Installation for Developers¶
Setting up a Development Environment on Linux or Mac¶
Prerequisites: make and change to a working directory to contain the new source code and build. Then download the bootstrap script:
wget https://raw.githubusercontent.com/dials/dials/main/installer/bootstrap.py
or if wget is not available:
curl https://raw.githubusercontent.com/dials/dials/main/installer/bootstrap.py > bootstrap.py
Then:
python bootstrap.py
Explanation: Several steps are performed: update, base, build. If desired, they can be run individually at the command line:
python bootstrap.py update
python bootstrap.py base
python bootstrap.py build
“update” checks out or updates source code to the ‘modules’ directory
“base” downloads and installs python and third party python packages to the ‘conda_base’ directory
“build” configures and compiles dials and cctbx
For subsequent login sessions, be sure to set the environment in order to use the command-line dispatchers:
source dials
ModuleNotFoundError: No module named ‘gltbx_gl_ext’¶
If you are seeing this error then you need to add libgl/glu/khr headers to your installation. Please follow these instructions.
Downloading the DIALS regression test data¶
The DIALS regression test data, needed for some of the DIALS tests, will be downloaded automatically when needed via the dials-data package. See the dials-data instructions for more information.
There is also a private dials_regression repository that is still used for some historic tests. For those with svn access to the CCI server, this can be obtained as follows, replacing “USERNAME” for your username:
cd modules
svn checkout<EMAIL_ADDRESS>dials_regression
You do not need to configure the dials_regression module to run dials or dxtbx tests.
Keeping a Development Environment current¶
While you can always create a new development environment from scratch using the instructions above, it may be much preferable to update an existing environment. For that you may find the guide for updating a development environment in the DIALS Github repository wiki handy.


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MERCURY RISING (1998)
Rating: 2.0 stars (out of 4.0) ******************************** Key to rating system: 2.0 stars - Debatable 2.5 stars - Some people may like it 3.0 stars - I liked it 3.5 stars - I am biased in favor of the movie 4.0 stars - I felt the movie's impact personally or it stood out ********************************* A Movie Review by David Sunga
Directed by: Harold Becker
Written by: Ryne Douglas Pearson, Lawrence Konner, and Mark Rosenthal (from a novel by Ryne Douglas Pearson)
Starring: Bruce Willis, Miko Hughes, Alec Baldwin, Kim Dickens
Ingredients: Autistic kid, disgraced FBI agent looking for redemption
Synopsis: A nine-year-old Chicago autistic boy named Simon (Miko Hughes) accidentally breaks a top secret government code that was placed in a dime store puzzle book. The problem is that Lt. Colonel Kudrow (Alec Baldwin) of the National Security Agency has a lot of money invested in the code. Kudrow reasons that if the kid can crack the code, then he's a security hazard that must be terminated. Soon Kudrow's hired assassin wipes out Simon's hapless parents.
Meanwhile down-in-the-dumps outcast FBI agent Art Jeffries (Bruce Willis) is assigned to find Simon. He finds Simon and then, while on the run, must figure out who's trying to murder the boy and why. In the process, he bonds with Simon.
Opinion: The premise of MERCURY RISING sounds promising. After all, what audience can resist feeling for a handicapped kid in trouble, hounded by sinister, big bad government forces? Unfortunately MERCURY RISING suffers from two major movie turnoffs: a passive hero and a contrived plot.
 But Art Jeffries - - the FBI hero of this story - - doesn't do this. He gets chased and finds he can't trace the killer. Then he basically hangs out and doesn't know what to do until the end of the movie, when an NSA girl contacts him.
The plot?  And why would a beautiful single woman wake up and willingly open her apartment at 2:00 AM to a strange man?  The actions seem contrived.
On the other hand, the dramatic strategy behind MERCURY RISING is to develop audience sympathy for the autistic kid and the disgraced FBI hero and then give us a happy ending for them. MERCURY RISING does this.
Reviewed by David Sunga April 4, 1998
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Diabetes is a disease that occurs when your blood glucose, also called blood sugar, is too high. Blood glucose is
your main source of energy and comes from the food you eat. , a hormone made by the pancreas, helps glucose from
food get into your cells to be used for energy. Sometimes your body doesn’t make enough—or any—insulin or
doesn’t use insulin well. Glucose then stays in your blood and doesn’t reach your cells.
Over time, having too much glucose in your blood can cause health problems. Although diabetes has no cure, you
can take steps to manage your diabetes and stay healthy.
Sometimes people call diabetes “a touch of sugar” or “borderline diabetes.” These terms suggest that someone
doesn’t really have diabetes or has a less serious case, but every case of diabetes is serious.
What are the different types of diabetes?
The most common types of diabetes are type 1, type 2, and gestational diabetes.
Type 1 diabetes
If you have type 1 diabetes, your body does not make insulin. Your immune system attacks and destroys the cells
in your pancreas that make insulin. Type 1 diabetes is usually diagnosed in children and young adults, although
it can appear at any age. People with type 1 diabetes need to take insulin every day to stay alive.
