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Boost.Task provides a framework for asynchronous execution of tasks (small units of code that can be executed independently and parallel).
interrupt()
,
interrupt_and_wait()
,
... allow to cancel an cooperative task
get()
retrieve value or exception of task execution
is_ready()
test if task was executed
wait()
,
wait_for()
and wait_until()
block until task is executed and the result is set
boost::tasks::waitfor_all()
to wait for all handles
In order to use the classes and functions described here, you can either include the specific headers specified by the descriptions of each class or function, or include the master library header:
#include <boost/task.hpp>
which includes all the other headers in turn.
Used namespaces are:
namespace boost::tasks namespace boost::this_task
long fibonacci( long n) { if ( n == 0) return 0; if ( n == 1) return 1; long k1( 1), k2( 0); for ( int i( 2); i <= n; ++i) { long tmp( k1); k1 = k1 + k2; k2 = tmp; } return k1; } void main() { // create a thread-pool boost::tasks::static_pool< boost::tasks::unbounded_fifo > > pool( boost::tasks::poolsize( 5) ); // execute tasks in thread-pool // move tasks ownership to executor boost::tasks::handle< long > h1( boost::tasks::async( boost::tasks::make_task( fibonacci, 10), pool); boost::tasks::handle< long > h2( boost::tasks::async( boost::tasks::make_task( fibonacci, 5), boost::move( t2), pool); std::cout << "h1: is ready == " << std::boolalpha << h1.is_ready() << "\n"; std::cout << "h2: is ready == " << std::boolalpha << h2.is_ready() << "\n"; // wait for completion of both tasks boost::tasks::waitfor_all( h1, h2); std::cout << "h1: is ready == " << std::boolalpha << h1.is_ready() << "\n"; std::cout << "h2: is ready == " << std::boolalpha << h2.is_ready() << "\n"; std::cout << "h1: has value == " << std::boolalpha << h1.has_value() << "\n"; std::cout << "h2: has value == " << std::boolalpha << h2.has_value() << "\n"; std::cout << "h1: has exception == " << std::boolalpha << h1.has_exception() << "\n"; std::cout << "h2: has exception == " << std::boolalpha << h2.has_exception() << "\n"; // get results std::cout << "fibonacci(10) == " << h1.get() << std::endl; std::cout << "fibonacci(5) == " << h2.get() << std::endl; }
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Boost.Task depends uppon Boost.Atomic, Boost.Move and Boost.Fiber.
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This subpart (a) describes basic requirements for contract funding and (b) prescribes procedures for using limitation of cost or limitation of funds clauses. Detailed acquisition funding requirements are contained in agency fiscal regulations.
No officer or employee of the Government may create or authorize an obligation in excess of the funds available, or in advance of appropriations (Anti-Deficiency Act, 31 U.S.C. 1341), unless otherwise authorized by law. Before executing any contract, the contracting officer shall—
(a) Obtain written assurance from responsible fiscal authority that adequate funds are available or
(b) Expressly condition the contract upon availability of funds in accordance with 32.703-2.
(a) If the contract is fully funded, funds are obligated to cover the price or target price of a fixed-price contract or the estimated cost and any fee of a cost-reimbursement contract.
(b) If the contract is incrementally funded, funds are obligated to cover the amount allotted and any corresponding increment of fee.
(a) Fiscal year contracts. The contracting officer may initiate a contract action properly chargeable to funds of the new fiscal year before these funds are available, provided that the contract includes the clause at 52.232-18, Availability of Funds (see 32.706-1(a)). This authority may be used only for operation and maintenance and continuing services (e.g., rentals, utilities, and supply items not financed by stock funds)—
(1) Necessary for normal operations; and
(2) For which Congress previously had consistently appropriated funds, unless specific statutory authority exists permitting applicability to other requirements.
(b) Indefinite-quantity or requirements contracts. A one-year indefinite-quantity or requirements contract for services that is funded by annual appropriations may extend beyond the fiscal year in which it begins; provided, that—
(1) Any specified minimum quantities are certain to be ordered in the initial fiscal year (see 37.106) and
(2) The contract includes the clause at 52.232-19, Availability of Funds for the Next Fiscal Year (see 32.706-1(b)).
(c) Acceptance of supplies or services. The Government shall not accept supplies or services under a contract conditioned upon the availability of funds until the contracting officer has given the contractor notice, to be confirmed in writing, that funds are available.
(a) A contract that is funded by annual appropriations may not cross fiscal years, except in accordance with statutory authorization (e.g., 41 U.S.C. 6302, 31 U.S.C. 1308, 42 U.S.C. 2459a, 42 U.S.C. 3515, and paragraph (b) of this subsection), or when the contract calls for an end product that cannot feasibly be subdivided for separate performance in each fiscal year (e.g., contracts for expert or consultant services).
(b) The head of an executive agency, except NASA, may enter into a contract, exercise an option, or place an order under a contract for severable services for a period that begins in one fiscal year and ends in the next fiscal year if the period of the contract awarded, option exercised, or order placed does not exceed one year (10 U.S.C. 2410a and 41 U.S.C. 3902). Funds made available for a fiscal year may be obligated for the total amount of an action entered into under this authority.
(a)(1) When a contract contains the clause at 52.232-20, Limitation of Cost; or 52.232-22, Limitation of Funds, the contracting officer, upon learning that the contractor is approaching the estimated cost of the contract or the limit of the funds allotted, shall promptly obtain funding and programming information pertinent to the contract’s continuation and notify the contractor in writing that—
(i) Additional funds have been allotted, or the estimated cost has been increased, in a specified amount;
(ii) The contract is not to be further funded and that the contractor should submit a proposal for an adjustment of fee, if any, based on the percentage of work completed in relation to the total work called for under the contract;
(iii) The contract is to be terminated; or
(iv)(A) The Government is considering whether to allot additional funds or increase the estimated cost—
(B) The contractor is entitled by the contract terms to stop work when the funding or cost limit is reached; and
(C) Any work beyond the funding or cost limit will be at the contractor’s risk.
(2) Upon learning that a partially funded contract containing any of the clauses referenced in paragraph (a)(1) of this section will receive no further funds, the contracting officer shall promptly give the contractor written notice of the decision not to provide funds.
(b) Under a cost-reimbursement contract, the contracting officer may issue a change order, a direction to replace or repair defective items or work, or a termination notice without immediately increasing the funds available. Since a contractor is not obligated to incur costs in excess of the estimated cost in the contract, the contracting officer shall ensure availability of funds for directed actions. The contracting officer may direct that any increase in the estimated cost or amount allotted to a contract be used for the sole purpose of funding termination or other specified expenses.
(c) Government personnel encouraging a contractor to continue work in the absence of funds will incur a violation of Revised Statutes section 3679 (31 U.S.C. 1341) that may subject the violator to civil or criminal penalties.
Many supplies or services are acquired subject to supplier license agreements. These are particularly common in information technology acquisitions, but they may apply to any supply or service. For example, computer software and services delivered through the internet (web services) are often subject to license agreements, referred to as End User License Agreements (EULA), Terms of Service (TOS), or other similar legal instruments or agreements. Many of these agreements contain indemnification clauses that are inconsistent with Federal law and unenforceable, but which could create a violation of the Anti-Deficiency Act (31 U.S.C. 1341) if agreed to by the Government.
(a) Insert the clause at 52.232-18, Availability of Funds, in solicitations and contracts if the contract will be chargeable to funds of the new fiscal year and the contract action will be initiated before the funds are available.
(b) The contracting officer shall insert the clause at 52.232-19, Availability of Funds for the Next Fiscal Year, in solicitations and contracts if a one-year indefinite-quantity or requirements contract for services is contemplated and the contract—
(1) Is funded by annual appropriations; and
(2) Is to extend beyond the initial fiscal year (see 32.703-2(b)).
(a) The contracting officer shall insert the clause at 52.232-20, Limitation of Cost, in solicitations and contracts if a fully funded cost-reimbursement contract is contemplated, whether or not the contract provides for payment of a fee.
(b) The contracting officer shall insert the clause at 52.232-22, Limitation of Funds, in solicitations and contracts if an incrementally funded cost-reimbursement contract is contemplated.
The contracting officer shall insert the clause at 52.232-39, Unenforceability of Unauthorized Obligations in all solicitations and contracts.


Amzi! supports a variety of predicates that perform I/O on streams, which can be standard input/output, files, strings (limited), or host application defined.
Predicates for accessing a machine's directory structure, deleting files, changing directories etc. are not part of the standard Prolog built-in predicates, but are provided for most platforms as extended predicates implemented in a Logic Server Extension.
All I/O is directed to and from streams. Most of the I/O predicates have two forms, one with a stream ID, the other without. When the stream ID is specified, that stream is used for the I/O. When the stream ID is NOT specified, the current default input or output stream is used. See example below.
The I/O predicates perform I/O services when called. On backtracking, they do nothing and fail through to the previous goal.
If you want an I/O predicate to keep repeating its behavior, for example to read all the clauses in a file, you can use the repeat/0 predicate before the I/O predicate. See example below.
Some streams, notably files, have ends. When an I/O predicate attempts to read at or beyond the end of a stream, the atom end_of_file is unified with the predicate's argument that contains the 'read' term or item.
