Maple Leafs fire coach Mike Babcock
TORONTO – The underperforming Toronto Maple Leafs fired coach Mike Babcock on Wednesday and replaced him with Sheldon Keefe.
Babcock had a record of 9-10-4 this season for the struggling Leafs, who are 0-5-1 in their last six games, including five straight losses in regulation.
“Over parts of the last five seasons, Mike has played an integral role in changing the direction of our franchise,” team president Brendan Shanahan said in a statement. “Mike’s commitment and tireless work ethic has put our organization in a better place and we are extremely grateful and appreciative of the foundation he has helped us build here. At this time, we collectively felt that it was best to make a change to Sheldon Keefe.”
Hired as part of Toronto’s massive rebuild in the spring of 2015, the 56-year-old Babcock went 173-133-45 in his four-plus seasons with Toronto. After signing the richest coaching contract in NHL history at $50 million over eight years, Babcock got Toronto to the playoffs the last three seasons but was unable to advance beyond the first round.
Babcock came to Toronto with an impressive resume, having won the Stanley Cup with the Detroit Red Wings in 2008 and back-to-back Olympic gold medals with Canada in 2010 and 2014. He has a career record of 700-418-19 with Toronto, Detroit and Anaheim.
Ottawa Senators coach D.J. Smith, who spent four years as an assistant on Babcock’s staff in Toronto, praised Babcock for his professionalism.
“He gave me my chance in the National Hockey League,” Smith said Wednesday in Montreal before the Senators faced the Canadiens. “He showed me the NHL and he did a great job every day. It’s a tough time for him and his family and I certainly feel for him.”
The 39-year-old Keefe, who has a long history with Leafs general manager Kyle Dubas, was in his fifth season as coach of the American Hockey League’s Toronto Marlies.
Keefe led the Marlies to a 199-89-31 record and was twice named the AHL coach of the year. He helped the Marlies capture the franchise’s first Calder Cup championship in 2018.
Babcock’s Leafs stumbled this season despite a star-studded forward group led by Auston Matthews, John Tavares, Mitch Marner and William Nylander, a defense led by Morgan Rielly, Tyson Barrie and Jake Muzzin and goalie Frederik Andersen.
Despite that talent up front, Toronto was unable to find traction after a summer of change that saw a number of Babcock’s trusted veterans leave town as part of a salary-cap crunch precipitated by big-money contract extensions handed to Matthews and Marner.
Toronto’s Big Four chewed up nearly half of the $81.5 million cap, leaving Dubas to try to fill in the roster around the edges with young players and discount veterans.
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Health component implementation class. More...
#include <Svc/Health/HealthComponentImpl.hpp>
Classes | |
| struct | PingEntry |
| struct for ping entry More... | |
| struct | PingTracker |
| ping tracker struct More... | |
Public Member Functions | |
| HealthImpl () | |
| HealthImpl constructor. More... | |
| void | init (const NATIVE_INT_TYPE queueDepth, const NATIVE_INT_TYPE instance) |
| HealthImpl initialization function. More... | |
| void | setPingEntries (PingEntry *pingEntries, NATIVE_INT_TYPE numPingEntries, U32 watchDogCode) |
| Set ping entry tables. More... | |
| ~HealthImpl (void) | |
| Component destructor. More... | |
| void | Run_handler (const NATIVE_INT_TYPE portNum, NATIVE_UINT_TYPE context) |
| run handler More... | |
| void | HLTH_ENABLE_cmdHandler (const FwOpcodeType opCode, U32 cmdSeq, HealthEnabled enable) |
| HLTH_ENABLE handler. More... | |
| void | HLTH_PING_ENABLE_cmdHandler (FwOpcodeType opCode, U32 cmdSeq, const Fw::CmdStringArg &entry, PingEnabled enable) |
| HLTH_PING_ENABLE handler. More... | |
| void | HLTH_CHNG_PING_cmdHandler (const FwOpcodeType opCode, U32 cmdSeq, const Fw::CmdStringArg &entry, U32 warningValue, U32 fatalValue) |
| HLTH_CHNG_PING handler. More... | |
| NATIVE_INT_TYPE | findEntry (Fw::CmdStringArg entry) |
Public Attributes | |
| PROTECTED | __pad0__: virtual void doOtherChecks(void) |
| PRIVATE | __pad1__: void PingReturn_handler(const NATIVE_INT_TYPE portNum |
| PRIVATE U32 | key |
| struct Svc::HealthImpl::PingTracker | m_pingTrackerEntries [NUM_PINGSEND_OUTPUT_PORTS] |
| U32 | m_numPingEntries |
| Private member data. More... | |
| U32 | m_key |
| current key value. Just increments for each ping entry. More... | |
| U32 | m_watchDogCode |
| stores code used for watchdog stroking More... | |
| U32 | m_warnings |
| number of slip warnings issued More... | |
| HealthEnabled | m_enabled |
| if the pinger is enabled More... | |
| U32 | queue_depth |
| queue depth passed by user More... | |
Health component implementation class.
The health component iterates through each entry in its table and checks its status. If an ping entry tracker is enabled, it will ping its corresponding port with a provided key. If a ping return is outstanding, a counter is decremented, and its value is checked against warning and fault thresholds. A watchdog is always stroked in the run handler.
Definition at line 32 of file HealthComponentImpl.hpp.
| Svc::HealthImpl::HealthImpl | ( | ) |
HealthImpl constructor.
The constructor for Health
| compName | component name |
Definition at line 23 of file HealthComponentImpl.cpp.
| Svc::HealthImpl::~HealthImpl | ( | void | ) |
Component destructor.
The destructor for HealthImpl is empty
Definition at line 70 of file HealthComponentImpl.cpp.
| NATIVE_INT_TYPE Svc::HealthImpl::findEntry | ( | Fw::CmdStringArg | entry | ) |
Definition at line 215 of file HealthComponentImpl.cpp.
| void Svc::HealthImpl::HLTH_CHNG_PING_cmdHandler | ( | const FwOpcodeType | opCode, |
| U32 | cmdSeq, | ||
| const Fw::CmdStringArg & | entry, | ||
| U32 | warningValue, | ||
| U32 | fatalValue | ||
| ) |
HLTH_CHNG_PING handler.
Implementation for HLTH_CHNG_PING command handler
| opCode | Command opcode |
| cmdSeq | Command sequence |
| entry | Ping entry number |
| warningValue | Warning threshold value |
| fatalValue | Fatal threshold value |
Definition at line 191 of file HealthComponentImpl.cpp.
| void Svc::HealthImpl::HLTH_ENABLE_cmdHandler | ( | const FwOpcodeType | opCode, |
| U32 | cmdSeq, | ||
| HealthEnabled | enable | ||
| ) |
HLTH_ENABLE handler.
Implementation for HLTH_ENABLE command handler
| opCode | Command opcode |
| cmdSeq | Command sequence |
| enable | Enum for enabling/disabling tracker |
Definition at line 154 of file HealthComponentImpl.cpp.
| void Svc::HealthImpl::HLTH_PING_ENABLE_cmdHandler | ( | FwOpcodeType | opCode, |
| U32 | cmdSeq, | ||
| const Fw::CmdStringArg & | entry, | ||
| PingEnabled | enable | ||
| ) |
HLTH_PING_ENABLE handler.
Handler for command HLTH_PING_ENABLE
| opCode | Command opcode |
| cmdSeq | Command sequence |
| entry | Ping entry number |
| enable | Enum for enabling/disabling tracker |
Definition at line 165 of file HealthComponentImpl.cpp.
| void Svc::HealthImpl::init | ( | const NATIVE_INT_TYPE | queueDepth, |
| const NATIVE_INT_TYPE | instance | ||
| ) |
HealthImpl initialization function.
Initializes the autocoded base class, ping table, and data members
| queueDepth | Depth of queue |
| instance | The instance number |
Definition at line 45 of file HealthComponentImpl.cpp.
| void Svc::HealthImpl::Run_handler | ( | const NATIVE_INT_TYPE | portNum, |
| NATIVE_UINT_TYPE | context | ||
| ) |
run handler
Handler implementation for run
| portNum | Port number |
| context | Port Context |
Definition at line 91 of file HealthComponentImpl.cpp.
| void Svc::HealthImpl::setPingEntries | ( | PingEntry * | pingEntries, |
| NATIVE_INT_TYPE | numPingEntries, | ||
| U32 | watchDogCode | ||
| ) |
Set ping entry tables.
Provides a table of ping entries
| pingEntries | Pointer to provided ping table entries |
| numPingEntries | Number of ping entries in table |
| watchDogCode | Value that is sent to watchdog |
Definition at line 51 of file HealthComponentImpl.cpp.
| PROTECTED Svc::HealthImpl::__pad0__ |
Definition at line 84 of file HealthComponentImpl.hpp.
| PRIVATE Svc::HealthImpl::__pad1__ |
Definition at line 91 of file HealthComponentImpl.hpp.
| PRIVATE U32 Svc::HealthImpl::key |
Definition at line 99 of file HealthComponentImpl.hpp.
| HealthEnabled Svc::HealthImpl::m_enabled |
if the pinger is enabled
Definition at line 156 of file HealthComponentImpl.hpp.
| U32 Svc::HealthImpl::m_key |
current key value. Just increments for each ping entry.
Definition at line 153 of file HealthComponentImpl.hpp.
| U32 Svc::HealthImpl::m_numPingEntries |
Private member data.
stores number of entries passed to constructor
Definition at line 152 of file HealthComponentImpl.hpp.
| struct Svc::HealthImpl::PingTracker Svc::HealthImpl::m_pingTrackerEntries[NUM_PINGSEND_OUTPUT_PORTS] |
| U32 Svc::HealthImpl::m_warnings |
number of slip warnings issued
Definition at line 155 of file HealthComponentImpl.hpp.
| U32 Svc::HealthImpl::m_watchDogCode |
stores code used for watchdog stroking
Definition at line 154 of file HealthComponentImpl.hpp.
| U32 Svc::HealthImpl::queue_depth |
queue depth passed by user
Definition at line 157 of file HealthComponentImpl.hpp.


