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<?php

namespace Bolt\Provider;

use Bolt\Session\CookiePathRestrictionListener;
use Bolt\Session\Generator\RandomGenerator;
use Bolt\Session\Handler\FileHandler;
use Bolt\Session\Handler\RedisHandler;
use Bolt\Session\OptionsBag;
use Bolt\Session\Serializer\NativeSerializer;
use Bolt\Session\SessionListener;
use Bolt\Session\SessionStorage;
use GuzzleHttp\Url;
use Silex\Application;
use Silex\ServiceProviderInterface;
use Symfony\Component\HttpFoundation\Session\Attribute\AttributeBag;
use Symfony\Component\HttpFoundation\Session\Flash\FlashBag;
use Symfony\Component\HttpFoundation\Session\Session;
use Symfony\Component\HttpFoundation\Session\Storage\Handler\MemcachedSessionHandler;
use Symfony\Component\HttpFoundation\Session\Storage\Handler\MemcacheSessionHandler;
use Symfony\Component\HttpFoundation\Session\Storage\MetadataBag;

/**
 * Because screw PHP core.
 *
 * @author Carson Full <carsonfull@gmail.com>
 */
class SessionServiceProvider implements ServiceProviderInterface
{
    public function register(Application $app)
    {
        $this->registerSessions($app);
        $this->registerListeners($app);
        $this->registerOptions($app);
        $this->registerHandlers($app);

        $app['session.storage.generator'] = $app->share(
            function () use ($app) {
                return new RandomGenerator($app['randomgenerator']);
            }
        );

        $app['session.storage.serializer'] = $app->share(
            function () {
                return new NativeSerializer();
            }
        );

        $app['session.bag.attribute'] = function () {
            return new AttributeBag();
        };

        $app['session.bag.flash'] = function () {
            return new FlashBag();
        };

        $app['session.bag.metadata'] = function () {
            return new MetadataBag();
        };

        $this->configure($app);
    }

    public function boot(Application $app)
    {
        $listeners = $app['sessions.listener'];
        foreach ($listeners->keys() as $name) {
            $app['dispatcher']->addSubscriber($listeners[$name]);
        }
        foreach ($app['sessions.options'] as $options) {
            /** @var $options OptionsBag */
            if ($options->getBoolean('cookie_restrict_path')) {
                $listener = $app['session.cookie_path_restriction_listener.factory']($options);
                $app['dispatcher']->addSubscriber($listener);
            }
        }
    }

    /**
     * This should be the only place in this class that is specific to bolt.
     *
     * @param Application $app
     */
    public function configure(Application $app)
    {
        $app['session.default_options'] = [
            'cookie_lifetime' => $app['config']->get('general/cookies_lifetime'),
            'cookie_path'     => $app['resources']->getUrl('root'),
            'cookie_domain'   => $app['config']->get('general/cookies_domain'),
            'cookie_secure'   => $app['config']->get('general/enforce_ssl'),
            'cookie_httponly' => true,
        ];
        $app['sessions.options'] = [
            'main' => [
                'name' => $app['token.session.name'],
            ],
            'csrf' => [
                'name'                 => $app['token.session.name'] . '_csrf',
                'cookie_restrict_path' => true,
                'cookie_lifetime'      => 0,
            ],
        ];
    }

    protected function registerSessions(Application $app)
    {
        $app['sessions'] = $app->share(
            function () use ($app) {
                $app['sessions.options.initializer']();

                $sessions = new \Pimple();
                foreach ($app['sessions.options'] as $name => $options) {
                    $sessions[$name] = $app->share(
                        function () use ($options, $app) {
                            return $app['session.factory']($options);
                        }
                    );
                }

                return $sessions;
            }
        );

        $app['session.factory'] = $app->protect(
            function ($options) use ($app) {
                return new Session(
                    $app['session.storage.factory']($options),
                    $app['session.bag.attribute'],
                    $app['session.bag.flash']
                );
            }
        );

        $app['session.storage.factory'] = $app->protect(
            function ($options) use ($app) {
                return new SessionStorage(
                    $options,
                    $app['session.storage.handler.factory']($options['save_handler'], $options),
                    $app['session.storage.generator'],
                    $app['session.storage.serializer']
                );
            }
        );

        $app['session'] = $app->share(
            function ($app) {
                // Sessions needs to be called first so sessions.default is initialized
                $sessions = $app['sessions'];

                return $sessions[$app['sessions.default']];
            }
        );
    }

    protected function registerListeners(Application $app)
    {
        $app['sessions.listener'] = $app->share(
            function () use ($app) {
                $app['sessions.options.initializer']();

                $listeners = new \Pimple();
                foreach ($app['sessions']->keys() as $name) {
                    $setToRequest = $name === $app['sessions.default'];
                    $listeners[$name] = $app->share(
                        function () use ($app, $name, $setToRequest) {
                            $session = $app['sessions'][$name];
                            $options = $app['sessions.options'][$name];

                            return $app['session.listener.factory']($session, $options, $setToRequest);
                        }
                    );
                }

                return $listeners;
            }
        );

        $app['session.listener.factory'] = $app->protect(
            function ($session, $options, $setToRequest = false) {
                return new SessionListener($session, $options, $setToRequest);
            }
        );

        $app['session.listener'] = $app->share(
            function ($app) {
                return $app['session.listeners'][$app['sessions.default']];
            }
        );

        $app['session.cookie_path_restriction_listener.factory'] = $app->protect(
            function ($options) {
                return new CookiePathRestrictionListener($options);
            }
        );
    }

    protected function registerOptions(Application $app)
    {
        $app['session.default_options'] = [];
        $app['session.options.import_from_ini'] = true;

        $app['sessions.options.initializer'] = $app->protect(
            function () use ($app) {
                static $initialized = false;

                if ($initialized) {
                    return;
                }
                $initialized = true;

                /*
                 * Ok this does several things.
                 * 1) Merges options together for each session. Precedence is as follows:
                 *    - Options from individual session
                 *    - Options from "session.default_options"
                 *    - Options from ini (if enabled with "session.options.import_from_ini")
                 *    - Options hardcoded below
                 * 2) Converts "session.options" shortcut to sessions.options['default']
                 * 3) Sets "sessions.default" value to first session key in "sessions.options"
                 * 4) Converts options for each session to an OptionsBag instance
                 */
                $actualDefaults = [
                    'save_handler'    => 'files',
                    'save_path'       => '/tmp',
                    'name'            => 'PHPSESSID',
                    //'auto_start' => false,
                    //'serialize_handler' => null,
                    'gc_probability'  => 1,
                    'gc_divisor'      => 1000,
                    'gc_maxlifetime'  => 1440,
                    //'referer_check' => '',
                    //'use_strict_mode' => false,
                    'cookie_lifetime' => 0,
                    'cookie_path'     => '/',
                    'cookie_domain'   => null,
                    'cookie_secure'   => false,
                    'cookie_httponly' => false,
                    // TODO Do started native sessions force "nocache" header in response?
                    // We don't have a way to force that, should we?
                    //'cache_limiter' => 'nocache',
                    //'cache_expire'  => 180,
                ];

                if (isset($app['session.options.import_from_ini']) && $app['session.options.import_from_ini']) {
                    foreach ($actualDefaults as $key => $value) {
                        $actualDefaults[$key] = ini_get('session.' . $key);
                    }
                }
                $app['session.default_options'] = array_replace($actualDefaults, $app['session.default_options']);

