text:
JPRI Critique Volume 26 Number 4 (December 2020)
Modern Money Theory and the Case of Japan
by Sayuri Shirai
Modern monetary theory (MMT) has gained prominence in light of doubts about the effectiveness of monetary policy in addressing economic shortfalls. This paper, which first appeared at VoxEU.org, assesses the implications of implementing the theory's policy prescriptions, and the challenges it presents in the case of Japan – an economy that some have argued has already been subject to such policy. Japan's labor shortages and low inflation mean modern monetary theory's fiscal stimulus suggestions may be harder to implement than they initially seem. The author is a professor of economics at Keio University and a former member of the Bank of Japan Policy Board. [1]
"Modern monetary theory" (MMT) has become a much-discussed topic in policy recently. While MMT has been known for some time, it has captured a lot of attention after U.S. Congresswoman Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez of New York stressed its importance to boosting public spending for education and medical services. [2] The growing emphasis on expansionary fiscal policy reflects the disappointing performance of unconventional monetary easing – including lower-than-expected economic growth and inflation performance, as well as various adverse side effects. Moreover, the global economic slowdown, rising relative poverty and inequality, and limited opportunity for additional monetary easing all support the case for fiscal expansionary policy.
MMT is consistent with the pro-fiscal policy view, but provides unique views about the role of government spending as well as zero-default risk on domestic currency-denominated government debt. It claims that governments never default on their own currency-denominated debt because the monetary sovereign government is the monopoly supplier of its currency (for example, Tymoigne and Wray 2013). Thus, government should increase public spending in the correspondent domestic currency – namely, reserve balances of designated financial institutions with the central bank – to achieve full employment as an employer of last resort and price stability without worrying about rises in the fiscal deficit and public debt. [3] As the government is never financially constrained, neither taxes nor bond issuance to the market are necessary in order to finance public spending. MMT holds that expansionary fiscal policy can be sustained until substantial inflationary risk emerges, which in turn could be controlled through a tax hike. Taxes are not only treated as an inflation adjustment tool, but also used as a tool to increase public demand for the currency.
Salient Features of MMT: Dominance of Fiscal Over Monetary Policy
The most salient feature of MMT is [its contention] that fiscal policy is effective while monetary policy is ineffective for several reasons.
For starters, monetary accommodation or a cut in interest rates in a downturn does not necessarily generate sufficient private sector demand for credit when the outlook on firm profitability and household income remains weak.
Second, a cut in interest rates could be economically contractionary, since reduced interest income discourages active private sector spending. A cut in interest rates also promotes an unfair transfer of interest income from creditors to debtors, causing distortions in income distribution. For these reasons, a negative interest rate policy is dismissed by MMT. Similarly, monetary tightening or an interest rate hike in an expansionary phase does not necessarily contain credit growth and excessive inflation if domestic demand could be boosted by increased interest income.
Third, monetary easing tends to promote an accumulation of private sector debt and thus reduce private sector net wealth, as mentioned below.
Some of these points – especially those related to the effectiveness of monetary policy – seem to partially align with the fact that unconventional monetary easing conducted by major central banks after the Global Crisis generated disappointing results in terms of addressing aggregate demand, inflation, and long-term inflation expectations. In contrast, the government is able to increase employment directly by conducting various public projects. Another distinctive feature of MMT is that expansionary fiscal policy lowers interest rates rather than raising them – contrary to the widely shared view of the crowding-out effect in the loanable funds market. This feature could prevail if increased government spending raised reserve balances and place downward pressure on market interest rates.
Regarding the role of monetary policy, MMT emphasizes that a central bank should support fiscal policy by maintaining interest rates at around 0% persistently and passively to maximize the effectiveness of the fiscal policy. Maintaining the low interest rate is conducted by an open market operation with commercial banks using government bonds. This means that the objective of monetary policy should be shifted solely to making fiscal policy as effective as possible – the conventional active role of stimulating/containing aggregate demand and inflation. This leads to a provocative conclusion that monetary policy cannot control inflation but can only control interest rates, which poses a major challenge to modern central banking practices that emphasize the price stability mandate and central bank independence.
Three Conditions to Justify MMT
These views or conclusions embedded in MMT have been controversial and have invited a lot of criticism, including the risk of hyperinflation, and the over-simplification of inflation dynamics and other elements of the actual economy in the model (such as an exchange rate depreciation), and the lack of political economy perspectives concerning the use of taxes as an inflation adjustment tool (Palley 2013, 2019, Summers 2019). Critics argue that the MMT claims are not consistent with the fact that many countries engaged in debt monetization have historically experienced significant inflation or hyperinflation.
In my view, at least three conditions are necessary to justify MMT's conclusions.
* First, public spending should intensively prioritize productivity-enhancing infrastructure, human capital, and innovation, which would raise potential economic growth and thereby prevent substantial inflation.
* Second, a government should issue its own currency rather than issue bonds through capital markets that are sensitive to investor sentiment and subject to volatility. To do so, dollarization or the prevalence of a foreign currency in economic and financial transactions domestically should be avoided. The public needs to build up trust in a central bank and its issuing currency.
* Third, the private sector is able to increase corporate or household debt, but must achieve debt sustainability in the long run to avoid the banking and private sector debt crises in the future that would require painful debt restructuring. This reflects MMT's view that government debt is more desirable and sustainable than private sector debt. This is because growing government debt could raise net financial wealth within the private sector and thus enhance wellbeing by allowing future consumption through saving today. In contrast, growing private sector debt reduces net financial wealth within the private sector and amplifies default risk. Monetary easing may promote an accumulation of private sector debt, possibly leading to future private sector debt and financial crises. Indeed, this point appears to be consistent with the reality that private sector debt crises occurred frequently globally in the past while public debt crises rarely happened in advanced economies in the contemporary era, where mature physical and social infrastructure are already in place and most government debt held by foreign investors are denominated in their own domestic currency.
Implications of MMT for the Case of Japan
Professor Stephanie Kelton of Stony Book University, an MMT proponent, is of the view that Japan has been conducting MMT for some time. [4] This statement invited discussions in Japan and is now viewed widely as a misunderstanding of the Bank of Japan's monetary policy (Table 1). The misunderstanding appears to have stemmed from the seemingly-familiar circumstances such as the Bank's large-scale holdings of government bonds and associated reserve balances, as well as the long-term interest rate stabilization policy at around 0% under the yield curve control (Figure 1). Professor Kelton's view was also rejected last year by then Prime Minister Shinzo Abe and Governor Haruhiko Kuroda because of the government's commitment to getting its fiscal house in order [5] – even though the government goal of achieving a primary fiscal surplus has been long unfulfilled. It should be noted that the Bank of Japan purchases many government bonds from the market at negative yields – losing money by purchasing bonds at higher prices than face value.