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Java bindings
The GDAL project has SWIG generated Java bindings for GDAL and OGR.
Generally speaking the classes and methods mostly match those of the GDAL and OGR C++ classes. You can find the Javadoc of the API of the Java bindings for GDAL 1.7.0 and later releases.
Due to the fact the Java garbage collector works in a separate thread from the main thread, it is necessary to configure GDAL with multi-threading support, even if you do not use GDAL API from several Java threads.
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Maven Users
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This section describes a small-scale business application that produces reports with dollar amounts. While this application doesn't introduce any new material, it does emphasize the data processing and reporting capabilities of awk. (Surprisingly, some people do use awk to write small business applications.)
It is presumed that a script exists for data entry. The data-entry script has two jobs: the first is to enter the customer's name and mailing address for later use in building a mailing list; the second is to record the customer's order of any of seven items, the number of items ordered, and the price per item. The data collected for the mailing list and the customer order were written to separate files.
Here are two sample customer records from the customer order file:
Charlotte Webb P.O N61331 97 Y 045 Date: 03/14/97 #1 3 7.50 #2 3 7.50 #3 1 7.50 #4 1 7.50 #7 1 7.50 Martin S. Rossi P.O NONE Date: 03/14/97 #1 2 7.50 #2 5 6.75
Each order covers multiple lines, and a blank line separates one order from another. The first two lines supply the customer's name, purchase order number and the date of the order. Each subsequent line identifies an item by number, the number ordered, and the price of the item.
Let's write a simple program that multiplies the number of items by the price. The script can ignore the first two lines of each record. We only want to read the lines where an item is specified, as in the following example.
awk '/^#/ { amount = $2 * $3 printf "%s %6.2f\n", $0, amount next } { print }' $*
The main procedure only affects lines that match the pattern. It multiplies the second field by the third field, assigning the value to the variable amount. The printf conversion %f is used to print a floating-point number; "6.2" specifies a minimum field width of six and a precision of two. Precision is the number of digits to the right of the decimal point; the default for %f is six. We print the current record along with the value of the variable amount. If a line is printed within this procedure, the next line is read from standard input. Lines not matching the pattern are simply passed through. Let's look at how addem works:
$addem orders
Charlotte Webb P.O N61331 97 Y 045 Date: 03/14/97 #1 3 7.50 22.50 #2 3 7.50 22.50 #3 1 7.50 7.50 #4 1 7.50 7.50 #7 1 7.50 7.50 Martin S. Rossi P.O NONE Date: 03/14/97 #1 2 7.50 15.00 #2 5 6.75 33.75
This program did not need to access the customer record as a whole; it simply acted on the individual item lines. Now, let's design a program that reads multiline records and accumulates order information for display in a report. This report should display for each item the total number of copies and the total amount. We also want totals reflecting all copies ordered and the sum of all orders.
Our new script will begin by setting the field and record separators:
BEGIN { FS = "\n"; RS = "" }
Each record has a variable number of fields, depending upon how many items have been ordered. First, we check that the input record has at least three fields. Then a for loop is built to read all of the fields beginning with the third field.
NF >= 3 { for (i = 3; i <= NF; ++i) {
In database terms, each field has a value and each value can be further broken up as subvalues. That is, if the value of a field in a multiline record is a single line, subvalues are the words that are on that line. We can use the split() function to divide a field into subvalues.
The following part of the script splits each field into subvalues. $i will supply the value of the current field that will be divided into elements of the array order:
sv = split($i, order, " ") if (sv == 3) { procedure } else print "Incomplete Record" } # end for loop
The number of elements returned by the function is saved in a variable sv. This allows us to test that there are three subvalues. If there are not, the else statement is executed, printing the error message to the screen.
Next we assign each individual element of the array to a specific variable. This is mainly to make it easier to remember what each element represents:
title = order[1] copies = order[2] price = order[3]
Then we perform a group of arithmetic operations on these values:
amount = copies * price total_vol += copies total_amt += amount vol[title] += copies amt[title] += amount
We accumulate these values until the last input record is read. The END procedure prints the report.
Here's the complete program:
$cat addemup
#! /bin/sh # addemup -- total customer orders awk 'BEGIN { FS = "\n"; RS = "" } NF >= 3 { for (i = 3; i <= NF; ++i) { sv = split($i, order, " ") if (sv == 3) { title = order[1] copies = order[2] price = order[3] amount = copies * price total_vol += copies total_amt += amount vol[title] += copies amt[title] += amount } else print "Incomplete Record" } } END { printf "%5s\t%10s\t%6s\n\n", "TITLE", "COPIES SOLD", "TOTAL" for (title in vol) printf "%5s\t%10d\t$%7.2f\n", title, vol[title], amt[title] printf "%s\n", "-------------" printf "\t%s%4d\t$%7.2f\n", "Total ", total_vol, total_amt }' $*
We have defined two arrays that have the same subscript. We only need to have one for loop to read both arrays.
addemup, an order report generator, produces the following output:
$addemup orders
TITLE COPIES SOLD TOTAL #1 5 $ 37.50 #2 8 $ 56.25 #3 1 $ 7.50 #4 1 $ 7.50 #7 1 $ 7.50 ------------- Total 16 $ 116.25


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San Francisco resident captures astonishing video, photos of New Zealand volcano
by Amy GraffUpdated 9:00 am PST, Monday, December 9, 2019
A tower of choking ash spewed from the eruption of a volcano on White Island in New Zealand Monday, killing five people and leaving more missing.
The island some 30 miles off mainland New Zealand is uninhabited, but its moon-like landscape is highly visited by tourists, and Michael Schade and his family were among the visitors today. Schade was on a boat near the island when the blast occurred and he shared a stream of videos and photos on Twitter.
“My god,” wrote Schade, whose Twitter account states that he's from San Francisco. “My family and I had gotten off it 20 minutes before, were waiting at our boat about to leave when we saw it. Boat ride home tending to people our boat rescued was indescribable.”
His videos show a wall of ash and steam that scientists say reached 12,000 feet into the air. "This is so hard to believe," he writes. "Our whole tour group were literally standing at the edge of the main crater not 30 minutes before."
Photos show a helicopter badly damaged and covered in ash and tour operators rescuing people on the island. "Endless gratitude to that crew for stepping up as first responders," he wrote on Twitter.
Schade shared that his mom tended to a woman who was in critical condition, but "seemed strong by the end."
The terrifying disaster immediately raised questions of why people were allowed to visit the island after scientists had noted an uptick in volcanic activity in recent weeks.
The GeoNet agency, which monitors volcanoes and earthquakes in New Zealand, had raised the alert level on White Island on Nov. 18 from 1 to 2, on a scale where 5 represents a major eruption, noting an increase in sulfur dioxide gas, which originates from magma deep in the volcano. It also said at the time that over the previous weeks volcanic tremors had increased from weak to moderate strength.
Police Deputy Commissioner John Tims said the number of missing was in the double digits, but he couldn't confirm an exact number. Fewer than 50 people were on the island when it erupted, and 23 had been taken off, including the five dead, he said. Tims said there had been no contact with any of the missing.
He said New Zealanders and foreign tourists were among the dead, missing or injured. Most of the 18 who survived were injured, some suffering severe burns.
SFGATE reached out to Michael Schade for this story and will update the information if we hear back.
The Associated Press contributed to this report.
Amy Graff is a digital editor for SFGATE. Email her at agraff@sfgate.com.