                // Maintain BC for "session.storage.options"
                if (isset($app['session.storage.options'])) {
                    $app['session.default_options'] = array_replace($app['session.default_options'], $app['session.storage.options']);
                }

                if (!isset($app['sessions.options'])) {
                    $app['sessions.options'] = [
                        'default' => isset($app['session.options']) ? $app['session.options'] : [],
                    ];
                }

                $options = [];
                foreach ($app['sessions.options'] as $name => $opts) {
                    if (!isset($app['sessions.default'])) {
                        $app['sessions.default'] = $name;
                    }
                    $opts = array_replace($app['session.default_options'], (array) $opts);
                    $options[$name] = new OptionsBag($opts);
                }
                $app['sessions.options'] = $options;
            }
        );
    }

    protected function registerHandlers(Application $app)
    {
        $app['session.storage.handler.factory'] = $app->protect(
            function ($handler, $options) use ($app) {
                $key = 'session.storage.handler.factory.' . $handler;
                if (isset($app[$key])) {
                    return $app[$key]($options);
                }
                throw new \RuntimeException("Unsupported handler type '$handler' specified");
            }
        );

        $app['session.storage.handler.factory.files'] = $app->protect(
            function ($options) use ($app) {
                return new FileHandler($options['save_path'], $app['logger.system']);
            }
        );

        $this->registerMemcacheHandler($app);
        $this->registerRedisHandler($app);
    }

    protected function registerMemcacheHandler(Application $app)
    {
        $app['session.storage.handler.factory.backing_memcache'] = $app->protect(
            function ($connections) {
                $memcache = new \Memcache();

                foreach ($connections as $conn) {
                    $memcache->addServer(
                        $conn['host'] ?: 'localhost',
                        $conn['port'] ?: 11211,
                        $conn['persistent'] ?: false,
                        $conn['weight'] ?: 0,
                        $conn['timeout'] ?: 1
                    );
                }

                return $memcache;
            }
        );

        $app['session.storage.handler.factory.memcache'] = $app->protect(
            function ($options, $key = 'memcache') use ($app) {
                $connections = $this->parseConnections($options, 'localhost', 11211);
                $memcache = $app['session.storage.handler.factory.backing_' . $key]($connections);

                $handlerOptions = [];
                if (isset($options['expiretime'])) {
                    $handlerOptions['expiretime'] = $options['expiretime'];
                }
                if (isset($options['prefix'])) {
                    $handlerOptions['prefix'] = $options['prefix'];
                }

                if ($key === 'memcache') {
                    return new MemcacheSessionHandler($memcache, $handlerOptions);
                } else {
                    return new MemcachedSessionHandler($memcache, $handlerOptions);
                }
            }
        );

        $app['session.storage.handler.factory.memcached'] = $app->protect(
            function ($options) use ($app) {
                return $app['session.storage.handler.factory.memcache']($options, 'memcached');
            }
        );
    }

    protected function registerRedisHandler(Application $app)
    {
        $app['session.storage.handler.factory.backing_redis'] = $app->protect(
            function ($connections) {
                if (class_exists('Redis')) {
                    $redis = new \Redis();
                    foreach ($connections as $conn) {
                        $params = [$conn['path'] ?: $conn['host'], $conn['port'], $conn['timeout'] ?: 0];
                        call_user_func_array([$redis, $conn['persistant'] ? 'pconnect' : 'connect'], $params);
                        if (!empty($conn['password'])) {
                            $redis->auth($conn['password']);
                        }
                        if ($conn['database'] > 0) {
                            $redis->select($conn['database']);
                        }
                        if (!empty($conn['prefix'])) {
                            $redis->setOption(\Redis::OPT_PREFIX, $conn['prefix']);
                        }
                    }
                } elseif (class_exists('Predis\Client')) {
                    $params = [];
                    $options = [];
                    foreach ($connections as $conn) {
                        $params[] = $conn;
                        if (!empty($conn['prefix'])) {
                            $options['prefix'] = $conn['prefix'];
                        }
                    }
                    $redis = new \Predis\Client($params, $options);
                } else {
                    throw new \RuntimeException('Neither Redis nor Predis\Client exist');
                }

                return $redis;
            }
        );

        $app['session.storage.handler.factory.redis'] = $app->protect(
            function ($options) use ($app) {
                $connections = $this->parseConnections($options, 'localhost', 6379);
                $redis = $app['session.storage.handler.factory.backing_redis']($connections);

                return new RedisHandler($redis, $options['gc_maxlifetime']);
            }
        );
    }

    protected function parseConnections($options, $defaultHost, $defaultPort)
    {
        if (isset($options['host']) || isset($options['port'])) {
            $options['connections'][] = $options;
        }

        /** @var Url[] $toParse */
        $toParse = [];
        if (isset($options['connections'])) {
            foreach ((array) $options['connections'] as $alias => $conn) {
                if (is_string($conn)) {
                    $conn = ['host' => $conn];
                }
                $scheme = isset($conn['scheme']) ? $conn['scheme'] : 'tcp';
                $host = isset($conn['host']) ? $conn['host'] : $defaultHost;
                $url = new Url($scheme, $host);
                $url->setPort(isset($conn['port']) ? $conn['port'] : $defaultPort);
                if (isset($conn['path'])) {
                    $url->setPath($conn['path']);
                }
                if (isset($conn['password'])) {
                    $url->setPassword($conn['password']);
                }
                $url->getQuery()->replace($conn);
                $toParse[] = $url;
            }
        } elseif (isset($options['save_path'])) {
            foreach (explode(',', $options['save_path']) as $conn) {
                $toParse[] = Url::fromString($conn);
            }
        }

        $connections = [];
        foreach ($toParse as $url) {
            $connections[] = [
                'scheme'     => $url->getScheme(),
                'host'       => $url->getHost(),
                'port'       => $url->getPort(),
                'path'       => $url->getPath(),
                'alias'      => $url->getQuery()->get('alias'),
                'prefix'     => $url->getQuery()->get('prefix'),
                'password'   => $url->getPassword(),
                'database'   => $url->getQuery()->get('database'),
                'persistent' => $url->getQuery()->get('persistent'),
                'weight'     => $url->getQuery()->get('weight'),
                'timeout'    => $url->getQuery()->get('timeout'),
            ];
        }

        return $connections;
    }
}

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Stay for two nights and eat at both of our restaurants. Wake up each morning, surrounded by the National Park, to an open-pantry breakfast – including make-your-own waffles. It's the best of Another Place, The Lake in one break.
Stay Sunday to Saturday — with dinner included.
Eat in The Living Space on the day you arrive, then Rampsbeck Restaurant for three courses the following evening.
With views out across the lake and an open-air terrace, The Living Space is a bright, comfortable space. The menu features fresh, distinctive ingredients across large, small and sharing dishes.
Dinner is three courses from a daily-changing menu. Rampsbeck, the main restaurant at Another Place, serves traditional Cumbrian produce and vegetables from the kitchen garden. The heart of the kitchen, it's indoor charcoal oven, is behind the intense, natural flavours in the meat and fish.


