Copyright 2005-2006 by The BioBike Team (contact<EMAIL_ADDRESS>In previous tutorials we have been working mostly with biolisp in
order to do what we have been calling "symbolic biocomputing". We
explored regulation simulation, language analysis, and other
topics. In all those cases we programmed the algorithms in BioLisp --
usually from scratch!
Now we're going to switch gears a little bit and talk about a
different approach to symbolic biocomputing. Whereas you might call
what we have done so far "procedural" biocomputing, we'll call this
new approach "declarative" biocomputing, or sometimes it's called
"automated reasoning". In procedural biocomputing we handle data
structures directly, sorting through them for various results, and
manipulating them in various ways. We did all that using the BioLisp
language (which is just the Lisp language running on BioBike).
Automated reasoning works very differently. Instead of explicitly
searching through graphs and tables, or manipulating them, in the
automated reasoning world we explain biology to the computer,
and then ask it questions, and it figures out the answer on its
own. This sounds a little crazy -- like the computer is going to
understand our explanation and then figure things out?!
Well, we don't explain all of biology -- just a tiny part that we need
it to understand. And we don't explain it in English -- we'll use a
special way of representing biological knowledge in this tiny
part. And it can only do a certain limited kind of reasoning in
getting to the answers. But, as we'll see, this is a very different
way of thinking about biocomputing, and it'll take some time to get
used to it. (You're saying to yourself: I've hardly had the time to
get used to what we've already been doing!)
Let's take a natural example: Suppose that you know for an absolute
fact that Jeff is older than Bex, and that Bex is older than
Carrie. Now I conjecture -- that is I think it may be true that
-- Jeff is older than Carrie. Naturally, you would have no trouble
"proving" to yourself that this is true: If Bex is older than Carrie,
and Jeff is older than Bex, then obviously -- logically! --
Jeff is older than Carrie! It just stands to reason!
This is pretty much all that an automatic theorem prover does: It
takes a bunch of facts, like the age relations, and a bunch of rules,
like that if A is older then B, and B is older than C, then (it stands
to reason!) that A is older than C! (This is technically called
"transitivity" -- older-than-ness is a transitive relationship,
but, for example, it's not symmetric!: If Jeff is older than
Bex, the Bex is not older than Jeff! -- older-than-ness is
transitive, but not symmetric!)
This all seems pretty simple, and, well, it is pretty
simple. In this lesson we're going to see how automatic theorem
proving is done using a very complex automatic theorem prover called
"Snark", written by Mark Stickel at SRI. We'll start by doing this
entirely in the abstract, using our older-than relationship. Later
we'll look at a more biologically interesting example.
Before your first use of snark, you should do this from the biobike
listener:
Once Snark is loaded, there are some magic incantations that you need
to issue before you can actually write snark theorems and get it
to give you proofs
Now here's how you'd set up to use snark if it was already loaded:
Next we'll want to put in the snark code. Rather than walking through
each little bit and then bring it all together, as we have in previous
tutorials, we're going to show you all the code together first,
and just have you click through it. Then we'll take each little bit
apart. This way you'll have an idea of what a complete Snark program
looks like, and that it's not so horrifically huge, whereas if we did
it piece-by-piece first, you'd be completely lost. So here's the
roadmap -- just read and DOIT each piece without trying to understand
them in detail -- the details will come later:
This is the top level plan - it just calls the other functions to do
the work:
Okay, so that's the forest, before getting to each tree, let's see if
it actually works:
Watch what happens when you try something that you know is false:
Okay, let's talk first about what all this mysteriousity is supposed
to compute! All that we're doing in this example is simple inference
about who's older than whom. That is, suppose that we have a path
between A and B (symbolized as: Jeff >> Bex) and another Bex
>> Carrie, and Carrie >> Archer. Can we find out (prove)
that Jeff >> Archer? If older-than-ness is transitive (as
we described above), then, yes, of course: Jeff >> Archer
because: Jeff >> Bex, and Bex >> Carrie, and Carrie
>> Archer!
Now let's break that down and put it out in Snark terms. First we have
to tell it that there are some persons in the world. We do that like
this:
Now we need to give it the paths. These are "asserted" in the function
install-example-axioms, as follows:
That's not so hard to understand. Basically, it's saying that, for
example, Jeff >> Carrie if both Jeff >> Bex, and Bex
>> Carrie. Since person 1, 2, and 3 can be any people at all,
this will work just as well for proving that Jeff >> Archer by
going, for example, from Jeff >> Carrie, as we just proved we
could do, and then, since Jeff >> Carrie, and Carrie >>
Archer, then Jeff >> Archer -- QED!
(Notice in the above that although there's a person called Monique, we
only know that Monique is older than carrie (Monique >> Carrie),
but we don't know who is older than Monique. Also, of course, this
implication isn't strictly true! Two people could, in theory, be the
same age!)
It's very important to notice that this inference applies for
any persons 1, 2, and 3, and that that once you make this
inference of older-than-ness between two persons, this is effectively
a new older-than-ness assertion -- it's as though you'd written:
(assert '(older-than person1 person3)), and it acts just
exactly like you had made that assertion in further
computations.
Once all this is set up, all we had to do was to ask, which we did
like this in the first example:
And that's just what the final result told us:
Let's ask it for something slightly more complex. Using the same
setup we can ask for all the ways that Snark can find to prove a
claim:
...did you get something like this?
Let's try it the other way around: Who's older than Archer?
We can also ask for all pairs of age relationships:
Now, what happens if we put a loop into the system? Let's claim that
Archer is older than Jeff -- which is ridiculous, but Snark doesn't
know any better! To do this we're going to add an assertion, and then
ask the question:
So, we've now got actually quite a lot of experience with Snark
theorem proving; essentially all that Snark does is to draw
conclusions from a set of assertions, some of which are called "base"
or "ground" assertions or "sentences", like:
Okay, so now you're a theorem-proving expert; Let's try something more
challenging (and more biologically relevant!)
I'll be you can guess that we're going back to our old friend, Li et
al's (PNAS, 2004) analysis of the yeast cell-cycle
network. Here, again, is the network:
(Go back and review the other tutorials that use this example if you
don't remember what it all means.)
In the previous tutorials that used this example we wrote a program
that simulated the regulatory dynamics of this system: What happens
over time. This time we're going to reason about the network
itself. In order to do that we need to do just what we did above:
represent the system, and then explain the rules of reasoning to
Snark, and then ask Snark to reason about the system using those
rules. (That is, ask it questions.)
So, for the most part this will look exactly like the above, but with
different assertions.
You're probably already got Snark setup, but in case you don't, here's
again how to do that:
But everything else is different, of course, since we're doing a
different problem.
First off, instead of people (persons) we have proteins:
And now we can use those to represent the network. This is just like
the old li et al representation, where we had things like: (size +
cln3), but now we use the Snark prefix notation, and either activates
or inhibits.
Note that we don't need to tell it the CONTROLS relationships; those
will be inferred by Snark based on our rules (you'll see this in a
minute):
Now comes the fun part: Making up the rules. First off, we want to
tell Snark that both activates and inhibits are kinds of control. That
is, either activation or inhibition imply a control relationship:
Okay, so now we're ready to run some examples. Here's the function
that will run the examples for us:
So we've now seen two simple examples of reasoning using the Snark
theorem prover. There were two points to doing the very simple age
example. First, I wanted to get you a little used to using Snark --
two examples, more practice; and practice makes perfect! But more
importantly, I wanted you to see that reasoning about complex
biological networks is really not much more complex than reasoning
about simple systems, like ages. The players are different, but the
rules of logic are the same -- transitivity in a relationship graph is
the same sort of thing whether you're talking about ages of people or
protein activations.
In future tutorials we'll do more complex reasoning, but it's really
all just about the same sort of thing: You tell if the types of the
objects (people or proteins); you tell it the relationships
(older-than, activates, inhibits, and controls), and you tell it the
rules of reasoning (the transitivity relationships of controls and
older-than, and that both activation and inhibitions are kinds of
controlling). The rest is done by Snark -- Pretty cool, huh? (That's
why they call it AI!)
If you want to learn more about Snark, the Snark
manual includes a tutorial that goes into depth on Snark and all
its myriad ways. You won't understand most of it (lord knows, I
don't!) but it'll give you a sense of the breadth of potential of
Snark.
There are many good tutorial web pages on Theorem Proving and
specifically Resolution Theorem Proving. Here are a couple:
Copyright 2005-2006 by The BioBike Team (contact<EMAIL_ADDRESS>Introduction
The Snark Theorem Prover
certain kind of reasoner called a theorem prover. The last time you
heard about theorems was probably in geometry class, but a theorem
prover actually isn't a geometrical thing; theorems are much more
general than geometry! Theorems are really just
logical or symbolic expressions that state some
conjecture (the "theorem") about some system, and the job of an
automated theorem prover is just to "prove" that conjecture (supposed
fact). (After it's proved, it gets to be called a theorem, before it's
just a conjecture.)

