Class Stemmer
object --+
|
Stemmer
An instance of a stemming algorithm.
The algorithm has internal state, so must not be called concurrently.
ie, only a single thread should access the instance at any given time.
When creating a Stemmer object, there is one required argument: the
name of the algorithm to use in the new stemmer. A list of the valid
algorithm names may be obtained by calling the algorithms() function
in this module. In addition, the appropriate stemming algorithm for a
given language may be obtained by using the 2 or 3 letter ISO 639
language codes.
A second optional argument to the constructor for Stemmer is the size
of cache to use. The cache implemented in this module is not terribly
efficient, but benchmarks show that it approximately doubles
performance for typical text processing operations, without too much
memory overhead. The cache may be disabled by passing a size of 0.
The default size (10000 words) is probably appropriate in most
situations. In pathological cases (for example, when no word is
presented to the stemming algorithm more than once, so the cache is
useless), the cache can severely damage performance.
The "benchmark.py" script supplied with the PyStemmer distribution can
be used to test the performance of the stemming algorithms with various
cache sizes.
|
|
__init__(...)
x.__init__(...) initializes x; see x.__class__.__doc__ for signature |
|
|
|
a new object with type S, a subtype of T
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Inherited from object :
__delattr__ ,
__format__ ,
__getattribute__ ,
__hash__ ,
__reduce__ ,
__reduce_ex__ ,
__repr__ ,
__setattr__ ,
__sizeof__ ,
__str__ ,
__subclasshook__
|
|
|
maxCacheSize
Maximum number of entries to allow in the cache.
|
|
Inherited from object :
__class__
|
__init__(...)
(Constructor)
|
|
x.__init__(...) initializes x; see x.__class__.__doc__ for
signature
- Overrides:
object.__init__
|
- Returns: a new object with type S, a subtype of T
- Overrides:
object.__new__
|
|
Stem a word.
This takes a single argument, word, which should either be a UTF-8
encoded string, or a unicode object.
The result is the stemmed form of the word. If the word supplied
was a unicode object, the result will be a unicode object: if the
word supplied was a string, the result will be a UTF-8 encoded
string.
|
|
Stem a list of words.
This takes a single argument, words, which must be a sequence,
iterator, generator or similar.
The entries in words should either be UTF-8 encoded strings, or a
unicode objects.
The result is a list of the stemmed forms of the words. If the
word supplied was a unicode object, the stemmed form will be a
unicode object: if the word supplied was a string, the stemmed form
will be a UTF-8 encoded string.
|
maxCacheSize
Maximum number of entries to allow in the cache.
This may be set to zero to disable the cache entirely.
The maximum cache size may be set at any point - setting the
maximum size will purge entries from the cache if the new maximum
size is smaller than the current size.
|


H.E.I. Informationssysteme GmbH
Wimpfener Strasse 23
68259 Mannheim
Germany
https://www.taccgl.org
email<EMAIL_ADDRESS>Sales Tax ID: DE185233091
HRB Mannheim 7273
Geschaeftssfuehrer: Dr. Helmut Emmelmann
Phone: +49 - 621 - 79 51 41
Fax: +49 - 621 - 79 51 61
Copyright (c) 2020 H.E.I.Informationssysteme GmbH (https://www.taccgl.org) and suppliers
All rights reserved.
Redistribution and use in source and binary forms, with or without modification, are permitted provided that the following conditions are met:
THIS SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED BY THE COPYRIGHT HOLDERS AND CONTRIBUTORS "AS IS" AND ANY EXPRESS OR IMPLIED WARRANTIES, INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, THE IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY AND FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE ARE DISCLAIMED.
This is BETA Software and known to contain bugs. It is probably not implemented completely and will probably not run on all browsers and client computers. It will switch off itself on certain client computers and browsers. In addition some client computers might run animations slowly, animations may appear choppy or jumpy, or even client computers might get overloaded or even crash.
Note that taccgl allows you to add fast flashing and video game like animations to web pages. A small percentage of the population may experience epileptic symptoms when exposed to such animations. You might want to, or you may even be required to, add / show an epileptic warning message on your web site before showing such animations and you might want to or you may even be required to avoid certain types of animations on your web site. Please protect yourself when programming animations and protect the users of your web site and take the following warning message seriously:
EPILEPSY WARNING, READ BEFORE VIEWING THE FOLLOWING ANIMATIONS, BEFORE USING A VIDEO GAME SYSTEM, BEFORE PROGRAMMING, WATCHING AND PUTTING ANIMATIONS ONLINE MEDICAL RESEARCH INDICATES A SMALL PERCENTAGE OF THE POPULATION MAY EXPERIENCE EPILEPTIC SEIZURES OR SEIZURE-LIKE SYMPTOMS EXPOSED TO CERTAIN STIMULI, INCLUDING, WITHOUT LIMITATION, LIGHT PATTERNS, FLASHING LIGHTS OR CERTAIN PATTERNS OF BACKGROUND ON A TELEVISION SCREEN, OR VIDEO MONITOR. EXPOSURE TO THESE STIMULI WHILE PLAYING VIDEO GAMES OR WATCHING ANIMATIONS MAY INDUCE AN EPILEPTIC SEIZURE OR SEIZURE LIKE SYMPTOMS IN THESE INDIVIDUALS. CERTAIN CONDITIONS MAY INDUCE EPILEPTIC SYMPTOMS EVEN IN PERSONS WHO HAVE NO PRIOR HISTORY OF SEIZURES OF EPILEPSY.


Each student grade -----------> $grade
Each student name -----------> $name
Each student family -----------> $family
Write your eamil title :
Write your email message :


With Natural Language Understanding developers can analyze semantic features of text input, including - categories, concepts, emotion, entities, keywords, metadata, relations, semantic roles, and sentiment.
Natural Language Understanding uses natural language processing to analyze semantic features of any text. Provide plain text, HTML, or a public URL, and Natural Language Understanding returns results for the features you specify. The service cleans HTML before analysis by default, which removes most advertisements and other unwanted content.
You can create custom models with Watson Knowledge Studio that can be used to detect custom entities and relations in Natural Language Understanding.
Before you can send requests to the service it must be instantiated and credentials must be set.
using IBM.Watson.DeveloperCloud.Services.NaturalLanguageUnderstanding.v2;
using IBM.Watson.DeveloperCloud.Utilities;
void Start()
{
Credentials credentials = new Credentials(<username>, <password>, <url>);
NaturalLanguageUnderstanding _naturalLanguageUnderstanding = new NaturalLanguageUnderstanding(credentials);
}
These examples use a common fail handler.
private void OnFail(RESTConnector.Error error, Dictionary<string, object> customData)
{
Log.Error("ExampleNaturalLanguageUnderstanding.OnFail()", "Error received: {0}", error.ToString());
}
Analyze features of natural language content.
private void Analyze()
{
if (!_naturalLanguageUnderstanding.Analyze(OnAnalyze, OnFail, <parameters>))
Log.Debug("ExampleNaturalLanguageUnderstanding.Analyze()", "Failed to get models.");
}
private void OnAnalyze(AnalysisResults resp, Dictionary<string, object> customData)
{
Log.Debug("ExampleNaturalLanguageUnderstanding.OnAnalyze()", "AnalysisResults: {0}", customData["json"].ToString());
}
List available custom models.
private void GetModels()
{
if (!_naturalLanguageUnderstanding.GetModels(OnGetModels, OnFail))
Log.Debug("ExampleNaturalLanguageUnderstanding.GetModels()", "Failed to get models.");
}
private void OnGetModels(ListModelsResults resp, Dictionary<string, object> customData)
{
Log.Debug("ExampleNaturalLanguageUnderstanding.OnGetModels()", "ListModelsResult: {0}", customData["json"].ToString());
}
Delete a custom model.
private void DeleteModel()
{
if (!_naturalLanguageUnderstanding.DeleteModel(OnDeleteModel, OnFail, <model-id>))
Log.Debug("ExampleNaturalLanguageUnderstanding.DeleteModel()", "Failed to delete model.");
}
private void OnDeleteModel(bool success, Dictionary<string, object> customData)
{
Log.Debug("ExampleNaturalLanguageUnderstanding.OnDeleteModel()", "DeleteModelResult: {0}", success);
}


Share your love of Kari Gran and your friend will receive a free Starter Kit.
Next: We'll send your friend the Kari Gran Starter Kit along with a wonderful hand written note and a healthy dose of good karma.


Sunday with John Barrowman: ‘We have a cocktail or two at 5pm in the pool’
by Michael SegalovThe actor on being at home in Palm Springs… or away at fan conventions
What’s a regular Sunday morning? I’m up at 8 or 9am; my husband Scott will still be sleeping. I open the sliding doors to the garden and have a coffee with the dogs. After an hour I’ll wake Scott up. Sometimes I like to put my face in the space between his shoulders and his neck, and breathe in its familiar smell.
Fresh air? We’ve got a 10,000ft mountain at the back of the garden here in Palm Springs, so if we go for a stroll it’s not for nature. We prefer to walk the streets to look at property and go to open houses. I love poking around other people’s homes.
Your signature dish? Sundays are for bacon, always greasy, so brunch is either at John’s Restaurant when we’re here, or at a branch of Denny’s. Scott always has a coupon.
Do you work? Two weekends a month I’m away at a fan convention: France, Asia, Italy, Scotland. Last week it was Rhode Island. I’d definitely like to be at home more, but I’m not complaining. Meeting the people who’ve given me success is a pleasure.
Do you shop? One Sunday I arrived home in a car I was test driving to see if Scott liked it. He said it was an old man’s car. I took it back and turned up in another. ‘It’s sporty and fun,’ he said, ‘now take it back.’ It was too late, I’d already bought it.
How were Sundays spent growing up? At Gran Barrowman’s council flat in Glasgow with sandwiches and matchbox cards on her swirly carpet. She’d make a Victoria sponge every week without fail. I’m still trying to hunt down the family recipe.
Do you have an evening routine? A cocktail or two at 5pm in the pool - that’s my daily exercise. Then we watch a movie. I’m at an age where I prefer to be sprawled out on the sofa with my husband scratching my feet than anywhere else.
John Barrowman releases A Fabulous Christmas on 29 November on Decca Records.


Enviroment creation
Enviroment biome Template:
Choose a biome
Water amount
High
Medium
Low
None
Temperature low, medium and high averages.