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Quick Start: Linux Logical Volume Manager
While installing the latest Ubuntu OS on your computer, you will see that you can install the OS using LVM (Logical Volume Manager) utility. Ever wonder what is it? LVM (Logical Volume Manager) is that fantastic utility for storage administration. It provide the users with abilities which were not possible with raw disks. The storage is now ‘virtualized’. You can now easily create, move and extend volumes (for now, think of it as disk partitions) without bothering about data corruption. You can carve partitions out of multiple disks, and can add and remove disks from a ‘volume group’ containing such volumes without the user noticing anything! List of all the features of LVM can be found at it's wiki page.
This blog scratches the surface of LVM, and gives some basic insights into some storage concepts.
I'll give you a simple example to better explain what a ‘physical volume’, a ‘volume group’ and a ‘logical volume’ is. Say I have two 1 TB hard disks - disk A and disk B. I have two equal-sized partitions on disk B, one of which I want to keep it to myself for my personal data. The ‘partition’ term used here is same as what you see in a file explorer. For the unpartitioned disk, the complete disk is one single partition.
The partitions I described above are ‘physical volumes’. That is, on the disk, these are physically separate bytes (think of that partitioned disk as a spiral on disk divided in its length at the midpoint). Out of the first disk and one partition of the second disk, we create a ‘volume group’ – a logical pool of storage, out of which we can create lots of ‘logical volumes’. Even after you've created logical volumes over this volume group, you can add and remove physical volumes (partitions) from the volume group. You can do many more operations such as resize, move and extend.
I hope the basic idea written above is sufficiently clear. Else, head over to this Ubuntu wiki for a slightly more detailed, but still an overview, of LVM. Anyway, I'm concentrating more on the demo, so lets move on.
Hands-on
I'm demo'ing everything on an Ubuntu machine, but it should work on any Linux distro (after you install the LVM2 package)
Install LVM2 package
sudo apt-get install lvm2
One nice thing is you don't need to create actual partitions on disks. We'll use files as loopback devices, which will appear to the operating system as partitions. Neat.
Create a file of size 1G to be later used as a physical volume.
rushi@jio:~$ truncate --size 1G backing_file_1
Create a loopback device over this file. Find the first free loopback device available and show its name.
rushi@jio:~$ sudo losetup --find --show backing_file_1
/dev/loop0
List all the loopback devices.
rushi@jio:~$ sudo losetup --all
/dev/loop0: [fc00]:22811987 (/home/rushi/backing_file_1)
Create a physical volume over this loopback device. Note that
rushi@jio:~$ sudo pvcreate /dev/loop0
Physical volume "/dev/loop0" successfully created
List physical volumes. Apart from pvs
(Physical Volume Scan), there are two more
commands which do the same thing, but with different level of verbosity and formatting: pvscan
and pvdisplay
. (Try them out too!)
rushi@jio:~$ sudo pvs
PV VG Fmt Attr PSize PFree
/dev/loop0 lvm2 a-- 1.00g 1.00g
/dev/sda5 ubuntu-vg lvm2 a-- 931.27g 44.00m
Let us repeat the steps to create another physical volume:
rushi@jio:~$ truncate --size 1G backing_file_2
rushi@jio:~$ sudo losetup --find --show backing_file_2
/dev/loop1
rushi@jio:~$ sudo losetup --all
/dev/loop0: [fc00]:22811987 (/home/rushi/backing_file_1)
/dev/loop1: [fc00]:22812001 (/home/rushi/backing_file_2)
rushi@jio:~$ sudo pvcreate /dev/loop1
Physical volume "/dev/loop1" successfully created
rushi@jio:~$ sudo pvs
PV VG Fmt Attr PSize PFree
/dev/loop0 lvm2 a-- 1.00g 1.00g
/dev/loop1 lvm2 a-- 1.00g 1.00g
/dev/sda5 ubuntu-vg lvm2 a-- 931.27g 44.00m
Create a volume group test-volgroup
over these two physical volumes. (Actually, even if you don't create physical volumes over loopback devices, while creating volume groups it will automatically create physical volumes over them).
rushi@jio:~$ sudo vgcreate test-volgroup /dev/loop0 /dev/loop1
Volume group "test-volgroup" successfully created
List the volume groups. (vgs
, vgscan
or vgdisplay
can be used)
rushi@jio:~$ sudo vgs
VG #PV #LV #SN Attr VSize VFree
test-volgroup 2 0 0 wz--n- 1.99g 1.99g
ubuntu-vg 1 2 0 wz--n- 931.27g 44.00m
Create a logical volume test-logicalvol
over the test-volgroup
volume group.
rushi@jio:~$ sudo lvcreate --size 400M --name test-logicalvol test-volgroup
Logical volume "test-logicalvol" created
List logical volumes. (lvs
, lvscan
, lvdisplay
can be used)
rushi@jio:~$ sudo lvs
LV VG Attr LSize Pool Origin Data% Move Log Copy% Convert
test-logicalvol test-volgroup -wi-a---- 400.00m
root ubuntu-vg -wi-ao--- 923.35g
swap_1 ubuntu-vg -wi-ao--- 7.88g
Easy, isn't it? Let's tear down everything. Though a simpler way would be to just remove the loopback device, which will automatically remove all the physical, logical volumes/volume groups created over them, let's do it step-by-step. Note that you need to specify volume group while deleting logical volumes.
rushi@jio:~$ sudo lvremove test-volgroup
Do you really want to remove active logical volume test-logicalvol? [y/n]: y
Logical volume "test-logicalvol" successfully removed
rushi@jio:~$ sudo vgremove test-volgroup
Volume group "test-volgroup" successfully removed
rushi@jio:~$ sudo pvremove /dev/loop0 /dev/loop1
Labels on physical volume "/dev/loop0" successfully wiped
Labels on physical volume "/dev/loop1" successfully wiped
rushi@jio:~$ sudo losetup --detach /dev/loop0 /dev/loop1
rushi@jio:~$ rm backing_file_1 backing_file_2
Cheers!


FusionCharts Samples for Django
- Line chart with time axis
- Plotting multiple series on time axis
- Column and line combination on time axis
- Plotting two variables (measures)
- Different plot type for each variable (measure)
- Column chart with time axis
- Area chart with time axis
- Interactive candlestick chart
- Annotating single data point
- Single event overlay
- Date range event overlay
- Adding a reference line
- Simple Chart Using Array
- Simple Widget Using Array
- Simple Map Using Array
- Angular Gauge
- Export Chart As Image (client-side)
- Export Chart As Image (server-side)
- Chart with Drill-Down Feature
- Multiseries Column 2D Chart
- Multiseries Combination 3D Chart
- Pie 3D Chart
- Stacked Column 2D with Line Chart
- Chart Using Database (SQLite3)
- USA Map
- Chart Themes
- Chart using data from XML URL
- Chart using data from JSON URL
- Dynamic Chart Resize
- Chart Type Change At Runtime
- Using Annotations On Chart
- Updating Different Chart
- Different language example
- Chart using special character in XML data format
- Customizing tooltip
- Example of event(product life cycle event)
- Example of event(interactive event)
- Message related attributes and configuration
- Example of event(interactive event)
- Example of event(Number format)
- Example of event(SpecialChartType API)
- Add/Remove event at runtime(Chart instance level API)
- Example of product level API
- Updating chart properties at runtime
- Highlight specific data points through API
- Update data at runtime
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Recently I’ve been researching heavily into guitars, since I’m looking into buying another, to add to my Mexican Standard Stratocaster that I’ve played faithfully since 2007. An observation I’ve made however is that, in the public circuit, the Stratocaster doesn’t seem to be used very much at all anymore - which is strange given its extreme popularity in older times. Maybe I’m just out of tune with some live bands these days, or maybe I’m just wrong (since it’s impossible to know the setup of every band, everywhere, right?), but the Strat seems to have been left aside in favour of the Fender stablemates Telecaster, Jaguar and Jazzmaster. And Gibsons too. Lots of them.
 They wouldn’t have lasted this long if they weren’t any good right?
Back in the 50s when they were first made, they were a status symbol - a must have instrument. The sunburst finish of Buddy Holly’s Strat on the cover of “The Chirping Crickets” symbolised a new injection of creativity amongst the sea of comparatively mundane guitars here in the UK. Before rock and roll, many guitarists played mainly classical guitar and the guitar wasn’t exactly seen as an especially exciting instrument to play.
From that point on, many of who are considered the world’s best guitarists used Stratocasters almost exclusively: Hendrix, Clapton, Gilmour, Knopfler, Stevie Ray Vaughan to name a few. The Strat was known for its distinct look and versatility. The customary setup of three single-coil pickups and a floating tremolo allowed for a range of sounds that other guitars could only dream of.
On the back of this success in the hands of guitar icons and weekend rockstars alike, the Stratocaster was widely copied over the years following. The quality varied at either side of the mark. Some guitars known as “superstrats” resemble the ergonomic contoured body of the Stratocaster, but feature highly specialist electronics for a proportionally higher price. However, the more popular side was the sub-Fender quality mark.
When I first started out on the instrument, I saw that everybody I knew who also played seemed to start out on a cheap Strat copy, obtained from Argos or gullably bought from a guitar shop in town on the premise that “they were just the same”. I can imagine that this was the same situation around the country, if not a good portion of the world. The shape of the Stratocaster was everywhere, and the quality varied from a production line in China to a specialist workshop in California - without much in the way of aesthetic variation.
This highlights a couple of reasons why I suspect it’s no longer used as frequently these days. If a band is breaking onto the scene, or generally trying to raise their profile publically through gigs, then they may not want to be ‘seen’ with a guitar that resembles what everybody seems to start with. Even if they use a Strat in the studio, which is possible due to their versatile and highly acclaimed sound, they are conscious of fans thinking that, live, they are using low budget equipment. This is quite a shallow and superficial thought, but generally it is understood that the quality of your instrument corresponds to how much of a financial, and thus, personal investment you have put into the music. Plus, some people see using one as being too “conformist”, and strive to play more unusual models.
Also, there seems to be a feeling that the Strat is something your Dad would play. Yeah, shedloads of famous rock icons used them in the past, but they are getting on a bit, if they’re not dead already. There aren’t many current guitar players who are specifically known for playing a Stratocaster. In fact I can’t really think of more than three. Alex Turner of the Arctic Monkeys originally had one in Arctic White, and that was partially the reason I bought one, because I was a massive fan of the band around that time. But since, he’s changed to a Fender Bronco, and then a Les Paul. John Frusciante tends to use one a lot, as does John Mayer.
So maybe, their time will come back around again, when the guitars typified by today’s foremost guitarists go out of favour. I certainly don’t see them being discontinued any time soon!