When reading to the end of a file, the programmer must test for this atom. This, and the two topic above are illustrated in this example that reads and echos all the clauses (Prolog terms) in a file:
echo_file(F) :- open(F, read, ID), % open a stream repeat, % try again forever read(ID, X), % read from the stream write(X), nl, % write to current output stream X == end_of_file, % fail (backtrack) if not end of file close(ID). % close the file
Prolog I/O is done via streams. The streams can be:
Streams are identified by a stream ID, which is a small integer in Amzi! Prolog. The stream ID can be optionally specified in all I/O predicates. If the stream ID is not specified, then a default stream is used. See redirecting streams for details.
For simple stand-alone Prolog programs, run at a console or window in the Amzi! IDE, the programmer does not need to know about streams, and the read/1 and write/1 predicates will read and write as expected.
Each stream can also have an alias, which is an atom. The alias can be used instead of the stream ID in the I/O predicates.
There are four standard streams. Their aliases and IDs (in brackets) are:
NOTE ==> The Amzi! IDE is a special application that makes use of the user_function [3] stream to allow Prolog to read and write from a window. Default I/O is redirected to the user_function [3] stream in the IDE. This is why it appears that the Prolog standard input/output appears in the IDE windows.
Typically, you will never need to use either the alias name or the stream ID for any of the standard streams. They will be set up as the current input/output streams.
Each stream has a number of properties associated with it. For file streams, many are set when you open the file. For standard streams, they are predefined.
The properties are:
stream_property/2 can be used to query stream properties. It returns, on backtracking, all the properties of a given stream. If STREAM is an unbound variable, it returns the properties of all current streams.
?- open('test.txt', write, H, [alias(test)]). H = 4 yes ?- stream_property(4, X). X = file_name('test.txt') ; X = alias(test) ; X = output ; X = mode(write) ; X = type(text) ; X = end_of_stream(no) ; X = eof_action(eof_code) ; X = reposition(true) ; X = position(text(beginning, 0, 0, 0, 0)) ; no
String I/O is also carried out via Prolog streams, but the interface is hidden from the user. The predicates string_term/2 and string_termq/2 are used to read and write single Prolog terms to and from strings. Because they work with single terms, the terms, unlike for other I/O predicates, do not need an ending period(.).
The same internal Prolog read/write routines used for other I/O is used for strings, so syntax errors will be reported/thrown just as from other I/O predicates.
File streams can be directly opened and closed.
open/4 opens a file stream. The arguments are:
?- open('japanese_ducks.pro', write, ID, [alias(jducks), type(wide_text)]). ID = 5 yes
open/4,3 throws an error when an attempt is made to open, for reading, a file that does not exist. You might want to use catch/3 to handle this error in your program, say by printing a message and failing as in this example:
main :- open_file(F, ID), ... open_file(F, ID) :- catch( open(F, read, ID), _, ( write('can''t open file':F), nl, fail) ).
open/3 can be used when the default options are to be used. These are type(text) and alias(FILE).
Example:
?- open('ducks.pro', read, ID). ID = 4 yes
close/1 is used to close a stream.
read/1,2 behaves as follows:
Each term read must be terminated with a period(.). This is true even for terms entered at the console. Input terms can cover multiple lines, which means if you forget to enter the period(.), you can enter it on the next line.
?- read(X). foo(bar). X = foo(bar)
If the current input is a file then Prolog expects to be able to read a Term from the file. This query can be used to read all of the clauses from a Prolog source file:
?- open('ducks.pro', read, H, [alias(ducks)]). H = 4 yes ?- repeat, read(ducks, X), writeq(X), nl, X == end_of_file, close(ducks).
write/1,2 write Prolog terms to stream ID, or the current output stream. Variables names are not preserved, but are regenerated. Atoms, strings, and other optionally quoted primitives are written without their quotes. This means terms written using write/1,2 may not be readable by read/1,2. Use write quoted, writeq/1,2 (see below), for terms that are intended to be read back.
Examples:
?- write(hello). hello yes ?- write(duck('Leona', `the mother of all ducks`)). duck(Leona, the mother of all ducks) yes ?- write(duck(X)). duck(H1) X = H1 yes ?- write(head(H, [H|T])). head(H1, [H1 | H3]) H = H1 T = H3 yes
Write quoted, writeq/1,2, writes Prolog terms to stream ID, or the current output stream. Variables names are not preserved, but are regenerated. Atoms, strings, and other optionally quoted primitives are quoted if necessary. Terms written with writeq/1,2 can be read by read/1,2 without loss of meaning.
Examples:
?- writeq(hello). hello yes ?- writeq(duck('Leona', `the mother of all ducks`)). duck('Leona', `the mother of all ducks`) yes yes
Note that neither writeq/1,2 or write/1,2 writes the ending period required for input. That must be explicitly written as well if the term is to be later read. You probably want to write a newline (\n) character as well. Here is one way to generate a file to be later read (see listing below for a better way).
The example also illustrates writing a full Prolog rule, which requires parentheses around the rule to prevent the neck (:-) and comma (,) operators from swallowing the surrounding Prolog text.
duck(leona). duck(ivan). duck(bif). main :- open('ducksout.pro', write, ID), write_ducks(ID), writeq(ID, (pet(duck) :- sound(quack), feathers(yes)) ), write(ID, '.\n'), close(ID). write_ducks(ID) :- duck(D), writeq(ID, duck(D)), write(ID, '.\n'), fail. write_ducks(_).
listing/0,1,2 uses pp/1 (see below) to write dynamic clauses from the logicbase to either current output or the stream ID specified. Using listing from the listener, is a good way to see the dynamic clauses in the logicbase.
Using listing with a stream ID is a good way to write out clauses that are intended to be later read. This is because pp/1 uses writeq and puts on the ending period(.) and newline indicator.
The PRED argument can be:
listing/2 can be used to save dynamic predicates that represent the state of an application. They can then be re-read using consult.
For example, in a game where the state of the game is kept in a predicate location/2, the following predicates implement a save/restore capability for the game.
save(FILE) :- open(FILE, write, ID), listing(ID, location/2), close(ID). restore(FILE) :- reconsult(FILE).
pp/1,2 (pretty print) write terms with indentation and terminating period(.) and new line indication. Variable names are not preserved, and generated variable names are used instead. If you implement your own version of pp/1 and call it user_pp/1, then pp will use your version instead. This means that listing will use your version as well.
(re)consult/1 reads all of the clauses from an input Prolog source file, or list of files, and asserts them as dynamic clauses in the logicbase. It also applies any directives that are part of that file(s). It is often used from the listener, but can be used directly by an application to dynamically read a source file, as in the save/restore example above.
reconsult/1 differs from consult/1, in that it retracts any previous clauses for a predicate that is about to be reconsulted.
If a path name is used in FILE, it can use either forward or backward slashes to separate directories. If backslashes are chosen, then two are usually required, unless string_esc is off.
display/1 displays a Prolog term without expanding operators (useful for seeing precedence and associativity of operators)
?- display( 2 + 3 / 4 * 6 ). +(2,*(/(3,4),6)) yes
get/1,2 succeeds if CODE can be unified with the code value of the next non-white space character read from the appropriate file, or end_of_file.
get0/1,2 succeeds if CODE can be unified with the code value of the next character read in from the stream specified by ID, or end_of_file.
put/1,2 writes a character corresponding to the CODE value.
read_string/1,2 succeeds if STRING can be unified with the next line of characters read from the stream. The end-of-line indicator is not included as part of the string.
STRING is unified with the atom end_of_file at the end of a file.
read_string can be used with string_term to read Prolog terms without requiring the ending period, as the following get_input predicate illustrates.
get_input(TERM) :- read_string(STRING), string_term(STRING, TERM).
You can also add your own error handling:
get_input(PROMPT, TERM) :- repeat, write(PROMPT), read_string(STRING), catch( string_term(STRING, TERM), ERROR, handle_error(ERROR) ). handle_error(_) :- write(`Invalid Prolog term, try again.\n`), fail.
?- get_input(`Enter term: `, X). Enter term: not a term Invalid Prolog term, try again. Enter term: this(is,a,term) X = this(is, a, term) yes
Succeds if the file position is at the end of the specified stream.
These predicates flush either current output or the specified output stream.
nl/0,1 prints out a newline to the current output stream or to the device specified by ID.
skip/1,2 keeps reading characters from the appropriate stream until one is read whose value matches CODE, then succeeds. Fails if end-of-file condition is reached.
tab/1,2 prints out N spaces to the current output or the file identified by ID. An error is generated if N is not bound to an integer.
respkey/1 gets a single character response key from the keyboard. This means it doesn't require an enter as get/1,2 does. It is useful for applications that want an immediate response from a user. An example of its use is the Amzi! debugger in console mode, where single letter keys trigger debugger actions.
To get the current position of a file, use the stream_property/2 predicate as follows:
To set the position, use set_stream_position/2.
For example, this series of goals saves a position and then goes back to it:
reread :- open('duck.pro', read, H), read(H, D1), write(D1), nl, stream_property(H, position(POS_DUCK2)), read(H, D2), write(D2), nl, read(H, D3), write(D3), nl, set_stream_position(H, POS_DUCK2), read(H, D4), write(D4), nl, close(H).
Using it on this file, duck.pro:
duck(leona). duck(ivan). duck(bif). duck(martha).
produces these results:
?- reread. duck(leona) duck(ivan) duck(bif) duck(ivan) yes
Repositioning can be used to restart reading in a file, or in read/write files to read elements written previously, or to insert elements in a file, such as adding a length at the beginning of the file, which was only determined after writing the file. Repositioning is probably of the most use with binary files. (For example, it is used heavily in the Amzi! compiler, written in Prolog, which generates the binary output format .plm files.)
