Configuring a Stream Application¶
Stream configuration options must be configured before using Streams. You can configure KafkaStream by specifying parameters in a IStreamConfig
instance.
IStreamConfig
is an interface which defines all the parameters necessary for the proper functioning of a stream. You can therefore create your own implementation of your configuration.
You have a default implementation in Streamiz Kafka .Net package (aka StreamConfig
)
Required configuration parameters¶
ApplicationId¶
(Required) The application ID. Each stream processing application must have a unique ID. The same ID must be given to all instances of the application. It is recommended to use only alphanumeric characters, . (dot), - (hyphen), and _ (underscore). Examples: “hello_world”, “hello_world-v1.0.0”
This ID is used in the following places to isolate resources used by the application from others:
As the default Kafka consumer and producer client.id prefix As the Kafka consumer group.id for coordination As the name of the subdirectory in the state directory (cf. state.dir) As the prefix of internal Kafka topic names Tip: When an application is updated, the application.id should be changed unless you want to reuse the existing data in internal topics and state stores. For example, you could embed the version information within application.id, as my-app-v1.0.0 and my-app-v1.0.2.
BootstrapServers¶
(Required) The Kafka bootstrap servers. This is the same setting that is used by the underlying producer and consumer clients to connect to the Kafka cluster. Example: “kafka-broker1:9092,kafka-broker2:9092”.
Tip: Kafka Streams applications can only communicate with a single Kafka cluster specified by this config value. Future versions of Kafka Streams will support connecting to different Kafka clusters for reading input streams and writing output stream
Optional configuration parameters¶
Guarantee¶
The processing guarantee that should be used. Possible values are ProcessingGuarantee.AT_LEAST_ONCE
(default) and ProcessingGuarantee.EXACTLY_ONCE
. Note that if exactly-once processing is enabled, the default for parameter commit.interval.ms changes to 100ms. Additionally, consumers are configured with isolation.level=”read_committed” and producers are configured with retries=Int32.MAX_VALUE, enable.idempotence=true, and max.in.flight.requests.per.connection=5 per default. Note that by default exactly-once processing requires a cluster of at least three brokers what is the recommended setting for production. For development you can change this, by adjusting broker setting transaction.state.log.replication.factor and transaction.state.log.min.isr to the number of broker you want to use.
DefaultTimestampExtractor¶
A timestamp extractor pulls a timestamp from an instance of ConsumeResult. Timestamps are used to control the progress of streams.
The default extractor is FailOnInvalidTimestamp. This extractor retrieves built-in timestamps that are automatically embedded into Kafka messages by the Kafka producer client since Kafka version 0.10. Depending on the setting of Kafka’s server-side log.message.timestamp.type broker and message.timestamp.type topic parameters, this extractor provides you with:
event-time processing semantics if log.message.timestamp.type is set to CreateTime aka “producer time” (which is the default). This represents the time when a Kafka producer sent the original message. If you use Kafka’s official producer client, the timestamp represents milliseconds since the epoch. ingestion-time processing semantics if log.message.timestamp.type is set to LogAppendTime aka “broker time”. This represents the time when the Kafka broker received the original message, in milliseconds since the epoch. The FailOnInvalidTimestamp extractor throws an exception if a record contains an invalid (i.e. negative) built-in timestamp, because Kafka Streams would not process this record but silently drop it. Invalid built-in timestamps can occur for various reasons: if for example, you consume a topic that is written to by pre-0.10 Kafka producer clients or by third-party producer clients that don’t support the new Kafka 0.10 message format yet; another situation where this may happen is after upgrading your Kafka cluster from 0.9 to 0.10, where all the data that was generated with 0.9 does not include the 0.10 message timestamps.
You can provide your own timestamp extractors, for instance to retrieve timestamps embedded in the payload of messages. If you cannot extract a valid timestamp, you can either throw an exception, return a negative timestamp, or estimate a timestamp.
Returning a negative timestamp will result in data loss – the corresponding record will not be processed but silently dropped. If you want to estimate a new timestamp, you can use the value provided via previousTimestamp (i.e., a Kafka Streams timestamp estimation). Here is an example of a custom TimestampExtractor implementation:
using System;
using Confluent.Kafka;
using Streamiz.Kafka.Net.Crosscutting;
using Streamiz.Kafka.Net.Processors;
public class Foo
{
public DateTime dateCreated { get; set; }
public int Id { get; set; }
public long GetTimestampInMillis() => dateCreated.GetMilliseconds();
}
public class MyExtractor : ITimestampExtractor
{
public long Extract(ConsumeResult<object, object> record, long partitionTime)
{
// `Foo` is your own custom class, which we assume has a method that returns
// the embedded timestamp (milliseconds since midnight, January 1, 1970 UTC).
long timestamp = -1;
Foo myPojo = (Foo)record.Message.Value;
if (myPojo != null)
{
timestamp = myPojo.GetTimestampInMillis();
}
if (timestamp < 0)
{
// Invalid timestamp! Attempt to estimate a new timestamp,
// otherwise fall back to wall-clock time (processing-time).
if (partitionTime >= 0)
{
return partitionTime;
}
else
{
return DateTime.Now.GetMilliseconds();
}
}
else
return timestamp;
}
}
You would then define the custom timestamp extractor in your Streams configuration as follows:
using Streamiz.Kafka.Net;
var config = new StreamConfig();
config.DefaultTimestampExtractor = new MyExtractor();
DefaultKeySerDes¶
The default Serializer/Deserializer class for record keys. Serialization and deserialization in Kafka Streams happens whenever data needs to be materialized, for example:
Whenever data is read from or written to a Kafka topic (e.g., via the StreamsBuilder#Stream<K, V>() and IKStream<K, V>#To() methods). Whenever data is read from or written to a state store.
Example :
var config = new StreamConfig();
config.DefaultKeySerDes = new StringSerDes();
Note : In Streamiz Kafka Net package, you have a stream configuration class with generic types parameters to set default (key and value) serdes
Example :
// Set defaultkeyserdes to StringSerDes, and defaultvalueserdes to StringSerDes
var config = new StreamConfig<StringSerDes, StringSerDes>();
TODO : Make documentation about Data types and serdes
DefaultValueSerDes¶
The default Serializer/Deserializer class for record values. Serialization and deserialization in Kafka Streams happens whenever data needs to be materialized, for example:
Whenever data is read from or written to a Kafka topic (e.g., via the StreamsBuilder#Stream<K, V>() and IKStream<K, V>#To() methods). Whenever data is read from or written to a state store.
Example :
var config = new StreamConfig();
config.DefaultValueSerDes = new StringSerDes();
Note : In Streamiz Kafka Net package, you have a stream configuration class with generic types parameters to set default (key and value) serdes
Example :
// Set defaultkeyserdes to StringSerDes, and defaultvalueserdes to StringSerDes
var config = new StreamConfig<StringSerDes, StringSerDes>();
TODO : Make documentation about Data types and serdes
NumStreamThreads¶
This specifies the number of stream threads in an instance of the Kafka Streams application. The stream processing code runs in these thread.
ClientId¶
An ID prefix string used for the client IDs of internal consumer, producer and restore-consumer, with pattern ‘
ClientId : property setted, if null or empty, CliendId is randomly generated wih ‘ApplicationId-{GUID}’
threadSequenceNumber : Thread number
TransactionalId¶
Enables the transactional producer. The TransactionalId is used to identify the same transactional producer instance across process restarts.
Only use if Guarantee is setted to ProcessingGuarantee.EXACTLY_ONCE
.
TransactionTimeout¶
Timeout used for transaction related operations. (Default : 10 seconds).
Only use if Guarantee is set to ProcessingGuarantee.EXACTLY_ONCE
.
CommitIntervalMs¶
The frequency with which to save the position of the processor. (Note, if Guarantee is set to ProcessingGuarantee.EXACTLY_ONCE
, the default value is StreamConfig.EOS_DEFAULT_COMMIT_INTERVAL_MS
,
otherwise the default value is StreamConfig.DEFAULT_COMMIT_INTERVAL_MS
.
PollMs¶
The amount of time in milliseconds to block waiting for input. (Default : 100)
Kafka consumers and producer configuration parameters¶
You can specify parameters for the Kafka consumers, producers, and admin client that are used internally. The consumer, producer and admin client settings are defined by wrapper properties on ConsumerConfig, ProducerConfig and AdminConfig.
So, all consumer, producer and admin client settings are accessible directly from StreamConfig instance.
In this example, the Kafka consumer session timeout is configured to be 60000 milliseconds in the StreamConfig instance.
var config = new StreamConfig();
config.SessionTimeoutMs = 60000;
In case of the configuration is not wrapped in StreamConfig yet, you can directly add your configuration via the following methods.
var config = new StreamConfig();
// add key/value config for consumer
config.AddConsumerConfig("key", "value");
// add key/value config for admin client
config.AddAdminConfig("key", "value");
// add key/value config for producer
config.AddProducerConfig("key", "value");
// add key/value config for consumer, producer and admin client
config.AddConfig("key", "value");
Sample configuration implementation¶
var config = new StreamConfig<StringSerDes, StringSerDes>();
config.ApplicationId = "test-app";
config.BootstrapServers = "<IP_ADDRESS>:9092";
config.SaslMechanism = SaslMechanism.Plain;
config.SaslUsername = "admin";
config.SaslPassword = "admin";
config.SecurityProtocol = SecurityProtocol.SaslPlaintext;
config.AutoOffsetReset = AutoOffsetReset.Earliest;
config.NumStreamThreads = 1;