First Name
Mobile Number
Login
Email
I am a
Sugar Daddy
Sugar Baby
Password
Age
Your Origin
Rather Not Disclose
Caucasian
African American
Latin
Native American
East Indian
Middle Eastern
Asian
East European
African
Pacific Islander
Russian
Ukranianian
What's your Annual Income
Rather Not Disclose
0 to 100K
100K to 250K
250K to 500K
500K to 1MM
1MM Plus
Allowance you are willing to give
Rather Not Disclose
Upto $1000 a Month
$1000 to $2,500
$2,500 to $5,000
$5,000 to $10,000
$10,000+
Allowance that you are seeking
Rather Not Disclose
Upto $1000 a Month
$1000 to $2,500
$2,500 to $5,000
$5,000 to $10,000
$10,000+
TAG yourself for keyword Searches
Your Location
About You


Everything I want to say.
“But, he said to himself, whether they knew or didn’t know is not the main issue; the main issue is whether a man is innocent because he didn’t know. Is a fool on the throne relieved of all responsibility merely because he is a fool?” - The Unbearable Lightness of Being
If a person is not aware of his crime when he does it, does it make him innocent? Communism was started by idealists, not criminals. In the pursuit of the general wellbeing, people had to be killed. Years later, are the founders of the movement guilty or does their ignorance at the time absolve them? Was Oedipus justified in clawing out his eyes at the guilt of having unknowingly murdered his father and married his mother?
I believe all humans have an innate sense of right and wrong – is it possible to violate that unknowingly?
Guilt and intention are two separate concepts. A person can be guilty and have the best intentions. Is stealing bread from a store to feed a starving family justified? Is the thief guilty?
180117 13:37


$\newcommand{\ones}{\mathbf 1}$
Statistical estimation
Let $x^{(1)}, \ldots, x^{(N)}$ be independent samples from an $\mathcal N(\mu,\Sigma)$ distribution, where it is known that $\Sigma^\mathrm{min} \preceq \Sigma \preceq \Sigma^\mathrm{max}$, where $\Sigma^\mathrm{min},~ \Sigma^\mathrm{max}$ are given positive definite matrices.
The associated log-likelihood function $\ell(\mu,\Sigma)$ (including the constraint on $\Sigma$) is concave.
True.
Incorrect.
False.
Correct!
The log-likelihood function is not concave as a function of $\mu$ and $\Sigma$. However, it is concave with the change of variables $S = \Sigma^{-1}$ and $r = \Sigma^{-1}\mu$.
We can find the maximum-likelihood estimates of $\mu$ and $\Sigma$ by solving a convex optimization problem.
True.
Correct!
The trick is to use the variables $S=\Sigma^{-1}$ and $r = \Sigma^{-1}\mu$.
False.
Incorrect.


On this page, you'll find estimates of Pillow's performance, a comparison of Pillow's performance with Pillow-SIMD (a special performance-optimized version of Pillow), and other graphic libraries. Mainly Python libraries are tested.
Unfortunately, there is no single performance metric for these libraries. Different libraries perform operations with different efficiency and sometimes in different ways. It is only possible to measure the performance of a single operation or group of operations. For a good comparison, you need to be sure that the tested libraries give the same outcome for an operation and the same resources are used to perform the operation.
An operation could be performed using different algorithms. Thus, the chosen algorithm can significantly affect the result. For example, if you want to perform a resize, you can use the very fast nearest neighbor algorithm and get very poor quality. Or you can use convolution resampling and get a reasonable quality for most cases. Depending on your needs, you can or can not consider the nearest neighbor method.
In these benchmarks, we always assume that you expect results as close as possible to each other. This allows to directly compare the execution time.
Some libraries could use more processing power than others. For example, graphics processing unit or multi-core CPUs. For some cases, this could be an advantage because it shrinks execution time. For example, if the execution time using one core is 2 seconds, the library can reduce it to 0.5 seconds using 4 cores. This library has an advantage over the library which performs the same operation in 1 second but can't use multiple cores.
However, sometimes overall throughput is more important than execution time. If you need to perform the operation on a group of images, you can do it in parallel. In this case, the first library's throughput remains the same: 2 operations per second. The second library's throughput is 4 operations per second. The second library is preferred.
In these benchmarks, we measure the throughput on single CPU core, not minimum achievable execution time.
Libraries with Python bindings are tested using pillow-perf test suites. Each test is run 11 times and the mean execution time is calculated.
Image resampling is one of the most common processing operations. Good and predictable quality can be achieved using the convolution-based method.
"Convolution" means that for each pixel of the final image we compute some area ("window") of the source image using weights. The size of the area and weights depend on the chosen filter. There are many filters. The most common of which are:
Bilinear
— high-efficiency filter
with the small window and a blurry result;Bicubic
— high-quality filter with medium window;Lanczos
— high-quality filter with large window.For the image downscaling the window size should be increased. This takes into account all pixels of the original image. Unfortunately, not all libraries and software do this. As a result, the output image can look extra sharp and crisp. In some cases, the result only vaguely resembles the original image.
These are the results of resizing a
4928 × 3280 px image to 210 × 140 px
using different software and different filters.
Google Сhome's <canvas>
implementation
doesn't increase the window size on downscaling.
OpenCV
also doesn't do this using the Bicubic
filter
but it offers a supersampling resampling method.
Obviously, it's meaningless to compare OpenCV's
Bicubic
performance
with the correct convolution implementations.
Also, supersampling is a different resampling method,
not based on convolutions.
It is correct for downscaling
but unacceptable for upscaling.
From the very beginning,
PIL
also didn't increase the window size
for Bilinear
and Bicubic
filters,
but it did for Antialias
(the real name of the filter is
Lanczos).
In Pillow 2.7.0
this was finally fixed.
On the other hand, some image libraries do convolutions right. For example, ImageMagick. The problem with ImageMagick is that resampling is very slow. For example, it's about 20 times slower than Skia which can also do high-quality convolution resampling.
From the very beginning, PIL and Pillow resampling performance used to be quite low and similar to ImageMagick's performance. Pillow 2.7 reverses the trend introducing several common optimizations such as loops rearrangement and cache-aware transposition.
Charts show median performance in Megapixels/s (the lower the better) required for resizing the source 2560x1600 RGB image to one of the four destination sizes using one of the filters. For significant downsampling, Pillow 2.7 is 2 — 4 times faster than PIL. Pillow 3.3 introduces fixed-point arithmetic for resampling which is even faster. Pillow 3.4 and 4.3 have additional optimizations for large target dimensions. In the end, current Pillow version is up to 7 times faster than the original PIL.
But this is not the end of the story. Starting with Pillow 3.2 you can use a SIMD-enabled Pillow version. Pillow-SIMD resampling performance is significantly increased compared to Pillow. The latest Pillow-SIMD compiled with AVX2 is 4 — 6 times faster than Pillow. In sum, Pillow-SIMD resampling performance is 12 — 35 times higher than the original PIL.
High-quality Gaussian blur can be used to reduce image noise and details. It is also used as a pre-processing stage in computer vision algorithms.
Mathematically, applying a Gaussian blur to an image is the same as convolving the image with a Gaussian function. The amount of blur depends on standard deviation size (sigma). In theory, the Gaussian function is infinite. It means that we need to compute every pixel of the source image for every pixel in the destination image. In practice, Gaussian is a rapidly decreasing function and a window size more than 3 * sigma has no meaning.
As a result, Gaussian blur performance should depend on window size and sigma. For most implementations this is true. But in 2011 Mathematical Image Analysis Group from Saarland University proved that Gaussian blur can be very closely approximated by series of extended box filters. Unlike a true Gaussian filter, box filter can be performed in constant time relative to blur radius.
This approach was implemented in Pillow 2.7.0
.
According to the tests, even if approximation with box filters
could be little slower with a small sigma,
with a larger sigma this gap disappears and
approximation becomes much faster.
SIMD gives an additional 2x boost.
This is a group of operations which is most relevant when an image has an orientation flag stored in EXIF. The group includes such operations as rotating by right angles, mirroring and transposition itself. It differs from regular rotation because these operations are non-destructive (ie pixel values are not modified) and can be performed very fast.
Mirroring and rotating by 180° are reasonably fast in most implementations. There was an issue in Pillow with rotating by 90° and 270° because those operations can consume CPU cache highly inefficiently. In Pillow 2.7 the cache-aware algorithm was implemented. Also, transposition was added.
RGB
— General red, green, blue valuesRGBA
— RGB with alpha channelRGBa
— RGB values multiplied on alpha channelL
— luminance values (grayscale) with 1 byte per pixelLA
— luminance values with alpha channel
Conversion from RGBA
to RGBa
can be used to normalize pixel values
before resizing and other transformations.
Alpha compositing is used for overlaying two semitransparent images. Unlike alpha blending, alpha compositing mixes color and alpha channels with different coefficients.


Wick lies on the east coast of northern Scotland, some 15 miles south of Duncansby Head (John O Groats). Since the discovery of North Sea Oil. Wick has been used as a base for offshore supply vessels. The traffic this generates has allowed the development of Wick Airport, just north of the town.
The harbour, the home of a 30 strong fishing fleet, remains both active and interesting and provides good shelter, although more exposed in strong E’lies when it can be dangerous to enter.
A new 70 berth marina has been developed in the inner harbour. The pontoons originally in the outer harbour have now been moved there. If give no other instructions, visitors use pontoon F.
Last updated November 2009.


Drinks
Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipisicing elit. Molestiae, officiis!
{% extends 'base.html' %} {% load static %} {% block title %} RUTH {% endblock title %} {% block content %}
Chef Ruth grew up in Republic Democratic of Congo and first realised her passion for cooking while helping her mother and cousin prepre family recipes that had been passed down for generations. her eduction started in her mother's kitchen, expended into kitchen and culinary schools in the South Africa and still continues every day in Restaurant and Hotels , Barista Boys, CTICC, Table Bay Hotel, and The President Hotel.
We specializes with events cater in cape town. whether its a birthday party, family gatherings, a private celebration , elaborate wedding or any occasion that you like us to assist with
Chef Ruth can't wait to share his fresh , vibrant flavors with you at your next party, family gathering or any other special event
HOT KITCHEN
OWNER & MANAGER
PASTRY KITCHEN
Drinks
Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipisicing elit. Molestiae, officiis!
Healthy Food
Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet consectetur adipisicing elit. Rem, voluptate.
Organic Food
chichen R 20
rice R 40
White Meat
Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet consectetur adipisicing elit. Ratione, corrupti.
Sea Food
Lorem ipsum dolor sit, amet consectetur adipisicing elit. Ab, amet?
Hot & spicy
Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet consectetur adipisicing elit. Perferendis, reprehenderit.
FIND US ON SOCIAL MEDIA


