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Cary Institute's motto, "the science behind environmental solutions," is motivating a new collaborative venture. In November, a delegation from the Cary Institute met with other scientists, policy leaders, and media experts to plan a new partnership intended to bridge the gap between science and policy.
Named the Northeast Science and Policy Consortium, the joint venture will provide objective information on serious environmental problems so as to better inform critical decisions facing our society. The effort will establish a strategic flow of information that synthesizes scientific research, disseminates material through press releases and educational reports, and briefs policymakers at regional and federal levels.
The six institutions leading the effort are the Cary Institute, Ecosystems Center/Marine Biological Laboratory at Woods Hole, Harvard Forest/Harvard University, Hubbard Brook Research Foundation, Syracuse University, and the University of New Hampshire. Efforts are underway to secure grant funding for the consortium, and Gary Lovett's research into invasive forest pests and pathogens is among the first of four projects to launch the initiative.


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China Debuts Propaganda Film Justifying Muslim Concentration Camps
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Chinese state media debuted a propaganda film Thursday justifying imprisoning Muslims in concentration camps, describing it as a "rare documentary reveal[ing] counter-terrorism perseverance" across western Xinjiang province.
According to the English language propaganda outlet Global Times, the documentary, entitled Fighting Terrorism in Xinjiang, prompted "wide discussions among the audience with never-before-seen real crime scenes of terrorism, which highlighted the hefty prices China has paid and the country's resolution in eradicating terrorism."
The documentary also supposedly provided "concrete evidence of the horrible crimes wreaked by terrorists" across the region, while also revealing "hard evidence of interactions between terrorists and overseas masterminds."
Xinjiang is home to the East Turkestan Islamic Movement (ETIM), a jihadist group that mainly advocates for independence from China. It has also experienced several attacks by separatists protesting Chinese communist oppression in the region. Xinjiang is home to the majority of the nation's ethnic Uyghur Muslims and a variety of other ethnic minorities rare elsewhere in China. The Uyghur have their own language and culture significantly different from the majority Han Chinese, one that Beijing has attempted to erase through the disappearance of Uyghurs into concentration camps and the flooding of Xinjiang with Han Chinese people who have earned the trust of the Communist Party.
China began the process of eradicating Uyghur culture in 2017, ordering the imprisonment of approximately 1.5 million Uyghurs and other ethnic minorities across Xinjiang.
Multiple reports from within the concentration camps have documented evidence of egregious human rights abuses, including the employment of slave labor, imposing forced sterilization or birth control, and using prisoners as live organ donors.
According to the Times, the documentary also looks at the "launching [of] vocational education and training centers," the Chinese state's official term for the concentration camps, describing them as "highly effective in de-radicalizing and fighting extremist forces."
The outlet goes on to cite "incomplete data" claiming that the region has seen "thousands of terrorist attacks that killed large numbers of innocent people and hundreds of police officers."
The documentary claims that the cause behind attacks has not been China's long-term persecution of the Uyghur people, but rather a global Islamist terror movement symbolized by the 9/11 attacks.
"Some Western countries spread the idea that the 2009 Urumqi riots were ethnic clashes triggered by repression. Chinese experts say that's illogical, given the 9/11 attacks," the documentary declares. "The anti-China interpretation shows the double-standard approach adopted by some."
Urumqi is the capital of Xinjiang province. In 2009, 140 died in protests that grew violent against communist intrusion in Uyghur life.
Pressure is growing on China from the international community to allow greater access to the camps to human rights experts to assess the situation. However, a communist official this week claimed the camps are "schools" and "vocational training centers," while also insisting that all escapees who have testified on the matter of human rights abuses are lying because of their animosity to the Chinese state.
On Tuesday, the House of Representatives passed a bill aimed at countering what it describes as "arbitrary detention, torture, and harassment" of the Uyghur people, calling for "targeted sanctions" on senior communist officials involved the repression. The bill still must still be passed through the Senate and approved by President Donald Trump. Such legislation was poorly received in Beijing, which accused the U.S. of "gross interference" in their internal affairs.
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A consortium of experts from Scotland and Sweden claims to have struck a blow against one of the biggest drawbacks to visiting sunny foreign climes, sunburn.
Every year, thousands of poorly prepared holidaymakers succumb to the painful and potentially dangerous effects of soaking up too much sun, not only abroad, but also on those rare sunny intervals in the UK. Now, researchers from the University of Strathclyde, in Scotland, have teamed up with Swedish organisation, Intellego Technologies, to create a wristband that warns sunbathers when they are about to enter the danger zone.
The paper wrist monitor changes colour when exposed to varying amounts of Ultra-Violet radiation, the harmful content of light beams emitted by the sun's rays. In prolonged sunlight, the narrow band changes from its yellow starting colour, to pink, alerting the wearer that they should consider covering up or taking shelter. The developers of the band are confident that its sensitivity to UV radiation can be tweaked so that they can produce different bands for different skin types.
According to reports, the inventors believe that as their band is disposable after use, they would be unlikely to market it for more than £0.10.
Reported in the Daily Mail, Claes Lindahl, the founder of Intellego Technologie, said, 'We are very excited about the UV dosimeter technology and we look forward to developing it further and commercialising it. There is a substantial need out in the market for a functional UV dosimeter and we look forward to continuing the process.'

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Experiment with ad copy
Create an ad copy test
 1. Navigate to an ad group.
 Steps for navigating to an ad group
 1. In the left navigation panel, click All accounts.
 What if the left navigation pane isn't visible?
 2. Click the navigation bar to display navigation options.
 3. In the "Agency" list, click the agency that contains the advertiser. You can search for an agency by name or scroll through the list.
 4. In the "Advertiser" list, click the advertiser that contains the engine account.
 5. In the "Account" list, click the engine account that contains the campaign.
 6. In the "Campaign" list, click the campaign that contains the ad group.
 7. In the "Ad group" list, click the ad group.
 8. Click Apply or press the Enter key.
 Search Ads 360 displays the ad group page.
 2. Click the Ads tab.
 3. Optional. Create new ads with the same device preference, all-device or mobile-preferred, to include in the test.
 4. Above the list of ads, click Create ad copy test, and then click one of the following options:
 The Create ad copy test window lists the total number of ads that are included in the ad copy test.
 If you want to compare a subset of ads in an ad group, create a different ad group that contains only those ads that you want to test.
 5. In the message that tells you that the ad rotation setting will be changed, optionally, choose the ad rotation setting to apply when the ad copy test completes.
 If you want to set up an ad copy test, click Yes, create an ad copy test.
 6. Type a unique name for the test.
 7. Select one of the following goals for the ad group to optimize toward:
 - CTR (Click through rate) - A percentage that shows how often people who see your ad click it.
 - Revenue per visitDisplays the average revenue amount of each transaction that results from each visit.
 - Action rate (converted visits) - Displays the percentage of visits that result in an action, such as a sign-up for a newsletter.
 - Transaction rate (converted visits) - Displays the percentage of visits that result in a transaction such as a purchase.
 - Specific Floodlight activity column with a revenue, action, or transaction metric.
 8. Choose the statistical significance threshold that you want the ad copy test to achieve. The available options range from 85% to 99%. The most common setting is 95%.
 To achieve higher levels of significance such as 95% or 99%, an average of 5000 impressions per ad may be necessary.
 9. Click Start ad copy test.
 The ad copy test starts to collect metrics at 12:00AM, the day after you start the test. That is, if you start the test on April 14th, the test begins to collect metrics at 12AM on April 15th.
 10. Wait a few days and then check the results on the Ad copy tests page. It may take some time for an ad group to achieve the minimum number of impressions.
