# Introduction to functional optics --- # Self Introduction - Giulio Canti (@GiulioCanti) - Degree in mathematics - Writing and teaching TypeScript and functional programming for the past 2 years --- # Agenda 1. **Introduction** 2. Iso 3. Lens 4. Prism 5. Optional --- # Introduction
--- # Introduction Benefits of programming with immutable objects (\*) - Thread safety - No invalid state - Better encapsulation - Simpler to test - More readable and maintainable code (\*) https://hackernoon.com/5-benefits-of-immutable-objects-worth-considering-for-your-next-project-f98e7e85b6ac --- # Introduction **Thread safety**. Given that by definition an immutable object cannot be changed, you will not have any synchronization issues when using them. --- # Introduction **No invalid state**. Once you are given an immutable object and verify its state, you know it will always remain safe. --- # Introduction **Better encapsulation**. Since you know the object won’t change, anytime you pass this object to another method you can be positive that doing so will not alter the original state of that object in the calling code (no defensive copying). --- # Introduction **Simpler to test**. When your code is designed in a way that lead to less side effects, there are less confusing code paths to track down. --- # Introduction **More readable and maintainable code**. Any piece of code working against an immutable object does not need to be concerned with affecting other areas of your code using that object. This means there are less intermingled and moving parts in your code. --- # Introduction This talk assumes that our data structures are immutable. To see why we might want to consider optics, we'll look at a simple example. We'll define two interfaces ```ts interface Address { city: string street: Street } interface Street { num: number name: string } ``` --- # Introduction Given an instance of `Address`, getting the street `name` is quite simple ```ts const a1: Address = { city: 'london', street: { num: 23, name: 'high street' } } const name = a1.street.name ``` --- # Introduction Setting it to a new value is less so ```ts const a2: Address = { ...a1, street: { ...a1.street, name: 'main street' } } ``` As we can see working with values deep within the data structure starts to get awkward. --- # Functional optics Functional optics help to **manage** (read, write, modify) **immutable data structures** in a principled and **composable** way. --- # Diagram
--- # Agenda 1. Introduction 2. **Iso** 3. Lens 4. Prism 5. Optional --- # `Iso` An **isomorphism** between two types `S` and `A` is a pair of functions
--- # `Iso` Laws - `get . reverseGet = identity` - `reverseGet . get = identity` --- # `Iso` Implementation ```ts // ↓ ↓ type parameters class Iso
{ constructor( readonly get: (s: S) => A, readonly reverseGet: (a: A) => S ) {} } ``` --- # `Iso` Examples ```ts type meter = number type kilometer = number type mile = number const mTokm = new Iso
( m => m / 1000, km => km * 1000 ) const kmToMile = new Iso
( km => km * 0.621371, mile => mile / 0.621371 ) ``` --- # `Iso` Composition ```ts class Iso
{ ... compose
(ab: Iso
): Iso
{ return new Iso( s => ab.get(this.get(s)), b => this.reverseGet(ab.reverseGet(b)) ) } } const mToMile = mTokm.compose(kmToMile) ``` --- # `Iso` Another example. Tuples and records are isomorphic ```ts interface Person { name: string age: number } type Tuple = [string, number] const person2Tuple = new Iso
( ({ name, age }) => [name, age], ([name, age]) => ({ name, age }) ) ``` --- # `Iso` Such a isomorphism is obvious if `Person` is implemented as a class ```ts class Person { constructor( readonly name: string, readonly age: number ) {} } ``` `constructor` implements the `reverseGet` function. --- # `Iso` Lifting ```ts class Iso
{ ... modify(f: (a: A) => A): (s: S) => S { return s => this.reverseGet(f(this.get(s))) } } ``` `modify` lifts an _endomorphism_ on `A` to an endomorphism on `S`. ```ts type Endomorphism
= (a: A) => A ``` --- # `Iso` Lifting ```ts const upperFirst = ([name, age]: Tuple): Tuple => [ name.toUpperCase(), age ] const person: Person = { name: 'john', age: 20 } const upperName = person2Tuple.modify(upperFirst) upperName(person) // { name: 'JOHN', age: 20 } ``` --- # Pattern We'll see the same pattern for each optic - two related types `S` and `A` - model (read / write) - implementation - composition - lifting (modify) --- # Agenda 1. Introduction 2. Iso 3. **Lens** 4. Prism 5. Optional --- # `Lens` A lens is a first-class reference to a subpart of some data type. ```ts interface Address { city: string street: Street // ← focus here } ``` For example if the data type is `Address` we want to focus on its subpart `Street`. --- # `Lens` Implementation ```ts class Lens
{ constructor( readonly get: (s: S) => A, readonly set: (a: A) => (s: S) => S ) {} } ``` The type `S` represents the whole, `A` the subpart. --- # `Lens` Laws - `get(set(a)(s)) = a` - `set(get(s))(s) = s` - `set(a)(set(a)(s)) = set(a)(s)` --- # `Lens` Back to our problem ```ts interface Address { city: string street: Street // ← focus here } interface Street { num: number name: string } ``` --- # `Lens` Let's define a lens for the type `Address` with focus on the `street` field ```ts const address = new Lens
( address => address.street, street => address => ({ ...address, street }) ) address.get(a1) // => {num: 23, name: "high street"} address.set({ num: 23, name: 'main street' })(a1) // => {city: "london", street: {num: 23, name: "main street"}} ``` --- # `Lens` Back to our problem ```ts interface Address { city: string street: Street // ← focus here } interface Street { num: number name: string // ← focus here } ``` --- # `Lens` Now let's define a lens for the type `Street` with focus on the `name` field ```ts const street = new Lens
( street => street.name, name => street => ({ ...street, name }) ) ``` Is there a way to get a lens for the type `Address` with focus on the inner `name` field? --- # `Lens` The great thing about lenses is that they **compose** ```ts class Lens
{ ... compose
(ab: Lens
): Lens
{ return new Lens( s => ab.get(this.get(s)), b => s => { const a = ab.set(b)(this.get(s)) return this.set(a)(s) } ) } } ``` --- # `Lens` Now handling the inner `name` is trivial ```ts const name = address.compose(street) name.get(a1) // => "high street" name.set('main street')(a1) // => {city: "london", street: {num: 23, name: "main street"}} ``` --- # `Lens` Lifting ```ts class Lens
{ ... modify(f: (a: A) => A): (s: S) => S { return s => this.set(f(this.get(s)))(s) } } ``` --- # `Lens` Let's say we need to set the first character of the address street name in upper case ```ts const capitalize = (s: string): string => s.substring(0, 1).toUpperCase() + s.substring(1) const capitalizeName = name.modify(capitalize) capitalizeName(a1) // => {city: "london", street: {num: 23, name: "High street"}} ``` --- In the previous example, we used `capitalize` to upper case the first letter of a string. It works but it would be clearer if we could use `Lens` to zoom into the first character of a string. However, we cannot write such a `Lens` because a `Lens` defines how to focus from an object `S` into a **mandatory** object `A`. In our case, the first character of a string is **optional** as a string might be empty. --- # Agenda 1. Introduction 2. Iso 3. Lens 4. **Prism** 5. Optional --- # `Prism` `Lens`es manage **product types** `Prism`s manage **sum types** --- # `Prism` A sum type ```ts type Action = | { type: 'ADD_TODO' text: string } | { type: 'UPDATE_TODO' id: number text: string completed: boolean } | { type: 'DELETE_TODO' id: number } ``` --- # `Prism` Let's focus on `ADD_TODO` and let - `S = Action` - `A = string` Given a `string` we can build an `Action` ```ts const reverseGet = (text: string): Action => ({ type: 'ADD_TODO', text }) ``` --- # `Prism` What about the other direction? Can we define the following function? ```ts get: (action: Action) => string // ← this is a lie ``` What if `action` is a `DELETE_TODO`? We need a type that represents the effect of a computation that can fail. --- # `Option` `Option
` represents the effect of a computation that can fail ```ts type Option
= | { type: 'None' } | { type: 'Some' value: A } ``` --- # `Option` Constructors ```ts const none: Option
= { type: 'None' } const some =
(a: A): Option
=> ({ type: 'Some', value: a }) ``` --- # `Option` Pattern matching ```ts const match =
( fa: Option
, whenNone: R, whenSome: (a: A) => R ): R => { return fa.type === 'None' ? whenNone : whenSome(fa.value) } ``` --- # `Option` Sequencing ```ts const flatMap =
( fa: Option
, f: (a: A) => Option
): Option
=> match(fa, none, f) ``` --- # `Prism` We can define `getOption` instead of `get` ```ts const getOption = (s: S): Option
=> s.type === 'ADD_TODO' ? some(s.text) : none ```
--- # `Prism` Implementation ```ts class Prism
{ constructor( readonly getOption: (s: S) => Option
, readonly reverseGet: (a: A) => S ) {} } ``` --- # `Prism` Laws - `match(getOption(s), s, reverseGet) = s` - `getOption(reverseGet(a)) = some(a)` --- # `Prism` ```ts const ADD_TODO = new Prism
( s => (s.type === 'ADD_TODO' ? some(s.text) : none), a => ({ type: 'ADD_TODO', text: a }) ) ``` --- # `Prism` Composition ```ts class Prism
{ ... compose
(ab: Prism
): Prism
{ return new Prism( s => flatMap(this.getOption(s), a => ab.getOption(a))), b => this.reverseGet(ab.reverseGet(b)) ) } } ``` --- # `Prism` Lifting ```ts class Prism
{ ... modify(f: (a: A) => A): (s: S) => S { return s => { const oa = this.getOption(s) return oa.type === 'None' ? s : this.reverseGet(f(oa.value)) } } } ``` --- # `Prism` Codecs (\*) are `Prism`s ```ts // a codec const numberFromString = new Prism
( s => { const n = +s return isNaN(n) ? none : some(n) }, a => String(a) ) ``` (\*) Codec = Decoder + Encoder --- # `Prism` Refinements are `Prism`s ```ts // a codec const numberFromString = new Prism
( s => { const n = +s return isNaN(n) ? none : some(n) }, a => String(a) ) // a refinement const integer = new Prism
( s => (s % 1 === 0 ? some(s) : none), a => a ) ``` --- # `Prism` And we can compose them ```ts // a codec const numberFromString = new Prism
( s => { const n = +s return isNaN(n) ? none : some(n) }, a => String(a) ) // a refinement const integer = new Prism
( s => (s % 1 === 0 ? some(s) : none), a => a ) const integerFromString = numberFromString.compose(integer) ``` --- # Agenda 1. Introduction 2. Iso 3. Lens 4. Prism 5. **Optional** --- # `Optional` `Optional`s combine `Lens`es with `Prism`s. ```ts class Optional
{ constructor( readonly getOption: (s: S) => Option
, readonly set: (a: A) => (s: S) => S ) {} } ``` --- # `Optional` Laws - `match(getOption(s), s, a => set(a)(s)) = s` - `getOption(set(a)(s)) = getOption(s).map(_ => a)` - `set(a)(set(a)(s)) = set(a)(s)` --- # `Optional` Example ```ts type char = string const firstLetter = new Optional
( s => (s.length > 0 ? some(s[0]) : none), a => s => (s.length > 0 ? a + s.substring(1) : s) ) console.log(firstLetter.getOption('hi!')) // => some('h') console.log(firstLetter.getOption('')) // => none console.log(firstLetter.set('H')('hi!')) // => 'Hi!' console.log(firstLetter.set('H')('')) // => '' ``` --- # `Optional` Lifting ```ts class Optional
{ ... modify(f: (a: A) => A): (s: S) => S { return s => match(this.getOption(s), s, a => this.set(f(a))(s)) } } ``` --- # `Optional` Composition ```ts class Optional
{ ... compose
(ab: Optional
): Optional
{ return new Optional
( s => flatMap(this.getOption(s), a => ab.getOption(a)), b => s => this.modify(a => ab.set(b)(a))(s) ) } } ``` --- # Diagram
--- # `Iso` → `Lens` ```ts class Iso
{ ... asLens(): Lens
{ return new Lens(this.get, a => _ => this.reverseGet(a)) } } ``` --- # `Lens` → `Optional` ```ts class Lens
{ ... asOptional(): Optional
{ return new Optional(s => some(this.get(s)), this.set) } } ``` --- Back to our problem ```ts // address: Lens
// street: Lens
// firstLetter: Optional
const nameFirstLetter: Optional
= address .compose(street) .asOptional() .compose(firstLetter) const toUpperCase = (s: string): string => s.toUpperCase() console.log(nameFirstLetter.modify(toUpperCase)(a1)) // { city: 'london', street: { num: 23, name: 'High street' } } ``` --- # Thanks - Slides https://github.com/gcanti/talks/tree/master/optics ### Functional programming - Free book (italian) https://github.com/gcanti/functional-programming - TypeScript library https://github.com/gcanti/monocle-ts


