1.Do Online Banking
Many major banks allow online banking, in which you can get your statements, make deposits and withdrawals, order checks, and do other common bank activities. Check the official site for your bank or call them to find out more information.
2.Pay Your Bills
You can also often pay your bills online or even set up automatic payments, so you don't have to worry about paying a particular bill each month. You can set this up through your bank's website (sometimes, depending on the bank) or you can go to the website for the company that you have to pay (if they have online bill-pay set up). Call them for more information.
3.Balance Your Checkbook
You can use free services like Google Spreadsheets to set up a tracker for your monthly expenses. This will be easier if you have experience with programs like Microsoft Excel, but you can also get templates that are easy to fill out. This service is free, as long as you have a Google Account.
4.Invest Your Money
If you love playing the stocks, you can even invest your money online, using websites like ETrade to buy, sell, and track your stocks. This is easy to do and gives you much more control over you trades.
5.Keep A Calender
You can keep a calendar with all of your appointments, birthdays, and anniversaries using tools like Google Calendar. You can even share your calendar with friends and family, so that they know where to find you and what's going on in your life.
6.Fina A New Job!
If you want to get a paid job or even a volunteer position, you can find many opportunities online, using websites like Monster.com. You can search by what you want to do, where you are, how often you're available, etc. You can even do things like make resumes.


Getting Started¶
Using kdap is very simple. You only need to create knol: this class will create the knol object which can be further used to call the kdap methods. For example, let’s get the revision history for the Wikipedia article on India
import kdap
knol = kdap.knol()
knol.get_wiki_article('India',[output_dir])
This will download the full revision history of India article in KnolMl format, where output_dir is an optional argument to be provided without the brackets as a string. kdap makes the data extraction process super simple.
Sampling dataset from Wikipedia or Stack Exchage requires only a few lines of code. For example, suppose we require random five articles from each category of Wikipedia classes. The following code will suffice:
from random import sample
category_list = ['FA', 'GA', 'B', 'C', 'Start', 'Stub']
articles = {}
for category in category_list:
articles[category] = sample(knol.get_wiki_article_by_class(wiki_class=category), 5)
With the KnolMl dataset present in local system, we can perform various analyses on it. For example, suppose we need the monthly revisions for the India article we downloaded earlier:
revisions = knol.get_num_instances(file_list=['India'], granularity='monthly', start='2015-07-01')
StackExchange data can be analysed using similar methods. For example, let’s find the question to answer ratio for several
StackExchange portals, specified in the list stack_list
:
stack_list = ['3dprinting', 'ai', 'arduino', 'boardgames', 'chemistry', 'chess']
atoq_ratio = []
for portal in stack_list:
knol.download_dataset(sitename='stackexchange', portal=portal)
questions = knol.get_num_instances(dir_path=portal+'/Posts', instance_type='question')
answers = knol.get_num_instances(dir_path=portal+'/Posts', instance_type='answer')
atoq_ratio.append(questions['questions']/answers['answers'])


You can view your existing assets and create new ones by navigating to the “Assets” section via the main menu.
To create a new asset, click on “Create Asset”. You will have two ways to add asset data:
Once the fields are filled out, click “Create”. If all the information you entered is valid, you will see a progress bar indicating the upload status.


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Repo is here. I didn't carry previous CVS history with me. Currently toying with the idea of allowing alternative help formatters for a next release. Will move website at some point also.


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ENM Assets Library
Logos
Coloured Logos
Reverse Logos
Brochures
Media Kit
Event Brochures
Post Event Brochures
Banners
Event Banners
Ad Banners
Survey / Others
Templates
Full Colour Logos
Event Logos