The POSITION argument is a structure, defining the state of the stream. It allows for the specification of both a read and a write position. BUT, this feature is only supported if the underlying tools used to build the Amzi! runtime engine support dual positions. On most platforms, both are the same, and setting one sets the other.
The POSITION argument is different for text and binary streams. For binary streams, the POSITION structure is relatively straight forward:
binary(ORIGIN, READ_POSITION, WRITE_POSITION).
Here is an example of reading the above sample file as a binary file, reading a character at a time:
?- open('duck.pro', read, H, [alias(duck), type(binary)]). H = 4 yes ?- read_binary(duck, char, X). X = 100 % d yes ?- read_binary(duck, char, X). X = 117 % u yes ?- stream_property(duck, position(POSITION)). POSITION = binary(beginning, 2, 0) yes ?- set_stream_position(duck, binary(beginning, 1, 0)). yes ?- read_binary(duck, char, X). X = 117 % u again yes ?- set_stream_position(duck, binary(current, -1, 0)). yes ?- read_binary(duck, char, X). X = 117 % and u again yes
For text streams, the POSITION structure is more complex for the read position. This is because input streams are read a line at a time, and the line is converted from possible multi-byte (variable length) characters in the stream to wide characters internally. It's form is:
text(ORIGIN, READ_LINE, READ_COLUMN, READ_OFFSET, WRITE_POSITION).
You should never attempt to manually set the arguments of the text position. You can get position information, save it, and then reuse it, but attempts to generate text positions by hand can lead to unpredictable results.
There are two sets of predicates for redirecting streams. The predicates with input/output in their names are part of the ISO standard for Prolog. The see/tell family of predicates are from the older defacto Edinburgh standard for Prolog.
In either case, the predicates are used to examine or to change the current (default) input/output streams. The current input/output streams are the ones used by I/O predicates that do not have stream ID specified.
For example, listing output is redirected to a file during this listener session:
?- open('out.txt', write, H, [alias(out)]). H = 5 yes ?- current_output(COUT), set_output(out), listing, set_output(COUT). COUT = 3 yes
(The fact that COUT = 3 in the example, is due to the example being run in the Amzi! Windows IDE. It would have been 1 in a console application.)
NOTE ==> It is important to always first save the current input/output stream before changing the stream. This allows you to reset the stream to its previous value.
current_input/1 unifies ID with the current input stream.
current_output/1 unifies ID with the current output stream.
set_input/1 sets the current input stream to ID.
set_output/1 sets the current output stream to ID.
see/1 redirects the current input to ID. Unlike set_input/1, the argument to see/1 does not have to be a valid stream ID. If its not, see/1 will assume the argument is a file name and open it for input. The special atom user indicates that current input should be directed to the normal user input stream. This would be 0 for console applications and 3 for Amzi! Windows IDE applications.
The current input stream is closed and is redirected to user, see above.
seeing/1 returns the ID of the current input stream. ID must be a variable.
tell/1 redirects the current output to ID. Unlike set_output/1, the argument to tell/1 does not have to be a valid stream ID. If its not, tell/1 will assume the argument is a file name and open it for output. The special atom user indicates that current output should be directed to the normal user output stream. This would be 1 for console applications and 3 for Amzi! Windows IDE applications.
The current output stream is closed and is redirected to user, see above.
telling/1 returns the ID of the current output stream. ID must be a variable.
The binary I/O predicates view a stream as a stream of bytes, without recognition of end-of-line indicators. The predicates read/write various types of data, such as integers, floats and characters. The DATA_TYPE in the two predicates can be one of the following atom values:
read_binary/3 reads a binary quantity, of type DATA_TYPE, from stream ID and unifies the read quantity with DATA.
write_binary/3 writes a binary quantity, DATA, of type DATA_TYPE, to stream ID.
The log file capability allows you to record a transcript of a Prolog session. This is especially useful in recording long traces during debugging.
Logging can be controlled from a listener, or within a Prolog program through the use of built-in predicates.
This opens the file Fname and sets a flag letting Prolog know it is logging. The file overwrites any previous file of the same name. Fname must be an atom, such as "temp.log" or simply log.
This closes the log file and stops the logging process.
Writes X just to the log file.
Writes a newline to the log file.
Logging can also be turned on for an application by specifying a log file in the application's .cfg file.
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In this project, I was given a list of business where the website was either outdated or could use some improvement. I was also given a list of three proto-personas and I was tasked with redesigning the website so it would improve my proto-personas experience. I chose Long Provincial Vietnamese Restaurant and Lauren Berlinger as my proto persona and quickly found that the website was very cumbersome. It had an extensive list of menu items without any pictures so users found it hard to understand what they were ordering. My first priority was redesigning the homepage layout and navigation so that it was simple and aesthetically appealing. Adding photos to the menu was my next step and then adding additional features for take out and table reservations.
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Long provincial is traditional Vietnamese restaurant located in downtown Seattle and is the sister restaurant to Tamarind Tree from the International District of Seattle. They've been open for almost 10 years specializing in traditional dishes that can be found throughout the regions of Vietnam with a full bar and cocktail menu. They also provide full service catering and private or semi-private events that serve sit-dinners or self-serve buffet style.
Long Provincial's peak times during the week is lunch time. During the weekends, their dinner time picks up quite a bit and Friday is a combination of both lunch and dinner being high traffic. Based on this data I discovered on Google, my target users would be people who work in downtown Seattle and go out to eat for lunch.
The first thing I noticed about Long provincial's website was the copyright date, the press release page has not been updated since 2009 which is one of Lauren's needs; regularly updated inventory. As the website currently stands, Lauren would not be a customer because she is unable to purchase from the website let alone her mobile, which also means no fast shipping or product reviews. After further analysis, I discovered that there are 158 menu items and only 14 photos on the entire website.
I compared websites features with competitors that were similar to Long Provincial to learn more about what other businesses had to offer from their website. Babar offers modern Vietnamese food and with an emphasis on cocktails. Green Leaf serves a similar menu as Long Provincial with their traditional Vietnamese cuisine. Pho 25 is located less than a mile from Long Provincial. Between all the competitors, a key feature that they all shared except for Long Provincial was a food Gallery
Babar Seattle is located in Capitol Hill on 12th Ave and Cherry. It is also a late night Vietnamese cuisine that has a modern spin on the traditional dishes. Babar Includes a full bar and is also open late nights. Babar Seattle is in a heavy lunch traffic area as its near Seattle University. Their pricing is about the same as Long Provincial however Long provincial does have a couple plates near $30, the average cost is about the same however Babar has a slightly smaller menu. The area that Babar is located has paid parking but there are quite a few places to choose from so it’s not a big hassle find a place to park.
Green leaf is located in the iconic International District of Seattle. They’re open till 11pm and they’re peak time is around dinner time (6-7pm) They boast a large menu similar to that of Long Provincial with similar pricing for most of their dishes. Green leaf’s average price is a bit lower but the selection is just as high as well as quality. Green leaf is in a two story building and has capacity of about 96 patrons.
This Vietnamese restaurant would be a direct competitor to Long Provincial during lunch time as they serve the similar types of foods. Their peak hours are lunch time and they have a large seating area. Their website does not allow any type of online ordering. They’re located a few blocks away from Long Provincial.
The last bit of research that I conducted was a task analysis followed by a user interview. I began by asking users to find a particular type of food item and then order it for pickup. Users were quickly overwhelmed by the extensive menu and commented how it was such a waste of time to use their website because it doesn't show any pictures of their products and then the users would also have to call in to make the order.
“Are there no pictures? How do I know what I'm ordering from this place?”
Ly T."There's so many things in here!! This menu is overwhelming as h***!!"
John P.
After my research, I was able to discover where Long Provincial's website is lacking and how I can design a better experience for Lauren. I found that multiple users were not exactly sure what food they would receive based on the description alone mentioning that having pictures would help them understand what they were ordering. One of the ways that we are able to serve Lauren based on the proto-persona is having multiple or large product photos. My website analysis discovered that out of 158 menu items, there are only 14 photos in total on the entire website. Based on the feature analysis, all of Long Provincial's competitors have a food gallery. The common pattern here and minimum viable product would be adding photos to the website would help improve the user's experience.
However the ideal user story for Lauren would allow her to order her food from her mobile, check out quickly and have her food ready for her. From a user experience designer standpoint, adding photos would be the absolute MVP but from a business standpoint, I wanted to address a way to improve revenue as well. I wanted to do more than adding photos to the website.
Lauren is at her office and will be going on lunch soon, she’s interested in authentic Vietnamese food so she goes online to find something nearby her office in Downtown. Her current project is due so she's on a tight schedule. Lauren was able to find the food she was looking for and order from the website so she could pick up the food and save some time.
Lauren does not know what she wants to order from Long Provincial because they don't have any pictures to help guide her. The website also lacks an ordering system that would allow her to place a takeout or delivery order.
I believe by redesigning the website to include photos and allow users to order online will improve users confidence in the food they are ordering. I know this will be true when there is an increase in take-out or delivery orders with a low amount of customers complaining about getting something they weren't expecting.
I started the develop phase by creating a sitemap with Omnigraffle of the current website. This should help me understand how the current website's navigation structure is and the relationship between different pages, so I could improve it.
To develop a site map that was more organized, I used card sorting to help identify similar categories. WIth 30 participants, I was able to reduce the menu items from 16 down to 5. Appetizers, lunch, dinner, dessert and beverages.