This only has to be done once by anyone, so it's pretty
likely that someone has done it before you, but it generally can't
hurt to do it again, so why not go ahead; then you'll never have to
worry about it again.
>> (use-module :snark)
We'll put that in some code we'll need to use in a moment:
>> (progn
>> (use-module :snark)
>> (do-snark-shadowing-imports)
>> (shadowing-import 'snark::assert)
>> (shadowing-import 'snark::?)
>> (use-snark)
>> (set-timelimit 200)
>> )
First the Forest
>> (defun example-setup ()
>> (init-biodeducta)
>> (declare-example-sorts)
>> (declare-example-constants)
>> (declare-example-relations)
>> (install-example-axioms)
>> )
This declares "sorts" -- that is, what types of things there are in
the world (just persons in this case):
>> (defun declare-example-sorts ()
>> (declare-sort 'person)
>> )
And this just tells us that each specific person is of sort (type)
person:
>> (defun declare-example-constants ()
>> (declare-constant 'jeff :sort 'person)
>> (declare-constant 'bex :sort 'person)
>> (declare-constant 'carrie :sort 'person)
>> (declare-constant 'archer :sort 'person)
>> (declare-constant 'monique :sort 'person)
>> )
This tells snark what relationships where are in the world, in this
case just one, called older-than, and that it relates persons
to persons (that is, both the 1st and 2nd arguments are of sort (type)
person).
>> (defun declare-example-relations ()
>> (declare-relation 'older-than 2 :sort '((1 person) (2 person)))
>> )
Here's the heart of things, the rules and knowledge; We'll talk a lot
about these below:
>> (defun install-example-axioms ()
>> (assert
>> '(implies
>> (and (older-than ?person1 ?person2)
>> (older-than ?person2 ?person3))
>> (older-than ?person1 ?person3))
>> :name 'transitivity-of-older-than)
>> (assert '(older-than jeff bex))
>> (assert '(older-than bex carrie))
>> (assert '(older-than carrie archer))
>> (assert '(older-than monique carrie))
>> )
That's actually all there is for setting up the prolem. There's one
more pile of snark-specific magic you need. This just sets some of
Snark's huge number of parameters the way we like them:
>> (defun init-biodeducta ()
>> (setq prove-all t)
>> (initialize)
>> (use-resolution t)
>> (use-factoring t)
>> (assert-supported nil)
>> (print-rows-when-derived nil)
>> (print-rows-when-processed nil)
>> (print-final-rows)
>> (use-answers-during-subsumption t)
>> )
Finally, we need to call all of that and ask a question:
>> (defun ask-snark-once (query)
>> (with-saved-variables-values
>> ('snark)
>> (example-setup)
>> (find-one query :answer query)
>> ))
Testing the Example
>> (ask-snark-once '(older-than jeff archer))
If everything's right, you'll get a huge amount of random
output (that we'll examine later), and then this result:
((SNARK::QUESTION-- (OLDER-THAN JEFF ARCHER))
NIL (OLDER-THAN JEFF ARCHER)!)
The fact that it came back with an answer means that it found a
solution -- this is like saying "Yes!"
>> (ask-snark-once '(older-than archer jeff))
This will take a long time (for reasons we'll get into later on) and
eventually will say:
((SNARK::QUESTION-- (OLDER-THAN ARCHER JEFF)) NIL :NONE)
So :NONE means that it couldn't find any solutions.
And now, the Trees!
Sorts and Constants: What things are there?
(defun declare-example-sorts ()
(declare-sort 'person)
)
(defun declare-example-constants ()
(declare-constant 'jeff :sort 'person)
(declare-constant 'bex :sort 'person)
(declare-constant 'carrie :sort 'person)
(declare-constant 'archer :sort 'person)
(declare-constant 'monique :sort 'person)
)
Assertions: The Rules of the Game
(assert '(older-than jeff bex))
(assert '(older-than bex carrie))
(assert '(older-than carrie archer))
(assert '(older-than monique carrie))
The transitivity of paths is also asserted there:
(assert
'(implies
(and (older-than ?person1 ?person2)
(older-than ?person2 ?person3))
(older-than ?person1 ?person3))
:name 'transitivity-of-older-than)
This is a little hard to read, but what it says, in English, is just:
"If there are three people, called persons 1, 2, and
3, if person1 is older then person2, and person2 is older than
person3, this implies that person1 is older than person3."
Setting Goals: Demanding Proof!
(ask-snark-once '(older-than jeff archer))
((SNARK::QUESTION-- (OLDER-THAN JEFF ARCHER)) NIL (OLDER-THAN JEFF ARCHER))
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
| |
This was our |
question... |
... and here's our answer!
In fact, if you look up a little ways in the huge pile of random
output, you'll see that it even told us how to get from Jeff to
Archer:
...
(Row 2
(older-than jeff bex)
assertion)
(Row 3
(older-than bex carrie)
assertion)
(Row 4
(older-than carrie archer)
assertion)
...
Setting More Complex Goals
(defun ask-snark-all (query)
(with-saved-variables-values
('snark)
(example-setup)
(find-all query :answer query)
))
;;; Now try it:
Enter: (pprint (ask-snark-all '(older-than jeff ?person2)))
(The pprint just makes the output look nicer by wraping
it around at the end of reasonably sized lines.)
;;; This will take a LOT longer, and we'll leave out most of the output.
;;; Here's the final result:
(((SNARK::QUESTION-- (OLDER-THAN JEFF ?PERSON2)) NIL (LIST JEFF BEX))
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
The question... ... one answer
(LIST JEFF ARCHER) (LIST JEFF CARRIE))
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^...
More answers!
So, we can see that Jeff is older than Bex (which we already knew
because we told it that one!) and Carrie and Archer, too! But note
that we are not able to prove that Jeff is older than Monique!
(Why?) Quiz: Formulate the query that finds all persons that are older than
Archer...
Try: (pprint (ask-snark-all '(older-than ?person1 archer) )
(((SNARK::QUESTION-- (OLDER-THAN ?PERSON1 ARCHER)) NIL
(LIST CARRIE ARCHER))
(LIST JEFF ARCHER) (LIST MONIQUE ARCHER) (LIST BEX ARCHER))
Note that Jeff and Monique are both proved to be older than Archer
because each can be proved older than Carrie (Jeff >> Bex
>> Carrie >> Archer, and Monique >> Carrie >>
Archer).
Do: (pprint (ask-snark-all '(older-than ?person1 ?person2)))
(((SNARK::QUESTION-- (OLDER-THAN ?PERSON1 ?PERSON2)) NIL
(OLDER-THAN CARRIE ARCHER))
(OLDER-THAN JEFF ARCHER) (OLDER-THAN JEFF CARRIE)
(OLDER-THAN MONIQUE ARCHER) (OLDER-THAN BEX ARCHER)
(OLDER-THAN JEFF BEX) (OLDER-THAN MONIQUE CARRIE)
(OLDER-THAN BEX CARRIE))
So that's every provable older-than relationship!
(defun install-example-axioms ()
(assert
'(implies
(and (older-than ?person1 ?person2)
(older-than ?person2 ?person3))
(older-than ?person1 ?person3))
:name 'transitivity-of-older-than)
(assert '(older-than jeff bex))
(assert '(older-than bex carrie))
(assert '(older-than carrie archer))
(assert '(older-than monique carrie))
(assert '(older-than archer jeff)) ; *** Here's the loop!  (Archer is not really older than Jeff, and Archer is
certainly not older than herself!!) So now nearly every person
can now be proved to be older than nearly every other person,
including themselves, and people who we know are older than them! Is
anyone immune from this madness?! (Hint: Draw the graph, including
the Archer >> Jeff loop, and see which person isn't
reachable. Confirm this observation by look at the above list!)
(older-than Archer Jeff)
and some of which are called "axioms", like:
(iff
(older-than ?person1 ?person3)
(exists (?person2)
(and (older-than ?person1 ?person2)
(older-than ?person2 ?person3))))
The base assertions are sort of like truths of the universe, and the
axioms tell Snark how to draw conclusions from sets of ground
sentences.
Example 2: Reasoning about Regulation
The Plan of Action
Setup (again)
>> (load-module :snark)
>> (progn
>> (use-module :snark)
>> (do-snark-shadowing-imports)
>> (shadowing-import 'snark::assert)
>> (shadowing-import 'snark::?)
>> (use-snark)
>> (set-timelimit 200)
>> )
The example setup function and init-biodeducta functions are exactly
the same (you don't even have to redefine it if you don't want to!),
and you can use this, and the above magic, in all your code.
>> (defun example-setup ()
>> (init-biodeducta)
>> (declare-sorts)
>> (declare-constants)
>> (declare-relations)
>> (install-axioms)
>> (install-ground-assertions)
>> )
>> (defun init-biodeducta ()
>> (setq prove-all t)
>> (initialize)
>> (use-resolution t)
>> (use-factoring t)
>> (assert-supported nil)
>> (print-rows-when-derived nil)
>> (print-rows-when-processed nil)
>> (print-final-rows)
>> (use-answers-during-subsumption t)
>> )
Telling Snark about Regulation
>> (defun declare-sorts ()
>> (declare-sort 'protein)
>> )
And what are the proteins? (Hint, not: Bex, Jeff, Carrie, and Archer!)
>>(defun declare-constants ()
>> (loop for protein in '(SIZE CLN3 CLN12 MBF SBF
>> MCM1SFF CDH1 CLB12 CDC2014 CLB56 SWI5 SIC1)