Coloured aquatint of a panorama of Surat in three parts by Alfred Robert Freebairn (1794-1846) after Thomas Postans and dated 1830. Situated on a bend in the river Tapti, Surat was an important Mughal trading port from the late 16th to the late 18th centuries. In 1615 Sir Thomas Roe successfully negotiated a treaty in order to set up English Factories at Surat and other suitable sites. Dutch, Portuguese and French merchants were also permitted to trade in Surat during the 17th and 18th centuries but by the late 18th century the British had complete control of the port. In 1837, due to fire and floods, the town's trading base declined significantly and many Parsi and Jain merchants moved their businesses to Bombay which later surpassed Surat as the west coast's premier port. More recently Surat has become well-known for cutting diamonds as well as manufacturing textiles and chemicals.


I have code in which I am creating grid with Ext.grid.feature.Grouping feature.
Now I want to delete the whole grouped records on mouse right click.
I want to delete all the 9 items of group "American", when I clicked on Delete option.
I am not able to figure out how to select all grouped records and delete them.
Please don't bump threads so quickly. You really shouldn't expect an answer within 91 minutes, you need to give it at least 24 hours just to give each timezone chance to read it.
Grab the value of the group field for the group you want to delete. You have a few options for ways you might do this. One way might be to grab the value of the group field from the selected record. An alternative would be to use the thrid argument passed to the groupcontextmenu event handler.
Use queryBy() (http://docs.sencha.com/ext-js/4-0/#!/api/Ext.data.Store-method-queryBy) or similar to find all records with the same value in their group field. These should be all the members of the group.
Delete them from the store.
I am just learning the extjs and I tired on myself but not getting the syntax .So I would be very thankful if you show me the syntax for this queryBy().
Can you please give me some code example/samples how to use the Store.queryBy() method ?
where groupField should be replaced with the name of the relevant field and groupValue would be the value common to all members of the group.


Zoran Stanko will be paid nearly 3-times the average salary in Croatia to literally watch the grass. Before Stanko gets too excited, the job is only short-term.
Zoran, who beat off a lot of interest from all over the region to get the job, will be paid 1,000 euros to 'look' after a robotic lawnmower as it cuts grass unaided for two weeks. The passionate alpinist and politics graduate signed the contract for the 'grass-carers' job in Zagreb yesterday. Zoran showed his great sense of humour at the interview, which help land him the job.
"Ever since I was young I was taught that you need to take great care and look after the backyard, lawn and orchards. I hate droughts and I love the rain. I hate moles but love earthworms. My first toy was a lawnmower. I think watching grass should be an Olympic sport," jokes Stanko.
Stanko will be tasked with watching Husqvarna's robotic Automower® cut grass from 29 June to 12 July at Zagreb's Jarun, and promote the product on the company's social media accounts.


Optical precision Utilising specialist technology, Philips Xenon X-treme Vision gen2 lamps direct the light beam to the perfect spot in front of your car. Patent 4,, , June 24, Views Read Edit View history. Perfluoroammonium salt of heptafluoroxenon anion. The Journal of Physical Chemistry A.
Xenic acid is a valuable oxidising agent because it has no potential for introducing impurities—xenon is simply liberated as a gas—and so is rivalled only mads ozone in this regard. The specific problem is: Hence, the outermost electrons are subject to a shielding effect from the inner electrons that makes them more easily ionizedsince they are less strongly attracted to the positively charged nucleus.
This section may require cleanup to meet Wikipedia's quality standards.
Krypton gas reacts with fluorine gas under extreme forcing conditions, forming KrF 2 according to the following equation:. He C60 and Ne C60″. Please help improve it or discuss these issues on the talk page. The heavier noble gases have more electron shells than the lighter ones.
You can help by adding to it. Patent 4,June 24, Arc-blending technology illuminates the road ahead without dazzling other drivers. Most applications of noble gas compounds are either as oxidising agents or as a means to store noble gases in a dense form.
Accounts of Chemical Research. When the family of noble gases was first identified at the end of the nineteenth century, none of them was observed to form any compounds and it was initially believed that they were all inert gases as they were then known which could not form compounds. This results in an ionization energy low enough to form stable compounds with the most electronegative elementsfluorine and oxygen, and even with less electronegative elements such as nitrogen and carbon under certain circumstances.
Helium-nitrogen He N 2 11 crystals have been grown at room temperature at pressures ca. The American Physical Society.
Unsourced material may be challenged and removed. From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia. The first binary noble gas compounds were reported later in The highest quality UV-Quartz glass is used to manufacture this range. Retrieved 15 December To actively tackle this issue, Philips have now added a unique Certificate of Authenticity to every single Xenon HID bulb they produce.
Their high ionization energy and almost zero electron affinity explain their non-reactivity. This article relies too much on references to primary sources. There is some empirical and theoretical evidence for a few metastable helium compounds which may exist at very low temperatures or extreme pressures.
The discovery of HArF was announced in Following the first successful synthesis of xenon compounds, synthesis of krypton difluoride KrF 2 was reported in This section needs expansion.
This section has multiple issues. Utilising specialist technology, Philips Xenon X-treme Vision gen2 lamps direct the light beam to the perfect spot in front of xehon car. Although the noble gases are generally unreactive elements, many such compounds have been observed, particularly involving the element xenon. Due to the pressure inside the bulb, the light produced is more powerful and has an extended lifetime in comparison to a standard halogen lamp.
Meanwhile, in solid Xe H 2 8 xenon atoms form dimers inside solid hydrogen. Proceedings of the Chemical Society of London 6: Angewandte Chemie International Edition.