Documentation / Mapping / @OneToMany
Relationship Pair
Most often we can think of @OneToMany
and @ManyToOne
as
a pair representing 2 sides of a relationship. As such @OneToMany has the "many"
side of the relationship and @ManyToOne has the "one"
side of the relationship.
mappedBy
The mappedBy
attribute should be defined in most @OneToMany.
The mappedBy attribute effectively refers to the other side of the relationship.
Example: Customer has many Contacts
@Entity
public class Customer ...
// mappedBy referring to the other side of this relationship
@OneToMany(mappedBy="customer")
List<Contact> contacts;
...
On the other side of the relationship in the Contact entity bean we define the
@ManyToOne
property that the mappedBy
refers to.
@Entity
public class Contact ...
// the customer property referred to by @OneToMany(mappedBy="customer")
@ManyToOne(optional=false)
Customer customer;
...
Bi-directional
When we map both sides of the relationship with a @OneToMany
and @ManyToOne
pair we can describe this as a bi-directional relationship. The relationship can be viewed, navigated
and loaded from both directions.
There are no restrictions or limitations when we have a bi-directional relationship.
Not mapping the @OneToMany
The reason we might choose to not map the @OneToMany
side of a relationship is
when the cardinality is high (say thousands)
and we deem that we never want to
allow the application to navigate the relationship in that direction as doing so naively
might load too many of objects.
For example if a Customer had 1 million Orders and we naively navigated from that Customer to
all their orders we could load 1 millions Order instances into memory which is generally something
we don't want to do. In this case we could use filterMany
on a Customer query
to filter the orders for each customer (e.g. orders created in the last week). Alternatively we can
load the graph in the other direction (From Order to Customer).
Omitting a @OneToMany effectively means we can't navigate or load the relationship from that direction and instead it forces the application to always use the other direction (to build object graphs).
Not mapping the @ManyToOne
When we do not map the @ManyToOne this adds a restriction and implies an ownership relationship
.
For example take the case of Order
having many OrderDetail
. When we don't map
the @ManyToOne side in OrderDetail:
Order has details:
@Entity
@Table(name = "orders")
public class Order ...
// we MUST have cascade persist here for this
// unidirectional case (no @ManyToOne)
@OneToMany(cascade = CascadeType.ALL)
List<OrderDetail> details;
...
OrderDetail has no matching @ManyToOne:
@Entity
public class OrderDetail ...
// Does not have - @ManyToOne(optional = false) Order order;
This effectively adds the restriction that to insert new OrderDetails we must
cascade persist from Order to do so. That is, the @ManyToOne effectively represents
the foreign key column that is on the underlying table for OrderDetail and to populate
that foreign key column we must use cascade persist from Order
.
This also implies that the foreign key value can never change and hence we can view
this conceptually as an 'ownership' relationship
.
In this example each OrderDetail is 'owned' by an Order.
Personally I always map the @ManyToOne


Writing Good Reviews
August 27, 2018
Reviewing papers is one of the most important roles of an academic. But yet, we provide surprisingly little guidance to our reviewers on the tone of their reviews. I tried to capture some of my thoughts in this email I sent to my reviewers when I ran RSS 2017.
Dear X,
Thank you, again, for serving as a reviewer for RSS 2017!
Reviewers are the life-blood of a conference. Your high quality reviews are critical not only for the authors but also for me and for the continued success of RSS. I know you have a lot of experience reviewing, so I will keep this very short and specific.
I’d like your reviews to be compassionate, constructive, and scholarly.
- Compassionate: invert your position and ask yourself how you’d feel if you received your review. If it makes your blood boil, take a break, and revise your review.
- Constructive: I’d like us to believe that every paper has a best paper award winner hidden in it. Your role is to guide the author to reveal it.
- Scholarly: cite your sources, do not make claims like “I do not feel this is true” [your feelings matter to me, but probably not to science]. Do not hawk your viewpoint. And please, absolutely no ad hominem attacks.
As a reviewer, your role is to comment on the paper’s quality to help the program committee reach an informed decision. So, please refrain from saying things like “This paper should be rejected from RSS” in the main body of the review. You’re welcome to add it to the private comments to the committee.
Finally, I am sure that if you try hard [or sometimes not that hard] to investigate the true identity of your authors, you would likely be able to do it [with high probability]. But, please do not use that as grounds for rejection. Instead of saying “I think that the author of this paper is Joe Biden, and this looks a lot like Joe’s 2015 paper”, just say “Here are the ways this paper is similar to Joe Biden’s 2015 paper”. In a similar vein, do not punish authors for not citing non peer reviewed content [like arXiv or workshop papers].

Happy reviewing!
Please contact me if you have any questions.
Thank you, again!
Sidd.
Conflicts of Interest
In addition to the usual conflict rules, I’d recommend another simple rule: if you feel like you cannot comment on the paper in an unbiased manner, decline to review it. I often find people vested in a research topic to be the worst reviewers, digging in stubbornly to their viewpoint and refusing to give other ideas a fair listen. The more knowledgable you are, the more enlightened you ought to be about other viewpoints.
Rapoport’s Rules of Criticism as stated by Dennet
Finally, I’d like to leave you with perhaps the most succinct summary on how to compose a critical commentary:
-
You should attempt to re-express your target’s position so clearly, vividly, and fairly that your target says, “Thanks, I wish I’d thought of putting it that way.”
-
You should list any points of agreement (especially if they are not matters of general or widespread agreement).
-
You should mention anything you have learned from your target.
-
Only then are you permitted to say so much as a word of rebuttal or criticism.


