KINGPIN A film review by Edwin Jahiel Copyright 1996 Edwin Jahiel
**(1996) Directed by Peter Farrelly and Bobby Farrelly. Written by Barry Fanaro and Mort Nathan. Photography, Mark Irwin. Editing, Christopher Greenbury. Production design, Sidney Jackson Bartholomew, Jr. Music, Freedy Johnston. Cast: Woody Harrelson (Roy Munson), Randy Quaid (Ishmael), Vanessa Angel (Claudia), Bill Murray (Ernie McCracken) and Chris Elliott (the Gambler). An MGM release. 114 min. Rated R (crude language, situations and sex, violence)
In 1979, young bowling prodigy Roy Munson of Ohio (Harrelson) defeats the reigning Odor Eaters Championship title-holder Ernie McCracken (Murray). Ernie, older, rotten and a con man, sneakily disables Roy's car with sugar in the gas, so as to "rescue" Roy and use him for bowling hustles. In the last scam, the "victims" (themselves scammers) catch on and grind up Roy's fingers as Ernie runs off.
 One day, however, he gets bowled over by the bowling of Ishmael (Quaid) and offers to make him into a pro, with hopes of sharing with him one million dollars at a winner-takes-all tournament in Reno. Ishmael, who is Amish and practices his avocation secretly, will have none of it.
Persistent Roy, in Amish garb and fake beard, joins Ishmael at his Amish settlement, makes friends, finally succeeds as the community is hit by a debt of half-a-million. The two men take to the road, hustling their sport.. In one of their adventures, a wealthy, sinister bowling addict goes after them. They escape, joined by the man's mistress-accomplice Claudia (Angel). In Reno whom does Roy encounter after 17 years but still- champion and still hustler Ernie?
I'll take your questions now.
Q: Wasn't this movie made by the "Dumb and Dumber" fellows? A: Yes. "D & D" was the first feature by Peter Farrelly who also scripted with brother Bobby and Bennet Yellin. "Kingpin" is co-directed by the brothers. Q: They didn't write it this time? A: No. The writers come from TV (it shows in a thousand ways, from stuck-in jokes to disconnections). One (Nathan) is a Chicagoan with a B.A. in TV production from the University of Illinois. Q: Is "Kingpin" another dumb-dumber comedy? A: Not quite. Ishmael does qualify and is incredibly otherworldly. At the start Roy is just young, naive, not wise to manipulation by Ernie.  Q: Doesn't the plot remind you of "The Hustler" and its sequel "The Color of Money?" A: Of course, plus several other movies about hustles. But you said "plot" and there really isn't one. The whole film is put together as a string of episodes whose connections are either dubious or illogical. Q: Yet it's a comedy? A: It is, but a dark one, with black humor worked into many broad, slapstick, cartoonish gags, almost all gross. Q: How broad, how gross? A: Just a few examples. Item: Roy, owing money to his landlady, invents a scam which makes her grateful.  Item: Passing for Amish, Roy is told to milk a cow. He "milks" a bull.  Item: Apparently the Amish don't know about modern conveniences, so Ishmael sits on an urinal to defecate. Item: Claudia works her sexual charms on people, but not on a farmer, who brightens up when given a sheep for carnal purposes. Item: In Reno, Ishmael in drag, as an exotic dancer (Don't ask). Item: Roy has the vision of a gay gambler offering one million bucks for one night with Ishmael. (Remember "Indecent Proposal?" which co-starred Woody Harrelson?) Item: Ernie promotes on TV his Fund for Fatherless Children while fondling lasciviously their pretty mothers. Item: A line from The Good People at the Tobacco Industry who protest "If you're dead, you can't smoke." Item: Jokes about Roy's metal fingers and the rubber glove that covers his hand. At the end he will do publicity for Trojan condoms. Q: Well, some of this sounds funny. A: Some yes, but in a depressing way. The street rumor (what reviewers said) was overall "Bad film but kept me laighing." I laughed only a few times, and against my better judgment. But mostly I was aghast. Q: At what? A: At the cheap shots. At the jaundiced view of all people; at the misogynism (women are shown and photographed unflatteringly, in character and body parts); at the semi-ridicule of the Amish (in a reverse sort of "Witness"); at Claudia's morals; at the repulsive bowlers and audiences; and so on... Q: Are there no OK gags? A: Very few, but still misanthropic. Early on, Ernie in a restaurant imperiously ordering a waitress to return after she has removed her perfume. Or making a visual pass at one of the girls at a nearby table. One girl smiles back. "Not you" he says cruelly. Q: So nothing is subtle? A: Nothing, unless you go for in-jokes. Ishmael comes from "Moby Dick" with the Reno prize as the whale. Roy Munson sounds like Charles Manson (the mass murderer) and refers you to Harrelson in "Natural Born Killers." He tells the Amish that his name is Ezekiel Maltin (or so I remember), Maltin being a TV movie critic and film guidebook editor. Q: Are the actors good? A: For the improbable roles they play, yes, in a morose fashion. Q: To see or not to see? A: Depends on the tolerance of your budget and I.Q. I certainly did not think highly of the movie, but I neither did I feel trapped by it.
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tessla_server v0.0.1 TesslaServer.Computation.Lifted.GenLifted
Convenience wrapper for Lifted Computations working on two Signals and combine them somehow.
If you implement a new Computation that does something similar you should consider using this module instead to avoid duplication.
To use it, just add use GenLifted, combine_operation: &x, equal_operation: &y
after
use GenComputation
.
combine_operation
will be used to combine the values of the signals whenever one or both changes.
equal_operation
will be used to determine if the new value is equal to the last output.
When it returns false, a new change will be generated, else a progress event will be generated.
Note that this module takes care of progress events as inputs.


Who’s Got Game is an app that helps users find televised sports games and restaurant deals at venues around them. With real-time games stats and rewards, Who’s Got Game is the center for finding your game. I was brought on the WWG team to redesign the app navigation system and interface design for many of the screens.
The app had so many different aspects, and there wasn’t a clear ways to navigate it all. We needed to get rid of features that were not relevant to the app’s purpose and use the experience design to focus more on the main features. It needed to be easier for users to find exactly what information they were looking for with fewer taps.
I started by redesigning the entire app’s navigation system. I redesigned the main screen so that when users first enter the app, instead of only seeing the games nearby, users can find their game organized by sport, team, location, or deals available. I also redesigned the nav bar layout and many of the screens in the app.
When the user chooses where to start from the home screen, the initial navigation remains at the top of the screen so that any game can be found no more than two taps away. For example, on the left screen below, the user is viewing all sports games, and on the right the search is narrowed to only football games.
As well as redesigning the entire apps’ navigation logic, I also redesigned all the icons in the app.


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Full-stack web developer (partial to front-end). Fascinated by patterns in human behavior, design, and connectivity. Natural collaborator, cheerleader, and positive person. Committed to creating code that is not only attractive, but contributes to the greater good for humans and the planet at large. Happiness is cows, vegan donuts, and running in the Seattle rain!
When I'm not playing with divs and p tags, I'm running middle to long distances or trying to bend myself into yoga poses. I love visiting animal sanctuaries, recycling, and devouring smoothies. I consider petting more than one dog on a run a PR, and my dream is to one day own 5 chickens. Fun fact: I grew up in Cereal City, USA. If you look on the back of a Poptart box, you'll see my old zip code!