This week I got a veritable hit parade from my rant on Sony's DRM and format lock-in. There, I considered the lock-in in terms of whether it was good or bad for Sony; I've similarly examined Apple's FairPlay DRM as well as whether the lock-in is good for the music industry. These considerations are important, but, to really understand lock-in's impact, we must put it in a broader normative perspective. One can rather loosely do so under the label of "consumer perspective," including harm to innovation and competition. Drawing these and other considerations together, we can think more generally in terms of welfare economics. After reading Ernest's post on DRM last week, I wanted to bring this up for further discussion.
This analysis is relevant independent of the DMCA. That is, had the market simply evolved this way without a DMCA, these harms could still raise some concerns. However, it is doubtful that the market would have done so. The DMCA provides the necessary impediment to legitimate reverse engineering for interoperability. The impact of fragmentation and DRM lock-in would be minimized as people could create products that play all formats. Moreover, without the DMCA, the incentive to create these barriers in the first place would be greatly diminished, because compatible products would have a much easier time of getting to market.
The iTunes-iPod tie is just one example of the DMCA's effect, of course. Among many articles on the subject, Professor Dan Burk's Anti-circumvention Misuse excellently covers how the DMCA's enables copyright holders (and whoever else controls the DRM) to control secondary markets, inhibit competitors, and dictate innovation. Rather than innovation flourishing in an environment of limited control, where all technologists can compete to bring the best products to market, the DMCA gives certain parties tight control over digital media use. As Burk points out (and Ernest noted), this control can be particularly dangerous in the hands of powerful incumbents, who will reap enormous benefits from the technologies they choose to allow while not suffering the consequences of technologies that undermine their business model.
The best part of Burk's article is how he sets this against legal background in patent and copyright. We typically have a rather nuanced approach for this subject, including consideration of anti-trust (e.g., tying) as well as rules like misuse which take into account basic public policy considerations. In misuse cases, a critical component is whether the actions of the IP holder allow them to appropriate rights beyond the scope of the IP grant. Traditionally, we would allow the sort of interop that FairPlay and other DRM prevents.
In steps the DMCA, a blunt instrument, unchecked by any of the balances we have built into copyright. In Burk's terms, it provides a "paracopyright" far beyond the scope of copyright's intended bounds or even the DMCA's stated purposes. As Cory said, the copyright holder has gotten control of the record but never the record player; and the copyright holder's control over the record has never given Apple or Sony and all the other involved vendors the right to dictate compatible technologies. All this done in a law whose purpose was to stop piracy.
This all leads to a final key point. One can certainly point to ways in which reverse engineering and interop could in certain circumstances lead to some social harm (for instance, by reducing some incentive to innovate of those who would have had control). But to justify the DMCA on these grounds is myopic. I accept that standard setting and this control over secondary markets is a complex issue that could have differing consequences in different situations; however, the DMCA ignores those many complexities that we have traditionally examined when treating this issue, particularly in the IP context. Also, it is oversimplified and misleading to call, for instance, the current digital music standards situation "the market at work." Indeed, given how the DMCA steps into the market to limit competition, this is hardly just the market functioning "normally". It is a market born out of a particular legal framework that rejects the careful balancing we would typically employ, and the balance we had struck to allow reverse engineering and decryption for interop.
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A lakefront community area on the North Side of Chicago and about seven miles north of the Loop, Edgewater was first developed around the 1880s as a summer home community for Chicago's elite.
During the era between World War I and World War II, Edgewater meant elegance with its row of mansions that sat majestically perched along Lake Shore Drive and the spacious houses that could be found on the streets just off of the Lake. The mainstay of the neighborhood for years was the Edgewater Beach Hotel, one of the most elegant hotels in the city and renowned for its exquisite dining and dancing.
The building boom of the 1960's and 1970's spelled doom for these magnificent buildings as most were razed, including the Edgewater Beach Hotel itself, to make way for the highrise apartment buildings that currently dot Lake Shore Drive. At its northern edge, Edgewater is home to Loyola University, and many of its students and faculty live in the surrounding area.
With its convenient location, easy access to Lake Shore Drive, close proximity to Andersonville, two beaches and the Chicago lakefront, Edgewater is quickly becoming the locale of choice for young professionals seeking to avoid the pricey housing of its southern neighbors.
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Where is Edgewater?
North: Devon Avenue; East: Lake Michigan; South: Foster Avenue; West: Ravenswood Avenue.