Type 2 diabetes
If you have type 2 diabetes, your body does not make or use insulin well. You can develop type 2 diabetes at any
age, even during childhood. However, this type of diabetes occurs most often in middle-aged and older people.
Type 2 is the most common type of diabetes.
Gestational diabetes
Gestational diabetes develops in some women when they are pregnant. Most of the time, this type of diabetes goes
away after the baby is born. However, if you’ve had gestational diabetes, you have a greater chance of
developing type 2 diabetes later in life. Sometimes diabetes diagnosed during pregnancy is actually type 2
diabetes.
Other types of diabetes
Less common types include monogenic diabetes, which is an inherited form of diabetes, and cystic fibrosis-related
diabetes External link.
How common is diabetes?
As of 2015, 30.3 million people in the United States, or 9.4 percent of the population, had diabetes. More than 1
in 4 of them didn’t know they had the disease. Diabetes affects 1 in 4 people over the age of 65. About 90-95
percent of cases in adults are type 2 diabetes.1
Who is more likely to develop type 2 diabetes?
You are more likely to develop type 2 diabetes if you are age 45 or older, have a family history of diabetes, or
are overweight. Physical inactivity, race, and certain health problems such as high blood pressure also affect
your chance of developing type 2 diabetes. You are also more likely to develop type 2 diabetes if you have
prediabetes or had gestational diabetes when you were pregnant. Learn more about risk factors for type 2
diabetes.
What health problems can people with diabetes develop?
Over time, high blood glucose leads to problems such as
heart disease
stroke
kidney disease
eye problems
dental disease
nerve damage
foot problems
You can take steps to lower your chances of developing these diabetes-related health problems.
YOGA ASANAS FOR PREVENTING DIABETES
Ardha Matsyendrasana (Half Spinal Twist)
Ardha Matsyendrasana also known as Vakrasana is seated spinal twist and falls into the category of
intermediate yoga poses yet its simpler variation can be practiced by beginners as well. Half Spinal
Twist also acknowledged as Half Lord of the Fishes Pose is one of those yoga poses that have quite
complex steps. Its new practitioners often end up getting confused while following the steps. Before
you practice, ensure you are aware of the steps very well. It has several variations out of which we
have selected two to be mentioned in this article today. So let’s get to know them after splitting
the Sanskrit name Ardha Matsyendrasana and revealing the meaning of each word.
How to do Ardha Matsyendrasana (Half Spinal Twist)
Starting Position: Sit straight, keeping the legs outstretched in front of the body.
Bend the right leg over the left leg, placing the right foot on the outside of the left knee, keep the
toes of right foot face forward.
Bend the left leg, bringing the left foot near the right buttock. keep left foot’s outside edge in
contact with the floor.
Position the legs first:
There is a space between your chest and right knee. Pass the left arm through that space bringing the
left hand close to the right foot.
Grab a firm hold of the right foot with the left hand bringing the right knee closer to left armpit. Try
to keep the spine erect.
Make the twist
Slowly twist the trunk to the right along with moving the neck.
Wrap the right arm around the waist placing the fingers on the left inner thigh.
Use the left arm pressing it against the right leg to move the trunk as far as you can comfortably.
Gaze straight over the right shoulder at a fixed point. Relax the body taking deep and slow breaths.
To return, reverse the movements one by one. Repeat on the opposite side.
Practice once on both the sides by interchanging the position of arms and legs.
Benefits of Ardha Matsyendrasana (Half Spinal Twist)
Tones the spinal nerves, stretches back muscles and contracts the abdomen at the same time.
Gives relief in lumbago and reduces muscle spasms and cramps.
Beneficial for people suffering from asthma or other respiratory diseases.
Massages and improves the functioning of abdominal organs, especially toning the liver, pancreas
and the kidneys.
Alleviates digestive and gastric problems. Stimulates appetite.
Regulates adrenaline in the body by balancing the secretions of the adrenal
Useful in getting rid of obesity as the regular practice of this asana removes excess body fat.
Precautions & Contraindications
Perform the Half Spinal Twist after practicing forward and backward bending yoga pose.
Neither twist the torso all of a sudden nor overstretch it as that way you may strain the muscles.
Practice Half Spinal Twist in the presence of a competent yoga trainer if you suffer from a hernia,
heart disease, ulcer or
Avoid practicing Ardha Matsyendrasana in case of sciatica or slipped disc.
This pose is not recommended to be practiced by pregnant women.
Bhujangasana (Cobra Pose)
Bhujangasana widely known as Cobra Pose is a backward bending pose. The Sanskrit name Bhujangasana is
derived from two words. ‘Bhujanga’ stands for serpent while ‘asana’ means posture. The final
position of Bhujangasana resembles a cobra with its hood raised and hence the name. It is an
excellent pose for strengthening the spine along with many other benefits such as alleviating
constipation, stimulating appetite, and massaging abdominal organs.
Steps to practice Bhujangasana (Cobra Pose)
Lie flat on your stomach keeping your legs straight, feet together, heels slightly touching each other
and toes pointing.
