Making High-level Charts¶
The high level bokeh.charts
interface provides a fast, convenient way
to create common statistical charts with a minimum of code. Wherever possible,
the interface is geared to be extremely simple to use in conjunction with
Pandas, by accepting a DataFrame
and names of columns directly to specify
data.
Key Concepts¶
- Data: Input data is either a Pandas
pandas.DataFrame
or other table-like - structure, yet also handling simple formats through conversion to a DataFrame internally.
- Smart Defaults: The attempt is made to provide unique chart attribute assignment
- (color, marker, etc) by one or more column names, while supporting custom and/or advanced configuration through the same keyword argument.
Accepted Charts Data Formats¶
Charts make use of Pandas DataFrame
internally, so any inputs provided
coerced into this format. The Charts interface provides support for the more simple
types externally, which can be useful for quickly building charts, or can avoid having
to remember how to import and create a dataframe.
The input types accepted are:
Array-like: 1..* list, tuple, numpy.ndarray
, pandas.Series
- Table-like:
- records: a list(dict)
- columns: a dict(list),
pandas.DataFrame
, or blaze resource
Attribute Specification¶
An AttrSpec
is a model for generating a look-up from a unique data label (ex. (‘a’,
3)), into a chained iterable. This functionality is what powers one-liner chart
generation, while also providing flexibility for customized inputs.
If you were to manually generate the glyphs in a plot, you might start by using Pandas
groupby()
to identify unique subsets of your data that you’d
like to differentiate. You would iterate over each data label and data group and assign
unique attributes to the group.
Simple Use Case However, what if we don’t want one specific attribute type per group? Instead, let’s say we grouped by [‘a’, ‘b’], where a has 3 unique values and b has 10 unique values. We want to change the color by a and change the marker by b. In the groupby iteration, you will see each value of a multiple times, meaning you’ll need some way of keeping track of which unique value of which column will result in the assignment of each attribute value.
Supporting Exploratory Use More importantly, you’ll need to pre-define enough unique values of the attribute to assign to each value you have grouped on, which isn’t necessarily complicated, but it can be especially time consuming for new or sporadic users. This process of assigning attributes is also generally of little interest to users that prioritize interactive data discovery over novel charts. With the discovery use case, you are trying to understand what relationships exist within the data, so it is counter-productive to require the user to understand the data before plotting it.
Attribute Specifications avoid this issue, but are also designed to provide the ability to configure specific behavior as well. The typical pattern of use is shown shown below in pseudocode:
from bokeh.charts import color, marker
# generally any chart attribute can be handled with attribute specifications
Chart(df, color='red') # single constant value supported
Chart(df, color='a') # typical use is with column name input
Chart(df, color=['a', 'b']) # or multiple column names
Chart(df, color=color(['a', 'b'])) # equivalent to previous line
# input of custom iterables that are automatically chained
Chart(df, color=color('a', palette=['red', 'green', 'blue']))
Chart(df, color=color('a', palette=['red', 'green', 'blue']),
marker=marker('b', markers=['circle', 'x']))
Bar Charts¶
The Bar
high-level chart can produce bar charts in various styles.
Bar
charts are configured with a DataFrame data object, and a column
to group. This column will label the x-axis range. Each group is
aggregated over the values
column and bars are show for the totals:
from bokeh.charts import Bar, output_file, show
from bokeh.sampledata.autompg import autompg as df
p = Bar(df, 'cyl', values='mpg', title="Total MPG by CYL")
output_file("bar.html")
show(p)
Aggregations¶
The agg
parameter may be used to specify how each group should be
aggregated:
from bokeh.charts import Bar, output_file, show
from bokeh.sampledata.autompg import autompg as df
p = Bar(df, label='yr', values='mpg', agg='mean',
title="Average MPG by YR")
output_file("bar.html")
show(p)
Available aggregations are:
'sum'
'mean'
'count'
'nunique'
'median'
'min'
'max'
Bar Width¶
The bar_width
parameter can be used to specify the width of the bars, as
percentage of category width:
from bokeh.charts import Bar, output_file, show
from bokeh.sampledata.autompg import autompg as df
p = Bar(df, 'yr', values='displ',
title="Total DISPL by YR", bar_width=0.4)
output_file("bar.html")
show(p)
Bar Color¶
The color
parameter can be used to specify the color of the bars:
from bokeh.charts import Bar, output_file, show
from bokeh.sampledata.autompg import autompg as df
p = Bar(df, 'yr', values='displ',
title="Total DISPL by YR", color="wheat")
output_file("bar.html")
show(p)
Grouping¶
Groups in the data may be visually grouped using the group
parameter:
from bokeh.charts import Bar, output_file, show
from bokeh.sampledata.autompg import autompg as df
p = Bar(df, label='yr', values='mpg', agg='median', group='origin',
title="Median MPG by YR, grouped by ORIGIN", legend='top_right')
output_file("bar.html")
show(p)
Stacking¶
Groups in the data may be visually stacked using the stack
parameter:
from bokeh.charts import Bar, output_file, show
from bokeh.sampledata.autompg import autompg as df
p = Bar(df, label='origin', values='mpg', agg='mean', stack='cyl',
title="Avg MPG by ORIGIN, stacked by CYL", legend='top_right')
output_file("bar.html")
show(p)
Box Plots¶
The BoxPlot
can be used to summarize the statistical properties
of different groups of data. The label
specifies a column in the data
to group by, and a box plot is generated for each group:
from bokeh.charts import BoxPlot, output_file, show
from bokeh.sampledata.autompg import autompg as df
p = BoxPlot(df, values='mpg', label='cyl',
title="MPG Summary (grouped by CYL)")
output_file("boxplot.html")
show(p)
The label can also accept a list of column names, in which case the data is grouped by all the groups in the list:
from bokeh.charts import BoxPlot, output_file, show
from bokeh.sampledata.autompg import autompg as df
p = BoxPlot(df, values='mpg', label=['cyl', 'origin'],
title="MPG Summary (grouped by CYL, ORIGIN)")
output_file("boxplot.html")
show(p)
Box Color¶
The color of the box in a BoxPlot
can be set to a fixed color using the
color
parameter:
from bokeh.charts import BoxPlot, output_file, show
from bokeh.sampledata.autompg import autompg as df
p = BoxPlot(df, values='mpg', label='cyl', color='#00cccc',
title="MPG Summary (grouped by CYL)")
output_file("boxplot.html")
show(p)
As with Bar
charts, the color can also be given a column name, in which
case the boxes are shaded automatically according to the group:
from bokeh.charts import BoxPlot, output_file, show
from bokeh.sampledata.autompg import autompg as df
p = BoxPlot(df, values='mpg', label='cyl', color='cyl',
title="MPG Summary (grouped and shaded by CYL)")
output_file("boxplot.html")
show(p)
Whisker Color¶
The color of the whiskers can be similarly controlled using the whisker_color
parameter. For a single color:
from bokeh.charts import BoxPlot, output_file, show
from bokeh.sampledata.autompg import autompg as df
p = BoxPlot(df, values='mpg', label='cyl', whisker_color='goldenrod',
title="MPG Summary (grouped by CYL, shaded whiskers)")
output_file("boxplot.html")
show(p)
Or shaded automatically according to a column grouping:
from bokeh.charts import BoxPlot, output_file, show
from bokeh.sampledata.autompg import autompg as df
p = BoxPlot(df, values='mpg', label='cyl', whisker_color='cyl',
title="MPG Summary (grouped and whiskers shaded by CYL)")
output_file("boxplot.html")
show(p)
Outliers¶
By default, BoxPlot
charts show outliers above and below the whiskers.