Georgia edges past Alabama to No. 4 in AP poll
Georgia edged past Alabama to No. 4 in The Associated Press college football poll after the Bulldogs had a quality road victory and the Crimson Tide lost star quarterback Tua Tagovailoa for the season.
LSU remained No. 1 in the AP Top 25 presented by Regions Bank, receiving 54 first-places votes. No. 2 Ohio State (five first-place votes) and No. 3 Clemson (three first-place votes) maintained their spots. Georgia moved up one place after winning 21-14 at Auburn.
The Crimson Tide beat Mississippi State 38-7 on Saturday, but Tagovailoa dislocated his right hip while being tackled late in the second quarter and is done for the year. Alabama fell a spot to fifth.
Minnesota and Baylor both lost for the first time and dropped in the rankings. The 11th-ranked Gophers slipped four spots after losing at Iowa. No. 13 Baylor dropped one after blowing a 28-3 lead at home to Oklahoma.
Iowa jumped four to No. 19 and Oklahoma moved up two spots to No. 8.
POLL POINTS
There is more separation at the top of college football this season than last. At this point in 2018, the AP Top 25 had: _ Four unbeaten teams.
• Eight one-loss teams.
• Three two-loss teams.
• Eight three-loss teams.
• Two four-loss teams.
The latest poll has:
• Three unbeaten teams.
• 13 one-loss teams.
• Four two-loss teams.
• Five three-loss teams.
TOP-FIVE TIDE
Alabama extended its record for consecutive weeks in the top five of the AP poll to 67, dating back to Nov. 8, 2015. The second-longest streak of top-five appearances is Miami, which had 55 from Oct. 8, 2000-Oct. 26, 2003.
Breakdown of the streak:
• No. 1 -- 49.
• No. 2 -- 12.
• No. 3 -- 2.
• No. 4 -- 2.
• No. 5 -- 2.
IN
• No. 23 Appalachian State moved into the rankings for the second time this season.
• No. 24 Texas A&M returned to the Top 25. The Aggies started the season in No. 12, but losses to Clemson, Auburn and Alabama dropped them out. A&M has won four straight.
• No. 25 Virginia Tech is ranked for the first time this season. It has been quite a bounce-back for the Hokies, who suffered their worst home loss in decades against Duke in September but have won five of six since.
OUT
• Navy was bounced after being routed at Notre Dame.