>> do (declare-constant protein :sort 'protein)
>> ))
Now we have to actually think a little. Proteins in the Li et al
example either activate (green arcs) or inhibit one another (red
arcs), so we'll obviously need an "activates" and an "inhibits"
relation, and we might want to ask about either case, which we'll call
"controls":
>>(defun declare-relations ()
>> (declare-relation 'controls 2 :sort '((1 protein) (2 protein)))
>> (declare-relation 'activates 2 :sort '((1 protein) (2 protein)))
>> (declare-relation 'inhibits 2 :sort '((1 protein) (2 protein)))
>> )
Representing the Network
>>(defun install-ground-assertions ()
>> (mapcar #'assert
>> '(
>> (activates size cln3)
>> (activates cln3 mbf)
>> (activates cln3 sbf)
>> (activates sbf cln12)
>> (inhibits cln12 sic1)
>> (inhibits cln12 cdh1)
>> (inhibits sic1 clb56)
>> (inhibits sic1 clb12)
>> (activates mbf clb56)
>> (activates clb56 mcm1sff)
>> (inhibits clb56 sic1)
>> (activates clb56 clb12)
>> (inhibits clb56 cdh1)
>> (inhibits cdh1 clb12)
>> (inhibits clb12 cdh1)
>> (activates clb12 mcm1sff)
>> (activates clb12 cdc2014)
>> (inhibits clb12 sic1)
>> (inhibits clb12 swi5)
>> (inhibits clb12 mbf)
>> (inhibits clb12 sbf)
>> (activates mcm1sff cdc2014)
>> (activates mcm1sff swi5)
>> (activates mcm1sff clb12)
>> (activates cdc2014 swi5)
>> (activates cdc2014 cdh1)
>> (inhibits cdc2014 clb12)
>> (activates cdc2014 sic1)
>> (inhibits cdc2014 clb56)
>> (activates swi5 sic1)
>> )))
Regulation Rules!
(assert '(implies (activates ?protein1 ?protein2)
(controls ?protein1 ?protein2)))
(assert '(implies (inhibits ?protein1 ?protein2)
(controls ?protein1 ?protein2)))
Next we want to tell Snark that, just like older-than, CONTROLS is
transitive; that is, if A controls B, and B controls C, then A
controls C:
(assert '(implies (and (controls ?protein1 ?protein2)
(controls ?protein2 ?protein3))
(controls ?protein1 ?protein3)))
Putting those together into the install-axioms function:
>>(defun install-axioms ()
>> (assert '(implies (activates ?protein1 ?protein2)
>> (controls ?protein1 ?protein2)))
>> (assert '(implies (inhibits ?protein1 ?protein2)
>> (controls ?protein1 ?protein2)))
>> (assert '(implies (and (controls ?protein1 ?protein2)
>> (controls ?protein2 ?protein3))
>> (controls ?protein1 ?protein3)))
>> )
Testing it All Out
>> (defun ask-snark-once (query)
>> (with-saved-variables-values
>> ('snark)
>> (example-setup)
>> (find-one query :answer query)
>> ))
And prove to yourself that it works:
>> (ask-snark-once '(controls size mbf))
Did it get the right answer?
>> (ask-snark-once '(controls mbf size))
Did it get the right answer?
Okay, now the paste of resistance: Can it find complex control
relationships?
>> (ask-snark-once '(controls size swi5))
Did it get the right answer? Look back at the proof trace; can you see
the path it found?
Reprise
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The authors propose a decentralised cross-cryptocurrency exchange, motivated by trading Bitcoins for other cryptocurrencies. The authors implement a prototype as a DApp running on an Ethereum testnet.
This paper is particularly interesting to me for two main reasons. Firstly, given my current research - both personal and coursework-related - into DExes and other DeFi platforms. Secondly, my interest in projects such as tBTC[7]
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MemShield: GPU-assisted software memory encryption[Semion.io]
The authors propose MemShield, a framework for transparently encrypting primary memory to resist cold boot attacks. MemShield is implemented as a C library that interacts with
userfaultfd
to monitor for page requests from userspace. This system allows page-level granularity for memory protection.Cold boot attacks have always fascinated me, so mitigations against them are of particular interest as well. I'm impressed by both the granularity and compatibility of this project: no changes to existing applications are required.
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Formal Verification of Solidity contracts in Event-B[Semion.io]
The authors define a subset of Solidity which can then be translated into Event-B - a modelling framework of which I have never heard of until discovering this paper. The authors assert that this greatly helps in the formal verification of Ethereum smart contracts.
Recent coursework that I'm undertaking has required me to study different testing methodologies for Ethereum smart contracts. So far, this has only involved two categories: symbolic execution and fuzzing. This paper expands on the formal verification route - a category which I haven't covered in depth yet.
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Human Factors in Biocybersecurity Wargames[Semion.io]
Admittedly, I included this simply due to the spectacular title. Doesn't it just sound cool?
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JaxNet: Scalable Blockchain Network[Semion.io]
The authors propose a novel design for a scalable, decentralised Proof-of-Work blockchain, called JaxNet. Their design uses a network of parallel chains that rewards miners for their computational effort in maintaining the network.
This problem obviously garners an incredible amount of attention - both in academia and industry. Any new publications on the matter seem worthy of a mention.
Bibliography
- S. Siddiqui and S. Gujar, QuickSync: A Quickly Synchronizing PoS-based Blockchain Protocol, 2020
- H. Tian, K. Xue, S. Li, J. Xu, J. Liu, and J. Zhao, Enabling Cross-chain Transactions: A Decentralized Cryptocurrency Exchange Protocol, 2020
- P. Santucci, E. Ingrassia, G. Picierro, and M. Cesati, MemShield: GPU-assisted Software Memory Encryption, 2020
- J. Zhu, K. Hu, M. Filali, J.-P. Bodeveix, and J.-P. Talpin, Formal Verification of Solidity Smart Contracts in Event-B, 2020
- L. Potter and X.-L. Palmer, Human Factors in Biocybersecurity Wargames, 2020
- A. Kiayias, A. Russell, B. David, and R. Oliynykov, "Ouroboros: A Provably Secure Proof-of-Stake Blockchain Protocol," in Advances in Cryptology - CRYPTO 2017, J. Katz and H. Shacham, Eds., Cham: Springer International Publishing, 2017, pp. 357-388, ISBN: 978-3-319-63688-7
- "tBTC: A Decentralized Redeemable BTC-backed ERC-20 Token," Keep Network, May 7, 2020
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Sometimes, it comes as an unpleasant surprise to a person who looks for web pages referencing his own name, and finds, among other things, many of his explicit or controversial usenet or mailing list messages, old resumes that may contradict the current one, critical remarks of his high school girlfriend and former colleagues, etc. Knowing that this information is easily accessible to his new girlfriend and prospective employer may make him more than uncomfortable.
All advice to such a person you may see on the Net mentions Net laws that should have been passed and personal actions that should or should not have been taken.
In both cases, it's usually too late.
Fortunately, not that many people have been burned. We can bury them (or their reputations) and move ahead, vowing not to repeat their mistakes. From now on we, the prudent ones, will be very careful not to leave compromising traces where they can be uncovered by existing technologies and made public.
It's called "learning from other people's mistakes".
- No, it isn't !
The mistake those people made was not leaving traces that could be made public with then existing technologies. It was doing things that could be uncovered by technologies (like search engines) that at the time did not exist.
If you want to learn from these mistakes, you should look at what information about yourself you are leaving behind that can be made public tomorrow.
Let's look at what traces you leave.
I do not want to consider time travelers from the future watching your life. - Just some already available technologies that are on the rise and will be cheap and ubiquitous tomorrow.
Besides thousands of your personal letters and documents, they contain data on the evolution of your intelligence, handwriting, habits such as nail-biting, samples of hair that you washed with different shampoos (or didn't) and millions of discarded little things identifiable by your writing, fingerprints or DNA samples. One may figure out where you drank a cup of Coke 30 years ago, and who you shared it with.
And so on.
The technology necessary to recover and index all this data is already available and will become very cheap in a few decades.
How can people protect themselves from all this?
Will people of the future all wear identical privacy suits, gloves and helmets and burn everything they have touched?
Or they will just try not to do things they may later be ashamed of? (How do you know what you may be ashamed of 30 years from now?)