Rest the palm of your hands by the side of your chest, your arms must be close to your body with elbows
pointing outward.
Rest your forehead on the floor and relax your body.
Inhale and raise your forehead, neck and then shoulders. Using your back muscles raise your chest, now
use the strength of your arms to raise your trunk. Look upward breathing normally. This is the final
position.
In the final position, your navel should not raise more than 3cm; with your pubic bones touching the
floor. Hold this position for 20-25 seconds.
To come back to starting position first exhale and then slowly lower your navel, chest, shoulders, neck,
and forehead. Relax and take deep breaths.
Practice this asana 3-5 times, practicing before or after a forward bending pose such as Paschimottanasana
(seated forward bend) will give you maximum benefits. With regular practice, you will be able to straighten
your arms, arching the spine to a greater extent.
Bhujangasana (Cobra Pose) Benefits
Being the 7th posture of Suryanamaskar, it has several benefits such as:
Strengthens the spine, keeps it strong, healthy, and flexible.
Gives a good stretch to your neck, shoulder, chest, lungs, and abdomen.
Enhances the functioning of abdominal organs such as kidney and liver.
Beneficial in menstrual and other disorders of the female reproductive system.
Useful for people suffering from back pain, slipped disc, sciatica and cervical spondylitis.
Precautions for Bhujangasana (Cobra Pose)
Arch your spine as much as you can but don’t apply force. Some people are naturally flexible while
some are not and a lot of us have very stiff muscles. Never rush! Give your body the time it needs
to gain strength and flexibility.
Take very little support of your arms, use your back muscles to hold the weight of your upper body
in the pose that is how your spine is going to get stronger.
Your feet might raise a bit from the ground unintentionally, try to keep them down.
Practice this asana under the guidance of an instructor if you suffer from any of this condition:
hyperthyroidism, hernia, peptic ulcer or intestinal tuberculosis.
Paschimottanasana (Seated forward bend)
Paschimottanasana due to its intense stretching effect on the whole back is also known by several
other names such as seated forward bend back stretching pose and intense dorsal stretch. Practicing
this asana invigorates muscles of spinal column and circulation of the nerves along with many other
benefits. So let’s begin with the steps to practice Paschimottanasana.
Steps to practice Paschimottanasana (Seated forward bend)
Starting position: Sit with the legs outstretched straight in front, feet together without touching each
other. Back, neck and head straight and comfortable. Hands on the side, palms faced down resting on the
floor behind the buttocks. Relax the whole body.
Move your trunk forward from the pelvic region while sliding your hands towards the legs.
Reach the feet using your hands. Aim to get a hold of the big toes with your thumb and fingers.
If you successfully reach the big toes, grab ankles, heels or any other part of the feet that you can
hold without applying force.
If you don’t reach your feet, keep your hands the farthest you can comfortably.
Remain in this position for a few seconds.Relax the muscles of the back and legs.
Keep the legs straight; using the arms’ muscles gently extend the spine.Bring the trunk closer to the
body while bending your elbows. If possible touch the forehead to the knees without using force.
Remain in this position for as long as you feel comfortable. Take slow and deep breaths.
To come back to starting position let go of the hold of feet/legs, raise the head and slowly move the
trunk back using the muscles of the pelvic region.
Practice this asana 3-5 times, practicing before or after a forward bending pose such as Paschimottanasana
(seated forward bend) will give you maximum benefits. With regular practice, you will be able to straighten
your arms, arching the spine to a greater extent.
Bhujangasana (Cobra Pose) Benefits
Tones and massages the organs of the pelvic and abdominal region such as pancreas, liver,
kidneys, spleen, adrenal glands and gonad glands.
Improves digestion, remove excess fat from the pelvic and abdominal region and increase the
flexibility of the hip joints.
Gives a good stretch to the spinal column, hamstring muscles and is beneficial for the heart.
Helpful in curing impotency in males.
Precautions for Paschimottanasana (Seated forward bend)
While moving the trunk forward use the muscles of the pelvic region of the back, not the spine
muscles. Initially, it won’t be easy for people having stiff muscles but with practice, it can be
learned.
While reaching for the big toes expand the arms from the shoulder but don’t use force to reach the
big toes. The time differs from person to person to reach the final position depending on their
flexibility and consistency they put into practice.
This asana should not be practiced in case the person suffers from any of this condition: sciatica
slipped disc and hernia.
Pawanmuktasana (Wind Relieving Pose)
Pawanmuktasana known as Wind Relieving Pose in English is a reclined posture. The Sanskrit name
Pawanmuktasana is made up three Sanskrit words Pawan+Mukta+Asana where Pawan means wind, Mukta means
to release and Asana means posture. Practicing this asana is helpful in removing constipation and
gas from stomach and intestines and hence the name; along with it there are several other benefits
of Pawanmuktasana, let’s us first know the right steps to practice Pawanmuktasana.