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siu - Chainmakers18-Oct-18 09:22 AM
we didnt do a tweet storm
we have just announced it here because of "fair mining"
blackjok3r18-Oct-18 09:23 AM
satinder did then retreacted it ... its ok
Alright18-Oct-18 09:23 AM
there's a lot of work to do for dice, more people interested in it is good
siu - Chainmakers18-Oct-18 09:23 AM
if we told the NN and didnt tell the public then people wold bash us for giving privilege to some people over other
yes, that is what i figured. If we have a chain for the sole purpose of it, we could get some progress
blackjok3r18-Oct-18 09:24 AM
its not really my concern... just things like this can look ad on all of KMD everythings alrady been cleared up, get interest and try to fix it, then maybe it goes somewhere.
Alright18-Oct-18 09:24 AM
what happened to other half of premine?
jorian18-Oct-18 09:24 AM
100% of premine is in fund
other half of supply is free to mine
blackjok3r18-Oct-18 09:24 AM
1 dice table right
consider it gone
siu - Chainmakers18-Oct-18 09:24 AM
its being mined... with btc halving schedule
jorian18-Oct-18 09:24 AM
hence the 115k difficulty
Alright18-Oct-18 09:25 AM
Ah
by "supply" I thought you meant ac_supply
siu - Chainmakers18-Oct-18 09:25 AM
yeah... we did 10.5m ac_supply
then the rest mined up to 21m
blackjok3r18-Oct-18 09:26 AM
you do realise that the entire supply will just end up in the DICE table ?
siu - Chainmakers18-Oct-18 09:26 AM
@blackjok3r why consider it gone? afaik it might not be useful for many bets at the same time now, but the game is playable
blackjok3r18-Oct-18 09:26 AM
you cant get it out
siu - Chainmakers18-Oct-18 09:26 AM
wouldnt that make it not probably fair?
blackjok3r18-Oct-18 09:26 AM
and the odds mean, that the table gets all coins ... we tested this A LOT!
thousands of bets for days
Alright18-Oct-18 09:26 AM
yea you're going to hit a problem
entire supply will end up locked in dice fund eventually
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siu - Chainmakers18-Oct-18 09:27 AM
well, that is the end of the game then
blackjok3r18-Oct-18 09:27 AM
less supply more value for remaing coins
Its not too late to fix it with a new chain with the right info ?
Alright18-Oct-18 09:28 AM
We need to figure out how to cheat entropy
siu - Chainmakers18-Oct-18 09:28 AM
hmm... dont know
with that kind of diff...
Alright18-Oct-18 09:28 AM
so dice fund owner can cheat their own entropy and withdraw coins
blackjok3r18-Oct-18 09:28 AM
Unless we engineer a new DICE fund and hardfork with a withdraw
but that requires the above posted issues to be fixed first
better use of premine would have been bounties for fixes of known issues
siu - Chainmakers18-Oct-18 09:29 AM
but do we want to withdraw?, the initial idea is that we dont want to.
jorian18-Oct-18 09:29 AM
but then funds lock up
eventually
unless someone is lucky enough to win
blackjok3r18-Oct-18 09:29 AM
the entire supply willjust end up in the dice fund
jorian18-Oct-18 09:29 AM
but it seems this was tested a lot
siu - Chainmakers18-Oct-18 09:30 AM
it will take years for all funds to get locked up imo
the entire supply will take about 10 years to be mined
blackjok3r18-Oct-18 09:30 AM
unless someone get VERY lucky and never bets those coins ever again, or sells them to anyone
jorian18-Oct-18 09:30 AM
house should have a faucet
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blackjok3r18-Oct-18 09:30 AM
thats not a bad idea... wonder if you can do that
jorian18-Oct-18 09:31 AM
but with 21,000,000 coins, a 0.1 faucet is kind of small
it's giving kids in africa 10 cents
blackjok3r18-Oct-18 09:31 AM
make the faucet mine super high difficulty ... so they cant just withdraw when ever
siu - Chainmakers18-Oct-18 09:31 AM
10.5m to be exact...
SHossain18-Oct-18 09:31 AM
explorer deaded
blackjok3r18-Oct-18 09:32 AM
it wasnt me ... I decided ot be constructive about this rather than destrictive
siu - Chainmakers18-Oct-18 09:32 AM
@CHMEX
blackjok3r18-Oct-18 09:32 AM
which was my first thaught for some reason... maybe I have been missing too much sleep lately
jorian18-Oct-18 09:32 AM
it's fine, i totally understand it
Alright18-Oct-18 09:33 AM
should have made plans on MGNX
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lol jl had suggested I did that, but I couldn't be bothered to fix my wallet
grewalsatinder18-Oct-18 09:34 AM
@blackjok3r u blame me for a tweet storm???
Are you fine bro??
Health OK??

Get over with that.
siu - Chainmakers18-Oct-18 09:37 AM
We should not be fighting over this. Please
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jorian18-Oct-18 09:37 AM
ok, now that everyone has said what he needed to say, let's focus on the future
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blackjok3r18-Oct-18 09:37 AM
whats done is done... focus on making it work now ... there are problems to solve
jl777c18-Oct-18 09:38 AM
no chain launch is perfect
CHMEX18-Oct-18 09:38 AM
Yes the explorers died for the moment
jl777c18-Oct-18 09:38 AM
what is important is not the moment of launch
CHMEX18-Oct-18 09:38 AM
Need a more powerfull machine
jl777c18-Oct-18 09:38 AM
but what happens during the life of the coin
CHMEX18-Oct-18 09:38 AM
2 hours or so
siu - Chainmakers18-Oct-18 09:38 AM
Ok, thank @CHMEX
jorian18-Oct-18 09:39 AM
we have too many chains
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jl777c18-Oct-18 09:39 AM
KMDICE miners should put up bounties for the fixes
the world will have millions of chains in the future
Alright18-Oct-18 09:39 AM
can put an additional explorer up if you guys want
jorian18-Oct-18 09:39 AM
@siu - Chainmakers we should change our name to chainbreakers and do something abou it
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siu - Chainmakers18-Oct-18 09:39 AM
Lol, its been an option since day one
jl777c18-Oct-18 09:39 AM
managing this coming proliferation of chains will be important
blackjok3r18-Oct-18 09:39 AM
I can be your avdiser to break as many chains as you like(edited)
jorian18-Oct-18 09:40 AM
we have forkwitch too
you should team up
Alright18-Oct-18 09:40 AM
he messaged me O.o
siu - Chainmakers18-Oct-18 09:40 AM
My train of thought was that while people dont have anything at stake, motivation just doesnt manifest
blackjok3r18-Oct-18 09:40 AM
he seems very smart
jl777c18-Oct-18 09:40 AM
yes, just a bit of language issues on nuances
siu - Chainmakers18-Oct-18 09:41 AM
If we did a minable chain then some people will start to have something at stake and will have motivation to get the ball rolling
blackjok3r18-Oct-18 09:41 AM
thats a good thaught @siu - Chainmakers we need people involved .. .staked was meant to accomplish just that ... but we hav been delayed for far too long
the advantage of staked, is you can just kill a chain if an issue like this happens...