Developed by
- Marios Skounakis (creator)
- Dave Spring (maintenance)
Special thanks to
- Brad Brunet, who spent long hours testing JOverseer and offering feedback and ideas, and who is also helping to support it.
- Wade F. Buhr, Mark Jeffries, Scott Moyes, Adrian Sheridan, Jerry Soules, Jon Steer, Lynn Still, who
helped with testing, finding bugs and suffering through the various shortcomings of the first versions. Several of these
guys also contributed very useful feedback and ideas for improvement. JOverseer would
not be what it currently is without their contribution.
- Panayotis Mertikopoulos, Haris Nikokavouras, Manolis Perakis, who originally tested the program in alpha version.
- Mike Mulka (author of Automagic), for letting me clone the Automagic EconoCalc.
- Edward Lane, who helped with some issues with the XML parsing.
- Jason Bennett (author of MEOW), for some tips on turn auto-submission.
- Clint Oldridge, for supporting the project and prodding other people to help.
- Rob Jones, for sending me various ME materials.
Powered by
JOverseer is powered by the following awesome tools and libraries.
- Spring Rich Client Framework (http://www.springframework.org/spring-rcp)
- JIDE (http://www.jidesoft.com)
- JIDE Spring Rich Client Integration (https://jide-springrcp.dev.java.net/)
- PDFBox (http://www.pdfbox.org)
- txt2xml (http://txt2xml.sourceforge.net)
- SwingX (http://www.swinglabs.org)
- Apache Digester
- Apache Http Client
- the Eclipse icon set (http://www.eclipse.org)
Mar 25, 2008


HELL'S ISLAND (director: Phil Karlson; screenwriter: Maxwell Shane/unpublished story by Jack Leonard & Martin Goldsmith; cinematographer: Lionel Lindon; cast: John Payne (Mike Cormack), Mary Murphy (Janet Martin), Francis L. Sullivan (Barzland), Arnold Moss (Paul Armand), Paul Picerni (Eduardo Martin), Edward Noriega (Inspector Pena), Walter Reed (Lawrence), Sándor Szabó (Torbig), Robert Cabal (Miguel), Pepe Hern (Lalo), 1955)
Reviewed by Dennis Schwartz
A melodramatic noir film, with location shots in the Caribbean. Mike Cormack (John Payne) is a former assistant district attorney who, after his fiancee dumps him to marry another man, develops a drinking problem, and is currently employed as a bouncer in a Las Vegas casino, the "Blue Diamond." While there, he receives an odd proposition from a wheel-chair bound criminal, Barzland (Francis L. Sullivan), played by him with Sydney Greenstreet-like panache. He offers Cormack $5,000 to tell him where a missing ruby that is owed to him can be located, mentioning that it vanished in a plane crash in the Caribbean. The reason Cormack is picked for this job, is that the pilot involved in the smuggling operation, Eduardo (Picerni), is the one who married Janet Martin (Mary Murphy), the beautiful woman whom Cormack was engaged to, and Barzland figures he can get close to Janet to get the info he needs to recover the gem.
The film is told in flashback-style, with a voiceover from the world-weary Cormack filling us in on the details of what happened to him during the last crucial week of his life. As the opening credits go rolling by, we see Barzland shoot Cormack and, when Cormack wakes up in the hospital operating room after surgery, the police are questioning him and in particular, are asking him about his relationship with Janet.
The operation symbolizes that the crest-fallen Cormack is now healed and sees things clearly, as tells about his trip to the Caribbean, where he meets Janet and gets fooled by her lies again. Before he can settle down on the island, he learns that Eduardo is in jail for life, accused of killing his partner in the transportation business by sabotaging his flying instruments and causing him to die in a crash. He will later learn from Janet that her husband is innocent, that it was she who toyed around with the fuel gauge but her husband took the blame for it.
When Cormack questions a cockfighter about the ruby, he is mysteriously killed, as is the housekeeper, Miguel (Cabal), who works for Mrs. Martin. Barzland will have his henchmen beat up Cormack when he suspects him of double-crossing him and going over to Janet's side. After being locked up by Barzland, Cormack escapes and has to throw one of Barzland's henchmen (Szabó) to the alligators. As a result of Cormack's short stay on the island, there are three dead.
Why Cormack doesn't leave, is what makes him a typical noir icon. He offers three reasons for staying put: 1) He has fallen for Janet again. 2) He wants to earn 5,000. 3) He wants to know who killed the cockfighter.
Things come to a climax when he meets another sleazy friend of Janet's, Paul Armand (Moss), a merchant, and they concoct a plan of prison escape for Eduardo.
The flashback then returns to the scene of Cormack getting shot by Barzland, but what wasn't shown the first time around, now is seen.
John Payne's angst and disgust with life reaches a point in the story, where he realizes he can't slide any further down hill than he has already. He has lost all sense of self-esteem by falling again for the beautiful Mary Murphy without seeing her for what she really is. We hear in his voiceover the details of his blind love affair while he is on the operating table, and when he walks out of the hospital, he is seen with a slight smile on his face, indicating that he is now a new man, free from his past mistakes.
REVIEWED ON 12/1/99 GRADE: B-
Dennis Schwartz: "Ozus' World Movie Reviews"
http://www.sover.net/~ozus
<EMAIL_ADDRESS>© ALL RIGHTS RESERVED DENNIS SCHWARTZ
The review above was posted to the
rec.arts.movies.reviews newsgroup (de.rec.film.kritiken for German reviews).
The Internet Movie Database accepts no responsibility for the contents of the
review and has no editorial control. Unless stated otherwise, the copyright
belongs to the author.
Please direct comments/criticisms of the review to relevant newsgroups.
Broken URLs inthe reviews are the responsibility of the author.
The formatting of the review is likely to differ from the original due
to ASCII to HTML conversion.
Related links: index of all rec.arts.movies.reviews reviews


Illustration Work
Tools
Personal Work
Project Description
Digital painting, June 2018
Tools Used
Photoshop
Illustrator
Related Projects


Kundun (1997)
Director: Martin Scorsese Cast: Tenzin Thuthob Tsarong, Gyurme Tethong, Tulku Jamyang Kunga Tenzin, Tenzin Yeshi Paichang, Tencho Gyalpa, Tsewang Migyur Khangsar, Geshi Yeshi Gyatso
Rated PG-13: Violent images
by Nathaniel R. Atcheson<EMAIL_ADDRESS>Martin Scorsese's Kundun is a visual wonder, striking in every detail and accentuated by Philip Glass' masterful score. Scorsese tells the story of the 14th Dalai Lama, beginning in 1939 when the young child is just two years old. As the film progresses, we see him at ages 5, 10, and then 16 and beyond; through most of the film, he is portrayed by Tenzin Thuthob Tsarong. The conflicts later in the film involve the Chinese government's attempts to get Tibet to be part of China, and the Dalai Lama is finally forced to leave his people for India.
A few months ago I was subjected to a film of almost the exact same subject matter, Seven Years in Tibet. While that film was entertaining but not very insightful, Kundun lacks substantial entertainment value, and is only marginally more interesting as a biography of the Dalai Lama. Entertainment value might seem like a trivial complaint in this case, but regardless of content, a filmmaker's first goal should be to capture its audience, and Scorsese has a hard time doing that for me in Kundun.
It's not that he flat-out failed, it's just that this subject does not lend itself to easy audience involvement. The whole time I watched Kundun, I felt utterly separated from what was happening on screen. The Tibetans, as portrayed in this film, seem like docile, peace-oriented separatists. I feel like the real Tibetans wouldn't want me watching them. They are so set in their ways, so unwilling of change, that the thought of an audience watching them to interpret their actions seems ludicrous to me. I felt like they needed no vindication, no audience, no telling of their story. So, I viewed Kundun almost entirely as a story that is out of its league as a large-scale American film. Textbooks, even novels, are more appropriate for this subject.
I was, however, at least moderately concerned for the Dalai Lama. Tsarong (with whom I am not familiar) does a pretty good job in the role, though he lacks conviction and doesn't always seem natural. It doesn't help that all the characters speak English. Just for realism's sake, I would have preferred subtitles throughout the film--this might have proved to distance the audience even further, but in this case I would have gladly substituted authenticity for personalism.
I wouldn't say Kundun is boring; in its best moments, it is truly astonishing in visual power. The landscapes are all filmed in such a way that orange and brown dirt looks colorful and enticing; there are some unusual-yet-mesmerizing scenes later in the film that show close-ups of sand paintings going through creation and destruction. As stated earlier, Philip Glass' musical score is one of the better scores of 1997, mixing pleasant melodies with sharp, deep tonal shifts. Atmosphere-wise, the film is virtually flawless.
But this can't make up for the emotional limbo that Kundun provides for its audience. I'm not exactly sure what could have cured this--more insight into the Dalai Lama himself, possibly letting us into his head a bit more rather than just showing us long shots of his unemotional face. This being the second film in such a short period of time that has failed to truly interest me in the Dalai Lama and the Tibetans, it makes me wonder if we're really supposed to fully understand them. Their religion and way of life seems off-limits to me, to such an extent that I almost feel it's inappropriate to watch this film and develop and opinion about them. But if that's not what I'm supposed to do, then what is the point?
>From 0-10: 6 Grade: C+
Visit FILM PSYCHOSIS at http://www.pyramid.net/natesmovies
Nathaniel R. Atcheson
The review above was posted to the
rec.arts.movies.reviews newsgroup (de.rec.film.kritiken for German reviews).
The Internet Movie Database accepts no responsibility for the contents of the
review and has no editorial control. Unless stated otherwise, the copyright
belongs to the author.
Please direct comments/criticisms of the review to relevant newsgroups.
Broken URLs inthe reviews are the responsibility of the author.
The formatting of the review is likely to differ from the original due
to ASCII to HTML conversion.
Related links: index of all rec.arts.movies.reviews reviews


{{ (wallet.confirmedBalance | coinNotation) || (0 | coinNotation) }} {{ wallet.coinUnit }} | {{walletStatistics.totalUtxoCount}} UTXOs | {{walletStatistics.uniqueTransactionCount}} TRXs
No transactions in your wallet. You might need to wait for the network to synchronize.
| Type |
|
Amount | - {{ transaction.transactionAmount + transaction.transactionFee | coinNotation }} + {{ transaction.transactionAmount + transaction.transactionFee | coinNotation }} + {{ transaction.transactionAmount + transaction.transactionFee | coinNotation }} | Date | {{ transaction.transactionTimestamp * 1000 | date:'medium' }} {{ transaction.transactionTimestamp * 1000 | date:'short' }} |
|---|
Your wallet was created {{wallet?.generalInfo?.creationTime | date:'short'}}. Maximum 1000 transactions is shown in this history.
Does the history look wrong? Are you missing some transactions? Go to Tools and run Resync to refresh the transaction history.