Table of Contents
Quick Start
Open a FITS image taken using the transmission grating spectrometer (TGS)
by selecting File -> Open and choosing the file. Click on the
image to center the crosshair on the star in the image. Check that the red
selection box in the image is around the diffracted spectrum. Choose
Image -> Create Plot to produce a spectrum plot.
Using FITS Images
Use the zoom options to study the image in detail to better position
the selection box. Detailed information about the image can be found
in the FITS header, which can be revealed by selecting
Image -> Show/Hide FITS Header.
Compensate for rotation in the spectrum by using the tilt up/tilt down controls.
Wavelength accuracy in plots can be improved by comparing position of
emission/absorption lines to predicted values and fine-tuning the position
of the selection box in the image.
Modifying Plots
Appearance of plots, as well as plotting of spectral lines, can
be configured using the options in the Plot menu. Note:
modifying the median average width will alter the spectrum
data in the plot.
Saving Data
Plots can be saved as PDF files by choosing File -> Save.
Raw data from plots can be saved as simple comma-separated-value (CSV)
files by selecting File -> Export Data.
Stitching Spectra
In order to compensate for blurring caused by the curved focal plane
of the transmission grating, several images can be taken at different
focus positions, plotted and combined. Produce spectrum plots of each
image in the set and select Plot -> Stitch Spectra... Select
the plots from the list on the left and click Add to append
them to the list of plots to combine. Plots will be combined in
the order in which they appear in the list on the right. You can enter
a comma-separated list of wavelengths at which to stich the spectra
together, or allow them to be split at even intervals. Press OK
to produce a combined plot.
Glossary
- CCD
- Charged Coupled Device - a 2D array of silicon pixels used to detect
incoming photons in order to reproduce a digital image.
- FITS image
- Flexible Image Transport System - an image format that can contain 2D and 3D
data, as well as attached text with information about the image.
- transmission grating
- a thin plate of glass etched with parallel lines, which diffracts
light passing through it into a spectrum


My Little Address Book
Welcome to Javascript
Welcome to the first of Codher's Javascript workshops! During the course of this weekend we'll learn the basics of the javascript programming language and how to use it to create interactive web pages.
Welcome to the first of Codher's Javascript workshops! During the course of this weekend we'll learn the basics of the javascript programming language and how to use it to create interactive web pages.


'Ivan' is a luxury tiny home on wheels built in a decommissioned ambulance
by Brittany Chang- A British couple living in New Zealand decided to turn a decommissioned ambulance into a tiny home on wheels so they could bring their dog on campervan trips around the country.
- The couple spent $US48,000 on the entire project, which was built mostly by the husband.
- The van, nicknamed “Ivan,” is now for rent.
- Visit Business Insider’s homepage for more stories.
Two British expatriates living in New Zealand turned a decommissioned ambulance into a tiny home on wheels named “Ivan” so they could bring their dog on trips with them.
Leanne Edwards, an organizational change consultant, and her husband Dan, a contracts manager, decided to move to New Zealand 20 years ago as tourists and never left the country, travelling around in various rented camper vans. However, the couple hated leaving behind Colin, their miniature schnauzer.
Colin inspired the Edwards to invest in their own campervan because they hated leaving their dog behind. Dan, a self-taught woodsmith with an electrician’s qualification, completed most of the project, which cost the family a total of about $US48,000.
The Edwards were looking for campervan inspiration when then stumbled upon Quirky Campers, a UK-based family business that has rented out handmade, bespoke campers since 2010. The couple decided to open a franchise in New Zealand to allows Kiwis “the chance to hire something outside of the standard factory-fit motorhomes and campervans so ubiquitous in the country,” according to the company’s prepared statement.
“The Department of Conservation here (in New Zealand) does an awesome job of protecting the most beautiful spots and only making them accessible to those willing to experience them ‘basically,'” Leanne said in a statement. “So this place is made for campers.”
Ivan is now for rent on the Quirky Campers New Zealand website.
Keep scrolling to see the interior of this dog-friendly “campbulance”:
Quirky Campers claims the Toyota HiAce model van is the usual backpackers’ campervan choice.
However, instead of going with that chassis, the couple settled on a decommissioned Fiat ambulance that would give them the space for a luxury camper, according to Quirky Campers.
“Over the 10 years we’ve been here we’ve travelled extensively around the country in various ways, but our pick is campervanning,” Leanne said in a statement.
Quirky Campers claims Ivan is a “true luxury bach on wheels,” using a New Zealand term for a small weekend cottage.
Ivan was built on a 2006 Fiat Ducato.
The van is 6.2 meters, about 20.3 feet…
…and can sit and sleep two people.
The bench seats convert into a double bed.
Quirky Campers claims it’s a “boutique hotel room on wheels.”
Ivan is self-contained, which means it can fully function without outside sources, such as an external water tank, according to Motorhome Republic.
Source: Motorhome Republic


