfortable within a
stedding.
- Stone of Tear:
- The fortress
guarding the city of Tear. Said to be the earliest fortress built
after the Time of Madness, and said by some to have been built
during the Time of Madness. See also Tear.
- Sunday:
- A feastday and festival in
midsummer, widely celebrated.
- tabac (rah-BAHK):
- A weed,
widely cultivated. The leaves of it, when dried and cured, are
burned in wooden holders called pipes, the fumes being inhaled.
- Tallanvor, Martyn (TAHL-ahn-vohr,
mahr-TEEN):
- Guardsman-Lieutenant of the Queen’s Guard; met in
Caemlyn.
- ta’maral’ailen
(rah-MAHR-ahI-EYE-lehn):
- In the Old Tongue, “Web of
Destiny.”
- Tanreall, Artur Paendrag
(tahn-REE-ahl, AHR-tuhr PAY-ehn-DRAG):
- See Hawkwing,
Artur
- Tar Valon (TAHR VAH-lon):
- A city on
an island in the River Erinin. The center of Aes Sedai power, and
location of the Amyrlin Seat.
- ta’veren (rah-VEER-ehn):
- A
person around whom the Wheel of Time weaves all surrounding
life-threads, perhaps all life-threads, to form a Web of Destiny.
See also Pattern of an Age.
- Tear (TEER):
- A great seaport
on the Sea of Storms. The sign of Tear is three white crescents on
a field of red and gold.
- Telamon, Lews Therin (TEHL-ah-mon,
LOOZ THEN-rihn):
- See also Dragon, the.
- Thakan’dar (thah-kahn-DAHR):
- An eternally fog-shrouded valley below the slopes of Shayol
Ghul.
- Tigraine (tee-GRAIN):
- As
Daughter-heir of Andor, she married Taringail Damodred and bore his
son Galadedrid. Her disappearance in 972 NE, shortly after her
brother Luc vanished in the Blight, led to the struggle in Andor
called the Succession, and caused the events in Cairhien which
eventually brought on the Aiel War. Her sign was a woman’s hand
gripping a thorny rose-stem with a white blossom.
- Time of Madness:
- See Breaking of
the World, the.
- Tinkers:
- See Tuatha’an.
- Traveling People:
- See
Tuatha’an.
- Trolloc Wars:
- A series of wars,
beginning about 1000 AB and lasting more than three hundred years,
during which Trolloc armies ravaged the world. Eventually the
Trollocs were slain or driven back into the Great Blight, but some
nations ceased to exist, while others were almost depopulated. All
records of the time are fragmentary. See also Covenant of the Ten
Nations.
- Trollocs (TRAHL-lohks):
- Creatures of the Dark One, created during the War of the Shadow.
 Sly, deceitful and treacherous, they can be trusted only
by those they fear. They are omnivorous and will eat any kind of
meat, including human flesh and the flesh of other Trollocs.
Largely of human origin, they are able to interbreed with
humankind, but the offspring are usually stillborn, and those which
are not often fail to survive. They are divided into tribe-like
bands, chief among them being the Ahf’frait, Al’ghol, Bhan’sheen,
Dha’vol, Dhai’mon, Dhjin’nen, Ghar’ghael, Ghob’hlin, Gho’hlem,
Ghraem’lan, Ko’bal, and the Kno’mon.
- True Source:
- The driving force of
the universe, which turns the Wheel of Time. It is divided into a
male half (saidin) and a female half (saidar), which
work at the same time with and against each other. Only a man can
draw on saidin, only a woman on saidar. Since the beginning of the
Time of Madness, saidin has been tainted by the Dark One’s touch.
See also One Power.
- Tuatha’an (too-AH-thah-AHN):
- A wandering folk, also known as the Tinkers and as the Traveling
People, who live in brightly painted wagons and follow a totally
pacifist philosophy called the Way of the Leaf. Things mended by
Tinkers are often better than new, but the Tuatha’an are shunned by
many villages because of stories that they steal children and try
to convert young people to their beliefs.
- Village Council:
- In most villages
a group of men, elected by the townsmen and headed by a Mayor, who
are responsible for making decisions which affect the village as a
whole and for negotiating with the Councils of other villages over
matters which affect the villages jointly. They are at odds with
the Women’s Circle in so many villages that this conflict is seen
as almost traditional. See also Women’s Circle.
- War of the Hundred Years:
- A series
of overlapping wars among constantly shifting alliances,
precipitated by the death of Artur Hawkwing and the resulting
struggle for his empire. It lasted from FY 994 to FY 1117. The war
depopulated large parts of the lands between the Aryth Ocean and
the Aiel Waste, from the Sea of Storms to the Great Blight. So
great was the destruction that only fragmentary records of the time
remain. The empire of Artur Hawkwing was pulled apart, and the
nations of the present day were formed.
- War of the Shadow:
- Also known as
the War of Power, it ended the Age of Legends. It began shortly
after the attempt to free the Dark One, and soon involved the whole
world. In a world where even the memory of war had been forgotten,
every facet of war was rediscovered, often twisted by the Dark
One’s touch on the World, and the One Power was used as a weapon.
The war was ended by the resealing of the Dark One into his
prison.
- Warder:
- A warrior bonded to an Aes
Sedai. The bonding is a thing of the One Power, and by it he gains
such gifts as quick healing, the ability to go long periods without
food, water or rest, and the ability to sense the taint of the Dark
One at a distance.  While most
Ajahs believe an Aes Sedai may have one Warder bonded to her at a
time, the Red Ajah refuses to bond any Warders at all, while the
Green Ajah believes an Aes Sedai may bond as many Warders as she
wishes. Ethically the Warder must accede to the bonding, but it has
been known to be done involuntarily. What the Aes Sedai gain from
the bonding is a closely-held secret. See also Aes Sedai.
- Web of Destiny:
- A great change in
the Pattern of an Age, centered around one or more people who are
ta’veren.
- Wheel of time, the:
- Time is a
wheel with seven spokes, each spoke an Age. As the Wheel turns, the
Ages come and go, each leaving memories that fade to legend, then
to myth, and are forgotten by the time that Age comes again. The
Pattern of an Age is slightly different each time an Age comes, and
each time it is subject to greater change, but each time it is the
same Age.
- White Ajah:
- See Ajah.
- White Tower:
- The palace of the
Amyrlin Seat in Tar Valon.
- Whitecloaks:
- See Children of the
Light.
- Wisdom:
- In villages, a woman
chosen by the Women’s Circle to sit in the Circle for her knowledge
of such things as healing and foretelling the weather, as well as
for common, good sense. A position of great responsibility and
authority, both actual and implied. She is generally considered the
equal of the Mayor, and in some villages his superior. Unlike the
Mayor, she is chosen for life, and it is very rare for a Wisdom to
be removed from office before her death. Almost traditionally in
conflict with the Mayor. See also Women’s Circle.