Table 1: Features of MMT and the Bank of Japan's Monetary Policy
(Source: Prepared by Sayuri Shirai)
Figure 1: Bank of Japan's Balance Sheet
(Source: Bank of Japan)
Assets (trillions of yen)
Liabilities (trillions of yen)
What would be the implications of MMT for the Japanese economy if it were to be adopted? Japan's level of household consumption has remained weak over the past two decades, reflecting stagnant real salary growth – mainly arising from low productivity growth. Households' nominal disposable income has increased moderately in recent years but has remained below the 2000 level. Weak consumption is also attributable to concerns related to the rapidly-growing aging society, with an average life expectancy of 84 years as of 2018. The public has been worried about limited pension benefits. Many people have questioned the sustainability of the national pension system – as evidenced by the relatively low non-payment ratio of compulsory pension premiums (about 30% currently) – especially among the young generation. It is associated with inter-generational cost-benefit imbalance problems, where current pensioners receive more in benefits than they paid while the younger generation is expected to pay more than current pensioners but receive less in benefits than current pensioners, since the national pension is basically a social insurance PAYG scheme (partially funded by government taxes and reserves).
To deal with weak consumption and low inflation issues, MMT proponents might recommend that Japan's government increase pension and other social security benefits (for example, support for single mothers and aged widows) more generously and reverse the consumption tax hike. Also, the government should increase productivity urgently by spending more on information networks, occupational training and engineering- and computer science-intensive education, as well as more R&D on healthcare, new drugs, and labor-saving medical treatment methods. MMT proponents might think this could work despite public debt accounting for 240% of GDP. The persistent current account surplus of over 3%, signaling excess production over domestic spending, could be another rationale for the government to spend more to increase domestic absorption and thus improve domestic living standards. Meanwhile, the Bank of Japan would be instructed to maintain the current 10-year yield target set at around 0% under the yield curve control.
Is MMT Really Useful for Japan?
What are the blind spots in applying MMT in Japan? First, little economic slack is left in Japan due to the serious labor shortage coming from unfavorable demographics while underlying inflation (excluding volatile food and energy) remains weak and well below the 2% price stability target. Increased government spending may only exacerbate the labor constraint and squeeze private sector economic activities. The recent liberalization policy to accept more temporary foreign workers is welcome but will not be enough to offset the labor shortage. Thus, MMT may not be a solution to Japan's complex problems.
Second, adoption of MMT by the government would require good communication skills to convince households that the social security system will always be sustainable despite mounting aging-related costs and the generous provision of pension benefits and health/elderly care services. However, should inflationary risk emerge, the government might be compelled to cut social security benefits as the sustainability of such a generous social security system diminishes. If households anticipate this event, concerns about aging problems and the sustainability of the social security system will always persist.
Third, substantially low interest rates, long a fixture in Japan, may be sustaining zombie firms and discouraging vital corporate restructuring, exerting downward pressure on productivity growth. According to the Bank of Japan's estimates, Japan's potential economic growth has already declined from 1% in 2014 to less than 0.7% today, mainly due to a decline in total factor productivity (TFP) growth. [6] The decrease in potential economic growth is likely to move toward 0.5% in the medium term due to tighter labor constraints. It is thus unclear whether current low interest rates, which do not necessarily reflect the credit worthiness of borrowers, would be good for Japan's economy even though the crowding-out effect is eliminated.
Fourth, the adverse impacts of unconventional monetary easing on financial repression and market distortion are not well covered by MMT. Japan's bond market has been distorted due to heavy intervention by the Bank of Japan, which already holds half of Japanese government bonds. The yield curve has been very flat, at low yield levels, and liquidity has become shallow. Profitability in the banking sector has declined due to lower lending-deposit interest rate margins and low yields on government bonds. Small banks have increasingly extended credit to lower quality borrowers and real estate projects in the face of the rising share of nondebt households and nondebt viable firms (Bank of Japan 2019). Housing prices have surged in metropolitan areas due to increased real estate development projects, scarce land, and increased construction costs arising from a shortage of construction workers and imported construction materials. Higher new home prices have reduced their affordability for general households, exerting downward pressures on aggregate demand. The risk of a real estate bubble in prime metropolitan areas is high and might occur after the upcoming Olympic Games, given the growing number of vacant old houses and apartments.
MMT provides the pro-fiscal policy view but provides unique views about the role of government spending as well as zero default risk on domestic currency-denominated government debt. MMT's challenges center on the implementation of its views, as the case of Japan demonstrates. One important issue is whether Japan's government is able to keep increasing public debt and the Bank of Japan continues to stabilize the 10-year yield at around 0% for the future as long as the current low inflation and low interest rate environment continue to prevail.
Dr. Sayuri Shirai is professor of economics in the Faculty of Policy Management at Keio University in Tokyo, Japan. Beyond the academy, she has served as policy advisor to the Minister of Finance of Zambia (2019), visiting scholar at the Asian Development Bank Institute (2016-2020), and member of the Bank of Japan Policy Board (2011-2016). Prior to her faculty appointment at Keio, she served as staff economist at the International Monetary Fund (1993-1998). She is a graduate of Keio University and holds a Ph.D. in economics from Columbia University. She is the author of numerous articles and books on macroeconomic and monetary policies, Japan's economy, China's exchange rate system, the European debt crisis, etc. Her most recent books are Growing Central Bank Challenges in the World and Japan: Low Inflation, Monetary Policy, and Digital Currency (2020) and Mission Incomplete: Reflating Japan's Economy Paperback (2017). A popular media commentator, she has appeared on Bloomberg TV, CNBC, Channel News Asia, and many Japanese television programs and newspapers.
[1]"This policy paper was originally published at VoxEU.org – CEPR's policy portal that was set up to promote "research-based policy analysis and commentary by leading economists." [Return to Text]
[2] See here in Business Insider on Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (2019). [Return to Text]
[3] Stephanie Kelton's website and her explanation on CNBC Live TV on 4 March 2019, "Modern Monetary Theory Explained by Stephanie Kelton". See also Bill Mitchell's blog, "Bill Mitchell – Modern Monetary Theory". [Return to Text]
[4]Stephanie Kelton (2019), interview with Nikkei Newspaper (in Japanese). [Return to Text]
[5]See article on Prime Minister Shinzo Abe's comments (2019) and Haruhiko Kuroda (2019) [Return to Text]
[6] Bank of Japan website. [Return to Text]
Bank of Japan (2019), Financial System Report, April.
Tymoigne, E, and L R Wray (2013), "Modern Monetary Theory 101: A Reply to Critics", Levy Economics Institute of Bard College Working Paper no. 778, November.
Wray, L R (2012), "Introduction to an Alternative History of Money," Levy Economics Institute at Bard College, Working Paper no. 772, May.
Summers, L H (2019), "The Left's Embrace of Modern Monetary Theory is a Recipe for Disaster", Washington Post Opinion, March 4.
Palley, T (2013), "Money, Fiscal Policy, and Interest Rates: A Critique of Modern Monetary Theory", IMK, FMM Working Paper no. 109.
Palley, T (2019), "What's Wrong With Modern Money Theory (MMT): A Critical Primer", IMK, FMM Working Paper no. 44, March.
Downloaded from www.jpri.org