Overview
Some business opportunities are best expressed in terms of the relationships between data, and the characteristics of those relationships. As an analogy, for some problems, it’s not what you know, it’s who you know. In other words, it’s relationships as well as the data that enable extra value for you.
You can describe collections of Information, and the Relationships between the collections, using a Graph Database.
A graph database is designed to help you answer questions about large or complex networks of inter-related data. They represent data as ‘vertices’, sometimes called ‘nodes’. The relationships between vertices are represented by connections called ‘edges’. Graph databases also store metadata or ‘properties’ about vertices and edges.
Graph database applications include modelling and applying social networks, constructing and developing recommendation engines, and ‘optimal route’ challenges such as finding the shortest path or solving the vehicle routing problem.
IBM® Graph Data Store enables you to build and work with powerful applications, using a fully-managed graph database service, accessible through a REST-based HTTP API interface.
Powered by Apache TinkerPop
The IBM Graph Data Store service is based on the Apache TinkerPop™ stack for building high-performance graph applications.
This means that the service provides you with a set of simplified Graph Data Store API commands, an Apache TinkerPop v3 compatible API, and the full Apache TinkerPop v3 query language. The service gives you flexibility and capabilities, based on a familiar environment. Using the Bluemix dashboard, you can bind the Graph Data Store to your applications easily.
Connecting to Graph Data Store services
The Graph Data Store service provides a REST API that enables you to store your data in a graph database. You can easily discover and explore the relationships in a property graph with index-free adjacency using vertices, edges, and properties. The Graph Data Store provides a graph-based NoSQL store that creates a rich and extensible representation of your data in an accessible way.
IBM Graph Data Store features are available using HTTP REST endpoints. These endpoints provide an easy way to connect to the graph data store, making it ideal for web and mobile applications.
Working with Graph Data Store services
You can perform tasks with the IBM Graph Data Store in two ways:
- Using the full Apache TinkerPop v3 query language.
- Using the IBM Graph Data Store simplified API commands.
Whichever route you choose to access and query your data, IBM Graph Data Store helps you create powerful applications that work with simple or complex collections of data and relationships.
Roadmap
- To understand more about graph databases, and the IBM Graph Data Store in particular, visit the Getting started section.
- For extensive details of the available commands and endpoints, see the information in the API reference section.
- To find illustrative samples to help you use the Graph Data Store service, explore the Examples section.
- To study details about the technologies within the Graph Data Store service, Learn more.
Acknowledgements
© “Apache”, “TinkerPop”, and “Apache TinkerPop” are trademarks or registered trademarks of The Apache Software Foundation. All other brands and trademarks are the property of their respective owners.


The Loneliness of the Long Distance Runner (1962)
Grade: 70
British writer Alan Silltoe achieved critical success with "Saturday Night and Sunday Morning", a novel about a troubled young man from a working class family. After writing the screenplay as well, his next effort was "The Loneliness of the Long Distance Runner", which he also adapted for the screen. As in his earlier film, the anti-hero youth, his romances, and his confrontations with (and submissions to) authority are the dominant themes.
Producer/Director Tony Richardson would have his greatest success the following year with "Tom Jones" (which starred Albert Finney, who also was the lead in "Saturday Night and Sunday Morning"). But while "Tom Jones" was a boisterous comedy, "The Loneliness of the Long Distance Runner" is a grim drama.
Tom Courtenay makes his screen debut as Colin Smith, a young man who is sentenced to a juvenile prison after committing a burglary. Although his attitude remains antisocial, he becomes a favorite of the governor (the prison administrator, played by Michael Redgrave) due to his athletic ability. Colin is trained as a cross country runner, in the hopes that he win a cup when in competition with athletes from a well-to-do boarding school. But Courtenay still resents the system, and has revenge on his mind.
Silltoe places the blame for Colin's behavioral problems on his family life. Colin's day laborer father (Peter Madden) recently died after a grueling illness, and Colin was the first to see him dead. His mother (Avis Bunnage) is relieved, and is prompt to take a lover (Raymond Dyer) who views Colin as a good-for-nothing.  But Colin is too much the rebel to work for the man, turning to robbery instead.
Richardson makes heavy use of flashback, especially when Colin is running miles by himself in the woods. Richardson and Silltoe clearly sympathize with Colin, and not with the governor, whose eagerness to win the cup has overcome his common sense. Courtenay, who was several years older than his teenaged character, is effective in the lead role. Bunnage is also very good. She gives her character a practical, hard edge appropriate for surviving the hard knocks of life.
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I am going to list some courses and information about those courses
Selecting courses is like going shopping, you pick a few items and hope to get everything but
may not always get what you want


Demo
Although related, examples are /not/ the same as the test fixtures.
Tests are tests, examples are examples.
Also see the documentation and the UI test fixture.
Drink your beer!
The Martians are coming.
Doh! You pushed the wrong button.
Paris is nice in the Spring.
Spinach
Carrot
Spooky
Purposedly use an invalid alert label type
Can also be used for badges!


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SeqGAN (TensorFlow)¶
An implementation of seqGAN language generation model. Refer to the following paper for more details:
Lantao Yu, Weinan Zhang, Jun Wang, Yong Yu. SeqGAN: Sequence Generative Adversarial Nets with Policy Gradient. In The Thirty-First AAAI Conference on Artificial Intelligence, 2017.
Require Packages¶
cotk
TensorFlow == 1.13.1
TensorBoardX >= 1.4
Quick Start¶
Downloading dataset and save it to
./data
. (Dataset will be released soon.)Execute
python run.py
to train the model.The default dataset is
MSCOCO
. You can use--dataset
to specify otherdataloader
class.It use
gloves
pretrained word vector by default setting. You can use--wvclass
to specifywordvector
class.If you don’t have GPUs, you can add
--cpu
for switching to CPU, but it may cost very long time.
You can view training process by tensorboard, the log is at
./tensorboard
.For example,
tensorboard --logdir=./tensorboard
. (You have to install tensorboard first.)
After training, execute
python run.py --mode test --restore best
for test.You can use
--restore filename
to specify checkpoints files, which are in./model
.--restore last
means last checkpoint,--restore best
means best checkpoints on dev.
Find results at
./output
.
Arguments¶
usage: run.py [-h] [--name NAME] [--restore RESTORE] [--mode MODE]
[--dataset DATASET] [--datapath DATAPATH]
[--wvclass WVCLASS] [--wvpath WVPATH] [--out_dir OUT_DIR]
[--log_dir LOG_DIR] [--model_dir MODEL_DIR]
[--cache_dir CACHE_DIR] [--cpu] [--debug] [--cache]
optional arguments:
-h, --help show this help message and exit
--name NAME The name of your model, used for variable scope and
tensorboard, etc. Default: runXXXXXX_XXXXXX
(initialized by current time)
--restore RESTORE Checkpoints name to load. "last" for last checkpoints,
"best" for best checkpoints on dev. Attention: "last"
and "best" wiil cause unexpected behaviour when run 2
models in the same dir at the same time. Default: None
(dont load anything)
--mode MODE "train" or "test". Default: train
--dataset DATASET Dataloader class. Default: MSCOCO
--datapath DATAPATH Directory for data set. Default: ./data
--wvclass WVCLASS Wordvector class, None for using Glove pretrained
wordvec. Default: None
--wvpath WVPATH Path for pretrained wordvector. Default: wordvec
--out_dir OUT_DIR Output directory for test output. Default: ./output
--log_dir LOG_DIR Log directory for tensorboard. Default: ./tensorboard
--model_dir MODEL_DIR Checkpoints directory for model. Default: ./model
--cache_dir CACHE_DIR Checkpoints directory for cache. Default: ./cache
--cpu Use cpu.
--debug Enter debug mode (using ptvsd).
--cache Use cache for speeding up load data and wordvec. (It
may cause problems when you switch dataset.)
For hyperparameter settings, please refer to run.py
.
TensorBoard Example¶
Execute tensorboard --logdir=./tensorboard
, you will see the plot in tensorboard pages:
Following plot are shown in this model:
Case Study of Model Results¶
Execute python run.py --mode test --restore best
The following output will be in ./output/[name]_test.txt
:
self-bleu-4:0.129181
bw-bleu-4:0.464359
fw-bw-bleu-2:0.569625
fw-bleu-4:0.124722
fw-bleu-2:0.422881
fw-bw-bleu-3:0.325708
bw-bleu-3:0.662481
self-bleu-3:0.243009
fw-bleu-3:0.215936
fw-bw-bleu-4:0.196631
bw-bleu-2:0.872336
self-bleu-2:0.471246
A view of a taxi at night with two streetlights .
An goods vendor waiting for food to be made from the ceiling .
Pizza with forks , cucumbers , pickle and strawberry on top .
A man riding a wave on top of a surfboard .
A close view of an old toilet in a boat .
A red aircraft hanging at an airport runway .
A group of young men standing around a clock in a field .
Two soldiers eating doughnuts are looked out on the ground .
Cats blankets are on the floor with things behind them .
A bunch of people in dining area that are near .
A beach area with lots of yellow benches and cars on the back .
A plate holds a sandwich and mashed potatoes and cheese .
The keyboard is above the monitor as well .
A tennis player going one just after a tennis ball .
A man wearing winter skis admires a <unk> .
Some people on a bike row of motorcycles .
An airplane parked at the airport in the large city .
People walking down a street outside , at night .
A white cat laying on top of a bed .
...
Performance¶
self-bleu-2 |
self-bleu-3 |
self-bleu-4 |
fw-bw-bleu-2 |
fw-bw-bleu-3 |
fw-bw-bleu-4 |
|
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
MSCOCO |
0.4712 |
0.2430 |
0.1292 |
0.5696 |
0.3257 |
0.1966 |