- Women’s Circle:
- A group of women
elected by the women of a village, responsible for deciding such
matters as are considered solely women’s responsibility (for
example, when to plant the crops and when to harvest). Equal in
authority to the Village Council, with clearly-delineated lines and
areas of responsibility. Often at odds with the Village Council.
See also Village Council.
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Module kong.plugins.system
Kong plugin as system wide plugin, or background worker.
The plugin must be added to the system to be activated, by setting the
custom_plugins
configuration setting.
Then it should be added as a plugin to some entity (preferably a non-used one, to not cause any runtime overhead) to be able to supply a configuration.
NOTE 1: it will start when Kong starts, or when initially added. When updating or deleting, it requires a Kong reload/restart to effectuate the changes.
NOTE 2: make sure to only add it once! So only one configuration is available. Behaviour is undefined if you add more than one.
NOTE 3: This whole thing is a big hack, until the Plugin API makes it possible to do this in a more structured way.
Info:
- Copyright: 2017 Kong Inc.
- License: Apache 2.0
Functions
| create_plugin (plugin_name, init_callback, log_prefix) | Creates a new plugin to run as a system wide/background process. |
Functions
- create_plugin (plugin_name, init_callback, log_prefix)
-
Creates a new plugin to run as a system wide/background process.
The callback has signature
function(conf)
and will at startup run in theinit_worker
context.Parameters:
- plugin_name (string) name of the plugin to create
- init_callback (function) callback as initializer
- log_prefix
(optional) defaults to "[
<plugin_name>
] "
Returns:
-
the plugin object
Usage:
-- Example
handler.lua
file for a background plugin local systemwide_plugin = require "kong.plugins.system" -- Grab pluginname from module name local plugin_name = ({...})[1]:match("^kong%.plugins%.([^%.]+)") local function initialize(conf) -- do whatever you want, must be able to run in theinit_worker
context end -- this is identical to:systemwide_plugin.create_plugin(plugin_name, initialize)
return systemwide_plugin(plugin_name, initialize)


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#include <BL3_GbxWeapon_classes.hpp>
◆ GetTimedEventNameList()
| void GetTimedEventNameList |
( |
TArray< struct FName > * |
FuncList | ) |
|
◆ OnAttached()
◆ OnBegin()
◆ OnDamage()
◆ OnExplode()
◆ OnImpact()
◆ OnLifetimeExpired()
◆ OnProxyImpact()
◆ OnRicochet()
◆ StaticClass()
| static UClass* StaticClass |
( |
| ) |
|
|
inlinestatic |
◆ Acceleration
◆ AttachDamageScale
◆ AttachedFX
◆ AttachedFXBodySocket
| struct FName AttachedFXBodySocket |
◆ AttachedFXCollection
| class UClass* AttachedFXCollection |
◆ AttachedFXTransform
◆ AttachedLifetime
◆ AttachedSound
◆ AudioProperties
◆ bAttachedLifetimeEnabled
| unsigned char bAttachedLifetimeEnabled |
◆ bBounceOffTargetables
| unsigned char bBounceOffTargetables |
◆ bCanAttachToFriendlies
| unsigned char bCanAttachToFriendlies |
◆ bCanAttachToTargetables
| unsigned char bCanAttachToTargetables |
◆ bCanAttachToWorld
| unsigned char bCanAttachToWorld |
◆ bCanTriggerBulletDodges
| unsigned char bCanTriggerBulletDodges |
◆ bCollideWithSource
| unsigned char bCollideWithSource |
◆ bDamageFalloff
| unsigned char bDamageFalloff |
◆ bDeactivateTracerFXOnAttach
| unsigned char bDeactivateTracerFXOnAttach |
◆ bEnableHomingOnSpawn
| unsigned char bEnableHomingOnSpawn |
◆ bEnableProxyCollisionEvents
| unsigned char bEnableProxyCollisionEvents |
◆ bHideBodyOnAttach
| unsigned char bHideBodyOnAttach |
◆ bIgnoreCollisionWithInstigator
| unsigned char bIgnoreCollisionWithInstigator |
◆ bIgnoreCollisionWithInstigatorTeam
| unsigned char bIgnoreCollisionWithInstigatorTeam |
◆ bMakeProjectileRing
| unsigned char bMakeProjectileRing |
◆ BodyMesh
◆ BodyTransform
◆ BounceEffectDelay
◆ BounceFriction
◆ Bounciness
◆ bOverrideAimAssistSettings
| unsigned char bOverrideAimAssistSettings |
◆ bPenetratesTargetables
| unsigned char bPenetratesTargetables |
◆ bPenetratesWorld
| unsigned char bPenetratesWorld |
◆ bPlayImpactEffectOnExplode
| unsigned char bPlayImpactEffectOnExplode |
◆ bRequiresInstigatorToDoDamage
| unsigned char bRequiresInstigatorToDoDamage |
◆ bSetTeamCollision
| unsigned char bSetTeamCollision |
◆ bTargetedImpactRadiusDamage
| unsigned char bTargetedImpactRadiusDamage |
◆ BulletSensePerception
◆ CollideWithSourceDelay
| float CollideWithSourceDelay |
◆ CollisionRadius
◆ ConditionalDamageModifiers
◆ DamageAreaData
◆ DamageAreaHitOffset
| float DamageAreaHitOffset |
◆ DamageData
◆ DamageInstigatorFeedback
◆ DamageRadius
◆ DamageSource
◆ DeactivateTracerFXEmitterOnAttach
| struct FName DeactivateTracerFXEmitterOnAttach |
◆ ExplosionData
◆ Friction
◆ GravityScale
◆ ImpactData
◆ ImpactedActorDamageScale
◆ ImpactSoundPerception
◆ InitialRelativeRotation
◆ LifeTime
◆ MagnetismRate
◆ MaxBounces
◆ MaxMagnetismDeflection
| float MaxMagnetismDeflection |
◆ MaxReflections
◆ MaxRicochet
◆ MaxSpeed
◆ MaxTracerThrottleLevel
◆ MoveModifiers
◆ ProjectileClass
◆ ProxyRadius
◆ ProxyTraceChannel
◆ RicochetFriction
◆ RingSettings
◆ Speed
◆ TimedEvents
◆ TraceChannel
◆ TraceInterval
◆ TracerFX
◆ TracerFXBodySocket
| struct FName TracerFXBodySocket |
◆ TracerFXCollection
| class UClass* TracerFXCollection |
◆ TracerFXTransform
◆ TracerSignificanceEvent
◆ UnknownData00
| unsigned char UnknownData00[0x8] |
◆ UnknownData01
| unsigned char UnknownData01[0x7] |
◆ UnknownData02
| unsigned char UnknownData02[0x8] |
◆ UnknownData03
| unsigned char UnknownData03[0x7] |
◆ UnknownData04
| unsigned char UnknownData04[0x8] |
◆ UnknownData05
| unsigned char UnknownData05[0x3] |
◆ UnknownData06
| unsigned char UnknownData06[0x3] |
◆ UnknownData07
| unsigned char UnknownData07[0x2] |
◆ UnknownData08
| unsigned char UnknownData08[0x3] |
◆ UnknownData09
| unsigned char UnknownData09[0x3] |
◆ UnknownData10
| unsigned char UnknownData10[0x4] |
◆ UnknownData11
| unsigned char UnknownData11[0x7] |
◆ UnknownData12
| unsigned char UnknownData12[0x3] |
◆ UnknownData13
| unsigned char UnknownData13[0x17] |


crudify
method will automatically create CRUD actions that will map HTTP requests to corresponding methods on given Resource.