The winter of my Freshman year of college, I had my first taste of user research through a Directed Research Group (aka: DRG). These are put on every quarter and led by faculty in the Department of Human Centered Design and Engineering.
The group I participated in focused on process blogging as a professional and/or reflective practice. Our research was driven by questions such as:
The main research method we employed was interview. Our group invited three students to come in and share their experiences with process blogging as part of an introductory design class.
Afterwords, Kush and I went asked the professor of the class if we could go through the current rubric to see exactly what the students base their blogs off of. We noticed that the most points (25 total) go towards the professionalism, the layout, and the grammar of the blog.
From the interviews and artifact analysis, there were many important points, but the biggest takeaways that inspired my team's project were centered around feedback as a method of improving process blogging.
There is no denying that a TA will be reading the process blog, so for my project, I wanted to reduce grade anxiety and improve the process blogging experience by exploring ways to foster a meaningful relationship between students and their TA's. Therefore, feedback system design became our focus for the rest of the quarter.
At the end of the quarter, we wrote down our reflections on the DRG. This experience had introduced me to user research and working with a team to design solutions for our users. This experience belongs in my portfolio because this project helped me realize my love for design.
"Coming into the class on day one, I knew I found my place. I loved the collaborative environment we had in our little classroom with our small group. It almost seemed informal. This is a common theme I noticed throughout the research group: where should one draw the line between professionalism and informalism? This question pertains to both in processing blogs and in design spaces. My research was about creating an environment that helps students and teachers learn from each other, and I can’t help but make this connection, as every day seemed both fun and informative. There was never a moment where I felt like my ideas were shot down, and yet we held each other accountable to do our best work. At the end, I felt like I was able to learn a lot, not only about process blogs and the class design, but about myself, and which environment I thrive best in."


My name is Spencer Bangerter. I currently work as a Junior Developer at CBC Mortgage Agency, a mortgage firm providing down payment assistance loans to borrowers needing assistance with home ownership. I help maintain and develop new features in our custom loan management software using Javascript and HTML. I have 1.5 years of experience in this position, and am always looking to learn more.
I started programming here after building out 2 of the departments and managing them. I am always working to become the best I can with my current opportunities, and love helping people along the way. I love being a developer because I love the process of making something work, and the thrill of the breakthrough when you are stuck on something.
I currently attend the University of Utah's Coding Bootcamp to further my knowledge of software development.
Outside of work I enjoy hiking, backpacking, camping, hunting, and fishing. Pretty much anything with the outdoors I enjoy doing with my border collie, Apollo. I own a fly fishing guiding comapny with two other partners called Timberline Redd Outdoors
My wife and I are expecting our first baby in the start of 2020 and couldn't be more excited.
I'm from South Jordan, UT, and am currently living in Herriman, UT. Contact me if you would like to discuss anything!


| DOSE: |
2 oz |
oral |
Kava |
(liquid) |
I had heard alot about kava good and bad.
After alot of research I found a supplier of high quality kava (the stuff at local stores or health food markets is useless) and got a good receipe.
First of all the kava must come from a plant that is at least 3 years old to have any stimulating effects. Secondly it must be prepared correctly. I took 2 ozs. of 6 year old ground kava root and 1 quart of water (heated to 170 degrees F) never boil it will kill the chemicals.
I put in a blender and blended on high for 5 minutes (must have a high quality blender). After blending I took some frozen pinapple juice that I put in ice cube trays, (about 10 cubes), 1 tablespoon olive oil, 1 shot rum, and 3 tablespoon of honey, blended again for I minute. I drank in gulps of 1/2 cups, shaking the blender container before each pour (must always do this as the stimulating properties are not water soluble).
The effects are wonderful. Deeply relaxing, both body and mind. Numbing of mouth, and muscle relaxation are also other effects. The buzz is very social and I simply feel wonderful. Also with the right kava there is no hangover, although i have had viscious hangovers with other kava.
The buzz lasted 4-6 hours. I got the receipe and kava from a woman in the islands of Vanuatu and believe me the product and preperation are key, otherwise I spend time drinking stuff that taste like bitter dishwater that does nothing at all.
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.