However, the display of outliers can be turned on or off with the outliers
parameter:
from bokeh.charts import BoxPlot, output_file, show
from bokeh.sampledata.autompg import autompg as df
p = BoxPlot(df, values='mpg', label='cyl', outliers=False,
title="MPG Summary (grouped by CYL, no outliers)")
output_file("boxplot.html")
show(p)
Markers¶
The marker used for displaying outliers is controlled by the marker
parameter:
from bokeh.charts import BoxPlot, output_file, show
from bokeh.sampledata.autompg import autompg as df
p = BoxPlot(df, values='mpg', label='cyl', marker='square',
title="MPG Summary (grouped by CYL, square marker)")
output_file("boxplot.html")
show(p)
Histograms¶
The Histogram
high-level chart can be used to quickly display the
distribution of values in a set of data. It can be used by simply
passing it a literal sequence of values (e.g a python list, NumPy
or Pandas DataFrame column):
from bokeh.charts import Histogram, output_file, show
from bokeh.sampledata.autompg import autompg as df
p = Histogram(df['mpg'], title="MPG Distribution")
output_file("histogram.html",)
show(p)
It can also be used by passing in a Pandas Dataframe as the first argument, and specifying the name of the column to use for the data. The column name can be provided as the second positional argument:
from bokeh.charts import Histogram, output_file, show
from bokeh.sampledata.autompg import autompg as df
p = Histogram(df, 'hp', title="HP Distribution")
output_file("histogram.html",)
show(p)
Or explicitly as the values
keyword argument:
from bokeh.charts import Histogram, output_file, show
from bokeh.sampledata.autompg import autompg as df
p = Histogram(df, values='displ', title="DISPL Distribution")
output_file("histogram.html",)
show(p)
Number of Bins¶
The bins
argument can be used to specify the number of bins to use when
computing the histogram:
from bokeh.charts import Histogram, output_file, show
from bokeh.sampledata.autompg import autompg as df
p = Histogram(df, values='mpg', bins=50,
title="MPG Distribution (50 bins)")
output_file("histogram_bins.html")
show(p)
Bar Color¶
It is also possible to control the color of the histogram bins by setting
the color
parameter:
from bokeh.charts import Histogram, output_file, show
from bokeh.sampledata.autompg import autompg as df
p = Histogram(df, values='hp', color='navy', title="HP Distribution")
output_file("histogram_color.html")
show(p)
Color Groups¶
However, the color
parameter can also be used to group the data. If the
value of the color
parameter is one of the DataFrame column names, the data
is first grouped by this column, and a histogram is generated for each group.
Each histogram is automatically colored differently, and a legend displayed:
from bokeh.charts import Histogram, output_file, show
from bokeh.sampledata.autompg import autompg as df
p = Histogram(df, values='hp', color='cyl',
title="HP Distribution (color grouped by CYL)",
legend='top_right')
output_file("histogram_color.html")
show(p)
Scatter Plots¶
The Scatter
high-level chart can be used to generate 1D or (more commonly)
2D scatter plots. It is used by passing in DataFrame-like object as the first
argument then specifying the columns to use for x
and y
coordinates:
from bokeh.charts import Scatter, output_file, show
from bokeh.sampledata.autompg import autompg as df
p = Scatter(df, x='mpg', y='hp', title="HP vs MPG",
xlabel="Miles Per Gallon", ylabel="Horsepower")
output_file("scatter.html")
show(p)
Color¶
The color
parameter can be used to control the color of the scatter
markers:
from bokeh.charts import Scatter, output_file, show
from bokeh.sampledata.autompg import autompg as df
p = Scatter(df, x='mpg', y='hp', title="HP vs MPG", color="navy",
xlabel="Miles Per Gallon", ylabel="Horsepower")
output_file("scatter.html")
show(p)
Color Groups¶
if color
is supplied with the name of a data column then the data is first
grouped by the values of that column, and then a different color is used for
every group:
from bokeh.charts import Scatter, output_file, show
from bokeh.sampledata.autompg import autompg as df
p = Scatter(df, x='mpg', y='hp', color='cyl', title="HP vs MPG (shaded by CYL)",
xlabel="Miles Per Gallon", ylabel="Horsepower")
output_file("scatter.html")
show(p)
Legends¶
When grouping, a legend is usually useful, and it’s location can be specified
by the legend
parameter:
from bokeh.charts import Scatter, output_file, show
from bokeh.sampledata.autompg import autompg as df
p = Scatter(df, x='displ', y='hp', color='cyl',
title="HP vs DISPL (shaded by CYL)", legend="top_left",
xlabel="Displacement", ylabel="Horsepower")
output_file("scatter.html")
show(p)
Markers¶
The marker
parameter can be used to control the shape of the scatter marker:
from bokeh.charts import Scatter, output_file, show
from bokeh.sampledata.autompg import autompg as df
p = Scatter(df, x='displ', y='hp', marker='square',
title="HP vs DISPL", legend="top_left",
xlabel="Displacement", ylabel="Horsepower")
output_file("scatter.html")
show(p)
As with color
, the marker
parameter can be given a column name to group
by the values of that column, using a different marker shape for each group:
from bokeh.charts import Scatter, output_file, show
from bokeh.sampledata.autompg import autompg as df
p = Scatter(df, x='displ', y='hp', marker='cyl',
title="HP vs DISPL (marked by CYL)", legend="top_left",
xlabel="Displacement", ylabel="Horsepower")
output_file("scatter.html")
show(p)
Often it is most useful to group both the color and marker shape together:
from bokeh.charts import Scatter, output_file, show
from bokeh.sampledata.autompg import autompg as df
p = Scatter(df, x='displ', y='hp', marker='cyl', color='cyl',
title="HP vs DISPL (marked by CYL)", legend="top_left",
xlabel="Displacement", ylabel="Horsepower")
output_file("scatter.html")
show(p)
Chart Defaults¶
The bokeh.charts
modules contains a defaults
attribute. Setting
attributes on this object is an easy way to control default properties
on all charts created, in one place. For instance:
from bokeh.charts import defaults
defaults.width = 450
defaults.height = 350
will set the default width and height for any chart. The full list of attributes that can be set can be seen in the bokeh.charts section of the Reference Guide.


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The alert is in place for five counties
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The caution, which is for Carlow, Kilkenny, Wexford, Wicklow and Waterford, says there is a risk of heavy showers, with the possibility of "thundery downpours and flooding."
It is due to be lifted at 3pm.
Meanwhile, the country woke up to a rather cloudy and damp start to the day, with showers developing nationwide.
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"Outbreaks of rain will develop in Munster during the afternoon, before extending gradually northeastwards across the country in the evening.
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"Mostly cloudy on Monday with patchy outbreaks of rain and drizzle but good dry periods also.
"Highest temperatures of 10 to 12 degrees in light, variable winds. Cloudy overnight with a few patches of light rain or drizzle.
"Areas of mist and fog forming in the light winds. Minimum temperatures of 5 to 8 degrees."
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Ray Tracer Common Project
Image rendering program based on the ray tracing technique.
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Geometric entity. More...