PRIME Review Checks
SP1 - Stateless
Services should be stateless to avoid creating session state where not needed. Each session consumes resources on the IS, consumes memory, creates a database entry, and in a clustered environment needs to be synchronized between cluster nodes. To minimize the build-up of unnecessary sessions it is recommended to ensure stateless services are used where possible. This can be changed on the 'stateless' flow property within Designer by setting the value to yes.
SP2 - Pipeline Save/Restore
No Save/Restore Pipeline options should be set against the service. The Save/Restore pipeline options where set can result in unnecessary I/O and therefore gives a reduced service performance as these services need to read or write to the disk and concurrent service execution could be compromised. It is recommended to remote these options from the services before deployment to a non-development environment, or use the extended property (watt.server.pipeline.processor) to disable these in the non-development environments. Where this is the case, this rule can be ignored
FQ1 - Pipeline Services
No Save/Restore/Trace Pipieline services should exist within the flow service, including:
- pub.flow:restorePipeline
- pub.flow:restorePipelineFromFile
- pub.flow:savePipeline
- pub.flow:savePipelineFromFile
- pub.flow:tracePipeline
Save/Restore pipeline services result in unnecessary I/O and therefore gives a reduced service performance as these services need to read or write to the disk and concurrent service execution could be compromised. It is recommended to delete these from the services before deployment to a non-development environment to ensure maximum performance. Alternative to this is to use the pipeline service options from within designer and disable these in the non-development environments as described in the previous check.
FQ2 - Clear Pipeline
The ClearPipeline service should not be used as pipeline variables should be dropped immediately as soon as they are no longer required. ClearPipeline leads to unnecessary overhead at the pipeline is walked to determine whether to preserve or drop variables, and can have significant impact on performance when a large pipeline is present. It is recommended to delete these services from the flow and drop variables once they are no longer needed.
FQ3 - Deprecated Services
Use of deprecated services is not recommended as these will be dropped from the product in a future release. Please refer to the built-in-services-guide for replacements to any deprecated services discovered to be in use and modify the flow to remove the deprecated service and update with the recommended alternative.
FQ4 - Disabled Services
services should be removed to avoid performance issues as the flow is interpreted during execution. This also results in smaller, more maintainable flow services which result in a better understanding and lower cost of maintenance. Recommendation is to delete rather than disable any code no longer needed.
FQ5 - Use of Pub.Storage
pub.storage services should not be used due to performance issues. The pub.storage services have an implicit locking model and are not intended to be a high performance all-purpose database. Where pub.storage services have been used, it is recommended to re-architect these, particularly in high-throughput scenarios.
FQ6 - Debug Log
Debug Log services should be removed to avoid performance issues during execution. Where logging is required, the recommendation is to implement a more general purpose and configurable logging framework to help keep you logs more manageable and separate from product logging
FQ7 - Public Services Try/Catch
Public services must have a try catch within them to ensure graceful handling of error conditions when these occur. Public services (or top level services) need to decide how to retry or return the error condition to the consuming application. Recommendation is to use Sequence nodes to wrap the execution of the public service within a try/catch block and use the catch to handle the error condition.
Try/catch can be achieved with sequence nodes by having a top level sequence with the exit on value set to "SUCCESS" and 2 inner sequences, the try, with the exit on value set to "FAILURE" and the catch, with the exit on value set to "DONE". It is also recommended to add comments to these sequences to aid understanding so that a developer can identify these are for try/catch usage.`
FQ8 - Connections Package
All JDBC Adapter connections should be in separate packages, that is a package should not contain connections mixed in with other assets. This aids deployment of services as this means changes to packages can be deployed without unnecessarily affecting the JDBC Adapter database connections. Recommendation is to have adapter connections in packages on their own, and not mix these types.
FQ9 - FTP Timeout
Ensure timeout is specified on FTP services. If no timeout is specified on FTP services, the default timeout value is unlimited, meaning there is a possibility of consuming threads on the Integration Server for a long period of time, especially in the scenario where the FTP server isn't available. Recommendation is to add a timeout value to the invocation where these services are used.
FQ10 - Service invoke comments
Comments should be provided for each service that is invoked from the main service. This helps to improve code readability and maintainability to help reduce cost of change. Every service invoke should have a comment value set.
FQ11 - Sequence comments
Comments should be provided for each sequence node that is used. This helps to improve code readability and maintainability to help reduce cost of change. Every sequence node should have a comment value set.
FQ12 - Unauthorised Access/Orphaned
All services within this package should be invoked through a public service. This rule Identifies any assets within the package that are not used directly or indirectly from a public flow service or DSP file contained within this package, and therefore are either not used, or are called from outside the package breaking the public/private access principle.
FQ13 - Branch without switch or evaluate labels
The BRANCH step selects and executes a child step based on the value of one or more variables in the pipeline. You indicate the variables you want to branch on by specifying a switch value or by writing an expression that includes the variables, therefore a branch must have either a switch value or have evaluate labels set to true.
FQ14 - Branch on expression when child step is without specified lable or $null
If you branch on expressions (Evaluate labels is set to True), you cannot branch on null or empty values. When executing the BRANCH step and evaluating labels, Integration Server ignores target steps with a blank or set to $null label.
FQ15 - Exit Node from Specification
The EXIT step exits the entire flow service or a single flow step. Specifically, it may exit from the nearest ancestor loop step, a specified ancestor step, the parent step, or the entire flow service. An exit 'From' value is required to determine where to exit from
FQ16 - Branch Step must have child nodes
A Branch step in a flow service must have a child node for it to be relevant. If a branch step has no child nodes it should be deleted
FQ17 - Loop step must have child nodes
A Loop step in a flow service must have a child node for it to be relevant. If a loop step has no child nodes it should be deleted
FQ18 - Repeat step must have child nodes
A Repeat step in a flow service must have a child node for it to be relevant. If a repeat step has no child nodes it should be deleted
FQ19 - Sequence step must have child nodes
A Sequence step in a flow service must have a child node for it to be relevant. If a sequence step has no child nodes it should be deleted
FQ20 - Map steps must have mapped fields
A Map step in a flow service must have mapped fields. If a map step has no mapped fields it should be deleted
FQ21 - Loop must have an input array provided
A loop step must have an input array variable provided
FQ22 - Flow service should not be empty
A flow service should contain implementation, otherwise it should be removed from the pacakge
NS1 - Root folder name
Root Folder should not be the same as the package as this can cause namespace issues should the code need to be refactored or moved to other packages for promotion to common services, inhibiting reusability. Recommendation is to set a separate prefix folder structure from the package and use this across all packages differentiating below the prefix. This can be one or two levels deep (but ideally should be no more) and commonly is the inverse domain name of the organisation, e.g. "com.softwareag"
NS2 - Folder name
Folders should only contain lower case ascii characters and digits. In certain scenarios, use of the underscore character '_' is allowed but should be avoided where possible.
NS3 - Folder prefix
Ensure that all assets exist within the specified prefix folders. Recommendation is to set a separate prefix folder structure from the package and use this across all packages differentiating below the prefix. This can be one or two levels deep (but ideally should be no more) and commonly is the inverse domain name of the organisation, e.g. "com.softwareag".
NS4 - Package name
Ensure the package prefix has been specified and package name conforms to standards.
- The package name should not end with the word "Package" or "Pkg".
- Package names must not be prefixed with "Wm". These usually represent packages distributed by webMethods.
- Packages should start with an uppercase character and only contain alpha numeric character plus the underscore when absolutely required.
- Package Name should start with your provided prefix. A package prefix aids identification of packages created by the organisation.
NS5 - Service name
Ensure Services (Flow, Map Service, OData and Java) conform to naming standards, that is, a service must start with a lower case letter, should be camel case, and contain only alpha numeric characters (with the exception of the generated REST services)
NS6 - Document name
Ensure Document definition names conform to naming standards. A document name must start with an upper case letter, should be camel case, and contain only alpha numeric characters and the underscore character when absolutely necessary. Documents generated from XSDs may be named docTypeRef_* and these are catered for in this check.
NS7 - Schema name
Ensure Schemas definitions conform to naming standards. A schema must start with an upper case letter, should be camel case, and contain only alpha numeric characters and the underscore character when absolutely necessary.
NS8 - FlatFile name
Ensure Flat File Dictionaries and Schema definitions conform to naming standards. They must start with an upper case letter, should be camel case, and contain only alpha numeric characters and the underscore character when absolutely necessary.
NS9 - Blaze name
Ensure Blaze Rules Conform to the Naming Standards. Blaze rule service names must only contain alpha numeric characters and the underscore when absolutely necessary.
NS10 - XSL name
Ensure XSL Services Conform to the Naming Standards. XSL service names must start with a lower case letter, should be camel case, and contain only alpha numeric characters
NS11 - Adapter name
Ensure Adapter Services Conform to the Naming Standards. Adapter service names must start with a lower case letter, should be camel case, and contain only alpha numeric characters
NS12 - Trigger name
Ensure Triggers Conform to the Naming Standards. Trigger names must start with a lower case letter, should be camel case, and contain only alpha numeric characters
NS13 - WSD name
Ensure WSDs Conform to the Naming Standards. WSD names must start with a lower case letter, should be camel case, and contain only alpha numeric characters and the underscore character where absolutely necessary
NS14 - Connection name
Ensure Connections Conform to the Naming Standards. Connection names must start with an upper case letter, should be camel case, and contain only alpha numeric characters and the underscore character where absolutely necessary
NS15 - Document variable name
Ensure variable names within document defintions conform to the naming standards. Variable names in document definitions must start with a lower case letter, should be camel case, and contain only alpha numeric characters. Caters for documents generated from XSDs where the document name may contain namespace prefix and use of underscore and hyphen present
NS16 - Service signature name
Ensure Input/Output variables in service signatures conform to the naming standards. Variable names in service signatures must start with a lower case letter, should be camel case, and contain only alpha numeric characters
NS17 - REST Resource name
Ensure REST Resouces Conform to the Naming Standards. REST resource names must start with a lower case letter, should be camel case, and contain only alpha numeric characters and the underscore character where absolutely necessary
NS18 - REST Descriptor name
Ensure REST Descriptors conform to the Naming Standards. REST descriptor names must start with a lower case letter, should be camel case, and contain only alpha numeric characters and the underscore character where absolutely necessary
MS1 - Non-production service package suffixes
Ensure packages with specified suffixes are not deployed to production. This is to ensure that test packages (_TEST), stub packages (_STUB) and development packages (*_DEV) are not deployed incorrectly into production class environments.