 - You can use existing ads and create new ads to be included in an ad copy test. If you make changes to an existing ad to test an ad component in the test, all metrics previously associated with the ad are lost. Including an existing ad in an ad copy test doesn't overwrite the previously associated metrics.
 - You shouldn't edit ads that are included in an ad copy test because the test results will be inaccurate.
 To test expanded text ads, the ad group can contain only expanded text ads. The ad group shouldn't contain other ad types. For example, if an ad group contains mobile-preferred ads and expanded text ads, you can't create an ad copy test.
 - Statistical measurement starts immediately and continues until you stop the test.
 - You can run multiple ad copy tests simultaneously.
 - You can't remove ad copy tests. This enables you to view historical data about the tests.
 - Ad copy tests aren't supported for Microsoft Advertising expanded text ads or Yahoo! Gemini ad groups.
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lambda s,g,j:' '.join([(w if False in(w[0]in q,w[1:2]in['i','I'],w[2:3]in['f','F'],w[3:]in",;!?.")else q[w[0]]+w[1:3]+" (as in "+choice(g if w[0]in 'jJ'else j)+')'+w[3:])for w in s.split()])
from random import*
Try it online!
This is the best I can do -- might be some way to do it quicker (probably with regexes) but my brain hurts now.
Explanation: q is a simple dictionary mapping, I hope that's clear. s,g,j are the input string, the list of g-words, and the list of j-words.''.join joins together the list comprehension done across for w in s.split() is therefore for the list of words in s.
The middle bit is black magic, which I'll break down piecewise. First, the condition: False in(w[0]in q,w[1:2]in['i','I'],w[2:3]in['f','F'],w[3:]in",;!.").
w[0]in q checks the first character is in the keys of q which are 'g','G','j','J'. The reason for separating out q as a variable is we also use it as a dict/map later.
w[1:2]in ['i','I'] checks that the second character is either i or I. The :2 is necessary because just putting w[1] would result in a crash on 1-letter words, but slices don't do that for some reason (I thought they did, whatever!)
w[2:3]in ['f','F'] is analogous. I briefly had this as just 2: before I realized I needed to account for gif, or jif, followed by punctuation!
w[3:]in",;!?." checks that the subsequent character(s) are punctuation. I admit my code doesn't work if someone puts 'gif?!' but I can't be perfect. Someone else can take up the challenge of opening quotes before gif or jif, too.
False in(,,,) is basically a big NAND. It's actually the same bytecount as separating four items with and and swapping the arguments, but this looks cooler and works better if you have to extend it to a fifth anded thing.
w if means that if False is in the conditional-list, we just return the word unchanged -- it doesn't meet our criteria. else, we change it to:
OK. q[w[0]] substitutes the first letter correctly. w[1:3] tacks on the i or I and f or F, w[3:] tacks on any trailing punctuation. That leaves the as in clause.
" (as in "+choice(g if w[0]in 'jJ'else j)+')' puts in the obvious string literal at the start and the trailing parenthesis, the interesting bit here is choice(g if w[0]in 'jJ'else j) which randomly chooses from g or j, depending on if w[0] is in 'jJ'. and I just realized I had this bit backwards so fixing that throughout, done.
It's been a long day. choice is in the random module hence the import. I think that's everything.
JavaScript (ES6), 142 bytes
(s,g,j,r=l=>l[Math.random()*l.length|0])=>s.replace(/\b[gj]if\b/gi,w=>'GJgj'[l='JGjg'.search(w[0])]+w.slice(1)+' (as in ${r([g,j,g,j][l])})')
Takes separate g and j word lists.
Javascript(ES6), 151 bytes
f=(s,g,j)=>s.replace(/\b(g|j)(if)\b/ig,(m,p,c)=>'${a=g,p=="j"?"g":p=="J"?"G":(a=j,p=="g"?"j":"J")}${c}(as in ${a[Math.floor(Math.random()*a.length)]})')
I probably can golf down the ternary part more, but I can't think of how right now. Also, it takes the g and j words separately.
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Js Remove Space Before String With Code Examples
This article will exhibit through examples how one can resolve the Js Remove Space Before String error.
newString = string.substitute(/s+/g,' ').trim();
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const take awaySpaces = str => str.substitute(/s/g, ''); // Example take awaySpaces('hel lo wor ld'); // 'helloworld'
var str = " Some textual content "; str.trim(); // str = "Some textual content"
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We have been in a position to comprehend how one can right the Js Remove Space Before String difficulty because of the various examples.
How do I take away an area in entrance of a string?
String end result = str. trim(); The trim() methodology will take away each main and trailing whitespace from a string and return the end result.19-Jan-2007
How do you take away whitespace from the start and finish of a string?
Use the. lstrip() methodology to take away whitespace and characters solely from the start of a string. Use the. rstrip() methodology to take away whitespace and characters solely from the top of a string.12-Jan-2022
How do you trim strings?
The trim() methodology in Java String is a built-in perform that eliminates main and trailing areas. The Unicode worth of area character is 'u0020'. The trim() methodology in java checks this Unicode worth earlier than and after the string, if it exists then removes the areas and returns the omitted string.25-Sept-2021
How do you take away areas in entrance of information?
Trim Spaces for Excel – take away further areas in a click on
- Select the cell(s) the place you wish to delete areas.
- Click the Trim Spaces button on the ribbon.
- Choose one or all the following choices: Trim main and trailing areas. Trim further areas between phrases, apart from a single area.
- Click Trim.
How do I eliminate undesirable areas?
Remove all areas between numbers
- Press Ctrl + Space to pick out all cells in a column.
- Press Ctrl + H to open the "Find & Replace" dialog field.
- Press Space bar within the Find What discipline and ensure the "Replace with" discipline is empty.
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The trim() methodology removes whitespace from each ends of a string and returns a brand new string, with out modifying the unique string. Whitespace on this context is all of the whitespace characters (area, tab, no-break area, and so forth.)13-Sept-2022
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Your weekly food shop could be more expensive from 1 January - here's why
As the UK edges ever closer to an official exit from the EU, there are concerns that food prices could spike come January.
After 31 December 2020, the UK will enter a new trading relationship with the EU, and will stop following EU trading rules as a result.
As talks are still ongoing, it is not yet known exactly how, or to what extent, food prices will be affected, but if no trade deal is agreed, it's likely there will be some changes.
Why will food prices be affected?
A huge amount of the food eaten in the UK is imported from EU countries - just over a quarter of everything consumed.
For countries outside of the EU, import taxes (known as tariffs) apply when food from EU countries is imported. These tariffs are decided by the World Trade Organisation (WTO).
If the UK does manage to agree a trade deal with the EU, food imports will continue to enter the country without tariffs being paid. If a trade deal cannot be agreed, however, trade between the UK and the EU will revert to WTO rules, which include high tariffs for food imported and exported between the two places.
Aside from tariffs, retailers will soon have to fill in extra paperwork for food imports, while producers of food may have to adjust to different regulations.
These adjustments will cost money, meaning that, even if a deal is reached, food prices could still rise.
Which foods will be most affected?
It's expected that meat and dairy products would face very high tariffs when brought in from the EU, though other products such as fresh fruit and vegetables may also be affected.
Though other non-consumable products also face tariffs - such as cars - food and drink is the area where the highest tariffs apply.
The London School of Economics (LSE) estimated that, in an extreme case, speciality cheeses like roquefort or halloumi could shoot up in price by 55 per cent.
Government minister, George Eustice, said that there would be a less than two per cent rise in prices, though admitted that some items like beef would see higher rises.
How high could food prices go?