#include <geometry.hpp>
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| Geometry (Entity *parent=0) | |
| Main constructor. More... | |
| Geometry (const vector &pos, Entity *parent=0) | |
| Make a new geometry from its position and parent. More... | |
| Geometry (double x, double y, double z, Entity *parent=0) | |
| Make a new geometry from its position and parent. More... | |
| virtual | ~Geometry ()=0 |
| Destructor. | |
| virtual vector | uv (const element &) const =0 |
| UV-map a surface element on a texture. More... | |
| virtual std::vector< rt::hit > | hits (const euclidian &e) const =0 |
| Compute hits between a Geometry and an euclidian. More... | |
| Public Member Functions inherited from rt::Entity | |
| Entity (Entity *parent=0) | |
| Default entity constructor. More... | |
| Entity (const vector &pos, Entity *parent=0) | |
| Make a new entity from its position and parent. More... | |
| Entity (double x, double y, double z, Entity *parent=0) | |
| Make a new entity from its position coordinates and parent. More... | |
| virtual | ~Entity ()=0 |
| Destructor. More... | |
| void | soil () |
| Make an entity dirty. More... | |
| bool | isDirty () const |
| virtual void | update () |
| Update the global matrix of the entity and its children. | |
| const matrix & | globalMatrix () const |
| The global matrix of the entity. More... | |
| const matrix & | invertedGlobalMatrix () const |
| The invert of the global matrix of the entity. More... | |
| vector | globalPosition () const |
| Global position of the entity. More... | |
| const vector & | position () const |
| Entity location. | |
| const vector & | rotation () const |
| Entity rotation. | |
| void | setPosition (const vector &pos) |
| Set the entity position. More... | |
| void | setRotation (const vector &rot) |
| Set the entity rotation. More... | |
| Entity * | parent () const |
| The parent entity. More... | |
| void | setParent (Entity *) |
| Set the parent entity. More... | |
| Scene * | scene () const |
| The scene of the entity. | |
| void | setScene (Scene *) |
| Set the scene of the entity. More... | |
| const std::unordered_set< Entity * > & | children () const |
| Entity children. | |
| void | addChild (Entity *) |
| Add a child. More... | |
| void | removeChild (Entity *) |
| Remove a child. More... | |
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| void | queryAll (std::list< const T *> &list) const |
| Get the list of a specific type of entity. More... | |
Geometric entity.
This class is used to describe geometric elements. Geometry is used by Object to draw complex objects with differents shapes and materials.
The geometry is described by its location in the local space of its parent entity, but this entity is mainly an Object instance.
The main purpose of a Geometry is to compute hits between itself and some euclidian in the global space referential.
| rt::Geometry::Geometry | ( | Entity * | parent = 0 | ) |
Main constructor.
| parent | The parent entity of the geometry. To be able to draw the geometry during the render, this parent must be an Object. |
Make a new geometry from its position and parent.
| pos | The location of the geometry in its parent local space. |
| parent | The parent entity of the geometry. To be able to draw the geometry during the render, this parent must be an Object. |
| rt::Geometry::Geometry | ( | double | x, |
| double | y, | ||
| double | z, | ||
| Entity * | parent = 0 |
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| ) |
Make a new geometry from its position and parent.
| x | Position of the geometry along x-axis. |
| y | Position of the geometry along y-axis. |
| z | Position of the geometry along z-axis. |
| parent | The parent entity of the geometry. To be able to draw the geometry during the render, this parent must be an Object. |
Compute hits between a Geometry and an euclidian.
| e | An euclidian in the global space referential. |
Implemented in rt::Sphere, rt::Plan, and rt::Mesh.
UV-map a surface element on a texture.
Implemented in rt::Sphere, rt::Plan, and rt::Mesh.


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a generalized boolean.
implementation-dependent.
Controls whether the Lisp printer calls the pretty printer.
If it is false, the pretty printer is not used and
a minimum
of whitespace_1 is output when printing an expression.
If it is true, the pretty printer is used, and the Lisp printer will endeavor to insert extra whitespace_1 where appropriate to make expressions more readable.
*print-pretty* has an effect even when the value of *print-escape* is false.
(setq *print-pretty* 'nil) ⇒ NIL (progn (write '(let ((a 1) (b 2) (c 3)) (+ a b c))) nil) |> (LET ((A 1) (B 2) (C 3)) (+ A B C)) ⇒ NIL (let ((*print-pretty* t)) (progn (write '(let ((a 1) (b 2) (c 3)) (+ a b c))) nil)) |> (LET ((A 1) |> (B 2) |> (C 3)) |> (+ A B C)) ⇒ NIL ;; Note that the first two expressions printed by this next form ;; differ from the second two only in whether escape characters are printed. ;; In all four cases, extra whitespace is inserted by the pretty printer. (flet ((test (x) (let ((*print-pretty* t)) (print x) (format t "~ (terpri) (princ x) (princ " ") (format t "~ (test '#'(lambda () (list "a" #’c #'d)))) |> #'(LAMBDA () |> (LIST "a" #’C #'D)) |> #'(LAMBDA () |> (LIST "a" #’C #'D)) |> #'(LAMBDA () |> (LIST a b 'C #'D)) |> #'(LAMBDA () |> (LIST a b 'C #'D)) ⇒ NIL
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Section: [FIXME: manual] (1)Updated: 19 August,2009
Index Return to Main Contents
NAME
pk-device-rebind - Device software reloaderSYNOPSIS
- pk-device-rebind [--help]
DESCRIPTION
pk-device-rebind is the command line client for reloading devices after firmware has been installed.
OPTIONS
This program follows the usual GNU command line syntax, with long options starting with two dashes (`-'). A summary of options is included below.
--help
- Show summary of options.
--verbose
- Show extra debugging information.
--simulate
- Don't actually poke the hardware, only simulate what would be done.
RETURN VALUES
0
- Success, the device was reloaded
1
- Failed with miscellaneous internal error.
3
- Arguments incorrect.
4
- Failed to write to device.
SEE ALSO
packagekitd (1). udev(1).
AUTHOR
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Copyright © 2009 Richard Hughes
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Although Homecoming week kicked off Monday, two of the most popular attractions, the OU Homecoming parade and football game, will occur on Saturday. The parade begins at 10 a.m. and will start on West Union Street and proceed to College Green.
Tyson Bernath, a freshman studying journalism, said he is looking forward to this year's Homecoming parade.
"I'm excited for the parade and getting to see the football team play at home," Bernath said. "I think that's a big part of Homecoming. I'm really excited to see who all comes back to Athens."
Following the parade, the OU football team will play the University of Akron at 2 p.m. at Peden Stadium. Melanie Geiger, a freshman studying marketing, said she will be attending the game.
“There's going to be more spirit because there's going to be so many people that are curious, like me, to see what it's about. I already talked to a lot of freshmen that are interested to see what it's like and I just feel like there's going to be more support for the football team because it's such a big weekend,” said Geiger.
Although many freshmen are new to Athens, some grew up surrounded by OU's Homecoming festivities. Abby Motes, a freshman studying nursing, grew up in Athens and had family members attend the university.
"My sister went to college here so the whole family would come out and everybody would just do stuff and (go to the) football game or like any and every event you could think of," Motes said.
Motes said COVID-19 changed a lot of the Homecoming celebrations she experienced when she was younger.