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AMERICAN BEAUTY * * out of * * * * ===================
DIRECTED BY: Sam Mendes STARRING: Kevin Spacey, Annette Benning, Thora Birch, Wes Bentley, Chris Cooper, Mena Suvari WRITTEN BY: Alan Ball RATED: R for strong sexuality, nudity, language, violence, and drug content. SCRIPTURE REFERENCES: Revelation 18:2-3, 1 Timothy 4:1, Ephesians 2:2-3
"For pseudo-intellectual psycho-babble, it was very well acted." So decreed my wife as we were leaving a screening of Dreamworks' AMERICAN BEAUTY. It remains an insightful summation.
Kevin Spacey (HURLYBURLY) stars as Lester Burnham, a self-described "ordinary guy with nothing to lose." Trapped in a soul-sucking job and a loveless marriage, he has already lost whatever verve or passion for life that he once had. His wife, Carolyn, (Annette Benning, IN DREAMS) is cold and self-absorbed. His daughter, Jane, (Thora Birch, ALASKA) is sullen and distant. These characters may live in the same house, but they are all very much alone.
Lester's catalyst for change comes in the guise of one of Jane's friends, a teen aged Lolita named Angela Hayes (Mena Suvari, AMERICAN PIE). Lester becomes fixated upon her, making her the object of his fantasies. It isn't long before Lester is "reborn." Tired of the life he has, he tries to recapture the life he lost. He starts smoking marijuana, pumping iron, and (most importantly) speaking his mind without care or consideration as to the impact his words might have.
Meanwhile, Carolyn, a materialistic Martha Stewart wannabe, is solely focused upon her career as a Realtor. Her obsession for success makes her blind to the miserable life she is helping to make for her husband and child. Her mantra becomes: "In order to be successful, one must project an image of success at all times." She concentrates so much on the image, she loses sight of the reality.
An opposing view is represented in the Burnham's next door neighbor, Ricky Fitts (Wes Bentley, BELOVED), an odd but amazingly self-assured teen aged drug dealer, who begins to take a romantic interest in Jane. He looks for the beauty that lies behind every image presented to us. It is why he bypasses the beautiful but shallow Angela for Jane in whom he sees the hidden beauty of her soul.
Ricky uses videotapes to help remember the ever present beauty he claims lies behind all of life's images. Inviting Jane to see the most beautiful thing he has ever videotaped, he shows her the image of a plastic bag hypnotically swirling in the wind. Of all the characters in the film, Ricky is presented as the one who is the most emotionally secure, although he is not without his own deep psychological scars.
There isn't a weak actor in the cast. Both Kevin Spacey and Annette Benning are magnificent in their roles. I am pleased to say that the hype surrounding their performances has not been exaggerated. Thora Birch, Mena Suvari, Wes Bentley and Chris Cooper (OCTOBER SKY) as Ricky's rigid, military-minded father all provide ample support.
Where the movie did not live up to the hype, in my estimation, is in the subject matter itself. The story it tells is neither original nor classic. It is a rather depressing comedy concerning pathetic individuals trying to find meaning or substance in the lives they lead. Sadly, they begin looking in all the wrong places. There is nothing beautiful in this AMERICAN BEAUTY.
While it is true that there is a hidden quality behind all of life's images or experiences, it is not necessarily beautiful. What it is, is spirit. Spirit, of course, comes in two forms: godly and ungodly. In observing the actions, habits, and desires of the on screen characters, it becomes clear that the spiritual influences which motivate them are devilish ones.
On the ride home from the theater, my wife and I were able to catalogue sixteen distinctly different devil spirits who would have been involved in the influencing of these characters' decisions. Among them: a spirit of envy, a sullen spirit, a spirit of error, a spirit of depression, a spirit of obsession, a sensual spirit, and a spirit of murder.
To the uninstructed, the above may seem foolish and unbelievable. But these devil spirits and others can be biblically documented and categorized by any who would take the time and effort to study the Scriptures. With a working knowledge of the invisible influence of the devil spirit realm, AMERICAN BEAUTY makes dark but perfect sense. Without it, it remains not much more than a well-acted piece of "pseudo-intellectual psycho-babble."
Michael Elliott September 1999 http://www.christiancritic.com
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A few weeks ago a long time acquaintance and graphic designer, who has installed some of the coolest murals around in my hometown, posed a great question about blockchain.
I’d sum up the way Rory Allen put it this way. A generation ago we all got excited about the internet, e-commerce and the dot com trend. Not everybody totally understood what all the fuss was about, some were downright skeptical. But of course — here we are in 2020.
Today it feels like we’re probably in the same spot with blockchain as back then with the web. Once again, not everybody gets it. But it’s clear from the last go round that getting “it” — whatever “it” is at any given moment — is super important.
So, can anyone succinctly explain why blockchain is so revolutionary?
Wow. I’d been there in that era, and recalled the electricity, the thrill of knowing not just that life was changing but also why and how (kinda). Somehow, for reasons I can’t really take credit for I got “it”. As a result, “it” made me rich, then poor, then rich again — a couple times over, teaching valuable lessons all along the way.
The thing, though, is that after finding my comfort zone as a web developer I hadn’t really felt the same atmosphere of grit and excitement for while, a decade or more. That changed recently as I learned to build apps on blockchain.
For the first time since the advent of the dot com era I realized that life was changing again. And also why and how (kinda). Like the automobile and the web before it, blockchain is becoming key to the lives of people who don’t neccesarily know how it runs.
Coming across Rory’s question was very affirming of my nerdy interest in chains. A growing number of people share that perspective and curiosity. To honor that excitement, I wanted to take a shot at answering Rory’s question.
Blockchains help us solve a problem inherent in what makes networked computers useful in the first place: making perfect copies extremely fast.
Right now in fact you’re reading a perfect copy of something I typed on my device some time ago and probably far away from you.
While this is useful for some things it is very dangerous for high stakes systems that rely on trust (like currency, or elections).That’s because if such a system is compromised in a way that allows counterfeits the forged elements will appear “perfect”. With an ordinary digital record it’s impossible to be certain whether or not tampering has occurred.
Up until now, we’ve usually turned to some mutually trusted central authority such as a bank, escrow agent or government to oversee such digital transactions.
That’s where distributed blockchains are an alternative. Each block in a blockchain is cryptographically linked to its predecessor. If changes are made after the fact the math underlying the encryption fails and forgeries/tampering can be detected.
The validity of an open blockchain ledger like Bitcoin can be checked by any participant at any time. The huge number of anonymous strangers that would have to cooperate in a forgery is impractical, making a blockchain tamper resistant.
This simple breakthrough in turn has huge implications for all sytems that have relied on centralized trust: currency, contracts, banking, games, securities, and supply chains to name a few.
The vast rewards, as always, come along with new challenges and risks.