Steps to practice Pawanmuktasana (Wind Relieving Pose)
To ensure you get the maximum benefits of an asana and to avoid formulating any kind of injury one should be
aware of the correct alignment of the body in an asana. Here are the steps to practice Pawanmuktasana
correctly:
Base Position: Lie flat on the back keeping the legs straight and together. Keep the arms by the sides with
the palms down. Head, neck & spine should be in a straight line.
Relax the body in the base position.
Raise the right leg, bend the knee and bring the thigh close to the chest.
To bring the thigh closer to the chest, interlock the fingers of both hands and hold the right leg from
just below the knee.
Inhale deeply and while exhaling lift the head bringing the nose closer to the right knee without
straining. After weeks of practice, one can touch the chin to the knees instead of the nose during the
practice.
The left leg must lie straight on the ground. This is the final position.
Hold the position for a few seconds as per your comfort.
To come back to base position first bring the head back on the yoga mat, release the hands and the leg.
Relax the body.
Practice 3 times with each leg.
Level 2: Follow the same steps with both the legs together instead of one leg at a time. Practice 3 times.
Benefits of Pawanmuktasana (Wind Relieving Pose)
The health benefits of Pawanmuktasana that one may experience with regular practice are as follows:
Enhances blood circulation in the pelvic region.
Loosen up the spinal column and strengthens the muscles of the neck and lower back.
Massages the abdominal organs hence leading to the removal of constipation.
Massages reproductive organs and hence helpful in getting rid of menstrual problems, infertility
and impotence.
Helps to remove excess fat from abdomen and thighs.
Precautions for Pawanmuktasana (Wind Relieving Pose)
Precautions for Pawanmuktasana to be kept in mind for a safer practice are as follows:
If the neck begins to ache one must bring the head down else it may cause strain.
People with neck problem should practice without raising the head.
Don’t push the thighs in the chest with too much pressure. It must feel comfortable.
People suffering from any of this condition should avoid practicing this asana: piles, heart
problems, hernia, any severe back condition such as slipped disc and sciatica; or high blood
pressure.
Pregnant women should avoid practicing this asana.


Löve Frames - The Tabs Object
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Information
The tabs object functions a lot like the tabs you would find in an internet browser.
Example Use
local frame = loveframes.Create("frame") frame:SetName("Tabs") frame:SetSize(500, 300) frame:CenterWithinArea(unpack(demo.centerarea)) local tabs = loveframes.Create("tabs", frame) tabs:SetPos(5, 30) tabs:SetSize(490, 265) local images = {"accept.png", "add.png", "application.png", "building.png", "bin.png", "database.png", "box.png", "brick.png"} for i=1, 20 do local image = "resources/images/" .. images[math.random(1, #images)] local panel = loveframes.Create("panel") panel.Draw = function() end local text1 = loveframes.Create("text", panel) text1:SetText("Tab " ..i) text1:SetAlwaysUpdate(true) text1.Update = function(object, dt) object:Center() end tabs:AddTab("Tab " ..i, panel, "Tab " ..i, image) end
Event Callbacks
The tabs object has no unique event callbacks.
Methods
AddTab - Add a tab to the object
- Note 1: Each tab must have a base object. The base object is the second argument provided.
- Note 2: The last two arguments of this method are optional and are used to specify callback functions for the tabbutton object that will be created after calling this method. More specifically, these two callbacks are OnOpened (called when the tab button becomes active or is "opened") and OnClosed (called when the tabbutton becomes inactive or is "closed"). The tabbutton object will provide itself as an argument whenever it calls one of these callbacks.
- Note: This method is used by the object internally. You should not use it unless you know what you are doing.
- Returns 1 value: button width [number]
- Note: This method is used by the object internally. You should not use it unless you know what you are doing.
- Returns 1 value: padding [number]
- Returns 1 value: tabnumber [number]
- Returns 1 value: scroll amount [number]
- Returns 1 value: scroll amount [number]
- Returns 1 value: dtscrolling [boolean]
- Note 1: Each tab must have a base object. The base object is the second argument provided.
- Note 2: The last two arguments of this method are optional and are used to specify callback functions for the tabbutton object that will be created after calling this method. More specifically, these two callbacks are OnOpened (called when the tab button becomes active or is "opened") and OnClosed (called when the tabbutton becomes inactive or is "closed"). The tabbutton object will provide itself as an argument whenever it calls one of these callbacks.
object:AddTab(name[string], object[object], tip[string], image[image], onopened[func], onclosed[func])AddScrollButtons - Adds scroll buttons to the object.