"With COVID-19 and everything like the last few years, I feel like everything's been kind of crazy and they haven't really gotten to do as much as they typically do that I saw growing up in Athens," Motes said. "I don't really know what to expect besides like a lot of people coming back to come home for the weekend and visit and everything."
Students who are new to Athens are unsure of what to expect for this upcoming weekend.
"I'll definitely go see the parade and the football team," Bernath said. "I'm excited to see what else there is I haven't heard a whole lot but whatever comes up, I'm sure I'll be out at it."
Motes said she is looking forward to spending a weekend in Athens during Homecoming, surrounded by fellow students.
"(I'm looking forward to) kind of everything being here for the weekend and not like home," Motes said. "Actually being here and being around people. And I feel like Homecoming is like one of the biggest things."
Despite not knowing what to expect, Bernath said he believes Homecoming is a significant way for the university to come together.
“I think it's just a way to have a community celebrate itself, even if you are no longer in that community. Being able to come back and celebrate, 'Hey, we made it through everything here and we might not be here in this community, but we're representing our community.”-Tyson Bernath
Many freshman students are enthusiastic for this year's Homecoming festivities, given that the previous years have been heavily impacted by COVID-19.
"I think it just brings everyone together to remind us that we are a Bobcat family and that we're more than just a schoolwork community," Geiger said.


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HAMLET A film review by John Bauer Copyright 1997 John Bauer
***1/2 (out of 4)
[Note: After claiming otherwise, my appetite was indeed whetted by Kenneth Branagh's HAMLET to search out other attempts to translate Shakespeare to film in hopes of finding a better mousetrap. As it happens, it didn't take long.]
Is there a more romantic director than Franco Zeffirelli? Known mainly to American audiences as the man behind 1968's ROMEO AND JULIET (required viewing for many high schoolers, and as much as most ever learn of Shakespeare), he is also a favorite at the Metropolitan Opera, where his achingly beautiful designs further the already lush emotion of many a Puccini aria. Last year he gave us his beautifully realized version of JANE EYRE, one of the twin peaks (with WUTHERING HEIGHTS) of romantic literature.
It might seem peculiar, then, that Zeffirelli ever had an interest in translating HAMLET for the screen. At first blush, HAMLET is far removed from romance. The hero, though a prince, is depressed, conflicted and confused. The ostensible love interest gets little screen time, and her scenes with her prince are usually as an object of mockery. The plot is full of political intrigue and the players are as cursed as the House of Atreus.
It is Zeffirelli's genius, however, that he is able to expose the romantic core of HAMLET and give the sometimes dry tale an emotional embrace. In this Italian master's hands, romance is everywhere -- in a son's worship of his father, in the bonds of deepest friendship, in the private thoughts of young lovers, even in the mystery of castles by the sea. After all, the story hinges on a ghost, and what could be more romantic than that?
 Who could believe that the man who made his mark playing Mad Max and a "lethal weapon" (in the series of the same name) would have the skill to succeed in the most famous role in the English language? Franco Zeffirelli, that's who. And it is apparent in every frame that his instinct was right on the money.
What Gibson brings to the role is a naturalness and ease which makes the whole story meaningful, not to mention comprehensible. His line readings sound spontaneous rather than rehearsed. His movements and gestures (excepting his sometimes too active eyes) are totally in keeping with the character. This is a Hamlet whose pain we feel, whose struggle we empathize with, and whose death we mourn as sincerely as Horatio at film's end.
Glenn Close, the other big name in the production, also does well by the script and satisfies as Hamlet's mother, Gertrude -- though I must confess I'm still trying to understand the character as written. (Zeffirelli's incestuous interpretation of Hamlet's relationship with his mother doesn't help.) Alan Bates makes a believably evil Claudius without resorting to the mannerisms of a Hollywood heavy. By and large the rest of the cast performs admirably and comfortably.
Of special note are the cinematography by David Watkin and the score by Ennio Morricone. Both support the realistic mood marvelously (as do the sets and costumes), without any overstated effects that declare "this is important; this is Shakespeare!" I particularly appreciate that the words are often spoken without any music at all: the melody of a wonderfully wrought phrase is given its due.
Perhaps it is difficult to call edited Shakespeare "definitive." And there are certainly quite a few other filmed versions of HAMLET that I have not seen. But if you've ever felt the urge to overcome your fear of the Bard, this HAMLET is an excellent place to start.
May 10, 1997
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{% extends "layout.html" %}
{% block pageTitle %}
Register of gambling businesses
{% endblock %}
{% block ogTitle %}
Register of gambling businesses
{% endblock %}
{% block pageDescription %}
Search for gambling businesses that are applying for, or hold a licence to carry out gambling activities in the United
Kingdom.
{% endblock %}
{% block heroClass %}
gc-header-hero
{% endblock %}
{% block heroContent %}
Businesses that are applying for, or hold a licence to carry out gambling
activities in the United Kingdom.Register of gambling businesses
Last updated: {{registerData.lastupdated | date('DD MMMM YYYY')}}
There are {{registerData.NumberOfOperatorRecords | numeral("0,0")}} records and 9 fields in this register.
| Field | Description |
|---|---|
| Account number | The unique reference number of the business |
| Account name | The legal name of the gambling business |
| Account type | Always "Operator" for gambling businesses |
| Account start | The date the business was first licensed by the Gambling Commission |
| Trading name count | The number of trading names declared by the business to the Gambling Commission |
| Domain name count | The number of domain names declared by the business to the Gambling Commission |
| Premises count | The number of premises for the business known to the Gambling Commission |
| Trading name status | The status of the trading name, this can be "Active" or "Inactive" |
| Domain name status | The status of the domain name, this can be "Active", "Inactive" or "White label" |


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When a brother is up in some high office building LOOKING OUT, he sees real far.
When he’s far away from that building, he can find it just by LOOKING OUT from them streets.
Heaven got laws. Sun rise and fall. Planets moving on point. If a brother thinks on them laws till he understand,
he rolls deep and moves people. But brothers who want to be down with this level of reality have learning to do.
Have to be respectful, too. A brother have to clean up before he shows up. Get his life together.
Follow them rules and laws without missing nothing.
When the wind blows through the park, grass have no choice but to bend.
True Players change people just by passing through.
Like grass blown by the wind. People have no choice but to be moved by a brother that large.


This table contains entries for TRK receptors and their neurotrophin ligands for a variety of species in the UniProt database. Links are provided to view the original UniProt protein entries, and their display in InterPro.