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POW Scripting Guide
Because fv and POW are written in Tcl, they are inherently scriptable. So long as one knows the necessary data structures and function calls, everything POW does can be controlled by a user-created Tcl script running inside of POW. This, however, is a formidable task. Plus, POW's internal behavior and data are subject to change with each new release.
To make scripting possible, then, a simplified (and hence limited) script interface has been added to POW. It consists of a small set of commands which perform the basic operations of creating and modifying graphs. Future versions should contain more capabilities.
Operational Summary
There are several ways to access POW's scripting commands. The simplest is to write a Tcl script which uses the commands directly and then execute it within POW's powCmds namespace. As POW has no file capabilities nor command console of its own, this currently can be done only if implemented within an application containing POW, such as fv. (See fv's Scripting Guide for details on executing POW commands within fv.) This scripting method is useful for implementing macros which can perform certain common operations at the user's request, such as setting specific graph options.
Alternatively, POW can be scripted by other programs, allowing those programs to make use of POW's capabilities remotely. These programs, however, do not need to be written in Tcl so long as they can communicate with POW. Currently POW supports XPA on unix platforms and AppleScript on MacOS for communication:
The XPA messaging system (http://hea-www.harvard.edu/RD/xpa/) developed by the SAO/HEAD R&D group implements a method of communicating between two programs running on unix platforms. Communication occurs either through standalone programs (ie, xpaget and xpaset), a C subroutine library, or a Tcl extension. POW uses the Tcl extension to make its scripting commands available, but the calling program can use any of the XPA methods to access the commands. The XPA software is not distributed with POW or fv and must be obtained and built by the user.
AppleScript (http://www.apple.com/applescript), the English-like language on all Macintosh computers (circa MacOS 7.5 and up), can also be used to control POW remotely. (Actually, any program on the Mac can control POW through the use of Apple Events.) Using the do script command, Tcl code can be passed to POW. Due to how Tcl's do script command and POW's scripting commands are implemented, POW commands must be prefixed with the powCmds:: namespace specifier.
POW's scripting capabilities closely mimic the interface described in POW's Developer's Guide. In general, one first creates a data object from which either a curve or image is produced. One then creates a graph onto which a series of curves and/or images is placed. The graph size, position, and viewing region can then be modified as needed. Once plotted in a graph, curves and images can be displayed using different point shapes, line styles, or colormaps. In most cases, commands operate on the currently selected object (as appropriate).
Many scripting commands also can be used as inquiries. Inquiries and commands are implemented using the same syntax, differing only in that commands supply the necessary parameters to perform an action, whereas inquiries leave them off indicating POW should return the current settings. When used with XPA, inquiries must use the xpaget tool and commands the xpaset tool.
Command Summary
pDisp --> boolean --> Display Points? pShape --> string --> Point shape (Cross, Diamond, Box, Octagon, Triangle, "Inv. Triangle") pSizeErr --> boolean --> Draw point the size of errorbars? pSize --> integer --> Size of point pFill --> boolean --> Fill in point, if an outline pColor --> color --> Color of points (any color name or #RRGGBB value) lDisp --> boolean --> Display line? lStyle --> dash --> Dash style of line (" " is solid, "20" is 20-pixel dashes, "15 10 4 10" is Dash-dot, etc) lWidth --> integer --> Width of line lStep --> boolean --> Draw line as histogram? lBoxFill --> boolean --> Fill histogram boxes? lColor --> color --> Color of line (any color name or #RRGGBB value)
bgcolor --> color --> Color behind graph (any color name or #RRGGBB value) xmargin --> integer --> Intergraph spacing; affects ymargin --> integer --> placement of new graphs xdimdisp --> integer --> Screen dimensions of graph; ydimdisp --> integer --> affects size of new graphs FixedAspect --> boolean --> Force identical horizontal and vertical scales for graph (defaults to yes if any images present) xlabel --> string --> Label for X axis ylabel --> string --> Label for Y axis xunits --> string --> Optional unit value for X axis yunits --> string --> Optional unit value for Y axis titleString --> string --> Title for graph titlePosition --> direction --> Position around graph to place title... value is a string containing the letters n, e, w, s (for north, east, etc) titleAnchor --> direction --> Position in title to place at the titlePosition... value is a string containing n, e, w, s. xNumTicks --> integer --> Scaling parameter for number of yNumTicks --> integer --> tick marks on each axis (default, 3; not 1-to-1) xTickScal --> string --> Scaling of tick marks along yTickScal --> string --> each axis: "linear" or "log". Graphs with WCS information ignore this and use ra/dec. xTickLength --> list --> Length of tick marks for each yTickLength --> list --> axis on each side of graph. Order is [lft rgt top bot] (default: "10 10 10 10") xLabelTicks --> list --> Boolean indicating whether ticks yLabelTicks --> list --> should be labels for each axis on each side of graph. Order is [lft rgt top bot] (default: "Yes No No Yes") tickLabels --> string --> Format for labeling ticks on graphs with WCS information: "degrees" or "decimal" tickFormatCmdX --> string --> Tcl command used in formatting tickFormatCmdY --> string --> tick values into labels (default: "format %.6lg") GridLines --> boolean --> Draw grid lines? GridColor --> color --> Grid color (any color name or #RRGGBB value) GridDash --> dash --> Grid dash pattern (" " is solid, "20" is 20-pixel dashes, "15 10 4 10" is Dash-dot, etc)
1. xpaset -p pow helpPage file - if file is not a full path file name, then it is assumed to be one of the installed POW help file. - else, user needs to supply the full path name to the file. 2. cat file | xpaset pow helpPage
-file : result file name. The extension of file name should indicates valid saved format (i.e. filename.jpg). Current valid formats are bmp, jpg, ps, ppm, png, pnm, and tiff. -landscape : print/save result in landscape mode (default is portrait). -stretch : stretch the image to fit the page (default is no). -multipage : one image per page (default is print/save on the same page/file) Note: The image needs to be displayed in POW in order to print or save.
-open : open the region edit panel -close : close the region edit panel -wait : wait for region edit panel to close. Return save means data has been saved. Return unsave means otherwise
example of usage: cat file | xpaset pow regions
-open : open the x axis range edit panel -close : close the x axis range edit panel -wait : wait for x axis range edit panel to close. Return save means data has been saved. Return unsave means otherwise
example of usage: cat file | xpaset pow xranges
Examples
The following commands will create a graph in pow and plot 2 curves in it.
create data d1 1 2 3 4 5 6 5 4 3 2 1 # Create data object d1 create data d2 1 4 9 16 20 16 9 4 2 1 1 # Create data object d2 create curve c1 d1 d2 # Create curve of d1 vs d2 create graph g1 c1 NULL # Draw graph containing curve size 200 150 # Resize graph to 200x150 calculate d3 'd1*2' # Calculate new data object create curve c2 d3 d2 # Create curve of d3 vs d2 add curve c2 # Add curve to graph bounds reset # Reset bounding box select curve c1 # Select first curve curve pFill Yes pColor Blue lDisp No # Set display options select curve c2 # Select second curve curve pDisp No lColor Red lStyle 20 # Set display options
Using XPA from a Unix shell, one would execute the above commands by doing the following:
xpaset -p pow create data d1 1 2 3 4 5 6 5 4 3 2 1 xpaset -p pow create data d2 1 4 9 16 20 16 9 4 2 1 1 xpaset -p pow create curve c1 d1 d2 xpaset -p pow create graph g1 c1 NULL xpaset -p pow size 200 150 xpaset -p pow calculate d3 d1*2 xpaset -p pow create curve c2 d3 d2 xpaset -p pow add curve c2 xpaset -p pow bounds reset xpaset -p pow select curve c1 xpaset -p pow curve pFill Yes pColor Blue lDisp No xpaset -p pow select curve c2 xpaset -p pow curve pDisp No lColor Red lStyle 20The -p option tells xpaset to not read any data from stdin. One can instead use stdin to send a series of Tcl commands en masse by putting all the POW commands into a text file and pass them to POW, using the command...
cat commands.txt | xpaset pow tclThis second method allows one to insert real TCL commands (providing access to the entire POW API) into the command sequence, whereas the individual xpaget/xpaset calls are restricted to the specific scripting commands.
Alternatively, if using AppleScript, the commands are...
tell application "fv" activate -- Because POW is available only as part of POW on Macs, the following -- line is needed to open POW's window, if it doesn't already exist do script "if { ![winfo exist .pow.pow] } { powInit .dummy }" do script "powCmds::create data d1 1 2 3 4 5 6 5 4 3 2 1" do script "powCmds::create data d2 1 4 9 16 20 16 9 4 2 1 1" do script "powCmds::create curve c1 d1 d2" do script "powCmds::create graph g1 c1 NULL" do script "powCmds::size 200 150" do script "powCmds::calculate d3 d1*2" do script "powCmds::create curve c2 d3 d2" do script "powCmds::add curve c2" do script "powCmds::bounds reset" do script "powCmds::select curve c1" do script "powCmds::curve pFill Yes pColor Blue lDisp No" do script "powCmds::select curve c2" do script "powCmds::curve pDisp No lColor Red lStyle 20" end tellNote that AppleScript will actually start fv if it isn't already running.
Now that the graph is created, one can make inquiries with the following commands using XPA...
xpaget pow bounds # Get the bounding box of current graph xpaget pow select graph # Get name of the currently selected graph xpaget pow position # Get position of the graph xpaget pow curve # Get display options of current curve xpaget pow version # Get pow version number... or, using AppleScript...
set x to (do script "powCmds::bounds") set x to (do script "powCmds::select graph") set x to (do script "powCmds::position") set x to (do script "powCmds::curve") set x to (do script "powCmds::version")... or, using an as-yet-missing interactive console...
bounds select graph position curve version
Additional examples of scripting can be found in the sample_scripts directory within the fv distribution.


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Yang’s answer was in response to a question on how to fight the rise of white supremacy.
Designating white supremacist violence as domestic terrorism would be the first step in curbing the issue, Yang said.
He said leaders have to “start finding a way” to turn boys into “healthy strong young men” with “healthy paths forward.”
His answer expands on Yang’s proposal to fight the rise of white nationalism and extremism, in which he says he would instruct the Department of Justice to treat white nationalism and domestic terrorism as a “central focus.”
His proposal also calls for increasing the budget for fighting domestic terrorism.