| WCF Service |
Windows Communication Foundation (WCF) is a framework for building service-oriented applications. Using WCF, you can send data as asynchronous messages from one service endpoint to another. The interfaces defined in WCF service can be called on any endpoint(client application). |
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Declare and define interfaces in WCF service |
| Server Application |
A WCF service can not run independently. It must parasitize on a host application. In this system, the server application is the host of WCF service. |
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Import WCF service, call interfaces defined in WCF service to communicate with server application or other endpoint(client application). |
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Clinging on to a vision of changing the world with their art, these three versatile blend of artists Mordecai Mwini Kimeu, Wachira Gatama and Kenneth Muya Mukhwana have defied all odds against them to be labelled as one of the best bands in Kenya. With time, they have artistically flourished into a revolutionary force not only in their musical poetic presentation but also in their conspicuously fashionable sense of futuristic style.
Meeting in the corridors of their acting careers at the Kenya national theatre in late 2012, the three discovered that they share a similar passion for music, spoken word/poetry, fashion and arts in general. Not long after H_ART THE BAND was formed. They later joined Penya Africa’s prestigious artist development program Sauti Academy from which they graduated in April 2014; after a year of hard work, determination and performing at almost every venue and street corner in Nairobi hence building an ever growing steady reputation with various audiences.
Heavily inspired by day-to-day experiences, their music speaks to generations: from the young to the aged. With Mordecai and Wachira both being “Slam Africa poetry Kings,” self-taught guitarist Kenchez compliments their rhymes with smooth African tunes, while Mordecai adorns their jams with his vocals, thus creating a fresh genre they like to call AFRO-POETRY.
With only a few years in the Kenyan music industry, they have been named in the MCSK top 10 highest earning artists list in Kenya. In 2015 they won the Mdundo platinum award for having more than 50,000 online downloads. With nominations for awards such as Mdundo Awards ‘Best Afro-pop single’ and ‘Best overall single’ for their debut single ‘Uliza kiatu’. The song has also landed them two nominations in the All Africa Music Awards (AFRIMA 2015) ‘Revelation of the African continent’ and ‘Most promising artist in Africa’.
Tagging from their eclectic to die for performances, Bingwa awards 2015 has also nominated them as ‘Stage performer of the year’. With four singles released under their label Penya Africa: Uliza Kiatu, Nikikutazama , Love phobic and their latest Baby love being on heavy rotation in various stations there is no limit to the amount of greatness they harbor.
H_art the Band is not your average Kenyan band. The band hints as much with its debut album Made in the Streets, in which the songs do the bragging. Made in the Streets is a wholesale reinvention of the band's sound – music that lives up to the first impression H_art the Band made with 2014's 'Uliza Kiatu' (Ask My Shoes).
H_ART the BAND is a Kenyan band comprising Mordecai Mwini, Wachira Gatama and Kenneth Muya.
MORDECAI MWINI KIMWEU
WACHIRA GATAMA
KENNETH MUYA
H_art the band is My Favorite since they have a somewhat gospel record off the album dubbed ‘El Shaddai’ that features the super talented record producer Cedo that you can’t seem to get enough of once you listen to it for the very first time. I for one, have had that song on rotation since Friday to this day, I guess that’s what happens when talented artistes and record producers decide to work together.
It finally came to fruition, H_art The Band released their debut album dubbed ‘H_art The Band’ and just like their music overall, it didn’t disappoint one bit. The album is already a classic and it’s only a couple days old. You got to listen to the album to understand how phenomenal the album truly is. H_art The Band’s members comprising of talented artistes and poets Mordecai Mwini ,Wachira Gatama, Kenneth Muya met at the Kenya National Theatre (KNT) back in 2012, the same year they formed the group finally compiled a project for their fans and released it a couple days back and it is worth the wait even though it was long overdue. The album has few features coming from Nyota Ndogo, Kaskazini, Seyi Shay, Bensoul, Victoria Kimani, Sauti Sol, Cindy Sanyu, Randy Valentine and Cedo. The entire album has a total of 13-tracks.


Skylark
Table of Contents
Introduction
Measure
Configuration
Simple usage
Typed Measure vs. untyped AnyMeasure
Overriding default behavior
Arithmetic
Conversion
Simplification
Package organization
Types
Measures
Quantities
Arithmetic
Simplification
Conversion
Arithmetic, simplification, and conversion all at once
Taylor series: a complete example
Introduction
Measure
Taylor series: a complete example


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I am a Scientist at Fraunhofer AICOS, Portugal. I received my MSc in Biomedical Engineering from Faculty of Sciences and Technology (FCT NOVA) in 2015. Since then, I have been working in the development of novel methodologies to extract information from time series data. Our goal is the application of these methodologies in the detailed evaluation of Human movement using inertial sensors. My research interests are time series analysis, machine learning, deep neural networks, time series representation and time series visualization.
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| Sep 5, 2018 | Our paper “SSTS: A syntactic tool for pattern search on time series” was accepted at Information Processing and Management! |


NANSUM Sum, ignoring NaNs. Y = NANSUM(X) returns the sum of X, treating NaNs as missing values. For vector input, Y is the sum of the non-NaN elements in X. For matrix input, Y is a row vector containing the sum of non-NaN elements in each column. For N-D arrays, NANSUM operates along the first non-singleton dimension. Y = NANSUM(X,DIM) takes the sum along dimension DIM of X. See also SUM, NANMEAN, NANVAR, NANSTD, NANMIN, NANMAX, NANMEDIAN.
0001 function y = nansum(x,dim) 0002 %NANSUM Sum, ignoring NaNs. 0003 % Y = NANSUM(X) returns the sum of X, treating NaNs as missing values. 0004 % For vector input, Y is the sum of the non-NaN elements in X. For 0005 % matrix input, Y is a row vector containing the sum of non-NaN elements 0006 % in each column. For N-D arrays, NANSUM operates along the first 0007 % non-singleton dimension. 0008 % 0009 % Y = NANSUM(X,DIM) takes the sum along dimension DIM of X. 0010 % 0011 % See also SUM, NANMEAN, NANVAR, NANSTD, NANMIN, NANMAX, NANMEDIAN. 0012 0013 % Copyright 1993-2004 The MathWorks, Inc. 0014 % $Revision: <IP_ADDRESS> $ $Date: 2004/07/28 04:38:44 $ 0015 0016 % Find NaNs and set them to zero. Then sum up non-NaNs. Cols of all NaNs 0017 % will return zero. 0018 x(isnan(x)) = 0; 0019 if nargin == 1 % let sum figure out which dimension to work along 0020 y = sum(x); 0021 else % work along the explicitly given dimension 0022 y = sum(x,dim); 0023 end


Containerizing an application
Estimated reading time: 7 minutes- Orientation and setup
- Containerizing an application
- Deploying to Kubernetes
- Deploying to Swarm
- Sharing images on Docker Hub
Prerequisites
- Work through setup and orientation in Part 1.
Introduction
Now that we’ve got our orchestrator of choice set up in our development environment thanks to Docker Desktop, we can begin to develop containerized applications. In general, the development workflow looks like this:
- Create and test individual containers for each component of your application by first creating Docker images.
- Assemble your containers and supporting infrastructure into a complete application, expressed either as a Docker stack file or in Kubernetes YAML.
- Test, share and deploy your complete containerized application.
In this stage of the tutorial, let’s focus on step 1 of this workflow: creating the images that our containers will be based on. Remember, a Docker image captures the private filesystem that our containerized processes will run in; we need to create an image that contains just what our application needs to run.
Containerized development environments are easier to set up than traditional development environments, once you learn how to build images as we’ll discuss below. This is because a containerized development environment will isolate all the dependencies your app needs inside your Docker image; there’s no need to install anything other than Docker on your development machine. In this way, you can easily develop applications for different stacks without changing anything on your development machine.
Setting Up
-
Clone an example project from GitHub (if you don’t have git installed, see the install instructions first):
git clone -b v1 https://github.com/docker-training/node-bulletin-board cd node-bulletin-board/bulletin-board-app
This is a simple bulletin board application, written in node.js. In this example, let’s imagine you wrote this app, and are now trying to containerize it.
-
Have a look at the file called
Dockerfile
. Dockerfiles describe how to assemble a private filesystem for a container, and can also contain some metadata describing how to run a container based on this image. The bulletin board app Dockerfile looks like this:FROM node:6.11.5 WORKDIR /usr/src/app COPY package.json . RUN npm install COPY . . CMD [ "npm", "start" ]
Writing a Dockerfile is the first step to containerizing an application. You can think of these Dockerfile commands as a step-by-step recipe on how to build up our image. This one takes the following steps:
- Start
FROM
the pre-existingnode:6.11.5
image. This is an official image, built by the node.js vendors and validated by Docker to be a high-quality image containing the node 6.11.5 interpreter and basic dependencies. - Use
WORKDIR
to specify that all subsequent actions should be taken from the directory/usr/src/app
in your image filesystem (never the host’s filesystem). COPY
the filepackage.json
from your host to the present location (.
) in your image (so in this case, to/usr/src/app/package.json
)RUN
the commandnpm install
inside your image filesystem (which will readpackage.json
to determine your app’s node dependencies, and install them)COPY
in the rest of your app’s source code from your host to your image filesystem.
You can see that these are much the same steps you might have taken to set up and install your app on your host - but capturing these as a Dockerfile allows us to do the same thing inside a portable, isolated Docker image.
The steps above built up the filesystem of our image, but there’s one more line in our Dockerfile. The
CMD
directive is our first example of specifying some metadata in our image that describes how to run a container based off of this image. In this case, it’s saying that the containerized process that this image is meant to support isnpm start
.What you see above is a good way to organize a simple Dockerfile; always start with a
FROM
command, follow it with the steps to build up your private filesystem, and conclude with any metadata specifications. There are many more Dockerfile directives than just the few we see above; for a complete list, see the Dockerfile reference. - Start
Build and Test Your Image
Now that we have some source code and a Dockerfile, it’s time to build our first image, and make sure the containers launched from it work as expected.
Windows users: this example uses Linux containers. Make sure your environment is running Linux containers by right-clicking on the Docker logo in your system tray, and clicking ‘Switch to Linux containers...’ if the option appears. Don’t worry - everything you’ll learn in this tutorial works the exact same way for Windows containers.
-
Make sure you’re in the directory
node-bulletin-board/bulletin-board-app
in a terminal or powershell, and build your bulletin board image:docker image build -t bulletinboard:1.0 .
You’ll see Docker step through each instruction in your Dockerfile, building up your image as it goes. If successful, the build process should end with a message
Successfully tagged bulletinboard:1.0
.Windows Users: you may receive a message titled ‘SECURITY WARNING’ at this step, noting the read, write and execute permissions being set for files added to your image; we aren’t handling any sensitive information in this example, so feel free to disregard this warning in this example.
-
Start a container based on your new image:
docker container run --publish 8000:8080 --detach --name bb bulletinboard:1.0
We used a couple of common flags here:
--publish
asks Docker to forward traffic incoming on the host’s port 8000, to the container’s port 8080 (containers have their own private set of ports, so if we want to reach one from the network, we have to forward traffic to it in this way; otherwise, firewall rules will prevent all network traffic from reaching your container, as a default security posture).--detach
asks Docker to run this container in the background.--name
lets us specify a name with which we can refer to our container in subsequent commands, in this casebb
.
Also notice, we didn’t specify what process we wanted our container to run. We didn’t have to, since we used the
CMD
directive when building our Dockerfile; thanks to this, Docker knows to automatically run the processnpm start
inside our container when it starts up. -
Visit your application in a browser at
localhost:8000
. You should see your bulletin board application up and running. At this step, we would normally do everything we could to ensure our container works the way we expected; now would be the time to run unit tests, for example. -
Once you’re satisfied that your bulletin board container works correctly, delete it:
docker container rm --force bb
Conclusion
At this point, we’ve performed a simple containerization of an application, and confirmed that our app runs successfully in its container. The next step will be to write the Kubernetes yaml that describes how to run and manage these containers on Kubernetes which we’ll study in Part 3 of this tutorial, or to write the stack file that will let us do the same on Docker Swarm, which we discuss in Part 4.
CLI References
Further documentation for all CLI commands used in this article are available here:
containers, images, dockerfiles, node, code, coding, build, push, run