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SPTR
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Protein name |
Organism |
InterPro Domain Architecture |
InterPro Graphical Match |
Function |
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Trk Receptors |
TrkA |
High affinity nerve growth factor receptor precursor |
Homo sapiens
|
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Crucial role in development and function of nociceptive reception
system, and thermal regulation |
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High affinity nerve growth factor receptor precursor |
Rattus norvegicus
Rat |
|
Crucial role in development and function of nociceptive
reception system, and thermal regulation |
||
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High affinity nerve growth factor receptor precursor |
Gallus gallus
Chicken |
|
High
affinity binding to nerve growth factor |
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|
TrkB |
BDNF/NT-3 growth factors receptor precursor |
Homo sapiens
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|
Involved in the development and/or maintenance of the
nervous system. |
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BDNF/NT-3 growth factors receptor precursor |
Mus musculus
Mouse |
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Involved in the development and/or maintenance of the
nervous system. |
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BDNF/NT-3 growth factors receptor precursor |
Rattus norvegicus
Rat |
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Involved in the development and/or maintenance of the
nervous system. |
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BDNF/NT-3 growth factors receptor precursor |
Gallus gallus
Chicken |
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Involved in the development and/or maintenance of the
nervous system. |
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TrkC |
NT-3 growth factor receptor precursor |
Homo sapiens
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Tyrosine-protein kinase receptor |
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NT-3 growth factor receptor precursor |
Rattus norvegicus
Rat |
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Tyrosine-protein kinase receptor |
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NT-3 growth factor receptor precursor |
Gallus gallus
Chicken |
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Tyrosine-protein kinase receptor |
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NT-3 growth factor receptor precursor |
Pan troglodytesChimpanzee |
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Tyrosine-protein
kinase receptor |
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NT-3 growth factor receptor precursor |
Macaca fascicularis
Crab‑eating macaque |
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Tyrosine-protein kinase receptor |
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NT-3 growth factor receptor precursor |
Sus scrofa
Pig |
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Tyrosine-protein kinase receptor |
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Neurotrophins |
NGF |
Neurotrophin-5
precursor (Nerve
growth factor) |
Homo sapiens
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Specific for TrkA receptors |
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Neurotrophin-5
precursor (Nerve
growth factor) |
Rattus norvegicus
Rat |
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Specific for TrkA receptors |
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Neurotrophin-5
precursor (Nerve
growth factor) |
Mus musculus
Mouse |
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Specific for TrkA receptors |
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BDNF |
Brain‑derived neurotrophic factor precursor |
Homo sapiens
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Specific for TrkB receptors |
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Brain-derived neurotrophic factor precursor |
Mus musculus
Mouse |
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Specific for TrkB receptors |
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Brain-derived neurotrophic factor precursor |
Rattus norvegicus
Rat |
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Specific for TrkB receptors |
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NT3 |
Neurotrophin-3
precursor |
Homo sapiens
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Greatest affinity for TrkC |
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Neurotrophin-3
precursor |
Mus musculus
Mouse |
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Greatest affinity for TrkC |
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Neurotrophin-3
precursor |
Rattus norvegicus
Rat |
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Greatest affinity for TrkC |
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Neurotrophin-3 precursor |
Gallus gallus
Chicken |
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Greatest affinity for TrkC |
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NT4 |
Neurotrophin-4
precursor |
Xenopus laevis
Frog |
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Specific for TrkB receptors |
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Neurotrophin-4
precursor |
Vipera lebetina
Elephant snake |
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Specific for TrkB receptors |
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NT7 |
Neurotrophin-7
precursor |
Brachydanio rerio
Zebrafish |
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May have similar receptor specificity as NGF |
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Neurotrophin-7
precursor |
Cyprinus carpio
Common carp |
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May have similar receptor specificity as NGF |


THE PAGEMASTER A film review by James Berardinelli Copyright 1994 James Berardinelli
Rating (0 to 10): 7.2
Date Released: 11/23/94 Running Length: 1:16 Rated: G
Starring: Macaulay Culkin, Christopher Lloyd, Ed Begley Jr., Mel Harris Featuring the voices of Patrick Stewart, Whoopi Goldberg, Frank Welker, Leonard Nimoy, and George Hearn Directors: Maurice Hunt (animation) and Joe Johnston (live action) Producers: David Kirschner and Paul Getz Screenplay: David Casci, David Kirschner, and Ernie Contreras Music: James Horner Released by Twentieth Century Fox
At a time when children are reading less, opting instead for such fast, furious, and empty entertainment as video games and MTV, it falls to a movie, THE PAGEMASTER, to make the case for books. This clever, often engaging, and always fast-paced motion picture uses the visual medium to encourage its viewers to reach out with their imagination. They may not be as visibly transformed as Macaulay Culkin's Richard Tyler, but through the magic of page-turning, they can enter different worlds--or at least that's the message this release is trying to convey.
Richard Tyler is a child with so many phobias that they've run out of names for them all. His father (Ed Begley Jr.) despairs that his son will ever shed his cloak of fear, especially when Richard's response to an invitation to climb into a tree house is that he can't because "seven percent of all accidents involve ladders." So, instead of joining Dad up in the branches, Richard is sent off to the store on a quest for a box of nails. Instead, he finds something he never dreamed possible.
Along the way, a sudden thunderstorm necessitates Richard to seek shelter in the nearest building--a mysterious library run by the prescient Mr. Dewey, aka The Pagemaster (Christopher Lloyd). During his stay amidst the thousands of books, Richard is transformed into a cartoon character and forced to make his way through several lands of fiction, guided by a trio of genres-come-to-life: adventure (voice of Patrick Stewart, lustily belting out his lines like a refugee from Pirates of the Caribbean), fantasy (Whoopi Goldberg, all sugar-and-starch), and horror (Frank Welker, doing his best "Igor" imitation).
Titles as diverse as ATLAS SHRUGGED, DR. JEKYLL AND MR. HYDE, TREASURE ISLAND, MOBY DICK, GULLIVER'S TRAVELS, ALICE IN WONDERLAND, and JACK AND THE BEANSTALK are either alluded to or represented. If the sight of Culkin's animated image making his way through these adventures isn't enough to pique the reading curiosity of the average youngster, it's hard to imagine what will.
Technically, the movie isn't an unqualified triumph.  It's certainly not the worst to have graced the big screen in the past few years (that distinction probably goes to FERNGULLY), but certain sequences, most notably those involving The Pagemaster--who resembles Gandalf from the animated THE HOBBIT--look unfinished. On the other hand, the fire-breathing dragon is suitably imposing and menacing.
With its curious mix of TIME BANDITS-like enchantment and plain sense of fun, THE PAGEMASTER represents the least-annoying and most enjoyable contribution Culkin has made to the industry since HOME ALONE. This won't be the monster hit that movie was, but children venturing into THE PAGEMASTER should be no less beguiled. Grownups who often feel insulted by the too-juvenile tone of most so-called "family features" will likely find this movie long enough to catch their attention, but short enough not to lose it--in essence, a surprisingly affable (and occasionally even sophisticated) movie-going experience.
- James Berardinelli<EMAIL_ADDRESS>.
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What are we covering in Part 1?
- Docker overview
- Serf overview
- Continuous Delivery solution
- Self-healing cluster solution
- Transparent scaling solution
What is Docker?
“Docker is an open platform for developers and sysadmins to build, ship, and run distributed
applications.”
Docker.io
What's included?
- Repository of images
- Solid documentation
- Flexible DSL for defining images
- Can link containers together
What's not included?
- Single command to start any container
- Self-healing of containers
- Distributed configuration
Serf
Serf will simplify the docker run command, allow for self-healing, and create a distributed
configuration with its gossip network.
What is Serf?
“Serf is a tool for cluster membership, failure detection, and orchestration that is decentralized,
fault-tolerant and highly available.”
Serfdom.io
Batteries almost included
- Eventually consistent
- Blazingly fast agents
- Uses MesssagePack (JSON, but faster)
- Well structured events system
- RPC protocol can be implemented anywhere with MessagePack
What's missing?
- PHP client
- Nginx configuration updating
- Service location sharing
But, we can build it!
- PHP client using MessagePack
- Nginx configuration updating using PHP and Twig
- Service location sharing with event handling and custom queries
Continuous Delivery
How can Docker and Serf help me with Continuous Delivery?