Money Play. How should Red play 51?
pips Red=170 White=148
(CorrectAnswer= 0/0, ErrorScore= 0)
Not an easy play. 24/23, 20/15 is a little bit too open and 24/18 far too risky. Conversely 20/15, 9/8 is too weak. 24/23, 6/1* with five blots and no structure is way too aggressive.
Following the principles of duplication and putting the checkers where you want them we arrive at 20/15, 6/5 which maximises the potential from a poor roll.
Perhaps surprisingly, all other moves are least blunders
Following the principles of duplication and putting the checkers where you want them we arrive at 20/15, 6/5 which maximises the potential from a poor roll.
Perhaps surprisingly, all other moves are least blunders
1. Cubeful 2-ply 20/15 6/5 Eq.: -0.309 0.433 0.115 0.005 - 0.567 0.197 0.020 2. Cubeful 2-ply 24/23 6/1* Eq.: -0.379 (-0.070) 0.409 0.111 0.005 - 0.591 0.194 0.016 3. Cubeful 2-ply 9/8 6/1* Eq.: -0.393 (-0.084) 0.402 0.104 0.004 - 0.598 0.183 0.014 4. Cubeful 2-ply 13/8 6/5 Eq.: -0.405 (-0.096) 0.409 0.105 0.005 - 0.591 0.203 0.020 5. Cubeful 2-ply 20/14 Eq.: -0.419 (-0.110) 0.398 0.100 0.004 - 0.602 0.194 0.016


Cool times!
I refactored the notes activation system in order to trigger them when the player presses the spacebar and is near a note. Lots of work because I had to refactor the scripts.
A big search & learn was that green light blink when we press the spacebar.
I first wanted to "draw" a simple circle and make it grow around the note, but I struggled very much
and found that only tons of sprites would make the job, so I gave up.
I found a pretty neat solution: particles!
I created a simple particle system that simply emits one static light that grows fast and disappear,
and I found a way to trigger it manually via scripting when the player presses the spacebar.
And as a small cliffhangler for next step: I modified a bit the JSON for the tutorial scene, and it doesn't work very well, so I might have to look for this...


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Lost and Found is a support scheme to keep the world going. Technology is advancing and people need to change in other to move at the same pace with Technology. People loose valuable thing along when interracting with the world without trace. When I find such item, when you find such item, when we find such item, when they find such item, what do we do? Since we are not motivated to report such items, we offen discard them. When you go to banks, you find a whooping lot of Identification Cards missing. The main mission of this project is to create a world where you can retrieve your lost items including money. People might think, who will ever return money if found? It has ever happened and it will again because there is an easy medium to address lost and found issues.


It is said that Nevermore the Shadow Fiend has the soul of a poet, and in fact he has thousands of them. Over the ages he has claimed the souls of poets, priests, emperors, beggars, slaves, philosophers, criminals and (naturally) heroes; no sort of soul escapes him. What he does with them is unknown. No one has ever peered into the Abysm whence Nevermore reaches out like an eel from among astral rocks. Does he devour them one after another? Does he mount them along the halls of an eldritch temple, or pickle the souls in necromantic brine? Is he merely a puppet, pushed through the dimensional rift by a demonic puppeteer? Such is his evil, so intense his aura of darkness, that no rational mind may penetrate it. Of course, if you really want to know where the stolen souls go, there's one sure way to find out: Add your soul to his collection. Or just wait for Nevermore.


Click here to go to the corresponding page for the latest version of DIALS
DIALS: Diffraction Integration for Advanced Light Sources¶
X-ray crystallography for structural biology has benefited greatly from a number of advances in recent years including high performance pixel array detectors, new beamlines capable of delivering micron and sub-micron focus and new light sources such as XFELs. The DIALS project is a collaborative endeavour to develop new diffraction integration software to meet the data analysis requirements presented by these recent advances. There are three end goals: to develop an extensible framework for the development of algorithms to analyse X-ray diffraction data; the implementation of algorithms within this framework and finally a set of user facing tools using these algorithms to allow integration of data from diffraction experiments on synchrotron and free electron sources.
Contact¶
For feature requests, bug reports or any other information, please contact the DIALS developers at<EMAIL_ADDRESS>or post an issue.
Mirror sites: DIALS-East, DIALS-West, dials.github.io.
Funding¶
DIALS development at Diamond Light Source is performed by employees of Diamond Light Source, and STFC via CCP4.
DIALS development at Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory is supported by National Institutes of Health / National Institute of General Medical Sciences grant R01-GM117126. Work at LBNL is performed under Department of Energy contract DE-AC02-05CH11231.