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There have been a number of fine films about returning vets of the Vietnam war. One that comes immediately to mind is COMING HOME, that starred Jon Voight, Jane Fonda and Bruce Dern. In that one, the Voight role was that of a paralyzed vet. THE WAR AT HOME stars Emilio Estevez as a vet who cannot sleep because he unable for a moment to forget what he has been through.
 I was getting pretty nervous myself as Maurine kept bugging her son as she did not have the sense to lay off. When Jeremy attacks her verbally, she is unable to understand his fury.
Jeremy's father, is Bob Collier (Martin Sheen, Estevez's real-life father who actually introduced him to the film 's story.) Bob does his best to keep his family together unaware that he is partly to blame for Jeremy's hatred of him. It is not until the film is almost over that we discover the real reason.
Trying to help but always rebuffed, is Jeremy's sister, Karen (Kimberly Williams). In vain she pleads with him to forget the war and get on his with his family and life. But how could she know that he relives the war every moment?
As Jeremy, Estevez turns in a great performance. Indeed, Bates and Sheen are equally fantastic. It is great to see actors who know their craft and given a good role they give it all they have got. Further, as with films about the Holocaust when some wonder why there are so many films made about it, the devastating effects of the war in Vietnam has to be told over and over again so we do not again make such a horrible mistake.
In this, his first film as a director, Emilio Estevez can be proud.
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This post will focus on characterizing the top eigenvalue and top singular value of a matrix as both optimization problems and semi-definite constraints. This view of eigenvalues and singular values is, in my opinion, a much more constructive way to understand the spectrum of a matrix.
We start with the typical development of eigenvalues as roots of the characteristic polynomial of a matrix. $\newcommand{\ip}[2]{\langle #1, #2 \rangle} \newcommand{\norm}[1]{\left\lVert #1 \right\rVert} \newcommand{\abs}[1]{\left| #1 \right|} \newcommand{\R}{\mathbb{R}} \newcommand{\ip}[2]{\langle #1, #2 \rangle} \DeclareMathOperator*{\range}{range} \DeclareMathOperator*{\kern}{kern} \DeclareMathOperator*{\det}{det} \DeclareMathOperator*{\diag}{diag} \DeclareMathOperator*{\trace}{Tr} $ Let $A \in \R^{n,n}$. We want to find all vectors $x \in \R^{n}$ such that $Ax = \lambda x$ for some $\lambda \in \R$. This is the same as saying the matrix $(A-\lambda I)$ has a non-trivial nullspace (which $x$ lives in). We can enforce this by solving for the roots of $\det(A-\lambda I) = 0$. In general, we have an arbitrary polynomial of degree $n$, and therefore there are $n$ roots (some of which may be complex). It turns out, if $A = A^T$ is symmetric, then all $n$ roots will be real numbers, and thus we can order them $\lambda_1 \geq \lambda_2 \geq ... \geq \lambda_n$. This is one interpretation of $\lambda_1$, which does not yield much in terms of intuition. The remainder of this post will focus on trying to build a more intuitive characterization of $\lambda_1$.
We now restrict ourselves to symmetric matrices $A=A^T$ to avoid the issue of complex eigenvalues. We will remove this restriction (and even the restriction on square matrices) when we talk about singular values. Our first characterization is that $\lambda_1(A)$ is given by the following optimization problem $$ \lambda_1(A) = \sup_{x:\norm{x}=1} x^T A x $$ where here and throughout the post $\norm{\cdot}$ refers to the standard $l_2$ norm. This is actually not hard to show at all. We will appeal to the eigen-decomposition of a symmetric matrix. That is, we can always write $A = Q \Sigma Q^T$, where $Q$ is orthonormal and $\Sigma = \diag(\lambda_1, ..., \lambda_n)$. Then, we write the optimization problem as $$ \sup_{x:\norm{x}=1} x^T Q \Sigma Q^T x = \sup_{x:\norm{x}=1} (Q^Tx)^T \Sigma (Q^T x) \stackrel{(a)}{=} \sup_{z:\norm{z}=1} z^T \Sigma z $$ where in (a) we used the rotational invariance of the Euclidean norm (e.g. $\norm{Qx} = \norm{x}$ for any orthogonal $Q$) to simplify the problem to one dealing with a diagonal matrix. But now the result is clear: $z^T \Sigma z = \sum_{i=1}^{n} z_i^2 \lambda_i$, so the way to optimize this is to set $z_1 = 1$ (we cannot set it any higher due to the constraint that $\norm{z} = 1$) and the rest of $z$ to 0.
Still dealing with symmetric matrices, we will now derive a semi-definite characterization of $\lambda_1(A)$. Let $t \in \R$. We will show that $\lambda_1(A) \leq t$ iff $tI - A \succeq 0$. Once again, the main tool is the eigen-decomposition of $A = Q \Sigma Q^T$, which allows us to write $$ tI - A = Q (tI) Q^T - Q \Sigma Q^T = Q( tI - \Sigma) Q^T $$ The result is immediate now. Suppose $\lambda_1(A) \leq t$. Then $$ \lambda_i(tI-A) = (tI-\Sigma)_i = t - \lambda_i(A) \geq t - \lambda_1(A) \geq t - t = 0 $$ For the other direction, suppose $\lambda_i(tI - A) \geq 0$ for all $i$. Then $$ \lambda_1(tI-A) = (tI-\Sigma)_1 = t - \lambda_1(A) \geq 0 \Longrightarrow \lambda_1(A) \leq t $$
An immediate corollary to this result is that we can express $\lambda_1(A)$ as the result of another optimization problem (this time a minimization) $$ \lambda_1(A) = \inf_{t} t : tI \succeq A $$ Notice this is a semi-definite program (SDP). We can get another characterization by appealing to semi-definite duality (see e.g. here). The Lagrangian of this problem is $$ \mathcal{L}(t, \Lambda) = t + \ip{\Lambda}{A-tI} $$ where $\Lambda$ is symmetric and our inner-product is the standard matrix inner product $\ip{A}{B} = \trace(A^T B)$. The dual function $g(\Lambda) = \inf\limits_{t} \mathcal{L}(t,\Lambda)$ is therefore $$ g(\lambda) = \begin{cases} \ip{\Lambda}{A} &\text{if } \trace(\Lambda) = 1 \\ -\infty &\text{o.w.} \end{cases} $$ and so by SDP duality we have that $$ \lambda_1(A) = \sup_{\Lambda} \ip{\Lambda}{A} : \Lambda \succeq 0, \trace(\Lambda) = 1 $$
We now move the discussion onto singular values. Now we let $A \in \R^{m,n}$ be arbitrary. From what we have said so far, we can immediately recover the top singular value $\sigma_1(A)$ as an optimization problem also. Recalling that $\sigma_1(A) = \sqrt{\lambda_1(A^T A)}$, we therefore have $$ \sigma_1(A) = \sqrt{ \sup_{x:\norm{x}=1} x^T A^T A x } = \sup_{x:\norm{x}=1} \sqrt{x^T A^T A x} = \sup_{x:\norm{x}=1} \norm{Ax} $$ This is one way to view a singular value as a generalized eigenvalue; the top singular value is the maximum amplification we can get when we have our matrix $A$ act on any unit vector in $\R^n$.
Our last bit here will be to give a semi-definite constraint characterization for the top singular value. This result is also immediate from what we have already done. We will show that $$ \sigma_1(A) \leq t \stackrel{(a)}{\Longleftrightarrow} t^2I - AA^T \succeq 0 \stackrel{(b)}{\Longleftrightarrow} \left( \begin{array}{cc} tI & A \\ A^T & tI \end{array} \right) \succeq 0 $$ (a) is immediate from our similar result for eigenvalues of symmetric matrices, since $\sigma_1(A) = \sqrt{\lambda_1(AA^T)}$ and $AA^T$ is symmetric, so $$ \sigma_1(A) \leq t \Leftrightarrow \lambda_1(AA^T) \leq t^2 \Leftrightarrow t^2I - AA^T \succeq 0 $$ (b) is immediate from Schur complements when $t>0$, but not quite for the annoying case when $t=0$. To show the result for $t=0$, we need to understand the spectrum of dilations. Define the Hermition dilation of an arbitrary matrix $A$ as $$ \mathcal{H}(A) = \left(\begin{array}{cc} 0 & A \\ A^T & 0 \end{array} \right) $$ Clearly $\mathcal{H}(A)$ is symmetric for any $A$, so its $(m+n)$ eigenvalues are all real. It is not hard (e.g. by looking at the characteristic polynomial) to show that the spectrum of $\mathcal{H}(A)$ is nothing more than $\{ \pm \sigma_i(A), 0 \}$ with enough repeated zeros to make it $(m+n)$ values. From this fact, it is evident that $AA^T \preceq 0$ iff $\mathcal{H}(A) \succeq 0$, which yields the result (b).
One final note is that, while this post has only focused on the top eigen/singular values, it is possible to give a characterization of the complete spectrum as an optimization problem. See, for instance, the Courant-Fischer theorem.