Continuous Delivery
Docker's Roles
- Create and version images for deployment
- Encapsulate a specific version of application code
- Tag by release candidacy
- Use private Docker repository to house release candidates
- Use privileged containers to configure a full stack of a release candidate
Continuous Delivery
Serf's Roles
- Announce arrival of container
- Announce expected FQDN to DNS
- Handle events to automatically wire up resources
- Simplify Docker commands using a Serf ambassador
- Request deployment of release candidate to cluster
- Request destruction of release candidate from cluster
Continuous Delivery
What does this look like?
Serf cliques - logical representation
Self-healing Cluster
How can docker and serf help make my cluster self-healing?
Self-healing Cluster
Docker's Roles
- Encapsulate each part of a cluster in a volatile container
- Quickly spin up/down each container
- Provide containers for service dependencies
- Allow for multiple instances of each container
- Multiple database instances to allow failover
Self-healing Cluster
Serf's Roles
- Event handlers in privileged container(s) handle docker commands
- Aggressively start/stop/restart containers
- Announce service start/stop/restart
- Specific error types proactively restart services
- Logging service should trigger serf events
Transparent Scaling
How to we use docker and serf to scale transparently?
Transparent Scaling
Docker's Roles
Same as the self-healing cluster
- Encapsulate each part of a cluster in a volatile container
- Quickly spin up/down each container
- Provide containers for service dependencies
- Allow for multiple instances of each container
- Multiple database instances to allow failover
Transparent Scaling
Serf's Roles
- Announce arrival of container
- Handle events to automatically wire up resources
- Answer queries to where services are located
- Handle load related events by start/stop-ing containers


Constraints connect two ChipmunkBody objects together. More...
#import <ChipmunkConstraint.h>
Inherits ChipmunkBaseObject-p.
Inherited by ChipmunkDampedRotarySpring, ChipmunkDampedSpring, ChipmunkGearJoint, ChipmunkGrooveJoint, ChipmunkPinJoint, ChipmunkPivotJoint, ChipmunkRatchetJoint, ChipmunkRotaryLimitJoint, ChipmunkSimpleMotor, and ChipmunkSlideJoint.
Properties | |
| cpConstraint * | constraint |
| Returns a pointer to the underlying cpConstraint C struct. | |
| ChipmunkBody * | bodyA |
| Get the first ChipmunkBody the constraint controls. | |
| ChipmunkBody * | bodyB |
| Get the second ChipmunkBody the constraint controls. | |
| cpFloat | maxForce |
| Maximum force this constraint is allowed to use (defalts to infinity). | |
| cpFloat | biasCoef |
| Amount of constraint error to correct each step (defaults to 10%). | |
| cpFloat | maxBias |
| Maximum rate (speed) that a joint can be corrected at (defaults to infinity). | |
| id | data |
| An object that this constraint is associated with. |
Constraints connect two ChipmunkBody objects together.
Most often constraints are simple joints, but can also be things like motors, friction generators or servos.
- (cpFloat) biasCoef [read, write, assign] |
Amount of constraint error to correct each step (defaults to 10%).
This can be used to fine tune constraint parameters.
- (id) data [read, write, assign] |
An object that this constraint is associated with.
You can use this get a reference to your game object or controller object from within callbacks.
delegate
properties this is a weak reference and does not call retain
. This prevents reference cycles from occuring. - (cpFloat) maxBias [read, write, assign] |
Maximum rate (speed) that a joint can be corrected at (defaults to infinity).
Setting this value to a finite value allows you to control a joint like a
- (cpFloat) maxForce [read, write, assign] |
Maximum force this constraint is allowed to use (defalts to infinity).
This allows joints to be pulled apart if too much force is applied to them. It also allows you to use constraints as force or friction generators for controlling bodies.


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| Methods' Summary |
| dragDropEnd |
This method is invoked to signify that the Drag and Drop operation is
complete.
|
| dragEnter |
Called as the hotspot enters a platform dependent drop site.
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| dragExit |
Called as the hotspot exits a platform dependent drop site.
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| dragOver |
Called as the hotspot moves over a platform dependent drop site.
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| dropActionChanged |
Called when the user has modified the drop gesture.
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| Methods' Details |
dragDropEnd
- Description
- This method is invoked to signify that the Drag and Drop operation is
complete.
- Parameter dsde
- The DragSourceDropEvent
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dragEnter
- Description
- Called as the hotspot enters a platform dependent drop site.
NOTE: currently this notification can not be ensured by all
implementations. Do not rely on it !
- Parameter dsde
- The DragSourceDragEvent.
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dragExit
- Description
- Called as the hotspot exits a platform dependent drop site.
NOTE: Currently this notification can not be ensured by all
implementations. Do not rely on it !
- Parameter dse
- The DragSourceEvent.
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dragOver
- Description
- Called as the hotspot moves over a platform dependent drop site.
- Parameter dsde
- The DragSourceEvent
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dropActionChanged
- Description
- Called when the user has modified the drop gesture.
- Parameter dsde
- The DragSourceEvent.
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Success or fail?
Define a function check_success(url)
that, given a URL, sends out a GET request and returns "Success"
if it succeeds and "Fail"
otherwise.
Remember that the status codes between 200 and 399 indicate that the request succeeded, while all the codes starting with a 4 signalize an error.
Memory limit: 256 MB
Time limit: 30 seconds
Caution
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{% trans "The 'targetPlatforms' option restricts all variants of a resource to a specific set of platforms." %}
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--- title: Deck keywords: fastai sidebar: home_sidebar summary: "Playing Cards" description: "Playing Cards" nb_path: "01_deck.ipynb" ---
A Deck of cards is a collection of Card
objects.
If we remove a card from the deck, we can verify that it no longer exists:
deck = Deck()
card23 = Card(2,3)
print(card23)
print(card23 in deck.cards)
deck.remove_card(card23)
print(card23 in deck.cards)


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Look for:Pointed tips and slightly grooved stems with circular leaf scars
Origin: China/Russia/Korea
The Needle Fir has needles with pointed tips and slightly grooved stems with circular leaf scars. At the tip of stems, the tree has 3 large white resinous buds.
The Manchurian Fir or Needle Fir is a large evergreen coniferous tree that is native to parts of North Korea, Russia and China. It is rarely seen in New England, but can make a fine ornamental plant as this individual clearly demonstrates. This huge specimen is the largest of its kind in Connecticut. True firs, including A. holophylla, produce chunky, upright cones near the top of the tree that mature and disintegrate while still attached to the branches.
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Install zephyr
https://docs.zephyrproject.org/latest/getting_started/index.html
the documentation describes an installation process under Ubuntu/macOS/Windows
In order to use the Nordic specific samples, you will need to install their environment, which can co-exist peacefully. The changes (updates) lag a month behind the community branch. https://github.com/nrfconnect/sdk-nrf
you can switch between these environments, by executing in their own directory
$ west update


Aston Villa's relegation odds slashed after heavy defeat to Leicester City
Aston Villa news | Dean Smith's men currently sit in 17th place after the comprehensive defeat to the Foxes at Villa Park
by Ben Husband, https://www.birminghammail.co.uk/authors/ben-husband/Aston Villa have had their relegation odds slashed, following back-to-back Premier League defeats.
After picking up a point against Manchester United at Old Trafford, Villa were 3/1 to be relegated back to the Championship.