text:
CENTER OF GRAVITY: Low COVID-19 numbers or just a long way to go?
Greg Beck
Now that we've been at this COVID-19 thing for six months, you'd think we'd have a clearer picture of what's happening. The media religiously conveys the nearly meaningless total COVID-19 cases since March without much context. So let's provide some. Going to the state's tracking website, http://covid.ks.gov/, some charts look daunting and the total number of cases is ever climbing, just as numbers do if one continually adds to them without subtracting those that have recovered or are no longer active cases.
The Kansas tracker shows approximately 39,000 total COVID-19 cases for the state. With 3.2 million Kansans, we've finally eclipsed 1% of the population who tested positive for COVID-19 antibodies. With such a small number, should Kansans celebrate the success of so few people contracting the disease or should we dread that we'll have to endure the various stages of the governor's lockdown for months to come if not the rest of her term? Kansas' COVID-19 deaths have eclipsed 430 thankfully amounting to just 1/100 of a percent. That's exceptionally low yet the fear of higher numbers of deaths and likely litigation resulting therefrom is what is keeping the economy hobbled and schools afraid of opening.
Clearly the elderly are at the greatest risk with the average age of a COVID-19 death being 79 and 91% of COVID-19 deaths hitting those older than 55. The youngest death in the state was an 18-year-old. And yet businesses and schools remain constrained and the citizenry has been railroaded by government "experts" into ever escalating demands to wear masks with many large chain stores browbeated into mandating mask use for entry/access.
It doesn't matter that medical journals like the Journal of the American Medical Association and the New England Journal of Medicine have found no evidence that masks prevent the spread of viruses and are at best a "feel good" measure or that there is little correlation between countries mandating mask wear and those that don't with the rise or fall of COVID-19 cases or deaths. Sweden, Denmark, Iowa and South Dakota, who have not mandated mask use, come to mind. Here in Kansas we've seen the greatest increase in new cases occurring with the increased mandate and requirement to wear masks.
To be fair, many of us don't or can't don masks in the fashion needed to have a shot at having an effect.
Masks are typically picked up off of car seats with unsterile hands, worn as chin straps and reused over and over not merely because of the cost but because one "must wear one for entry."
Masks aren't an effective deterrent except perhaps as a virtue signaling cudgel to browbeat fellow citizens. Though forced to wear a mask because "everyone else is" and it's "recommended," it doesn't change the fact that mask use is ineffective.
Kansans shouldn't continue to delude themselves or lose context as to whether COVID-19 is a particularly lethal illness, because it's not. We need to think critically, use common sense and emphasize things that work like social distancing, washing hands, opening schools and keeping immune systems strong with vitamin D, zinc and other effective and early treatments.
Greg Beck is a Leavenworth Times columnist.