@* Implicit request is used to generate JavaScript code to handle routing from JavaScript code. *@
@(username: String)(implicit req: play.api.mvc.RequestHeader)
@*
* Call the `main` template with two arguments. The first
* argument is a `String` with the title of the page, the second
* argument is an `Html` object containing the body of the page.
*@
@main("GeoTwit - Search", Some(username)) {
@*
* Allows us to use router's links in the JavaScript code.
* The first parameter is the name of the global variable that the router will be placed in.
* The second parameter is the list of Javascript routes that are included in this router.
*@
@helper.javascriptRouter("jsRoutes")(
routes.javascript.HomeController.logout,
routes.javascript.SearchController.streamingSocket,
routes.javascript.SearchController.fileAction,
routes.javascript.SearchController.staticResults,
routes.javascript.Assets.versioned
)
@searchContent()
@searchStreamingResults()
@searchStaticResults()
}


DataNucleus "RDBMS" provides persistence of Java objects to RDBMS datastores. It builds on top of the DataNucleus "core" jar supporting specific features of RDBMS datastores. It handles Object/Relational mapping (ORM), mapping between the Java class and SQL table(s). It provides querying capabilities using either JDOQL, or SQL. The code can be utilised with either JDO or JPA persistence APIs.
Support is provided by way of a Forum at http://www.datanucleus.org.


Supporting refugees to reassemble their educational lives.
We use technology and academic partnerships to empower local community organisations in assembling online learning.
Why we exist
Only 1% of young refugees access higher education. If their lives hadn’t been disrupted, over 30% of them would have.
They aren’t able to contribute towards and integrate as well with their host country, economically or socially and aren’t as qualified as they could be to help reconstruct their country and make it as safe and stable a place.
Losing your home shouldn’t mean losing your ability to learn and make the world a better place.
Students
Join a community of refugees sharing the challenges faced accessing and succeeding at university.
Organisations
Work with us and other civil society organisations (CSOs) to develop and share programmes that are relevant, adapted to context and sustainable.
How we work
We design and develop programmes alongside refugee communities, and build partnerships with local civil society organisations (CSOs).
To reach marginalised refugee students we use a combination of digital content, connected learning systems and social media to deliver programmes.
We partner with education institutions to leverage high quality content and programmes to support refugees accessing university.
Find out more about how we work


Encoding Model Performance
This histogram shows the out of sample R^2 for each of 93 images across all ~8K classifications. This is a measure of encoding regression performance to supplement classification. This model includes normalized images, as compared to the first which does not.


VISA Installation on Linux¶
The National Instruments VISA driver does not support certain Linux distributions, specifically Ubuntu. The pyvisa-py VISA backend is pure Python and can be used to run PyVISA and instrbuilder on Ubuntu.
The installation steps are as follows:
username$ python -m pip install pyvisa-py
username$ python -m pip install pyusb
Check VISA status:
username$ python -m visa info
Ubuntu requires “rules” to be added for a user to fully access the USB device.
Add the following line to /etc/udev/rules.d/99-com.rules:
SUBSYSTEM=="usb", MODE="0666", GROUP="usbusers"
Create the 99-com.rules file if necessary.
Then add your user to the usbusers group
sudo groupadd usbusers
sudo usermod -a -G usbusers USERNAME
Reboot your system
Finally check to see if you can detect a USB connected instrument using PyVISA:
import visa
rm = visa.ResourceManager('@py')
address = rm.list_resources()
If the Python code returns a device address you are now good to go!
For more info regarding USB permissions and the udev rules see this stackoverflow question


President Rodrigo Duterte
VP Leni Robredo
Department Of Health
Department Of Transportation
Department of the Interior & Local Government
Philippine Information Agency


[gecode-users] Tupleset
frank lemoine
benouna84 at live.fr
Wed Jan 6 21:22:32 CET 2010
Hi christian, hi gecode users,
tank you for the quick repley. i have built tha data structure according to your advice, but now when i try to post a multiple extensional constraint it's dosen't work. i've this code:
there is a double loop with two indices s1 & s2 then:
IntVarArgs x1(3);
//x1[0]=m[0]; x1[1]=m[1]; x1[2]=z;
x1[0]=m[s1]; x1[1]=m[s2]; x1[2]=z;
extensional(*this,x1, tupleSet, EPK_DEF, ICL_DOM);
m is an intVarArry, when i run like this i've no reslut afer branching m but if i run the first line i have some result but my goal is to run it on s1 ans s2.
I hope I was clear enough in this explanation.
Frank.
_________________________________________________________________
Tchattez en direct en en vidéo avec vos amis !
http://www.windowslive.fr/messenger/
-------------- next part --------------
An HTML attachment was scrubbed...
URL: <http://www.gecode.org/pipermail/users/attachments/20100106/ba39efa6/attachment.htm>
More information about the users
mailing list


AMDGPU Instructions Notation¶
Introduction¶
This is an overview of notation used to describe the syntax of AMDGPU assembler instructions.
This notation mimics the syntax of assembler instructions except that instead of real operands and modifiers it provides references to their description.
Instructions¶
Operands¶
An instruction may have zero or more operands. They are comma-separated in the description:
The order of operands is fixed. Operands cannot be omitted except for special cases described below.
Notation¶
An operand is described using the following notation:
<name><tag0><tag1>…
Where:
- name is a link to a description of the operand.
- tags are optional. They are used to indicate special operand properties:
Operand tag Meaning :opt An optional operand. :m An operand which may be used with VOP3 operand modifiers or SDWA operand modifiers. :dst An input operand which may also serve as a destination if glc modifier is specified. :fx This is an f32 or f16 operand depending on m_op_sel_hi modifier. :<type> Operand type differs from type implied by the opcode name. This tag specifies actual operand type.
Examples:
src1:m // src1 operand may be used with operand modifiers
vdata:dst // vdata operand may be used as both source and destination
vdst:u32 // vdst operand has u32 type


There are many different flavors of ice cream, but the most widely known are chocolate. vanilla, and strawberry.
Also widely popular are chocolate chip, mint chocolate chip, and cookies and cream. or, a combination of all three.
All kinds of people love ice cream, including DOGS!!


[tg]Picture[/tg]
{$menu}
[t]Show picture in CV[/t]
{* the candidate CV photo should be rendered inside the following div *}


Because of busy libraries and overcrowding in general, students have been forced to find alternative spaces to be productive in.
Study buddy helps you do just that. Not only can you find places to work in this space, but you can also FIND YOUR FIT and adapt your search to your needs in a specific moment. Scroll down to do that! :)
Feel free to let us know about more places we might not be aware of in the VOTE tab, or leave comments about the spaces featured so we can update our info!


We want to help people be where they want to be, when they want to be. Our service crunches reliable data to provide accurate estimations for public transport arrival times, no strings attached!
Find Out MoreWith smart hardware placed in every bus, we offer real-time tracking of public transport and time estimations based on your current position so you will know exactly when to leave a place to reach the bus in time!
We use the latest technologies to provide a responsive and powerful application while also keeping it simple, secure and fresh.
You can use the tracking functions, or you can take a look at our analytics data, which compiles information about how effective public trasnport is, how loaded the buses were and where the problems are.
Ready to start your daily routine with us? Give us a call or send us an email and we will get back to you as soon as possible!


Lack of Champions League begins to hit Man Utd finances
by Agency ReportManchester United’s failure to qualify for the Champions League is beginning to erode the club’s finances, but increased commercial income helped the English giants post revenues of £135.4 million ($174 million) for the first quarter of the 2019-2020 season on Monday.
That represents a £400,000 increase on the same period for the previous year thanks to more sponsorship income and two extra home games compared to the same stage of last season.
Broadcasting revenue fell by nearly £10 million due to a lack of Champions League football, which will make an even bigger impact in figures for the second quarter of the year when five of the six group games are played.
United are expecting the 2020 annual revenue to fall to between £560-580 million, compared to £627 million for the year ending June 30, 2019, due to the lack of Champions League revenue.
However, the failure to qualify for the competition is also reflected in a 6.8 million drop in the club’s wage bill for the first quarter of the season.
Net debt rose £137 million to £384.5 million due to spending on players such as Harry Maguire, Aaron Wan-Bissaka and Daniel James in the summer transfer market.
“The significant investments that we have made in recent years in areas such as transfers, recruitment infrastructure, analytics and our academy are already beginning to bear fruit,” said United’s executive vice-chairman Ed Woodward.
“Our ultimate goal is to win trophies by playing exciting football with a team that fuses graduates from our academy with world-class acquisitions.”
United have won five of their last six games in all competitions, but are in serious danger of missing out on the Champions League again next season.
Ole Gunnar Solskjaer’s men are seventh in the Premier League, nine points adrift of the top four after 12 games.
(AFP)


Through a bottom-up participatory process, we work with communities
to address problems affecting them. Our goal
is to educate
them about their rights and empower them to become advocates against
injustices they face.
There are many challenges. But, we continue because today's children are the future of Kenya.
Join our
#LivesCanChangeForGood
campaign to
stand up for humanity and support families
and
communities affected by COVID-19.


All Packages Class Hierarchy This Package Previous Next Index
Interface com.jclark.xml.parse.Entity
- public interface Entity
Information about an entity or notation.
- See Also:
- getEntity
-
getBase()
- Returns the URL that should be used for resolving the system identifier
if the system identifier is relative.
-
getNotationName()
- Returns the notation name of the entity, of null if this is
not an unparsed entity.
-
getPublicId()
- Returns the public identifier, or null if no public identifier
was specified.
-
getReplacementText()
- Returns the replacement text or null if this is not an internal
entity.
-
getSystemId()
- Returns the system identifier, or null if no system identifier
was specified.
getSystemId
public abstract String getSystemId()
- Returns the system identifier, or null if no system identifier
was specified.
A relative URL is not automatically resolved into an absolute URL;
getBase
can be used to do this.
- See Also:
- getBase
getBase
public abstract URL getBase()
- Returns the URL that should be used for resolving the system identifier
if the system identifier is relative.
Returns null if no URL is available.
getPublicId
public abstract String getPublicId()
- Returns the public identifier, or null if no public identifier
was specified.
getReplacementText
public abstract String getReplacementText()
- Returns the replacement text or null if this is not an internal
entity.
getNotationName
public abstract String getNotationName()
- Returns the notation name of the entity, of null if this is
not an unparsed entity.
All Packages Class Hierarchy This Package Previous Next Index


{% extends 'base.html' %} {% block content %}
This site is about Making Public Information Public. BART has been a little strange about sharing public information lately. This site is here to make it easier to access that information. Read more here.
Your donations help keep the site alive, and allow me to add new features, such as search and station map.
Follow @bart_crimes on Twitter to receive each incident in your feed.