However, after a 2-1 loss to Chelsea and a thumping 4-1 reversal vs Leicester City, Villa are now third favourites for the drop at 9/4.
They are out of the relegation zone only on goal difference, with Southampton, Norwich and Watford, currently occupying the bottom three.
Following the defeat to the Foxes, Dean Smith's men face a pivotal run of fixtures, where they will play Sheffield United and the three teams below them before 2019 draws to an end.
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This site is a great guide to learning how the internet works. Although many seem to think that it is too complex for them to understand, with the right explanations it is much easier to understand. Below are the topics that you will learn more about in this site:
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Returns the first child of the input member's parent.
Syntax
FirstSibling ( member [, hierarchy ])
member.FirstSibling [(hierarchy)]
| Parameter | Description |
|---|---|
|
A member specification. |
|
|
Optional. A specific hierarchy within the time dimension. |
Notes
If member is the top member of a dimension, then member itself is returned.
Example
Year.Firstsibling returns Year.
Qtr3.firstsibling returns Qtr1.
For every month, the following query displays the change in inventory level since the beginning of the quarter.
WITH MEMBER [Measures].[Inventory Level since beginning of Quarter] AS '[Ending Inventory] - ([Opening Inventory], [Year].CurrentMember.FirstSibling)' SELECT {[Measures].[Inventory Level since beginning of Quarter]} ON COLUMNS, Year.Levels(0).Members ON ROWS FROM Sample.Basic
This query returns the grid:
| Inventory Level Since Beginning of Quarter | |
| Jan | -971 |
| Feb | -1847 |
| Mar | 1738 |
| Apr | 6740 |
| May | 17002 |
| Jun | 24315 |
| Jul | -871 |
| Aug | -1243 |
| Sep | -1608 |
| Oct | 2000 |
| Nov | 5308 |
| Dec | 4474 |


FreeRADIUS 'man' pages
Documentation from the server
USERS
Section: FreeRADIUS user authorization file (5)Updated: 04 Jan 2004
Index Return to Main Contents
NAME
users - user authorization file for the FreeRADIUS serverDESCRIPTION
The users files reside in the files module configuration directory, by default /etc/raddb/mods-config/files/. It contains a series of configuration directives which are used by the files module to decide how to authorize and authenticate each user request.Every line starting with a hash sign ('#') is treated as comment and ignored.
Each entry of the file begins with a username, followed by a (possibly empty) list of check items, all on one line. The next line begins with a tab, and a (possibly empty) list of reply items. Each item in the check or reply item list is an attribute of the form name = value. Multiple items may be placed on one line, in which case they must be separated by commas. The reply items may be specified over multiple lines, in which case each line must end with a comma, and the last line of the reply items must not end with a comma.
The check items are a list of attributes used to match the incoming request. If the username matches, AND all of the check items match the incoming request, then the reply items are added to the list of attributes which will be used in the reply to that request. This process is repeated for all of the entries in the users file.
If the incoming request matches NO entry, then the request is rejected.
CAVEATS
The special keyword DEFAULT matches any usernames.The entries are processed in order, from the top of the users file, on down. If an entry contains the special item Fall-Through = No as a reply attribute, then the processing of the file stops, and no more entries are matched. Any reply item list without any Fall-Through attribute is treated as though it included a Fall-Through = No attribute.
If an entry contains the special item Fall-Through = Yes as a reply attribute, then the processing proceeds to the next entry in order.
Care should be taken when using Fall-Through. The server should be tested in debugging mode with a number of test requests, in order to verify that the configured entries behave as expected.
The special attribute Auth-Type is used to identify the authentication type to be used for that user. See the dictionary file for a list of permitted values for the Auth-Type attribute.
Once the users file has been processed, the request is authenticated, using the method given by Auth-Type.
OPERATORS
Additional operators other than = may be used for the attributes in either the check item, or reply item list. The following is a list of operators, and their meaning.
- Attribute = Value
-
Not allowed as a check item for RADIUS protocol attributes. It is
allowed for server configuration attributes (Auth-Type, etc), and sets
the value of an attribute, only if there is no other item of the
same attribute.
As a reply item, it means "add the item to the reply list, but only if there is no other item of the same attribute." - Attribute := Value
-
Always matches as a check item, and replaces in the configuration
items any attribute of the same name. If no attribute of that name
appears in the request, then this attribute is added.
As a reply item, it has an identical meaning, but for the reply items, instead of the request items. - Attribute == Value
-
As a check item, it matches if the named attribute is present in the
request, AND has the given value.
Not allowed as a reply item. - Attribute += Value
-
Always matches as a check item, and adds the current attribute with
value to the list of configuration items.
As a reply item, it has an identical meaning, but the attribute is added to the reply items. - Attribute != Value
-
As a check item, matches if the given attribute is in the request, AND
does not have the given value.
Not allowed as a reply item. - Attribute > Value
-
As a check item, it matches if the request contains an attribute with
a value greater than the one given.
Not allowed as a reply item. - Attribute >= Value
-
As a check item, it matches if the request contains an attribute with
a value greater than, or equal to the one given.
Not allowed as a reply item. - Attribute < Value
-
As a check item, it matches if the request contains an attribute with
a value less than the one given.
Not allowed as a reply item. - Attribute <= Value
-
As a check item, it matches if the request contains an attribute with
a value less than, or equal to the one given.
Not allowed as a reply item. - Attribute =* Value
-
As a check item, it matches if the request contains the named
attribute, no matter what the value is.
Not allowed as a reply item. - Attribute !* Value
-
As a check item, it matches if the request does not contain the named
attribute, no matter what the value is.
Not allowed as a reply item.
EXAMPLES
-
bob Cleartext-Password := "hello"
- Requests containing the User-Name attribute, with value "bob", will be authenticated using the "known good" password "hello". There are no reply items, so the reply will be empty.
-
DEFAULT Auth-Type = System
Fall-Through = Yes
- For all users reaching this entry, perform authentication against the system, unless Auth-Type has already been set. Also, process any following entries which may match.
-
DEFAULT Service-Type == Framed-User, Framed-Protocol == PPP
Service-Type = Framed-User,
Framed-Protocol = PPP,
Fall-Through = Yes
-
If the request packet contains the attributes Service-Type and
Framed-Protocol, with the given values, then include those attributes
in the reply.
That is, give the user what they ask for. This entry also shows how to specify multiple reply items.
See the users file supplied with the server for more examples and comments.
HINTS
Run the server in debugging mode (-X), and use the radclient program to send it test packets which you think will match specific entries. The server will print out which entries were matched for that request, so you can verify your expectations. This should be the FIRST thing you do if you suspect problems with the file.Care should be taken when writing entries for the users file. It is easy to misconfigure the server so that requests are accepted when you wish to reject them. The entries should be ordered, and the Fall-Through item should be used ONLY where it is required.
Entries rejecting certain requests should go at the top of the file, and should not have a Fall-Through item in their reply items. Entries for specific users, who do not have a Fall-Through item, should come next. Any DEFAULT entries should usually come last, except as fall-through entries that set reply attributes.
FILES
/etc/raddb/mods-config/files/SEE ALSO
radclient(1), radiusd(8), dictionary(5),AUTHOR
The FreeRADIUS team.
Index
This document was created by man2html, using the manual pages.