- Note: This method is used by the object internally. You should not use it unless you know what you are doing.
object:AddScrollButtons()GetWidthOfButtons - Gets the entire width of the object's button
- Returns 1 value: button width [number]
- Note: This method is used by the object internally. You should not use it unless you know what you are doing.
local width = object:GetWidthOfButtons()SwitchToTab - Switchs to a different tab
object:SwitchToTab(tabnumber[number])SetPadding - Sets the padding of the object
object:SetPadding(padding[number])GetPadding - Gets the padding of the object
- Returns 1 value: padding [number]
local padding = object:GetPadding()SetTabHeight - Sets the height of the tab buttons
object:SetTabHeight(height[number])GetTabNumber - Gets the object's tab number
- Returns 1 value: tabnumber [number]
local tabnumber = object:GetTabNumber()RemoveTab - Removes a tab from the object's list of tabs
object:RemoveTab(tabid[number])SetButtonScrollAmount - Sets the amount that the object's scroll buttons will scroll the object's list items by
object:SetButtonScrollAmount(scrollamount[number])GetButtonScrollAmount - Sets the amount that the object's scroll buttons will scroll the object's list items by
- Returns 1 value: scroll amount [number]
local scrollamount = object:GetButtonScrollAmount()SetMouseWheelScrollAmount - Sets the amount that the mouse wheel will scroll the object's list items by
object:SetMouseWheelScrollAmount(scrollamount[number])GetMouseWheelScrollAmount - Gets the mouse wheel's scroll amount
- Returns 1 value: scroll amount [number]
local scrollamount = object:GetMouseWheelScrollAmount()SetDTScrolling - Sets whether or not the object should use delta time when caclulating how many pixels it's scrollbar needs to move
object:SetDTScrolling(dtscrolling[boolean])GetDTScrolling - Gets whether or not the object should use delta time when caclulating how many pixels it's scrollbar needs to move
- Returns 1 value: dtscrolling [boolean]
local dtscrolling = object:GetDTScrolling()SetTabObject - Sets the object of a tab
object:SetTabObject(tab_id[number], tab_object[object])


Before Change
self.worker_id, self.assignment_id, self.conversation_id
)
)
time.sleep(shared_utils.THREAD_MTURK_POLLING_SLEEP)
shared_utils.print_and_log(
logging.INFO,
"Conversation ID: {}, Agent ID: {} - HIT is done.".format(
self.conversation_id, self.id
After Change
self.worker_id, self.assignment_id, self.conversation_id
)
)
i = 0
while not self.hit_is_complete and i < iters:
time.sleep(shared_utils.THREAD_SHORT_SLEEP)
i += 1
shared_utils.print_and_log(
logging.INFO,
"Conversation ID: {}, Agent ID: {} - HIT is done.".format(
self.conversation_id, self.id


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BFDataset Representation of a Dataset object.
A DATASET on the Blackfynn platform consists of a collection of
files, a series of metadata objects and users. A dataset is the
priciple container for data on the platform.
| Superclasses | BFBaseCollection |
| Sealed | false |
| Construct on load | false |
| BFDataset | Constructor of the BFDATASET Class |
| description | Description of the dataset |
| items | The contents of a folder or a dataset. |
| models | Models that are defined within the dataset |
| name | Name of the datanode |
| session_ | Session ID |
| type | Type of the datanode |
| createFolder | creates a new folder within the object. | |
| createModel | Creates a model in the dataset | |
| Static | gotoSite | Opens the Blackfynn platform in an external browser. |
| listItems | Returns list of items in the dataset or collection. | |
| listModels | LISTMOELS Displays a list of models for the dataset | |
| Sealed | methods | Shows all methods associated with the object. |
| Sealed | update | updates dataset on the platform. |
| upload | Upload data from MATLAB using the Blackfynn Agent |
| ObjectBeingDestroyed | Notifies listeners that a particular object has been destroyed. |


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Susan Granger's review of "TITUS" (Fox Searchlight Pictures)
Julie Taymor, who received both critical and popular acclaim for her Broadway version of Disney's The Lion King, makes her film debut with a curious adaptation of Shakespeare's Titus Andronicus, one of the Bard's least successful plays. It's a graphic, grisly, gruesome orgy of vengeance, revolving around Titus, a proud but aging Roman general, played by Anthony Hopkins, who returns home in triumph circa. 400 A.D. after conquering the Goths to crown the new Emperor Saturninus (Alan Cumming). His prized gift to the new ruler is Tamora (Jessica Lange), Queen of the Goths, whom the depraved Saturninus impetuously marries - after being scorned by Titus's only daughter (Laura Fraser). Along with her secret lover, a villainous Moor (Harry Lennix), and her two punkster sons (Jonathan Rhys Meyers, Matthew Rhys), the furious Tamara then schemes to wreak a crafty revenge on Titus and his family for the ritual death of her oldest son at Titus' hands. Cinematically, Taymor idiosyncratically links this historical epic of political intrigue with the 20th century by incorporating a contemporary lad (Osheen Jones) playing with toy soldiers. Working with production designer Dante Ferretti, costumer Milena Canonero and cinematographer Luciano Tovoli, the inventive Taymor sets out a defiant, dizzying visual feast, crowned by a repulsive, cannibalistic banquet that could have been created by Hannibal Lechter - and it's impressively scored by Elliot Goldenthal. On the Granger Movie Gauge of 1 to 10, Titus is a perversely stylistic, surreal 6. It's a bold, bizarre bloodbath, giving us only fleeting glimpses of the tragic characters who - in later Shakespearean plays - evolve into King Lear, Lady Macbeth, and Iago.
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Taylor Swift’s former record label appears to allow her to perform old songs
Swift is set to perform at the American Music Awards.