Prosecutors want prison for South Dakota man linked to agent
by Associated PressSIOUX FALLS, S.D. (AP) — Federal prosecutors are seeking prison time for a longtime conservative operative who was linked to a Russian agent.
Paul Erickson is scheduled to appear before a federal judge Tuesday to plead guilty to wire fraud and money laundering. The charges are for fraudulent investment schemes he operated for many years, not his relationship with the agent.
According to his plea deal, the judge may also force Erickson to repay the money he took from investors. But it’s not clear whether Erickson’s victims will see any money as he’s failed to make court-imposed payments in the past.
Erickson dated Maria Butina, who was deported earlier this year after admitting she sought to infiltrate conservative U.S. political groups.


Trump presents Conan, the ‘incredible’ dog injured in Baghdadi raid
‘So brilliant, so smart. Conan did a fantastic job,’ Trump said.
by AFPUS President Donald Trump (L), Vice President Mike Pence (2nd L) and First Lady Melania Trump (R) stand with Conan, the military dog that was involved with the death of ISIS leader Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi, at the White House in Washington, DC, on November 25, 2019. Picture: JIM WATSON / AFP
President Donald Trump on Monday publicly introduced Conan, the dog that became a hero for its role in the US raid that led to the death of Islamic State group leader Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi.
“The dog is incredible,” Trump said at a brief ceremony as the Belgian Malinois sat beside him with a handler. Also present were First Lady Melania Trump and Vice President Mike Pence.
“So brilliant, so smart. Conan did a fantastic job,” Trump added.
In the raid last month, Conan chased al-Baghdadi into a dead-end tunnel in his Syrian hideout, where the cornered IS leader detonated a suicide vest, killing himself and two children, according to the US account.
Conan was injured by the electric cables exposed in the detonation but seems to have made a full recovery.
“Conan was very badly hurt, as you know. They thought maybe he was not going to recover. He recovered actually very quickly and has since gone on very important raids,” Trump said.
The dog’s identity had been a closely guarded secret until it was declassified by Trump, who retweeted a picture of the pooch after the raid at Baghdadi’s lair.
Details about Conan’s life, achievements and family background are scant, although he certainly comes from good stock: US Navy SEALs used a Belgian Malinois in the 2011 raid in Pakistan that killed Al-Qaeda leader Osama bin Laden.
The head of US Central Command, General Kenneth McKenzie, has said Conan was a “critical member of our forces” and mentioned his impressive record of 50 combat missions in four years of service.


When parsing XML using the FoX SAX module, attributes are returned contained within a dictionary object.
This dictionary object implements all the methods described by the SAX interfaces Attributes and Attributes2. Full documentation is available from the SAX Javadoc, but is reproduced here for ease of reference.
All of the attribute dictionary objects and functions are exported through FoX_sax - you must USE the module to enable them. The dictionary API is described here.
An attribute dictionary consists of a list of entries, one for each attribute. The entries all have the following pieces of data:
and for namespaced attributes:
In addition, the following pieces of data will be picked up from a DTD if present:
There is one derived type of interest, dictionary_t
.
It is opaque - that is, it should only be manipulated through the functions described here.
getLength
type(dictionary_t), intent(in) :: dict
Returns an integer with the length of the dictionary, ie the number of dictionary entries.
hasKey
type(dictionary_t), intent(in) :: dict
character(len=*), intent(in) :: key
Returns a logical value according to whether the dictionary contains an attribute named key
or not.
hasKey
type(dictionary_t), intent(in) :: dict
character(len=*), intent(in) :: uri
character(len=*), intent(in) :: localname
Returns a logical value according to whether the dictionary contains an attribute with the correct URI
and localname
.
getQName
type(dictionary_t), intent(in) :: dict
integer, intent(in) :: i
Return the full name of the i
th dictionary entry.
getValue
type(dictionary_t), intent(in)
integer, intent(in) :: i
If an integer is passed in - the value of the i
th attribute.
getValue
type(dictionary_t), intent(in)
character(len=*), intent(in) :: qName
If a single string is passed in, the value of the attribute with that name.
getValue
type(dictionary_t), intent(in)
character(len=*), intent(in) :: uri, localname
If two strings are passed in, the value of the attribute with that uri and localname.
getURI
type(dictionary_t), intent(in)
integer, intent(in) :: i
Returns a string containing the nsURI of the i
th attribute.
getlocalName
type(dictionary_t), intent(in)
integer, intent(in) :: i
Returns a string containing the localName of the i
th attribute.
The following functions are only of interest if you are using DTDs.
getType
type(dictionary_t), intent(in)
integer, intent(in), optional :: i
If an integer is passed in, returns the type of the i
th attribute.
getType
type(dictionary_t), intent(in)
character(len=*), intent(in) :: qName
If a single string is passed in, returns the type of the attribute with that QName.
getType
type(dictionary_t), intent(in)
character(len=*), intent(in) :: uri
character(len=*), intent(in) :: localName
If a single string is passed in, returnsthe type of the attribute with that {uri,localName}.
isDeclared
type(dictionary_t), intent(in)
integer, intent(in), optional :: i
If an integer is passed in, returns false unless the i
th attribute is declared in the DTD.
isDeclared
type(dictionary_t), intent(in)
character(len=*), intent(in) :: qName
If a single string is passed in, returns false unless the attribute with that QName is declared in the DTD.
isDeclared
type(dictionary_t), intent(in)
character(len=*), intent(in) :: uri
character(len=*), intent(in) :: localName
If a single string is passed in, returns false unless the attribute with that {uri,localName} is declared in the DTD.
isSpecified
type(dictionary_t), intent(in)
integer, intent(in), optional :: i
If an integer is passed in, returns true unless the i
th attribute is a default value from the DTD.
isSpecified
type(dictionary_t), intent(in)
character(len=*), intent(in) :: qName
If a single string is passed in, returns true unless the attribute with that QName is a default value from the DTD.
isSpecified
type(dictionary_t), intent(in)
character(len=*), intent(in) :: uri
character(len=*), intent(in) :: localName
If a single string is passed in, returns true unless the attribute with that {uri,localName} is a default value from the DTD.