| Total net profit | -135.94 | Gross profit | 19.0 | Gross loss | -154.94 |
| Profit factor | 0.12 | Expected payoff | -0.78 | ||
| Absolute drawdown | -136.92 | Maximal drawdown (%) | 137.16 (57150.0%) | ||
| Total trades | 175 | Profit trades (% of total) | 26 (14.86%) | Loss trades (% of total) | 149 (85.14%) |
| Long positions (won %) | 116 (17.24%) | Short positions (won %) | 59 (10.17%) | ||
| Largest | profit trade | 2.59 | loss trade | -5.92 | |
| Average | profit trade | 0.73 | loss trade | -1.04 | |
| Minimum | profit trade | 0.04 | loss trade | -0.03 | |
| Maximum | take profit in pips | 213.6 | stop loss in pips | -515.2 | |
| Average | take profit in pips | 33.9 | stop loss in pips | -116.2 | |
| Minimum | take profit in pips | -141.8 | stop loss in pips | -24.5 | |
| Maximum | Reward-Risk | 7.3 | Duration in minutes | 1075 | |
| Average | Reward-Risk | 0.8 | Duration in minutes | 78.4 | |
| Minimum | Reward-Risk | 0.0 | Duration in minutes | 0 | |
| Maximum | consecutive wins (profit in money) | 2.0 (2.73) | consecutive losses (loss in money) | 26.0 (-22.78) | |
| Average | consecutive wins | 1.0 | consecutive losses | 6.0 |
| Total net profit | -78.81 | Gross profit | 12.85 | Gross loss | -91.66 |
| Profit factor | 0.14 | Expected payoff | -0.68 | ||
| Absolute drawdown | -79.79 | Maximal drawdown (%) | 79.09 (-11298.57%) | ||
| Total trades | 116 | Profit trades (% of total) | 20 (17.24%) | Loss trades (% of total) | 96 (82.76%) |
| Largest | profit trade | 1.5 | loss trade | -3.34 | |
| Average | profit trade | 0.64 | loss trade | -0.95 | |
| Minimum | profit trade | 0.04 | loss trade | -0.03 | |
| Maximum | take profit in pips | 171.7 | stop loss in pips | -325.6 | |
| Average | take profit in pips | 11.4 | stop loss in pips | -117.9 | |
| Minimum | take profit in pips | -122.9 | stop loss in pips | -47.2 | |
| Maximum | Reward-Risk | 3.0 | Duration in minutes | 587.0 | |
| Average | Reward-Risk | 0.4 | Duration in minutes | 79.2 | |
| Minimum | Reward-Risk | 0.0 | Duration in minutes | 0.0 | |
| Maximum | consecutive wins (profit in money) | 2.0 (2.12) | consecutive losses (loss in money) | 17.0 (-15.31) | |
| Average | consecutive wins | 1.0 | consecutive losses | 5.0 |
| Total net profit | -57.13 | Gross profit | 6.15 | Gross loss | -63.28 |
| Profit factor | 0.1 | Expected payoff | -0.97 | ||
| Absolute drawdown | -57.13 | Maximal drawdown (%) | 58.81 (3500.6%) | ||
| Total trades | 59 | Profit trades (% of total) | 6 (10.17%) | Loss trades (% of total) | 53 (89.83%) |
| Largest | profit trade | 2.59 | loss trade | -5.92 | |
| Average | profit trade | 1.03 | loss trade | -1.19 | |
| Minimum | profit trade | 0.08 | loss trade | -0.32 | |
| Maximum | take profit in pips | 213.6 | stop loss in pips | -515.2 | |
| Average | take profit in pips | 78.1 | stop loss in pips | -112.9 | |
| Minimum | take profit in pips | -141.8 | stop loss in pips | -24.5 | |
| Maximum | Reward-Risk | 7.3 | Duration in minutes | 1075.0 | |
| Average | Reward-Risk | 1.4 | Duration in minutes | 76.9 | |
| Minimum | Reward-Risk | Duration in minutes | 0.0 | ||
| Maximum | consecutive wins (profit in money) | 1.0 (1.68) | consecutive losses (loss in money) | 22.0 (-30.35) | |
| Average | consecutive wins | 1.0 | consecutive losses | 8.0 |


This module is an example macro for the use of the StringListCore module which allows one to insert, add and delete strings in a list of strings.
Inputs
Name Type Description visible int defines if the user interface is visible parent UIconnection parent window of the user interface strings[] string[] list of strings in the listbox
Parameters
ReadTecplotParams
Name Type Description UI Control add int triggers to append the item to the list button delete int triggers to delete the selected item from the list button index int selected item. listbox item string text to add textfield Output Ports
Name Type Description selectedItem int Index of the selected item in the listbox selectedText string Content string of the selected item in the listbox
This module provides a user interface Element that enables the user to add items into and delete items from a listbox. It consists of the listbox that contains the list of strings, an input field to type in new items and two buttons for adding the text in the input field into the list and deleting the selected item from the list. The main purpose of this module is to demonstrate the usage of the low level module StringListCore which is also provided in this package.
xp_comm_proj/strlist/strlist.v defines the library
xp_comm_proj/strlist/strlmods.v module definition
xp_comm_proj/strlist/strlmacs.v macro definition
Tobias Schiebeck, International AVS Centre


| DOSE: |
70 mg |
insufflated |
MDMA |
(powder / crystals) |
Since I've found relatively few mdma-only insufflation reports in my research, thought I'd send this in.
drug: mdma only -- no other drugs/herbs/concurrent meds
set: peaceful, relaxed
setting: home
Thanks to my all-too-typical e-monster behavior at a party last month, my sweetie and I were left with only one cap of MDMA between us. We'd planned to go to the beach to share it on New Year's, but the exigencies of separating and ingesting powders in the car and/or on a windy beach began to seem too daunting, so we decided to use it on xmas instead. Since we only had the one cap (appx 140 mg), and we'd never done it this way before, we chose to snort it, hoping to squeeze a little more intensity from the experience in exchange for a shorter trip.
A few hours after a light dinner, we lit some candles and put some Digweed on the boombox, and split up the cap on a mirror. Even though we'd never insufflated mdma before, we're both quite familliar with the substance, so we chose to snort the whole 70mg dose in one go.
00:00:30 Ow, ow, ow!  And we both note with some disappointment that we're barely off baseline.
00:20 Definitely coming up, but very gently, none of the waves of e-intensity that usually wash over me. We talk quietly & stretch yoga-style.
00:40 Finally feeling as 'up' as I'd expect to feel after a relatively low dose of mdma. No psychic fireworks, but I feel very pleasant and content. We're into the third or fourth remix of Beautiful, Strange, and we're Cute, Odd.
01:00 No higher, just floating along.
02:00 I open one eye long enough to find & blow out the candle, then we float off to sleep in each other's arms. Awwwww. :-)
To conclude -- I was surprised that we didn't come up more quickly, since insufflation is usually such an efficient method of administration. Perhaps a higher dose would have come on faster. I'll probably never know, however, because given the lack of payoff for the relatively painful experience of snorting it, I'll stick to swallowing mdma in the future.
P.S., A note to my fellow e-monsters, those of us who KNOW BETTER but still find ourselves taking 2+ hits in an evening in an attempt to get/stay higher -- less can be more! After a low-key but still very sweet evening, we awoke refreshed & with no signs of the usual over ex-ertion.
Experience Reports are the writings and opinions of the individual authors who submit them.
Some of the activities described are dangerous and/or illegal and none are recommended by Erowid.


sanskrit_data.schema¶
Intro¶
schema package contains modules which define various modules describing various classes for storing Sanskrit data, and their corresponding JSON schema.
Usage tips:
- Picking or defining the data container class.
- At the base of every such data container class is the common.JsonObject class.
- You can define such a class yourself, in your own package (Example here.).
- Enabling (de)serialization (if one has defined a data container class in a new module file)
- One needs to update
json_class_index
- see the comment there for details.
- One needs to update
Data design¶
General principles¶
- We want data to be stored and communicated between programs in a popular, extensible format - we want to take advantage of existing technologies to the maximum possible extant and not waste time reinventing associated (de)serialization, validation and other libraries.
- But this does not prevent the data from being presented in a different format for human consumption.
While designing the JSON data-model:
- Type-hint in JSON should be jsonClass (a language-independent name we’ve picked).
- Try to avoid field-names which conflict with programming language keywords. (Eg. Prefer “source_type” to “type”).
- In general, use camelCase or underscore_case for field names - both are fine. Where romanized (potentially mixed case) sanskrit words are used, the latter is the superior convention.
- Where field names and values are to be automatically rendered into
various scripts, as in case of sanskrit vyAkarana jargon (eg:
vibhakti, lakAra), we prefer SLP1 transliteration (“viBakti”,
“lakAra”).
- PS: Convenient transliteration modules are available in various languages: please see them listed here.
- A transliteration map for reference.
- When in doubt, keep fields optional.
Python data containers and utilities¶
- For each JSON schema, we have a python class, at the root of which there is the generic JsonObject class with a lot of utilities. We define a hierarchy of classes so as to share validation and other code specific to certain data classes.
- Separate Database-specific elements through an interface. We should be able to easily switch to a different database.
- The schema class field contains the corresponding JSON schema. An introductory video describing how such schema are to be read.
Books and annotations¶
Please refer to books
and ullekhanam
.


{% extends "base.html" %} {% import "bootstrap/wtf.html" as wtf %} {% block title %}{{ app_name }} -- Find Match{% endblock %} {% block navbar %} {{ super() }} {% endblock %} {{ form.csrf_token }} {% block page_content %}
"Anna" {% if True %} has {% else %} does not have {% endif %} freckles, {% if True %} is of European ethnicity ,{% endif %}{% if True %} has brown/black hair, {% endif %}{% if False %}and has a dimpled chin {% else %} and has a non-dimpled chin{% endif %}
"Anna" {% if True %} has {% else %} does not have {% endif %} freckles, {% if True %} is of European ethnicity ,{% endif %}{% if True %} has brown/black hair, {% endif %}{% if False %}and has a dimpled chin {% else %} and has a non-dimpled chin{% endif %}


Abstract:
We compare four independent estimates of the mass balance of the Amundsen
Sea Embayment of West Antarctica, an area experiencing rapid retreat and
mass loss to the sea. We use ICESat and Operation IceBridge laser altimetry,
Envisat radar altimetry, GRACE time-variable gravity, RACMO2.3 surface mass
balance, ice velocity from imaging radars, and ice thickness from radar
sounders. The four methods agree in terms of mass loss and acceleration in
loss at the regional scale. Over 1992–2013, the mass loss is 83 ±
5 Gt/yr with an acceleration of 6.1 ± 0.7 Gt/yr2. During the
common period 2003–2009, the mass loss is 84 ± 10 Gt/yr with an
acceleration of 16.3 ± 5.6 Gt/yr2, nearly 3 times the
acceleration over 1992–2013. Over 2003–2011, the mass loss is
102 ± 10 Gt/yr with an acceleration of 15.7 ± 4.0
Gt/yr2. The results reconcile independent mass balance estimates
in a setting dominated by change in ice dynamics with significant
variability in surface mass balance.