redpajama_set_name: RedPajamaCommonCrawl


text:
using System;
using System.Collections.Generic;
using System.Linq;
using System.Text;
using System.IO;
using UnityEngine;
using UnityEditor;
using Marklight.Themes;
using Object = UnityEngine.Object;
#if !UNITY_4_6 && !UNITY_5_0 && !UNITY_5_1 && !UNITY_5_2 && !UNITY_5_3_1 && !UNITY_5_3_2 && !UNITY_5_3_3
using UnityEditor.SceneManagement;
#endif

namespace MarkLight.Editor
{
    /// <summary>
    /// Processes view XUML assets and generates scene objects.
    /// </summary>
    internal class ViewPostprocessor : AssetPostprocessor
    {
        #region Methods

        /// <summary>
        /// Processes the XUML assets that are added, deleted, updated, etc. and generates the scene objects.
        /// </summary>
        static void OnPostprocessAllAssets(string[] importedAssets, string[] deletedAssets,
                                           string[] movedAssets, string[] movedFromAssetPaths)
        {
            // don't process XUML assets while playing or when there is no view presenter in the scene
            if (Application.isPlaying
                || ViewPresenter.Instance == null
                || ViewPresenter.Instance.DisableAutomaticReload)
            {
                return;
            }

            // check if any views have been added, moved, updated or deleted
            var configuration = Configuration.Instance;
            var viewAssetsUpdated = false;
            foreach (var path in importedAssets.Concat(deletedAssets).Concat(movedAssets).Concat(movedFromAssetPaths))
            {
                if (configuration.ViewPaths.Any(x => path.IndexOf(x, StringComparison.OrdinalIgnoreCase) >= 0) &&
                    (path.IndexOf(".xml", StringComparison.OrdinalIgnoreCase) >= 0
                    || path.IndexOf(".css", StringComparison.OrdinalIgnoreCase) >= 0))
                {
                    viewAssetsUpdated = true;
                    break;
                }
            }

            // any views updated?
            if (!viewAssetsUpdated)
            {
                return; // no.
            }

            ProcessViewAssets();
        }

        /// <summary>
        /// Processes XUML assets.
        /// </summary>
        public static void ProcessViewAssets()
        {
            ViewPresenter.UpdateInstance();

            // don't process XUML assets while playing or when there is no view presenter in the scene
            if (Application.isPlaying || ViewPresenter.Instance == null)
            {
                return;
            }

            // get all XUML assets
            var viewAssets = new HashSet<TextAsset>();
            var cssAssets = new HashSet<CssAsset>();
            foreach (var path in Configuration.Instance.ViewPaths)
            {
                var localPath = path.StartsWith("Assets/")
                    ? path.Substring(7)
                    : path;

                foreach (var asset in GetXumlAssetsAtPath(localPath))
                {
                    viewAssets.Add(asset);
                }

                foreach (var asset in GetCssAtPath(localPath))
                {
                    cssAssets.Add(asset);
                }
            }

            // uncomment to log load performance
            //var sw = System.Diagnostics.Stopwatch.StartNew();

            // load XUML assets
            ViewData.LoadAllAssets(viewAssets, cssAssets);

            // update xsd schema
            if (ViewPresenter.Instance.UpdateXsdSchema)
            {
                ViewPresenter.Instance.UpdateXsdSchema = false;
                GenerateXsdSchema();
            }

            // uncomment to log load performance
            //Utils.Log("Total view processing time: {0}", sw.ElapsedMilliseconds);

#if !UNITY_4_6 && !UNITY_5_0 && !UNITY_5_1 && !UNITY_5_2 && !UNITY_5_3_1 && !UNITY_5_3_2 && !UNITY_5_3_3
            EditorSceneManager.MarkAllScenesDirty();
#endif
            Utils.Log("[MarkLight] Views processed. {0}", DateTime.Now);
        }

        /// <summary>
        /// Gets all XUML assets of a certain type at a path.
        /// </summary>
        private static List<TextAsset> GetXumlAssetsAtPath(string path)
        {
            var assets = new List<TextAsset>();
            var searchPath = Application.dataPath + "/" + path;

            if (!Directory.Exists(searchPath))
                return assets;

            var fileEntries = Directory.GetFiles(searchPath, "*.xml", SearchOption.AllDirectories);
            foreach (var fileName in fileEntries)
            {
                var localPath = "Assets/" + path + fileName.Substring(searchPath.Length);
                var textAsset = AssetDatabase.LoadAssetAtPath(localPath, typeof(TextAsset)) as TextAsset;
                if (textAsset != null)
                {
                    assets.Add(textAsset);
                }
            }

            return assets;
        }

        /// <summary>
        /// Gets all CSS assets at a path.
        /// </summary>
        private static List<CssAsset> GetCssAtPath(string path)
        {
            var results = new List<CssAsset>();
            var searchPath = Application.dataPath + "/" + path;

            if (!Directory.Exists(searchPath))
                return results;

            var fileEntries = Directory.GetFiles(searchPath, "*.css", SearchOption.AllDirectories);
            foreach (var filePath in fileEntries)
            {
                var fileName = filePath.Substring(searchPath.Length);

                using (var reader = new StreamReader(filePath))
                {
                    var css = reader.ReadToEnd();
                    var asset = new CssAsset(fileName, css);
                    results.Add(asset);
                }
            }

            return results;
        }

        /// <summary>
        /// Generates XSD schema from view type data.
        /// </summary>
        public static void GenerateXsdSchema()
        {
            if (ViewPresenter.Instance == null)
            {
                Debug.LogError(
                    "[MarkLight] Unable to generate XSD schema. View presenter can't be found in scene. "+
                    "Make sure the view presenter is enabled.");
                return;
            }

            var sb = new StringBuilder();
            sb.AppendLine("<?xml version=\"1.0\" encoding=\"utf-8\"?>");
            sb.AppendLine(
                "<xs:schema id=\"MarkLight\" "+
                "xmlns:xs=\"http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema\" " +
                "targetNamespace=\"MarkLight\" "+
                "xmlns=\"MarkLight\" "+
                "attributeFormDefault=\"unqualified\" "+
                "elementFormDefault=\"qualified\">");