"LUST "sinful longing; the inward sin which leads to the falling away from God (Romans 1:21). “Lust, the origin of sin, has its place in the heart, not of necessity, but because it is the centre of all moral forces and impulses and of spiritual activity.” In Mark 4:19 “lusts” are objects of desire.
"LUST "sinful longing; the inward sin which leads to the falling away from God (Romans 1:21). “Lust, the origin of sin, has its place in the heart, not of necessity, but because it is the centre of all moral forces and impulses and of spiritual activity.” In Mark 4:19 “lusts” are objects of desire.


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SMALL SOLDIERS 1998 A film review by Timothy Voon Copyright 1998 Timothy Voon 0 :-) out of 4 for the abuse of toys
Cast: Gregory Smith, Kirsten Dunst, Jay Mohr, Kevin Dunn, Phil Hartman, voices of Tommy Lee Jones, Frank Langella. Screenplay: Gavin Scott, Adam Rifkin and Ted Elliott & Terry Rossio. Producers: Michael Finnell and Colin Wilson. Director: Joe Dante
What promised to be entertaining kids fun, in the name of TOY STORY, turned out to be a disappointment, with a scary twist. What if your favourite toys - Care Bears, Barbie dolls, G.I. Joes, Power Rangers or Transformers were to come to life and start attacking you?
The story begins with a group of toy soldiers who have been electronically designed to interact with children and each other. Unfortunately, state-of-the-art military-defence CPUs, are mistakenly introduced into the toys. So it is not surprising that they take a life of their own, and begin World War III in your backyard. This is where safety ends and mayhem begins, as small soldiers make weapons of destruction that can kill a human being – nail guns, bombs and vehicles wielding sharp utensils. It's surprising that no one actually gets killed in this movie. It's no longer as simple as a kid choking on a lego block - these toys fight back. It is sad that SKG has to resort to guerrilla tactics and the abuse of toys, in order to gain an audience. Changing a toy into a weapon and representing it to a child is highly irresponsible. It is one thing to make toys in the image of warfare and quite another, to make it workable.
 The prime example, is when a girl's collection of ‘Barbie' dolls, come to life and attack her.  There isn't a strong moral lesson at the end of the movie - the bad toys are destroyed and the good toys sail away into the horizon. Unfortunately, because this movie needed a good explanation in order to give some meaning to the mayhem it causes. Not recommended for young, sensitive mind's who want to keep their sanity about user friendly toys.
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GOOD WILL HUNTING Review By David Wilcock (C)1998
(MIRAMAX) RUNNING TIME: 126 MINUTES (2 hours 6 minutes) STARRING ROBIN WILLIAMS, MATT DAMON, BEN AFFLECK, STELLAN SKARSGARD AND MINNIE DRIVER DIRECTED BY GUS VAN SANT
Good Will Hunting, written by friends Matt Damon and Ben Affleck, is an absolutely stunning debut film. Damon plays Will Hunting, a janitor at Harvard who also happens to be a genius. He can solve problems mathematicians took years to solve in minutes. However, despite is genius and huge potential, his life is mainly getting into fights with rival gangs in the area, along with his friend Chuckie (the superb Affleck) and other friends. One day he is caught by the police, and sentenced to jail. However, math's professor Lambeau (Skarsgard) knows about his potential, and offers to free him if (a)he goes to math lessons and (b)he has therapy. Damon agrees, his therapist turns out to be Sean Maguire (a bearded and superb Williams), and he also falls in love with english student Skylar, played well by Driver.
Although the story is cliched, with everything being resolved perfectly at the end (Williams get over the death of his wife, Damon finally realizes that Driver is his 'soul mate', Affleck is the best friend with heart) the dialogue, acting and direction is so brilliant, the film is just really good fun. Unlike Titanic (1997), which suffered from a poor script, and underwritten characters, Good Will Hunting is smart, witty, and has superbly written characters, and never falls into extreme schmaltz, which inferior movies would probably do. Damon and Affleck have written a superb script, with all the characters 'just right.' The gang speak exactly how you would expect them to speak, because this film is written by teenagers, not by some 40 year old who are trying to be like kids. But even Williams speeches are superbly adult, they don't seem 'childish' at all. So, having proved themselves as great writers, Damon and Affleck are also superb actors as well. Damon is excellent as the wasted genius. He can show unhappiness, anger, laughter and sadness with ease, it never seems fake. Affleck, although with a smaller role, is superb as the best friend, he really does act like how a 20 year old friend would. Robin Williams is also fantastic. This is his best dramatic role to date, far better than his good performances in Dead Poets Society (1988) and Awakenings (1990) And Skarsgard, is great as the arrogant math's professor. Driver delivers a great performance, although her character seems to be the most underwritten. Sadly, she hardly features in the film, her role could have been a bit more meatier. None the less, she is still outstanding.
The director, Gus Van Sant (To Die For, 1995) is also very good. He uses slow motion well, and makes sure the gets the maximum emotion out of any scene. The audience cries and laughs with the characters on screen. He really lets the audience feel with the characters. The music, by Danny Elfman (Beetlejuice, 1988) is also very good, highlighting the emotion even more. In fact, everything about this film is masterful. There is hardly a major flaw in the film aswell. Even it's length doesn't seem too long. And although there is a lot of swearing in the film, it all seems justified, and never out of place. Good Will Hunting is damn near perfection, and considering this is a debut script, that is a huge achievement.
Overall, Good Will Hunting deserves to win every OSCAR it has been nominated for. Far superior to Titanic in terms of script and characters, it will hopefully beat James Cameron epic. Good Will Hunting is a film that can be enjoyed by everyone, as it has it fair share of laughs, sadness, and anger. The film never outstays it's welcome, it never forces it's message onto the audience, it never toys with the audiences emotion (e.g. forcing the audience to cry or laugh.) It will take a very heartless person to not enjoy Good Will Hunting. Far better than any other 'movie with a message' you'll ever see, Good Will Hunting comes highly recommended, thanks to superb acting, writing, directing and even music. Like Boogie Nights (1997), do not miss out on Good Will Hunting.
OVERALL RATING: ***** OUT OF ***** REVIEW BY DAVID WILCOCK
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ubuntu@ip-172-31-5-91:~/komodo/src$ end.2628000 blocks, reward 11.00000000 halving.1440 blocks, decay.99000000 perc 0.0000% ac_pub=[00...]
call komodo_args.(./komodod) NOTARY_PUBKEY.()
>>>>>>>>>> ANCAP: p2p.51340 rpc.32396 magic.4b42fcfc<PHONE_NUMBER> 100 coins
initialized ANCAP at<PHONE_NUMBER>
Error: There is no RPC client functionality in komodod. Use the komodo-cli utility instead.
any idea what im doing wrong here?
ive got a couple of vps's going. amazon ec2.. do i need to be doing anything with the security groups?
forgive me im very well much a n00b and ive already had a look around but im obviously doing something simple wrong
well.. im basicly just using the launch line to start things but im getting stuck on the first step so to speak
./komodod -ac_name=ANCAP -ac_supply=100 -ac_decay=99000000 -ac_reward=1100000000 -ac_halving=1440 -ac_end=2628000 ac_private=1 -addnode=<IP_ADDRESS> &
am i not meant to mention the ip of the second node?
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ubuntu@ip-172-31-5-91:~/komodo/src$ end.2628000 blocks, reward 11.00000000 halving.1440 blocks, decay.99000000 perc 0.0000% ac_pub=[00...]
call komodo_args.(./komodod) NOTARY_PUBKEY.()
>>>>>>>>>> ANCAP: p2p.51340 rpc.32396 magic.4b42fcfc<PHONE_NUMBER> 100 coins
initialized ANCAP at<PHONE_NUMBER>
Error: There is no RPC client functionality in komodod. Use the komodo-cli utility instead.
^C
[1]+ Exit 1 ./komodod -ac_name=ANCAP -ac_supply=100 -ac_decay=99000000 -ac_reward=1100000000 -ac_halving=1440 -ac_end=2628000 ac_private=1 -addnode=<IP_ADDRESS>
the second vps doesn't see it at all when i try point it at it
eh its all still giving me the same response
i dont have a conf file...
sorta only build kmd.. i dont think i actualy run anything or downloaded the BC but i thought i read i didnt need to do that
it made literaly no difference by using the additional flag in the launch line
(edited)
sorry im shocking at expling things
im literaly just trying to follow the walkthrough
"Execute the First Komodo Daemon"
./komodod -ac_name=ASSETCHAINNAME -ac_supply=SUPPLYOFCOINS -addnode=PUBLICIPOFPRIMARYVPS -gen &
im looking at multiple tutorials and they seem to contradict
(edited)
simply just watching this shows me i shouldnt be getting an rpc error
Demonstration of how easy it is to launch a blockchain on Komodo Platform by one of our team members. Read below for links to the resources: Guide: https://d...
>>>>>>>>>> ANCAP: p2p.51340 rpc.32396 magic.4b42fcfc<PHONE_NUMBER> 100 coins
initialized ANCAP at<PHONE_NUMBER>
Error: There is no RPC client functionality in komodod. Use the komodo-cli utility instead.
that is upon trying to l;aunch the first daemon
./komodod -ac_name=ANCAP -ac_supply=100 -ac_decay=99000000 -ac_reward=1100000000 -ac_halving=1440 -ac_end=2628000 ac_private=1 -addnode=<IP_ADDRESS> &
thats the line im trying to use
its an amazon ec2 ubuntu vps. 2 cpus, 4 gig, etc
(edited)
cheers man. sorry for the hassle. i want to play with the inflation model at some stage so i figure i should at least see if i can do a simple launch first.. but i cant even manage that
ill try again
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and the -gen flag. i use that on the second vps right?
that has you using -gen on the first daemon
kk.. so it doesnt really matter if you set the first one to try mine the genisis aswell?
kk. cheers again for all the help
1
wikid.. it was me forgeting that damn - for the flag
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i think thats a clear indicator that more caffeine is required
1
thank you again for your patience
(edited)
always will be.. im pretty stubborn and obsessive at times
1
mining with tromp.. wikid.. this is gonna be good...
i can figure this out given enough time i think
ultimately.. i need an -ac option that allows for a block doubling style option as opposed to block halving
i want to be able have the block reward increase for the first 50% of the blocks created. then decrease at the same rate
I have been and yeah. its ok
i wouldnt be able to get remotely close at doing that xD