This is a basic jQuery Plugin to Switch the current content with another
How does this work ?
$('#trigger-content-switch').click(function(event){
LayoutSwitcher.Trigger('Hello dear user, you can find what you need here', 'The New Content');
});
How do I set this up ?
First of all you need to include jQuery and the LayoutSwitcher File.
You can optionally add jQuery UI for the kickass animations
Done, what's next :) ?
You need to edit within the layout switcher the following files
LayoutSwitcher = {
ReplacedObjectId : "to-replace-switcher-container", // Replace this with the id of the content to be replaced
ObjectID : "content-switcher-container", // This will be the switched content id
}
If you're more experienced and not working with the ids,
take a look at the Init function and you'll see how flexible this is, it can work with anything
Cool done, and now ?
You're all set, start having fun :) !
Can I hook any actions after display ?
In just a few seconds glance !
$('#trigger-content-switch-second').click(function(event){
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Is it easy to change the animations ?
You can easily change them, just by copy-paste from the jQuery UI website
Can I get the switched content Easily ?
You can get the jQuery object like this :
LayoutSwitcher.GetObject();
And with the jquery object you can easily get the content


This is a thriving community with a busy fishing port, an active artistic colony and a very pretty, colourful town.
Kirkcudbright offers the best sheltered harbour in the Dee estuary. It lies on the north shore of the Solway firth and access is above half tide. Take care to follow the correct channel and beware of the strong tides in the river (3 to 4kn at springs).
Also, take note of the firing range at the entrance and call the Range Safety Officer before passing through.


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--- layout: post title: Road trip to Scandinavia 2013 - Part II description: In the summer of 2013, my girlfriend and I went on a road trip to Scandinavia with Norway as our main goal. This was our experience! - Part I date: 2013-11-27 12:00:00 headerImage: img/flickr-theonewithout-norway-bench.png header-y: 61 tags: ["personal", "scandinavia-2013"] ---
The next day we drove to the seaside town of Løkken, famous for its candy store and beaches. We arrived early in the afternoon and parked at a big parking lot, for beachgoers. First up; the beach of course.
This beach is also famous for its World War II bunkers part of the Atlantic Wall and we could see them in the distance. But first a little walk on the beach and visiting the pier, where the water was frantically splashing over. Something I wanted to get on camera — would have been better if I had cleaned the salt seawater afterwards.
We then went back to the candy store, but didn't really feel like getting anything. We went for a cold drink at a café instead and afterwards called it a day; we still had to find a camp site.
Arriving at the camping we met the lovely owner, she told us more about that Danish camping card and told us we could look for a nice spot; so we did. Set up the tent and walked around, thinking about going for a swim in the pool. In the end we didn't, we made dinner and played some card games and just hit the hay.
The next day we only had to drive a little distance to Hirtshals, the place where the boat to Norway leaves from. The highway that goes to this little village, just ends at the boat terminal, which is not what we expected, we were there a bit early..
Then after a small three hours, we arrived in Norway. Our first objective was to find an ATM and get ourselves some Norwegian crowns, we only had Danish cash. But Kristiansand isn't really car-friendly and we ended up using our GPS to find an ATM point of interest.. which was like five km away (yes, I should update my GPS). So we ended up driving a bit off course from our intended destination: Mandal.
But this also meant we were taking "touristic detours", as we like to call it. We were also quite impressed with the "mountains" we saw (which were merely hills, really) so a lot of photos were taken. It was the beginning of a very nature-oriented vacation!
After we found some cash and a supermarket we went on our way to the camping in Mandal, a suggestion made by my co-worker.
I think he got this idea from a Dutch campingguide, because apart from our German neighbours, there were only Dutch license plates.
We had no house number and when we came upon a T-crossing, we (or the GPS) decided to go right. As you can guess, this was the wrong way.
But in the end, as this is an adventure remember, this wasn't that bad. We saw some nice landscape and when we decided to get the paper map out we parked the car right after a bridge on someone's driveway that was big enough for a U-turn.
I got out and wandered to the passenger side, so we could discuss.
While all of a sudden this old lady comes walking from her garden and I said "Hello" and said we were looking for the Mandal camping which at first she didn't know,
but that's because it's called Sandnes, like the owners last name. I love how she just started this big conversation, even when she already told us the directions.
"Yeah, there are 2 bridges, but don't go there, stay on the main road.. the 455. But don't take the bridge! It's on the left side. It's a big white house".
(Thank you old lady in Øyslebø!)
We were still under the impression it was on this side of the T-crossing, so we kept looking for this "big white house", but couldn't find anything. We were getting slightly worried. Then we drove by the T-crossing where we came from and decided to go ahead anyway — and within a couple of meters we saw a sign for the camp site; duh-moment.
The Sandnes camping, a tiny little plot next to the road and river is owned by this middle age couple.  When we went to scout the area after we set up the tent and ate, the driveway had a sign on it saying the camping was full.
We had seen people walking upon the ridge next to the camping, so after dinner, we decided to find out how to get there.  So it was easy to follow. The view from there was really nice, we could see the camping but also the river and the windy road.
{{< img src="https://farm6.staticflickr.com/5521/9389807146_dd7fab899c_b.jpg" desc="Sandnes camping with Mandal river" >}}We walked back down and to the river, basking in the setting sun, realising we were finally in Norway. I could feel the sense of relaxation.
The next proper day in Norway we drove to the south-west of Norway, to Stavanger. A town famous for its Three-Sword statue.
Which is actually called Sverd i fjell (Swords in (the) mountain).
The drive up there was pretty rainy.
In fact, setting up our tent was done in between periods of rain. Our plan was to stay on
this camping,
which was partly situated in a park, for two days.
We arrived at 2pm and would visit Stavanger after setting up the tent. The next day we would drive to Preikestolen,
climb it and give our legs and feet some rest after that and take it easy on day 6.
The walk to the city was 20 to 30 minutes and it was quite nice, since we had to walk non-touristy routes. Maybe you think that's a weird kind of fun, but I like it. Walking in a dead simple normal neighbourhood, that's how you get to see the real country, right?
Fun fact: When we were in the cathedral, I took a photo then looked on my screen and noticed I still had 666 photos left. Oops :)
We then shuffled through the city center, which was all quaint and cozy, but nothing really special. On the way back to the campsite we went to a 7-eleven.. then left and went to a normal supermarket. I don't understand why a 7-eleven (a.k.a. expensive convenience store) is open during normal hours.
But yeah, we don't have them in the Netherlands, so we had to check one out!
In the supermarket we bought some food and also some Norwegian chocolates. Three for the price of one. Or something like that. Never pass on discounted chocolate..
We walked back, over the bridge that crosses the railway, through the tunnel that covers the main street and then decided we were actually thirsty. Popped into one more supermarket before we entered that neighbourhood again. There we were, walking with a cold coffee drink and way-too-big Monster energy drink, trying to avoid the slugs that were covering the wet and damp foresty road.
Later that day I managed to burn my calves while making pancakes. An event that will live on as; the Great Pancake Disaster of 2013.
To stick with the adventure-theme throughout this entire blog, I think we took the blisters and rainy days and traded them for
better luck for the next days. When you see what Preikestolen had to offer us, you'd probably burn your calves any day!


A recipe for devil's food chocolate cupcakes topped with an easy toasted marshmallow frosting made of egg whites, sugar, and vanilla. It is so fluffy, a bit dreamy, bliss in a frosting form and it is actually really incredibly easy to make and prepare.