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Freshman Orientation was the first time college felt real. The months of preparation – googling the map of Ohio University, researching organizations I might want to join, looking at residence halls and figuring out the layout of my room. None of it made college feel as real as being on campus for the first time as an official Bobcat. Of all the things that lay ahead, there was definitely one thing that stood out as being scarier than the rest: living in a dorm for the first time ever.
Living in a residence hall is an experience like no other. It is by no means a bad thing – I met most of my friends through living in a dorm and made more fun memories than I can count. But at first this can seem daunting. Living in a hall means living on your own for the first time. Here is some advice to keep in mind as you think about moving into your dorm.
Get to know your roommate. Figure out their likes, their dislikes, and find out what you have in common. Establish a friendship, but also keep in mind that, as roommates, you might run into some issues along through the year. As long as you both handle it in a mature and understanding way, your roommate will be a great person to be part of your freshman college journey.
Don’t be afraid introduce yourself to your Residence Assistant. They are there to help make your transition to dorm life as smooth as possible and will be able to answer any questions or concerns you have. Your RA is there for you for more than just room checks and floor meetings. If you ever need anything in your new dorm life, reach out to your RA.
Set a schedule for yourself for when to do chores. This will seem boring and tedious, but chores are really easy to get behind on, especially when no one is telling you to do them. Taking care of your dorm room is an important part of taking care of yourself. When you have studying and assignments to worry about in the middle of the semester, the last thing you want to have to concern yourself with is dusting and dishes.
Everyone is eager to make friends. so walk around and talk to people in your residence hall. It may feel weird to aimlessly walk around the hallways of your dorm, but this is a solid strategy for meeting people who live in your hall. If that isn’t really your speed, spend some time in the lobby of your dorm. A large portion of my downtime and studying was done in my hall’s lobby, and I made some of my closest friends this way.
Add a door stopper to your dorm items list. Propping your door open is an effortless way to invite your dorm mates to stop by and say hi. Your residence hall will be your community for the next eight months, and if you play your cards right, that community will feel like a family by the end of the year.
Living in a dorm is – like all events in college – what you make of it. Approach it with an open mind and a positive attitude, and always remember that a lot of learning in college is done outside of the classroom.
Mikayla Rochelle is a freshman studying journalism at Ohio University. Please note that the views and opinions of the columnists do not reflect those ofThe Post. What are your thoughts? Tell Mikayla by tweeting her at @mikayla_roch.
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Rating: * *˝ out of * * * *
Rated: PG-13 for sexual content.
Starring: Piper Perabo, Maria Bello, Adam Garcia, John Goodman, Melanie Lynskey, Izabella Miko, Bridget Moynahan, Tyra Banks, Del Pentecost, Michael Weston.
Directed by: David McNally
Jerry Bruckheimer has struck gold in his career. He has many action blockbusters on his hand, for instance already this year he as the $95+ million grosser "Gone in 60 Seconds", and in the past we've seen movies from him such as "Con Air", "Armaggedon" and more. Now he returns to his "Flashdance" route and has produced "Coyote Ugly" a "Flashdance" meets "Cocktail" type movie, but minus the male in "Cocktail" and add the female character from "Flashdance" and boom you have "Coyote Ugly" a glitzy, well-directed, plotless feature that is admittedly entertaining.
Violet Sanford (Piper Perabo) has been writing songs for along time her life now. She has always wanted to go to New York, 42 miles from the house she has lived in for 21 years, and write music and make it big in the world. She leaves the house and her loving father (John Goodman) to go to New York, everyone's dream place to live and try to make herself something. She gets a job at a bar entitled "Coyote Ugly" which you will find out what exactly that means when you watch the movie, but this is no ordinary bar to say the least "Coyote Ugly" is a bar where the waitresses dance on the bar, to hip music while horny men (and women) watch and cheer them on.
After she doesn't find much success in her music career, she is given this job as a fluke, and quickly and fortunately becomes very popular. People come nightly to see her, she has friends in the Big Apple, and success as she always wanted, though not the success she quite wanted. Violet then meets a handsome young man named Kevin O'Donnell who is well played by Adam Garcia. The two hit it off, but he is a bit skeptical about her dancing on this bar, while guys throw money at her. He is an australian cook at a greasy fast food bar, and her life in New York begins.
What really disappointed me about "Coyote Ugly" was the plot, of course if you really want to call it a plot. This so called plot is to thin, that you can virtually see through it. It was virtually your usual; want to go to New York to make it big type movie, and really doesn't work. I was entertained throughout the film, but in the last thirty minutes the movie takes a devastating turn to the worst and turns sappy and overbaked. This movie would have been really good had it have a solid plot, and even from the trailers you can even tell there wasn't much of a plot.
Besides being full of cliches, "Coyote Ugly" still delivers the goods. The direction by David McNally is very well done, and the bar scenes are extremely glitzy and glamorous and I found myself at times dancing (a little) in my chair. Well-edited and timed, these scenes are the highlight of the movie, and are extremely sexy and almost erotic at times. In a way its a bit like "Cocktail" and "Flashdance" in these scenes, they are very well utilized, and mixed with some great music we have. One scene with water is definitely the highlight of the bar scenes.
Acting department is credible, with Piper Perabo being the standout, her first big starring role (besides this past summers "Rocky and Bullwinkle"). Perabo is a talent, and in this movie its shows, even though she isn't really given that much to work with, what she has she uses well and brings out her character the best she can. She is a beautiful and talented actress, who is on her way to bigger things. Of course the supporting cast Maria Bello as Violet's boss Lil, is great too, and she has an edge to her that makes her character even more likable. John Goodman is as always a great actor, and doesn't disappoint here, he is comical and great to watch on the screen. The rest of the coyotes give good if somewhat bland at times performances.
Even with these flaws "Coyote Ugly" is in its own way a good movie. It never stopped entertaining me, and I was actually getting into it, somewhat despite there was little plot. The acting and bar scenes are really what make this a good film. It wouldn't be hard to recommend this movie, but I really can't say I loved it.
Reviewed by Brandon Herring 8-5-00
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WeWork hit with big loss despite revenue jump, say reports
SAN FRANCISCO, Nov 14 — WeWork posted third-quarter losses of US$1.25 billion despite the beleaguered office space start-up nearly doubling its revenue, US media reports said yesterday.
The firm has suffered a dramatic reversal in fortunes since its US$47 billion (RM195.5 billion) valuation at the start of the year.
In the last two months WeWork canceled its IPO and pushed out co-founder Adam Neumann, albeit with a reported severance package of more than US$1.5 billion.
The record-high loss was more than double the red ink logged over the same period a year earlier while revenue soared to US$934 million, according to the Wall Street Journal, which cited a report to debt holders by parent company We Co
Japanese conglomerate SoftBank Group will pump a total of US$9.5 billion into WeWork and increase its stake in the firm from 29 per cent to around 80 per cent in an agreement announced last month.
SoftBank Group last week announced an operating loss of US$6.4 billion for the third quarter, the worst in its history, as it took a hit from investments in start-ups including WeWork and Uber.
WeWork offers flexible and shared workspace arrangements, with operations in 111 cities across 29 countries.
To cut costs, the firm stopped construction of new buildings and is selling off some business units, according to SoftBank chief executive Masayoshi Son. — AFP