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A TabPage object is used to describe the contents of an individual
tab for the TabControl, which manages a collection of TabPage
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The TabPage class derives from the Panel base class and so can
be used in the designer as a surface for placing controls onto. This allows the
developer to drag and drop controls from the toolbox onto the individual
pages of the TabControl to achieve the required runtime layout.
However, you are not obliged to use the TabPage object itself as the
control for display when the page is selected. Instead you may assign any
Control derived instance to the TabPage.Control property which
will then be displayed whenever the tab is selected. This is particularly
useful when you do not know the control that will be displayed until runtime,
or if you need to show a control that derives from UserControl or
Form.
This property has the added benefit of allowing the creation of more flexible
designs that achieve greater code reuse. Placing controls onto a TabPage
surface is restrictive as it implies the layout can only be used within a
TabControl. Instead create a Form derived class that contains the
layout of controls as desired along with any and associated control logic. When
this layout is needed inside a TabControl simply create a TabPage
instance along with an instance of your new class which is then assigned to the
TabPage.Control property.
You now have the added benefit that your new class can be reused. Anywhere you
need the same user interface layout you just instantiate a new instance and add
as a child form. Alternatively you might derive a class that adds 'Ok' and
'Cancel' buttons and a few extra lines of code to create a dialog box.
Maybe the greatest benefit is the ability to change the TabPage.Control
on the fly which will immediately change the control displayed in the
TabControl. This gives maximum flexibility to the developer.
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As you would expect for the design of any TabPage class you can define
the text that is displayed for a particular instance. Assign a string to the
TabPage.Title property.
An image can be displayed along with the title text by supplying appropriate
values to the TabPage.ImageList and TabPage.ImageIndex properties.
Note that the TabControl also has a property called ImageList that
is used whenever a TabPage instance specifies an ImageIndex value
but does not provide an ImageList reference value. If you know all your
images come from the same strip then simply set the strip into the
TabControl and then specify the correct image index into each
TabPage instance. If the images come from several different strips then you
can specify the strip and index with each individual page.
You are not restricted to just images, alternatively you can provide an
Icon that always takes priority over any ImageList values that may
have been specified.
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using the TabPage.Tag property. No use is ever made of this by the
TabControl or the TabPage classes. In the sample code example an
integer value of 99 is boxed and stored for later use.
The TabPage.Selected property can be set to indicate if the page should be
selected when it is added into the TabControl. Once added the value will
reflect the current selected status of the page and can be set to make a page
become the currently selected one. Note that you cannot set this value to
false as the TabControl would not know which other page should
become the newly selected one.
If your TabPage is quite complex it may have several child controls. In
this case you might want to define which of the child controls starts with the
focus when the page is selected. Use the TabPage.StartFocus property by
assigning a reference to a child control. Note that when the user moves away
from the current page it will update this property with the control that
currently has focus so that when the user returns the focus will be restored to
the same place it left off.
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public TabPage(string title)
public TabPage(string title, Control control)
public TabPage(string title, Control control, int imageIndex)
public TabPage(string title, Control control, Icon icon)
public TabPage(string title, Control control,
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public string Title
Title text to display for this tab.
Default: "Page"public Control Control
Control derived object to display when tab is selected.
Default: nullpublic int ImageIndex
Index into the provided TabPage.ImageList property that should be used
for display alongside the title text. If the TabPage.ImageList is null
then the TabControl.ImageList property will be used instead. Note that any
Icon value takes priority over any image setting.
Default: -1public ImageList ImageList
Images that TabPage.ImageIndex property indexes.
Default: nullpublic Icon Icon
Icon to be displayed.
Default: nullpublic bool Selected
Indicates if this tab is the currently selected one.
Default: truepublic Object Tag
Arbitrary data associated with the object by developer.
Default: nullpublic Control StartFocus Control that should take foucs when the tab becomes selected.
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// Create a new TabPage instance
Crownwood.Magic.Controls.TabPage newPage =
new Crownwood.Magic.Controls.TabPage();
// Define control to be shown when page selected
newPage.Control = new RichTextBox();
// Define text used on tab indicator
newPage.Title = "Notes";
// Set either the Icon or the Image properties
if (_myIcon != null)
newPage.Icon = _myIcon;
else
{
newPage.ImageList = _myImageList;
newPage.ImageIndex = 2;
}
// Remember application specific information
newPage.Tag = (object)999;
// Make this page the selected one when it is added
newPage.Selected = true;
_myTabControl.TabPages.Add(newPage);
VB.NET
' Create a new TabPage instance
Dim newPage as New Crownwood.Magic.Controls.TabPage()
' Define control to be shown when page selected
newPage.Control = New RichTextBox()
' Define text used on tab indicator
newPage.Title = "Notes"
' Set either the Icon or the Image properties
If Not (_myIcon Is Nothing) Then
newPage.Icon = _myIcon
Else
newPage.ImageList = _myImageList
newPage.ImageIndex = 2
End If
' Remember application specific information
newPage.Tag = (Object)999
' Make this page the selected one when it is added
newPage.Selected = true;
_myTabControl.TabPages.Add(newPage)
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Application Analyst
Highly skilled in analyzing, documenting, implementing, maintaining, and supporting business service applicatons
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Considered by many critics to be the greatest living actress, Meryl Streep
has been nominated for the Academy Award an astonishing 20 times, and
has won it three times. Meryl was born Mary Louise Streep in
1949 in Summit, New Jersey, to Mary Wolf (Wilkinson), a commercial artist, and
Harry William Streep, Jr., a pharmaceutical executive. Full bio
has been nominated for the Academy Award an astonishing 20 times, and
has won it three times. Meryl was born Mary Louise Streep in
1949 in Summit, New Jersey, to Mary Wolf (Wilkinson), a commercial artist, and
Harry William Streep, Jr., a pharmaceutical executive. Full bio
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A simple, quick and healthy recipe from a celebrated seafood chef. And as if that wasn’t enough, it’s all cooked in one pot – so hardly any washing up.
Preheat the oven to 200C/400F/Gas 6.
In a roasting tin add the oil, onions, bay leaves and cider. Place in the oven for 15-20 minutes.
Meanwhile make the tarragon and anchovy butter. Place the butter, shallots, salted anchovies and chopped tarragon into a bowl and mix well. Season with salt and pepper and chill until you are ready to cook the fish.
Season the plaice all over and remove the onions from the oven. Place the fish on top of the onions and then return to the oven and cook for 15 minutes. To check the plaice is cooked, make an incision into the thickest part of the fish and see if the flesh is pulling away from the bone.
Place knobs of the flavoured butter across the fish and then pop the whole lot back into the oven for two minutes.
Serve it in the tray so that you can help yourselves. Serve simply with some of the cider onions, a wedge of lemon and the reserved tarragon leaves.