Adding up the potential costs, the LSE estimated that unbranded, imported food products from the EU would cost 4.7 per cent more on average after Brexit. Without a deal, this would rise to 12.5 per cent.
It is possible that the price of some foods could go down should the UK agree new trade deals with other countries, though trade deals can take a long time to negotiate.
WTO rules allow the UK to cut tariffs without trade deals, but only if it makes the same offer to every country that doesn't have a trade deal.
This means that if the UK cut tariffs to zero on EU imports, it would have to cut tariffs to zero for every other country across the board. While this would make food cheaper, it would hit UK farmers hard, as they would struggle to compete with cheap imports.


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This section describes how to use mysqldump to produce dump files, and how to reload dump files. A dump file can be used in several ways:
As a backup to enable data recovery in case of data loss.
As a source of data for setting up replication slaves.
As a source of data for experimentation:
To make a copy of a database that you can use without changing the original data.
To test potential upgrade incompatibilities.
mysqldump writes SQL statements to the
standard output. This output consists of
CREATE statements to create dumped objects
(databases, tables, and so forth), and
INSERT statements to load data into tables.
The output can be saved in a file and reloaded later using
mysql to recreate the dumped objects.
Options are available to modify the format of the SQL
mysqldump produces two output files for
each dumped table. The server writes one file as tab-delimited
text, one line per table row. This file is named
in the output directory. The server also sends a
CREATE TABLE statement for the
table to mysqldump, which writes it as a
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The Great Depression was a global phenomenon: every economy linked to international financial and commodity markets suffered. The aim of this book is not merely to show that China could not escape the consequences of drastic declines in financial flows and trade but also to offer a new perspective for understanding modern Chinese history. The Great Depression was a watershed in modern China. China was the only country on the silver standard in an international monetary system dominated by the gold standard.
Fluctuations in international silver prices undermined China's monetary system and destabilized its economy. In response to severe deflation, the state shifted its position toward the market from laissez-faire to committed intervention. Establishing a new monetary system, with a different foreign-exchange standard, required deliberate government management; ultimately the process of economic recovery and monetary change politicized the entire Chinese economy. By analyzing the impact of the slump and the process of recovery, this book examines the transformation of state–market relations in light of the linkages between the Chinese and the world economy.


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You never know what season it will be in this lab. The temperature and humidity can be changed to replicate a range of environmental conditions from frozen winter (-20°C) to stifling summer (+35°C) and up to 95% RH (relative humidity). Scientists are using the lab to pilot, design, develop and test state-of-the-art winter clothing and footwear that is safe and easy to use, especially for older people and those with disabilities. Studies are being carried out to design winter footwear that can prevent slips and falls in winter. The unique features of this lab enable the researchers evaluate the thermal properties and slip resistance of different pavements under winter weather cycles. In addition, the lab is used to examine how the body responds to heat and cold, and to develop exercise programs for people with health conditions such as heart disease and asthma. Assistive technology and accessible environment designs are also tested and enhanced here to suit Canadian climates.
Slippery sidewalks in winter are responsible for many serious injuries and deaths each year. Pavement condition is one of the sources of slips and falls. Recently, a study has been conducted in ClimateLab to investigate the melting pattern of snow and ice on three different types of pavement, including conventional, heated and permeable pavements.
The ClimateLab environment has been used to research the effectiveness of clothing to protect people of all ages from the effects of cold weather, and has also been used to evaluate the effects of cold water versus cold air on hands.
The temperature in ClimateLab can be adjusted from -20C to +35C. A key feature of the ClimateLab design is the observation room that is separated by insulated glass from the climate chamber, so that data can be collected from biomechanics and physiologic measurement systems in comfort.
Studies have shown a link between snowfall, low temperatures and risk of heart attack. There were nearly 9,000 hospitalizations due to falls on ice in Canada in 2016-2017, making them the number-one cause of sport or winter injuries, according to the statistics from the Canadian Institute for Health Information.


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The Human Body
Source: Museum Victoria
Explore the wonder and fascination of the human body.
Featured in the exhibition are a number of carefully prepared plastinated specimes of human organs provided by the University of Melbourne's Department of Anatomy and Cell Biology. These provide a rare opportunity to observe the true nature of our bodies and how they work.
Take a close look at the ways in which our understanding of the body's internal structure has developed and changed over the years. This exhibition examines how we look at the human body, what we observe and how we interpret what is revealed. The wonderful diversity of maps and images produced both today and in the past are on display, as well as the techniques used to generate them.
Highlights include interactive DNA displays, historic post-mortem tools, early x-ray machines, 'Tjeby' - an ancient Egyptian mummy and 'William' – a papier mache anatomical model made in the 1850s by French anatomist, Dr. Louis Thomas Gerome Auzoux (1797–1881).


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Plastic Smell
When you first get a dehydrator, it's packed in plastics and the smells can sometimes leech into the food if you start drying food without cleaning the dehydrator properly. Cleaning the dehydrator gets rid of the plastic smells and you can enjoy dehydrating food that smells natural and fresh.
- Ensure a Hygienic Drying Environment
The purpose of dehydrating all kinds of food is to get delicious snacks that are fun to eat and healthy too. An unclean dehydrator does not provide a hygienic environment for drying foods and cleaning it is a must to create healthy dehydrated snacks.
- Remove any Residual Food Particles
After a few dehydrating sessions, there might be build up of residual particles inside the dehydrator and on its trays. This can make the dehydrating environment unfit for future dehydrating sessions. Cleaning removes the residual particles and you can dehydrate foods without worrying about contamination.
- Remove Any Previous Smells
Certain dried foods, such as spices, and herbs, can have overpowering smells. This can affect the taste and smell of any future batches that need to be dehydrated. With a clean dehydrator, you can have snacks tasting and smelling as they're supposed to.
- Add to Life of Food Trays
Clean trays last longer as there is no wear and tear because of any stuck food, oils, or sugars from the food.
- Keep the Trays and Dehydrator Looking Clean
A clean dehydrator adds to the whole look of a kitchen.
- Save Money On Accessories
Cleaning the dehydrator accessories is the ideal way to save money. Unclean trays and sheets get ruined easily and don't work for a long time, either.
- Ensure Optimum Performance
Regularly cleaning the dehydrator ensures that it keeps working in an optimum condition for a long time to come.
- For Storage When Not In Use
If you need to store away your dehydrator when you're not using it, make sure you clean it properly. Whenever you decide to use it next, you can start after a basic cleaning.
- Remove Drippings at the Base
Many foods often drip while they dry and these drippings can accumulate at the base of the dehydrator. Cleaning the dehydrator ensures such drips don't interfere with proper drying of the food.
A clean dehydrator can go a long way in helping you make delicious snacks from all kinds of fruits, vegetables, and meats. Keeping your dehydrator clean adds to its life and also helps you to get the most out of the appliance. A clean dehydrator also looks good in the kitchen. A well-maintained dehydrator can save you from any future maintenance or repair expenses.
Remember, every dehydrator is unique in its design, construction materials, and functions, so read up on the operating manual to understand how to properly clean the specific model that you own.
Follow the simple tips in this write-up and enjoy hygienic and delicious snacks from your dehydrator every time you use it.


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Monte Carlo simulation is a method for exploring the sensitivity of a complex system by varying parameters within statistical constraints. These systems can include financial, physical, and mathematical models that are simulated in a loop, with statistical uncertainty between simulations. The results from the simulation are analyzed to determine the characteristics of the system.