Time: 17:19:42 GMT, March 12, 2018


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by Jason EnglandWhat you need to know
- OnePlus is rolling out OxygenOS updates for the OnePlus 7T and 7T Pro.
- The OnePlus 7T will receive version 10.0.4 and the OnePlus 7T Pro is being updated to 10.0.6.
- Improvements for both devices include optimizations for standby power consumption, Bluetooth connectivity in automobiles, and the expanded screenshot feature.
The OnePlus 7T and 7T Pro are a couple of the best Android phones you can buy in 2019. In fact, our own Daniel Bader called the OnePlus 7T "the best of Android for under $600" in his review.
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The changelog mentions the usual improvements to stability and general bug fixes that most updates bring with them, along with both the OnePlus 7T and 7T Pro also receiving optimizations for standby power consumption, Bluetooth connectivity in automobiles, and the expanded screenshot feature.
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Independent developers can create their own applications that can use sensors and actuators to solve specific problems, such as doing laundry, walking the dog, picking up food at the counter, and taking selfies/dronies. We will internally develop some apps like home security and package delivery.
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In probability theory and related fields, a stochastic or random process is a mathematical object usually defined as a family of random variables. Historically, the random variables were associated with or indexed by a set of numbers, usually viewed as points in time, giving the interpretation of a stochastic process representing numerical values of some system randomly changing over time, such as the growth of a bacterial population, an electrical current fluctuating due to thermal noise, or the movement of a gas molecule.
Stochastic processes are widely used as mathematical models of systems and phenomena that appear to vary in a random manner. They have applications in many disciplines including sciences such as biology, chemistry, ecology, neuroscience, and physics as well as technology and engineering fields such as image processing, signal processing , Information Theory computer science, cryptography and telecommunications. Furthermore, seemingly random changes in financial markets have motivated the extensive use of stochastic processes in finance.
Applications and the study of phenomena have in turn inspired the proposal of new stochastic processes. Examples of such stochastic processes include the Wiener process or Brownian motion processused by Louis Bachelier and the Poisson process, used by A. K. Erlang to study the number of phone calls occurring in a certain period of time. These two stochastic processes are considered the most important and central in the theory of stochastic processes, and were discovered repeatedly and independently, both before and after Bachelier and Erlang, in different settings and countries.
But often these two terms are used when the random variables are indexed by the integers or an interval of the real line. If the random variables are indexed by the Cartesian plane or some higher-dimensional Euclidean space, then the collection of random variables is usually called a random field instead. The values of a stochastic process are not always numbers and can be vectors or other mathematical objects.
Based on their mathematical properties, stochastic processes can be grouped into various categories, which include random walks, martingales, Markov processes, Lévy process, Gaussian processes, random fields, renewal processes, and branching processes. The study of stochastic processes uses mathematical knowledge and techniques from probability, calculus, linear algebra, set theory, and topology as well as branches of mathematical analysis such as real analysis, measure theory, Fourier analysis, and functional analysis. The theory of stochastic process is considered to be an important contribution to mathematics and it continues to be an active topic of research for both theoretical reasons and applications
A stochastic or random process can be defined as a collection of random variables that is indexed by some mathematical set, meaning that each random variable of the stochastic process is uniquely associated with an element in the set. The set used to index the random variables is called the index set. Historically, the index set was some subset of the real line, such as the natural numbers, giving the index set the interpretation of time. Each random variable in the collection takes values from the same mathematical space known as the state space. This state space can be, for example, the integers, the real line or \({\displaystyle n}\)-dimensional Euclidean space.
An increment is the amount that a stochastic process changes between two index values, often interpreted as two points in time. A stochastic process can have many outcomes, due to its randomness, and a single outcome of a stochastic process is called, among other names, a sample function or realization.
A stochastic process is defined as a collection of random variables defined on a common probability space \({\displaystyle (\Omega ,{\mathcal {F}},P)}\) , where \({\displaystyle \Omega }\) is a sample space, \({\displaystyle {\mathcal {F}}}\) is a \({\displaystyle \sigma }\)-algebra, and \({\displaystyle P}\) is a probability measure; and the random variables, indexed by some set \({\displaystyle T}\), all take values in the same mathematical space \({\displaystyle S}\), which must be measurable with respect to some \({\displaystyle \sigma }\) -algebra \({\displaystyle \Sigma }\)
In other words, for a given probability space or a given probability
space \({\displaystyle (\Omega ,{\mathcal {F}},P)}\) \((\Omega
,{\mathcal {F}},P)\) and a measurable space \({\displaystyle (S,\Sigma
)}(S,\Sigma )\), a stochastic process is a collection of
\({\displaystyle S}\) -valued random variables, which can be written
as:
\({\displaystyle \{X(t):t\in T\}.}\) Historically, in many problems from
the natural sciences a point \({\displaystyle t\in T}\) in T had the
meaning of time, so \({\displaystyle X(t)}\) is a random variable
representing a value observed at time \({\displaystyle t}\) . A
stochastic process can also be written as \({\displaystyle
\{X(t,\omega ):t\in T\}}\) to reflect that it is actually a function of
two variables, \({\displaystyle t\in T}\) and \({\displaystyle \omega
\in \Omega }\). There are other ways to consider a stochastic process,
with the above definition being considered the traditional one.
The law of a stochastic process or a random variable is also called the probability law , probability distribution, or the distribution.


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Are you ready for this, Amy?” David asked his daughter. The girl finished tying the laces of her old walking boots, looked up and nodded slowly. “I think so.” They walked along a lane out of the village until they reached a gently winding path that led to the river. After crossing a wooden bridge, they followed the line of the riverbank, where tall trees kept the hot sun off their heads. David listened to the chatter of the fast-flowing river. The last time they had come this way, he had listened to a chattering stream of words from his daughter, who had told him about endless adventures and the scandals of friends and classmates. Today, as they had crossed the bridge, a little grey and yellow bird had caught her eye. Amy’s face had brightened, and the start of a story almost reached her lips, but then she remained silent. The path became steeper, leaving the river and splitting into two parts as they came closer to Kinder Reservoir. Looking at his map, David pointed to the route that climbed above the reservoir. They followed it to the start of a narrow valley, where another steep path ran beside a fast-moving stream. As they climbed higher, Amy began to notice the changing landscape. The stream was a series of little waterfalls that fell through green ferns and purple heather.
When people ask me how I learned to speak German, I tell them it was simple: I met a German man at the Oktoberfest, married him, and stayed in Munich for 20 years. But there’s a bit of a backstory, too. In 1973, my friend Sally and I decided to quit our jobs and travel through Europe. We boarded a plane in early September, determined to stay abroad as long as possible — stretching our money by hitchhiking and staying in youth hostels. Over the next eight months, we covered a lot of ground, from Greece and Turkey to Finland, managing to limit our costs to an average of $5 a day. It all started in Luxembourg, when we walked to the edge of town and stuck out our thumbs. It wasn’t long before a group of US soldiers on motorcycles stopped. They were on their way to a wine festival on the Moselle River and were thrilled to have female companionship. As 24-year-old American girls with backpacks, Sally and I rarely had to wait long for a ride. And although we often couldn’t understand the drivers, it didn’t matter. Wherever they were going was fine with us. Other than our plans to visit the Oktoberfest in Munich, we had absolutely no itinerary. The advantage of this easygoing lifestyle was that we visited many villages that were far off the beaten path.