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Items¶
The main goal in scraping is to extract structured data from unstructured sources, typically, web pages. Scrapy spiders can return the extracted data as Python dicts. While convenient and familiar, Python dicts lack structure: it is easy to make a typo in a field name or return inconsistent data, especially in a larger project with many spiders.
To define common output data format Scrapy provides the Item
class.
Item
objects are simple containers used to collect the scraped data.
They provide a dictionary-like API with a convenient syntax for declaring
their available fields.
Various Scrapy components use extra information provided by Items:
exporters look at declared fields to figure out columns to export,
serialization can be customized using Item fields metadata, trackref
tracks Item instances to help find memory leaks
(see Debugging memory leaks with trackref), etc.
Declaring Items¶
Items are declared using a simple class definition syntax and Field
objects. Here is an example:
import scrapy
class Product(scrapy.Item):
name = scrapy.Field()
price = scrapy.Field()
stock = scrapy.Field()
last_updated = scrapy.Field(serializer=str)
Note
Those familiar with Django will notice that Scrapy Items are declared similar to Django Models, except that Scrapy Items are much simpler as there is no concept of different field types.
Item Fields¶
Field
objects are used to specify metadata for each field. For
example, the serializer function for the last_updated
field illustrated in
the example above.
You can specify any kind of metadata for each field. There is no restriction on
the values accepted by Field
objects. For this same
reason, there is no reference list of all available metadata keys. Each key
defined in Field
objects could be used by a different component, and
only those components know about it. You can also define and use any other
Field
key in your project too, for your own needs. The main goal of
Field
objects is to provide a way to define all field metadata in one
place. Typically, those components whose behaviour depends on each field use
certain field keys to configure that behaviour. You must refer to their
documentation to see which metadata keys are used by each component.
It’s important to note that the Field
objects used to declare the item
do not stay assigned as class attributes. Instead, they can be accessed through
the Item.fields
attribute.
Working with Items¶
Here are some examples of common tasks performed with items, using the
Product
item declared above. You will
notice the API is very similar to the dict API.
Creating items¶
>>> product = Product(name='Desktop PC', price=1000)
>>> print(product)
Product(name='Desktop PC', price=1000)
Getting field values¶
>>> product['name']
Desktop PC
>>> product.get('name')
Desktop PC
>>> product['price']
1000
>>> product['last_updated']
Traceback (most recent call last):
...
KeyError: 'last_updated'
>>> product.get('last_updated', 'not set')
not set
>>> product['lala'] # getting unknown field
Traceback (most recent call last):
...
KeyError: 'lala'
>>> product.get('lala', 'unknown field')
'unknown field'
>>> 'name' in product # is name field populated?
True
>>> 'last_updated' in product # is last_updated populated?
False
>>> 'last_updated' in product.fields # is last_updated a declared field?
True
>>> 'lala' in product.fields # is lala a declared field?
False
Setting field values¶
>>> product['last_updated'] = 'today'
>>> product['last_updated']
today
>>> product['lala'] = 'test' # setting unknown field
Traceback (most recent call last):
...
KeyError: 'Product does not support field: lala'
Accessing all populated values¶
To access all populated values, just use the typical dict API:
>>> product.keys()
['price', 'name']
>>> product.items()
[('price', 1000), ('name', 'Desktop PC')]
Other common tasks¶
Copying items:
>>> product2 = Product(product)
>>> print(product2)
Product(name='Desktop PC', price=1000)
>>> product3 = product2.copy()
>>> print(product3)
Product(name='Desktop PC', price=1000)
Creating dicts from items:
>>> dict(product) # create a dict from all populated values
{'price': 1000, 'name': 'Desktop PC'}
Creating items from dicts:
>>> Product({'name': 'Laptop PC', 'price': 1500})
Product(price=1500, name='Laptop PC')
>>> Product({'name': 'Laptop PC', 'lala': 1500}) # warning: unknown field in dict
Traceback (most recent call last):
...
KeyError: 'Product does not support field: lala'
Extending Items¶
You can extend Items (to add more fields or to change some metadata for some fields) by declaring a subclass of your original Item.
For example:
class DiscountedProduct(Product):
discount_percent = scrapy.Field(serializer=str)
discount_expiration_date = scrapy.Field()
You can also extend field metadata by using the previous field metadata and appending more values, or changing existing values, like this:
class SpecificProduct(Product):
name = scrapy.Field(Product.fields['name'], serializer=my_serializer)
That adds (or replaces) the serializer
metadata key for the name
field,
keeping all the previously existing metadata values.
Item objects¶
-
class
scrapy.item.
Item
([arg])¶ Return a new Item optionally initialized from the given argument.
Items replicate the standard dict API, including its constructor. The only additional attribute provided by Items is:
-
fields
¶ A dictionary containing all declared fields for this Item, not only those populated. The keys are the field names and the values are the
Field
objects used in the Item declaration.
-
Field objects¶
-
class
scrapy.item.
Field
([arg])¶ The
Field
class is just an alias to the built-in dict class and doesn’t provide any extra functionality or attributes. In other words,Field
objects are plain-old Python dicts. A separate class is used to support the item declaration syntax based on class attributes.


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This subpart provides the principles for determining allowable cost of contracts and subcontracts with State, local, and federally recognized Indian tribal governments.
The OMB Uniform Guidance at 2 CFR part 200, subpart E and appendices V and VII, Cost Principles for State and Local Governments, Revised, sets forth the principles for determining the allowable costs of contracts and subcontracts with State, local, and federally recognized Indian tribal governments. These principles are for cost determination and are not intended to identify the circumstances or dictate the extent of Federal and State or local participation in financing a particular contract.
(a) Contracts that refer to this Subpart 31.6 for determining allowable costs under contracts with State, local and Indian tribal governments shall be deemed to refer to, and shall have the allowability of costs determined by the contracting officer in accordance with, the OMB Uniform Guidance at 2 CFR part 200, subpart E and appendices V and VII, in effect on the date of the contract.
(b) Agencies are not expected to place additional restrictions on individual items of cost. However, under 10 U.S.C. 2324(e) and 41 U.S.C. 4304(a), the following costs are unallowable:
(1) Costs of entertainment, including amusement, diversion, and social activities, and any costs directly associated with such costs (such as tickets to shows or sports events, meals, lodging, rentals, transportation, and gratuities).
(2) Costs incurred to influence (directly or indirectly) legislative action on any matter pending before Congress, a State legislature, or a legislative body of a political subdivision of a State.
(3) Costs incurred in defense of any civil or criminal fraud proceeding or similar proceeding (including filing of any false certification) brought by the United States where the contractor is found liable or has pleaded nolo contendere to a charge of fraud or similar proceeding (including filing of a false certification).
(4) Payments of fines and penalties resulting from violations of, or failure to comply with, Federal, state, local, or foreign laws and regulations, except when incurred as a result of compliance with specific terms and conditions of the contract or specific written instructions from the contracting officer authorizing in advance such payments in accordance with applicable regulations in the FAR or an executive agency supplement to the FAR.
(5) Costs of any membership in any social, dining, or country club or organization.
(6) Costs of alcoholic beverages.
(7) Contributions or donations, regardless of the recipient.
(8) Costs of advertising designed to promote the contractor or its products.
(9) Costs of promotional items and memorabilia, including models, gifts, and souvenirs.
(10) Costs for travel by commercial aircraft which exceed the amount of the standard commercial fare.
(11) Costs incurred in making any payment (commonly known as a “golden parachute payment”) which is—
(i) In an amount in excess of the normal severance pay paid by the contractor to an employee upon termination of employment; and
(ii) Is paid to the employee contingent upon, and following, a change in management control over, or ownership of, the contractor or a substantial portion of the contractor’s assets.
(12) Costs of commercial insurance that protects against the costs of the contractor for correction of the contractor’s own defects in materials or workmanship.
(13) Costs of severance pay paid by the contractor to foreign nationals employed by the contractor under a service contract performed outside the United States, to the extent that the amount of the severance pay paid in any case exceeds the amount paid in the industry involved under the customary or prevailing practice for firms in that industry providing similar services in the United States, as determined by regulations in the FAR or in an executive agency supplement to the FAR.
(14) Costs of severance pay paid by the contractor to a foreign national employed by the contractor under a service contract performed in a foreign country if the termination of the employment of the foreign national is the result of the closing of, or curtailment of activities at, a United States facility in that country at the request of the government of that country.
(15) Costs incurred by a contractor in connection with any criminal, civil, or administrative proceedings commenced by the United States or a State, to the extent provided in 10 U.S.C. 2324(k) or 41 U.S.C. 4310.