Common tasks for performing Monte Carlo analysis include:
See also: formal verification, financial engineering, random number, system verification and validation, Monte Carlo simulation in computational finance, parameter estimation, load forecasting, modeling and simulation, simulation software, Monte Carlo simulation videos


Setting up Unit Tests
The Unit Test runs a unit testing framework that produces a JUnit XML file with the results of the tests at a location stored in the $CG_JUNIT_XML_LOCATION environment variable.
The resulting score of this test is the fraction of successful tests divided by the total number of tests that were run, multiplied by the weight of the test.
 1. Press the " Unit Test" button to add a new Unit Test test to your Test Category.
 2. Enter the command that will run your test suite. The command should write a JUnit XML file to the location given in the $CG_JUNIT_XML_LOCATION environment variable.
Compatibility scripts
For most unit testing frameworks it is necessary to install additional software and to figure out how to make the framework output its results to the correct location. We provide wrapper scripts for a growing list of frameworks that handle all of this for you. Check out the Unit Test documentation for a list of frameworks that are already supported, or contact us at if your preferred framework is not listed there so we can discuss the possibilities!
All wrapper scripts share a similar interface and procedure for running tests, which we describe below.
Installing dependencies
If extra software needs to be installed to run the testing framework the wrapper script provides an install command that will install all required dependencies. This should be run in the "Global setup script" section of your AutoTest configuration.
For example, to install JUnit 4 and its dependencies you would run
cg-junit4 install
Compiling code and tests
For compiled languages it can be tricky to get the compiler to find all libraries and other dependencies needed to compile the students' code and your tests. For these languages the wrapper scripts provide a compile command that configures the compiler to be able to find the required libraries. The compile command takes file names as arguments and compiles those files.
For example, to compile all.java files in the current directory, including a JUnit version 4 test class, you would run
cg-junit4 compile *.java
Running tests
Running the tests can be similarly tricky when a language needs to know about certain locations of libraries it depends on, but also because you need to figure out how you can make the framework output its results in the correct format, or in the correct location. The wrapper scripts handle this in their run command.
The scripts extract the output location from $CG_JUNIT_XML_LOCATION and then unset it before running the tests. The testing framework is then configured to output its results at that location and the tests are executed.
For example, to run a JUnit 4 test class named MyTestClass you would run
cg-junit4 run MyTestClass
The exact arguments to the run command of each script may differ between scripts.


Saturday, 6 October 2007
MySQL: delay_key_write is good
If you're using MySQL with the MyISAM engine for a high-writes application, delay_key_write is usually very good.
Let me explain further: delay_key_write is a table option which causes the database NOT to flush the MyISAM key file after every write. This is a really good thing, as if you're doing another write very soon anyway, this is likely to just waste I/O time.
This doesn't sound like a good idea right, because it means that if the power fails (or mysql crashes, or something), then you'll be left with a broken index file? No, it's still a very good idea:
 - delay_key_write does NOT appear to affect the MyISAM data file - that will still be flushed according to the normal policy.
 - If you had delay_key_write off, then a power failure or crash during the index write would cause the same level of corruption.
 - Broken MyISAM index files need to be rebuilt, regardless of how little or how much "brokenness" they actually have.
How do you turn delay_key_write on?
It's a table option, so you have to do it at create time. It's possible to do ALTER TABLE, but that behaves how it normally does under MySQL - i.e. it rebuilds the entire table, just to change one flag. This is of course necessary if you're changing the schema, but delay_key_write shouldn't - sadly, it does.
This means that on a large existing table, the ALTER TABLE needs to be done with care (i.e. out-of-hours or during scheduled down time, if at all).
Another option is to set the variable delay_key_write to "ALL" - however, this is not necessarily a good idea as it applies to all tables (in the entire server) whether you want it to or not.
On infrequently written tables, delay_key_write could increase the chance of index corruption.
Our performance testing cycle for delay_key_write is now over - quite frankly we're amazed by how much performance it gives us for so little effort - it will definitely be going into production.
Our servers are being hurt with heavy write-load which is keeping (at least one thread of) mysql almost permanently in I/O-wait - delay_key_write makes almost all of this go away making inserts much quicker and leaving the server more time for other things. It's likely to become essential once our server workload grows even higher.
Riddla said...
excellent little writeup.
this has helped me out plenty.
thank you kindly!
Unknown said...
The concept of delay_key_write is good for performance. Unfortunately it seems to contribute to recurring MyISAM table corruption under high load. We have observed the problem in both 5.0.33 and 5.1.36. I haven't been able to find where this has been fixed in a newer release.
Ninja said...
does this affect the result of select from another process?
for example, the table is
(a, b, c,d);
we have a index [a,c];
if we do not flush the index, then query like
select c from table where a=1
might produce the wrong result?
Mark Robson said...
No it does not affect the other process; it won't make the server return the wrong results, as it uses the indexes still in the key buffer, even if they are dirty.


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Reading the following verse :
1 Corinthians 14:19 (ASV):
howbeit in the church I had rather speak five words with my understanding, that I might >instruct others also, than ten thousand words in a tongue.
Is the number five really arbitrary, or is it refering to a particular sentence?
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The "five words" is not a reference to something in particular and is actually meant to be arbitrary. The statement is meant to show how much more important it is to speak something understandable than to speak in tongues.
If we consider the verse in its context it will be easier to understand. In particular consider 1 Corinthians 14:15-19 (ESV):
Paul is saying that he would rather speak a little using his mind than speak a lot in tongues because speaking in tongues does not provide a benefit to others nearby. They do not know what you are saying, and therefore they cannot agree or be "built up" as Paul says in verse 17. Because Paul was an apostle sent specifically to the gentiles, he has his mind focused on how he can better disciple others around him. Speaking words that others can understand is far more effective in discipling than speaking in tongues.
Discipleship is after all the primary mission of the church according to Jesus as recorded in Matthew 28:16-20:
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The Education Wars Are Also Crimes Against Humanity
Geoffrey York is to be praised for reporting on the International Criminal Court's latest case dealing with crimes of genocide, crimes against humanity and war crimes. This case dealt with willful cultural destruction. The individual who pleaded guilty said he was "really remorseful", and apologized for falling under the influence of "deviant" and "evil" people when he instigated destruction of religious monuments in Timbuktu.
I want to make the case that the current Education Wars — Reading War, Math War and Science War — be referred to the ICC as soon as possible, not only for damage already done but yet to be committed under the category of crimes against humanity.
1 The guilty Timbuktu person admitted he was under the influence of "deviant" and "evil" people. In education we have so many fads proliferating. The absolute worst of all being the current 21st Century transformation shift from skills and knowledge to "discovery learning" where students are to "construct" their own knowledge. None of this constructivism is evidence-based, is actually anti-enlightenment and spreads via malicious Groupthink. These are some of the features of Groupthink: a type of hysterical excitement takes over; the opportunity is there without opposition; there is a belief that this is the correct thing to do; and the individual is not held responsible because it's a group thing.
2 In the Reading War and Math War there is a deliberate withholding by many teachers of the standard long-held methods of mastering the basics before going into creative, exploratory exercises. Instead, today, students are urged to read by "guessing" words from the pictures attached and urged to do math by "discovering" things instead of memorizing the times tables, for example.
3 In the Science War this "child-centered teaching" downgrades textbooks and is "not to teach content but to help students become mini-scientists". (Nova Scotia curriculum) There must be "group work" which is just as likely to discover ignorance as it is any "truths" that might happen.