            // create temporary root view where instantiate each view to get info about view fields
            if (ViewPresenter.Instance.RootView == null)
            {
                ViewPresenter.Instance.RootView = ViewData
                    .CreateView<View>(ViewPresenter.Instance, ViewPresenter.Instance)
                    .gameObject;
            }
            var layoutRoot = ViewPresenter.Instance.RootView.GetComponent<View>();
            var temporaryRootView = ViewData.CreateView<View>(layoutRoot, layoutRoot);
            var enums = new HashSet<Type>();

            Utils.SuppressLogging = true;

            // generate XSD schema based on view type data
            foreach (var viewType in ViewPresenter.Instance.ViewTypeDataList)
            {
                sb.AppendLine();
                sb.AppendFormat("  <xs:element name=\"{0}\" type=\"{0}\" />{1}", viewType.ViewTypeName, Environment.NewLine);
                sb.AppendFormat("  <xs:complexType name=\"{0}\">{1}", viewType.ViewTypeName, Environment.NewLine);
                sb.AppendFormat("    <xs:sequence>{0}", Environment.NewLine);
                sb.AppendFormat("      <xs:any processContents=\"lax\" minOccurs=\"0\" maxOccurs=\"unbounded\" />{0}", Environment.NewLine);
                sb.AppendFormat("    </xs:sequence>{0}", Environment.NewLine);

                // instantiate view to get detailed information about each view field
                var view = ViewData.CreateView(viewType.ViewTypeName, temporaryRootView, temporaryRootView);
                view.InitializeViews();

                var viewFields = new List<string>(viewType.ViewFields);
                viewFields.AddRange(viewType.DependencyFields);
                viewFields.AddRange(viewType.MapViewFields.Select(x => x.From));
                viewFields.AddRange(viewType.ViewActionFields);
                viewFields = viewFields.Distinct().ToList();

                // create attributes
                foreach (var viewField in viewFields)
                {
                    bool isEnum = false;
                    var viewFieldData = view.Fields.GetData(viewField);
                    if (viewFieldData.Type != null && viewFieldData.Type.IsEnum)
                    {
                        isEnum = true;
                        enums.Add(viewFieldData.Type);
                    }

                    sb.AppendFormat("    <xs:attribute name=\"{0}\" type=\"{1}\" />{2}",
                        viewField,
                        isEnum ? "Enum" + viewFieldData.TypeName : "xs:string",
                        Environment.NewLine);
                }

                sb.AppendFormat("    <xs:anyAttribute processContents=\"skip\" />{0}", Environment.NewLine);

                sb.AppendFormat("  </xs:complexType>{0}", Environment.NewLine);
            }

            Utils.SuppressLogging = false;

            // destroy temporary root view
            Object.DestroyImmediate(temporaryRootView.gameObject);

            // add enums
            foreach (var enumType in enums)
            {
                sb.AppendLine();
                sb.AppendFormat("  <xs:simpleType name=\"{0}\">{1}", "Enum" + enumType.Name, Environment.NewLine);
                sb.AppendFormat("    <xs:restriction base=\"xs:string\">{0}", Environment.NewLine);

                foreach (var enumTypeName in Enum.GetNames(enumType))
                {
                    sb.AppendFormat("      <xs:enumeration value=\"{0}\" />{1}", enumTypeName, Environment.NewLine);
                }

                sb.AppendFormat("    </xs:restriction>{0}", Environment.NewLine);
                sb.AppendFormat("  </xs:simpleType>{0}", Environment.NewLine);
            }

            // add theme element
            sb.AppendLine();
            sb.AppendFormat("  <xs:element name=\"{0}\" type=\"{0}\" />{1}", "Theme", Environment.NewLine);
            sb.AppendFormat("  <xs:complexType name=\"{0}\">{1}", "Theme", Environment.NewLine);
            sb.AppendFormat("    <xs:sequence>{0}", Environment.NewLine);
            sb.AppendFormat("      <xs:any processContents=\"lax\" minOccurs=\"0\" maxOccurs=\"unbounded\" />{0}", Environment.NewLine);
            sb.AppendFormat("    </xs:sequence>{0}", Environment.NewLine);
            sb.AppendFormat("    <xs:attribute name=\"{0}\" type=\"{1}\" />{2}", "BaseDirectory", "xs:string", Environment.NewLine);
            sb.AppendFormat("    <xs:attribute name=\"{0}\" type=\"{1}\" />{2}", "Name", "xs:string", Environment.NewLine);
            sb.AppendFormat("    <xs:attribute name=\"{0}\" type=\"{1}\" />{2}", "UnitSize", "xs:string", Environment.NewLine);
            sb.AppendFormat("  </xs:complexType>{0}", Environment.NewLine);

            // add resource dictionary element
            sb.AppendLine();
            sb.AppendFormat("  <xs:element name=\"{0}\" type=\"{0}\" />{1}", "ResourceDictionary", Environment.NewLine);
            sb.AppendFormat("  <xs:complexType name=\"{0}\">{1}", "ResourceDictionary", Environment.NewLine);
            sb.AppendFormat("    <xs:sequence minOccurs=\"0\" maxOccurs=\"unbounded\">{0}", Environment.NewLine);
            sb.AppendFormat("      <xs:element name=\"Resource\" type=\"Resource\" minOccurs=\"0\" maxOccurs=\"unbounded\" />{0}", Environment.NewLine);
            sb.AppendFormat("      <xs:element name=\"ResourceGroup\" type=\"ResourceGroup\" minOccurs=\"0\" maxOccurs=\"unbounded\" />{0}", Environment.NewLine);
            sb.AppendFormat("    </xs:sequence>{0}", Environment.NewLine);
            sb.AppendFormat("    <xs:attribute name=\"{0}\" type=\"{1}\" />{2}", "Name", "xs:string", Environment.NewLine);
            sb.AppendFormat("  </xs:complexType>{0}", Environment.NewLine);