Taylor Swift appears to have been cleared to perform a medley of her old songs at an upcoming music awards show after her former record label said it would not stand in her way.
The pop superstar has been involved in an increasingly bitter row with Big Machine Records and its new owners, represented by prominent talent manager Scooter Braun.
Swift last week released an impassioned plea to her fans on social media, asking them to pressure Braun and Big Machine founder Scott Borchetta.
She alleged they were blocking her from performing music from her first five albums at the American Music Awards.
The 29-year-old is set to be named artist of the decade during Sunday’s ceremony.
Now, Big Machine, which denied Swift’s allegations, has released a statement saying it has come to an agreement with Dick Clark Productions, which produces the AMAs, seemingly allowing Swift to perform freely.
However, Dick Clark Productions denied such an agreement had been reached, adding: “Any final agreement on this matter needs to be made directly with Taylor Swift’s management team. We have no further comment.”
A representative for Swift has been contacted for comment.
The row between Swift and Braun, who represents high-profile artists including Ariana Grande and Justin Bieber, became public in June.
After Braun’s Ithaca Holdings bought Big Machine for 300 million US dollars, about £231 million, thereby acquiring the rights to Swift’s back catalogue, she said she was “sad” and “grossed out”.
She accused him of “incessant, manipulative bullying”. Swift said a planned Netflix documentary about her career is in jeopardy because she cannot use her old music in the film.
She signed with Big Machine as a teenager before leaving for Universal Music Group last year.


Russia’s Parliament applauded following announcement of Trump’s win by MP Vyacheslav Nikonov at the Russian Parliament. Nikonov said, “I congratulate all of you on this.”


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Review: Kiss the Girls (1997) A Movie Review by David Sunga
Directed by: Gary Fleder
Written by: David Klass based on a James Patterson book
Starring: Ashley Judd, Morgan Freeman, Cary Elwes, and Gina Ravera
Ingredients: kindly forensic cop psychologist, brave young lady doctor, devious serial killer/kidnapper, abducted young women, trees, mist
Synopsis: In this intelligent, suspenseful thriller Washington DC police psychologist Dr. Alex Cross (Morgan Freeman) and spunky North Carolina physician Kate McTiernan (Ashley Judd) team up to match wits against ‘Cassanova,' a devious rapist/killer whose identity remains a mystery until the movie's last scene.
Alex's college-aged niece Naomi (Gina Ravera) is the most recent victim in a series of abductions of women, three of whom have already turned up dead. The police attribute the murder/rapes to a methodical serial rapist/killer who thus far has left no prints, fiber, semen, or hair. Believing the remaining women and his niece might still be alive, softspoken Alex begins a dogged investigation.
Meanwhile beautiful Dr. Kate McTiernan (Ashley Judd), is stalked, drugged, abducted, and imprisoned by Cassanova. Kate manages a desperate escape into the forest, but because of the amnesiac effects of the drug, she can only remember vaguely when she is questioned at the hospital by Alex. What's worse, Kate is wracked by guilt for leaving the other prisoners behind.
Natural allies, Kate and Alex join forces to locate the abducted women and solve the mystery of Cassanova's identity. But are they hunting Cassanova, or is Cassanova hunting them?
Opinion: The mood is set by careful cinematography and plot. For example, the rapist attacks on a stormy night; the heroes launch their assault on the villain's lair at dusk; light symbolizes escape, and; trees and fog symbolize confusion.
‘Kiss the Girls' hooked me into trying to figure out the identity of the (masked) serial killer, because of its grim suspenseful mood, solid characters, believable clues, and the occasional clever plot twist. I left the theater for the most part satisfied, with the gears and clues still clicking away in my head.
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Struggling and auditing myself in 2019
Before you read:
- I write this post only for myself in devops & infrastructure context, not everyone’s else issues.
- And the whole thing could be very discrete, not closely related to each other.
FACTS
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I’m obsessed with keeping infrastructure up and finding better ways for commitments everyday.
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In Devops/SRE scope, trying to adapt incoming tasks, solve problems by providing commonplace solution is…easy, it’s get-shit-done inattentively, something is workaround, temporary. It’s EASY THINGS, come with useless, low impact also very breakable. But good things take time and efforts. And the hard things make big impact.
As a good rule of thumb, proprietary technology must be at least 10 times better than its closest substitute in some important dimension to lead to a real monopolistic advantage. - Zero to One – Peter Thiel
Well… at some points in my work-life, I realize that issues are not from the context, not from others. Mostly issues are from me, from my bad habits, bad thingking, bad mindsets. It makes me feel shutting down, dumb, fucked-up also with getting lost. I went down the wrong path many times, also got many bad results in 2019.
So…
- AM I UNRELIABLE?
- what’s common failures that I was facing? Lesson learn?
- how can I make myself not to go down the wrong path?
- and how can I avoid stumbling blocks and feel better?