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MetaMask is a bridge that allows you to visit the distributed web of tomorrow in your browser today. It allows you to run Ethereum dApps directly in your browser without running a full Ethereum node.
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Yes! All you need to do is click the button 'Add your link' and follow the steps. Once you've completed the steps and paid the initial fee (as defined by the token's publisher), your link will be visible when the link is approved.
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THE SUICIDE'S GHOST.
ON the bleak road between Helston and Wendron Church-town, at its highest and wildest spot, three roads meet about a quarter of a mile from the latter place. Here, at "Three Cross," as the place is called, years ago, when the Downs being unenclosed, it was more desolate than it is even now, a poor suicide, named "Tucker," was buried. Few liked to pass up Row's Lane, leading there, after nightfall; for Tucker's shade had more than once been seen. One man, however, valiant in his cups, on his return from Helston market, cracked his whip, and shouted lustily, "Arise, Tucker!" as he passed the place. It is said Tucker did arise, and fixed himself on the saddle behind the man as he rode on horseback, and accompanied him--how far it is not said. This was often repeated, until the spirit, becoming angry, refused any more to quit his disturber, and continued to trouble him, till "Parson Jago" was called in to use his skill, which was found effectual, in "laying" Tucker's spirit to rest.


Name is Victor Eromosele Irekponor
Urban Planning undergrad at The University of Lagos, Nigeria
decennial census data challenge
it becomes quite difficult to make effective and efficient plans with these census data
it makes the accuracy of population projections questionable
spatial disaggregation is the process of separating an entity into parts based on some implicit spatial patterns or relationships (Moore, 2015).
Near accurate population data at micro-levels are essential for the:
recent advancements in compute power are presenting opportunities for alternative approaches to producing reliable, spatially refined estimates of the human population
According to Eurostat (2010), a population census is a series of processes that involve the total collection, compilation, evaluation, analysis, and release of demographic, economic, and social data pertaining to people living within a specific geographic location
Valente (2010) broadly classified the approaches to conducting a population census into two broad categories:
A more digital approach to getting very near-accurate estimates of the population figure
It was developed by motivated researchers in cases where inaccessibility or insecurity issues do not allow for census data to be collected, or in situations whereby the last census conducted has become outdated
Been running since 2018, funded by the bill and melinda gates foundation
The Geo-Referenced Infrastructure and Demographic Data for Development (GRID3) website for Nigeria
Bayesian Regression model
model structure cont'd
Firstly, a micro-census is collected at randomly selected areas in the region.
Then geospatial covariate datasets of areas that do not have a microcensus are obtained. These includes data on: settlement types, school density, gridded household size and the World Pop global gridded population estimates. Most of these geospatial covariate datasets are remotely sensed. That’s where remote sensing come in.
The micro-census plus the geospatial covariate datasets are then fed to a machine learning model to extrapolate population estimates for areas that do not yet have a micro-census.
According to a study conducted by Olamiju et al (2015), there is a dearth of public toilet facilities in Lagos island, as a matter of fact, in Lagos island, google map returns just two results for the search query of “public toilets in lagos island”, one at CMS inside Ajele ward, and the second at Odam ward
According to the british standard 6465-1:2006+A1 (2009) - sanitary installations, male toilets require at least 4 water closets, 4 urinals, and 4 washbasins to cater for 100 male users
similarly, female toilets require a minimum of 8 water closets and 8 washbasins to also cater for 100 female users
This study has shown that near-accurate population estimates can be generated using state-of-the art remote sensing methodologies.
QGIS, Python programming language, and machine learning techniques were used for spatial and raster analysis, data visualization, and zonal statistics.
The study provides urban planners, researchers and decision-makers access to high-quality population estimates which can be aggregated at any level of granularity


This document outlines how to register payment apps, request payments, and acknowledge payment requests using a standard HTTP API.
There are a number of ways that one may participate in the development of this specification:
This HTTP API enables a web application to initiate payment for a product or service by responding with an HTTP 402 Payment Required response and enough data to initiate and complete a payment flow. The implementation of this feature is expected to be implemented by any HTTP server and client that is interested in executing payments.
This document is a detailed specification for a HyperText Transfer Protocol application programming interface (HTTP API) for executing payments via an HTTP client and server. The document is primarily intended for the following audiences:
The terminology in this specification's terminology and messages need to be updated to match the Payments Architecture document.
The diagram below outlines a basic HTTP client payment flow with no errors. The basic flow starts out with the payer accessing a protected resource. The payee provides a location where a payment request for the resource can be fetched. The payer fetches the payment request, selects a payment app, and sends the request and the selected app on to the appropriate payment service provider for processing. The payment service provider initiates the payment and sends a payment request acknowledgement back to the payer. The payer then forwards the payment request acknowledgement back to the payee. If there are no errors, the payee then grants access to the resource that was purchased.
The flow below reflects a fairly advanced tokenized payment scenario. We may want to use a simpler basic credit card flow where the customer doesn't have a payment service provider and just returns the credit card details to the merchant.
It may be a good idea to return the payment request with the 402 response. The concern is that this would be a misrepresentation of the resource. The counter-argument is that a client shouldn't interpret a 402 response as the resource, and since 402 has not been formally defined yet, we could define it to always come with a payment request response.
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selected payment app via an HTTP POST to the
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paymentRequestService
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sets this, not the payment app).
Melvin Carvalho has also raised an issue noting that we may not want to use
402 and the Location header, but rather an additional HTTP header called
Payment
that is compatible with multiple 4xx error conditions.
The diagram below outlines the basic payment flow described above for a push-based payment.
Describe the payment flow in detail here using Adrian's flow diagram and Ian's steps.
GET /apps/visa HTTP/1.1 Host: mybank.example.org Date: Tue, 07 Jun 2017 20:51:35 GMT Accept: application/json Authorization: Digest username="jdoe"<EMAIL_ADDRESS>...
 Doing this would
not only solve message versioning, but it would also enable
decentralized extensibility for all payment messages while ensuring that
there are no clashes in terminology between industry verticals.
There are a variety of ways that message integrity can be protected. Which set of methods will this specification employ.
There are a variety of ways that message replay can be protected against. Which set of methods will this specification employ.
The editor would like to thank the Web Payments Community Group, and the Web Payments Interest Group.
Thanks to the following individuals, in order of their first name, for their input on the specification: ...


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How well can you use Google docs?
Let's see if this tutorial was effective. I have invited you to edit my cover letter; however, I forgot to convert the Word file to a Google doc when I uploaded it. You will need to convert it to a Google doc, format the letter, and email it to me as a PDF. Good luck!
You can access my cover letter here. Here are some steps to get started:
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- Format the text in Google docs. I removed all the formatting for you, so you can fix line breaks and spacing issues. The letter should follow a standard letter format.
- Once you have the document edited and saved in your Google docs, email it as a PDF. (For the purpose of this exercise, you can email it to yourself.)