Current Site MapAfter reviewing the card sorting, I was able to flatten the site map making the navigation much simpler for the user. Contact us now contains all the restaurant information such as phone number and location, reservations, catering, and employment. I found that by categorizing the food into simpler terms such as soups, rice and noodles; users had a better idea of what the items might be based on the category. Due to the complexity of developing an in-house take out system and the time constraints, I opted to have the website redirect the user to a 3rd party vendor, ubereat as that is also one of Lauren's favorite brand. Keeping MVP in mind, I decided to have the take out system as a stretch goal.
With a site map in mind, I started sketching a few pages so I would have a general idea of what I would wireframe. I tried a few different landing pages but I knew the menu needed to have a photo gallery.
After some rapid iterations and usability testing and drawing some inspiration from Long Provincial's sister restaurant named Tamarind Tree, I began designing my first set of wireframes for additional usability testing. Although navigation was much simpler now, other information that users were expecting to see was lacking. I ended up omitting the press page and previous special events page because the articles and menu were almost 10 years old and no longer relevant.
The final iteration has the multiple pages that Lauren wants from a website. Due to time constraints, I opted to use a 3rd party to handle online reservations and take out orders. OpenTable will open when users click on the reservations page and UberEats will also open when attempting to order take out. After completing more usability testing, my final set of wireframes were read to pass off to a visual designer.
With the wireframes complete, and usability testing validation my design, I wanted to create redlines for the landing page so if I were to pass this on to a graphic designer, they will be able to mock up a Hi-Fi comprehensive unfortunately due to time constraints, I was not able to create that during this sprint.
I decided to keep the same branding as the current website as I did not do any research behind it. I chose to start with the font of American Typewriter to give the website a traditional and classic feel to it. Similar to the current branding now with the traditional Vietnamese Cuisine.
I'm always interested in hearing ideas and brainstorming!


DANTE'S PEAK A film review by Mark R. Leeper Copyright 1997 Mark R. Leeper
Capsule: This is a disaster film that has nearly everything going for it but plot- originality. But for a couple of nice touches in the scenario, it is very much the story the viewer expects. However, with the exception of a few exaggerated scenes, this is pretty much what volcanoes really do. For me that makes DANTE'S PEAK the volcano film to see this spring. Rating: high +1 (-4 to +4) Spoiler Warning: Following the review is an excerpt from a U.S. Geological Survey response to the film DANTE'S PEAK. While it will certainly reveal in advance events of the film, it also enhances the viewing experience by allowing the reader then appreciate the film with an educated palate. New York Critics: 2 positive, 13 negative, 5 mixed
When I see a historical film I ask myself whether it is a good story and whether it is accurate to history. Similarly when I see a disaster film, particularly one in which the menace is caused by something scientific, I ask myself is it a good story and is it scientifically accurate. I tend to weigh the latter as important much more than most people since for me a good deal of the value of the film is to show me something that could happen to me. I can escape into a film much better if I think that what I am seeing is reasonably possible. Well, DANTE'S PEAK deserves only very lukewarm interest for its story, which is in large respects a very off-the-shelf disaster film plot. For me, however, a big plus is that most of the time it was not really very far from scientific accuracy. There are a few unrealistic scenes (most I recognized from having read the FAQ included below), but for the most part the film was fairly believable.
DANTE'S PEAK opens with a scene in a volcanic eruption. The force of the eruption has nature reversed in some fundamental ways. The sky is blotted out and flaming rocks are falling, seemingly from the clouds. Volcanologist Harry Dalton (Pierce Brosnan) has allowed himself to get to close to the eruption he was studying and it paying the price. This is four years before the action of the story, but it effectively conveys the Biblical doomsday feel that is associated with being caught too near a volcanic eruption. A few years later he still works for the U.S. Geological Survey when he is asked to take a look at some seismic activity in a place called Dante's Peak, Washington. Even he points out that it is a cornball name for a volcanic mountain. This place was just voted to be the second best small town in the country. Shortly after he arrives Dalton decides that small town number three is due for a promotion and this region which has not seen an active volcano since some time about 5000 BC may be ready to go active again.
It will come as no surprise to the viewer that Dalton's suspicions are well-founded and the volcano does indeed erupt. The plot follows the familiar disaster film formulae of disagreement over whether there real is a threat to the small town, with Dalton's supervisor (Charles Hallahan) unwilling to commit to believing an eruption is coming. Having been involved with the politics of having called a false alarm in the past, he wants to avoid at all costs a false alarm here. But the cost turns out to be high with many people caught in the town at the time of the disaster. Once the eruption comes there are familiar sequences of people getting into danger and of rescue. But at least the threats are relatively realistic for the eruption as are the numbers of people killed.
There are some nice touches in the script. There are financial reasons for the citizens of Dante's Peak to want to ignore the warnings. However the townspeople, led by town mayor Rachel Wando (Linda Hamilton of TERMINATOR), are smarter than townspeople usually are in disaster films. If the U.S. Geological Survey says it is time to go, they seem ready enough. The film is much more about the USGS team's wrangling to decide if they feel the mountain is really going to go. That seems fully believable. Much of what we see seems realistic, even at the expense of some visual excitement. The sky is darkened and ash is falling so it looks a lot like a dismal snowy day. One scene that does seem to be driven by the effects rather than logic shows elevated highway just outside this tiny isolated town. The special effects work is very convincing particularly in a flood scene near the end. There is a somewhat contrived setting near the end of the film. I might almost believe it would be there, but that the ELF would work from there seems unlikely.
The makers of other recent disaster films could take a lesson from DANTE'S PEAK. Unlike VOLCANO or JURASSIC PARK characters you get to know and get to like do not survive. There is some risk in killing off a good character, but it maintains the dramatic tension of the film and keeps the story realistic. The team sent from the U.S. Geological Survey actually look like a team of people that the USGS might send, not a bunch of attractive young actors. Other nice touches in the script include the fact there is no human villain. You would think that a film with a volcano does not need a human villain, but the makers of a major film like OUTBREAK, for example, felt necessary to put in a human to defeat as well as the title threat.
While the story values are weaker than they might be, DANTE'S PEAK is a good cinematic recreation of what it must be like to experience an erupting volcano. It is certainly the better of the two volcano films being released this spring. Not a great film but worth a high +1 on the -4 to +4 scale.
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The following is an excerpt from the U.S. Geological Survey web site at http://vulcan.wr.usgs.gov/News/ DantesPeak/dantes_peak.html. I am very pleased that the U.S. Geological Survey created this information page, as I think it much enhances the enjoyment of the film and also sets the record straight where the film strayed from accuracy. There are references to the film throughout the site, thought this section most directly discusses the science of DANTE'S PEAK.
DANTE'S PEAK FAQ'S (frequently asked questions)
U.S. Geological Survey Volcano Hazards Program February 10, 1997
MOVIE FACT OR FICTION?
Q: Is the eruption depicted in Dante's Peak realistic?
A: In many but not all respects, the movie's depiction of eruptive hazards hits close to the mark, especially as regards the enormous power unleashed during an eruption. Stratovolcanoes in the Cascade Range and Alaska erupt explosively and produce pyroclastic flows, clouds of volcanic ash, and debris flows (lahars) that behave much as shown in the movie. Lava flows at these volcanoes, though, are usually thick and slow moving, unlike the fluid flows in the movie. Fast- flowing flows of basalt lava are common in Hawaii, though. Real eruptions may be considerably larger or smaller, and affect larger or smaller areas, than those shown in the film.
Q: Can eruptions really threaten helicopters, as in the movie, and other aircraft?
A: Yes. Encounters between aircraft and clouds of volcanic ash are a serious concern. Jet engines and other aircraft components are vulnerable to damage by fine, abrasive volcanic ash, which can drift in dangerous concentrations hundreds of miles downwind from an erupting volcano.
During the past 15 years, at least 80 aircraft have accidentally encountered volcanic ash clouds, and in 6 cases jet engines temporarily lost power. An international consortium of government agencies, including the U.S. Geological Survey, Federal Aviation Administration, and National Weather Service, is now monitoring ash-producing volcanoes and tracking volcanic ash clouds to reduce the likelihood of future encounters.
Q: Can the temperature of hot springs near a restless volcano change quickly enough to injure bathers?
A: Temperature changes can and do occur, but usually more slowly than shown in the movie. In fact, the temperature of hot springs may increase, decrease, or stay the same during volcanic unrest. Increases in water temperature, when they do occur, usually take days or weeks to develop, rather than a few seconds as shown in the movie.
In rare cases, earthquakes can suddenly disrupt a volcano's hot groundwater system, changing its temperature. And earthquakes have been known to temporarily increase the flow of water from hot springs, sometimes causing geyser-like activity that could threaten bathers.
Q: Do earthquakes large enough to collapse buildings and roads accompany volcanic eruptions?
A: Not usually. Earthquakes associated with eruptions rarely exceed magnitude 5, and these moderate earthquakes are not big enough to destroy the kinds of buildings, houses, and roads that were demolished in the movie. The largest earthquakes at Mount St. Helens in 1980 were magnitude 5, large enough to sway trees and damage buildings, but not destroy them. During the huge eruption of Mount Pinatubo in the Philippines in 1991, dozens of light to moderate earthquakes (magnitude 3 to 5) were felt by several hundred thousand people. Many houses collapsed, but not primarily because of the shaking. Heavy, wet ash from the eruption and a hurricane accumulated on roofs and crushed them.
Stronger earthquakes sometimes DO occur near volcanoes as a result of tectonic faulting. For example, four magnitude 6 earthquakes struck Long Valley caldera, California, in 1980, and a magnitude 7.2 earthquake struck Kilauea Volcano, Hawaii, in 1975. Both volcanoes were quiet at the time. The Hawaii earthquake triggered a small eruption at the summit of Kilauea. No eruption has yet occurred at Long Valley, but the area has been restless since the 1980 earthquakes.