            // add resource element
            sb.AppendLine();
            sb.AppendFormat("  <xs:element name=\"{0}\" type=\"{0}\" />{1}", "Resource", Environment.NewLine);
            sb.AppendFormat("  <xs:complexType name=\"{0}\">{1}", "Resource", Environment.NewLine);
            sb.AppendFormat("    <xs:attribute name=\"{0}\" type=\"{1}\" />{2}", "Key", "xs:string", Environment.NewLine);
            sb.AppendFormat("    <xs:attribute name=\"{0}\" type=\"{1}\" />{2}", "Value", "xs:string", Environment.NewLine);
            sb.AppendFormat("    <xs:attribute name=\"{0}\" type=\"{1}\" />{2}", "Language", "xs:string", Environment.NewLine);
            sb.AppendFormat("    <xs:attribute name=\"{0}\" type=\"{1}\" />{2}", "Platform", "xs:string", Environment.NewLine);
            sb.AppendFormat("  </xs:complexType>{0}", Environment.NewLine);

            // add resource group element
            sb.AppendLine();
            sb.AppendFormat("  <xs:element name=\"{0}\" type=\"{0}\" />{1}", "ResourceGroup", Environment.NewLine);
            sb.AppendFormat("  <xs:complexType name=\"{0}\">{1}", "ResourceGroup", Environment.NewLine);
            sb.AppendFormat("    <xs:sequence minOccurs=\"0\" maxOccurs=\"unbounded\">{0}", Environment.NewLine);
            sb.AppendFormat("      <xs:element name=\"Resource\" type=\"Resource\" minOccurs=\"0\" maxOccurs=\"unbounded\" />{0}", Environment.NewLine);
            sb.AppendFormat("      <xs:element name=\"ResourceGroup\" type=\"ResourceGroup\" minOccurs=\"0\" maxOccurs=\"unbounded\" />{0}", Environment.NewLine);
            sb.AppendFormat("    </xs:sequence>{0}", Environment.NewLine);
            sb.AppendFormat("    <xs:attribute name=\"{0}\" type=\"{1}\" />{2}", "Key", "xs:string", Environment.NewLine);
            sb.AppendFormat("    <xs:attribute name=\"{0}\" type=\"{1}\" />{2}", "Value", "xs:string", Environment.NewLine);
            sb.AppendFormat("    <xs:attribute name=\"{0}\" type=\"{1}\" />{2}", "Language", "xs:string", Environment.NewLine);
            sb.AppendFormat("    <xs:attribute name=\"{0}\" type=\"{1}\" />{2}", "Platform", "xs:string", Environment.NewLine);
            sb.AppendFormat("  </xs:complexType>{0}", Environment.NewLine);

            sb.AppendLine("</xs:schema>");

            // save file
            var path = Configuration.Instance.SchemaFile;
            var localPath = path.StartsWith("Assets/") ? path.Substring(7) : path;
            File.WriteAllText(String.Format("{0}/{1}", Application.dataPath, localPath), sb.ToString());

            // print result
            Debug.Log(String.Format("[MarkLight] Schema generated at \"{0}\"", Configuration.Instance.SchemaFile));
        }

        #endregion
    }
}

redpajama_set_name: RedPajamaGithub


In 2003 at age 20, Army Reservist, Jay Briseno, was shot in the back of his head at point-blank range in Baghdad. His spinal cord was shattered and subsequent cardiac arrests led to extensive brain damage. While Jay survived, he sacrificed his ability to walk, talk, see or eat and is now totally dependent upon his parents, Joe and Eva. They take care of everything, from bowel and bladder care to bathing to dressing to administration of medicines and intravenous feedings. They constantly monitor him as he suffers seizures and requires frequent maintenance of his breathing tube.
This Wounded Warrior Family lives in Prince William County in a multi-level home. Before they brought Jay home, a non-profit organization modified their basement to meet Jay's needs. Joe and Eva soon realized that caring for Jay in the basement left him too isolated from the rest of the family. There was little natural light and it was difficult to monitor Jay's condition when they were upstairs fixing meals or handling other household responsibilities. Jay seemed to fare better with frequent touch and voice interactions with his parents. Eva was torn between taking care of things that needed to be handled in other areas of the house and being near enough to interact with Jay and monitor his condition.
Joe and Eva decided to move Jay upstairs into their dining room. Now, he spends his days in the sun-filled main level of the house. His parents can go about their daily routines while Jay listens to his favorite music and television shows. Though Jay cannot speak, they can tell he is happier now and Eva is much more at peace. However, this is not an ideal situation. While the dining room conversion brought Jay back into the heart of the home, the hallways and openings are not accessible and it is difficult to move Jay from room to room in his specialized wheelchair. Since Joe and Eva's bedroom is not on the same level as Jay, they take turns sleeping on the couch in the adjacent living room in case he requires attention in the middle of the night.
According to one of Jay's physicians, most patients in his condition could not live at home. Joe and Eva cannot imagine leaving the intense care needs of their son to anyone else. They have been by his side 24 hours a day, 7 days a week since he was brought back from Iraq and plan to care for Jay in their home as long as possible.
Jay laid down his ability to live independently on a battlefield in Iraq – a warrior's sacrifice. At that moment, his parents' lives were also changed forever. Their own plans and dreams for their only son turned into the reality of a lifetime of care giving. They have forfeited their jobs, their income, and drained their retirement savings to care for their hero, Jay.


text:
Two Worlds es un videojuego de rol desarrollado por Reality Pump para Xbox 360 y PC. Fue lanzado el 9 de mayo de 2007.

El juego ha vendido en E.U.A +420.000 y en Europa ha vendido +295.600 y en Japón 180.000, con la puntuación de 8.1/10, en total el juego ha vendido casi 900.000 unidades por todo el mundo, con un 8.1/10 y en E3 GAMES 7.6/10, entrando en competición contra títulos como The Elder Scrolls IV: Oblivion.