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The MultiBody library has the feature that all components can be connected together in a nearly arbitrary fashion. Therefore, kinematic loop structures pose in principal no problems. In this section several examples are given, the special treatment of planar loops is discussed and it is explained how a kinematic loop structure can be modeled such that the occurring non-linear algebraic equation systems are solved analytically. There are the following sub-chapters:
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February 22-25, 1990 at the Arabian Theatre
Director - David Godbold
Stage Manager - Ellie King
THE CAST
Willum - Dwight Pitts
Tansy - Christy Bullman
Axel - Jim Stanton
Warnock - David Overby
Celia - Kathy Porter
Thor - Russ Overby
Rick - Frank Williamson


Struct GridLength
Implements special length structure for Grid
Implements
Inherited Members
Namespace: EmptyKeys.UserInterface
Assembly: EmptyKeys.UserInterface.dll
Syntax
public struct GridLength : IEquatable<GridLength>
Constructors
GridLength(Single)
Initializes a new instance of the GridLength structure
Declaration
public GridLength(float pixels)
Parameters
| Type | Name | Description |
|---|---|---|
| System.Single | pixels | The pixels. |
GridLength(Single, GridUnitType)
Initializes a new instance of the GridLength structure
Declaration
public GridLength(float value, GridUnitType valueType)
Parameters
| Type | Name | Description |
|---|---|---|
| System.Single | value | The value. |
| GridUnitType | valueType | Type of the value. |
Exceptions
| Type | Condition |
|---|---|
| System.ArgumentException | Value can't be NaN! or Value can't be infinity! |
Properties
Auto
Gets the Auto value for Grid Length
Declaration
public static GridLength Auto { get; }
Property Value
| Type | Description |
|---|---|
| GridLength | Auto value |
GridUnitType
Gets the type of the grid unit.
Declaration
public GridUnitType GridUnitType { get; }
Property Value
| Type | Description |
|---|---|
| GridUnitType | The type of the grid unit. |
IsAbsolute
Gets a value indicating whether this instance is absolute value in pixels
Declaration
public bool IsAbsolute { get; }
Property Value
| Type | Description |
|---|---|
| System.Boolean |
|
IsAuto
Gets a value indicating whether this instance is automatic value
Declaration
public bool IsAuto { get; }
Property Value
| Type | Description |
|---|---|
| System.Boolean |
|
IsStar
Gets a value indicating whether this instance is star (fill the rest value)
Declaration
public bool IsStar { get; }
Property Value
| Type | Description |
|---|---|
| System.Boolean |
|
Value
Gets the value.
Declaration
public float Value { get; }
Property Value
| Type | Description |
|---|---|
| System.Single | The value. |
Methods
Equals(GridLength)
Indicates whether the current object is equal to another object of the same type.
Declaration
public bool Equals(GridLength other)
Parameters
| Type | Name | Description |
|---|---|---|
| GridLength | other | An object to compare with this object. |
Returns
| Type | Description |
|---|---|
| System.Boolean | true if the current object is equal to the |
Equals(Object)
Determines whether the specified System.Object, is equal to this instance.
Declaration
public override bool Equals(object obj)
Parameters
| Type | Name | Description |
|---|---|---|
| System.Object | obj | The System.Object to compare with this instance. |
Returns
| Type | Description |
|---|---|
| System.Boolean |
|
Overrides
GetHashCode()
Returns a hash code for this instance.
Declaration
public override int GetHashCode()
Returns
| Type | Description |
|---|---|
| System.Int32 | A hash code for this instance, suitable for use in hashing algorithms and data structures like a hash table. |
Overrides
ToString()
Returns a System.String that represents this instance.
Declaration
public override string ToString()
Returns
| Type | Description |
|---|---|
| System.String | A System.String that represents this instance. |
Overrides
Operators
Equality(GridLength, GridLength)
Implements the operator ==.
Declaration
public static bool operator ==(GridLength gridLength1, GridLength gridLength2)
Parameters
| Type | Name | Description |
|---|---|---|
| GridLength | gridLength1 | The grid length. |
| GridLength | gridLength2 | The grid length. |
Returns
| Type | Description |
|---|---|
| System.Boolean | The result of the operator. |
Inequality(GridLength, GridLength)
Implements the operator !=.
Declaration
public static bool operator !=(GridLength gridLength1, GridLength gridLength2)
Parameters
| Type | Name | Description |
|---|---|---|
| GridLength | gridLength1 | The grid length. |
| GridLength | gridLength2 | The grid length. |
Returns
| Type | Description |
|---|---|
| System.Boolean | The result of the operator. |


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 You want to have a head start for the wave to easily pick you up.
Standing Up
As the wave is approaching you from behind, continue to paddle vigorously towards the beach.
If you've got enough speed and your body is positioned right so that your nose isn't digging into the water, the wave will naturally pick you up and start pushing you forward.
There is only a small window that you'll be able to stand up, so timing here is crucial! With your hands placed on the board just below your chest, push off the board as quickly as you can into a standing position, bringing your feet forward.
It will take a while to get it right, but you want the stance you 'pop-up' into to be wide, with your knees bent, and in the middle of the board
Riding
Look at that, you're on the board! Now you just have to stay on.
Remember to keep your knees bent so that your center of gravity is low. Depending on how the wave is breaking, you'll need to determine which way you want to go
If the wave isn't that great, you might just want to hold off on steering and ride the wave in as it breaks behind you.
If its a nice clean wave and you want to try to carve it up to extend your ride, try shifting your weight towards the back of the board. You might need to take a step back to do this. The key here is to not roll the board left or right on its side - THAT WON'T RESULT IN A TURN, just you bailing out. Instead, you need to pivot the tail by leaning back on the tail so that the nose pops out of the water. From there, using your front leg, you can easily turn the nose of the board into the wave and ride it sideways.
Ride it out until the wave dies or you bail off, and then paddle out for another!


| 069:047 Khan | : |
And none of you could withhold Us from (punishing) him. |
| 069:047 Maulana | : |
And not one of you could have withheld Us from him. |
| 069:047 Pickthal | : |
And not one of you could have held Us off from him. |
| 069:047 Rashad | : |
None of you could have helped him. |
| 069:047 Sarwar | : |
None of you would be able to prevent Us from doing this to him. |
| 069:047 Shakir | : |
And not one of you could have withheld Us from him. |
| 069:047 Sherali | : |
And not one of you could have held Our punishment off from him. |
| 069:047 Yusufali | : |
Nor could any of you withhold him (from Our wrath). |
Concepts/Themes Covered: أركان الإسلام > (محمد (صلى الله عليه وسلم > صدقه واستحالة تقوله على الله Pillars of Islam> The Blessed Muhammad(PBUH)> His Truth and the Impossibility of his Idle Talk against Allah القرآن الكريم > حقيقته وتصديقه للكتب الأوائل The Holy Quran> The Quran's Reality and its confirmation of the Previous Books
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I'm a Software Developer specializing in the Rails Framework and a graduate of the The Iron Yard. I'm currently working on my Masters Degree in Data Analytics from Southern New Hampshire University, expected graduation Fall 2016. In a prior life, I spent 10 yrs in the U.S. Navy, both as a Surface Warrior Officer and a Nuclear Submariner. I'm looking forward to new technologies and new adventures!
HTML5, CSS3, Responsive Design, JavaScript, jQuery, and Bootstrap, exploring ReactJS
Experienced in Ruby on Rails, PostgreSQL, deployment on Heroku, exploring Python with Django.
Extremely comfortable with command-line GIT branching and merging, including managing merge conflicts. Trained to use context switching and feature based workflow.
For more examples of my work, see my all my repos at GitHub/esttres
Send me an email or slack and I will get back to you as soon as possible!
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German Roaches
The German cockroach is one of the most common roaches found in apartment houses, restaurants, and hotels. German cockroaches (eggs included), are brought inside or hitchhike on man's belongings, luggage, boxes or packages. A large German roach population will produce a foul odor. These roaches prefer moisture, food, and warmth. Sanitation measures are critical in controlling German roaches.
Inspection
When inspecting for German cockroaches, thoroughness is very important. It is important to place the baits and IGR's or insecticides as close to their runways and harborages as possible.
Their excrement looks like black pepper.
Sanitation Procedures
- 1. Remove indoor trash or keep them emptied.
- 2. Keep trash dumpsters clean.
- 3. Make sure food is not left in sink stainers and frequently run the garbage disposal.
- 4. Food containers should be sealed.
- 5. Keep dishes clean, no residue of food remaining.
- 6. All kitchen appliances (microwaves, toasters, ovens, refrigerators and stoves) should be maintained in a clean condition so that it is food free and grease free.
- 7. All pet food needs to be picked up.
- 8. No food left out in the open.
- 9. Sweeping or vacuuming of any food particles or crumbs.
- 10. Get rid of empty soft drink bottles, paper bags and cardboard boxes.


The internet is truly the repository of humanity's collecive knowledge. Digital Aristotle focuses on collecting this information into easy, intuitive courses, in order to allow people around the world to learn completely for free.