Request Resource GET /id #get(id) POST / with POST data #create(params) PUT /id with POST data #get(id).update(params) for DataMapper #get(id).update_attributes(params) for ActiveRecord PATCH /id with POST data #get(id).update(params) for DataMapper #get(id).update_attributes(params) for ActiveRecord DELETE /id #get(id).destroy HEAD /id #get(id) OPTIONS / returns actions available to client
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First argument is required and should provide the CRUDified resource.
Resource should respond to get
and create
methods.
Objects created/returned by resource should respond to update
/update_attributes
and destroy
methods.
If your resource/objects behaves differently, you can map its methods by passing them as options.
Example: - Force destroying objects
crudify ModelName, :delete => :destroy!
Example: - Using a resource that creating records by new
instead of create
crudify ModelName, :post => :new
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By default all params will be sent to resource.
Good enough, however sometimes you need to exclude some of them.
This is easily accomplished by using :exclude
option.
To exclude a single param, pass it as a string.
crudify Resource, :exclude => '__stream_uuid__'
To exclude multiple params, pass them as an array.
crudify Resource, :exclude => ['__stream_uuid__', 'user']
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By default, crudify
will create actions that respond to controllers root path.
class App < E map '/' crudify SomeModel end
This will create following actions:
- get_index
- head_index
- post_index
- put_index
- patch_index
- delete_index
- options_index
To route CRUD actions to a different path, simply pass it as second argument:
class App < E map '/' crudify UsersModel, :users end
This will create following actions:
- get_users
- head_users
- post_users
- put_users
- patch_users
- delete_users
- options_users
IMPORTANT! When you need to override some CRUD action, define it using the corresponding verb.
Verbless actions will have no effect cause verbified actions has priority over verbless ones, regardless definition order:
class App < E map '/' crudify SomeModel def index # will have no effect at all end def get_index # will override crudified method that responds to GET requests end end
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Crudifier will try to return the value of primary key of extracted/created/updated object.
By default :id
is used as primary key.
To use a custom primary key, pass it via :pkey
option:
crudify Resource, :pkey => 'prodID'
If objects created by your resource does respond to :[]
and does contain the pkey column, the value of object[pkey column]
will be returned.
Otherwise if objects created by your resource does respond to a method of same name as pkey
,
the value of object.send(pkey)
will be returned.
Otherwise the object itself will be returned.
However, if you have a custom logic rather than simply return primary key, use a block.
The block will receive the object as first argument:
crudify UsersModel do |obj| case when post?, put?, patch? obj.id when head? last_modified obj.last_modified else content_type '.json' obj.to_json end end
This will return object ID on POST, PUT, and PATCH requests.
On HEAD requests, the framework is always sending an empty body,
so we only update the headers.
This way the client may decide when to fetch the object.
On GET requests it will convert the object to JSON before it is sent to client.
Also content_type
is used to set proper content type.
DELETE action does not need a handler cause it ever returns an empty string.
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If your objects responds to :errors
method,
crudifier will try to extract and format errors accordingly.
In case of errors, crudifier will behave depending on given options and proc.
If a proc given, crudifier will NOT halt the request.
It will pass error to given proc via second argument instead.
To halt the request when a proc given, set :halt_on_errors
to true.
If no proc given, request will be halted unconditionally.
By default the 500 status code will be used when halting.
To use a custom status code pass it via :halt_with
option.
Using auth
will instruct client to require authorization.
Access can be restricted to some or all actions.
In example below we will restrict access to Create, Update and Delete actions:
class App < E # ... auth :post_index, :put_index, :patch_index, :delete_index do |user, pass| [user, pass] = ['admin', 'someReally?secretPass'] end crudify ModelName end
Now, when the client will want to POST, PUT, PATCH, DELETE, it will be asked for authorization.
And an OPTIONS request will return all actions for authorized clients and only GET, HEAD, OPTIONS for non-authorized clients.
If a root path given, crudify
will create actions that responds to that root,
thus actions name will contain given root.
In example below, crudify
will create actions like get_users
, post_users
, put_users
etc.
That's why we should specify proper action name in auth
for authorization to work:
class App < E # ... auth :post_users, :put_users, :patch_users, :delete_users do |user, pass| [user, pass] = ['admin', 'someReally?secretPass'] end crudify UsersModel, :users end
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The name of the state.
The parent region of the state; note that another state can also be used, in which case the default region of the state will become this states parent. If parent is left undefined, then this state is the root of the state machine hierarchy.
The parent region of the vertex.
Accepts a visitor and calls visitor.visitStateHead method, cascades to child regions then calls the visitor.visitStateTail.
The visitor to call back.
Adds the types of trigger event that can .
Returns the state thereby allowing a fluent style state construction.
Adds a user-defined behaviour to call on state entry.
One or callbacks that will be passed the trigger event.
Returns the state thereby allowing a fluent style state construction.
Adds a user-defined behaviour to call on state exit.
One or callbacks that will be passed the trigger event.
Returns the state thereby allowing a fluent style state construction.
Tests a state to see if it is a composite state, one with one or more child regions.
Returns true if the state is a composite state.
Tests a state to see if it is a final state, one without outgoing transitions.
Returns true if the state is a final state.
Tests a state to see if it is an orthogonal state, one with two or more child regions.
Returns true if the state is an orthogonal state.
Tests a state to see if it is a simple state, one without and child regions.
Returns true if the state is a simple state.
Creates a new transition at this vertex triggered by an event of a specific type.
The type of the triggering event; note that this can be derived from the type parameter.
The type (class name) of the triggering event.
Returns a new typed transition. A typed transition being one whose guard condition and behaviour will accept a parameter of the same type specified.
Creates a new transition from this vertex to the target vertex.
The type of the triggering event that the guard will evaluate.
The target of the transition.
The kind of the transition, specifying its behaviour.
Returns a new transition; if TTrigger is specified, a typed transition will be returned.