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| Tag name | In Block | Description |
MAINThe main block |
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| {FAQ_PATH} | MAIN | Breadcrumb path |
| {FAQ_TITLE} | MAIN | The title of the module |
MAIN.FAQ_CATEGORIESA list of FAQ subcategories for the current category |
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| {FAQ_CATEGORY_ID} | MAIN.FAQ_CATEGORIES | The category's ID in the structure table |
| {FAQ_CATEGORY_DESC} | MAIN.FAQ_CATEGORIES | The category's description |
| {FAQ_CATEGORY_TITLE} | MAIN.FAQ_CATEGORIES | The title of the category |
| {FAQ_CATEGORY_ICON_URL} | MAIN.FAQ_CATEGORIES | URL of the category's icon |
| {FAQ_CATEGORY_CODE} | MAIN.FAQ_CATEGORIES | The category's unique code |
| {FAQ_CATEGORY_QUESTION_COUNT} | MAIN.FAQ_CATEGORIES | The count of the questions only in the category |
| {FAQ_CATEGORY_QUESTION_COUNT_TOTAL} | MAIN.FAQ_CATEGORIES | The total count of the questions in this category and its children |
MAIN.FAQ_LIST_QUESTIONSA complete list of questions for the current category |
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| {FAQ_LIST_QUESTION_ID} | MAIN.FAQ_LIST_QUESTIONS | The ID of the question in the questions table |
| {FAQ_LIST_QUESTION_ORDER} | MAIN.FAQ_LIST_QUESTIONS | The order number when output |
| {FAQ_LIST_QUESTION_TEXT} | MAIN.FAQ_LIST_QUESTIONS | The raw text of the question |
| {FAQ_LIST_QUESTION_URL} | MAIN.FAQ_LIST_QUESTIONS | The URL to the question on the page |
| {FAQ_LIST_QUESTION_USER_NAME} | MAIN.FAQ_LIST_QUESTIONS | The user name of the question poster |
| {FAQ_LIST_QUESTION_USER_EMAIL} | MAIN.FAQ_LIST_QUESTIONS | The email address of the question poster |
| {FAQ_LIST_QUESTION_ADDED_DATE} | MAIN.FAQ_LIST_QUESTIONS | The question's date formated of when it was added |
| {FAQ_LIST_QUESTION_ADDED_TIMESTAMP} | MAIN.FAQ_LIST_QUESTIONS | The question's timestamp of when it was added |
| {FAQ_LIST_QUESTION_CATEGORY_TITLE} | MAIN.FAQ_LIST_QUESTIONS | The title of the category the question is in |
| {FAQ_LIST_QUESTION_CATEGORY_CODE} | MAIN.FAQ_LIST_QUESTIONS | The unique code of the category the question is in |
| {FAQ_LIST_QUESTION_LINK} | MAIN.FAQ_LIST_QUESTIONS | The question text formated into a link from a resource |
| {FAQ_LIST_QUESTION_LINK_WITHORDER} | MAIN.FAQ_LIST_QUESTIONS | the question text formated into a link from a resource with the question order number |
MAIN.FAQ_QUESTIONS_AND_ANSWERSA complete list of questions and answers for the current category |
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| {FAQ_QAA_QUESTION_ID} | MAIN.FAQ_QUESTIONS_AND_ANSWERS | The ID of the question in the questions table |
| {FAQ_QAA_QUESTION_ORDER} | MAIN.FAQ_QUESTIONS_AND_ANSWERS | The order number when output |
| {FAQ_QAA_QUESTION_TEXT} | MAIN.FAQ_QUESTIONS_AND_ANSWERS | The text of the question from a resource |
| {FAQ_QAA_QUESTION_TEXT_RAW} | MAIN.FAQ_QUESTIONS_AND_ANSWERS | Just the text of the question |
| {FAQ_QAA_QUESTION_URL} | MAIN.FAQ_QUESTIONS_AND_ANSWERS | The URL to the question on the page |
| {FAQ_QAA_QUESTION_USER_NAME} | MAIN.FAQ_QUESTIONS_AND_ANSWERS | The user name of the question poster |
| {FAQ_QAA_QUESTION_USER_EMAIL} | MAIN.FAQ_QUESTIONS_AND_ANSWERS | The email address of the question poster |
| {FAQ_QAA_QUESTION_ADDED_DATE} | MAIN.FAQ_QUESTIONS_AND_ANSWERS | The question's date formated of when it was added |
| {FAQ_QAA_QUESTION_ADDED_TIMESTAMP} | MAIN.FAQ_QUESTIONS_AND_ANSWERS | The question's timestamp of when it was added |
| {FAQ_QAA_QUESTION_CATEGORY_TITLE} | MAIN.FAQ_QUESTIONS_AND_ANSWERS | The title of the category the question is in |
| {FAQ_QAA_QUESTION_CATEGORY_CODE} | MAIN.FAQ_QUESTIONS_AND_ANSWERS | The unique code of the category the question is in |
| {FAQ_QAA_QUESTION_LINK} | MAIN.FAQ_QUESTIONS_AND_ANSWERS | The question text formated into a link from a resource |
| {FAQ_QAA_QUESTION_LINK_WITHORDER} | MAIN.FAQ_QUESTIONS_AND_ANSWERS | the question text formated into a link from a resource with the question order number |
MAIN.FAQ_QUESTIONS_AND_ANSWERS.IS_ADMINOptions for a user if they are an admin |
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| {FAQ_QAA_QUESTION_DELETE_URL} | MAIN.FAQ_QUESTIONS_AND_ANSWERS.IS_ADMIN | The URL to delete the question |
| {FAQ_QAA_QUESTION_DELETE_LINK} | MAIN.FAQ_QUESTIONS_AND_ANSWERS.IS_ADMIN | The link formatted from a resource to delete the question |
| {FAQ_QAA_QUESTION_EDIT_URL} | MAIN.FAQ_QUESTIONS_AND_ANSWERS.IS_ADMIN | The URL to edit the question |
| {FAQ_QAA_QUESTION_EDIT_LINK} | MAIN.FAQ_QUESTIONS_AND_ANSWERS.IS_ADMIN | The link formatted from a resource to delete the question |
MAIN.FAQ_QUESTION_ADDOptions and form inputs for users and guests that have write access |
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| {FAQ_QUESTION_ADD_TEXT} | MAIN.FAQ_QUESTION_ADD | The question text to submit |
MAIN.FAQ_QUESTION_ADD.GUESTOptions and form inputs for guests that have write access |
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| {FAQ_QUESTION_ADD_GUEST_USERNAME} | MAIN.FAQ_QUESTION_ADD.GUEST | A inputbox for the user to type a user name |
| {FAQ_QUESTION_ADD_GUEST_EMAIL} | MAIN.FAQ_QUESTION_ADD.GUEST | A inputbox for the user to type a email address |