We put 20 questions to the lads to mark the two decades since the release of their debut album when they popped into the offices for an exclusive chat.
We asked everything from who's the funniest to who farts the most and who's the loudest to who's the most likely to be abducted by aliens.
We also quizzed Mark Feehily, Kian Egan and Nicky Byrne - without Shane Filan who was too poorly to attend - on who'd survive the longest in an apocalypse and which one of them is manager Louis Walsh's favourite.
The lads agreed that Nicky was the loudest, but couldn't agree on which one of them is the best looking.
Although Nicky, who admitted to being a big fan of himself, proclaimed he was the answer for any question that made him better than the others.
When asked who farts the most, they all chose Shane, especially today when he's at home with a tummy bug.
When the question about who's the best dancer came, Nicky, who took part in Strictly Come Dancing in 2012, immediately answered himself.
But Kian said: "Listen, just because you do Strictly doesn't mean you're a good dancer, right."
When asked who'd survive the longest in a post-apocalyptic world, Nicky said: "Definitely Kian. Only because he won the jungle and he fed the camp that year and he was the daddy of the camp."
When ask which of them is Louis' favourite, Nicky and Mark both held up pictures of Kian, while Kian answered Shane.
Nicky leaned into Kian, shouting: "Are you kidding me?"
Kian said: "It's changed. Back in the day it was me but not any more."
Nicky then told us: "Ask that question again and say 'least favourite'."
When we did as we were told, all three of the boys immediately held up a picture of Nicky, and Mark also held up a picture of himself.
Impersonating Louis, Kian said: "There was three in the Bee Gees."
When asked about who they'd eat first if they were ever stranded on a deserted island, Mark warned the boys this "could go really wrong".
Nicky said he was too lean, so you wouldn't get much meat off him.
He said: "I'd be gone in a second. If you ate me you wouldn't get fat."
When asked which of them is the most likely to be abducted by aliens, they all agreed it was Shane, with Kian impersonating him to say: "They thought I was one of them."
Mark said: "Shane would be abducted by them because they'd want to study him to see how he's so amazing."
Nicky added: "He'd say, 'My voice is so unique that the aliens wanted to hear me in outer space'."
When we asked who spends the most time naked, Nicky quickly held up his own picture, and the others agreed.
Kian said: "I reckon Nicky walks around naked at home all the time."
Nicky jumped in: "You've got to let it hang out, haven't you? You've got to just be free as a bird."
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For the fig-swirl: Melt butter over medium heat in a saucepan. Add brown suger and stir to disslove. Halve all of figs and toss in the saucepan with water and lemon juice. Cook over medium heat, stirring frequently, until you have a chunky-jammy mixture. Add salt with one or two stirs, set aside and let cool completely.
Ice cream: In a small pot over medium heat, combine milk, and granulated sugar until sugar is completely dissolved and the milk is just barely lukewarm. Whisk in the egg yolks. Set mixture in the fridge and wait until the fig mixture is cooled
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"Year of the Dragon"
Director - Michael Cimino
In an interview with the Paris Review in 1981 Tennessee Williams spoke of the difficulty of dealing with racism on the stage: "In the theatre you hardly dare use the word Jew, and it's really a detriment to a very fine people that they're so frightened of any criticism whatsoever, although after the Holocaust they certainly have reason to be frightened. I have no feelings of anti-Semitism, but those feelings do exist in other people, and it's difficult to present a picture of the world as it truly is without on occasion allowing a voice to those sentiments."
As if to prove his words, an attempt in Germany to stage a play by Rainer Werner Fassbinder on the subject of anti-Semitism was halted by Jewish organisations angry at his representation of the Rich Jew. Of this play Fassbinder once stated: "The really terrible thing about oppression is that you can't show it without showing the person who's being oppressed and who also has his faults. For example, you can't talk about the German treatment of the Jewish minorities without evoking the Jew's rapport with money, but when you do this it seems as if you're explaining or accounting for this oppression." Later in the same interview he said: "I stand firmly behind this thought: you must show the victim with his qualities and faults, his strengths and his weaknesses, his mistakes. And for this I've been called an anti-Semite !!!"
Given the reception that Year of the Dragon has met with in many quarters, these are probably sentiments with which Michael Cimino would identify, and it's dispiriting to have to defend the film from charges of racism, largely because racism is itself a major theme of the work. Contrary to the assumptions of many of the film's detractors, Year of the Dragon is not primarily about Chinatown, although it is set there; it is about the immigrant experience in America, about that country's present growing conservatism, and - most centrally - about the redemption of one individual.
This individual, Stanley White, is - the film makes clear - a racist, a man who has turned his back on his own immigrant ancestry, a man who is frequently selfish and unfeeling. Michael Cimino has had the courage to give us an unsympathetic protagonist who develops through the film to become aware of his own limitations, limitations that he acknowledges in the film's final line to Tracey Tzu: "You're right, I'm wrong. Sorry. I'd like to be a nice man. l would. I just don't know how to be nice.'
The saddest thing about responses to Cimino's film that fall to take this into account is that they would seek to limit the potential of cinema. They assume that a less than perfect hero necessarily represents the director's own world-view rather than a desire to stand back from that character and represent him in all his flawed complexity. Attacks on Year of the Dragon frequently reveal a misunderstanding of the nature of drama. It is almost a truism that the more complex, and even flawed the central figure, the greater the work of art. We accept this in theatre or literature, but in the cinema many still want heroes and villains to be clearly delineated. Many accept Dirty Harry and Rambo, reactionary though these films are, because it is clear to them who is meant to be the hero. On the other hand, in an obviously greater work like Shakespeare's 'King Lear' we see that the protagonist is a vain, foolish and naggingly senile old man, and yet we still sympathize and share his tragedy. Few watching the play would be so naive as to assume that the character of Lear represented Shakespeare's own temperament or world-view.
Michael Cimino has made a film that, as serious art must, moves beyond the customary one-dimensionality of most current American mainstream cinema. It is unfortunate that many have become so used to such superficiality in the Hollywood film that they are now unable to look deeper. European films are usually judged with more critical acumen; few would assume that Istvan Szabo, for instance, approved wholeheartedly of the central character of Mephisto. One can only hope that in future, affected by criticisms of Year of the Dragon, Cimino does not turn to simplicity and present a policeman who is liberal, understanding, all-compassionate, and yet as courageous as Rambo. In reality few policeman fit that description.
Does Cimino in fact share the racism of his central character? True, Year of the Dragon shows us the seamy side of Chinatown. a side that even the film's detractors should acknowledge to exist; hut it does also show us the positive side of the Chinese community in America: Tracey Tzu is a professional television journalist whose father - we are told - is a successful and honest businessman; Herbert Wong is a dedicated, though inexperienced, policeman who becomes a martyr in White's attempt to refight the Vietnam war and win; and Tony Ho is an honest man who informs the police about the bodies of two dead youths and - in the film's most poignant scene - attends the funeral of White's wife. Even Stanley White acknowledges that Tony Ho represents much of what is good in Chinatown.
But what of White himself ? He is a Pole who has turned away from his heritage, changing his name from Wyzcinski in a bid to become more American. Part of his dislike of the people of Chinatown comes from the fact that, unlike him, they have retained a separate cultural identity. His dislike of Asians in general has been intensified by his experience in Vietnam. Like Rambo, he tells himself that only politics lost that war, and he clearly states that in Chinatown he intends to refight it and win. Yet he has a grudging respect for the people he claims to hate. As his colleague, Lou Bukowski, states: 'He's got a thing about Chinks.'
The schizophrenic nature of White's attitude towards Asians is revealed most clearly in his relationship with Tracey Tzu, which is presented in some ways as a process of sexual and racial colonisation: their first sexual encounter is almost a rape, while later on he literally takes over (or colonises) her apartment. Ironically though, she is perhaps more American and more modern than he is, particularly with regard to sex: 'What year are you living in ?', she asks him at one point when he tries to force sex with her, 'You don't have to get your money's worth.'
Even before his first meeting with Tracey, White is obsessed with her, although he himself does not know why. He identifies her, in some way, with the enemy, and tells her so in one confrontation in her apartment. Yet despite that he feels that only she can help him. Talking to her in this confrontation he walks into the water of her sunken bath, an action which echoes his walking into water during the earlier examination of the bodies in the bean-sprout basement and his meeting with Tony Ho. In that scene he saw both positive and negative aspects of Chinatown. Now Cimino echoes that encounter in purely formal terms. At this point, White's racist beliefs are crumbling. Emotionally, he speaks of how hopeless a Vietnamese parade was, and goes on to say: 'But then you'd come at us from fifteen different directions.' Racism, respect, and confusion, all in one line. At this moment, White is a man whose long-held beliefs are disintegrating.
Such changes are shrewdly observed throughout the film, and frequently revealed in visual rather than verbal terms. For this reason, many miss them entirely. One striking example of this is the funeral of White's wife, Connie, which Tony Ho attends. White's grief at her death is compounded by the fact that only shortly beforehand did he realise how unhappy he had made her. Guilt is added to his grief. Because of this, Joey Tai's hired assassins have hurt him in a way more profound than they could have suspected, and this would normally fuel the racist sentiments within him. Yet the presence of Tony Ho at the funeral, his genuine sympathy at the death, and his stand against the gangs, affect White deeply. Mickey Rourke gives a fine performance throughout the film, but this is his strongest moment. His confusion at Tony Ho's actions is made visually - though not verbally -explicit; a speech would in any case be out of place. Cimino's choice of music here also intimates the change in Stanley White: he uses Mahler's s Resurrection Symphony, (the titles and lyrics themselves revealing), a piece which is repeated at the end of the film when White acknowledges not only his limitations but also his desire to become, with Tracey's help, a better human being. Many have missed this, but to disregard the function of music and the purely visual in a Cimino film does the director and the film medium itself, a disservice.