4 Students complain that teachers don't teach. The teacher mantra is "Learning is caught, not taught!" A Society for Quality Education (SQE) report on science teaching concludes "One might hope that science teachers, in particular, might... be willing to question the continual ebb and flow of fads and quackery in education." — Teaching Science in the 21st Century _URL_
5 Now here is the kicker. There is a massive effort to be launched called the EGRA project. Look it up — Early Grade Reading Assessment to bring English literacy to illiterate areas of the developing world. In the Toolkit is this ominous one sentence: "The reading 'wars' are alive and well in many low-income countries, often miring ministries of education and teaching centers in seemingly endless debates between the 'whole-language' and 'phonics-based' approaches." (p4) Now this goes beyond unethical. Is it not a crime against humanity to let loose a project, which is open to appropriation by a method or methods discredited, lead to spiteful contests, and that will predictably cause harm instead of good?
Would Geoffrey York or someone with standing please refer this matter to the ICC?
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Grocery shopping is a perfect example. There are so many steps and goals involved in a visit to the grocery store that it may at first seem overwhelming to the teacher and learner alike.
Take a step back, break these tasks down and follow some of these tips and suggestions and you'll be making progress before you know it!
1. Set appropriate and realistic goals
Give some serious thought to what your goals actually are before you start teaching. Goals should be based on your learner's specific needs and abilities. You should strive to work toward some level of independence, bearing in mind that not everyone's ultimate goal has to be – nor even should be – completely self-sufficiency.
Keep that bar raised high, but not too high that the goals you set are unattainable. Set yourself and your learner up for success. Down the road you can always change things up and reevaluate your objectives. Nothing is black and white here – your goal is to promote as much independence as can reasonably be expected.
2. Break tasks down into "sub-tasks"
The task of "getting grapes" for example, may be overambitious for some learners. You may have to break things down into "sub-tasks". We all know how tricky it can be to tear those pesky produce bags off the roll and open them up. Work on this first, on its own, before grapes even come into the picture.
3. Don't wing it
Grocery stores can get busy. Your learner may exhibit some unpredictable behaviors. These are factors that are beyond your control. All the more reason to eliminate whatever unpredictability you can. Do this by being well-prepared before entering that grocery store. Know what your learning targets are and how you are going to teach them. Develop a Task Analysis well in advance to guide you in your teaching.
4. Use backward chaining
Going through your entire Task Analysis may at first be too overwhelming and require an unreasonable amount of patience on the part of your learner. Use Backward Chaining and start with the last step in your Task Analysis first. Once your learner masters this step, go to the second last one, and so on, and before you know it, he or she will be able to carry out the entire task from start to finish.
5. Make a checklist for your student
A checklist is important so your learner can always know how much progress has been made and what is left to accomplish before he or she can leave the store. Embedded into this checklist should be the actual shopping list – the items that he or she should be purchasing. Perhaps to start, there may only be one item on his list.
Whether your list is electronic or made with an old-fashioned pen and paper, make sure it is it "checkable" so your student can more easily follow the sequence of events and get a sense of accomplishment after completing each and every step.
6. Visit the same store
At least in the beginning, go to the exact same store every time. Depending on what your goals are, you may just want to teach your learner how to shop at one particular supermarket. Down the road, if and when you feel your learner is ready, you can then work on generalization of his or her newly acquired grocery shopping skills to other supermarkets.
7. Make grocery shopping fun and rewarding
The most successful teaching outcomes happen when learning is fun. You want your learner to develop a positive associations with grocery shopping. One way to ensure this is to end every trip to the store with something rewarding, like being able to sit and enjoy a donut from the bakery or a bag of his or her favorite chips right after checking out.
My son likes visiting the fish tank at the seafood counter so I'm sure to always include this activity in our supermarket visits.
8. Make sure that your shopping list is meaningful and relevant
Even if you need cottonballs, don't put them on your list. Only include items on your shopping list that are meaningful and relevant to your learner's life so he or she has the opportunity to recognize the inherent value and purpose of grocery shopping.
If he loves yogurt, put it on the list. If she eats greenbeans – but only under duress – I'd hold off on them for awhile and keep them on your own shopping list instead.
9. Use images and photographs
Picture-based student checklists are very helpful to many individuals who have learning challenges. Some learners may do better with actual photographs of items, while others fare well with simple illustrations. Find out what works best for your learner and create visuals accordingly. You may opt to laminate them. If you don't, I can pretty much guaranty a lot of reprinting becoming necessary!
10. Go when the store is not busy
Do your best to avoid long line-ups and crowds by planning your visits during non-busy hours. Staff and shoppers are much more likely to be patient and helpful if they are not pressured by a store full of customers. It's also very likely that your stress level and that of your learner will likely be significantly reduced when the store is quiet.
11. Practice at home
If there are certain skills that can be taught at home, by all means work on them there. For example, you can practice opening those tricky produce bags off-site, or work on monetary transactions at home or school as well.
You can also teach supermarket-relevant vocabulary at home like "shopping cart", "cashier", etc. not to mention working on labels and categories of various foods and other items your learner will be purchasing.
12. Don't make these trips YOUR time to grocery shop
Your goal on these trips should be to teach your learner, not to replenish your pantry. As tempting as it may be to pick up a few things here and there, focus on his or her needs, not your own.
13. Go high-tech
This one is optional but being the techy girl that I am, I couldn't resist including it! There are some great apps out there for making shopping lists, including ones created especially for individuals with special needs like i See-quence… Going to the Grocery Store, a picture-based app that in my opinion is well worth the the $2.99 investment.
14. Take data
Data can be extremely beneficial to successfully teaching a new skill to a person with special needs. Grocery shopping is no exception. For more information on the how-to's of data collection and why data is so important, check out a recent blog of mine entitled, "D-A-T-A: Not The Four-Letter Word You Thought It Was!"
15. Be patient
Don't expect immediate results. The process of grocery shopping is one that is very multi-faceted and may take some time to master. Celebrate the little victories and be sure to praise your learner (and yourself!) for all of his or her accomplishments – both big and small!
Do you have a suggestion for a life skill you'd like me to blog about in the future? If so, I'd love to hear it! Please email your recommendations to me at _EMAIL_


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By Freud's account, conscious autonomy is a charade. "We are lived," as he puts it, and yet we don't see it as such. Indeed, Freud suggests that to be human is to rebel against that vision — the truth. We tend to see ourselves as self-determining, self-conscious agents in all that we decide and do, and we cling to that image. But why? Why do we resist the truth? Why do we wish — strain, strive, against the grain of reality — to be autonomous individuals, and see ourselves as such?- Firmin DeBranbander, Deluded Individualism
Perhaps Freud is too cynical regarding conscious autonomy, but he is right to question our presumption to it. He is right to suggest that we typically — wrongly — ignore the extent to which we are determined by unknown forces, and overestimate our self-control. The path to happiness for Freud, or some semblance of it in his stormy account of the psyche, involves accepting our basic condition. But why do we presume individual agency in the first place? Why do we insist on it stubbornly, irrationally, often recklessly?
Freud was right about something after all
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find the length of the laus rectum of the parabolaplz help..thanx in advance!!
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the above equation can be written as
 ( 2y-5)^2=2(x+4)
 therefore the length of the latus rectum is 2
2 years ago
A small mistake in the above post.
(2y-5)2 = -2x-17+25 = -2x+8 = -2(x-4)
or, (y- 5/2)2 = -1/2 * (x-4)
So Latus Rectum is 1/2.
2 years ago
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Glory doesn't work. Amen.