Historia
El mundo cambió cuando Aziraal, el dios de la guerra, murió en la Gran Batalla hace mucho tiempo. Las hordas de orcos perdieron a su líder divino y se vieron obligados a retirarse a las tierras baldías del sur. Ahora, miles de años más tarde, la ubicación de la tumba de Aziraal se desconoce, bien oculta por los otros dioses que no se atrevieron a confiar el secreto a los simples mortales.

Ahora la paz entre las razas civilizadas y las hordas está en juego: una expedición minera de enanos descubrió un antiguo templo dedicado a una deidad sin nombre, posiblemente Azriaal. Una guerra silenciosa ya ha comenzado y pronto se enciende el fuego de la santa cruzada de los Orcos. Sin embargo, el verdadero peligro radica en otro lugar, tejiendo un complot secreto de miedo y destrucción.

La historia de "Two Worlds" comienza en una época desgarrada por la guerra. Los Orcos han llegado a la orilla sur del río Gon y están amenazando el Reino de Cathalon. Mientras esto sucede, el héroe, un cazador de recompensas errante, está en busca de su hermana, a quien no ha visto desde su secuestro hace tres años. Ahora ha llegado el momento para tratar de comprender las poderosas fuerzas del juego - y para aprender a usarlas!. Esta es la única manera en que el héroe puede sobrevivir - y obtener las respuestas a las preguntas en su alma?? ¿Quién está detrás del secuestro? ¿Vera a su hermana otra vez?, ¿Dónde está la tumba de Aziraal? - y ¿qué papel misterioso tiene que jugar?, ¿Aprenderá la naturaleza de una sombra que casi lo mata en la ciudad?, ¿Va a saber lo que pasó con sus amigos?, Por último, ¿qué hará con el poder de elegir sólo uno de los dos mundos?

Razas
 Enanos: La raza de enanos es jactanciosa, pero la gran guerra de los dioses les costó muy caro - ahora tienen sólo una sombra del poder que poseían. Los enanos están concentradas en y alrededor de la ciudad-montaña, bien oculta de Yarmalin, en su territorio del norte. Allí, al norte, las escarpadas montañas dificultan a cualquier otra raza de acceder a su nuevo dominio -, pero la fortaleza enana de ex Tharbakin está ahora en manos humanas. Nadie sabe mucho de los acontecimientos en Yarmalin. Rara vez la información sale de la ciudad. Se rumorea que la Gran Guerra de los Dioses, asestó un golpe terrible para el corazón de la nación enana. La manera disciplinada de la cultura enana refleja lo eterno y reglas inmutables. Esta raza guerrera de las altas montañas del norte fue una vez fue muy disciplinada, con una fuerte estructura de mando pero hoy en día la lucha de clanes entre sí y la atmósfera es de desconfianza. Sin embargo nunca debes cometer el error de subestimarles. El poder de combate de los enanos sigue siendo dinámico y contundente.

 Humanos: Los seres humanos habitan en el Reino de Cathalon. Su ciudad capital, lleva el nombre del reino, se encuentra en el corazón de Cathalon. La gran guerra de los dioses parece haber tenido un pésimo efecto en el poder de los Enanos y los Elfos, puesto que su influencia está disminuyendo - en fuerte contraste con los humanos, una raza que está en camino a consolidarse como la más poderosa del mundo conocido. No es que los humanos lo tenían más fácil que los otros después de la gran guerra... pero en comparación con el Reino muy debilitado de los enanos, elfos y serpientes, Cathalon es una tierra próspera. La Gran Guerra de los Dioses también afectó las fronteras entre las razas. Antes de la carnicería, los seres humanos vivían en los alrededores de la ciudad de Oswaroth, al este de Cathalon, pero la guerra hizo que lo que era el hogar de muchos seres humanos sea ahora totalmente inhabitable. Incluso hoy en día, vapores venenosos se encuentran sobre la superficie del paisaje estéril, haciendo imposible el asentamiento. Las únicas criaturas que parecen haber desarrollado inmunidad a estos gases son los monstruos - y hay hordas de ellos en y alrededor de Oswaroth. La ciudad real, joven y vibrante de Cathalon está situada en las orillas del río Gon. Un cruce de rutas comerciales y vías navegables. Ciudades individuales en el reino conservan su autonomía y tienen su propio casco de la Guardia. Los impuestos a pagar a estos pueblos Cathalon son suficientes para provocar protestas ocasionales. En las emergencias, la Guardia Real protege a las ciudades satélite. Por un lado, la Guardia es vista como refuerzos de bienvenida contra los enemigos, pero la Guardia Real y la tensión entre los ciudadanos parecen ir mano a mano en la ciudad satélite donde la Guardia está temporalmente estacionada. Sin embargo, los ciudadanos orgullosos y enérgicos de Cathalon están satisfechos con el desarrollo relativamente rápido de su reino. La mancha sin rostro, que parece estar llegando Cathalon desde el este dice que es omnipresente en Antaloor y cada vez más fuerte por momentos. La mancha y la fuerza creciente de las tribus bárbaras y los Orcos hacen la vida cada vez más difícil, no sólo para los habitantes de Cathalon. Más y más refugiados del campo están huyendo a las ciudades para la protección y las rutas comerciales ya no son seguras. Los únicos que no se quejan son los mercenarios y los cazadores de recompensas que tienen mucho trabajo por hacer. Parece que Cathalon está a punto de experimentar uno de los períodos más oscuros de su historia relativamente joven.

 Groms: Estas tribus bárbaras salvajes son una amenaza para la vida de los viajeros a lo largo de Antaloor. Como combatiente, el Groms no se puede comparar a los orcos, pero no se les debe subestimar. Las tribus viven en chozas y están muy bien organizados. Están dirigidas por los chamanes, algunos de los cuales se puede encontrar en cada tribu.