Projects
Detects the edges of the screen and changing the image and direction of a PACMAN.
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Why An About Page
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Name:Jessica Knauff
Date Updated: 26/January/2021
This will be where I list all the diffferent changes I have made to the Web page thoughtout the four verisons, and to show my progression through the wed development class.


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The amount of padding around each of the edges of the page.
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The amount of padding around each of the edges of the page.
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The amount of padding around each of the edges of the page.
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The amount of padding around each of the edges of the page.
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The ASCII code for the last character in the bitmap font.
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A Queue containing all of the mouse events that have occurred since the
last update (processing event), which will be either dispatched to their
respective component or discarded if the target component isn't
Interactable
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Monday.com to Power BI Adapter
This is an adapter that retrieves data from the Monday API v2 and converts to a Power BI friendly format while keeping the API key hidden
Developed by Guilherme Chaguri. The code is be available on GitHub
I've also created a Power Query to directly connect to the Monday.com API, it's harder to setup, doesn't secure the API key or formats columns but it connects directly to Monday


Number of input vertices
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GetTableInstance is used to initialize the instance of [Odb.Table.ITable], according to table-information in database.
Examples
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Hi there, I am a Software developer with a background in Electrical Engineering. I am also a US Army reservist recently deployed to Kuwait and Afghanistan. As a lifelong learner, my goal is to provide simple solutions to complex challenges. My background in Electrical Engineering has honed my skills in problem-solving. The Army has equipped me with a can-do attitude. Bringing these attributes, therefore, gives me a leg up in the field of software development.
This app helps you contract out jobs you may not have time to undertake. Utilizing ReactJs for the front-end and MongoDB as our database, we created an app that lets users post and bid for jobs. Our clients can bid for jobs they like. They can also post jobs too. You can access the repo here
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| ${value} Instant Poison Damage | min: [30.0, 60.0, 90.0] |
| ${value} Reduced Resistances for ${duration} Second(s) | min: [4.0, 8.0, 12.0] Reduced Resistances for min: 3.0 Second(s) |
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KISSED A film review by Steve Rhodes Copyright 1997 Steve Rhodes
RATING (0 TO ****): ** 1/2
If your lover comes to you smelling of formaldehyde and with blood under her fingernails, be suspicious. The Canadian film KISSED by first-time director Lynne Stopkewich tackles one of the few subjects I have never seen considered before in the movies: necrophilia.
Before you either stop reading my review or start flaming me for liking this film, let me assure you that you have to see the movie to fully understand it. It handles its subject matter with delicacy. Although it is frequently shocking, it is never exploitive. On the other hand, if you were to see this film without knowing what it is about, there is a good chance you might walk out or be sickened by some of the scenes. This is a movie that pulls no punches. If it were a Hollywood film, the studio would have demanded a major rewrite after the first test screening. (Or they might have tried to shelve it as Ted Turner did last year with David Cronenberg's CRASH.)
When I saw KISSED at an advanced screening, the audience was fully engaged and many were enraged by the story. Albeit only for the adventuresome filmgoer, this is a movie designed to make you think. The intelligent script by Angus Fraser and director Lynne Stopkewich is based on Barbara Gowdy's short story, "We So Seldom Look on Love." In the press kit the director says she found the story in a book of erotica by women authors.
In a film that appears on the surface to be unique, there are numerous parallels to other pictures. First, the show is about obsession as is FATAL ATTRACTION. Second, the film's early scenes show two young teenager girls dancing in their underwear around a dead bird much like the opening scene of the nude, "pagan" dance in THE CRUCIBLE. Finally, the film is actually the HAROLD AND MAUDE for the 90s -- compulsively preoccupied with death.
"I've always been fascinated by death," explains the protagonist, Sandra Larson. "The feel of it, the smell of it, the quietness of it." (Natasha Morley briefly plays the young teenage Sandra, and Molly Parker is the college age Sandra.)
Soon we cut to the grownup Sandra who figures the way to be close to death is to obtain a position in a funeral parlor. Mr. Wallis (Jay Brazeau), the funeral director, in her job interview asks her simply, "What do you know about funerals?" Not much it turns out, but she is an eager pupil. She has an insatiable desire to learn everything about preparations for burial -- especially embalming.
Sandra approaches her work with a loving, sincere manner. Except for, and this is a very big except, the fact that she has sex with the corpses, she is the model of the type of employee that you would want to work in a funeral home.
In a science lesson unlike any I've ever seen before, we learn the details of embalming. I'll not repeat them lest you get ill. This scene, and not the sex, is the most difficult one to watch. The gross parts happen just off screen, but they tell you precisely what they are doing to the body.
Molly Parker gives us a Sandra who is gentle and kind. Sandra does a religious dance around the bodies before having sex with them. All of this is so beautifully done that you have to keep reminding yourself that this is a very disturbed young woman, and the guy she is violating is, afterall, dead. Sandra believes that his spirit lives on and that she is giving him pleasure as well.
Parker's performance was haunting but a bit aloof. If she could have revealed more about her motivation it would have helped enormously. The best we have is some of the dialog. "Crossing over was glorious," she tells us after her first love tryst with a corpse. "It's like looking into the sun without going blind," she describes her necrophilia later in the film. "I'm consumed."
Into Sandra's life comes a live male who makes a friendly pass at her. When Matt (Peter Outerbridge) comes on to her in a coffee shop, she is frightened by it. The immediate reaction after they become lovers is to wonder where the film is headed. As I've told my readers before, I rarely try to guess the ending of the film, but in this one I was intrigued by the possibilities. Among my numerous alternative endings, one of them did come to pass, but I was just as surprised that some of the others did not.
"You didn't faint," says the funeral director after Sandra's embalming lesson. "That's always a good sign." Well, if you don't faint, you may like this most bizarre of films. Then again, maybe not. "I never met anyone like you before," says Matt to Sandra. "You're totally different. You're compelling." So is the picture.
KISSED runs just 1:20, but seems longer due to the subject matter's intensity. The film is not yet rated, but is certainly a candidate for an NC-17 rating for its sex, full frontal nudity, and, most of all, taboo theme. This is not a film for teenagers. I give it thumbs up as did my wife. Would I recommend it? Well, if you can read this review and still be interested, you'd probably like the film. I give it ** 1/2.
**** = A must see film. *** = Excellent show. Look for it. ** = Average movie. Kind of enjoyable. * = Poor show. Don't waste your money. 0 = Totally and painfully unbearable picture.
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Object | +--helma.Ftp
This class represents a FTP client, providing
access to an FTP server.
The FTP client needs Daniel Savarese's NetComponents
library in the classpath in order to work.
Defined in Ftp.js
| SUMMARY: Constructor | Properties | Methods | DETAIL: Constructor | Properties | Methods |
| Constructor Summary | |
helma.Ftp(<String> server)
Constructor for FTP client objects, to send and receive files from an FTP server. |
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Object |
server
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status
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Object
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active()
Switches the connection to use active mode. |
Object
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ascii()
Sets transfer mode to ascii for transmitting text-based data. |
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binary()
Sets transfer mode to binary for transmitting images and other non-text files. |
Object
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cd(path)
Changes the working directory on the FTP server. |
Object
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deleteFile(remoteFile)
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dir(path)
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getFile(<String> remoteFile, <String> localFile)
Transfers a file from the FTP server to the local file system. |
Object
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getString(remoteFile)
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lcd(<String> dir)
Changes the working directory of the local machine when being connected to an FTP server. |
Boolean
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login(<String> username, <String> password)
Logs in to the FTP server. |
Object
|
logout()
Terminates the current FTP session. |
Boolean
|
mkdir(<String> dir)
Creates a new directory on the server. |
Object
|
passive()
Switches the connection to use passive mode. |
Boolean
|
putBytes(<Array> bytes, <String> remoteFile)
Transfers a byte array to a file on the FTP server. |
Boolean
|
putFile(<String> localFile, <String> remoteFile)
Transfers a file from the local file system to the remote server. |
Boolean
|
putString(<String> str, <String> remoteFile, <String> charset)
Transfers text from a string to a file on the FTP server. |
Object
|
pwd()
|
Boolean
|
rmdir(<String> dir)
Deletes a directory on the FTP server. |
Object
|
setReadTimeout(timeout)
Set the default timeout in milliseconds to use when opening a socket. |
Object
|
setTimeout(timeout)
Sets the timeout in milliseconds to use when reading from the data connection. |
| Constructor Detail |
helma.Ftp(<String> server)
server
- as String, the address of the FTP Server to connect to
| Properties Detail |
Object server
Object status
| Method Detail |
Object active()
Object ascii()
Object binary()
Object cd(path)
dir
- as String, the path that the remote working directory should be changed to
Object deleteFile(remoteFile)
Object dir(path)
Object getFile(<String> remoteFile, <String> localFile)
remoteFile
- as String, the name of the file that should be downloaded
localFile
- as String, the name which the file should be stored under
Object getString(remoteFile)
Object lcd(<String> dir)
dir
- as String, the path that the local working directory should be changed to
Boolean login(<String> username, <String> password)
username
- as String
password
- as String
Object logout()
Boolean mkdir(<String> dir)
dir
- as String, the name of the directory to be created
Object passive()
Boolean putBytes(<Array> bytes, <String> remoteFile)
bytes
- The byte array that should be uploaded
remoteFile
- The name of the remote destination file
Boolean putFile(<String> localFile, <String> remoteFile)
localFile
- as String, the name of the file to be uploaded
remoteFile
- as String, the name of the remote destination file
Boolean putString(<String> str, <String> remoteFile, <String> charset)
str
- as String, the text content that should be uploaded
remoteFile
- as String, the name of the remote destination file
charset
- as String, optional
Object pwd()
Boolean rmdir(<String> dir)
dir
- as String, the name of the directory to be deleted
Object setReadTimeout(timeout)
Object setTimeout(timeout)
| SUMMARY: Constructor | Properties | Methods | DETAIL: Constructor | Properties | Methods |