This condensed assertion and acclamation get at the heart of Giorgio Agamben's The Kingdom and the Glory, the second part of the second part of his Homo Sacer project (whose volumes include Homo Sacer, State of Exception, and Remnants of Auschwitz). The Kingdom and the Glory's subtitle, For a Theological Genealogy of Economy and Government, allusively explains the Foucaultian-feeling rhythms according to which this text pulses—rhythms that animate the Homo Sacer project from its inception but which come to archaeological fruition in The Kingdom and the Glory. In Foucaultian fashion, The Kingdom and the Glory's initial six sections trace a meticulous, albeit particular, conceptual genealogy through early and medieval Christian theologies (a genealogy replete with long quotations that serve as evidential support) whose impetus comes, indirectly, from an intertextual conversation between Erich Peterson and Carl Schmitt, which recurs throughout Agamben's text. More directly, the impetus comes from Agamben's explicit aim of catching, via theology, "a glimpse of something like the ultimate structure of the governmental machine of the West in the relation between oikonomia and Glory" (xii)—a relation he casts in State of Exception in terms of auctoritas and potestas.
Building on his earlier engagements with the Pauline epistles (most notably in The Time That Remains) and animated by archaeological fervor and philological attentiveness, Agamben wades deeply in the waters of early Christian theologies to discover the oikonomia animating the Trinity and debates concerning it. Why? Because, he asserts, "the link established by Christian theology between oikonomia and history is crucial to an understanding of Western philosophy [sic] of history" (46). (Despite this claim as well as his argument's unmistakably dialectical character, The Kingdom and the Glory is nearly, and rather suspiciously, Hegel-free.) Following considerations of oikonomia and mystery, the providential machine, the angelic bureaucracy, and other topics, Agamben's final chapter offers his archaeology of glory. As he does throughout, he begins with a modern reference (in this case, Hans Urs von Balthasar's theological aesthetics) before moving through a premodern genealogy that, via Moses Maimonides, recalls exilic, prophetic, and apocalyptic scenes from the Hebrew Bible and the New Testament.
Among these scenes is the mystical throne vision that opens the prophetic Biblical book bearing Ezekiel's name. Following an amazing sequence of images—one that implicitly illustrates what Agamben calls an "optical phenomenology of glory" (204)—Ezekiel reveals that he has seen the glory (in transliterated Hebrew, kabhod) of God. Well, not exactly. Technically, Ezekiel has seen "the appearance of the likeness of the glory of the LORD" or (translated differently) "the appearance of the semblance of the Presence of the LORD" (Ezekiel 1.28, NRSV and JPS translations, respectively). Ezekiel sees, then, not God's glory but an appearance of its semblance. Agamben cites this passage (201), but he doesn't dwell on it—which is surprising, since it seems an incredible and incredibly illuminating example of what he finds compelling about glory. That is, Ezekiel does not see glory but something approximating something approximating glory. Glory remains unseen, perhaps unseeable, and Ezekiel's vision of glory is, as a vision of glory, an empty vision—or a vision of an emptiness (more on this below.)
Glory thus functions as what Agamben, following Foucault and Melandri, names a signature: "something that in a sign or concept marks and exceeds such a sign or concept" (4) or, more elaborately, "something that, in a sign or a concept, exceeds it to refer it back to a specific interpretation or move it to another context, yet without exiting the field of the semiotic to construct a new meaning" (87). Agamben's archaeology of glory is, then, an archaeology of signatures, for as he methodologically remarks, "archaeology is a science of signatures, and we need to be able to follow the signatures that displace the concepts and orient their interpretation toward different fields" (112). (For extended, methodological reflections on archaeology and signatures, see the second and third chapters of Agamben's The Signature of All Things: On Method, which include references to a host of theological voices.)
Glory as signature points to the relations of Kingdom and Government, particularly insofar as "glory is the place where theology attempts to think the difficult coincidence between immanent trinity and economic trinity, theologia and oikonomia, being and praxis" (208). (This "difficult coincidence" becomes more difficult given that glory "is also the place in which the risk of non-coincidence between being and praxis and of a possible asymmetry in the [Trinitarian] relation between the three divine persons is at its highest".) In this place of glory, then, a dialectic unfolds: government glorifies kingdom, and kingdom glorifies government, so that "Kingdom and Government constitute the two elements or faces of the same machine of power" (230). But, Agamben tellingly writes, "the center of the machine is empty, and glory is nothing but the splendor that emanates from this emptiness, the inexhaustible kabhod that at once reveals and veils the central vacuity of the machine" (211).
This "inexhaustible kabhod" recalls Ezekiel's throne vision, in which the throne is essentially empty, thus exemplifying that the iconography of power, glory's signature vacuity, is perfectly imaged by the empty throne. As Agamben remarks, "the empty throne is not, therefore, a symbol of regality but of glory" (245). He continues: "the apparatus of glory finds its perfect cypher in the majesty of the empty throne. Its purpose is to capture within the governmental machine that unthinkable inoperativity—making it is internal motor—that constitutes the ultimate mystery of divinity" (245). The empty throne is an image of glory that images glory's inoperativity. Glory, Agamben maintains, occupies a place of inoperativity, since glory keeps ultimately hidden from view—for Ezekiel, for Agamben, and for us—an inoperativity both theological and political, divine and human, one so essential to both that it must be maintained in the form of glory as katapausis. In other words, glory is inoperative; it doesn't work.
Here, Agamben seems to miss a point of potentially productive tangency with Jean-Luc Nancy's work on inoperativity, or desoeuvrement. In The Inoperative Community's title essay, Nancy develops an account of community as inoperativity that takes up Christian figures of divinity and relationality in ways that seem incredibly close to Agamben's, so that Nancy's inoperative community would appear as a supportive supplement to Agamben's inoperative glory as the empty center of kingdom and government. Though I will forego here an exegetic unfolding of this contention, a reading of Nancy's text alongside Agamben's will evince their striking proximity—so striking that Agamben's lack of references to Nancy seems a decided omission, for reasons that remain opaque (at least to me, particularly since Agamben explicitly discusses in Homo Sacer Nancy's treatment of desoeuvrement). This missed encounter becomes a productive direction for future work on these themes—work that would, by way of Nancy and Agamben, also engage Georges Bataille, Maurice Blanchot, Peterson and Schmitt, and the very possibility or impossibility of political theology in Christian and post-Christian contexts. This productive direction would include in its horizon Nancy's remarks on "biopolitics," particularly since Agamben returns inoperativity to the sphere of life, of bios and zōē, in identifying subjectivity as "a central inoperativity," one in which "the life that we live is only the life through which we live," or "the live-ability of every life," where "the bios coincides with the zōē without remainder" (251).
To return to glory's inoperativity: the empty throne, as an image of glory, is not an empty vision but a vision of emptiness as inoperativity. The empty throne is an image of glory, a signature that cyphers God's ultimate mystery, to which the only viable theological response becomes not predication but praise—praise as doxology and glorification. Once again, Agamben invokes Ezekiel's throne vision, this time for its eschatological elements that are entwined with "the originary paradigm of all Christian liturgical doxologies" (244). (This entwining also reiterates Agamben's naming of inoperativity as the "messianic operation par excellence".) Glory, as inoperativity, is "the eternal amen" (239), with amen serving in Christian liturgical contexts as "the acclamation par excellence" (230). As such, amen is ultimately empty of signifying content, yet its emptiness—like that of the throne—is what grants its efficacy: "that of producing glory" (232). Dialectically, then, glory, as inoperativity, is "the eternal amen," and amen


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Many of the attractions around the world symbolize the destinations they represent, and that makes them more significant. In most cases, it is the site itself that makes them worth visiting a country. Some of these are famous UNESCO World Heritage sites. These destinations just stand out above the rest.
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1. The Colosseum in Rome
Reminiscence of the Roman Empire, this famous and colossal structure is also a huge attraction of the modern-day Rome. Located in the heart of the city, a visit to The Colosseum will surely makes your day. Today, it is still the biggest enduring amphitheater in the world and the largest ancient amphitheater ever constructed. So, it is just befitting to every traveler to plan a trip to Italy, wander through the ancient streets of Rome, and tour the colosseum. There are direct daily flights from around the world to Rome. See it, it does not disappoint you!