A universal term literally meaning "anything and everything."
"Hey Rick, is there a good place for me to squanch around here?"
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Dollar Yen attempted to break the contracting sideways movement that started in Apr'15 by testing 112 in Feb'20. In the current report we observe the recent sharp movements in different factors like Dollar Index, Gold, Nikkei etc brought in by the news of outbreak and spread of Coronavirus.
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Rule syntax
Rules are written as a javascript object.
You should always start with var rules = [];
.
If you do not start your rule definition with that, Form-O-Fill will complain.
This is the structure of a rule:
Define an array of rules. Rules must always start with this.
var rules = [
A name for this rule. Mandatory.
name: "This is my first rule. So excited!",
A regular expression that is matched against the current full URL.
Can be omitted if you use content
.
Can also be a string like
url: "http://example.com/test.html"
. In this case the rule matches when the
complete URL matches.
url: /^http.*test.html$/,
A regular expression that is matched against the HTML content of the page.
Can be omitted if you use url
.
content: /Something/,
If you want to match url
AND content
at the same time use this!
Default is to match either url
OR content
.
matchBoth: true,
If you set this to true
and only this rule matches, it will be auto-executed.
You can also pass in a number of milliseconds that this rule will wait until it is run.
Optional, default is false
.
autorun: true,
Takes a
screenshot the moment the last field definition is done
executing.
screenshot: true,
If you set this to true
the target fields will only be filled if
currently empty. Default is false
.
Can be overwritten in the field definition.
onlyEmpty: true,
Sets text color for the rule in the popup.
Can be any CSS color.
color: "#bada55"
This is an array of fields you want to fill.
fields: [
A field must have a selector
and a value
.
{
A
CSS selector. Will be applied via
document.querySelectorAll
selector: "#myfield",
The value to fill the field with.
Can be a
function.
value: "Nyan Nyan Nyan",
Limits the selector
to an area specified by the within
CSS
selector.
Use this if you want to fill a form inside an iframe
!
within: "#my-iframe", <--- Fills "#myfield" inside "#my-iframe"
Only fill this field if currently empty.
Can also be set for the whole rule (see above). Can be omitted and defaults to
false
.
onlyEmpty: true


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{% load static %}
{% block title %}Infrastructure for Privacy-Assured CompuTations{% endblock %}
{% block content %}
{% if user.is_authenticated %}
CILogon Certificate
{% if user.cilogon_certificate_date %}
Certificate last generated on: {{ user.cilogon_certificate_date }}
{% else %}
Certificate last generated on: Not yet generated
{% endif %}
{% if certificate_files == '' %}
1. Certificate generation requires you to
make a new authorization request <- Click the link
2. Copy the Response Code returned to you from part 1. into the Authorization response box below
3. Set a password for the p12 certificate (certificate type used by browsers)
4. Press the "Generate My Certificate" button
{% else %}
Download your certificates
{% for file_ref in certificate_files %}
{% endfor %}
Download all desired certificates before leaving this page
{% endif %}
{% else %}
You are not currently logged in or not authorized to view this page


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Managers – Attract new teams, advertise your location, and post out your current league schedules.
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To begin test, open DevTools, select the Elements panel. Expand the Event Listeners
pane in the sidebar.
- Choose the
 element.
You should see the "click" section in the Event Listeners pane. Expand the section to see
the "listenerFunctionParent" function (at "div#targetParent") under it.
- Expand the targetParent node in the tree and choose the

element. You should see the "click" section in the Event Listeners pane. Expand the section
to see two functions, "listenerFunctionParent" (at "div#targetParent") and
"listenerFunction" (at "div#target") under it.


Add some data to main chart to see some individual stadistics for each data serie as average, tendency, value target and percentage of completion of target, you can add some data here!!!
This is just an example:


One of the top concerns while setting up a new enterprise architecture practice is to figure out who in the organization should do what. There are many questions to answer:
The list is certainly not exhaustive. There are many options to consider, and there is no one right way to implement and operate an enterprise architecture practice. It depends on many organizational factors such as business imperatives, operational model, and governance structure of the enterprise.
TOGAF, the Open Group EA framework that we will cover in detail in Chapter 4, does provide a few hints in this direction. The preliminary phase of the TOGAF Architecture Development Method (ADM) describes a typical approach for initiating EA for an organization. In addition, consulting firms like Gartner also help the organizations set up an enterprise architecture practice.


Train Schedule Administrator
Train Schedule
Train Name
Destination
Frequency (min)
Next Arrival
Minutes Away
Train Submission Tool
Train Name
Destination
First Train Time (24 hr format - HHmm)
Frequency (min)
Log Train


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Using data from Jonas Hartmann:
idr0079 experimentA
Zebrafish embryo: posterior Lateral Line Primordium (pLLP)
"An image-based data-driven analysis of cellular architecture in a developing tissue"
eLife 2020


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4anime
This is a link to
youtube
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gogoanime


This block symbolises the tables and columns of your database.
It is used as a value in the "WHERE"-section and will be used with the
compare
and the mathematical operator.
Also it will be used with functions for number types,
date types and
text types,
corresponding to the type of this block.
There are four colours, symbolizing the type of the column, in this block.
If you want to learn more about types, please see 'The types'.
This block has two dropdowns. With the left dropdown you can choose the table and with the right you can choose the column.
This colour,violet, symbolises the numeric values of the database
This colour, brown, symbolises the textual values of the database
This colour,tapestry, symbolises the date values of the database
This colour ,cyan, symbolises the boolean values of the database


It is of no concern where, spatio-temporally, a moral patient is situated. If a sentient being is or will be suffering, I am morally obliged to help to stop or prevent that suffering. The more this patient is, or will be, suffering, the worse it is not to act.
If you are familiar with the statements above, read on. You need not agree, or disagree. If you are, however, greatly uncertain about what all of this just meant, this post will be difficult to follow. I may elaborate on details about these statements later, but for now, I just want to jot one idea down:
Consider the expanding moral circle. It is common sense in western societies to regard all humans as having equal moral value. But this was a long and hard road. It was paved with slavery, antisemitism, racism, and misogyny. We are far from reaching high moral ground, but things have generally improved. This somewhat encouraging development can be put on a trajectory of a growing number of potential moral patients. From closest to you to complete strangers, it looks approximately like this:
myself → family and friends → local community → extended community → nation → supranational level → world.
For most people, the moral circle encloses, beyond themselves, their relatives and dear friends. Others, many fewer, are equally concerned about everyone and everywhere, even if they do not yet exist. You can add another axis to this range if you include non-human sentient beings, say elephants or chicken, and a time axis. Attitudes probably exist everywhere on this range, from a very narrow towards a extraordinarily wide moral circle.
On the one hand, there is no obvious way to go further left on the line above. You might speculate about someone who is mostly morally concerned only about some part of theirs. I, personally, will set aside the though of an even narrower moral circle than pure self-interest. On the other hand, the obvious question for the right edge of the line is this. Is there, outside of Earth’s closest vicinity (hey there, ISS), a moral patient whom I should care about?
If the answer is yes, and the statements at the beginning of this post are convincing enough, I ought to include these sentient beings into my moral circle. However, we are highly uncertain about the existence of extraterrestrial sentient beings (ESBs). Anything goes, from millions of civilizations in the Milky Way to Our Lonely Human Race (OLHR) being the only one out there.
The question is this: Am I morally obliged to help find out if there is anyone out there other than OLHR, who deserves my attention as a moral patient? I believe that the answer is yes. Let me explain.
The answer is yes because, while nobody knows everything, we want, all considered, to make informed moral decisions. We can call
striving to learn all the morally relevant facts
a secondary moral value. This can justify a very general exploration directive but I will talk about this moral value in a qualified sense:
Our Qualified Obligation to Learn If we have reason to believe that there is a morally relevant fact within our reach, we ought to strive to learn this morally relevant fact or to disprove its existence.
The crucial word is relevant, and there’s the rub. As mentioned before, the uncertainty about the existence of ESBs is very high. If we suspect moral patients in a gold mine in China, we have a strong prior that we will find great numbers of people working hard under awful conditions, dying prematurely, and painfully. Most, I believe, would agree, that in this case, we ought to go to these mines. At the very least, we should check if there is any truth behind this suspicion. And even in cases where there is often less compelling evidence that suffering might be underway, we agree that we should try to add transparency to the process. Think food security, or physician-patient relations. In other situations, we have little moral obligation to search for suffering.
But what if we are very uncertain? To some degree, we can turn to the expected amount of suffering we may find if we search. If the chances are very high that something that is just a tiny bit morally concerning is true, the overall suffering may still be considerable and worth relieving. If the risk of a grand catastrophe happening is very low but the impact would be disastrous, we still ought to prevent it or be prepared to keep the effects at bay. In our case, however, we are very uncertain about a probability distribution. So talking expected values is of little use. But must try something different.
The number of ESBs in our Galaxy (to keep arguments about causality limits out of this debate) ranges from zero to maybe 10^16 (a million populations with 10 billion individuals each). If we are clueless our probability distribution will be flat. Any number will be very unlikely. After finding any evidence, in favor or against some range of population size, we can update our distribution, and re-assess the case for further exploration. This is what we should do, according to Our Qualified Obligation to Learn.
Now there is a number of objections. To name a few:
Even if we learn something morally revelant, we will be unable to do anything about it, at least for now. Another objection is that we should rather use our scarce resources on problems much more salient to us, and these give us more than enough causes to focus on for the upcoming centuries and beyond. Yet another objection appeals to the Fermi paradox. And you could think of marginal returns: Why bother about something that would happen sooner or later anyway (but certainly on time). Then the costs of making it happen earlier may simply be too high for the benefits.
I will attempt to complement this list of objections, and I will try to answer them with appropriate rigor in later posts. The bottom line in this post shall, for the moment, be just this:
It is well possible that we have a moral reason to dedicate considerable resources to research that will help us constrain the population size of extraterrestrial sentient beings.
Thoughts on this? Tag @astroilin and #moralorbit on twitter, or let me know: ekaterina dot ilin at posteo dot de


<EMAIL_ADDRESS>Sandro Paganotti
Sandro Paganotti (1983) is co-founder and software architect at Comparto Web. He loves developing web interfaces that showcase the full power of HTML5 and CSS3. He's author of "Designing next generation web Projects with CSS3" for Packt Publishing, technical writer for html.it, teacher at Accademia di belle arti Santa Giulia, Google Developer Expert in HTML5 ans speaker at various technical events.