Returns the element in string form; the fully qualified name of the element.
Creates a new transition at this vertex with a guard condition.
The type of the triggering event.
The guard condition to determine if the transition should be traversed.
Returns a new transition; if TTrigger is specified, a typed transition will be returned.
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Four key tasks you can complete that will help you choose the right Network Managed Service Provider.
We all know there is no shortage of carriers and Managed Service Providers on the market. All of whom are willing and eager to do business, offering you the service that you want. How do you ensure that the one you choose is ‘the best partner’ for your organisation?
Having worked in the Managed Services Provider space, both procuring and selling, here are four simple tasks you can complete that will help you pick the network MSP that’s right for you.
1. Set your objectives
Before you start your search for a Network MSP, you need to have a clear scope of what you’re looking to achieve.
In the majority of cases, you will have an existing provider who has historically failed to deliver, you think is too expensive or they haven’t adapted their services to your business needs. With the advent of SD-WAN, Network MSPs definitely need to think differently.
There will always be problems; price, resource, service or internal skills gap that you need addressing. You may also think that the direction of travel for your business applications now means you want to leverage new technologies to facilitate digital transformation, or simply relieve the burden on your technical team.
Also, be sure to set clear objectives, whether through a formal RFP process or something a little more lightweight, you’ll need to benchmark success. These will form your brief, which you can then share with prospective MSPs.
2. Simple due diligence?
I know for a fact that not all MSPs are created equal and going thorough good due diligence allows you to quickly qualify prospective Network MSPs in or out.
Create a list of questions that covers a range of outcomes, across both technical and service operations, including: their ability to understand your brief, referenceability, processes and technical evolution. You can then assess their responses and shortlist those you are confident in.
3. Know the Delivering Team
As you’ll be working closely with the new network MSP, as well as placing a huge amount of faith in them, you should take the time to get to know them. Good MSPs work in partnership, bad ones rarely speak to you after they have you as a client. I cannot stress how important it is to understand the people capability, who the key stakeholders are and where your service will be run from. Finally understand how their company has evolved and what their roadmap is for adjacent and complimentary services and how they are improving KPIs and SLAs.
4. Make sure your strategy fits with an Agile provider
What your business needs from technology and your IT infrastructure will change over the course of your contract and it is therefore critical that your Network MSP can evolve with you.
There are countless Network MSPs that have a strategy to sell you more MPLS or high bandwidth circuits, however in most use cases this is not needed with the drive to digital transformation. SD-WAN capability is now critical to future organisation network strategy, so make sure the network MSP has a roadmap for this that is aligned to your technology roadmap. Only then can you be confident that your network is in safe hands for the years ahead.
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OK, so here’s the first of our blogs on SD-WAN, which is pretty much all we focus on. And rightly so. SD-WAN has fast become one of the most exciting technologies to hit the WAN market in a very long time.
You many have noticed that there’s no shortage of SD-WAN vendors out there. And no shortage of experts who have emerged from the woodwork to tell you how you should deploy it. The two always seem to go hand in hand, haven’t you noticed?
The big picture, not a big pitch
Well, you’ll find that this series of blogs is different. We aren’t telling you what you should be doing RIGHT NOW. Instead, we’ll share our views on the current SD-WAN market and, more importantly, where our own customers are in their current thinking when it comes to SD-WAN deployments.
We’ll throw in some insight into technology and overviews of features of course. But our main goal here is quite simply to help you make better decisions when it comes to adopting a new generation of technology - and where it might work for you.
Let’s put things in context
Rather than go for the jugular and start with the usual What is SD-WAN? we want to take a step back and gain some context. So over the course of these blogs, we’ll begin by helping you to understand what your business - yes, your business - needs and how you go about getting it.
Making sense of it all
You see, SD-WAN is such fast-moving opportunity that it can mean very different things for different people depending on who is trying to sell you their wares. That’s why we will also try and decipher the messaging from vendors, carriers, analysts and industry bodies to support your research on SD-WAN and who you really should be working with to make it work for you.
Tell us what you think
Finally for now, it’s always good to get feedback on these blogs. We’re new to it, so please do feel free to share your views over social media (but please… be nice). And if you ever want a quick chat about your SD-WAN strategy, we’ll…feel free to get in touch about that too.
Where are you coming from?
We’re always interested to know why customers are looking at SD-WAN and motivates their initial research. As you might expect, there are all kinds of reasons, but in our experience there are three in particular that stand out.
1 Carrier exhaustion
OK, so this is our in-house term but you get the idea. Customers get frustrated with their current connectivity supplier. The service (or lack of). The price they are paying. Feeling trapped in a long term contract that limits their ability to react to new business demands. Or the whole lot at once. Well, SD-WAN changes all that and I’ll soon be writing a separate blog on what to expect when you tell your current supplier you are considering It. We’ve already been involved in many of these discussions and what we’ve learned will hopefully help to inform and speed up your decision-making.
2 Cost savings
It’s true that SD-WAN can offer significant savings if you can shift away from the expense of existing connectivity to more cost-effective circuits. Internet circuits with an SD-WAN overlay will normally work out cheaper. But (and there’s always a but) I’ve yet to meet a customer aiming to simply replace their WAN with a like for like network on a pure cost basis. Businesses also want more bandwidth, greater resilience, higher security and increased agility. And when you start to build that all in, the financial savings may not be as clear cut as many SD-WAN players would like you to think.
3 Cloud readiness
As organisations continue to move to the cloud, dated legacy network architecture is starting to fight back. If a vendor has already tried to sell you the benefits of a big fat on-ramp directly from your network into the hosting DC, you’ll know what I’m talking about. But this isn’t cheap and nor does it offer the agility you need. It could even mean you are being lured into a ‘cloud-locked’ scenario. Stay alert. Be aware. Because there is a better way to build an agile WAN to drive and support cloud transformation.
If of these reasons resonate with you, well, you aren’t alone. Give the team here at Aequos a call or drop us an email and we’ll be happy to offer the bespoke advice and support you need to start making the most of what SD-WAN has to offer.
'Good enough' SD-WAN
SD-WAN is probably one of the hottest topics in IT right now and, as we’ve already seen, it means that every vendor wants a piece of the action.
It’s not your job to keep up to speed with every vendor position and technology play out there – that’s what analysts are for, right? I’d definitely recommend that you read up on their views if that’s your thing, but in most cases you probably don’t need to.
Where are you now?
A more practical way of narrowing down the starting point for your research is to audit the equipment you have installed ready for WAN connectivity. Your current WiFi vendor. And, while you’re at it, your security vendor to. Because they’re all jostling for position in the great SD-WAN game.
Can you save cash with existing vendor platforms?