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1.2*101 m/s - Horse Gallopw 1.966*101 m/s - Record speed for a horses 3.312*101 m/s - Velocity on impact of an object dropped from the top of the Leaning Tower of Pisa 3.353*101 m/s - Top speed of a cheetahw 3.1*101 m/s - Highest speed limit in the UKs 3.8*101 m/s - Highest speed limit in the USw |
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1.08*102 m/s - Top speed of a Peregrine falconw 3.43*102 m/s - Speed of Sound in Dry Air at 20°Cw 4*102 m/s - Muzzle velocity for 18th century musketss 8.3*102 m/s - Moderate Muzzle velocity for an artillery cannon 9.83*102 m/s - Maximum speed of the Lockheed SR-71 Blackbirdw |
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1.512*106 m/s - Velocity of S1 at Periapsisw 2.168*106 m/s - Velocity of S13 at Periapsisw 2.188*106 m/s - Velocity an electron in a hydrogen atomw 5.498*106 m/s - Velocity of S12 at Periapsisw 5.983*106 m/s - Velocity of S8 at Periapsisw 7.420*106 m/s - Velocity of S2 at Periapsisw 7.929*106 m/s - Velocity of S14 at Periapsisw |
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10th November 2016: Rainy
I’m suffering. They are suffering.
How to put an end to suffering? For myself.
Others can try out my methods if they want.
And of course they have to find out their own way.
 Apparently, he said that.
If I were a foster parent of all these lovable children in the world, my impending death is something I have to deal with. Preparations have to be made for other people to help all these children grow, so that my death will not stop their growth.
Yes, as Jobs said, death means having to tell your children what you thought you would have the rest of your life so tell.
THere is a temple called Antaiji in Japan. The people there practice zazen that is good for nothing.
There is a person who is helping people to find a suitable livelihood. She also practises Zen. Her book is a work-in-progress. It is predicted to be published in Fall 2017. Her name is Maia Duerr.
There are people who teach Zen in Singapore. Their names are Vivienne and Boey Wah Keong.
They will do what I amy not have the time to do. At least, they can do what I may run out of time to do.
Zazen is good for nothing. It is the way to liberate-save suffering people-human. Suzuki Roshi said that.


| 017:023 Khan | : |
And your Lord has decreed that you worship none but Him. And that you be dutiful to your parents. If one of them or both of them attain old age in your life, say not to them a word of disrespect, nor shout at them but address them in terms of honour. |
| 017:023 Maulana | : |
And thy Lord has decreed that you serve none but Him, and do good to parents. If either or both of them reach old age with thee, say not "Fie" to them, nor chide them, and speak to them a generous word. |
| 017:023 Pickthal | : |
Thy Lord hath decreed, that ye worship none save Him, and (that ye show) kindness to parents. If one of them or both of them attain old age with thee, say not "Fie" unto them nor repulse them, but speak unto them a gracious word. |
| 017:023 Rashad | : |
Your Lord has decreed that you shall not worship except Him, and your parents shall be honored. As long as one or both of them live, you shall never say to them, "Uff" (the slightest gesture of annoyance), nor shall you shout at them; you shall treat them amicably. |
| 017:023 Sarwar | : |
Your Lord has ordained that you must not worship anything other than Him and that you must be kind to your parents. If either or both of your parents should become advanced in age, do not express to them words which show your slightest disappointment. Never yell at them but always speak to them with kindness. |
| 017:023 Shakir | : |
And your Lord has commanded that you shall not serve (any) but Him, and goodness to your parents. If either or both of them reach old age with you, say not to them (so much as) "Ugh" nor chide them, and speak to them a generous word. |
| 017:023 Sherali | : |
Thy Lord has commanded that ye worship none but HIM, and that ye show kindness to parents. If one or both of them attain old age with thee, never say to them as much as ugh nor reproach them, but always address them with kindly speech. |
| 017:023 Yusufali | : |
Thy Lord hath decreed that ye worship none but Him, and that ye be kind to parents. Whether one or both of them attain old age in thy life, say not to them a word of contempt, nor repel them, but address them in terms of honour. |
Concepts/Themes Covered: أركان الإسلام > التوحيد > توحيد الله تعالي > ربوبيته جلّ وعلا Pillars of Islam> Islamic> Oneness of Allah> His Divinity, the Great and Almighty أركان الإسلام > التوحيد > الشرك والمشركون > النهي عن الشِرك والوعيد عليه Pillars of Islam> Islamic> Polytheism and the Polytheists> The Inhibition of Polytheisms and the Threat Against it أركان الإسلام > مسائل متفرقة من العبادة > العبادة لله تعالى Pillars of Islam> Miscellaneous Points of Worship> Oneness of the Worship of Allah الإنسان والعلاقات الاجتماعية > الأسرة > حق الوالدين Man and The Social Relations>The Family>The Parents' Right
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Kuwait's ruling emir accepts government resignation
KUWAIT (Reuters) - Kuwait’s emir accepted the resignation of the government on Thursday, two days after parliament filed a no-confidence motion against Interior Minister Sheikh Khalid al-Jarrah al-Sabah, who is a senior member of the ruling Al Sabah family.
Lawmakers had questioned Sheikh Khalid over alleged abuse of power, charges he rejected. The country’s public works minister resigned last Friday after being grilled by parliament about flood damage in the desert country following heavy rainfall.
Cabinet resignations in the Gulf Arab state happen frequently when elected lawmakers are set to question or submit a no-confidence vote against senior government officials.
The cabinet will remain in office until a new government is appointed, the government communication office said in a Twitter post.
Kuwait, a U.S.-allied OPEC producer, has the most open political system in the six-nation Gulf Cooperation Council, with a parliament that has the power to pass legislation and question ministers.
The government is headed by a prime minister selected by the emir, who has the final say in state matters. Senior posts are occupied by ruling family members.
Frictions between the cabinet and parliament have led to frequent reshuffles or the dissolution of parliament.
The assembly’s speaker, Marzouq al-Ghanem, told state news agency KUNA on Thursday that the emir does not intend to dissolve parliament.


Atmosphere¶
The atmosphere
module contains structures to make the total
atmospheric properties required by DISORT.
- class pyrt.atmosphere.Atmosphere(*args)[source]¶
A structure to compute the total atmospheric properties.
Atmosphere accepts a collection of atmospheric properties for each constituent in the model. It then computes the total atmospheric arrays from these inputs.
- Parameters
args (tuple) – Tuple of (optical depth, single scattering albedo, phase function) for each constituent to add to the atmospheric model.
- Return type
None
- property legendre_moments: numpy.ndarray¶
Get the total Legendre coefficient array of the atmosphere. This is computed via
\[P = \frac{\Sigma \tilde{\omega}_i * \tau_i * P_i} {\tilde{\omega} * \tau}\]where \(P\) is the total phase function array, \(P_i\) is the phase function of each constituent, and the other variables are defined in the other properties.
Notes
Each eleemnt of this variable along the wavelength dimension is named
PMOM
in DISORT.
- property optical_depth: numpy.ndarray¶
Get the total optical depth of the atmosphere. This is computed via
\[\tau = \Sigma \tau_i\]where \(\tau\) is the total optical depth, and \(\tau_i\) is the optical depth of each of the atmospheric species.
Notes
Each element of this variable along the wavelength dimension is named
DTAUC
in DISORT.
- property single_scattering_albedo: numpy.ndarray¶
Get the single scattering albedo of the atmosphere. This is computed via
\[\tilde{\omega} = \frac{\Sigma \tilde{\omega}_i \tau_i}{\tau}\]where \(\tilde{\omega}\) is the total single scattering albedo, \(\tilde{\omega}_i\) is the single scattering albedo of an individual species, and \(\tau\) is the total optical depth.
Notes
Each element of this variable along the wavelength dimension is named
SSALB
in DISORT.