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Algorithmic Stablecoins
By J.P. Koning
Ever wonder why PayPal balances are always worth $1? PayPal uses a time-tested recipe for creating a stable representative of the dollar: it makes sure that each PayPal dollar is backed by sufficient assets.
But a new breed of financial engineers, so-called algorithmic stablecoin designers, want to do something that's never been done before. They want to create a stable representative of the dollar, but without any assets to back it. That is, they want to fabricate stability… out of nothing.
Is this even possible? Or are these experiments destined to fail?
A PayPal dollar is stable because for each dollar it has issued, PayPal keeps another dollar in a bank account or invested in safe government debt. As long as PayPal's assets retain their value, and customers can freely convert between PayPal dollars and bank dollars, then the value of PayPal dollars will never deviate from $1.
This is an old formula. A 19th-century issuer of ten-shilling banknotes kept at least ten shillings worth of interest-earning loans and coin reserves in its vaults. That, combined with its promise to redeem the notes on demand, ensured that its ten-shilling banknotes were always worth ten shillings.
Cutting edge financial technologists continue to rely on this old fashioned recipe. MakerDAO, a blockchain-based protocol that manages the Dai stablecoin, backs the $1.5 billion or so Dai stablecoins that are in circulation by holding around $4.5 billion worth of Ethereum, bitcoin, and other cryptoassets in reserve.
But is this stock of collateral and reserves even necessary? A crew of algorithmic stablecoin designers thinks not. They want to issue dollar-denominated stablecoins that are pegged at $1, but they also want to be "capital efficient." That is, they want to be liberated from the obligation of holding huge amounts of collateral to stabilize their pegs.
How do algorithmic stablecoins work?
An algorithmic stablecoin system begins life by generating a number of digital tokens, or stablecoins, out of thin air. If the stablecoin trades above $1, then the system automatically creates new stablecoins until the price falls back to $1. That's the easy part.
If the stablecoin falls below $1, things are a bit trickier. To restore the peg, an algorithmic stablecoin system must reduce the supply of stablecoins. Empty Set Dollar (ESD), the largest of the algorithmic stablecoin systems, does so by encouraging users to exchange their ESD stablecoins for coupons. These coupons lock up ESD stablecoins for a period of time. In theory, as more funds shift into coupons, enough ESD stablecoins will be removed from circulation that their price rises back up to $1.
To encourage users to buy coupons, the Empty Set Dollar system sets an enticing exchange rate between ESD stablecoins and coupons, say 1 ESD stablecoin to 1.1 coupons. So if you own 10 ESD stablecoins, and their price falls below the $1 peg, the system will let you convert your 10 ESD stablecoins into 11 coupons. When (or if) the price of ESD stablecoins rises back above $1, you'll be able to reconvert your coupons into 11 ESD stablecoins. Voila, your 10 ESD stablecoins have become 11, for a 10% profit.
Got that? A coupon, in short, can be thought of as a promise to pay even more ESD stablecoins in the future, conditional on locking up one's ESD stablecoins now, but only if and when the $1 peg has been restored.
The further that the price of ESD stablecoins falls below $1, the more enticing the system-set conversion rate into coupons gets. Put differently, the more that it fails, the more the algorithmic stablecoin system tries to harness forces to repair itself.
This all sounds good in theory, but what about in practice? Luckily for us, algorithmic stablecoins aren't just ideas jotted down on paper. ESD debuted last September and is providing real data on how these things function. A second algorithmic stablecoin has joined it. Dynamic Set Dollar (DSD), a clone of ESD, hit the pavement running in late November.
Both algorithmic stablecoins have proven to be popular. At their peaks in late December 2020, ESD and DSD had respectively issued $550 million and $300 million worth of stablecoins into circulation.
How close did their prices hew to $1? For the first few months, the pegging mechanisms seemed to work. When ESD or DSD rose above $1, new coins were created, driving their prices back down. And periods of sub-$1 prices were successfully fixed, too, with the aforementioned coupon freezing mechanism pushing them back up to $1.
However, since late December the price of ESD has gradually fallen to 23 cents. DSD stablecoins have fallen to 24 cents. There is little indication that either will ever return to $1. The value of ESD is presented in Figure 1. The value and volume of DSD is presented in Figure 2.
Source: Dune Analytics
Figure 1. Empty Set Dollar (Sep 24, 2020 to Jan 26, 2021).
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Figure 2. Dynamic Set Dollar price (Dec 10, 2020 to Jan 30, 2021, logarithmic scale).
Are Empty Set Dollar and Dynamic Set Dollar permanently broken?
It's probably too early to tell. But I would suggest that algorithmic stablecoins are prone to permanent breakage. To understand why, let me propose a simple way to think about these systems. The success of an algorithmic stablecoin is reliant on a careful dance between two types of participants. Jack likes stability, and so he has a preference for stablecoins. Jill likes to speculate, and prefers high-return opportunities like coupons.
The relationship between the two is circular. Jack's decision to hold ESD stablecoins is contingent on whether he trusts that Jill will buy coupons when the peg breaks. But Jill's decision to buy coupons is contingent on whether she trusts Jack to use the ESD stablecoin system.
As long as the two participants stay positive, their mutual expectations can keep the system moored to $1. But if, for any reason, Jack and Jill's self-referential beliefs in each other begin to deteriorate, the stablecoin price will irrevocably collapse. Jack won't use stablecoins because he doesn't think that Jill will support the system by buying coupons. Jill won't support the system because she doesn't think Jack will use the system's stablecoins.
It might be possible for algorithmic stablecoin users' self-referential beliefs in each other to keep the $1 peg running for a period of time. But this equilibrium is fragile. In any given time period, there is some chance the system will break down. Hence, the probability that the system will break down in some time period between now and x approaches 1 as x approaches infinity. In other words: the system is very likely to break down at some point, even if it is unlikely to break down today.
The stability of traditional dollar representatives like PayPal balances or MakerDao's Dai stablecoins relies on a less fragile stabilization mechanism than the self-referential expectations of its users. PayPal and Dai's stockpiles of assets, or collateral, are what secure them. If PayPal or MakerDAO users suffer from a sudden flight in confidence, the existence of an independent anchor of solid reserves should help defeat, or at least dampen, negative feedback loops.
Efforts to create stability without collateral are ambitious. The evidence that Empty Set Dollar and Dynamic Set Dollar have provided over the last few months suggests they are too ambitious. An algorithmic stablecoin only works so long as its users' self-referential beliefs persist.
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History of Kyrgyzstan
Kyrgyzstan is the country of unchanging history that will make you to learn more about its significant events when you travel in Kyrgyzstan and decide to rent a car for another trip. The first thing that needs to be said is the nomadic way of life of Kyrgyz, which brought up a great contribution to the history. It is a well-known fact that Kyrgyz never built big cities, towns and castles because they preferred to be close to the nature and peace. In the course of your tours in Kyrgyzstan, you will never see abandoned scripts on the rocks, because they used to have face to face conversation. The first remaining of the word "Kyrgyz" was found 2000 years ago in 201 BC.
Prehistory (1 million years ago - 1 000 BC)
One of the most striking features of the prehistory of Kyrgyzstan is the growth of culture and art. In your tours in Kyrgyzstan, you will find the Rock Art Gallery in Cholpon Ata, which considered being the cultural legacy of country. According to some researches, this place was a spiritual center of human in the Bronze Age. We recommend you to visit Rock Art Gallery during your tour in Kyrgyzstan. You will be shown 2000 images on the rocks, which defined the lifestyle of Kyrgyz people. There are pictures of goats, bulls, horses, deer, camels, dogs and others historical creatures. Besides, you will find images hunting, plowing, ritual dancing, animals with carts, labyrinths and erotic.
Ancient History (1 000 BC - 300 AD)
Let us start from the ethnonym "Kyrgyz" that appered in 201 BC. One Chinese historian Sima Tan highlighted in his "Historical notes" that Kyrgyz dominated by the Hunnu. Another Chinese historian Ban Gu mentioned in his chronicle Han-shu (History of Han) that Kyrgyz was found in 1st century BC. There were next points that Kyrgyz appeared in the area of Eastern Turkestan and developed in the east from the territory of Kyrgyzstan. There are many disputes about dates of Kyrgyz establishment.
Turkic Era (500-1200)
Another good thing about Turkic Era is that in the period of the early Middle Ages was a great movement of Turkic-speaking tribes from the Altai Mountains to the Central Asian region, which formed first Turkic dynasties in the 6th and 13th centuries. The Kyrgyz was still unknown in 6th century, but later formed its establishment in 7th century on the middle Yenisei River and South Siberia. The ruler of Kyrgyz Kaganate was Barsbek ajo-king. Over the centuries the Yenisei Kyrgyz established its dynasty from the Irtysh River in the west to the Big Khingan range in the east as well as from the Angara and Selenga Rivers in the north to the Gobi Desert in the south. Finally, the Great Kyrgyz Empire was formed by the soviet historian Barthold.
The Mongol Rule (1200-1400)
During your tour in Kyrgyzstan guests will drive cars for rent, and they will be told about the Mongol Rule, which brought up catastrophic events to the history of Kyrgyzstan and Central Asia. It was period of Mongol assault. The powerful Mongol dynasty was formed by Genghis Khan who ruled the territory of Central Asia and demolished the Turkic state in 1207. It forced the Yenisei Kyrgyz to join Genghiz Khan's army. He ruled almost several hundred years.
In 12th and 15th centuries the Kyrgyz started to follow Islam religion due to Persian and Arab supporters who took a part in the Silk Road.
Kyrgyz consolidation (1400-1800)
It is important to note that Kyrgyz moved in Kyrgyzstan from South Siberia in 15th century, but still the Kyrgyz state was absent. There were many fights to build Kyrgyz state and finally they formed ethno-political system consisting of two wings and center as well as tribes. They were independent and formed for four centuries.
Russian Colonization (1770-1917)
The Russian colonization made efforts to make Kyrgyzstan join to Russia and protect from threats of China, Koqand and Kazakhs. Thus, Kyrgyzstan peacefully accepted the Russian colonization while Kazakhstan was taken by force as a result of colonization policy and military operations of the Russian Empire. After all, they developed a new administrative-territorial system and settled agricultural economy.
Soviet Rule (1917-1991)
Most of all, Bolsheviks made a great contribution for the history of Kyrgyzstan in 1917. In your tours in Kyrgyzstan, you will be told that people in that period had equal rights and supported by the government. The political, economic and cultural situation of Kyrgyzstan was high. It was time of developing elementary, secondary and higher education as well as professional literature, theatre, painting, cinema, science and the institution of metal industry and machinery. The prosperity of Kyrgyzstan developed thanks to the Bolsheviks, excluding the Authorization, Collectivization and Cultural Revolution, which killed many people.
Independent Kyrgyzstan (since 1991)
An important point is that Kyrgyzstan is finally got its independence. They introduced national flag, emblem and anthem. The Constitution of Kyrgyzstan was adopted in 1993. As a result of independence, Kyrgyzstan joined to UN in March, 2. The prosperity time gone and Kyrgyzstan faced with a poor political situation which led to the unemployment. The country met political, economic and social disaster. Unfortunately, Kyrgyzstan struggled with two revolutions happened in 2005 and 2010. Meanwhile, the previous conditions were dealt and new parliamentary system established in 2010. Nowadays, the government of Kyrgyzstan became stable and open for its travellers who planning to travel in Kyrgyzstan having visited and taken the offers of car rent companies.