Q: Can a town's water supply become contaminated when a volcano is restless?
A: Yes, but probably not as quickly as shown in the movie. If a town's water supply originates directly from a volcano's groundwater system or from a stream that has been covered with volcanic ash, the water could become contaminated with foul-smelling gases or fine ash and other sediment. Some volcanic gases such as sulfur dioxide dissolve in groundwater, making the water acidic. Sulfurous odors, however, are caused by hydrogen sulfide gas, which smells like rotten eggs.
Q: Do scientists drive across moving lava flows?
A: No. Any attempt to drive across an active lava flow, even one that has partly solidified to form a thin crust, is likely to lead to disaster. With a temperature of 1,700 degrees Fahrenheit or higher, fresh lava will quickly melt rubber tires and ignite gas tanks. And if a vehicle gets stuck in moving lava, well, you know the rest of the story.

A: Yes. At several volcanoes around the world, carbon dioxide gas released from magma has accumulated in the soil in sufficient concentrations to kill vegetation or has collected in low areas and suffocated animals. At Mammoth Mountain in California, carbon dioxide has killed about 100 acres of trees since 1989, and visitors to this area have occasionally suffered symptoms of asphyxiation when entering cabins or below- ground excavations. USGS scientists have concluded that the gas is escaping from a magma body beneath Mammoth Mountain. The magma itself is not currently moving toward the surface, but the USGS is monitoring the situation carefully.
Q: Can volcanoes suddenly become restless and erupt within one week of the first signs of activity?
A: Yes. The first steam eruption at Mount St. Helens on March 27, 1980, was preceded by only 7 days of intense earthquake activity. The climactic eruption, on May 18, followed seven weeks later. An eruption of Redoubt Volcano in Alaska on December 13, 1989, was preceded by only 24 hours of intense earthquake activity. But other volcanoes have been restless for months or years before an eruption occurred, and sometimes a period of unrest doesn't produce an eruption at all.
Q: Are robots used by the USGS to monitor volcanoes?
A: No. We rely on observations and measurements made by experienced scientists and on critical data sent by radio or satellite relay from monitoring instruments installed around a volcano. These instruments include seismometers, tiltmeters, Global Positioning System (GPS) receivers, gas sensors, mudflow (lahar or debris flow) sensors, and temperature probes.
NASA has tested a robot named Dante at Mount Erebus volcano in Antarctica and Mount Spurr volcano in Alaska. The USGS believes that, on Earth, experienced volcanologists are a better and more cost- effective alternative for monitoring dangerous volcanoes.
Q: Can volcanoes produce large explosive eruptions and rivers of fluid lava at the same time?
A: Not usually. During a single eruption, a volcano CAN produce both lava flows and ash, sometimes simultaneously. The red, glowing lava fountains and lava flows in Dante's Peak (including the active flow across which Harry Dalton drives) are characteristic of a fluid magma, called basalt. In contrast, explosive gray ash columns and pyroclastic flows shown in other scenes are characteristic of more viscous magmas, called andesite, dacite, or rhyolite. It's uncommon for a volcano to erupt magmas of widely different composition at the same time.
Q: Can lakes near volcanoes become acidic enough to be dangerous to people?
A: Yes. Crater lakes atop volcanoes are typically the most acid, with pH values as low as 0.1 (very strong acid). Normal lake waters, in contrast, have relatively neutral pH values near 7.0. The crater lake at El Chichon volcano in Mexico had a pH of 0.5 in 1983 and Mount Pinatubo's crater lake had a pH of 1.9 in 1992. The acid waters of these lakes are capable of causing burns to human skin but are unlikely to dissolve metal quickly. Gases from magma that dissolve in lake water to form such acidic brews include carbon dioxide, sulfur dioxide, hydrogen sulfide, hydrogen chloride, and hydrogen fluoride. However, the movie's rapidly formed acidic lake capable of dissolving an aluminum boat in a matter of minutes is unrealistic.
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Young Leaders’ Consortium or YLC as the name suggests is a gathering of young student leaders from diverse educational fields who can share their skills, experience, knowledge among themselves and spread it to various student communities in India, as thus provide exposure of leadership to all parts of the country.
YLC aims to offer a lively and memorable learning opportunity for students seeking a supplement to their education and develop the leadership skills within them by nurturing the traits required for attaining excellence through a wide variety of well planned activities in a challenging environment and by giving them exposure of various leadership programs.
In a country like India, talent is plenty but opportunities are very less and YLC wants to provide this opportunity to the students in India. The goal of YLC is to work extensively towards the aspiration of modern youth, especially through the continued expansion and enhancement of the organization through national and international collaborations.
YLC focuses for the promotion of student interest in international relations and related subjects, the increase in capacity for students to engage in problem solving, the teaching of various conflict resolution methods, research skills, and communication skills, and the creation of opportunities to meet and interact with people from diverse fields and build long lasting relationships among the youth community.
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With the above vision in mind, Young Leaders’ Consortium began its operations in its first chapter Odisha couple of months after the inception of Young Leaders' Consortium India to provide access to our programmes to student communities across Odisha. Along with that, we have engaged in collaborations in several other cities, where we would be expanding soon. In Odisha, we developed a team of exuberant and dedicated people. Their tremendous efforts in consolidating several student communities in order to provide exposure to leadership led to the establishment of YLC Odisha. The team has been working together with several institutions and organizations operating in Odisha and the rest of eastern India, expanding Young Leaders’ Consortium’s operational base, allowing youngsters from a variety of backgrounds to identify their leadership potential.
Chennai, which earlier was core base for the Young Leaders’ Consortium has now been converted into a core chapter, with a team already put in place. Chennai core chapter has already conducted MUN workshops and Leaderships workshops in SRM University and SSN College of Engineering, NIT Trichy etc. The Chennai core chapter also extends to projects in nearby places of Vellore, Trichy and Coimbatore. The Chennai chapter of YLC aims to spread the idea of leadership among schools of Chennai to that the students have a solid base for becoming leaders of tomorrow.
The Mumbai core chapter of Young Leaders’ Consortium has been formed seeing the tremendous potential that is present in this part of the country. The Mumbai chapter shall act as the base for all projects in Nagpur, Pune and Ahmedabad as well. Several workshops and MUN associations are already lined up under the Mumbai chapter, and many more in pipelines. The enthusiasm with which the team of Mumbai chapter has started their work has been commendable and promises to bring out the best leaders from the region.
The Bangalore chapter of Young Leaders’ Consortium is one among the three new chapters that have been set up under Young Leaders’ Consortium India, and aims to tap the potential of the brightest minds and the ever expressive youth of the city of Bangalore. The team for the Bangalore chapter is in a developing stage, however at this initial stage they have shown a lot of promise and spreading the message of Leadership loud and clear in the area of work.
The Hyderabad chapter is the newest chapter under Young Leaders’ Consortium India. Hyderabad has shown lot of scope for nurturing and growth of leaders and thus we have entered with YLC into Hyderabad. The Hyderabad core chapter will work as base for other areas as well, which include Warangal, Vijaywada. MUN workshop and MUN association projects are already in place and with many other projects to come, YLC aims to nurture the best of leaders from Hyderabad.
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Model UN conferences develop not only the knowledge of participants on world issues but also help in their overall development as a leader and keeping this in mind we associate with Model UN Conferences happening throughout the country and provide assistance in better organizing, ensuring brilliant, which brings forward, best of the leaders. We provide full assistance to the organizers of the MUN in substantive matters, organizational matters, debate, and event management for the Model UN conference.
Model UN conferences have their sophisticated rules of procedure which become very difficult for first timers to understand and comprehend. YLC provides beginner and intermediate level of training for rules of procedures of MUN, ways to research , an Introduction to policy making and geopolitical scenarios etc. The Workshops are generally a two day event, wherein the first is about explanation of the rules of procedure and other aspects of Model UN and the second day has a mock session for better understanding of rules of procedure by the participants of the workshop.
Leadership is a key feature for successful people all around the world, and every one desires to be a leader but no one really knows how to take the first few primary steps to start moving in that direction. The Leadership Workshop by YLC is specially customized for the students and youth who have very basic or minimal experience in the domain of leadership. We aim to spread the traits of leadership among the recipients of the workshop.The key feature of the Leadership Workshop is the activities and exercises conducted to make the recipients of the workshop understand the traits of leadership better and in an effective manner.


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WebRTC is Peer-to-Peer (usually)
Peer-to-Peer is awesome
Until it isn't
Audio Vocabulary 101
Transcoding
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"ARTAXERXES "the Greek form of the name of several Persian kings. (1.) The king who obstructed the rebuilding of the temple (Ezra 4:7). He was probably the Smerdis of profane history. (2.) The king mentioned in Ezra 7:1, in the seventh year (B.C. 458) of whose reign Ezra led a second colony of Jews back to Jerusalem, was probably Longimanus, who reigned for forty years (B.C. 464-425); the grandson of Darius, who, fourteen years later, permitted Nehemiah to return and rebuild Jerusalem.
"ARTAXERXES "the Greek form of the name of several Persian kings. (1.) The king who obstructed the rebuilding of the temple (Ezra 4:7). He was probably the Smerdis of profane history.
(2.) The king mentioned in Ezra 7:1, in the seventh year (B.C. 458) of whose reign Ezra led a second colony of Jews back to Jerusalem, was probably Longimanus, who reigned for forty years (B.C. 464-425); the grandson of Darius, who, fourteen years later, permitted Nehemiah to return and rebuild Jerusalem.