Just in case you didn’t know, SD-WAN is a book-ended solution. That means you need an SD-WAN end-point at every location and, as things stand, that needs to be provided by same vendor. Why? Because we haven’t yet reached the point where any consistent, industry-wide standards exist. So if you can re-use existing vendor platforms to deploy your next-gen SD-WAN then happy days. You’re already on the road to saving money.
Although there is a pretty big ‘but’
Whether you settle on using existing WiFi, WANOp, routers or firewalls, your existing hardware will probably need to be upgraded. In many cases, it may even have to be replaced or complemented by hardware able to support the new features. That can represent a pretty significant chunk of money as we all know. And since this is a production network, it isn’t without a hefty chunk of risk too.
Is ‘good enough’ good enough for you?
You need to decide if the features a vendor offers match your requirements. After all, not every solution will offer the same level of SD-WAN capability. Be aware too that late entrants to the space are playing catch up and can restrict themselves (and you) to some really limiting features sets. I can’t emphasise enough that it’s really worth doing some research on this to make sure you’re getting what’s right for you rather than just all right for now.
The short cut to success
Staying well informed will help you avoid making a compromise about the future of your network. Or you if you’re busy focusing on your core business, why not take the short cut? Aequos has got a pretty good handle on the whole SD-WAN landscape and we’ll happily guide you where you need to go.
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Rules of the Fasting of Ramadan
Prepared by Mohamed Baianonie, Imam of the Islamic Center of Raleigh, NC
Allaah ﷻ says in the Qur'aan what may be interpreted as, "O' you who believe, fasting is prescribed for you as it was prescribed for those before you so that you may achieve Taqwaa (righteousness, God-fearing)." [Surat Al-Baqarah, verse 183]
The prophet Muhammad ﷺ said, "Whoever observes the fast during the month of Ramadan, (while) believing in Allaah and seeking His rewards, will have his past sins forgiven." [Reported by Imaams Bukhaari, Muslim and others]
Fasting the month of Ramadan is one of the main pillars of Islam. It is obligatory upon every sane, healthy Muslim whose reached puberty and is not traveling during the time of fasting. As for women, they must not fast if they are menstruating or having post-childbirth bleeding.
The Essential Elements Of The Fast
There are two essentials elements for your fast to be valid and accepted. They are:
- Intention
- You must have the intention to fast before fajr (dawn) every night during the month of Ramadan. The intention does not need to be spoken, because in reality it is an act of the heart, which does not involve the tongue. It will be fulfilled by one's intention from the heart to fast out of obedience to Allaah ﷻ seeking His pleasure.
- Abstaining from acts that nullify the Fast
- The second essential element for your fast to be accepted is that you abstain from the acts that nullify the fast from dawn to sunset.
If you maintain these two essential elements during fasting, then your fast will be valid and accepted.
Six Actions That Invalidate Or Nullify The Fast
All scholars have agreed that the following acts will invalidate the fast. They are:
- Intentional Eating or Drinking
- If someone eats or drinks due to forgetfulness, a mistake, or coercion, then his fast is still valid and should continue to fast. If you choose to eat or drink, for any reason, then your fast will become invalid.
- Intentional Vomiting
- If one is overcome by the urge to vomit, and vomits unintentionally, then he should continue to fast. If someone chooses to vomit, for any reason, then his fast will become invalid.
- Intentional Sexual Intercourse
- If one has sexual intercourse while fasting, then he must perform kaffaarah, expiation of the sin. (Fasting continuously for sixty days or if unable then one should feed sixty poor people).
- Menstrual or Childbirth Bleeding
- The fast becomes invalid during menstrual or post-childbirth bleeding. Even if such bleeding begins just before sunset, the fast of that day is invalid and the day must be made up at a later time.
All the actions mentioned above are agreed upon by all scholars. However, there are some other actions that are not mentioned above which are not agreed upon.
Actions That Are Permissible During Fasting
There are some actions that are permissible to do while fasting, which will not nullify the fast. For example:
- Taking a shower
- It is permissible to shower, for any reason, even if you are showering due to thirst or being overheated.
- Rinsing the mouth and nose
- It is permissible to rinse the mouth and nose without exaggeration; using too much water may cause you to swallow water, which may invalidate your fast.
- Applying eyeliner or eye drops
- It is permissible to apply kohl (eyeliner) or eye drops or anything else to the eyes, even if some taste from it finds its way to the throat.
- Taking injections
- It is also permissible to take injections for nutritional or medical purposes; there is no text that proves this invalidates the fast.
- Taking suppositories
- Similarly, it is permissible to have an enema or douche. The injection of liquid into the rectum through the anus for cleansing, as a laxative, or for other therapeutic purposes, or the use of a suppository (a solid medication designed to melt within a body cavity) or any other medicine that can be used in the private parts, whether in the front or back is permissible. There is no text that considers these acts to nullify the fast.
- Accidental consumption
- Your fast will not become invalid if you consume something that you could not protect yourself from. For example, swallowing your saliva or accidentally swallowing dust or sifted flour that has accidentally entered your mouth.
- Tasting food with the tongue
- Your fast will be valid even if you taste food with your tongue or use toothpaste or mouthwash as long as nothing is swallowed.
- Breathing in different scents
- Kissing and embracing one's spouse
- It is permissible to kiss and embrace your spouse as long as one is able to control oneself.
- Drawing blood
- It is also permissible to draw blood in any amount for any reason. If drawing blood weakens the person, it will be considered a disliked action.
- Being in a state of janaabah
- Your fast will still be valid even if you find yourself in a state of janaabah (a major ritual impurity) after fajr (dawn) has arrived. Ghusl (a full bath) can still be performed once the time of fajr has begun.
Who May Be Excluded From Fasting?
There are certain situations when it is optional to fast during the month of Ramadan, however, the fast must be made up at a later date. This is the rule for the sick or for the one who is traveling.
However, women who are experiencing post-childbirth bleeding or are in their menses are not allowed to fast until their bleeding ends. They must make up the days they missed fasting at a later date.
For those who cannot fast due to a permanent illness or old age, they have to pay fidiya (feeding one poor person) for each day that they have missed.
Pregnant and nursing women, who are afraid that fasting may weaken them or the child, have the option of fasting or not. After Ramadan ends, they have the choice of fasting or paying fidiyah (feeding one poor person) for each day that they had missed during Ramadan. However, according to the Hanafi School of jurists, such women are only to make up the missed days of fasting, and they are not supposed to feed one poor person a day. On the other hand, Imaams Ahmad and Ash-Shaaf'i, hold the opinion that if such women fear only for the baby, they must pay the fidiyah and make up the days later. If they fear only for themselves or for themselves and the baby, then they are only to make up the missed days at a later date.
Recommended Acts During Ramadan
There are some acts that are recommended, and if you practice them, you will gain more rewards from Allaah ﷻ such as:
Having suhuur (pre-dawn meal) and delaying it until just before fajr (dawn) time.