Joose.Manual.Delta - Important Changes in Joose
This documents any important or noteworthy changes in Joose, with a focus on backwards. This does duplicate data from the Changes file, but aims to provide more details and when possible workarounds.
Besides helping keep up with changes, you can also use this document for finding the lowest version of Joose that supported a given feature. If you encounter a problem and have a solution but don't see it documented here, or think we missed an important feature, please send us a patch.
Major refactoring
Fixed issues with Google Gears under FF3.5
Nickolay Platonov<EMAIL_ADDRESS>Heavily based on the original content of Moose::Manual, by Dave Rolsky<EMAIL_ADDRESS>Copyright (c) 2008-2011, Malte Ubl, Nickolay Platonov
All rights reserved.
Redistribution and use in source and binary forms, with or without modification, are permitted provided that the following conditions are met:
THIS SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED BY THE COPYRIGHT HOLDERS AND CONTRIBUTORS "AS IS" AND ANY EXPRESS OR IMPLIED WARRANTIES, INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, THE IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY AND FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE ARE DISCLAIMED.


This small village is on the SE coast of the small island of Murter.
Position 43°47'N,15°39'E.
This is a sheltered, natural harbour.
Berth where directed in the marina.
There is an anchorage about 1 NM SE of Jezera.
Last updated February 2010.


Click the Allow button in the dialog box shown on your computer to allow connections from this device.
The address of this device is: __CLIENT_IP__


When to use Lightning and How?
- Lightning can be used to monitor your entire infrastructure like Database servers, Hadoop Nodes, Application Servers and Load balancers etc. Lightning works both on HTTP and HTTPS, providing you flexibility to use based on your infrastructure needs.
- Lightning can also be used to purge the contents across your cloud infrastructure handled by RESTful services.
- Lightning can also be used in Virtual Reality applications, that require frequent bulky URL execution at the server side.
- Lightning can be used as a client-server model, with full flexibility of embedding client in your application and to use core at your server side. Lightning core needs to be running on your server before the lightning client makes any request. Detailed instructions are provided in Lightning Core and Lightning Client.
When not to use
- Execution of couple of hundred URLs or less number of URLs. Lightning is optimized to handle bulk request therefore execution of few hundres urls would not seem that fast.


The PFS Shares report provides information about your PFS shares: the local name of the shares and the status of the shares.
What action is occurring on the share? Is the share ready for synchronization? Is a synchronization currently occurring? When was the last time a synchronization occurred? What was the last synchronization status? Use the mouse to hover over a specific data point to see what the y values and exact timestamp were in relation to peaks.The Riverbed system reports on performance for periods up to one month. Due to performance and disk space considerations, the display granularity decreases with time passed since the data was sampled. The data is collected at a 5-minute granularity for the entire month.
Select a report time interval of 5 minutes (5m), 1 hour (1h), 1 day (1d), 1 week (1w), All, or type a custom date. All includes statistics for the last 30 days.You can quickly see the newest data and see data points as they are added to the chart dynamically. To display the newest data, click Show newest data.


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Extension for Ember gives ability to create modals and dialogs. The work concept is different from the analogues, it includes the ways of the dialog-window creation suggested by the official docs. The modal-window component is built between `view` and `controller`, it proxies signals coming from `view` to `controller`. And if the signals are not captured by the controller it gets them back and handles window closing. See features section for the details.
You can include script into your project from https://cdnjs.com/libraries/ember-dialog/. CDN is a great way to make apps loading faster.
Or you can get latest version from here, put these files into public directory of your project and include them.
{% highlight html %} {% endhighlight %}Also if you wish you can use elementary styles:
{% highlight html %} {% endhighlight %}Bower is a package manager for the web. Bower makes it easy to manage dependencies in your application including Ember and Ember Dialog. To learn more about Bower visit http://bower.io/.
Adding Ember to your application with Bower is easy; simply run bower install --save ember-dialog
. You can also add ember or ember-data to your bower.json file the following way:
After installation include these files into the build task (recommend: broccoli, grunt or gulp). Also you may include them directly into the page (e.g. if you're using appkit).
{% highlight html %} {% endhighlight %}For this case foresee ember-cli-dialog addon.