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Gross, to the Max: Tremors 3's Affable Michael Gross
A feature story by Jeremiah Kipp - Copyright © 2001 filmcritic.com
There's something empowering in watching men triumph over monsters, which explains the popularity of Universal Studios' endless sequels to Frankenstein, Dracula, and The Wolf Man throughout World War II. The cult classic Tremors, featuring a small desert community under attack by giant killer earthworms that pop up from under the ground, could provide the same escapist entertainment today. Practical handymen Val and Earl (Kevin Bacon and Fred Ward) outsmart the Graboids through refreshing use of common sense, banding the small Nevada town of Perfection together ("This valley is just one long smorgasbord, and we have got to get out!")
Tremors has fun with S.S. Wilson and Brent Maddock's oft-quotable dialogue, but the most memorable scene involves two survivalists (country singer Reba McIntire and Family Ties' namby-pamby ex-hippie dad Michael Gross, both cast surprisingly against type) defending their basement against a giant worm, exhausting their entire wall of state-of-the-art rifles and ammunition in a hilarious shootout that must last a good three-to-five minutes. That'll teach the bastards!
Michael Gross again played the resilient Burt Gummer for Tremors II: Aftershocks (sadly, sans Reba) and is one of the key ensemble players during Tremors 3: Back to Perfection. As the title implies, it's a homecoming where many actors from the original film reprise their roles as the eclectic, funny band of neighbors. Once more unto the (desert) breach they go, facing off against the mutated creatures.
filmcritic.com recently had the opportunity to chat with Gross about his latest assault on "those little wormies." Tremors 3 arrives straight-to-video on October 4, 2001.
filmcritic.com: I just saw Tremors 3: Back to Perfection last night.
Michael Gross: I haven't seen it yet! How would you compare it to parts one [Tremors] and two [Tremors 2: Aftershocks]?
I haven't seen Tremors 2. I really dug the first one.
My own personal opinion is that this is better than Tremors 2. [That movie has] some interesting stuff, but is more of a straight action-adventure. Tremors 3, like the original, has a little more heart to it.
You return to the town of Perfection.
It's our roots!
Seems like you have a real affection for these characters.
Yes. I loved having my character's relationship with [nice guy Perfection resident] Miguel (Tony Genaro) again, and little Mindy (Ariana Richards), the girl with the pogo stick [from Tremors, age 10] who's now 21, 22!
Was it odd seeing some of those actors [including Robert Jayne, 17 in Tremors] all grown up? I assume you haven't seen them in years.
I haven't, and it was a thrill. Tremors was 11 years ago, and in some ways it felt as if no time at all had passed. Actors are, by nature, gypsies. One of the toughest things about our business is the departures, but one of the nicest is the reunions. You get together with somebody you haven't seen for a long, long time and talk about the old days or the fun you had on this or that project. That's very much how it felt here. It was fun to catch up. When we have a DVD version of this, I plan to have the cast and some of the crew over at the house to have a screening and a potluck because I like them all.
Both of the original Tremors screenwriters have had a hand in directing the sequels, right? S.S. Wilson directed Part 2 and then Brent Maddock directed Part 3?
Exactly, and they are both marvelously capable for first-time directors, among other things. They know the material so well. It's nice to have a director there who you can turn to and say, "Can we tweak this line a little bit?" Being the director and writer, they have final authority, but it's great to have the power right there behind the camera and there are so few egos involved here. It's like one great big family. These guys come to me every couple of years when they wanna crank out another one. They say, "Whaddaya think we should do? What do you have to tell us about Burt?" They just trust me with the character.
One thing I must say is that although Burt's name (or my name, I should say) is above the title this time out, I said, "You mustn't make me the centerpiece of this thing." Burt only works insofar as he is surrounded by nice, normal human beings. Like Fonzie in Happy Days, surrounded by the Cunningham family. He's the comic contrast.
Burt is something of a survivalist. Do you think he's overcompensating for something?
To be honest, I think it's abject fear. He's a fearful paranoid. The beauty of their writing is if you take anything like that so far, it becomes comical. Anybody who takes life that seriously is, by nature, funny. One of the things I love about Burt is the irony that he has no sense of humor. That is pure comic potential right there. In all three movies, I have difficulty remembering a time when Burt laughed.
He smiles a few times.
Yeah, when he's right about something! It's a sarcastic smile.
What were your feelings about on-set safety, handling all those big guns?
I have a great respect for weapons. I'm not afraid of them. In fact, like anyone, I get a pure testosterone rush from them, which is why I think they're so dangerous. That opening sequence kills me. Burt sits between those antiaircraft guns blasting away [at the Graboids]. It was deafening, my teeth were grinding, flames shot out five or six feet from the barrel. I collected some of the shell casings and they're about six to eight inches long.
I'm actually a gun control person. Someone said to me once, "Would you want that right taken away?" I said, "Oh, my God, yes! Take it away from me in a minute! The only reason I own a gun is because I assume everyone else in the United States does as well."
I took firearm safety courses years ago, and we had a very good safety person with us this time. I also find myself teaching other actors how to handle guns, how to hand a weapon to someone else, how to accept a weapon from someone else. Also, I would check things three times and if I have any doubt about anything, it doesn't happen, and everybody respects that.
As far as guns are concerned, I've said this before regarding the Tremors series, but one of the things I love is amidst all the armaments Burt has, he never turn the guns on another human being. I'm very proud of that. That's part of our philosophy. In a sense, one of the series' great appeals is it's a return to the innocence of the horror film of the 1950s, when it was men against the monsters. It was not men against other men. We're not killing each other here. We're killing the creatures.
A friend told me, "You can't help but love those little wormies." Whaddaya think?
(laughs) There's something that binds us together when we're fighting a species other than our own. In that respect, we see men pulling together and not pulling apart.
Then there are the tongue-in-cheek aspects of the series, the sense of humor. There's a delicate balancing act between the hilarity of characters (like Burt) and the horror of their situation. There is an actual threat.
What makes this sequel unique? Do you think it answers any questions lingering from Tremors and Tremors 2?
One of the things this has in common with the first one that I like a lot is that you actually have a community under threat again. In part 2, there was less of that when [returning lead actor] Fred Ward and I are brought in to eradicate this area of Mexico where the Graboids had invaded an oil field. Going back to the village of Perfection was important and this was something we'd talk about with the writers. When the community is threatened, it's an entirely different thing. There are women and children involved. There's a cross-section of people. That's an important theme. So I think, to its credit, part 3 has far more in keeping with the original Tremors.
One of the appeals is the way the monsters keep mutating. It's not just Godzilla coming back again. Every time you think you have the creatures figured out, they mutate. In part 3, they actually have this weird body chemistry where they're able to propel themselves by their own fire. So we had Graboids, Shriekers, and now we have these things referred to as Ass Blasters! (laughs)
Do you get more people coming up to you who say they loved you in Tremors or Family Ties?
There are a few other television movies people remember me for. I play this real bastard in a television movie called In the Line of Duty: The F.B.I. Murders with David Soul. We're a couple of killers down in Florida. People come up to me almost every week because that movie had such impact. But I'd say it's pretty much divided equally between Family Ties and the fans of other things, including Tremors.
There are some really obsessive Tremors nutcases out there, and I mean that in the fondest possible way. They're so funny! They'll come up to me and repeat lines and situations for me. They love it. It's fascinating, and it's great to know that something you did for six weeks last year brings people pleasure time and time again.
Do you think any of your crazy roles had anything to do with doing something different from the dad in Family Ties?
Oh yes! It's fun to keep people off balance. If I had played Burt for seven years, I would have said, "Oh please, give me a leading man. Please let me get the girl. Can't I just be normal?" It's partially to manipulate my image, but partly to have some fun. I love seafood, but I don't want it at every meal. From time to time, I want a pork chop. That's the same way I feel as an actor. From my own sense of play, I want to experiment.
It was ironic that literally the day after we wrapped Family Ties in 1989, I was on the set of Tremors. It was a wonderful gift because it immediately answered the question, "Would there be life after Family Ties?" Not only would there be life, but it would be a radically different life. I have always loved interesting and bizarre characters both on the stage and screen. I wound up playing strange characters onstage for years. Thank God there were enough people in the industry who knew that.
Bent?
Exactly. That started in the fall of 1979. On a swing, in a dress and wig, as a female impersonator -- and that was my Broadway debut! To me, outlandish stuff is a hoot. Burt was partly my response to seven years of Steven Keaton on Family Ties and partly me doing what I had done for years before. To this day, I'm sorry I wasn't in the original movie, The Producers. That midnight movie, The Rocky Horror Picture Show, would be right up my alley, too!
I've never seen a single episode of Family Ties.
It was very much a product of the '80s. The Michael J. Fox character is a paradigm for the Reagan years and the conservatism of that decade. One of the things I thought in terms of the family was it showed how diverse it can be and still hold together. The parents are a counterculture product of the '60s, and the father doesn't have what Alex would call a real job (because he worked for public television). The son has a poster of William Buckley on the wall. I think there's a lesson for America in a place where we're so frocked by partisanship in so many ways. For or against guns, for or against abortion, this, that, and the other thing, that we can't love each other in the midst of our diversity, I think that's important for us and one of the great things about Family Ties.