We should also hurry to break the fast at sunset.
Another recommended act is that we break the fast by eating an odd number of fresh or dry dates, and if those are not available, then having a drink of water would be sufficient.
Also we can earn rewards by supplicating at the time of breaking the fast, as the prophet ﷺ used to say, Dhahabadh-dhama-oo wabtallatil-'urooqu, wa thabatal-ajru inshaa'Allaah. Which can be translated as, "The thirst has gone, the veins are moistened and Allaah willing, the reward is confirmed."
Another recommended act is that we pray taraaweeh daily after Isha
To gain even more rewards, it is recommended that during Ramadan we increase our recitation and study of the Qur'an. This is because the revelation of the Qur'an began during this time, and also Angel Gabriel used to review the Qur'an with the Prophet during this month.
We can also gain rewards by using Miswaak (a piece of root from the Araak tree found in the Hijaaz region of the Arabian Peninsula used to clean the teeth), if not available, any other cleaning tool to clean the mouth is sufficient.
We ask Allaah ﷻ to strengthen us in Ramadan, accept our fasts, and reward us with His forgiveness and the highest place in Paradise. Ameen.


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Cougar Robotics is a 501c3 organization, meaning that all contributions to our club are tax deductable. If you are interested in becoming a sponsor, please email us at the address below!
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Lockheed Martin not only supports us financially, but also provides us a team mentor, Tom Convery. He shares the company's respect for leadership, community, and technology, and encourages us to do the same. Lockheed Martin is a global defense, security, aerospace, and AI development company.
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Leidos's high standards of integrity and ethical behavior keep our minds focused on our goals. Leidos works in defense, health, intelligence, and civil engineering. In addition to their financial support for our team, Leidos also gives money to help FIRST run events.
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Octo's drive to provide their customers with easy to understand information and cybersecurity solutions. Their IT solutions give our programmers insight to perfect their code. Their financial and educational support helps our programmers reach their goals.
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Our school's PTSA helps us financially and by promoting the club to students and parents. They also help us secure meeting times at school during the weekend.
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is the way it was designed to be experienced.git
is the easiest way to understand what's going on.git
gives you ultimate, uninhibited access to your repository.git
Vocabulary| Name | Definition |
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| commit | version |
| repository | collection of files to track |
| branch | a quick copy of your code to work on |
| remote | any other git repository |
| SHA/Hash | Turns code into a random string |
git
Commands# Let's git attribute your changes to you! git config --global user.name "Jay Kamat" git config --global user.email<EMAIL_ADDRESS>git
Repo# Create a folder named 'repo' mkdir repo # Move inside 'repo' cd repo # Create a git repository where we are # (created inside the repo folder) git init # > Initialized empty Git repository in /tmp/repo/.git/ git status # > On branch master # > Initial commit # > nothing to commit (create/copy files and use "git add" to track) # Use cd .. to move up a directory
# Create a file called file.txt with some text in it. # Example: echo "this is a line to be stored into git" > file.txt git status # > Untracked files: # > (use "git add <file>..." to include in what will be committed) # > file.txt git add file.txt # > Changes to be committed: # > (use "git rm --cached <file>..." to unstage) # > new file: file.txt # This message should reflect the change.
# Show the latest commit git show # Show all commits (use q to quit) git log
git
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Branching# Create a myfeature branch git branch myfeature # Move to myfeature branch git checkout myfeature # Let's find out where we are git status # > On branch myfeature # > nothing to commit, working tree clean
echo "My new feature!" >> file.txt git add file.txt git commit -m 'My new feature is very cool, but buggy!'
# Switch back to the master branch git checkout master git status # Look at the contents of file.txt at this point! echo "My critical bugfix!" >> file.txt git add file.txt git commit -m "Critical bugfix number 1!"
# A much nicer git log that will visualize our history git log --oneline --graph --all git show <commit hash>
# We want to merge INTO master git checkout master # Merge myfeature into master git merge myfeature # > Auto-merging file.txt # > CONFLICT (content): Merge conflict in file.txt # > Automatic merge failed; fix conflicts and then commit the result. # That's not good! git status # Edit file.txt to remove >>> <<< and === git add file.txt git commit # Just save whatever pops up git status
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Remotes# let's start in a common state git checkout master # let's make a copy for 'our friend to have' cd .. # Clone from the repo folder to the repo2 folder git clone repo/ repo2/ cd repo2 git status # > On branch master # > Your branch is up-to-date with 'origin/master'. # > nothing to commit, working tree clean git log --oneline --abbrev --graph --all # * 8f12721 Merge branch 'myfeature' # |\ # | * 2716a3b Add a new feature # * | 625aaf5 Critical bugfix # |/ # * cbbd8d9 one small change
# Move into 'our repo' cd ../repo git status # Edit file.txt with our changes echo "A change I made on my computer" >> file.txt git add file.txt git commit -m 'Added files from my computer.'
# Pull new changes from repo's master into repo2's master cd ../repo2 git pull ../repo master # > From ../repo # > * branch master -> FETCH_HEAD # > Updating 8f12721..2b05fa9 # > Fast-forward # > file.txt | 1 + # > 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+)
# Add a shortcut to interact with ../repo2 cd ../repo git remote add repo2 ../repo2 # same as git pull ../repo2 master git pull repo2 master # > From ../repo2 # > * branch master -> FETCH_HEAD # > Already up-to-date. # List existing remotes git remote -v # > repo2 ../repo2 (fetch) # > repo2 ../repo2 (push) # man git-remote for more options, like # git remote set-url repo2 ../repo2 # git remote rm repo2 # git remote show repo2
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University of Delaware, Newark, DE
Bachelor of Science, Management Information Systems May 2019
University of Delaware Men’s Crew Team Fall 2015 - Present
Delta Sigma Pi - Professional Business Fraternity Fall 2017 - Present Vice President of Fundraising
UDance Marathon Fundraiser October 2017 - Present
Problem Solving, Technical Support, Customer Service, Technology Integration, Asset Management, Java, Python, Microsoft Office, SQL, HTML, Python, Communication, R language


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My name is Asad Haider and I am a community organizer and web designer in Southern California.
I have been organizing since 2013 in fields ranging from labor to within queer, trans
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Please check out my work below to see what I am passionate about.
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Kendra Herrera
Kendra is a local artist for whom which I created her first ever website
Shahbaz
Shahbaz is a designer that has made clothes and served as decorator for many parties I have thrown.
Saiilor Moon Battler!
One of the first games I made with JavaScript, HTML and CSS. Sailor Moon fighting Queen Beryl
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Ever since we were young our mother encouraged my sister and I to expand on our artistic abilities.
The medium I love best has always been painting.