2. The Eiffel Tower in Paris
Paris, the city where culture and history collide and where every traveler could find the adventures they longed for. Here is the Eiffel Tower, the symbol of Paris and one of the most Instagrammed structures of the modern world is a must to visit for all travelers. At the age of 134 years, it is still the landmark that inspires passion and dedication. This wrought-iron lattice tower was built in _PHONE_ and named after Gustave Eiffel, the engineer whose company designed and built the tower. A visit to Paris is not complete without sojourning the Eiffel Tower, where romance and creativity are always the staples of would-be visitors.
3. The Acropolis in Athens
The Acropolis is a military base and a fortress throughout the Neolithic period and became a religious center dedicated to the goddess Athena. The Acropolis is an ancient fortress perched above the city of Athens. It is 2,460 years old! It also comprises the ruins of several ancient buildings of great historical and architectural significance, such as the most famous Parthenon. Moreover, the views over the city are amazing as you walk amongst the painstakingly restored ancient buildings. Additionally, the site is also so impressive looking up from the city below.
4. The Statue of Liberty in New York City
The Statue of Liberty is a massive neoclassical copper sculpture on Liberty Island in New York Harbor, New York City. The statue is a gift from the French to the people of the United States. It was dedicated on October 28, 1886, and designated as a National Monument in 1924. It was designed by French sculptor Frédéric Auguste Bartholdi and its metal framework was built by Gustave Eiffel, who also built the Eiffel Tower. Although America is full of great sites to wander around, it is the Statue of Liberty that represents liberty and freedom like no other. Access to the statue is via ferry, also a highlight of a visit.
5. The Machu Picchu in Peru
According to the Peruvian Official Tourist Board, Machu Picchu is a 15th-century Incan citadel set 2,440 (8,000 ft) high in the Andes Mountains in Peru, directly above the Urubamba River valley. Built in the 15th century but was later abandoned, it is well-known for its sophisticated dry-stone walls-fused huge blocks without the use of mortar. Intriguing as it is, the buildings play on astronomical alignments and panoramic views. In its location high in the jungle-clad mountains, the setting here surreal. So, if the plan is in the offing for a South America trip, this only attraction completes your adventure of a lifetime.
6. The Pyramids of Giza in Egypt
The Pyramids of Giza is a three pyramids complex, where the Great Pyramid of Giza is also located. Sometimes called the Pyramid of Khufu or the Pyramid of Cheops, it is the oldest and the largest of the three in the pyramids complex. Located in the present-day Giza in the Greater Cairo area in Egypt, it is also the oldest and the only one to remain generally intact of the Seven Wonders of the Ancient World. The pyramids were constructed some 4,500 years ago. It is generally believed that it was built as a tomb for the pharaoh Khufu of the Fourth Dynasty of Egypt. Travelers and sightseers coming to see these magnificent structures on a camel ride around the complex is a great added experience. Easy tour plans can be arranged.
7. The Taj Mahal in India
The Taj Mahal is an immense mausoleum of ivory-white marble built on the southern bank of the river Yamuna in the city of Agra, India. It was constructed between _PHONE_ by order of the Mughal emperor Shah Jahan to house the tomb of his favorite wife, Mumtaz Mahal. It also houses the tomb of Shah Jahan himself. A symbol of love, the Taj Mahal is one of the universally revered masterpieces of the world's heritage and is the gem of Muslim art in India. This amazing mausoleum was made with inlaid precious and semi-precious stones. Additionally, a riverfront setting, the surrounding gardens, and the reflecting pools are also what make the Taj Mahal so special. So, a must-see visit to India for this 17th-century Taj Mahal is a complete trip of a lifetime.
8. The Petra in Jordan
The Petra is a renowned archaeological site in Jordan's southwestern desert. Originally known as Raqmu or Raqēmō, it dates to around 300 B.C. when it was the capital of the Nabatean Kingdom. Constructed over 2,000 years ago and forgotten to the outside world for 600 years, the park city was discovered only in 1812. The Petra Archaeologic Park, all 2,640 acres of it, is a must-see and with only some exceptions, you are free to explore everything at your leisure time and will. Though you are free to fully explore everything in 5 days minimum, two days are sufficient. The park can be accessed through a narrow canyon called Al Siq, where tombs and temples are carved into pink sandstone cliffs are easily seen, earning its nickname, the "Rose City." The most famous in the park is the 45m-high Al Khazneh temple with an ornate, Greek-style facade, famously known as The Treasury.
9. The Great Wall of China
The Great Wall of China is a string of battlements that were erected across the historic northern borders of ancient Chinese states and Imperial China. It was built as a fortification against numerous nomadic bands from around the Eurasian Savannah. The Great Wall of China was built between the 14th -17th centuries, is a stark contrast in a land of modern cities and towering skyscrapers, but a stunning image that all visitors to China must-see. A leisurely walk along the top of the wall offers an astonishing view of the structure snaking off into the distance. The wall stretches through some remote areas at an astounding 21,196 kilometers. The longest wall in the world is an awe-inspiring feat of ancient defensive architecture. So, visit the wall on an easily organized tour from Beijing… all in a relatively short motorcoach ride away.
10. The Angkor Wat in Cambodia
The Angkor Wat is primarily a Buddhist temple complex in Cambodia and the biggest religious shrine in the world by land area measuring around 162.6 hectares (around 400 acres). Originally constructed in the first half of the 12th century as a Hindu temple by Emperor Suryavarman II, who ruled the region from 1113 to 1150 as the state temple and political center of his empire. Moreover, the temple was originally dedicated to the Hindu god Vishnu but became a Buddhist temple by the end of the 12th century. The complex was surrounded by jungle and, at some point, overgrown with huge trees and roots. There, you will feel like you have entered another era, wandering through Angkor Wat, the main centerpiece of the complex. This is undoubtedly one of the most incredible sites in Southeast Asia and the main reason why you must visit Cambodia.


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A video about the Cubic Unit Cells and also a brief description of Coordination Numbers. Video by René Van Wyk.
Reviews the three types of unit cells in the cubic crystal system.
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The ancient art of egg decorating still thrives in many European countries as a symbolic part of Easter.
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Easter egg tree at a Russian Orthodox church.
Purple eggs
Etched goose and duck eggs from the Czech Republic.
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Easter fountain in Ginsheim/Rhine near Mainz, Germany. Photo: Eric Eichberger
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Easter fountain in St. Wendel, in Germany's Saarland region. Photo: Amt fuer Stadtmarketing, St. Wendel
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An Easter egg tree decorated with eggs from many Central and Eastern European countries.
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Goose eggs from the Czech Republic, decorated with colored straw.
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Goose and duck eggs from Poland, decorated with paint and colored straw.
By Sharon Hudgins
Photos by the author and courtesy German National Tourist Board
Europeans take their Easter egg traditions seriously.
From Scandinavia and Britain in the north to Italy and Greece in the south, from the Slavic countries to Germany, Romania and Hungary, eggs at Easter time are dyed in many colors, decorated with intricate designs, hung from tree branches, strung onto wires, buried in the ground, featured in games, exchanged among friends, baked into breads and taken to church to be blessed on Easter morning.
Pre-Christian Tradition
Although colored eggs are the most salient symbol of Easter today, their association with springtime reaches much farther into the past. Archeologists in Europe have uncovered egg-shaped artifacts with ornate designs made thousands of years before the Christian era.