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Alexandre Auguste Lippmann (født 11. juni 1880, død 23. februar 1960) var en fransk fægter som deltog i tre olympiske lege, 1908 i London, 1920 i Antwerpen og 1924 i Paris.

Lippmann blev olympisk mester i fægtning under OL 1908. Han var med på det franske hold som vandt holdkonkurrencen i kårde. Han kom på en andenplads i den individuelle konkurrence. Seksten år senere, under OL 1924 i Paris, vandt han sin anden olympiske titel, også denne gang i holdkonkurrencen i kårde. Lippmann vandt også to medaljer under OL 1920 i Antwerpen, en sølvmedalje i den individuelle konkurrence i kårde og en bronzemedalje i holdkonkurrencen.

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Secretary Mattis Tells Congress to Do Its Job
While it appears Congress may have reached a two-year budget agreement, not only to avoid a shutdown on Thursday, but also to provide increased and stable spending levels for defense and non-defense programs, I think it is important to note what Defense Secretary James Mattis said in testimony before the House Armed Services Committee yesterday:
"As hard as the last 16 years of war have been, no enemy in the field has done as much to harm to the readiness of the U.S. military than the combined impact of the Budget Control Act's defense spending caps, worsened by operating for 10 of the last 11 years under continuing resolutions of varied and unpredictable duration. The Budget Control Act was purposefully designed to be so injurious that it would force Congress to pass necessary budgets -- it was never intended to be the solution."
Rep. Adam Smith (D, Wash), the ranking Democrat on the Committee, channeled his inner Barack Obama, arguing that increases in defense spending, or apparently, even certainty in defense spending, had to be linked to non-defense spending. Rep. Smith appeared, like President Obama, to be unwilling to let defense and non-defense programs be voted on and approved separately. While President Obama claimed to support increases and certainty in defense spending, he was willing to allow cutbacks and uncertainty if he couldn't get the increases he wanted in non-defense programs.
The result was as Secretary Mattis said.
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As the 12 videos released by the Center for Medical Progress since July 14 continue to draw needed attention to Planned Parenthood and the abortion industry the corporation represents, the good work of pregnancy help centers all over the world is gaining traction in the process.
In his article, "5 Things We've Learned Since The First Planned Parenthood Video," published today at The Federalist, LifeSiteNews.com co-founder John-Henry Westen became the latest pro-life voice to point to the pregnancy help community as a vital, life-giving answer to the problem of unexpected pregnancy.
Westen's endorsement of the pregnancy help community, and Heartbeat International's network in particular, follows that of abortion survivor Gianna Jessen, who urged women facing crisis pregnancies to find local help through Heartbeat International's 24/7 contact center, Option Line (OptionLine.org, 1-800-712-HELP) at a congressional hearing Sept. 10.
Planned Parenthood also claims that its existence and government funding are critical to the health of America's women, a claim parroted by their allies in the media and in Congress. However, the Charlotte Lozier Institute and ADF have shown there are 13,540 community health centers compared to 665 Planned Parenthood clinics.
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WEDDINGS * ENGAGEMENTS * CELEBRATIONS * CORPORATE EVENTS * SPECIAL EVENTS * HOLIDAY PARTIES * MEMORIALS! > NEW! Expanded Wedding Cocktail Hour Playlist > NEW! Expanded Top 40 Sax Covers | Sax HOUSE EDM | Party Dance w/ Sax! > NEW! More Smooth Jazz song covers! > NEW! Expanded Gatsby roaring 1920's | 1940's "Swing Set" | Sinatra | Oldies Rock n' Roll Unplugged performances (no electricity required!) - Beach, mountains, parks! Sax ONE (that's me, Dan Dunshee) Performs the... (more)
Jazz Singer from Las Vegas, NV (231 miles from Pixley, CA)
RATED #1 JAZZ SINGER/SOLOIST IN THE U.S ON GIGMASTERS FOR 6 YEARS IN A ROW, WINNER OF THE 2009, 2010, 2011, 2013 and 2014 RISING STAR AWARD, THE "BEST OF 2012, 2015, 2016 and 2018" AWARDS! Lisa Smith is an accomplished, experienced, versatile singer (Jazz, Blues, Motown, Pop, R&B, Country, Wedding Songs, Broadway, Cabaret, etc.) and performer, with over 15 years of professional experience. Creating a custom package and performance to fit your preferences, Lisa has access to the most... (more)
Ruby Jaye
Singer from Sacramento, CA (215 miles from Pixley, CA)
Ruby Jaye was recently featured on NPR's Capital Public Radio and Good Day Sacramento. Her style has been compared to Norah Jones and Regina Spektor, with classic jazz and blues qualities paired with a modern taste. Ruby Jaye performs across the West Coast and learns special requests from any genre. Performing: Wedding ceremonies/receptions (with her full band available) Corporate parties Birthday/Anniversary parties Performing solo, in a duo and full bands. "When you hear Ruby... (more)
YVONNE COBBS
Singer from Oakland, CA (208 miles from Pixley, CA)
Yvonne Cobbs touches many with her harmonious and soulful voice as she sings; causing feet to move, bodies to rock, eyes to tear up and hearts to smile. From the Star Spangled Banner to Gospel, Jazz, R&B, she will accommodate you with what ever style of music you choose. She's available for funerals, weddings, church services, community events and celebrations. Yvonne is professional and will work with you on song choices to make your event memorable. She sings by performance tracks, ... (more)
Justin Diaz
Acoustic Guitar from Napa, CA (233 miles from Pixley, CA)
~ Justin Diaz has a young face and an old soul and has been performing high quality music all over the world for many years. *(see testimonials below) With over a decade of performing experience he has honed his skills in interacting with patrons and communicating with clients. He has traveled to 65+ countries and 50 states; thoroughly observing cultures, music and people along the way. These experiences have equipped him to provide the service of high quality music at the times when it... (more)
Stephen Curto
One Man Band from Redondo Beach, CA (153 miles from Pixley, CA)
Hi! Are you looking for something to make your event really cool and special? My name is Steve Curto, and I have been a professional musician (piano, keyboard & vocalist) for over 30 years. (see what other clients have said as I have over 90 "perfect 5-Star reviews in my 9 years with Gigmasters/The Bash) My show is unique in that I specialize in 60's, 70's, 80's, and current songs (you would know every lyric) as a One Man Band with a full band sound that replicates the original... (more)
A Pianist For You