My pieces revolve around my rules on existence, recreating pop icons as South Asians and
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In a funny gag, Alice knocks on Bob's door or rings Bob's doorbell. But right before he opens the door, Alice runs off!  A common children's prank, especially favored by The Prankster, though it's becoming more common for (childish) adults to also use this tactic, particularly if they don't feel like waiting for the door to be answered.
A different, more daring variant would be to knock, hide, and when the other opens the door up, the knocker sneaks right inside; the knocking came in a form of We Need a Distraction. People who use that method aren't caught as easily as running down the road where the victim can clearly see them go.
Has many names, such as Doorbell Ditching, Chicky Melly Chickenelly, Chap Door Run (Away), Knock and Run, Knock Knock Run, Knock-a-Door-Run, Knock Down Ginger, Cherry Knocking, Nicky Nicky Nine Doors, Ring and Run, and Knock and Nash.
Examples:
- An advertisement for sweets had some Cold War KGB-looking types march up to a Big Fancy House to the sound of ominous music and push the doorbell... then run off giggling.
- Katekyō Hitman Reborn!: In Chapter 7, Lambo rings the doorbell and runs past Tsuna's mother when she opens up in order to sneak inside Tsuna's house.
- Squid Girl: Ika tries this, but she was interrupted before she could run away, and ended up meeting a new friend.
- In Dennis the Menace (US), Dennis does this to his babysitter and her boyfriend. The latter two hilariously bonk their heads.
- In a The Far Side strip, a cow does this to her farmer. When he gets out, she's just a typical cow crewing on cuds.

- In Toy Story, Sid's toys do this in order for Woody to get out of Sid's house.
- In Toy Story 3, an interesting variant occurs; the toys are inside the box with Rex clutching Andy's phone, and they cause it to ring so Andy can finally open the toy box again. Andy assumes its his sister, Molly, Prank Calling him.
- Oresama: Averted; Miyavi does accidentally Ding-Dong-Ditch his mother in 1984, but that's because he's afraid to see her.
- Pee-wee's Big Adventure has a variation. After Pee-Wee's bike is stolen, he goes to Francis' house to get it back. However, Francis' butler refuses to let him in and closes the door in his face. After knocking at the door twice, we hear knocking a third time. The butler answers it to find Pee-Wee attached a robotic hand to the door to repeatedly knock on it while he snuck in another way.
- In The World's End, Gary does this to three people.
- In an episode of The Big Bang Theory, Sheldon and James Earl Jones do this at Carrie Fisher's house. Based on Carrie's reaction, James does this all the time.
Carrie Fisher: It's not funny anymore, James!
James Earl Jones: Then why am I laughing? Hahahaha! - Inside No. 9: In "A Quiet Night In", the burglars lure the the house owner to the front door so they can sneak in through the back door.
- In Last Man Standing, we have "Ding-Dong-Ditch". It turns out the person doing it was Eve's new boyfriend and it was a signal to let her know he was outside so they could talk.
- In Dawn of a New Age: Oldport Blues, Ciro attempts this while trying to get out of a room. He was able to sneak into the principal's office using his invisibility, but finds himself stuck in there with said principal. He then tries to knock on the door in the hopes that the principal will open it wide enough for him to sneak out, but is discovered anyway thanks to a Power Nullifier.
- 60 Seconds!: There's a possibly that someone knocking on your door will turn out to be a couple of pranksters who will be gone by the time you open up.
- One story arc of Furry Experience has Ronnie suggest "doorbell ditching" in the Tuesday 27 March 2012 update as a way to skirt the usual Mormon routine, and also help integrate the nervous Vikki with her Mormon roommates. The idea goes over well, since the girls will be leaving homemade cookies on doorsteps anonymously as a goodwill activity.
- In part one of SuperMarioLogan's "Bowser Junior's Summer School" story arc, it is revealed that the reason that Junior got a B- in attendance (compared to the rest of his report card, which consisted of Fs) was because he and Toad sometimes skipped school to play Ding Dong Ditch, including one time at Bowser's own house.
- The Alvin Show has Alvin keep doing this to Dave to get him out of the garage so the Chipmunks can play in there for their "Git Along Little Doggies" number. The fourth time Alvin attempts it, Dave opens the door before he can ring the bell.
- Beavis And Butthead do this to their neighbours (and eventually to each other) in an episode aptly titled "Ding Dong Ditch".
- Hilariously subverted in Brandy & Mr. Whiskers. In one episode, Mr. Whiskers and Ed play this trick on Brandy and the girls, only for Brandy to remind them of two problems: there is no doorbell anywhere around the treehouse, and the two need to run away before anyone opens the door.
- The Magic School Bus: Pheobe does the different variation (pictured above) in "The Magic School Bus Gets Cold Feet" in order to sneak past the manager of the reptile sanctuary and save Liz.
- Some episodes of Numberjacks do this to distract the people who live in the house so the Numberjacks can launch without getting caught. Three loves doing this and begs to ring the doorbell whenever she isn't going on a mission.
- In the Phineas and Ferb episode "Phineas And Ferb The Monster Of Phineas N Ferbenstein", Dr. Jekyllshmirtz does this.
- Pingu, who is suffering from a Potty Emergency, rings the doorbell, waits for his father to come outside, and then sneaks right into his house so that he can use the bathroom in "Little Accidents".
- On Rocko's Modern Life, Heffer and Filburt go on a ding-dong-ditch spree and rope Rocko into it. Rocko knocks on the door of the Hippo Lady, but can't go through with it and apologizes. The Hippo Lady, however, is tickled by the idea and goes on a pranking spree of her own.
- The Simpsons:
- In one "Treehouse of Terror" episode spoofing Strangers on a Train, Bart makes a deal with Lisa to get even with their respective teachers, with Bart telling her to do a "ding-dong ditch" on Mrs. Krabappel. It turns out Bart meant that Lisa murder Mrs. Krabappel, as in "kill that ding-dong and throw her in a ditch".
Bart: Tomorrow after school, go to her house and TP her.
Lisa: That's it? Just TP her?
Bart: Yeah, torture and pulverize her. Then ding-dong-ditch the body and we're even. - In "Burns' Heir", when Bart abandons his family to live with Mr. Burns, Homer arrives and challenges Burns to do his worst. Burns simply locks Homer out, and Homer responds by ringing the doorbell and running away.
- In one "Treehouse of Terror" episode spoofing Strangers on a Train, Bart makes a deal with Lisa to get even with their respective teachers, with Bart telling her to do a "ding-dong ditch" on Mrs. Krabappel. It turns out Bart meant that Lisa murder Mrs. Krabappel, as in "kill that ding-dong and throw her in a ditch".
- In SpongeBob SquarePants, after Barnacle Boy joins Man Ray and the Dirty Bubble to tag along as supervillains, they play this prank as one of their crimes.