Whereas hardly a scene passes without revealing some unpleasant aspect of White's character, Joey Tai is frequently shown in a more sympathetic light. He is a family man, whereas White is not really willing to give his wife a child; he sends a girl through college; and he rescues an old acquaintance from death in Thailand. We are even encouraged to fear for his safety when he meets Ban Sung's men at the river in Thailand. To be sure, Tai can be as ruthless as Stanley White, but his ruthlessness is born of ambition (frequently a by-product of the American Dream), while White's is born of his personal demons, his obsessions. As he revealed in Scarface, scriptwriter Oliver Stone does have an interest in the dark side of the American Dream. In that film, chasing the dream is equated with selling cocaine. In this film, Stanley White actually refers to Joey Tai as someone who has chased the dream successfully.
Part of the reason that White despises Joey Tai so much is that, despite himself, he begins to identify with him. His savage attack on Tai after the undercover policeman, Herbert Wong, is shot is motivated partly by anger at himself.  And yet he does die, leaving White aware that his hand, as well as Tai's, was on the gun that killed him. Ultimately Joey Tai also - in one way - kills himself for White, in a scene which makes the theme of self-confrontation even clearer. Tai and White meet on a bridge (a symbol in itself). Both men are lit almost identically, so that as they run at one another it is difficult to tell them apart. Tai has turned to confront White because he knows the policeman will hound him until he does so. But Tai's death does not provide the resolution that White had expected.  Before he gives the gun to Tai he kneels, watching uncomprehendingly but with a new respect.
Throughout the film White hopes that Tai's death will enable him to exorcise his personal demons, and the people around him are largely aware of this. His colleagues berate him for wanting to refight Vietnam, and are aware that - as the film's conclusion reveals - he will not succeed. The film ends as it began, with a death and a funeral, but White has not really 'cleaned up' Chinatown. For this reason, it's ironic that Year of the Dragon has been compared to Rambo, precisely because the film is a critique of Rambo. In a racist film, we are not made uncomfortably aware of the protagonist's racism, and this is very much the case with Stallone's film. It is also ironic that Rambo attracted little of the criticism that was levelled at Year of the Dragon. Ironic and sad. Because this implies that Rambo is a better film, a more thoughtful film and it is not. White does speak like Stallone's hero, he even says some of the same lines, and he also wants to refight the war. But again and again he is told he is wrong, and he eventually admits it himself. There may have never before been a film in which so many characters have criticised the protagonist. Yet many reviewers, while noticing the arrogance and obsessiveness of Stanley White, have failed to see that Cimino does not exonerate it. In fact, he comes dangerously close to straining credibility at times to belittle White and present the Chinese case more clearly: White himself, Tracey Tzu, Herbert Wong, and - in a way - Tony Ho, all either tell us or reveal by their actions how unfairly Chinese, like other immigrants, have often been treated in 'the Land of the Free'.
Much has been made of the idea that Cimino 'exaggerates' the violence in Chinatown, but the point is clearly made in the film that the violence exists precisely because of the machinations of Joey Tai and Stanley White's attempt to refight a lost war. A bombing of a Chinese restaurant in London, the Seattle massacre, the murder of a Chinese businessman (uncle of a friend of mine) by triads in Glasgow, would suggest that Chinatown gangsters are violent when the need arises. Cimino has done his research well, and much of the film's plot is based on police opinions or police records. Fenton Bresler's book: Trail of the Triads is one source that quotes police as saying that, yes, the youth gangs are used as front-runners by the triads, that the triads in the States are dealing with the Mafia, and that there is much triad influence in many of the Chinatown 'benevolent associations'. Triads are not, as many Hong Kong films like to suggest, heroes or a courageous band of brothers. They are also not humorous or 'cute' to their victims. They kill people if they have to. Time and time again, the Hong Kong cinema has ignored or evaded that fact. It's likely that some of the anger against Year of the Dragon comes from its criticism and destruction of a much-accepted cinematic myth.
Year of the Dragon shows Chinese in America as people who have adopted various strategies, sometimes criminal, to survive in a country that has rarely welcomed them with open arms. Stanley White's listing of the social evils of Chinatown to Tracey Tzu is not merely a criticism of Chinese insularity, but also of America's image of itself as a non-racist, fair, and just society. Cimino is not blaming only the gangsters for the high tuberculosis rates, the overcrowding, or the dispossessed youngsters who - filled with a heroic triad myth - are exploited by organised criminals masquerading as businessmen or patriots. As well as making these points, Cimino has given us a human, complex, and flawed protagonist, and one who accurately represents the mood of much of America at this time. He has also given us one of the most thought-provoking and critical films in recent American cinema. This is not to say that the film is perfect: Tracey's character is a little too sketchy, for instance, and'- as many have noted - the triad leaders are portrayed in an almost humorous way influenced - I suspect - by Wayne Wang's Dim Sum) which lessens their credibility. All the same one can only despair that most reactions to the film have not been worthy of Cimino's talent.
Whatever its weaknesses, and I do not count racism among them, I believe that Year of the Dragon was one of the most ambitious and worthwhile American mainstream films of the eighties, and one which unerringly captured and attacked the sense of neo-Conservatism and almost xenophobia from which much of that country so frequently suffers.
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Github is a distributed version control system which helps to manage the repositories.
These are a list of few commands that you can use frequently on github (git bash)
1.git help
Take help from github help section for different commands and other errors
2.git config
To set the basic congurations on github like your name and email.
3.git config –global user.name "Aniket Vaishnav"
Sets confguration values for your user name on git.
4.git config –global user.email<EMAIL_ADDRESS>Sets conguration values for your user email on git.
5.git config –global color.ui true
To see different colours on command line for different outputs.
6.mkdir store
Create a directory if not created initially.
7.cd store
To go inside the directory and work upon its contents.
8.git init
To create a local git repository for us in our store folder.This will help to manage the git commands for that particular repository.
9.git status
To see whats changed since last commit.It shows all the files that have been added and modifed and ready to be commmitted
and files which are untracked
10.git add Readme.txt
To add a file Readme.txt to the staging area to track its changes.
11.git commit -m “Created a Readme.txt”
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12.git log
To check the history of commits for our reference.
13.git add
To add a specific list of files to staging area.
14.git add --all
To add all files of current directory to staging area.
15.git add *.txt
To add all text files of the current directory to staging area.
16.git add docs/*.txt
To add all text files of a particular directory(docs) to staging area.
17.git add docs/
To add all files in a particular directory(docs) to staging area.
18.git add “*.txt”
To add text files of entire project to staging area.
19.git diff
To figure out what changes you made since last commit.
20.git reset head license
To undo staging of the file that was added in the staging area.
21.git checkout –license
To Blow away all changes since the last commit of the file.
22.git commit -a -m “Readme.md”
To add any of our tracked files to staging area and commit them by providing a message to remember.
23.git reset –soft HEAD^
To undo last commit and bring file to staging area.
24.git reset –hard HEAD^
To undo last commit and remove file from the staging area as well(In case we went horribly wrong).
25.git reset –hard HEAD^^
To undo last two commits and all changes.
26.git remote add origin https://github.com/OBrutus/SpeedKiddy.git
This commands make a bookmark which signifies that this particular remote refers to this URL. This remote will be used to pull any content from the directory and push our local content to the global server.
27.git remote add
To add new remotes to our local repository for a particular git address.
28.git remove rm
To remove a remote from our local repository.
29.git push -u origin master
To push all the contents of our local repository that belong to master branch to the server(Global repository).
30.git clone https://github.com/madaan123/MyAlgorithms.git
To clone or make a local copy of the global repository in your system
(git clone command downloads the repository and creates a remote named as origin which can be checked by command – git
remote -v).
31.git branch Testing
To create a new branch named as Testing.
32.git branch
To see all the branches present and current branch that we are working on.
33.git checkout Testing
To switch to branch Testing from master branch.
34.ls
To see directories and files in the current directory.
35.git merge Testing
To merge Testing branch with master branch.
36.git branch -d Testing
To delete Testing branch.
37.git checkout -b admin
To create a new branch admin and set it as current branch.
38.git branch -r
To look at all the remote branches.
39.git branch -D Testing
To forcefully delete a branch without making commmits.
40.git tag
To see the list of available tags.
41.git checkout v0.0.1
To set the current tag to v0.0.1.
42.git tag -a v0.0.3 -m “version 0.0.3”
To create a new tag.
43.git push –tags
To push the tags to remote repository.
4x.git fetch
To fetch down any changes from global repository to current repository
45.git rebase
Three tasks are performed by git rebase
>> Move all changes to master which are not in origin/master to a temporary area.
>> Run all origin master commits.
>> Run all commits in the temporary area on top of our master one at a time, so it avoids merge commits.