Interactive Map | Burla, India
Hover mouse on pins and click to know more
Endorse Sailesh on Linkedin1 Ashok Nivas
High on the Hill
2 Planetarium
Book a Space Travel
3 VSSUT
The Engineering College
4 VIMSAR
The Medical College
5 Hirakud Dam
The Mighty
6 Right Dyke
Serene
7 PC Bridge
The Bridge of all times
8 Sambalpur University
Educational Hub
9 Left Dyke
Breathtaking
10 Zero Point
The Hangout Place
The Ashok Nivas
Jawahar Minar
THe Rest house for the Governor of Orissa and other VIPs.
The Planetarium
Burla
A good step that will help students learn about solar system, terrestrial objects and space.
VSSUT Burla
Formerly UCE Burla
The oldest technical institute Estd. 1956
VIMSAR
Formerly VSSMCH
The biggest Govt. Hospital in Western Odisha and a Medical college
Hirakud Dam
Gigantic
The Longest Earth Dam.
Right Dyke
Serene and Beautiful
Often a place for hangout and a stressbuster among students.
PC Bridge
The Power Channel Bridge
Often recognised for its iconic design and runs parallel to a Railway Bridge too.
Sambalpur University
Founded on Jan 4th 1967
An University of repute in the region offering various courses at the undergraduate and post-graduate levels
Left Dyke
Gandhi Minar
As breataking as its sister Right Dyke. Offers breathtaking views, well backed up by a Beautiful Garden.
Zero Point
Entrance to the Right Dyke
Often Regarded as a place of hangout for most of the Dwellers here. A must visit.


| Annotation Type | Description |
|---|---|
| Ajax |
Marks an annotated callable method as a methods invoked via Ajax requests by default.
|
| Callable |
Marks an annotated method as a method which can be called from browsers.
|
| CallableExceptionHandler |
Annotated methods are called when the specified callable methods raise exceptions.
|
| Component |
Marks an annotated class as a component exposed to browsers.
|
| Constant |
Marks an annotated field or a annotated class as a constant which is visible to browsers.
|
| Controller |
Marks an annotated class as a controller exposed to browsers.
|
| ControllerScopeService |
Changes the scope of an annotated bean to the controller scope.
|
| Debounced |
Makes methods annotated with a
Decoratable annotation debounced methods. |
| Decoratable |
Marker meta-annotation for annotations of decoratable methods
|
| DisplayName |
Represents display name settings.
|
| DisplayNameMessage |
Represents display name settings.
|
| ExceptionHandler |
Marks a method as a exception handler.
|
| KeepAlive |
Represents keep-alive settings
|
| Locked |
Marks an annotated method as a method which requires a lock.
|
| NoPrimaryPage |
Makes all pages of classes annotated by this annotation hidden at first.
|
| OnChange |
Annotated methods are called when the specified fields get changed by browsers.
|
| OnCheck |
The annotated static methods are invoked with one optional argument HttpServletRequest
for checking whether the controller owing them is appropriate for the browser who sent the request.
|
| OnCreate |
Annotated methods are called when the controllers owing them get ready.
|
| OnDestroy |
Marks an annotated method as a method invoked before destroying a controller.
|
| OnHide |
Annotated methods are called when controllers, pages, popups and components of the specified names get hidden.
|
| OnIdleCheck |
The annotated methods are invoked with one optional argument `ControllerIoState` to check the idleness of controllers.
|
| OnNotice |
Marks an annotated method as a method invoked by
ControllerContext.notify(String, Object...)
or ControllerContext.notifyAsync(String, Object...) . |
| OnPostCreate |
Annotated methods are called immediately after
OnCreate methods. |
| OnRequest |
The annotated static methods are invoked with two optional arguments
HttpServletRequest and
ControllerAttributes when the controller owing them are requested. |
| OnShow |
Annotated methods are called when controllers, pages, popups and components of the specified names get shown.
|
| OnTime |
Marks an annotated method as a method invoked by
execute(String, Object...) ,
timeout(String, long, Obejct...) ,
interval(String, long) or
interval(String, long long, Object...) . |
| Page |
Marks an annotated class as a page exposed to browsers.
|
| Popup |
Marks an annotated class as a popup exposed to browsers.
|
| Primary |
Marks an annotated page as a default page.
|
| ReadOnly |
Make a field/type to be a read-only filed/type.
|
| Retry |
Represents retry settings.
|
| SharedComponent |
Marks an annotated class as a shared component exposed to browsers.
|
| Task |
Marks an annotated method as a task.
|
| TaskExceptionHandler |
Annotated methods are called when the specified tasks raise exceptions.
|
| Throttled |
Makes methods annotated with a
Decoratable annotation throttled methods. |
| Timeout |
Sets the default timeout of annotated callable methods in milliseconds.
|
| Tracked |
Makes methods annotated with a
Decoratable annotation tracked methods. |
| Unlocked |
Marks an annotated method as a method which does not require a lock.
|


unchecked-stroke-color($color) |
Sets the stroke color of an unchecked, enabled radio button |
checked-stroke-color($color) |
Sets the stroke color of a checked, enabled radio button |
ink-color($color) |
Sets the ink color of an enabled radio button |
disabled-unchecked-stroke-color($color) |
Sets the stroke color of an unchecked, disabled radio button |
disabled-checked-stroke-color($color) |
Sets the stroke color of a checked, disabled radio button |
disabled-ink-color($color) |
Sets the ink color of a disabled radio button |
focus-indicator-color($color) |
Sets the color of the focus indicator |
touch-target($size, $ripple-size) |
Sets radio touch target size which can be more than the ripple size.
Param $ripple-size is required for custom ripple size,
defaults to $ripple-size . |
ripple-size($size) |
Sets custom ripple size of radio. |
density($density-scale) |
Sets density scale for radio. Supported density scale values are
-3 , -2 , -1 and 0
(default). |


@import gospeak.core.domain.{Event, Group, User} @import gospeak.web.pages.published.groups.routes.GroupCtrl @import gospeak.web.utils.UserReq @(group: Group, event: Event, attendee: User)(implicit req: UserReq[AnyContent])
Hello @attendee.firstName,
Someone withdrew and you were the first on the waiting list for @event.name.value.
Good news, you are now on the guest list :)
If you can't come, please change your status so other people can come.
We hope you will enjoy this event
The Gospeak team


{% extends "layout.html" %} {% block content %}
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Using this component
Script Tag
-
Place this script tag, <script src='https://unpkg.com/<EMAIL_ADDRESS>,in the head of your index.html
-
Then you can use it anywhere as any other normal html element. See usage example section below.
Node Modules
-
Run npm install @themindleproject/img-gallery --save in your terminal.
-
Place a script tag similar to this, <script<EMAIL_ADDRESS>,in the head of your index.html
-
Alternatively, for stencil,react etc add this import, import @themindleproject/img-gallery
-
Then you can use it anywhere as any other normal html element. See usage example section below.
Usage Example
Please do not use both methods shown below together. i.e dont combine the two. If combined the component will default to the 2nd method.-
Place your images as direct children of the component. It is important that the images are direct children. Do not place them in a container such as a div or section etc.
<
img-gallery
>
<
img
src
=
"example1.jpg"
>
<
img
src
=
"example2.jpg"
>
<
img
src
=
"example3.jpg"
>
<
img
src
=
"example4.jpg"
>
<
img
src
=
"example5.jpg"
>
</
img-gallery
>
-
Feed an array of image source urls to the src property. Please note that this is for use within frameworks such as Angular, Ionic Framework, Stencil, React etc.
In your .ts file
URLArray: Array<string> = [
'example1.jpg'
,
'example2.jpg'
,
'example2.jpg'
,
'example2.jpg'
];
In your .html file
<
img-gallery
src={URLArray}></
img-gallery
>
Or in your tsx file
URLArray: Array<
string
> = ['example1.jpg','example2.jpg','example2.jpg','example2.jpg'];
render() {
return(
<
div
>
<
img-gallery
src={this.URLArray}></
img-gallery
>
</
div
>
)
};
Component Properties
Image Gallery Component only takes two optional properties.
-
src property discussed above.
-
color property.
This is the background color of the Gallery. If not supplied the Gallery will inherit the background color of the page,div or section that it is placed in. It can either be a valid css color name or a valid css hex color code.
<
img-gallery
color
=
"black"
>
...
</
img-gallery
>
<!-- or -->
<
img-gallery
color
=
"#000"
>
...
</
img-gallery
>


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