RFC 2490 - A Simulation Model for IP Multicast with RSVP
RFC 2489 - Procedure for Defining New DHCP Options
RFC 2488 - Enhancing TCP Over Satellite Channels using Standard Mechanisms
RFC 2487 - SMTP Service Extension for Secure SMTP over TLS
RFC 2486 - The Network Access Identifier
RFC 2485 - DHCP Option for The Open Group's User Authentication Protocol
RFC 2484 - PPP LCP Internationalization Configuration Option
RFC 2483 - URI Resolution Services Necessary for URN Resolution
RFC 2482 - Language Tagging in Unicode Plain Text
RFC 2481 - A Proposal to add Explicit Congestion Notification (ECN) to IP
RFC 2480 - Gateways and MIME Security Multiparts
RFC 2479 - Independent Data Unit Protection Generic Security Service Application Program Interface (IDUP-GSS-API)
RFC 2478 - The Simple and Protected GSS-API Negotiation Mechanism
RFC 2477 - Criteria for Evaluating Roaming Protocols
RFC 2476 - Message Submission
RFC 2475 - An Architecture for Differentiated Services
RFC 2474 - Definition of the Differentiated Services Field (DS Field) in the IPv4 and IPv6 Headers
RFC 2473 - Generic Packet Tunneling in IPv6 Specification
RFC 2472 - IP Version 6 over PPP
RFC 2471 - IPv6 Testing Address Allocation
RFC 2470 - Transmission of IPv6 Packets over Token Ring Networks
RFC 2469 - A Caution On The Canonical Ordering Of Link-Layer Addresses
RFC 2468 - I REMEMBER IANA
RFC 2467 - Transmission of IPv6 Packets over FDDI Networks
RFC 2466 - Management Information Base for IP Version 6: ICMPv6 Group
RFC 2465 - Management Information Base for IP Version 6: Textual Conventions and General Group
RFC 2464 - Transmission of IPv6 Packets over Ethernet Networks
RFC 2463 - Internet Control Message Protocol (ICMPv6) for the Internet Protocol Version 6 (IPv6) Specification
RFC 2462 - IPv6 Stateless Address Autoconfiguration
RFC 2461 - Neighbor Discovery for IP Version 6 (IPv6)
RFC 2460 - Internet Protocol, Version 6 (IPv6) Specification
RFC 2459 - Internet X.509 Public Key Infrastructure Certificate and CRL Profile
RFC 2458 - Toward the PSTN/Internet Inter-Networking--Pre-PINT Implementations
RFC 2457 - Definitions of Managed Objects for Extended Border Node
RFC 2456 - Definitions of Managed Objects for APPN TRAPS
RFC 2455 - Definitions of Managed Objects for APPN
RFC 2454 - IP Version 6 Management Information Base for the User Datagram Protocol
RFC 2453 - RIP Version 2
RFC 2452 - IP Version 6 Management Information Base for the Transmission Control Protocol
RFC 2451 - The ESP CBC-Mode Cipher Algorithms
RFC 2450 - Proposed TLA and NLA Assignment Rule
RFC 2449 - POP3 Extension Mechanism
RFC 2448 - AT&T's Error Resilient Video Transmission Technique
RFC 2447 - iCalendar Message-Based Interoperability Protocol (iMIP)
RFC 2446 - iCalendar Transport-Independent Interoperability Protocol (iTIP) Scheduling Events, BusyTime, To-dos and Journal Entries
RFC 2445 - Internet Calendaring and Scheduling Core Object Specification (iCalendar)
RFC 2444 - The One-Time-Password SASL Mechanism
RFC 2443 - A Distributed MARS Service Using SCSP
RFC 2442 - The Batch SMTP Media Type
RFC 2441 - Working with Jon, Tribute delivered at UCLA, October 30, 1998
RFC 2440 - OpenPGP Message Format
RFC 2439 - BGP Route Flap Damping
RFC 2438 - Advancement of MIB specifications on the IETF Standards Track
RFC 2437 - PKCS #1: RSA Cryptography Specifications Version 2.0
RFC 2436 - Collaboration between ISOC/IETF and ITU-T
RFC 2435 - RTP Payload Format for JPEG-compressed Video
RFC 2434 - Guidelines for Writing an IANA Considerations Section in RFCs
RFC 2433 - Microsoft PPP CHAP Extensions
RFC 2432 - Terminology for IP Multicast Benchmarking
RFC 2431 - RTP Payload Format for BT.656 Video Encoding
RFC 2430 - A Provider Architecture for Differentiated Services and Traffic Engineering (PASTE)
RFC 2429 - RTP Payload Format for the 1998 Version of ITU-T Rec. H.263 Video (H.263+)
RFC 2428 - FTP Extensions for IPv6 and NATs
RFC 2427 - Multiprotocol Interconnect over Frame Relay
RFC 2426 - vCard MIME Directory Profile
RFC 2425 - A MIME Content-Type for Directory Information
RFC 2424 - Content Duration MIME Header Definition
RFC 2423 - VPIM Voice Message MIME Sub-type Registration
RFC 2422 - Toll Quality Voice - 32 kbit/s ADPCM MIME Sub-type Registration
RFC 2421 - Voice Profile for Internet Mail - version 2
RFC 2420 - The PPP Triple-DES Encryption Protocol (3DESE)
RFC 2419 - The PPP DES Encryption Protocol, Version 2 (DESE-bis)
RFC 2418 - IETF Working Group Guidelines and Procedures
RFC 2417 - Definitions of Managed Objects for Multicast over UNI 3.0/3.1 based ATM Networks
RFC 2416 - When TCP Starts Up With Four Packets Into Only Three Buffers
RFC 2415 - Simulation Studies of Increased Initial TCP Window Size
RFC 2414 - Increasing TCP's Initial Window
RFC 2413 - Dublin Core Metadata for Resource Discovery
RFC 2412 - The OAKLEY Key Determination Protocol
RFC 2411 - IP Security Document Roadmap
RFC 2410 - The NULL Encryption Algorithm and Its Use With IPsec
RFC 2409 - The Internet Key Exchange (IKE)
RFC 2408 - Internet Security Association and Key Management Protocol (ISAKMP)
RFC 2407 - The Internet IP Security Domain of Interpretation for ISAKMP
RFC 2406 - IP Encapsulating Security Payload (ESP)
RFC 2405 - The ESP DES-CBC Cipher Algorithm With Explicit IV
RFC 2404 - The Use of HMAC-SHA-1-96 within ESP and AH
RFC 2403 - The Use of HMAC-MD5-96 within ESP and AH
RFC 2402 - IP Authentication Header
RFC 2401 - Security Architecture for the Internet Protocol
RFC 2400 - Internet Official Protocol Standards
RFC 2399 - Request for Comments Summary
RFC 2398 - Some Testing Tools for TCP Implementors
RFC 2397 - The "data" URL scheme
RFC 2396 - Uniform Resource Identifiers (URI): Generic Syntax
RFC 2395 - IP Payload Compression Using LZS
RFC 2394 - IP Payload Compression Using DEFLATE
RFC 2393 - IP Payload Compression Protocol (IPComp)
RFC 2392 - Content-ID and Message-ID Uniform Resource Locators
RFC 2391 - Load Sharing using IP Network Address Translation (LSNAT)
RFC 2390 - Inverse Address Resolution Protocol
RFC 2389 - Feature negotiation mechanism for the File Transfer Protocol
RFC 2388 - Returning Values from Forms: multipart/form-data
RFC 2387 - The MIME Multipart/Related Content-type
RFC 2386 - A Framework for QoS-based Routing in the Internet
RFC 2385 - Protection of BGP Sessions via the TCP MD5 Signature Option
RFC 2384 - POP URL Scheme
RFC 2383 - ST2+ over ATM Protocol Specification - UNI 3.1 Version
RFC 2382 - A Framework for Integrated Services and RSVP over ATM
RFC 2381 - Interoperation of Controlled-Load Service and Guaranteed Service with ATM
RFC 2380 - RSVP over ATM Implementation Requirements
RFC 2379 - RSVP over ATM Implementation Guidelines
RFC 2378 - The CCSO Nameserver (Ph) Architecture
RFC 2377 - Naming Plan for Internet Directory-Enabled Applications
RFC 2376 - XML Media Types
RFC 2375 - IPv6 Multicast Address Assignments
RFC 2374 - An IPv6 Aggregatable Global Unicast Address Format
RFC 2373 - IP Version 6 Addressing Architecture
RFC 2372 - Transaction Internet Protocol - Requirements and Supplemental Information
RFC 2371 - Transaction Internet Protocol Version 3.0
RFC 2370 - The OSPF Opaque LSA Option
RFC 2369 - The Use of URLs as Meta-Syntax for Core Mail List Commands and their Transport through Message Header Fields
RFC 2368 - The mailto URL scheme
RFC 2367 - PF_KEY Key Management API, Version 2
RFC 2366 - Definitions of Managed Objects for Multicast over UNI 3.0/3.1 based ATM Networks
RFC 2365 - Administratively Scoped IP Multicast
RFC 2364 - PPP Over AAL5
RFC 2363 - PPP Over FUNI
RFC 2362 - Protocol Independent Multicast-Sparse Mode (PIM-SM): Protocol Specification
RFC 2361 - WAVE and AVI Codec Registries
RFC 2360 - Guide for Internet Standards Writers
RFC 2359 - IMAP4 UIDPLUS extension
RFC 2358 - Definitions of Managed Objects for the Ethernet-like Interface Types
RFC 2357 - IETF Criteria for Evaluating Reliable Multicast Transport and Application Protocols
RFC 2356 - Sun's SKIP Firewall Traversal for Mobile IP
RFC 2355 - TN3270 Enhancements
RFC 2354 - Options for Repair of Streaming Media
RFC 2353 - APPN/HPR in IP Networks APPN Implementers' Workshop Closed Pages Document
RFC 2352 - A Convention For Using Legal Names as Domain Names
RFC 2351 - Mapping of Airline Reservation, Ticketing, and Messaging Traffic over IP
RFC 2350 - Expectations for Computer Security Incident Response
RFC 2349 - TFTP Timeout Interval and Transfer Size Options
RFC 2348 - TFTP Blocksize Option
RFC 2347 - TFTP Option Extension
RFC 2346 - Making Postscript and PDF International
RFC 2345 - Domain Names and Company Name Retrieval
RFC 2344 - Reverse Tunneling for Mobile IP
RFC 2343 - RTP Payload Format for Bundled MPEG
RFC 2342 - IMAP4 Namespace
RFC 2341 - Cisco Layer Two Forwarding (Protocol) "L2F"
RFC 2340 - Nortel's Virtual Network Switching (VNS) Overview
RFC 2339 - An Agreement Between the Internet Society, the IETF, and Sun Microsystems, Inc. in the matter of NFS V.4 Protocols
RFC 2338 - Virtual Router Redundancy Protocol
RFC 2337 - Intra-LIS IP multicast among routers over ATM using Sparse Mode PIM
RFC 2336 - Classical IP and ARP over ATM to NHRP Transition
RFC 2335 - A Distributed NHRP Service Using SCSP
RFC 2334 - Server Cache Synchronization Protocol (SCSP)
RFC 2333 - NHRP Protocol Applicability Statement
RFC 2332 - NBMA Next Hop Resolution Protocol (NHRP)
RFC 2331 - ATM Signalling Support for IP over ATM - UNI Signalling 4.0 Update
RFC 2330 - Framework for IP Performance Metrics
RFC 2329 - OSPF Standardization Report
RFC 2328 - OSPF Version 2
RFC 2327 - SDP: Session Description Protocol
RFC 2326 - Real Time Streaming Protocol (RTSP)
RFC 2325 - Definitions of Managed Objects for Drip-Type Heated Beverage Hardware Devices using SMIv2
RFC 2324 - Hyper Text Coffee Pot Control Protocol (HTCPCP/1.0)
RFC 2323 - IETF Identification and Security Guidelines
RFC 2322 - Management of IP numbers by peg-dhcp
RFC 2321 - RITA -- The Reliable Internetwork Troubleshooting Agent
RFC 2320 - Definitions of Managed Objects for Classical IP and ARP Over ATM Using SMIv2 (IPOA-MIB)
RFC 2319 - Ukrainian Character Set KOI8-U
RFC 2318 - The text/css Media Type
RFC 2317 - Classless IN-ADDR.ARPA delegation
RFC 2316 - Report of the IAB Security Architecture Workshop
RFC 2315 - PKCS #7: Cryptographic Message Syntax Version 1.5
RFC 2314 - PKCS #10: Certification Request Syntax Version 1.5
RFC 2313 - PKCS #1: RSA Encryption Version 1.5
RFC 2312 - S/MIME Version 2 Certificate Handling
RFC 2311 - S/MIME Version 2 Message Specification
RFC 2310 - The Safe Response Header Field
RFC 2309 - Recommendations on Queue Management and Congestion Avoidance in the Internet
RFC 2308 - Negative Caching of DNS Queries (DNS NCACHE)
RFC 2307 - An Approach for Using LDAP as a Network Information Service
RFC 2306 - Tag Image File Format (TIFF) - F Profile for Facsimile
RFC 2305 - A Simple Mode of Facsimile Using Internet Mail
RFC 2304 - Minimal FAX address format in Internet Mail
RFC 2303 - Minimal PSTN address format in Internet Mail
RFC 2302 - Tag Image File Format (TIFF) - image/tiff MIME Sub-type Registration
RFC 2301 - File Format for Internet Fax
RFC 2300 - Internet Official Protocol Standards
RFC 2299 - Request for Comments Summary
RFC 2298 - An Extensible Message Format for Message Disposition Notifications
RFC 2297 - Ipsilon's General Switch Management Protocol Specification Version 2.0
RFC 2296 - HTTP Remote Variant Selection Algorithm -- RVSA/1.0
RFC 2295 - Transparent Content Negotiation in HTTP
RFC 2294 - Representing the O/R Address hierarchy in the X.500 Directory Information Tree
RFC 2293 - Representing Tables and Subtrees in the X.500 Directory
RFC 2292 - Advanced Sockets API for IPv6
RFC 2291 - Requirements for a Distributed Authoring and Versioning Protocol for the World Wide Web
RFC 2290 - Mobile-IPv4 Configuration Option for PPP IPCP
RFC 2289 - A One-Time Password System
RFC 2288 - Using Existing Bibliographic Identifiers as Uniform Resource Names
RFC 2287 - Definitions of System-Level Managed Objects for Applications
RFC 2286 - Test Cases for HMAC-RIPEMD160 and HMAC-RIPEMD128
RFC 2285 - Benchmarking Terminology for LAN Switching Devices
RFC 2284 - PPP Extensible Authentication Protocol (EAP)
RFC 2283 - Multiprotocol Extensions for BGP-4
RFC 2282 - IAB and IESG Selection, Confirmation, and Recall Process: Operation of the Nominating and Recall Committees
RFC 2281 - Cisco Hot Standby Router Protocol (HSRP)
RFC 2280 - Routing Policy Specification Language (RPSL)
RFC 2279 - UTF-8, a transformation format of ISO 10646
RFC 2278 - IANA Charset Registration Procedures
RFC 2277 - IETF Policy on Character Sets and Languages
RFC 2276 - Architectural Principles of Uniform Resource Name Resolution
RFC 2275 - View-based Access Control Model (VACM) for the Simple Network Management Protocol (SNMP)
RFC 2274 - User-based Security Model (USM) for version 3 of the Simple Network Management Protocol (SNMPv3)
RFC 2273 - SNMPv3 Applications
RFC 2272 - Message Processing and Dispatching for the Simple Network Management Protocol (SNMP)
RFC 2271 - An Architecture for Describing SNMP Management Frameworks
RFC 2270 - Using a Dedicated AS for Sites Homed to a Single Provider
RFC 2269 - Using the MARS Model in non-ATM NBMA Networks
RFC 2268 - A Description of the RC2(r) Encryption Algorithm
RFC 2267 - Network Ingress Filtering: Defeating Denial of Service Attacks which employ IP Source Address Spoofing
RFC 2266 - Definitions of Managed Objects for IEEE 802.12 Repeater Devices
RFC 2265 - View-based Access Control Model (VACM) for the Simple Network Management Protocol (SNMP)
RFC 2264 - User-based Security Model (USM) for version 3 of the Simple Network Management Protocol (SNMPv3)
RFC 2263 - SNMPv3 Applications
RFC 2262 - Message Processing and Dispatching for the Simple Network Management Protocol (SNMP)
RFC 2261 - An Architecture for Describing SNMP Management Frameworks
RFC 2260 - Scalable Support for Multi-homed Multi-provider Connectivity
RFC 2259 - Simple Nomenclator Query Protocol (SNQP)
RFC 2258 - Internet Nomenclator Project
RFC 2257 - Agent Extensibility (AgentX) Protocol Version 1
RFC 2256 - A Summary of the X.500(96) User Schema for use with LDAPv3
RFC 2255 - The LDAP URL Format
RFC 2254 - The String Representation of LDAP Search Filters
RFC 2253 - Lightweight Directory Access Protocol (v3): UTF-8 String Representation of Distinguished Names
RFC 2252 - Lightweight Directory Access Protocol (v3): Attribute Syntax Definitions
RFC 2251 - Lightweight Directory Access Protocol (v3)
RFC 2250 - RTP Payload Format for MPEG1/MPEG2 Video
RFC 2249 - Mail Monitoring MIB
RFC 2248 - Network Services Monitoring MIB
RFC 2247 - Using Domains in LDAP/X.500 Distinguished Names
RFC 2246 - The TLS Protocol Version 1.0
RFC 2245 - Anonymous SASL Mechanism
RFC 2244 - ACAP -- Application Configuration Access Protocol
RFC 2243 - OTP Extended Responses
RFC 2242 - NetWare/IP Domain Name and Information
RFC 2241 - DHCP Options for Novell Directory Services
RFC 2240 - A Legal Basis for Domain Name Allocation
RFC 2239 - Definitions of Managed Objects for IEEE 802.3 Medium Attachment Units (MAUs) using SMIv2
RFC 2238 - Definitions of Managed Objects for HPR using SMIv2
RFC 2237 - Japanese Character Encoding for Internet Messages
RFC 2236 - Internet Group Management Protocol, Version 2
RFC 2235 - Hobbes' Internet Timeline
RFC 2234 - Augmented BNF for Syntax Specifications: ABNF
RFC 2233 - The Interfaces Group MIB using SMIv2
RFC 2232 - Definitions of Managed Objects for DLUR using SMIv2
RFC 2231 - MIME Parameter Value and Encoded Word Extensions: Character Sets, Languages, and Continuations
RFC 2230 - Key Exchange Delegation Record for the DNS
RFC 2229 - A Dictionary Server Protocol
RFC 2228 - FTP Security Extensions
RFC 2227 - Simple Hit-Metering and Usage-Limiting for HTTP
RFC 2226 - IP Broadcast over ATM Networks
RFC 2225 - Classical IP and ARP over ATM
RFC 2224 - NFS URL Scheme
RFC 2223 - Instructions to RFC Authors
RFC 2222 - Simple Authentication and Security Layer (SASL)
RFC 2221 - IMAP4 Login Referrals
RFC 2220 - The Application/MARC Content-type