Piano from Redondo Beach, CA (153 miles from Pixley, CA)
I play all the old standards, Broadway and Movie themes, some jazz, classical and International music, even opera arias on the piano. Quite an extensive repertoire. I have played in some of the finest restaurants and hotels in San Francisco, Washington, DC and Redondo Beach, CA. I even have some booklets with lyrics so your guests can sing-a-long with me. A booklet with standards, Broadway tunes, and International songs in multi-languages and some real oldies. Also a special Irish booklet... (more)
Scott Nicholson Piano Entertainment
Piano from Las Vegas, NV (232 miles from Pixley, CA)
Scott has been a full time Las Vegas performer for 14 years working as a pianist and vocalist. There are three things you can rely on with Scott... Talent, Versatility, and Experience! Whether you have a small intimate gathering at your home, if you need music for a wedding, or if you need a performance in front of 1000 people, Scott can provide with his vast repertoire of songs and musicians he works with. He performs Rock, Country, Jazz, Oldies, and Pop music, whatever you need for your... (more)
Courtney Cotter King
Singing Pianist from Gilbert, AZ (461 miles from Pixley, CA)
Courtney Cotter King has been playing her mix of original music and classic covers at dozens of top venues in the Phoenix area for years and has come to dominate the singer/songwriter scene. She commands a room with merit for listening. Fervor Records CEO David Hilker was quoted in a Phoenix New Times Article, "Musically, she is a triple threat: an excellent pianist, exceptional vocalist, and extraordinary songwriter. She commands a deep understanding of how to emote via all three."... (more)
Amy Andrews
Singer from Washington, DC (2304 miles from Pixley, CA)
Award winning artist Amy Andrews has been named Best of GigMasters for 5 out of 5 years, and would love to bring her sound to your celebrations! As a musician for everything from Hollywood Star studded galas to the U.S.O., to intimate gatherings and celebrations of all kinds (wedding, cocktail hours, and other special events), Amy is regarded as a consummate performer, receiving praise for her ability to seemingly effortlessly, and non-invasively, navigate and enhance the day's... (more)
Violette & La Vie En Rose
Singing Pianist from Montclair, NJ (2435 miles from Pixley, CA)
French native Pianist & Singer Violette from La Vie En Rose Band is available for corporate events, weddings and parties. Violette's tasteful marriage of American Jazz standards (Ella Fitzgerald, Frank Sinatra etc), French classics (Edith Piaf) and Pop (Adele, John Legend, Aretha Franklin) will add an upbeat and elegant touch to your event: a bridge between the old world and the new, between French charm, American glam and contemporary pop. Violette can perform solo, piano/voice, or... (more)
Marie Michele
Singing Pianist from New York City, NY (2447 miles from Pixley, CA)
Marie Michèle is a singer and pianist originally from Paris, France. Her repertoire is extremely versatile, covering classic Jazz (Blossom Dearie, Nat King Cole) to French chanson (Yves Montand, Edith Piaf) , to Brazilian Bossa nova (Jobim, Joao Gilberto) and modern Soul/Pop/Rnb (Stevie Wonder, Aretha Franklin, John Legend, Adele, etc) . She will add a timeless, elegant touch to your event, and will be happy to learn special requests and adapt to your preferences! Je parle et chante en... (more)
Matt Walch-Singing The Big Band Standards
Big Band Singer from Ann Arbor, MI (1934 miles from Pixley, CA)
Singing the Big Band Standards and more like you've never heard before! Winner of many awards through Gigmasters including "Top Tribute Singer" for 2010, 2011, 2012, and 2014, "Top Italian Singer" for 2011, and finally "Top Big Band Singer" award for every year since joining - 2008 through 2014!" Matt Walch is from Michigan, performing throughout the country. His music consists of songs recorded by Sinatra, Tony Bennett, Nat King Cole, Dean Martin, Johnny Mathis, Elvis, Bobby Darin, Michael... (more)
Singer Guitarist from Reynoldsburg, OH (1992 miles from Pixley, CA)
EXPERIENCED FULL TIME PROFESSIONAL: Nationally Touring Singer/Acoustic Guitarist. SOLO, TRIO or 4 PIECE BAND. Specializing in the music of the 50s, 60s and 70s. Early Rock & Roll Classics, 'One Hit Wonders', Folk, Country and Original music. INCLUDING THE MUSIC OF: James Taylor, John Denver, Buddy Holly, Jim Croce, Sam Cooke, The Beatles, Cat Stevens, The Eagles, Neil Young, America, Bread, Chuck Berry and many, many more. PERFORMS WITH: Gibson, Epiphone, Guild, Gretsch, Takamine,... (more)
Carrie Bartsch
Violin from Rapid City, SD (1016 miles from Pixley, CA)
ENDORSEMENTS: "Strong principal player. The Beethoven was exquisite." -Victor Yampolsky, Maestro, Northwestern University Chamber Orchestra "She plays with a fierce, head-snapping intensity"--Mike Fornatale, Left Banke Lead Singer "She tells a story with her music" --James Riccardo, Teacher/Violinist, Soloist with St. Paul Chamber Orchestra, Minnesota Orchestra "We work well together. Great energy!" --Cee Lo Green, on tour with Gnarls Barkely BIOS: St. Olaf Orchestra alum,... (more)
Kenny Cunningham/Acoustic English Guitarist/Singer
Acoustic Guitar from Philadelphia, PA (2399 miles from Pixley, CA)
Kenny is a solo acoustic guitarist and singer/songwriter from Liverpool, England. Kenny has played music all over the world - from parties/restaurants in Liverpool and London to the South of France to the Caribbean where he also worked on Yachts and played music for guests. His acoustic music of classic rock/contemporary folk, unique voice, fingerpicking guitar style is reminiscent of Paul Simon and James Taylor and sounds like two guitars! He often (when requested) provides a coffee... (more)
Hughie Mac
Singer from Lafayette Hill, PA (2387 miles from Pixley, CA)
Travel back with Hughie Mac thru the music of yesteryear. You will love hearing Hughie's baritone voice doing the music of our youth. He has a very big and extremely varied repertoire of songs. He is one of the few singers who does Big Band Sinatra type music as well as Country and Rock. Whether it be ballad or up tempo, Hughie has some songs from virtually every era. Starting as far back as the 30s and 40s he goes thru the 50s Doo Wop right up to the present day. Some but not all of the... (more)
Variety Singer from Atlanta, GA (1972 miles from Pixley, CA)
I have been performing as a vocalist/keyboardist since 1995. I love entertaining an audience and playing all the great songs that evoke memories. I perform for all types of events from Wedding Ceremonies to Corporate Functions. My vocal style is versatile doing everything from Michael Buble, Sam Cooke and Van Morrison to Pink Floyd, The Beatles and Elton John. People liken my vocal sound and style to James Taylor, Jackson Browne, Elton John, Chris Martin of Coldplay, and David Gilmour. I... (more)