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3DConsensus allows the interpretation of experimental data on DNA-binding specificity of a protein through the analysis of a 3D structure of the complex.
3DConsensus calculates from the experimental data a sequence-only consensus, as well as a consensus based on the physical properties of DNA. To gain insight into the molecular details of the behaviour encoded in the experimental data, 3DConsensus analyses the 3D structure to extract conformational parameters of the DNA in the protein-DNA complex, as well as the specific interactions that stabilise the complex.


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A wonderful serenity has taken possession of my entire soul, like these sweet mornings of spring which I enjoy with my whole heart. I am alone, and feel the charm of existence in this spot, which was created for the bliss of souls like mine.
I am so happy, my dear friend, so absorbed in the exquisite sense of mere tranquil existence, that I neglect my talents. I should be incapable of drawing a single stroke at the present moment; and yet I feel that I never was a greater artist than now. When.
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Thousand unknown plants are noticed by me: when I hear the buzz of the little world among the stalks, and grow familiar with the countless indescribable forms of the insects and flies, then I feel the presence of the Almighty, who formed us in his own image, and the breath
I am alone, and feel the charm of existence in this spot, which was created for the bliss of souls like mine. I am so happy, my dear friend, so absorbed in the exquisite sense of mere tranquil existence, that I neglect my talents. I should be incapable of drawing a single stroke at the present moment; and yet.


(a) HAADF-STEM images and EDS elemental maps of (b, blue) Cu and (c, red) Ga of product NCs obtained by reacting Cu 2– x S NCs with GaCl 3–TPP at 100 °C. Orange arrows indicate regions of low contrast (HAADF-STEM) coinciding with regions of low signal (EDS maps).


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I am interested in the topic of Safety, especially student safety. Now a day, crime and violence have become a huge problem. A lot of incidents happened around the campus. The crime rate has increased by more than 20% since the past few years in the University District. Last year, someone broke my car window and thieved my camera from my car. From then on, I never left any valuable things in a vehicle. I have also heard a lot of criminal incidents from my friends and received many UW Alter notifications. How shall we prevent crime around campus and how to ensure the safety of students are always the questions in my mind.
The school provides a lot of services like night ride and night walk to ensure students’ safety and prevent crime, but still, there are plenty of students who do not use any of those services because it may take too long to wait for night ride or they are just lazy to request a night walk. For those students who walk along during the midnight, they may be explored to some potential risks. How can we help those students to arrive home safely? That is the problem we need to solve now. Furthermore, the problem is not only for students but also for everyone. For example, A tourist who visited Los Angeles was attacked and got injured because he was not familiar with the city and accidental walk into a high crime area. I would like to raise a question of how to help a tourist to plan his/her routes in an unfamiliar city and avoid involving into criminal incidents? Let me introduce a few potential solutions for that issue in the following section.
Safe Route Planer: The purpose of this app is to help people plan a safe walking route. The app will evaluate the safety of all the possible routes and recommend the safest one for the selected range of time. Most walking routes planning apps like Google Map only evaluate time and distance. The app can fill in the blank area and prevent people from crime.
Real Time Location Share and Emergency Alter: The purpose of this app is to help people share their location, when dangerous things happen. Users can notify the local police with their location and emergency, so they can get help immediately.


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G49.2−0.7
(W51)
- Right Ascension: 19 23 50
- Declination: +14 06
- Size (/arcmin): 30
- Type: S?
- Flux density at 1 GHz (/Jy): 160?
- Spectral Index: 0.3?
Notes: Has erroneously been called G49.1−0.1.
- Radio: In complex region, parameters uncertain.
- Optical: Some diffuse emission possibly associated.
- X-ray: Elongated east–west.
- Distance: Association with CO gives 6 kpc, optical absorption suggests 5.7 kpc, and HI absorption suggests 5.4 kpc.
References:
- Shaver & Goss 1970, AuJPA, 14, 133. Parkes 64-m at 5 GHz (4').
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- Sato 1973, PASJ, 25, 135. HI absorption.
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- Velusamy & Kundu 1974, A&A, 32, 375. NRAO 300-ft at 2.7 GHz (5'), S=51.5±3.2 Jy, for the non-thermal component, but probably confused.
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- Altenhoff et al. 1979, A&AS, 35, 23. Effelsberg 100-m at 4.9 GHz (2.'6).
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- Seward 1990, ApJS, 73, 781. Einstein observations.
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- Copetti & Schmidt 1991, MNRAS, 250, 127. 151 MHz observations.
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- Kassim 1992, AJ, 103, 943. VLA at 327 MHz (3.'1×3.'5).
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- Subrahmanyan & Goss 1995, MNRAS, 275, 755. VLA at 330 MHz (1.'1).
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- Koo et al. 1995, ApJ, 447, 211. ROSAT observations.
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- Frail et al. 1996, AJ, 111, 1651. OH emission near remnant.
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- Gorham et al. 1996, ApJ, 458, 257. Pulsar search.
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- Green et al. 1997, AJ, 114, 2058. OH masers.
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- Koo & Moon 1997, ApJ, 475, 194. Arecibo (3') and VLA (40''×42'') at 1.4 GHz for HI.
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- Koo & Moon 1997, ApJ, 485, 263. NRAO 12-m CO and HCO+ observations.
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- Brogan et al. 2000, ApJ, 537, 875. VLA at 1.7 GHz for OH Zeeman splitting.
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- Mavromatakis et al. 2001, A&A, 370, 265. Optical observations.
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- Koo et al. 2002, AJ, 123, 1629. ASCA observations.
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- Koo et al. 2005, ApJ, 633, 946. Chandra observations.
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- Kang & Koo 2007, ApJS, 173, 85. SGPS of high velocity HI.
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- Hewitt et al. 2008, ApJ, 683, 189. GBT at 1.6 and 1.7 GHz for OH masers.
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- Abdo et al. 2009, ApJ, 706, L1. Fermi observations.
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- Koo et al. 2010, AJ, 140, 262. HI Zeeman splitting observations.
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- Ceccarelli et al. 2011, ApJ, 740, L4. Molecular line observations of region.
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- Aleksić et al. 2012, A&A, 541, A13. γ-ray observations.
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- Hanabata et al. 2013, PASJ, 65, 42. Suzaku observations.
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- Tian & Leahy 2013, ApJ, 769, L17. HI observations of region.
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- Brogan et al. 2013, ApJ, 771, 91. VLA at 74 MHz (84''×92'') and 320 MHz (33''×35''), plus OH, molecular line and other observations.
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- Park et al. 2013, ApJ, 777, 14. Arecibo of HI in region.
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- Sasaki et al. 2014, A&A, 563, A9. XMM-Newton observations.
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- Pihlström et al. 2014, AJ, 147, 73. VLA search for methanol masers.
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- Dumes et al. 2014, ApJ, 786, L24. Molecular line observations.
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- Jogler & Funk 2016, ApJ, 816, 100. Fermi observations.
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- McEwen et al. 2016, ApJ, 826, 189. NH3 and CH3OH observations.
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- Acero et al. 2016, ApJS, 224, 8. Fermi observations.
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- Shan et al. 2018, ApJS, 238, 35. Optical absorption for distance.
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- Ranasinghe & Leahy 2018, AJ, 155, 204. VGPS HI absorption observations.
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- Novices and Formative Assessment (20/45m)
- Expertise and Memory (30/15m)
- Cognitive Load (20/20m)
- Live Coding (30/45m)
- Lessons and Objectives (30/20m)
- Don’t use slides in our teaching, but we work through the lesson via live coding.
- We plug into a projector and ask the learners to follow along.
- In this section we’ll go over a how it works and give some tips for doing effective live coding.
Why live coding?
But first a question for everyone:
##Up and down
What do you think some advantages and challenges of live coding are from both a learner’s and an instructors point of view? (5min)
It’s advantages are:
- more compelling watching someone buidl a program than watching someone run through slides
- It’s easier to entertain “what if?” questions. slide decks can be like a railway track
- A student might want to subset a data object by different conditions - with live coding you can cna “try stuff”
- lateral knowledge transfer: people learn more than we realize we were teaching by watching how instructors do things
think about how you learned to drive? watching
- slows the instructor down - typing slows you down, taking what you are typing slows even more.
- make mistakes and how to diagnose and correct them. Beginners spend a lot of time making mistakes and can benefit from how to recover or debug mistakes.
If you aren’t used to live coding you will have to practice at thinking out loud while coding in front of people, but most say it’s no more difficult than talking wiht slides.
- Many instructors use two devices when teaching
- a laptop plugged into the projector for learners and a tablet beside it on which they can view their notes/etherpad session.
Bad and the good
Watch this video of live coding done poorly and this video of live coding done right as a group and then summarize your feedback on both in the Etherpad. Use the two x two rubric for feedback we discussed earlier.
In the videos, the bash shell for
loop is taught, and it is assumed learners are familiar with how to use a variable, the head
command and the content of the basilisk.dat unicorn.dat
files.
Note: Sometime sounds in the room can be poor. Turning on closed captioning by pressing the cc button will improve the accessibility of these videos.
This exercise should take about 15 minutes.
Live Coding Top 10
Here’re are some tips to help you get started with live coding:
1. Be Seen and Heard
- If you can stand for a couple of hours, do it when teaching
- ask for a high table/standing desk or lecturn
- Move around, point something out on the screen, draw on whiteboard
- Consider a microphone to save your voice
2. Take it slow
- Say out loud everything you type while typing
- Then point to the command and output and go over again
- gives learners time to keep up
- keep code on screen or scroll back up
- etherpad
3. Mirror your learner’s environment as much as possible
- don’t use your theme and plugins for bash, learners won’t have this
- create a dummy user or revert to the out of box style
4. Use the screen wisely
- big fonts, max window, black on white works better light on dark
- be aware that the bottom of the window might be too low, so pull it up so ppl in back can see
- Use a second screen if you can get - show etherpad
5. Use illustrations
- use the illustrations in the lessons, drag over your tab or view the image
- whiteboard the illustrations/diagrams as you progress
- i’ve used with Git and worked well, progressively sketched the working directory, then staging (git add), the draw commit repo (git commit) and finally show remotes and collaborating github
6. Avoid being disturbed
- turn off phone, IM, text, slack, desktop notifications, news alerts, prior to teaching
7. Stick to the lesson material
- lessons have been tried and tests through many iterations and versions
- it’s solid stuff
- resist the urge to show a ‘neat trick’ that might land you in a hole
- if you want to add something test it out prior
8. Leave no learner behind
- sticky notes signalling typically red and green
- status flags - red means stuck on something and need help, green ‘all done’
- better than hand raising: more discreet (more likely to be done)
- they can keep working with a flags
- instructor can see them and direct helpers
9. Embrace mistakes
- you’ll start looking forward to mistakes
- allows learners to see instructors mistakes and how to diagnose/correct
10. Have fun
- personalize the intruction
Challenge -
See Then Do
Pair up.
Teach 3-4 minutes of your chosen lesson episode using live coding to a fellow trainee, then swap and watch while that person live codes for you. Don’t record the live coding sessions. Give each other feedback using the two x two rubric we discussed previously and enter your feedback in the GDoc. Explain in advance to your fellow trainee what you will be teaching and what the learners you teach it to are expected to be familiar with.
This exercise should take about 20 minutes.
maybe ask this instead of getting to put in gdoc.
- What felt different about live coding (vs. standing up and lecturing)? What was harder/easier?
- Did you make any mistakes? If so, how did you handle them?
- Did you talk and type at the same time, or alternate?
- How often did you point at the screen? How often did you highlight with the mouse?
- What will you try to do differently next time?
Wrap up talk
Ok, to wrap up this section, we’ve found in SWC:
- that watching instructors write software is more compelling and informative than being presented with a finished product.
- that Live coding allows instructors to follow learners.
- The mistakes are the pedagogy.