Clickable key points: [rtfm, asking-why, fancy-title, stick-in-the-mud, fearfulness]
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Sending malicious HTTP requests (including overside header, meta char, method override header) to CDNs endpoint
--> these kind of requests are not detected by caching system, are processed by intermediate CDN caching system
--> then forward to the origin server
--> origin return server-generated error page
--> CDN stored error page on edge
--> CDN serves the same error for normal requests from end-user
Main impact: AWS Cloudfront (FIXED)
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Idempotence when extending AWS security group rules in Terraform
Terraform acts so weird when mixing up between aws_security_group
and aws_security_group_rule
in extending AWS security group rules.
Context: that leads to not idempotent for each apply (without changing anything in IaC)
- Create one security group using
aws_security_group
with some predefined inlines - Extending more rules (rows) in that secgroup by using
aws_security_group_rule
to add more discrete rules - At each time executing
terraform plan/apply
, terraform re-creates rules lead to fcked up idempotent of result.
Sample code at:
- DO NOT USE - aws-secgroup-not-idempotence.tf
- BEST PRACTICE - aws-secgroup-best-practice-idempotence.tf
The art of on-call duty
Being on-call means working/fixing live issues under high pressure and almost during midnight and/or weekend.
- Taking strong responsibility for what we work, for what we did, for what we build
- Uptime is an important metric, also critical to the success of our production.
- If our product is down, we acutely feel our customer’s pain
- Being on-call duty means we can learn a lot from it, for both technical knowledge & growing mindset.
- Must get high paid for each on-call duty shift, because of stressful.


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Functions for performing hierarchical analysis of distance sampling data, with ability to use an areal spatial ICAR model on top of user supplied covariates to get at variation in abundance intensity. The detection model can be specified as a function of observer and individual covariates, where a parametric model is supposed for the population level distribution of covariate values. The model uses data augmentation and a reversible jump MCMC algorithm to sample animals that were never observed. Also included is the ability to include point independence (increasing correlation multiple observer's observations as a function of distance, with independence assumed for distance=0 or first distance bin), as well as the ability to model species misclassification rates using a multinomial logit formulation on data from double observers. New in version 2.1 is the ability to include zero inflation, but this is only recommended for cases where sample sizes and spatial coverage of the survey are high.
| Version: | 2.9 |
| Depends: | R (≥ 2.10) |
| Imports: | truncnorm, mvtnorm, Matrix, coda, xtable, mc2d, ggplot2, rgeos |
| Published: | 2014-11-26 |
| Author: | P.B. Conn \email{paul.conn@@noaa.gov} |
| Maintainer: | Paul B Conn <paul.conn at noaa.gov> |
| License: | Unlimited |
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Finds Stream API chains, Iterable.forEach and Map.forEach calls and provides quick fix to convert them into classical loops.
Note that sometimes this inspection might cause slight semantic changes.
Special care should be taken when it comes to short-circuiting, as it's not specified how many elements will be actually read when
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Hi, I'm Jeremy.
I'm a Web Developer based in Perth, Western Australia.
I enjoy creating things that make the web a better place. With the web and it's capabilities rapidly expanding, we as developers are obligated to use technology to have a positive impact on society.
I can help with everything from Accessibility to User Experience and everything in between.
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What is this website about?
Welcome to HexMapJS, this website is part of the Hexode project. See About page for all the links.
HexMapJS is a subproject of Hexode. It serves two purposes:
Build a generalist and minimalistic tool for handling hexagonal board
games in JavaScript. This is what hexmap.js is for.
Provide tools for testing and showcasing gameplay ideas. Hexagonal boards
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I sat on my couch in the basement, turned the lights on low, put Tear Garden on winamp on the pc, and sat down for a few mins with the loaded bong near by. After feeling relaxed enough, I took a big hit from the bong, and set it down behind the couch. I closed my eyes, and forgot where I was.
Before I knew it, I existed outdoors in a universe where the natural colors were red, white, green and pink.
After what seemed like a half hour of playing, a stern male being called me to come inside the building that existed in the yard. I did not want to leave my new friend, or stop playing. But after a few times calling to me, I felt the need like it was time for me to go see what the male being wanted.
After coming inside the building, it felt like a grocery store, I felt like I had been here before, (maybe on other salvia experiences???). The being led me to a counter, he got behind it, and pulled down a device for me to select something out of, I was to choose a REALITY to go back into.
I did not want to choose one, I saw what seemed to be the one I came to this strange place from, I felt that my whole 19 years living in it was rather insignificant, seeing that it was just something my brain was just passing time in.
I was busy feeling very un-important, and looking at the other realities that there were, and before I knew it, I was sitting on the couch again.
Now I remembered the grocery store, I visited it many times in past salvia trips. I had this strange feeling, like I should have my mom try salvia, like it would be a bonding experience. After I straightened otu a little more, I relized how obsurd that idea was.