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A computational feedforward model predicts categorization of masked emotional body language for longer, but not for shorter, latencies
B.M.C. Stienen, K. Schindler, B. de Gelder
Cognitive Neuropsychology
Given the presence of massive feedback loops in brain networks, it is difficult to disentangle the contribution of feedforward and feedback processing to the recognition of visual stimuli, in this case, of emotional body expressions. The aim of the work presented in this letter is to shed light on how well feedforward processing explains rapid categorization of this important class of stimuli. By means of parametric masking, it may be possible to control the contribution of feedback activity in human participants. A close comparison is presented between human recognition performance and the performance of a computational neural model that exclusively modeled feedforward processing and was engineered to fulfill the computational requirements of recognition. Results show that the longer the stimulus onset asynchrony (SOA), the closer the performance of the human participants was to the values predicted by the model, with an optimum at an SOA of 100 ms. At short SOA latencies, human performance deteriorated, but the categorization of the emotional expressions was still above baseline. The data suggest that, although theoretically, feedback arising from inferotemporal cortex is likely to be blocked when the SOA is 100 ms, human participants still seem to rely on more local visual feedback processing to equal the model's performance.
Neural Computation
https://doi.org/10.1162/NECO_a_00305
10.1162/NECO_a_00305
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Stienen, B. M. C., Schindler, K., & de Gelder, B. (2012). A computational feedforward model predicts categorization of masked emotional body language for longer, but not for shorter, latencies. Neural Computation, 24(7), 1806-1821. https://doi.org/10.1162/NECO_a_00305
Stienen, B.M.C. ; Schindler, K. ; de Gelder, B. / A computational feedforward model predicts categorization of masked emotional body language for longer, but not for shorter, latencies. In: Neural Computation. 2012 ; Vol. 24, No. 7. pp. 1806-1821.
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If you're a fan of this album and the band I can recommend this sacd to you with little hesitation. Folk music was still in fashion in the early 70;s and America mixed this with rock and some very unique harmonies.....and you get this kind of music. Its a great idea to release this album on sacd. Its a terrific title. Always has been.
I do own some America cd's and they sound decent enough but also seem to be slightly remixed. And they sound nothing like this sacd.
This album being primarily driven by acoustic guitars showcases the sound of those instruments in a very gorgeous, lifelike manner. The guitars sound woody with beautiful string tone. Vocals, bass and soundstage are all rendered realistically. This being the big difference between the cd's and this new sacd. The total feeling of reality and lifelike timbres of the instruments. You can feel the musicians in the studio.
The music and the entire album is pretty awesome. If you like America this album is essential and should not be missed.
Steve Hoffman's mastering is very faithful and he did a tremendous job with tapes that sound very good. The recording is very full........some tracks being recorded louder than other tracks.....and Hoffman did not tinker with this. He seems to let the actual tapes dictate the overall sound of this sacd. I don't believe he remixed anything....just let the musicians and their music flow organically ......the exact way in which they were recorded.
When I listened to Horse with no name for instance...........I felt its power but I knew that I was used to the remixed cd version at first. So it took me a while to get that version out of my head. This new sacd version has more sculpted vocals that are lifelike....and the guitars are great. When the second verse kicks in..........its a real treat. Very powerful. The sacd has this song very relaxed and organic. Sandman and I need you are also good........3 hits on this album alone.
I am a fan of Hoffman's sacd work although some of his recent efforts have left me cold. I know that its not the mastering but the source used. When I hear his work with this sacd.I know I'm right in that assertion. Because this sacd is terrific in every way. A beautiful job in every way.
This may be the best sounding disc of the year. The fullness is amazing. It is so nice to hear the bass lines. The guitars and harmonies sound very crisp and lush. One can hear the placement of every instrument, both light and right as well as front and back. if you enjoy America, get this immediately.
America: America Hybrid SACD Stereo Only.
Quick Facts: Released in 1971 without A Horse With No Name. Due to the popularity of that song was re released in 1972 with that song. I didn't know that. This my first and only America album purchase in 1972. I saw them live at the Cow Palace 1989, for Earthquake Relief. Package says "Limited Numbered Edition" I did not get a numbered sticker as I have with others, I guess they went beyond the limited edition. AF released this in 2013.
Performance: Beautiful. Soft, easy going, acoustic guitar flavored rock music. Lots of credits due to recording but three guys (Dewey,Dan,Garry) make the band.
Stereo Sonics: Brilliant. Open, airy, warm, analogue, sound stage is wide and deep. Instruments resonate very well. Strings of guitars and wood neck tweaks are great. I did here some random clicking on track 8. Track 12 Pigeon Song with it's opening solo acoustic might as well be live in your listening space. This is a great stereo disc to turn up a bit and let it fill your house, well if your house is not a 32 room mansion. The piano and guitars on I Need You is amazing and lovely. The star of the show, A Horse With No Name, is guaranteed the best I ever heard.
Packaging: Typical Audio Fidelity with plastic jewel case and outer paper sleeve. 4 page mini paper booklet with musician track notes. No lyrics.
Giving Credit: Analogue reviews, the first person to review this disc has a better comprehension and is a really good review writer. We tend to like the same music so it is hard to go behind him but I do my best.
Great disc of 1971 mellow rock music.


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How can you use Chrome's DevTools inspector to help you format or position
elements? How can you resize elements on the DOM using CSS? What are the
differences between Absolute, Fixed, Static, and Relative positioning? Which
did you find easiest to use? Which was most difficult? What are the
differences between Margin, Border, and Padding? What was your impression of
this challenge overall? (love, hate, and why?)

Chrome DevTools are really helpful because they give you a
visualization of the all of the display properties on the page, and a
sand box for rapidly experimenting with them. Its especially good for
positioning because you can make small changes and quickly see the
impact, and judge what changes to make based on the visual properties
of the element boxes on the page.

You can size elements by setting the height and/or width attributes to
a % value. This will resize the element when the parent element is
resized. If the parent element is the body, it should change when the
window size changes. You can also allow the user to resize an element
by setting the resize value of its CSS to both, vertical or
horizontal.

By default, all elements are set to static positioning. An element with static positioning is not affected by the left, right, bottom or top, properties. Static elements positions are determined by the flow of their placement in the HTML code. Relative positioned elements can be moved relative to their normal positioning. They can be moved with the right, left, top, and bottom attributes relative to the elements original placement. An element with fixed positioning is fixed to the viewport. Even when the window is resized or scrolled through, it will stay fixed in its position relative to the edge of the viewport.
An element with absolute positioning is placed relative to the nearest non-static ancestor. If it has no positioned(non-static) ancestors, it is positioned relative to document body, and behaves kind of like a fixed element.

I thought relative was the easiest to use, because its easy to see where you want an element to be moved to based on its current position, especially when using devTools. I think static and absolute are the hardest to use. Static is difficult to use because the only ability you have for positioning the element is where you place it within the HTML code. Absolute is hard because you must take into account what element is its nearest positioned ancestor, and move it based on that. That can be difficult especially if some things on the page are static, or move during scrolling or resizing.

Margin, border and padding are all aspects of the box model. The border is the size of the element box. Padding determines the amount of space between the border's inner edge and anything contained in the box. The margin is the amount of space between the outer edge of the border and any elements outside of the element's border.

I liked this challenge. I thought it was fun, and my partner was really great to work with. It didn't take to long and I thought we were able to complete everything pretty well in a collaborative fashion.


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