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Justin Bieber Dyes His Hair Pink – Check Out The New Look!
by Ashley MitchellJustin Bieber has a new and fun look! The singer was caught on camera rocking bubble gum pink hair while out and about in L.A. much to the excitement of fans. Check it out!
Whether you like that about him or not, Justin is used to taking all kinds of risks and his hairstyle is not an exception.
Regardless, this new look is still quite a massive change as it was definitely a visible departure from his usual brown locks.
Besides, it’s not a naturally-occurring shade, which makes it even more fun!
And that was not all! To make the new look stand out even more, Bieber put on a pair of matching pink sweatpants by Drew.
Maybe now that he has pink hair, the performer sees life in a different life since he seemed to be in such a great mood when the paparazzi caught up with him.
To show that he was in good spirits, Justin flashed a peace sign to the camera.
At the same time, the hair is definitely not the only reason for him to feel good about life and celebrate.
Speaking of, just a few days ago, his wife, model Hailey Baldwin turned 23 years old so they made sure to have a super fun party, even if they kept it low-key.
Judging by the pics from the celebration that made their way to social media, it’s safe to say that it was the perfect bash filled with deserts and good vibes.
In a special post for her birthday, in which he hinted at starting a family with Hailey, Justin also wrote: ‘Happy birthday babe. You make me want to be better every day! The way that you live your life is so attractive.. ps you turn me on in every way 😍😍😍😍 next season BABIES.’


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Dom on the joy of refactoring. I've been exploring Eclipse's refactoring capabilities over the last few days, and it really is joyful. Two classes look similar? Right click, choose "pull up", select methods, it moves them into a superclass, does all the business. Really nice; as a recent IDE convert I find this incredibly useful...


What is it?
One of the lectures that I attended today at DBC had to do with Big O analysis. The main idea of Big O is based upon measuring different algorithm performances. Algorithm performances depend upon a range from the "worst-case"(which is Big O) to the "best-case"(Big-Omega). This range exists because algorithms are simplified to limit the time it takes to run.
There are two main dimensions to consider when we talk about the performance of an algorithm, time and space. For example, an algorithm can perform quickly may take more memory, while an algorithm that performs more slowly may take less memory.
There are three types of growth rates that algorithms mimic: linear, log(n) and exponential. In terms of big data size, log(n) is quickest, then linear, then exponential. The exception is when the data collapses due to a algorithm that is more suited towards a specific size or data type. Usually these growth rates are visualized on a graph of number of operations by the size of the data as seen below.
Search functions
To model two growth rates, let's study two functions that search a sorted array for an object.
Function A is a basic linear search, going through an array systematically checking each element in the array against the prized object. As we expand the number of elements in the array, we would see a linear graph going diagonally across the graph.
Function B is a binary search that finds the element in the middle of the array and compares it to the object. If the element is smaller, then a new middle is created with the previous element being the ceiling of the new array. If the element is larger, then the previous element becomes the floor of the new array. In any case, we would see a log function in this growth model. If we were to compare the two, Function B would be much quicker than A.


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USD/CNH technical analysis: Teasing rising wedge breakdown on 4H
by Omkar Godbole- USD/CNH's 4-hour chart shows a rising wedge pattern.
- A breakdown would imply a bearish reversal and open the doors for 6.95.
China's offshore Yuan (CNH) exchange rate could gain altitude as the USD/CNH's 4-hour chart shows the pair has formed a bearish pattern.
The bounce from recent lows near 6.95 has taken the shape of a rising wedge, which comprises of trendlines connecting higher lows and higher highs. The trendlines, however, are converging – a sign of buyer exhaustion.
As a result, a drop below the lower trendline (rising wedge breakdown) is considered a bearish reversal pattern.
Currently, the pair is trading around the rising wedge support at 7.03. A breakdown, if confirmed, would open the doors for a retest of a recent low of 6.95. On the way lower, the pair may find support at 7.00.
4-hour chart
Trend: Bearish
Technical levels
USD/CNH
| Overview | |
|---|---|
| Today last price | 7.0313 |
| Today Daily Change | 0.0000 |
| Today Daily Change % | 0.00 |
| Today daily open | 7.0313 |
| Trends | |
|---|---|
| Daily SMA20 | 7.0264 |
| Daily SMA50 | 7.0725 |
| Daily SMA100 | 7.0443 |
| Daily SMA200 | 6.9217 |
| Levels | |
|---|---|
| Previous Daily High | 7.0536 |
| Previous Daily Low | 7.0231 |
| Previous Weekly High | 7.0378 |
| Previous Weekly Low | 6.9592 |
| Previous Monthly High | 7.1705 |
| Previous Monthly Low | 7.0295 |
| Daily Fibonacci 38.2% | 7.0347 |
| Daily Fibonacci 61.8% | 7.0419 |
| Daily Pivot Point S1 | 7.0184 |
| Daily Pivot Point S2 | 7.0055 |
| Daily Pivot Point S3 | 6.9879 |
| Daily Pivot Point R1 | 7.0489 |
| Daily Pivot Point R2 | 7.0665 |
| Daily Pivot Point R3 | 7.0794 |


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Cockburn’s double-double powers Illinois past Hampton 120-71
by TERRY TOWERYCHAMPAIGN, Ill. (AP) - Kofi Cockburn and Ayo Dosunmu scored 20 points apiece and Illinois beat Hampton 120-71 on Saturday night.
Cockburn also grabbed 13 rebounds and is the only freshman in the country with five double-doubles through six games.
“We came out and played the way we are supposed to,” Dosunmu said. “We’re getting better and better, collectively.”
Alan Griffin and Andres Feliz each added 19 points for Illinois (5-1). Giorgi Bezhanishvili scored 14 points.
“My teammates got me going. They told me to keep shooting, so I did,” Griffin said. The sophomore averages 6.4 points per game but leads the team with nine 3-pointers through six games.
Jermaine Marrow led Hampton (3-2) with 22 points. Benjamin Stanley added 20 for the Pirates.
Illinois took the lead at the outset on two Cockburn free throws followed by his massive dunk after a Pirates turnover.
Illinois had no turnovers at the half and led 62-31. The Illini finished with nine turnovers to the Pirates 16.
“It was really nice to have a half of not turning the ball over,” Illinois coach Brad Underwood said. “We also had 16 assists.
HOT SHOTS
Illinois’ 120 points were its most since scoring 121 against Chicago State in December 1993. Illinois shot 45 of 70 from the field for 64%, its best shooting percentage since 2011. “We were dialed in tonight,” Underwood said.
“This is nowhere near our best,” Dosunmu said. “I think the other teams in the country should be scared.”
Hampton was 28 of 64 (38%) from the field.
BIG PICTURE
Hampton: It was a learning experience for a Hampton team that isn’t nearly as bad as this score might indicate. But the Pirates were outgunned from the beginning and never challenged Illinois for the lead.
Illinois: It was the best overall game, offensively and defensively, in Underwood’s three seasons.
HE SAID IT
“Trent Frazier absolutely controlled the game, defensively,” Underwood said.  I think Trent has become one of the most elite defensive players, not just in the Big Ten, but in the entire country.”
BY THE NUMBERS
Illinois ranks second nationally in offensive rebounding percentage (45.8%), and is 12th nationally in defensive free-throw rate (17.5) - a huge improvement from last season when the Illini were 338th in the country in defensive free-throw rate.
Illinois is the only team in the Big Ten Conference with three players averaging at least 14 points per game.
Going into Saturday’s game, Cockburn was tied for the NCAA lead in double-doubles, was the No. 5 rebounder, and tops among freshman, averaging 12.6 rebounds per game.
UP NEXT
Hampton: Travels to San Francisco on Tuesday.
Illinois: Hosts Lindenwood on Tuesday, the fourth of a five-game homestand. The Illini play five of their next six games at the State Farm Center.
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