--- url: 29-problems-with-outsourcing-to-india.html title: Problems with Outsourcing to India published: 17 February 2014 tags: [""] ---
With major backlash against outsourcing to India, many companies with investments there are now looking for alternatives. Although there is discussion on the wage structure, the issues of outsourcing development services in India are deeper. This paper explores the continual issues with outsourcing development services to India and the shift to other alternatives.
The industry attrition for Indian software development firms averaged 50% annually, which has only continued to worsen according to the Computer Business Review. Traditionally, large US firms establishing an Indian presence were immune; only recently have companies like Cisco been affected. According to an investment banker, smaller firms currently experience attrition over 100% annually, causing them to look towards development firms in Europe due to their quality of work and low attrition.
Indian firms and court systems are notorious for their lax approach to protecting customers’ source code. Despite the recent steps taken, Indian court systems continue to favor Indian companies no matter the problem. According to Rouse and Co., the global intellectual property consultancy, “Unlike China, there are no administrative remedies available in India for enforcement of intellectual property rights.” Foreign companies face quite the predicament in court cases against an Indian partner who “borrowed” software, and generally do not fare well in these cases.
According to Zinnov, an analyst firm specializing in offshore projects, “more than 75 percent of these cases fall short of expectations.” In addition, experienced employees receive 70% of a US salary after setting up a foreign development shop. Inexpensive talent pools and access to the Indian market are the main reasons for outsourcing, which are not primary objectives for many US software companies.
The focus on embedded development dates back to Poland’s Soviet period. More recently, Poland has been the center of activity in Web 2.0 technologies for both users and developers. By contrast, much of the development work in India focuses on IT instead of software products because it has become difficult to recruit senior and architectural product developers.
Similar to the US, Poland questions these approaches to test their understanding and challenge assumptions. Time and again it has shown that the Indian work approach requires strict instruction. Indian teams regularly stop for clarification instead of making their own decisions. After accounting for attrition, productivity is surprisingly low.
There has always been a large difference between Eastern Europe and India. A decade ago, senior engineers could be hired for around a thousand per month in India. Today, 20% pay increases every six months translate into an annual 45% wage escalation. Only new engineers are cheaper than Poland’s, proving that India will become more expensive as a whole within two to three years. Although the US dollar has suffered the last couple of years, the Polish zloty has not escalated like the Indian rupee. Therefore, Neubloc has actually decreased prices due to the expansion of our customer relationships, instead of increasing the price of developers.
Armando Viteri, President
Email: This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.
Phone:<PHONE_NUMBER>