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assert trial.status == "reserved"
atexit._run_exitfuncs()
assert client._pacemakers == {}
assert client.get_trial(trial).status == "broken"
Test that broken trials are detected
with create_experiment(config, base_trial) as (cfg, experiment, client):
try:
with client.suggest() as trial:
assert trial.status == "reserved"
raise RuntimeError("Dummy failure!")
except:
pass
assert client._pacemakers == {}


| Dimension | Standard | Values |
| Additional Availability Status | DMTF CIM Logical Device (see http://www.dmtf.org/standards/cim/cim_schema_v29/CIM_Core.zip) | Degraded |
| Administrative State | CCITT X.731 | Locked Shutting Down Unlocked |
| Administrative State | ISO/IEC 10164-2:1993 | Locked Shutting Down Unlocked |
| Administrative State | ITU-T M.3100 | Locked Unlocked |
| Alarm Action Status | Sun MC 3.5 Users Guide | Executed No action Pending |
| Alarm Severity | Sun Web Application Guidelines | Critical Down Major Minor |
| Alarm Severity | IETF Alarm Management Information Base (MIB) (see http://www.ietf.org/rfc/rfc3877.txt) | Cleared critical indeterminate major minor warning |
| Alarm Severity | Sun MC 3.5 Users Guide | Alert Caution Critical Down Off / Disabled |
| Alarm State | IETF Alarm Management Information Base (MIB) | Clear Raise |
| Alarm State | RFC3877 (see http://www.faqs.org/rfcs/rfc3877.html) | Clear Raise |
| Alarm State | Sun MC 3.5 Users Guide | Closed Open |
| Alarm Status | CCITT X.731 | Alarm Outstanding Critical Major Minor Under Repair |
| Alarm Status | Sun Web Application Guidelines | Acknowledged Closed Fixed Open |
| Alarm Status | ISO/IEC 10164-2:1993 | Alarm Outstanding Critical Major Minor Under Repair |
| Alarm Status | ITU-T M.3100 | Cleared Critical Indeterminate Major Minor Pending Warning |
| Alert Type | Sun Web Application Guidelines | Error Information Question Warning |
| Alert Indication | DMTF CIM Event | Critical Degraded/Warning Fatal/NonRecoverable Information Major Minor Other Unknown |
| ASF-Sensor Poll Messages Status |
DMTF Alert Standard Format Specification (see http://www.dmtf.org/standards/documents/ASF/DSP0136.pdf) | (See link to left) |
| Availability Status | CCITT X.731 | Dependency Degraded Failed In Test Log Full Not Installed Off Duty Off Line Power Off |
| Availability Status | DMTF CIM Logical Device (see http://www.dmtf.org/standards/documents/CIM/DSP0111.pdf) | Degraded Install Error In Test Not Installed Not Applicable Not Configured Not Ready Off Duty Offline Other Paused Power Cycle Power Off Power Save – Low Power Mode Power Save - Standby Power Save – Unknown Power Save – Warning Quiesced Running/Full Power Unknown Warning |
| Availability Status | ISO/IEC 10164-2:1993 | Dependency Degraded Failed In Test Log Full Not Installed Off Duty Off Line Power Off |
| Availability Status | ITU-T M.3100 | Degraded In Test |
| Close Session Response Status | DMTF Alert Standard Format Specification (see http://www.dmtf.org/standards/documents/ASF/DSP0136.pdf) | (See link to left) |
| Control Status | CCITT X.731 | Part of services locked Reserved for test Subject to test Suspended |
| Control Status | ISO/IEC 10164-2:1993 | Cold Standby Host Standby Part of Services Locked Providing Service Reserved for Test Subject to Test Suspended |
| Detected Error State | DMTF CIM Printer (see http://www.dmtf.org/standards/documents/CIM/DSP0111.pdf) | Jammed Low Paper Low Toner No Paper Output Bin Full |
| Discover Object Status | Sun MC 3.5 Users Guide | Failed New Queued Running Stopped Succeeded 0 Hosts Added |
| Distribution | DMTF | Distributed Local Unknown DMTF Reserved Vendor Specific |
| Enabled State | DMTF CIM Core Element (see http://www.dmtf.org/standards/cim/cim_schema_v29/CIM_Core.zip) | Deferred Disabled Enabled Enabled but Offline In Test Not Applicable Other Quiesce Shutting Down Starting Unknown DMTF Reserved Vendor Reserved |
| Event Perceived Severity | CCITT X.733 | Cleared Critical Indeterminate Major Minor Warning |
| Health State | DMTF CIM Core Element (see http://www.dmtf.org/standards/cim/cim_schema_v29_prelim/schema_based/Core_CoreElements.htm#CIM_AdminDomain) | Critical failure |
| Job State | DMTF CIM Core Element (see http://www.dmtf.org/standards/cim/cim_schema_v29/CIM_Core.zip) | Completed Exception Killed New Running Service Shutting Down Starting Suspended Terminated DMTF Reserved Vendor Reserved |
| Legal Transaction State | DMTF CIM Support Model (see http://www.dmtf.org/standards/documents/CIM/DSP0132.pdf) | Closed Closed Pending Confirmation Entitled Not Entitled Open Provider Open Requestor Problem Submitted |
| Managed System Status | DMTF CIM Core Model (see http://www.dmtf.org/standards/documents/CIM/DSP0111.pdf) | Degraded Error Lost Comm No Contact NonRecover OK Pred Fail Service Starting Stopping Stressed Unknown |
| Managed System Element Status | DMTF CIM CoreElement (see http://www.dmtf.org/standards/cim/cim_schema_v29/CIM_Core.zip) | Aborted |
| On Fatal Error Policy | DMTF CIM Event | Disable Ignore Remove |
| Open Session Response Status | DMTF Alert Standard Format Specification (see http://www.dmtf.org/standards/documents/ASF/DSP0136.pdf) |
(See link to left) |
| Operational State | CCITT X.731 | Disable Enable |
| Operational State | DMTF CIM Core Model (see http://www.dmtf.org/standards/documents/CIM/DSP0111.pdf) | Disabled Enabled Not Applicable Other Unknown |
| Operational State | ISO/IEC 10164-2:1993 | Disable Enable |
| Operational State | ITU-T M.3100 | Disable Enable |
| Operational State | WSDM Breakout | Available Unavailable |
| Operational Status | DMTF CIM Application (see http://www.dmtf.org/standards/cim/cim_schema_v29/CIM_Application.zip) |
Error OK Starting Stopped Stopping Unknown |
| Operational Status | DMTF CIM Managed SystemElement (see http://www.dmtf.org/standards/cim/cim_schema_v29_prelim/schema_based/Core_CoreElements.htm#CIM_AdminDomain) |
Aborted Completed Degraded Dormant Error In Service Lost Communication No Contact Non-Recoverable Error OK Other Power Mode Predictive Failure Starting Stopped Stopping Stressed Supporting Entity in Error Unknown DMTF Reserved Vendor Reserved |
| Operational Status | WSDM MUWS part 2 (see http://docs.oasis-open.org/wsdm/2004/12/muws/cd-wsdm-muws-part2-1.0.pdf) | Available Partially available Unavailable Unknown |
| Perceived Severity | DMTF CIM Alert Indication (see http://www.dmtf.org/standards/cim/cim_schema_v29_prelim/schema_based/CIM_Event.htm#CIM_AlertIndication) |
Critical Degraded/Warning Fatal/NonRecoverable Information Major Minor Other Unknown |
| Power Management Capabilities | DMTF CIM Logical Device (see http://www.dmtf.org/standards/documents/CIM/DSP0111.pdf) | Disabled Enabled Not Supported Power Cycling Supported Power Saving Modes Entered Automatically Power State Settable Timed Power On Supported Unknown |
| Power State | DMTF CIM Core Element | Full Power Hibernate Power Cycle Power Off Power Save - Low Power Mode Power Save - Other Power Save – Standby Soft Off |
| Printer Status | DMTF CIM Printer | Idle Offline Printing Warmup |
| Probable Cause | DMTF CIM AlertIndication (see http://www.dmtf.org/standards/cim/cim_schema_v29_prelim/schema_based/CIM_Event.htm#CIM_AlertIndication) |
|
| Procedural Status | CCITT X.731 | Initializing Initializing required Not initialized Reporting Terminating |
| Procedural Status | ISO/IEC 10164-2:1993 | Initializing Initializing required Not initialized Reporting Terminating |
| Provisioning State | WSDM Breakout | Created deprovisioning provisioning provisioned |
| RAPK Message Status, Remote Control States |
DMTF Alert Standard Format Specification (see http://www.dmtf.org/standards/documents/ASF/DSP0136.pdf) | (See link to left) |
| Requested State | DMTF CIM Core Element (see http://www.dmtf.org/standards/cim/cim_schema_v29/CIM_Core.zip) | Deferred Disabled Enabled No Change Offline Quiesce Reboot Reset Shut Down Test DMTF Reserved Vendor Reserved |
| Security Alarm Severity | CCITT X.736 | Critical Indeterminate Major Minor Warning |
| ServingStatus | DMTF | Not Serving Serving Unknown DMTF Reserved Vendor Specific |
| Software Element State | DMTF CIM Application (see http://www.dmtf.org/standards/cim/cim_schema_v29/CIM_Application.zip ) | Deployable Executable Installable Running |
| Standby Status | CCITT X.731 | Cold Standby Hot Standby Providing Service |
| Start Application Method | DMTF CIM Application (see http://www.dmtf.org/standards/cim/cim_schema_v29/CIM_Application.zip) |
Completed with No Error Failed Start Already in Progress Unspecified Error DMTF Reserved Method Reserved Vendor Specific |
| State Manageable | JSR 77.5 (see http://abondance.france/mkossa/j2ee_management-1_0-fr-spec.pdf) | Failed Other Running Starting Stopping Stopped |
| Stop Application Method | DMTF CIM Application (see http://www.dmtf.org/standards/cim/cim_schema_v29/CIM_Application.zip) |
Completed with No Error Failed Stop Already in Process Unspecified Error DMTF Reserved Method Reserved Vendor Specific |
| Subscription State | DMTF CIM Event (see http://www.dmtf.org/standards/documents/CIM/DSP0107.pdf) | Disabled Enabled EnabledDegraded Other Unknown |
| Test state | DMTF CIM Diagnostic Result (see http://www.dmtf.org/standards/documents/ASF/DSP0136.pdf) |
Failed In progress Other Passed Stopped Unknown |
| Unknown Status | CCITT X.731 (see http://www.dmtf.org/standards/documents/CIM/DSP0138.pdf) | Unknown |
| Unknown Status | ISO/IEC 10164-2:1993 | Unknown |
| Usage State | CCITT X.731 | Active Busy Idle |
| Usage State | ISO/IEC 10164-2:1993 | Active Busy Idle |
| Watchdog State |
DMTF Alert Standard Format Specification (see http://www.dmtf.org/standards/documents/ASF/DSP0136.pdf) | (See link to left) |


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I am a Computer Science Master's student at the University at Buffalo, State University of New York. My academic interests lie in primarily in Machine Learning and Natural Language Processing. Prior to this, I spent two years at Fidelity Investments as a Software Engineer working on Data Science projects within the Enterprise Infrastructure domain. I am presently working as a research assistant with Dr. Haimonti Dutta on distributed machine learning algorithms.