Overview
AccDC is a free development resource for international businesses, organizations, and academic institutions.
AccDC powers Accessible Innovation within web technologies.
"Accessible Innovation" refers to the creation of technologies that include Accessibility as a core platform feature of development.
The AccDC API is a JavaScript based Dynamic Content Management System that automates the rendering of dynamic content to ensure accessibility for screen reader and keyboard only users.
The AccDC Technical Style Guide is designed to provide reliable and consistent interaction designs that are accessible to the highest percentage of people possible, and to establish a baseline for Functional Accessibility that can be utilized, built upon, studied, and tested against.
AccDC Bootstrap is an HTML parser that renders advanced, accessible interactive controls using semantic HTML markup.
AccDC API Mirrors:


PubSurge
Albany, NY
Nearby
Tap the map to select a stop for your pub crawl, and then click the Add button below.
(details: hashtag, when)
(links for maps app, links for sharing)
(link to edit if it's your crawl)
(link to add to calendar)
(button to RSVP)


The assertion predicates are used to add clauses to the database in various
ways. The relative position of the asserted clause with respect to
other clauses for the same predicate is determined by the choice among
assert/1
, asserta/1
, and assertz/1
. A database reference
that uniquely identifies the clause being asserted is established by
providing an optional second argument to any of the assertion
predicates.
assert(
:C)
assert(
:C,
-R)
assert/1
; reference R is returned
asserta(
:C)
asserta(
:C,
-R)
asserta/1
; reference R is returned
assertz(
:C)
assertz(
:C,
-R)
assertz/1
; reference R is returned
Please note:
If the term being asserted contains attributed variables
(see lib-atts) or suspended goals (see ref-sem-sec),
those attributes are not stored in the database. To retain the
attributes, you can use copy_term/3
(see ref-lte-cpt).


About Me
My name is Sophie Moore and I am a BBA student at Parsons The New School for Design.
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Animation object: gradient along a line
Drag the pins to change the shape of the line. The canvas is resizable.
Test purpose
- Create a set of draggable pin entitys, and a Polyline entity that uses the pins for positioning data, to create a line that can be shaped by the user
- Create a color object which can be used to generate a range of colors between two defined colors
- Create a template Wheel entity that we can use to colorise the line
- Create an Animation object which will undertake a Display cycle to clear the canvas; then stamp the template entity along the length of the line, varying it's fillStyle color to reflect its progress along the line; then compose and display the final canvas output
- Check that the color correctly alters along the length of the line, and updates as the user changes the shape of the line
Touch test: not required
Annotated code


Introduction to Big Data and Predictive Analytics
What is Big Data?
a collection of data sets so large and complex that it becomes difficult to process using on-hand database management tools or traditional data processing applications.
Wikipedia
First Big Data Problem
Information Overload
- The 1880 US Census took 8 years to tabulate
- Estimated that the 1890 Census would take 14 years!
|
Hollerith Tabulating Machine
- Using punch cards to record information
- Used electromechanical relays to increment mechanical counters
- Could count, sort, and set off a bell when card had been read
- it "tamed" the big data
- Census was completed in one year
- ...finishing months ahead of schedule and far under budget.
|
About Big Data
- It's about generating value from very large data sets
- The amount of data is growing exponentially for many reasons:
- retailers building databases of customer activity
- logistics, financial, government, & health are capturing more data
- social media
Provide opportunities to find insights into new and emerging types of data.IBM
Holds the promise of giving enterprises deeper insights into your customers, partners, and business.Oracle
Characteristics
Four V's of Big Data
- Volume => The amount of data determines value and potential of data.
- Velocity => Speed at which data is generated and processed.
- Variety => Different types of data is widely available.
- Value => How much is it worth?
- Variability / Veracity: How good is the data? Various levels of uncertainty and reliability
- Complexity: Data comes from multiple sources, needs to be linked, connected and correlated to make sense of the data.
Challenges with Big Data
Technical Challenges:
- Capturing, Curating, & Analysis of data
- Storage, & Sharing/Transferring
- Searching, Visualizing
Companies are ignoring large chunks of incoming data:
- Technology is primitive, resources are scarce
- Limited capacity for scanning and interpreting all the data coming in.
- As result, data is simply not getting processed. Leading to losses in opportunity
Leveraging Big Data
- Get a 360 degree view of the customer
- Build new applications or improve effectiveness of existing applications
- Realize new sources of competitive advantage
- Increase customer loyalty
Sectors benefiting from Big Data technologies:
- Government: predict and plan for civil unrest
- Health Care: data collection on patients, predict illness and help caregivers make better decisions
- Farming: accurately forecast bad weather and crop failures
- Science & Research: drive innovation
- Enterprises and Businesses: make better bussiness and marketing decisions
Big Data Technologies
Techniques:
- A/B Testing
- Crowdsourcing
- Data fusion and integration
- Genetic Algorithms
- Machine Learning
- Natural Language Processing
- Signal Processing
- Simulation
- Time series analysis
- Visualisation
Solutions:
- MapReduce
- Column-oriented databases
- Schema-less database (NoSQL databses)
- Hadoop
- Hive
- PIG
Hadoop
Leading Platform for Big Data Analytics
http://hadoop.apache.org/
Open Source software for Reliable, Scalable, Distributed Computing.
- Distributes storage and processing of large data sets across clusters of server computers.
- Detects and compensates for hardware, or other system problems, at the application level.
Consists of:
- Distributed File System - High bandwidth storage
- MapReduce - Distributes or maps data across multiple servers
- Each server summarizes the data it receives
- Aggregated in reduced state, allowing meaning to be derived from raw data
What is Predictive Analytics?
The practice of extracting information from existing data sets in order to determine patterns and predict future outcomes and trends.
Webopedia
About Predictive Analytics
- Encompasses statistical techniques for:
- Data Modeling
- Machine Learning
- Data Mining
- Analyzing current and historial facts to make predictons about the future
Improving Business Intelligence
Driving Deeper into the Individuals
Technology that learns from experience to predict the future behaviour of individuals in order to drive better decisions.
Imagine understanding the:
- Potential needs
- Habits
- Purchases
- Responses
...of each individual customer.
It can allow you to deliver a personalized experience based on that knowledge.
Working with Predictive Analytics
Implementing Predictive Analytics
Predictive Analytics - Models & Use Cases
Models can predict customer attributes and behaviour.
Using probability, models can anipate outcomes.
Very Powerful and very Profitable.
Examples of Uses:
- Direct Marketing
- Customer Retention
- Fraud Detection
- Risk Management
- Clinical Decision Support Systems
Building Adaptive Apps
Optimizing service to the user based on what you know about the customer/user.
- Adaptive apps anticipates custmomers
- Become their Digital Butler
Design Principles
- Learning who the customer really is
- Detect customer's intent in the moment
- Morph functionality and match content
- Optimize for device and delivery
Age of the customer
To treat like Royality = To treat like individuals
Treat like Royality to get their Loyality
Why Use Predictive Analytics?
It's better than guessing
Don't predict the future.
Influence it!
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Before Change
net_encoder = ResnetDilated(orig_resnet,
dilate_scale=8)
elif arch == "resnet101_dilated16":
orig_resnet = resnet.__dict__["resnet101"](pretrained=pretrained)
net_encoder = ResnetDilated(orig_resnet,
dilate_scale=16)
elif arch == "resnext101":
After Change
def build_encoder(self, arch="resnet50dilated", fc_dim=512, weights=""):
pretrained = True if len(weights) == 0 else False
arch = arch.lower()
if arch == "resnet18":
orig_resnet = resnet.__dict__["resnet18"](pretrained=pretrained)
net_encoder = Resnet(orig_resnet)
elif arch == "resnet18dilated":


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Wayne believes in using technology to make life better. Interested in everything from cryptography to web development, Wayne looks forward to the exciting world ahead. He is also Ambrose's best friend.
Ambrose started programming when he first went into robotics but went on to learn Python. He started his adventures in building websites and used to run them from a laptop at home, but since then has upgraded. He loves anything computerish. He is also Wayne's best friend.