A3 (Air Factory) - Captain Conundrum on Small Smash
D5 - Captain Conundrum, 5x on Small Smash, 5x on Big Smash
Noah Huppert
13 months ago
A2, posdian the tie breaker
TeddyMustDie
13 months ago
C4_Vehicle - B4 - B3 - Posidion, Tiebreaker
Elodea, Tie Breaker, B4, B3, D4
Elodea, C4, Tie Breaker, air factory
Noah Huppert
13 months ago
A1, Posidian
5x A1 cola_colin, 5x A1 posidian, 5x A1 elodea
TeddyMustDie
13 months ago
d4- milkdragon


March is here! With the days getting noticeably longer in the northern hemisphere, the sun coming out, and the flowers blooming, we are fueled with fresh energy. And even if spring is far away in your part of the world, you might feel that 2020 has gained full speed by now — the perfect opportunity to bring all those plans you made and ideas you’re carrying around to life!
March is here! With the days getting noticeably longer in the northern hemisphere, the sun coming out, and the flowers blooming, we are fueled with fresh energy. And even if spring is far away in your part of the world, you might feel that 2020 has gained full speed by now — the perfect opportunity to bring all those plans you made and ideas you’re carrying around to life!
March is here! With the days getting noticeably longer in the northern hemisphere, the sun coming out, and the flowers blooming, we are fueled with fresh energy. And even if spring is far away in your part of the world, you might feel that 2020 has gained full speed by now — the perfect opportunity to bring all those plans you made and ideas you’re carrying around to life!
A friendly community that keeps this website alive. With books,
webinars,
discounts
and networking — for just
1 coffee a
month. Join the
family.
March is here! With the days getting noticeably longer in the northern hemisphere, the sun coming out, and the flowers blooming, we are fueled with fresh energy. And even if spring is far away in your part of the world, you might feel that 2020 has gained full speed by now — the perfect opportunity to bring all those plans you made and ideas you’re carrying around to life!
March is here! With the days getting noticeably longer in the northern hemisphere, the sun coming out, and the flowers blooming, we are fueled with fresh energy. And even if spring is far away in your part of the world, you might feel that 2020 has gained full speed by now — the perfect opportunity to bring all those plans you made and ideas you’re carrying around to life!
March is here! With the days getting noticeably longer in the northern hemisphere, the sun coming out, and the flowers blooming, we are fueled with fresh energy. And even if spring is far away in your part of the world, you might feel that 2020 has gained full speed by now — the perfect opportunity to bring all those plans you made and ideas you’re carrying around to life!
March is here! With the days getting noticeably longer in the northern hemisphere, the sun coming out, and the flowers blooming, we are fueled with fresh energy. And even if spring is far away in your part of the world, you might feel that 2020 has gained full speed by now — the perfect opportunity to bring all those plans you made and ideas you’re carrying around to life!
A channel where seasoned developers show how they design, build,
work and play.
Coming
up next: Live UX Review, With
Paul Boag with Paul Boag (Mar 10).
With practical techniques & strategies to make honest interfaces
work for digital
products. Help your business grow
sustainably —
without dark patterns — and comply with GDPR and CCPA.
Vasilis van Gemert is a lecturer at the University of Applied Science in Amsterdam where he teaches the next generation of digital designers how to design for the web — technically, aesthetically, and with accessibility in mind. Vasilis recently completed a Design Research Master program and, to raise awareness for creating truly inclusive websites, he designed tailor-made sites for and with people with real disabilities for his thesis. He shares his knowledge about web design and development on his blog, in workshops, at conferences, and giving lectures at schools and meetups. Thank you for everything you do for the community, dear Vasilis!
Leading a remote design team can be a bit daunting at first. Mark Boulton shares some simple principles that help you get into the swing of things quickly, so that you can start to become more productive and effective.
Leading a remote design team can be a bit daunting at first. Mark Boulton shares some simple principles that help you get into the swing of things quickly, so that you can start to become more productive and effective.
Leading a remote design team can be a bit daunting at first. Mark Boulton shares some simple principles that help you get into the swing of things quickly, so that you can start to become more productive and effective.
Leading a remote design team can be a bit daunting at first. Mark Boulton shares some simple principles that help you get into the swing of things quickly, so that you can start to become more productive and effective.
Leading a remote design team can be a bit daunting at first. Mark Boulton shares some simple principles that help you get into the swing of things quickly, so that you can start to become more productive and effective.
Leading a remote design team can be a bit daunting at first. Mark Boulton shares some simple principles that help you get into the swing of things quickly, so that you can start to become more productive and effective.
Meet Design Systems, a recent Smashing book in which Alla Kholmatova explores how to set up an effective design system to create great digital products. With common traps, gotchas and lessons learned.
Imagine you wrote a beautiful song and nobody discovered it.
That would make any cat sad. Don't let that happen!
Useful tips for web designers. Sent 2× a month.
You can unsubscribe any time — obviously.
With a commitment to quality content for the design community.
Founded by Vitaly Friedman and Sven Lennartz. 2006–2020. Smashing is proudly running on Netlify. Fonts by Latinotype.


All Contacts:
Search by Alias:
Search:
Alias
Name
Team
Hobbies
Add a contact:
Name*:
Alias*:
Team*:
Hobby:
Delete contact [by alias]:


filterous 2
Processing...
Kitties
Normal
Clarendon
Juno
Lark
Ludwig
Gingham
Valencia
X-Pro II
Lo-Fi
Amaro
Brooklyn
Willow
Cats
CC0
Soap Bubble
CC0
Bay Bridge
CC0
Indian Bride
CC BY-SA 3.0
by Vik.ceo
Latte
CC0
or enter an image URL:
or upload from HD:


My girlfriend N and I went to Catalina for Labor Day weekend, and brought several bottles of wine, an 1/8 of weed, a gram of ketamine, and a 1/4 of mushrooms.
We'd been drinking moderately all day, and were sober by now, about 8:30pm, so we opened a bottle of white, and finished 90% of it without feeling much at all.
At 9pm, I prepared about 2 grams into a tea with a coffee grinder, put the powder in a tea bag, and sat with N outside on the patio listening to Thievery Corporation and sipping tea. We also each ate a solid mushroom, probably both totaling no more than a gram. At 9:30 we began feeling the 1st effects. Let me preface by saying that I am quite experienced with mushrooms; I have done them probably about 30 times over the last 10 - 11 years. Nicole had a mild experience many years back, but it sounded like threshold level only from her description.
We went back inside our cabin because we were both getting the coming-up-on-mushrooms-body-chills, and it was 50 or 60 degrees outside. N was not quite ready for a trip of this intensity. She was handling it fine, she kept saying that she wasn't feeling bad, except that she had a persistent discomfort in her stomach, and kept fanning her hands in the air and saying, 'Oh my God!  Its so weird!' and then start giggling. I feel that I did a good job guiding her through it, keeping her calm, telling her to 'let go of everything. Breathe deep, try to relax baby, I'm here for you. It’s trying to show you something that might be contrary to everything you've ever believed. Just go where it takes you, its quite interesting and amazing isn't it?'
'Yes,' she would, say, 'its so much more beautiful than I could ever imagine.' The mushrooms were very visual and colorful. I saw rainbows and fractal patterns in everything. I tried to give her a brief summary of the pineal gland, the so called 3rd-eye, and that it is a gland in the brain that throughout one's life, emits a substance (DMT) chemically related to psyocibin. She was receptive to this idea, saying, 'it shows you things you've always known but were never really aware of. The fact that your brain makes this stuff TOTALLY makes sense.' Well, not quite, but sure.
By now it was about 10:30pm.
Music was on shuffle playing on my laptop, with the itunes visualizer turned on. I swear the laptop was tripping with us to because every choice it made was absolutely perfect. I kept saying, 'I have this!?  This was because the music was my life force, I had to have the music. When itunes found something really perfect, I would listen to that artist for a while, waveringly pecking out a search on the first 4-5 letters of the artist name on my LCD lit, liquid Titanium laptop. The metallic keys looked so organized and perfectly aligned, especial with morphing colored light from the visualizer softly illuminating them. We listened to jazzy drum and bass, LTJ Bukem for a few songs, and then it randomly picked some other crazy acid jazz that I didn’t know I had.
N kept giving me reports of her state, because I had indicated that we should keep communicating (and because I was concerned that she was finding her 1st trip shockingly intense.) She said she was just a bit confused, and everything looked so beautiful, but that her stomach still hurt. At this point I suggest she take a hit of weed to calm her stomach.
'Yes!' She said. 'Being stoned would be closer to reality than this.' I had pre-rolled 2 joints beforehand, and as I was getting those from the cabinet, I opened a bottle of dessert wine called Belmuscato, because I know alcohol can take the edge off of a hard trip. Also while I was in the kitchen, I figured I needed to catch up, because my trip was very nice but totally mellow, so I ate another 2 grams of mushrooms. I shot gunned a big hit of the joint to her, and she said she couldn't feel any smoke, but she definitely exhaled a good-sized cloud. She said it tasted very fruity and she wanted to smell some unburned green weed. The Belmuscato tasted fabulous, and when I gave N a sip, she swallowed it, eyes bulging with pleasure.
'Oh my GOD!!' She cried. 'That was the weirdest thing ever! I could feel it going all the way down and it was like I could see it the whole time too. Swallowing something is the weirdest sensation.' Ah, to trip for the first time.
From about 11 - 12pm, my memory is very hazy. N stabilized, and was really enjoying her experience. I really think the weed helped her stomach, and I don't even remember what happened to the rest of the Belmuscato, I don't recall drinking it, but it disappeared nonetheless. We were really enjoying the music and our visuals and altered perceptions, and especially enjoying each other's company. As we were coming up, we were more distant, in our own worlds on our own trips, but by now I just remember a sense or complete and utter connectedness with her. We were on the same wavelength.
We felt we should get outside, but after a quick attempt at making it through the courtyard and me wanting to pee in the fountain to 'join myself' with this beautiful object, we decided that we should go back to the room. We sat on the bed for a bit and lit some Nag Champa, and about 30 candles. That took us about 10 minutes because we kept getting lost in the dancing flame each time we lit a candle. I sat on the bed for a while, absorbed in sound, floating on an infinite geometric plane to the Dark Side of the Moon album.
Suddenly, the laptop gave me a low battery warning, so I pretty much dove off the bed across the floor to the plug. N came out of the bathroom from which she had just proclaimed, “don’t ever look at yourself in the mirror on muchrooms!” to which I replied in amusement, “I know baby, I learned that one a long time ago.”  The laptop is not very loud so to enjoy music you had to be pretty close. Some really psychedelic electro-house came on and I was off and away. I closed my eyes and ascended into the 4th dimension on a roller coaster of organic fractal patterns and wizard like thoughts about how perfectly harmonic the physical basis of reality is. I could see the vibrational patterns of the superstrings inside the heart of every sub atomic particle in my body.
The next memory I have was going to the fridge again, probably about midnight, to get the expensive, other bottle of Muscat.
'Look baby, we are in Alice and Wonderland right now, aren't we?'
'Yes, totally Alice in Wonderland,' she agreed.
'And I just found DRINK ME!' I said as I produced the bottle of late harvest Muscat.
'I don't know if I'm ready to deal with liquid again,'
'Oh my f*cking god baby, trust me, just try this one...'
It was like liquid gold. It was the most precious chalice of elixir of life I ever knew was possible to exist. We sipped it so slowly that it lasted the rest of the night. Taking a gulp of this stuff would violate some law of the universe. It was that immaculate of a liquid. It exploded in your mouth and unfolded into higher dimensions and twisted around and melted into your very being. It was almost enough to give you visuals, taste/sight synesthesia.
I know the night pretty much ended by 2, because I looked the next day and the music stopped at 1:30. For that last hour or so, we ended up naked on a bed of pillows and blankets of the floor, rubbing and licking and caressing each other and talking nonsense about how incredibly powerful and beautiful such a things as love could be.  We dabbled in oral sex for a short while, but were too consumed in the bigger picture of each other’s beings to focus on single body parts. At some point I ate all the mushrooms. It might have been gradual or it might have been all at once. At some point I remember suddenly realizing that was chewing on a big cud of mushroom, and it was all fibery and chewy and must have been in my mouth for 10 minutes. I promptly swallowed it with a swig of wine.
So the intoxicating substance tally was this: N had a total of about 2 grams, and I had about 5, including what was in the tea, and we drank two small bottles of dessert wine during the trip, and one normal bottle right before dosing. And we smoked a joint and a half.
Yes. Definitely tripping.
Overall it was a beautiful experience although I would recommend not drinking so much, as a large portion of the trip was hazy and usually mushroom trips are pretty lucid and clear headed, although perhaps not when you consume 5 grams. When I did the 7, I was pretty whacked out.
 I stumbled around looking for a lighter, feeling like there were half smoked joints, half drank bottles of wine, and probably a cap or two lying around the apartment. When I couldn't find anything, (because in reality we had consumed all of it) I gave up on that. This is where I made a bad decision. I went for the K in the cupboard.
Never mix ketamine, alcohol, and 5 grams of mushrooms. Don't mix ketamine with anything for that matter.
'I'm pretty f*cked right now and I need to be really careful with this sh*t.' Thank God I at least had the wherewithal to blow it out. The small amount that did absorb hit me like a ton of bricks. I laid down and in about 5 minutes went deep deep deep deep deep into the inner mind. It felt like an eternity. I had completely lost everything, the concept of what a body was, certainly of who I was, and was it was to be a conscious human being. I was deep in a K hole. A shrooming K hole. Not awesome.
I've never been in a K hole before, but this was definitely it. I remember having thought fragments of what I've read about bad DMT trips where you are falling through infinity with no reference point and total disembodied terror. I was on the edge of this, but somehow accepted my fate, so wasn't ever actually terrified. I can't say that I 'said' anything to myself, because the idea of an inner thought voice wasn't really possible in this state, but I instead felt, 'how bad can it be, give me your worst,' and thankfully it never really got there. I was more f*cked than I've ever been though, and it wasn't terrifying only because I accepted it, and I only accepted it because it was the only option of a thought I was able to have, if that makes any sense.
A shrooming K hole is a very difficult experience to put into words. Words in an expression only retain their original meaning if the person receiving them has an experience to relate them to. This was an experience there aren’t any words for. I remember feeling like, “That person I used to be, the person who I walk around as, and who has a job and friends, is gone forever. I haven't been him for an eternity come to think of it.' I have done a fair amount of psychedelic drugs but this is the first time I ever actually believed I wasn't coming back.
I've never had more than an 1/8th except for 1 occasion when I consumed 7 grams due to a tolerance built up from shrooming every weekend for 2 months. And that was great. The summer after graduating high school. Now I was on 5 grams after a year without shrooms, plus a bump of K, a joint and a bottle and a half of wine.  'So this is how it ends,' I thought, 'I've somehow gotten myself here and this is what I am now, falling through infinity with no concept of anything but just, a void. The computer of my mind has crashed, and my consciousness is stuck in some kind of feedback loop. If I come back it'll be a miracle, and I don't even know what ‘back’ means.' Again this wasn't the normal voice you hear in your head when you think. That requires some kind of concept of an identity; it was just, a feeling.
Normally a “thought” is a kind of voice in your head, an English speaking narrator that says things to me like, “Dude, don’t forget to put the toilet seat back down,” and, “I wonder what it would be like to like to do some K right now?”  You are the subject of the thought, instead of vice versa, you are “inside” it, kind of like a dream. Or the holo-deck of The Star Ship Enterprise.
Low and behold I woke up in bed the next morning with N’s warm body pressed against me. I felt pretty groggy, but otherwise fine. Somehow she woke up late and got me up unto the bed. She said I never really woke up, but did as she told me and stood up and moved.
'Wow', I thought. 'I had accepted that I was dead, or at least never coming back.'
I didn't really tell her much about that part, just that I did some of the K and I got really fucked up and I shouldn't have done it.
'You're crazy. You ate ALL the mushrooms AND did that sh*t?'
'Yeah it was a bad idea.' I said.
All in all, the trip was incredible, and I think that it was a valuable experience to know that I can handle such an utter out of body, mind obliterating experience, and that I accepted death without panicking. But I will never mix K with mushrooms again. In hindsight it was REALLY scary.
This is definitely worth mention as well: The next day, N thought she had a few bug bites, there were 5 or 6 tiny red itchy dots around her body. We took a nap at about 8pm, and she woke up at 9:30 itching all over. She turned the light on and she had broken out in hives all over her body. That was Sunday, today is Thursday and they have almost gone away and flared back up again several times since then, but they are still bothering her. Our research indicates that in the rare cases of an allergic reaction to psilocybe cubensis, the hives happened right after ingestion, not 24 hours later. She hasn't been to the doctor yet but our conclusion is that they are stress based, the stress coming from the shock of the trip. She did say a few times when she was coming up hard and I was worried about her, that she was 'just in total shock.' I guess it was physical shock as well.
Apparently another common source of hives is gastrointestinal distress, which, remember, she was also having for a while. So even though it wasn't a chemical allergy, she did get hives from mushrooms, so we think, because of a more psychosomatic reaction. She kind of went into shock at first, then mellowed out, and the histamines somehow accumulated 24 hours later. It's totally possible that it could be something else, but the more research we have done, the more it points to the shock from the mushrooms.
Believe me, I really want to blame it on anything other than mushrooms, detergent in the sheets, something she ate, anything. I think that it won't happen again, she'll be accustomed to the effects, but I'm afraid to give her mushrooms. It might be impossible for her to ever try again because now it will be a “thing” for her and she’ll psych herself out and make it a self-fulfilling prophecy.
No one else who has eaten these mushrooms has had any problem with them.
Experience Reports are the writings and opinions of the individual authors who submit them.
Some of the activities described are dangerous and/or illegal and none are recommended by Erowid.


Chase Mike Up!
Home
About Me, or You, whatever
Running
Let's be real.
Are you actively chasing after your dream right now? Or are you thinking about it too much that you don't have the time to actually do it?
Click here to personalize the title of the site! Cool, huh?


New Zealand Cricket apologises after fan racially abuses Jofra Archer
New Zealand Cricket is to apologise to Jofra Archer after the England paceman was racially abused at the end of the first Test.
The fast bowler took to Twitter after England's innings defeat to say an individual in the crowd had insulted him while he was at the crease.
Archer tweeted: "A bit disturbing hearing racial insults today whilst battling to help save my team."
Sorry, this content isn't available on your device.
The England and Wales Cricket Board is looking into Archer's claim.
In response to the incident, New Zealand Cricket (NZC) released a statement, saying they will be apologising to Archer and increase vigilance in the stands for the upcoming Test in Hamilton.
"Although security providers at the venue were unable to locate the perpetrator, NZC will be examining CCTV footage and making further inquiries tomorrow in an endeavour to identify the man responsible.
"NZC has zero tolerance towards abusive or offensive language at any of its venues and will refer any developments in the case to police."
Archer scored a second-innings 30 as England failed to bat out the final day in Mount Maunganui, losing by an innings and 65 runs.


Anwar: Azmin will be asked to explain meeting with Umno MPs
KUALA LUMPUR : After Malaysia's ruling coalition Pakatan Harapan (PH) suffered a big loss in Johor's Tanjung Piai by-election last Saturday, matters have taken an unexpected twist.
Reports have emerged that Mr Azmin Ali, deputy president of PH component party Parti Keadilan Rakyat (PKR), had a meeting with 22 opposition Umno and five PKR MPs on Monday evening.
Mr Azmin, who is also economic affairs minister, downplayed the meeting, the Malay Mail reported.
"It was a normal meeting. We didn't discuss anything extraordinary. It was a normal meeting and I am open to anyone who wants to meet me, I will meet them," he said.
"I meet with the public, the business community, MPs from PH or non-PH MPs because it is important for a government that cares for the people. We want to obtain feedback from the public, from the business community on what they think of the government's policies."
PKR president Anwar Ibrahim said Mr Azmin has been told to explain what happened, The Star reported.
"Surely we will ask for his explanation. It has created a lot of questions from our partners so he should come forward to give his side (of the story), " said Mr Anwar.
Mr Anwar also told Mr Azmin to attend the PKR's political bureau meeting today.
Asked in what capacity Mr Azmin met the opposition lawmakers, Mr Anwar said he was unsure. "That is why we want his explanation whether it is representing the government or party," Mr Anwar said at the Parliament lobby yesterday.
"If it is based on his capacity as the government, why weren't other lawmakers invited?"
When he was pressed on whether the meeting was appropriate after the PH loss in the recent by-election, Mr Anwar said: "Sometimes our friends do not learn from our experience like the huge defeat in Tanjung Piai."
Umno too said its disciplinary board will investigate the meeting which involved 22 of its MPs. The party's disciplinary board chairman Mohamed Apandi Ali said this after it received complaints.
"The disciplinary board will take immediate action by investigating the matter using existing procedures in making a decision," he said yesterday.
The Tanjung Piai by-election saw opposition coalitionBarisan Nasional's Wee Jeck Seng from the Malaysian Chinese Association win with a 15,086-vote majority.
Dr Wee, a former two-term Tanjung Piai MP, garnered a total of 25,466 votes against Pakatan candidate Karmaine Sardini, who got only 10,380 votes.