Working with Dr. Haimonti Dutta from the Management Science department. Developing scripts to run experiments with gossip-based distributed support vector machine solvers.
Compared various feature extraction and supervised learning methods for Offline Optical Character Recognition (under Dr. Rathna G.N.) in the Signal Processing Lab. Studied local binary patterns, discrete cosine transforms, Hough transforms and convex hulls on the Chars74K dataset of digits and alphabets. Implemented and compared SVMs and K-Nearest-Neighbors for pattern classification.
Designed an AVR Atmega-8 microcontroller-based oscilloscope to measure and visualize electrical signals using AVR studio, Embedded-C programming and MATLAB for visualization.
GPA: 3.81/4
GPA: 8.04/10
Percentage: 94.6%
Programming Languages (Comfortable): Python (scikit-learn, tensorflow, keras, numpy, pandas, scipy, nltk) , SQL, Matlab
Programming Languages (Familiar): Java, C, C++, Javascript, R
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I like reading thriller novels, and as part of my long list of new year's resolutions, I'm trying to get back into my old reading habit!


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Terrell Owens Defends Kaepernick, Tells Stephen A. Smith That “Max Kellerman Almost Seems Blacker Than You” (VIDEO)
by Darrelle LincolnThings got hot on the set of First Take on Thursday morning.
Earlier this week, Stephen A. Smith shared a text message from Terrell Ownes that bashed him for his comments about Colin Kaepernick following the workout on Saturday in Atlanta.
“T.O. — Terrell Owens — just sent me a text. ‘You have no idea what you’re talking about. You’re quick to bash. That’s why people say what they say about you.’ Even T.O. is on my case right now. You know, I will respond to him and all the folks that feel the way that they feel in just a second. Because there’s a whole lot of people that are coming at me with emotion. I’m going to come at folks with facts,” Smith said Tuesday on the show.
On Thursday morning, Owens came in to speak directly to Smith and things got heated when T.O. stated Max Kellerman was blacker than him because of his commentary in support of Colin Kaepernick compared to what Smith has been saying.
Here’s the full clip:


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Commentary: Thailand hasn't lost its lustre with travellers. There are many undiscovered sights
by Termsak ChalermpalanupapA recent news report suggests the trade war has had a huge impact on popular beach destinations like Phuket but now might be a good time to score a bargain trip to other, unseen parts of the country, says Termsak Chalermpalanupap.
SINGAPORE: Thailand in general and Bangkok in particular are well known to tourists from all around the world.
The country has for years been ranked among the world’s top 20 tourist destinations.
Bangkok rings in huge travel dollars among the world’s top five cities for tourism according to annual rankings by Mastercard – in some years, like 2019, even occupying the top position - rivalling Paris, London, Tokyo and Dubai.
FEWER CHINESE TOURISTS
Last year, Thailand welcomed 38.27 million tourists, slightly more than half of the country’s population.
In 2019, projections suggest that number may exceed 40 million for the first time.
That might not sound like a lot but this whopping figure is more than twice the number of visitors to Singapore in 2018, of about 16.9 million.
Chinese made up the largest group of tourists visiting Thailand in 2018, coming in at 10 million.
READ: Commentary: Is China using tourists to extend its overseas influence?
But the ongoing trade war between China and the US may have some dampening impact on the Chinese economy, and thereby reduce the number of Chinese travellers leaving their country for a bit of a holiday this year.
A recent news report suggests the trade war has had a huge impact on popular beach destinations like Phuket, as the resort town braces for that rare slump.
READ: Robust baht, travel trends rattle Thai tourism market
But this news of emptier-than-usual beaches may be a boon to Singaporean travellers wanting to spend some quality time with family and friends in Thailand, away from the city-state’s hustle-and-bustle, and keen to score a bargain from freshly slashed room rates.
In fact, for Singaporeans, who may have travelled to Bangkok many times over, now is the time to check out “unseen Thailand”.
A GOOD TIME TO GO TO THAILAND
About 1 million Singaporeans visit Thailand each year, no doubt an easy destination to head off to when the country is a mere two-hour flight away from Changi Airport.
READ: Need some travel ideas for 2020? Put these five destinations on your bucket list
This number may dip slightly below 1 million this year, owing to the economic slowdown in Singapore, as people tighten their belts.
Apart from Bangkok, the favourite Thai destination for most Singaporeans, most of whom have travelled to Thailand more than once, include Phuket, Chiang Mai and Pattaya.
Younger travellers tend to be more sophisticated in their search and planning, and prefer to organise their own self-guided adventure. Some can even go solo; others just love roughing it out with a close friend or a loved one.
I would argue that despite news of Thailand being shunned by tourists given the global slowdown, that there remains much treasure to discover off the beaten track.
READ: Commentary: Want to be a better person? Travel more
Have you ever seen elephants ploughing the rice field? You can do that in a rural village called Baan Na Tien in Chiang Mai.
Have you seen monkeys picking coconuts on tall trees on instruction?
You can watch how they are trained if you search for Monkey Training College, in Kanchanadit District, 24km outside of Surat Thani Province - the same southern province that is home to world-famous Koh Samui island.
Thais themselves are incredibly warm people. Numerous rural communities have set up homestays to welcome foreigners and share with them the locals’ unique way of life, traditions and festivals.
I would also argue against heading to Thailand on mass tourism packages, which offer a packed schedule in a very limited time.
READ: Commentary: Of course travel plans will go awry. It’s a foreign country
Such programmes often focus on Bangkok and a few other well-known places, requiring you to rush from one attraction to another, leaving you with little time to soak in Thailand’s subtle beauty, or appreciate the intricacies of Thai culture, arts and cuisine.
TIME TO ENJOY "SLOW LIFE"
For busy, stressed out Singaporeans, some time away in the rarely visited parts of Thailand will be a precious opportunity to slow down, appreciate nature’s beauty in national parks, caves, beaches, islands, small temples, and explore rustic communities and community workshops.
Just take some time to enjoy a simple home-cooked meal, learn how to make popular Thai desserts like mango sticky rice, or even learn to speak a local dialect.
It’s so heartening to see cheerful children in the village laugh and smile when you teach them a few English words.
Calmness and a clear mind can emerge when you learn meditation. Those who have done it will tell you that they enjoy listening to themselves think, and converse with their hidden inner self.
TAKE SOME TIME TO GO TO BANGKOK
For those who are ready to go, do consider going to Bangkok and staying until Dec 12.
The rare Royal Barge Procession on the Chao Phraya River, near the Temple of the Dawn, featuring several intricate royal barges with hundreds of rowers in traditional costumes will be a sight to behold.
This will be the first ancient ceremony conducted under the current reign of King Maha Vajiralongkorn.
It will be a chance to grab a view of the King and members of the Royal Family, who will travel on marvellous royal barges to a Buddhist ceremony at the Temple of the Dawn.
So there’s much to see in Thailand. Maybe you should make your year-end holiday plans now.
Termsak Chalermpalanupap is a visiting fellow in the Thailand Studies Programme of the ISEAS-Yusof Ishak Institute in Singapore.


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Distributed load testing offers insight into system behaviors that arguably more accurately represent real world behaviors of services under load as that load comes from any number of sources. This project is being developed by Kush Trivedi as a part of Google Summer of Code intern with CNCF and Layer5.
Currently, Meshery which is a multi-service mesh management plane which can operate & adapt to various different service meshes only supports a single way load testing. Overcoming this limitation would allow for more flexible and robust testing. Nighthawk is a versatile HTTP load testing tool built out of a need to drill HTTP services with a constant request rate. Nighthawk even supports gRPC service which can be used to perform consecutive benchmarks test, making it unique of its kind.
The main aim of this project is to enhance the current load generation and analysis technique of Nighthawk to include distributed load testing which may ultimately benefit the meshery to directly adopt the distributed load generation.
Participate in the CNCF Service Mesh Performance Working Group


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