- Steven Universe: In "Full Disclosure", Steven sneaks out of his house through a window while Connie speaks to Pearl at the door after the former knocks. He still gets noticed anyway.
- Time Squad: In "Dishonest Abe", Lincoln did the normal, harmless version.
- Some postal service companies will do this when dropping off a package in front of a house. If someone is home, they can take their goods inside before they are exposed to the elements or would-be thieves.


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TODO: Deprecate require ‘thread’ begin
require 'fasttread'
rescue LoadError end
class ThreadPool
class Worker def initialize(thread_queue) @mutex = Mutex.new @cv = ConditionVariable.new @queue = thread_queue @running = true @thread = Thread.new do @mutex.synchronize do while @running @cv.wait(@mutex) block = get_block if block @mutex.unlock block.call @mutex.lock reset_block end @queue << self end end end end def name @thread.inspect end def get_block @block end def set_block(block) @mutex.synchronize do raise RuntimeError, "Thread already busy." if @block @block = block # Signal the thread in this class, that there's a job to be done @cv.signal end end def reset_block @block = nil end def busy? @mutex.synchronize {<EMAIL_ADDRESS>} end def stop @mutex.synchronize do @running = false @cv.signal end @thread.join end end attr_accessor :max_size def initialize(max_size = 10) @max_size = max_size @queue = Queue.new @workers = [] end def size @workers.size end def busy? @queue.size < @workers.size end def shutdown @workers.each { |w| w.stop } @workers = [] end alias :join :shutdown def process(block=nil,&blk) block = blk if block_given? worker = get_worker worker.set_block(block) end private def get_worker if<EMAIL_ADDRESS>or @workers.size == @max_size return @queue.pop else worker = Worker.new(@queue) @workers << worker worker end end
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Created draft susbcriptions can be transferred to the Processing state in case all required subscription data is specified and validated. Therefore, this transition represents a draft to processing subscription conversion process.
A subscription with the Draft status.
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The AWC is a fully autonomous, non-destructive solution for eliminating weeds in a home garden. Using computer vision and machine learning technologies, the AWC is able to scan its surroundings, identify nearby weeds, and navigate towards them. A unique weed removal mechanism was designed to pull out weeds entirely, including their root system, without the use of harmful chemicals. This ensures that weeds that are pulled out will not grow back, with minimal impact to the surrounding garden.
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enable OAuth2 Security on the Zoos Application
ROLE ADMIN should be allowed to access /admin /animals /zoos
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Upgrade the Ralink SoC firmware to obtain new functionality. It takes about 1 minute to upload & upgrade flash and be patient please. Caution! A corrupted image will hang up the system.


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The data are organized using a directory structure TBW.
The following ARN is for an Amazon SNS topic that provides notifications whenever a new ESO dataset has been added to ESO on AWS:
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This topic publishes an Amazon S3 event message whenever a new ESO dataset has been created on Amazon S3. It will only accept subscriptions via Amazon SQS or AWS Lambda.
Learn more about subscribing to SNS topics.
If you have questions about the data, you can create an Issue at the project repo on GitHub.
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1 Praise Yahweh!
Praise him, you angels who are in the heavens;
praise him, you angels up in the sky!
2 All you angels who belong to him, praise him!
All you who are in the armies of Yahweh, praise him!
3 Sun and moon, you also must praise him!

You waters that are high above the sky, praise him!
5 I want all of these to praise Yahweh
because by commanding that they exist, he created them.
6 He set them in place;
he commanded that they should be there forever.
They cannot disobey that command!
7 Everything on the earth, praise Yahweh!
You huge creatures and everything else that is deep in the ocean,
8 fire and hail, snow and frost,
and strong winds that obey what he commands,
I tell all of you to praise Yahweh!
9 Hills and mountains,
fruit trees and cedar trees,
10 all the wild animals and all tame animals,
reptiles and other things that creep on the ground,
and all the birds, I tell all of you to praise Yahweh!
11 You kings on this earth and all the people that you rule,
you princes and all other rulers,
12 you young men and young women,
you old people and children, everyone, praise Yahweh!
13 I want them all to praise Yahweh
because he is greater than anyone else.
His power controls everything on the earth and in the heavens.
14 He caused us, his people, to be strong
so that we Israelite people who are very precious to him
should praise him,
So praise Yahweh!


The paper describes a combinatorial approach to embed trees into hyperbolic spaces without performing optimization.
The resulting mechanism is analyzed to obtain dimensionality-precision tradeoffs.
To embed any metric spaces in the hyperbolic spaces, a hyperbolic generalization of the multidimensional scaling (h-MDS) is proposed.
Hyperbolic Spaces
Have the “tree” like property ie the shortest path between a pair of points is almost the same as the path through the origin.
Generally, Poincare ball model is used given its advantages like conformity to the Euclidean spaces.
Fidelity Measures
Mean Average Precision - MAP
Distortion
Embed the given graph G = (V, E) into a tree T.
Embed the tree T into the poincare ball Hd of dimensionality d.
Consider two points a and b (from the tree) where b is the parent of a.
Assume that a is embedded as f(a) and b is embedded as f(b) and the children of a needs to be embedded.
Reflect f(a) and f(b) across a geodesic such that f(a) is mapped to 0 (origin) while f(b) is mapped to some new point z.
Children of a are placed at points yi which are equally placed around a circle of radius (er - 1) / (er + 1) and maximally seperated from z, where r is the scaling factor.
Then all the points are reflected back across the geodesic so that all children are at a distance r from f(a).
To embed the tree itself, place the root node at the origin, place its children around it in a circle, then place their children and so on.
In this construct, precision scales logarithmically with the degree of the tree but linearly with the maximum path length.
In the d-dimensional space, the points are embedded into hyperspheres (instead of circles).
The number of children node that can be placed for a particular angle grows with the dimension.
Increasing dimension helps with bushy trees (with high node degree).
Given the pairwise distance from a set of points in the hyperbolic space, how to recover the points?
The corresponding problem in the Euclidean space is solved using MDS.
A variant of MDS called as h-MDS is proposed.
MDS makes a centering assumption that points have 0 mean. In h-MDS, a new mean (called as the pseudo-Euclidean mean) is introduced to enable recovery via matrix factorization.
Instead of the Poincare model, the hyperboloid model is used (though the points can be mapped back and forth).
Given the pairwise distances, a new matrix Y is constructed by applying cosh on the pairwise distances.
Running PCA on -Y recovers X up to rotation.
PGA is the counterpart of PCA in the hyperbolic spaces.
First the Karcher mean of the given points is computed.
All points xi are reflected so that their mean is 0 in the Poincare disk model.
Combining that with Euclidean reflection formula and hyperbolic metrics leads to a non-convex loss function which can be optimized using gradient descent algorithm.
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