Folklorists say that decorated eggs were part of pagan spring festivals, for which eggs were painted in bright colors to symbolize blossoming plants. So it's not surprising that the egg, representing the creation of new life, would also find a place in religious celebrations of the resurrection of Christ. The decorating of Easter eggs is a long-established folk art in many parts of Europe, still practiced today. During the 40-day Lenten fast preceding Easter, many Christians abstain from eating certain foods, including eggs. But the hens keep on laying. Some of these excess eggs are dyed a solid color: red is especially symbolic, representing drops of Christ's blood as well as the regeneration of life.
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Easter eggs in the Czech Republic, with traditional folk art designs.
Others are decorated with intricate floral or geometric motifs. Several countries and regions in Europe—Poland, Ukraine, Belarus, Moravia, Slovakia, Bohemia, Hungary, Slovenia, Romania, Germany, Austria—are well known for their production of beautifully decorated eggs, using age-old techniques and designs, many of which are unique to that particular place. The connoisseur of folk art eggs can tell at a glance whether an egg has come from the eastern or western part of the Czech Republic, from Slovakia, from northern Croatia or from central Austria.
Maundy Thursday
In many parts of Europe, Maundy Thursday (the day before Good Friday) is the traditional day for decorating Easter eggs. Up through the 19th century, superstitions from earlier times survived in the belief that eggs laid on Maundy Thursday, Good Friday or Easter Sunday had magical powers: to prevent illness, to bring good luck, to act as an aphrodisiac, to ensure that the next baby will be a boy, to forestall an early death, to foretell the future. In some places, Easter eggs were fed to the livestock to protect the animals, or buried in the fields to help produce abundant crops. And Eastern European bee-keepers put a colored Easter egg under each hive to guarantee a good supply of honey.
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Decorated goose eggs from the Czech Republic.
A charming custom that dates from the 19th century is the making of an egg tree at Easter. Long branches of budding pussy willows or yellow forsythia are arranged in a vase, and eggs are hung on the branches like Christmas ornaments on an evergreen tree. Traditionally the eggs are hollow chicken or duck eggs, the whites and yolks first removed through pin holes before the eggshells are dyed and decorated, then a loop of ribbon or yarn pulled through the holes for suspending the eggs from the boughs. Sometimes brightly painted wooden eggs are also hung from the branches, along with little wooden birds. These egg trees are especially popular in Germany (where they're known as Ostersträusse, Easter bouquets, or Osterbäume, Easter trees) and in several other parts of Central Europe, too.
Outdoor Easter Trees
In some regions you'll even see outdoor Easter trees, with real or plastic eggs suspended from the branches of live bushes or trees. In the Franconian Alps of northern Bavaria, the fountain or well in the center of many villages is decorated with garlands of evergreens, colorful streamers, fresh flowers and hundreds of painted eggs. For two weeks beginning on Good Friday, more than 200 of these traditional Osterbrunnen (Easter wells) are on display in Franconian towns.
In Europe today, Easter eggs are made from a wide variety of materials: natural egg shells—chicken, duck, goose—with the egg white and yolk blown out of the shell; uncooked eggs with their shells intact; hard-boiled eggs; edible substances such as sugar, chocolate and marzipan; precious metals, enameled metals, wood, wax, porcelain, onyx, marble, glass, cinnabar, cardboard and papier-mâché.
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Czech Easter eggs, with traditional folk art designs.
Decorations range from solid colors to painted, etched or batiked designs. Beads, lace, straw, colored paper and decals are also glued onto eggshells. The designs can be geometric, floral, symbolic—whatever suits the egg decorator's fancy. And sizes extend from miniature jeweled eggs made with precious stones to the giant chocolate eggs, up to a meter tall, so beloved by Italian children.
You can see hundreds of handcrafted eggs at the many Easter markets held in Europe during the spring. Prices range from just a few euros for simply painted hens' eggs to several thousand euros for large exotic-bird eggs painted by internationally renowned artists. One of the most stunning eggs I saw at a Munich Ostereiermarkt (Easter egg market) was a huge ostrich egg acid-etched to look like lace. It was priced way beyond my budget, but I still came home with some lovely smaller samples of folk-art eggs by local artists. Now it's time for me to find some pussy willow boughs and start decorating my own egg tree for the season.
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Interstate Competition and State Death Taxes: A Modern Crisis in Historical Perspective
State death taxes are one of the oldest forms of state revenue, dating back to the early 19th century. Yet, as the 21st century begins, these taxes face a significant crisis. In just the past five years, prompted by the 2001 repeal of the federal "state death tax credit" that had facilitated collection of these taxes, and yielding to increasingly vocal anti-tax rhetoric, half of the states simply have abandoned this form of tax revenue. This dramatic shift in state tax policy impacts not only the states that have repealed death taxes, but also those that still impose these taxes. The former now must find alternate forms of revenue or reduce governmental expenditures. The latter now must fear that taxpayers will "vote with their feet," abandoning the states that impose death taxes towards the growing number of states touting their more favorable tax climates. As interstate competition to attract these wealthy migrants intensifies, at stake is far more than the mere billions of dollars of state revenue generated by death taxes. Rather, the crisis implicates the fundamental nature of modern state taxation, raising the question of whether traditionally progressive forms of state taxation can survive in an increasingly mobile society.
This Article contends that the current decline of state death taxes is not an isolated modern event, but rather one step in a decades-long interstate battle to attract and retain wealthy citizens. As such, before we can comprehend the potential consequences of the decline of state death taxes, and perhaps progressive taxes more generally, we must rightly address the fundamental underlying question: how did we get where we are today? The Article attempts to address that question and fill a gap in the modern literature by providing a comprehensive treatment of the history of how interstate competition shaped state death taxes and how the state death tax credit, now repealed, altered that history. By placing this modern tax crisis in its historical perspective, the Article reveals both a major current challenge facing state death taxes, as well as an underlying, brewing, battle between states that depend on progressive forms of taxation and states that provide a safe haven for taxpayers seeking to avoid such taxes.


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I would like to know what type of machine learning to use for recognizing events in a set of data. (or at least be pointed in the right direction so I can do my own research on the topic.)
I'm trying to identify M&M color using an RGB sensor. Here is an example of some data I collected. I want to train a neural network by saying "this is what it looks like when a blue M&M passes by the sensor... And a yellow..." So it then can tell me when and what color M&M has passed by.
My type of problem is similar to this. In this case, they record accelerometer data and use it to identify the exercise someone was doing.
How can you teach an ANN to do this? And how do you teach it what an "event" looks like?
** P.S. I'm new to this forum so any modifications to my question to make it more relevant and understandable are welcome.
You will need your data to look something like this:
Blue Red Green Label
20 12 13 _
18 11 13 _
18 12 13 _
19 13 14 _
24 12 13 _
28 14 19 B
30 19 21 B
29 18 20 B
25 14 16 B
21 12 13 _
19 11 12 _
18 11 12 _
That is, every point in the data will need to be annotated with a label: _ for nothing, B for blue, Y for yellow.
A sequence labeling model can be trained to predict the label for each point in the input sequence. Note that it's common to use a "Begin Inside Outside" (BIO) scheme to help the model understand when an "event" starts and ends:
Blue Red Green Label
20 12 13 Outside
18 11 13 Outside
18 12 13 Outside
19 13 14 Outside
24 12 13 Outside
28 14 19 B_Begin
30 19 21 B_Inside
29 18 20 B_Inside
25 14 16 B_Inside
21 12 13 Outside
19 11 12 Outside
18 11 12 Outside
(there are also variants of this scheme)
As far as I know Conditional Random Fields would be the traditional approach for this kind of task, but there might more recent NN approaches that I'm not aware of.
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