Background
I've had a life-long love of computers, having spent countless childhood hours alternately playing SimCity and tearing apart and rebuilding the machines themselves. My interests are broad and varied though, and I have a liberal arts degree as well as a certificate in Video Game Design. I came to Epicodus to broaden my skills and deepen my understanding. I would love to work in the web development field here in Portland upon graduation.
Interests, Hobbies, and Skills
A Song of Ice And Fire/Game of Thrones
Dungeons and Dragons
Singing
Partner Dance
Board and Card Games


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Blogging can be incredibly valuable to a variety of people and for a variety of reasons. Blogging is not just for businesses! I’ve benefited personally, professionally, and financially from blogging.
Writing has actually become one of my favorite hobbies. I recommend blogging to almost everyone I meet.


I've been working on path planning (path finding) for platformer games for a while. My original intention was to create a reusable framework for scripting characters in a platformer, but it can have other interesting applications. I have a working prototype and its source code. The source code is published under MIT/X License (i.e. it's free).
The first problem that we need to address is the continuous nature of a platformer game. In a typical path planning, a problem is usually represpented as a discrete space. However, in a platformer game where characters often are affected by gravity, handling its continuous movement is crucial. We addressed this issue by dividing the problem into two layers: macro-level planning and micro-level planning. The macro-level planning takes care of a coarse-grained plan such as "go to this block" or "jump here and try to land at that block". The micro-level planning takes care of more fine-tuned movement that involves a continuous 2-D space. The macro-level planning is done by using typical AI techniques like a navigation mesh, constructing a set of possible actions at each discrete location. The micro-level planning is done in a more greedy manner, by taking care of physical collisions and character coordinates.
The macro-level planning can be implemented with a pretty straightforward Dijkstra or A* search. It starts from the goal position, and iteratively searches all the possible movements until it reaches the initial state (the position of the character). Each action is associated to its next action until it reaches the goal, forming a DAG structure. A plan graph can be dynamically constructed and periodically updated based on the current state of the game. Additional restrictions (e.g. space constraints and ladders) are also considered.
When each action is executed, a character is entirely controlled by that action, and the character cannot execute the next action until the current action is finished. Each action only considers the starting and ending point, and it moves the character in a rather straightforward way. When the macro-level planner detects the situation change (e.g. the goal is moved) during the execution, the current plan is abandaned after the action is finished and a new plan graph is created.
Jumping and falling is the key element of platformer games and the core of its planning problem. It has so many parameters that using naive methods will easily lead to computational explosion. In the proposed method, the macro-level planner only takes care of its starting point and ending point in the block coordinates. The planner has to know in advance the speed of a character in question and its jump impulse, as well as the gravity acceleration, so that it can know where it will exactly land. The macro-level planner uses two bounding boxes (a jumping part and a falling part) to approximate the clearance that a character needs, but it doesn't take care of an actual trajectory of the character.
An actual jump action is divided into three steps. First, it tries to move the character to its starting position (Set), maneuver the character movement during ascending (Ascend), and then land the character to the ending position (Land). It takes a precise (pixel-wise) control of the character at each frame update.
The planner can find a solution only when the path planning is solvable. When a character is following another character that is jumping or falling, the goal position is often considered unreachable, making it impossible to find a solution. In a case like this, the planner can optionally make a guess of the final landing position based on the current speed of the target.
A path finding is based on an assumption that the floor map you're planning on is static. When there are some parts that are changing dynamically, those parts need to be handled specially by the micro-level planner. In this case, the macro-level planner only takes care of moving into that part and getting out of it.
Handling moves like sprinting or double jumping can be more tricky, because such actions depend on the current state of a character. In other words, a plan becomes context-dependent. Now we would have to consider multiple possible states at each grid, making the search space several times larger. I am not sure if we can find a really good solution for this kind of planning, but in theory we can still take this into account in the current framework.
The prototype is written in ActionScript. However, the planning parts are separated from the UI and I believe it's relatively easy to port them to another language. Here are a couple of important classes:
Actor
move(x, y)
, jump()
to perform actions on each character, as well as query methods such as
bounds()
.
TileMap
getTile(x, y)
as well as
range queries like "if there's a certain block within this area" in order to
serve the efficient planning.
PlanMap
TileMap
object, so that an Actor
can query
a possible action to take at each place. An action,
which is a PlanAction
object, is represented as
an edge of a plan graph. There's one important method addPlan()
,
which fills the grid according to the given parameters and the associated
TileMap
.
A plan graph can be shared and reused as long as the goal is not changed
and all the Actor
s has the same property (e.g. speed, gravity, etc.).
PlanAction
Unfortunately, no. Due to computational limits, the current implementation considers only a handful of ways of possible jumps at each position. Since it uses a rectangle as an approximation of jump trajectory, it cannot emulate a complex manuever that humans could do. Also, since it's on block-by-block basis, it cannot consider a possibility of barely-make-it kinds of jumps. These are mostly complexity problems, but in some cases there might be need to give up to find an optimal solution.