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RIDE WITH THE DEVIL (director: Ang Lee; screenwriter: James Schamus, based on the novel "Woe to Live On" by Daniel Woodrell; cinematographer: Frederick Elmes; editor: Tim Squyres; cast: Tobey Maguire (Jake Roedel), Skeet Ulrich (Jack Bull Chiles), Jeffrey Wright (Daniel Holt), Jewel (Sue Lee Shelley), James Caviezel (Black John), Jonathan Rhys Meyers (Pit Mackeson), Simon Baker (George Clyde), Thomas Guiry (Riley Crawford); Runtime: 138; Universal Films; 1999)
Reviewed by Dennis Schwartz
Taiwanese director Ang Lee (The Ice Storm), now living in the States, has exploited the rich American Civil War history to tell a fringe story about the war taking place along the Kansas-Missouri border, as he follows a band of Southern bushwhackers who oppose the pro-Union Jayhawkers by waging a guerrilla war against them. It is a darkly violent film that fails to be dramatically engaging, but has its brief moments of edification as it satisfactorily points out how each side harmed innocent citizens in their fight and what ultimately the Union victory meant for the country. But the film could not present a coherent plot, as it seemed to shrivel up as the story dragged on after its colorful battle scenes. Taking the Southern side, the film found humor in the awkward situations presented and found beauty in the landscape photographed, and reasons in the Southern cause which doomed them to failure. But many things about the film seemed to be perfunctory and more like a costume show where the soldiers were more interested in showing off the plumage on their cowboy hats than in giving a dramatic presentation.
Missouri was a slave state that remained loyal to the Union. After an anti-slavery Jayhawker raid on their Western Missouri hometown in the 1860s, two best friends, one the son of a poor German immigrant, the 19-year-old Jake Roedel (Tobey Maguire) and the other, a son of the old-style of Southern life, Jack Bull Chiles (Skeet Ulrich), hook up with the bushwhackers, a renegade Confederate Army made up of young men from Kansas and Missouri whose aim is for revenge on the Union soldiers and their sympathizers.
"Ride With the Devil" brings us into a world of besieged farmhouses and dusty frontier towns and Southern chivalry toward women, and into brutal battle zones of pillage and killing, of neighbor fighting neighbor. Everyday life is fraught with dangers from raiding partys on both sides. The Southern side has as their inspirational leader, Black John (Caviezel); a mistrustful and hateful sociopath with a need to kill, Pit Mackeson (Rhys Meyers); a cultured Southern gentleman George Clyde (Simon Baker); and an ex-slave of Clyde's who remains loyal to him for graciously freeing him, the wiseman Daniel Holt (Wright). Holt is the contradiction in the Southern cause, as he and the immigrant's son Jake are the outsiders among the Southern fighters, as they don't exactly fit the image of what Southern gentlemen are supposed to be like. Their reasons for joining the Confederate side is both emotional and complex.
The main battle scene restages Quantrill's raid on the abolitionist town of Lawrence, Kansas. The bushwhackers massacre over a hundred of the young men in town and then burn it down. Jake and Holt decide to have a restaurant breakfast in the middle of this bloodshed and are supposedlyresurrected as thinking men against the blatant violence that just took place, as they prevent their cohorts from exercising the unnecessary killing of an older man serving them. It was unconvincing-a John Ford touch put in that didn't have the director's deftness of making it smoothly fit into the story, as it was impossible to disassociate them from the violent army they were part of.
The goal of the Lawrence attack is the burning down of the school at which, one Confederate sympathizer said, the children are educated with "no regard for status, custom and propriety." He goes on to say that this belief in mass education and the democratic values that it expresses spell defeat for the Confederacy, as it stands for values that we can't match. This explains a key weakness of the Southern cause, according to the filmmaker, that the Southern values are tradition-bound and part of a static culture. This becomes the theme of the film and goes for the reason the Civil War's outcome changed the direction the country was going, as the Union victory allowed the country to prosper and grow to become a great nation, as their philosophy for public education and free enterprise took root.
A love story also blooms, as the alluring Sue Lee (Jewel), a recent widow after three weeks of marriage, attracts Jack Bull's attention. She brings scraps of food to him and Jake and Holt, who are hiding from Union troops on the wooded land of her Missouri family who supports their cause, as they built a lean-to out of mud. They have been spending their time having longwinded unnatural conversations that sound much like sermons, so Sue Lee's intrusion is more than welcome at this time. The romance is broken up by more battles and a horrific amputation scene in the hideout where there is no anesthetic administered.
Upon returning from Lawrence and staying in the farmhouse of Sue Ellen's new providers, Jake and Holt find that she had the deceased Jack Bull's baby, and because of Southern conventions regarding morality, Jake is roped into being the widow's next husband.
Though this is a technically correct and serious movie and tries to cover a controversial topic in an intelligent way, yet the presentation of the story didn't seem to always jell. It was a dull film, the acting was misplaced, the story was too distant and the dialogue was stilted. It never got around to being an entertaining film, and it could never be perceived as just an informative film, because it could never quite spit out what it was trying to say. I also found Tobey Maguire's performance grimacing to take--this was the wrong part and film for him to go through his innocent contortions that he has done in all his previous films. He should get a new act, already. On the other hand, pop star Jewel came across as the life-force in the film and breathed some life into the story about how the young were coping with the war.
REVIEWED ON 1/28/2001 GRADE: B-
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