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A Martensville man admits he was intoxicated when he caused a head-on collision near Warman that killed an 11-year-old girl.
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- final class AdvancedSearchAE extends AdvancedSearchAnalysisEngine
- final class AuthorizationRequestAcceptedAE extends AuthorizationRequestAcceptedAnalysisEngine
- final class BuildVillageAE extends BuildVillageAnalysisEngine
- final class ChangeLanguageAE extends ChangeLanguageAnalysisEngine
- final class ChangeUserEmailAE extends ChangeUserEmailAnalysisEngine
- final class ChangeUserNameAE extends ChangeUserNameAnalysisEngine
- final class ChangeUserPasswordAE extends ChangeUserPasswordAnalysisEngine
- final class CreateHumanPlayerAE extends CreateHumanPlayerAnalysisEngine
- final class CreateOnymousAudienceAE extends CreateOnymousAudienceAnalysisEngine
- final class CreateRobotPlayerAE extends CreateRobotPlayerAnalysisEngine
- final class DeleteAvatarAE extends DeleteAvatarAnalysisEngine
- final class EnterAvatarSelectionPageAE extends EnterAvatarSelectionPageAnalysisEngine
- final class EnterLobbyAE extends EnterLobbyAnalysisEngine
- final class GetAvatarInfoAE extends GetAvatarInfoAnalysisEngine
- final class GetSettingsAE extends GetSettingsAnalysisEngine
- final class IdSearchAE extends IdSearchAnalysisEngine
- final class KickOutPlayerAE extends KickOutPlayerAnalysisEngine
- final class LeaveWaitingPageAE extends LeaveWaitingPageAnalysisEngine
- final class PlayAE extends PlayAnalysisEngine
- final class PongAE extends PongAnalysisEngine
- final class ReadyAE extends ReadyAnalysisEngine
- final class RenewAvatarTokenAE extends RenewAvatarTokenAnalysisEngine
- final class RunRobotPlayerInTheBackgroundAE extends RunRobotPlayerInTheBackgroundAnalysisEngine
- final class SelectVillageAE extends SelectVillageAnalysisEngine
- final class StopRobotPlayerAE extends StopRobotPlayerAnalysisEngine
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QIIME 2 command-line interface (q2cli)¶
Note
This guide assumes you have installed the QIIME 2 Core distribution using one of the procedures in the install documents.
This guide provides an introduction to q2cli
, a QIIME 2 command-line interface included in the QIIME 2 Core distribution. The tutorials use q2cli
extensively, so it is recommended to review this document first before beginning the tutorials. This document is a work-in-progress and will be expanded in the future.
Basic usage¶
q2cli
includes a qiime
command that is used to execute QIIME analyses from the command line. Run qiime
to see a list of available subcommands:
qiime
There will be several subcommands listed, including plugin commands (e.g. feature-table
, diversity
) and built-in commands (e.g. info
, tools
).
You can discover what plugins you currently have installed, as well as other information about your QIIME deployment, by running qiime info
:
qiime info
Supply --help
to any command to display information about the command, including any subcommands, options, and arguments the command defines. For example, to learn more about the feature-table
plugin command, run:
qiime feature-table --help
This will list the actions (subcommands) made available by the feature-table
plugin, as well as information about the plugin itself (e.g. citation, website, user support).
Try learning about other commands using --help
. For example, what actions are available in the built-in tools
command?
Enable command-line tab completion¶
If you are using Bash or Zsh as your shell, you can enable tab completion, which substantially improves the usability of the QIIME 2 command-line interface (CLI). When tab completion is enabled, pressing the tab key will attempt to complete the command or option you have typed, or provide you with a list of available commands or options based on what you have typed so far. This reduces the amount of typing you have to do and makes commands and options more easily discoverable without passing --help
to every command you’re wanting to run.
Tip
QIIME 2 CLI tab completion is currently only supported in the Bash and Zsh shells. To check what shell you have, run echo $0
. You should see -bash
or -zsh
in the output.
Please choose the instructions appropriate for your shell to enable tab completion.
Bash¶
Run this command to enable tab completion:
source tab-qiime
You will need to run this command each time you open a new terminal and activate your QIIME 2 conda
environment unless it is added to your .bashrc
/.bash_profile
.
Zsh¶
Run this command to enable tab completion:
autoload bashcompinit && bashcompinit && source tab-qiime
You will need to run this command each time you open a new terminal and activate your QIIME 2 conda
environment unless it is added to your .zshrc
.
Verify tab completion¶
To test that tab completion is working, try typing in the following partial command, and without actually running the command, press the tab key (you may need to press it a couple of times). If tab completion is working, the command should auto-complete to qiime info
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| struct | sc2::Score |
| Scores. More... | |
Macros | |
| #define | SET_ENTRY_BASE(STRUCTNAME, ENTRYNAME) |
| #define | SET_ENTRY_BASE_STRUCT(STRUCTNAME, ENTRYNAME) |
| #define | SET_ENTRY(STRUCTNAME, ENTRYNAME) |
| #define | SET_ENTRY_STRUCT(STRUCTNAME, ENTRYNAME) |
Enumerations | |
| enum | sc2::ScoreType { sc2::ScoreType::Curriculum = 1, sc2::ScoreType::Melee = 2 } |
| Source of a score. | |
Scores accumulated in a game as calculated by the game engine.
| #define SET_ENTRY | ( | STRUCTNAME, | |
| ENTRYNAME | |||
| ) |
| #define SET_ENTRY_BASE | ( | STRUCTNAME, | |
| ENTRYNAME | |||
| ) |
| #define SET_ENTRY_BASE_STRUCT | ( | STRUCTNAME, | |
| ENTRYNAME | |||
| ) |
| #define SET_ENTRY_STRUCT | ( | STRUCTNAME, | |
| ENTRYNAME | |||
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The Lingo Club at Eastmont Computing Center
Director is a rich tool with tons of features and many windows. It's easy to get lost in all the windows. Use the following window layout to make things more manageable:
The layout assumes you have at least a 1024x768 size display.
The Stage Window is where your movie (animation, game or what ever) is displayed Set the stage size to 512x342 using the Menu Modify->Movie->Properties or Cmd-Shift-D, which displays Movie settings pane in the Property Inspector Window.
The Control Panel is used to start and stop the movie. It displays the current frame and frame rate (how fast your movie plays). The current frame is allow marked in the Score window the Playback head, a red vertical line.
The Cast Window holds all the element make up your movie - art work, sounds, scripts and other stuff. The "Cast View Style" button switches between a list view and an icon view. Use the icon view for now.
The Property Inspector Window displays information about the last thing you clicked with the mouse. Click in the Cast Windows, and then on the Stage to see the different settings in the Property Inspector.
The Score Window shows sprites, the animated elements in your movie. Time is represented as a grid of frames. Time goes forward as you go from left to right.
This layout helps you see how elements interact.
When you create a piece of art work in Director's Paint Window, for example,
an icon for it will appear in the Cast Window. The elements in the Cast
Window are called Cast Members. Which makes sense since they perform
on the Stage Window. When you drag a Cast Member from onto the
Stage Window it will appear on the Stage and in the Score Window.
The Cast Member is represented in the Score a long bar called
a Sprite.
Here's how a single Cast Member appear as three slightly different Sprites in the Score.
The three horizontal bars in the Score are called Sprites. All
three sprites are based on the Cast Member in slot 1 in the Cast Window.
The Property Inspector's Sprite pane is used to adjust the Ink to "Matte"
and Background Color (the color chip next to the Paint Bucket icon) of the three
Sprites.
The length of the Sprite tell you how long the it will appear on the stage. In this example each sprite appears on frame 1 and stays on Stage until frame 28. The Sprite shows the placement of the Cast Member in time. You can click and drag Sprites in the Score to control when it will appear. You can also Copy and Paste Sprites in the Score.
Clicking and dragging on a Sprite on the Stage will change where it appears on the Stage. Clicking and Dragging a Sprite in the Score will change when it appears.
Create a single Cast member using the Paint Window. Place the Cast member on the stage three times. Use the Property Inspector to give each sprite a different appearance.
!!@ Other setup:
Standard View
Script Window as Behavior editor
Show cast name and number
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His Ferme de la Cave duck foie gras in a just-warm Belon oyster soup; and also his light mousse of Haricots Tarbais with aged rum, coconut milk and marrons glacés.


Little Petya likes convex polygons a lot. Recently he has received a convex polygon as a gift from his mother. The only thing that Petya likes more than convex polygons is playing with little Masha. Petya invented the following game for two players that involves his polygon.
At the beginning of the game there is a convex polygon drawn on the plane. The coordinates of vertices of this polygon are given in
Note that the new polygon and the old polygon are not required to have the same number of vertices.
After drawing a new polygon the player erases the old one. A player who can't make a move loses the game. Determine who will be the winner if both kids play optimally. If the winner is Masha, return the