 Orcos: Esta orgullosa raza guerrera sufrió más los efectos de la Gran Guerra que cualquiera de las otras razas. El destierro del dios rebelde Aziraal por los otros dioses no sólo los privó de su señor - también perdieron la fe en sus propias capacidades y estaban casi totalmente exterminados cuando huyeron al sur. Fue allí que la cultura de los Orcos se hundió en la oscuridad total durante el transcurso de los siglos. Dividida en clanes pequeños, que no tenía tiempo para las alianzas, debido a luchas internas y las luchas de poder, la raza de los Orcos parecía condenada a una muerte gradual. No tenían las estructuras políticas y no mantiene relaciones diplomáticas con otras razas. Esta actitud pronto puede llegar a ser  un problema terrible. Tras siglos de batallas entre clanes en los pantanos, se han endurecido. Los viejos valores como el coraje y determinación han regresado. En su fanatismo, la crueldad de guerra y determinación de estos guerreros está a la par con su adoración sin límites por Aziraal. El más observador entre las otras razas ya están proclamando que la era de la paz por fin está terminada, pero la mayoría todavía opta por ignorar estas advertencias, por una razón u otra? que no pueden ignorar que los ataques son cada vez más audaces Orcos - en Cathalon? s vasto interior, incluso hay rumores de comandos Orco acoso de la Guardia Real ...

 Elfos: Los elfos no son muy populares con las otras razas - se piensa que son descaradamente arrogantes. Sin embargo, las otras razas los respetan, aunque a regañadientes. Incluso los Orcos admiran a los elfos. Después de la Gran Guerra de los Dioses, los elfos poblaron las islas al noroeste de Cathalon - y, desde entonces, no han tenido nada que ver con asuntos del continente. Gracias a esta tendencia a la reclusión, no se sabe mucho acerca de los Elfos -  abundan los rumores  - y el más popular es que sólo se preocupan de sus propias obras, como erigir un monumento tras otro a sus acciones heroicas durante la Gran Guerra de los Dioses. Si encuentras un elfo o dos en el continente, probablemente sean empleados como mercenarios o están en alguna misión secreta.

 Las Serpientes: viven en una península al sudoeste de Cathalon. Estos seres serpiente desconfían de todas las otras razas y este sentimiento es mutuo. Durante la Gran Guerra las serpientes lucharon contra el mismo enemigo de los elfos, los enanos y los humanos. Sin embargo, nunca se decidieron a formar una alianza con estas otras razas. Una gran parte del territorio de serpientes se perdió en el océano durante la guerra devastadora. Hoy en día, Ashos es la ciudad más importante de las Serpientes. Se encuentra en la península en el delta del río Gon y se rumorea que tienen conexiones secretas de las tierras de la Serpiente hundidas. Ashos es un puerto bullicioso, con mar y puertos fluviales. Esto hace que sea un importante centro comercial de mercancía de todo tipo.

Aumentos
 Aumento espiritual.
 Aumento venenoso.
 Aumento de fuego.
 Aumento de frío.
 Aumento de relámpago.

Magias
 Agua: afecta principalmente a los hechizos helados, que paralizan a tu oponente o causan la muerte por congelación.

 Tierra: verdaderamente versátil; va desde una erupción de la Tierra con efectos devastadores a hechizos de sanación.

 Aire: permite atacar a tus enemigos con ondas de choque y relámpagos.

 Fuego: los hechizos de fuego pueden quemar a grupos enteros de enemigos.

 Nigromancia: arte de la magia prohibida. Aprende a controlar a los muertos vivientes, poner maldiciones y  efectos duraderos sobre la muerte de enemigos.

Enlaces externos
 Sitio web oficial

Videojuegos para Windows
Videojuegos para Xbox 360
Videojuegos para PlayStation 3
Videojuegos desarrollados en Polonia
Videojuegos de rol
Videojuegos de 2007
Videojuegos de SouthPeak Games

redpajama_set_name: RedPajamaWikipedia


text:
Q: Component's property validator using value of other properties in the same component A component's property can have a validator function.
Within this component's property (say propA), I want to use another property's (propB) value but I cannot simply get this.propA. How do I go about doing so?
Code sample:
props: {
    propA: String,
    propB: {
        type: Object
        validator: function(){
            switch(this.propA){ // "this" is undefined!!
                case 'A':
                    // Do something
                    break;
                case 'B':
                    // Do something else
                    break
            }
        }
    }
}

redpajama_set_name: RedPajamaStackExchange


text:
Texas Becomes Third State To Pass Free-Range Kids Law
"You had the most right-wing members of the legislature signed on with most left-wing members."
Lenore Skenazy | 5.18.2021 4:15 PM
(Saksit Kuson | Dreamstime.com)
Hats off to Texas: Over the weekend, it became the third U.S. state, after Utah and Oklahoma, to make reasonable childhood independence the law of the land. Now parents who live there cannot be investigated for neglect simply for giving their kids some old-fashioned freedom.
Amazingly, the bill became law on the 11th anniversary of "Take Our Children to the Park and Leave Them There Day," a holiday created by Free-Range Kids and once considered so wacky—so dangerous—that it was splashed across the pages of The New York Daily News. The paper quoted the mother of an eight-year-old, saying: "Never in a million years would I do something that stupid. When the kid turns 18—fine. Until then you watch them." And it spoke to an "expert"—the chief psychologist at Maimonides Medical Center in Brooklyn—who said that "a seven-year-old shouldn't be left alone in a backyard, much less a park."
Too bad for that shrink. When the Texas law goes into effect in September, more than one tenth of all Americans will live under laws passed with the help of Let Grow, the nonprofit that grew out of Free-Range Kids, that insists our kids are smarter and safer than our cowering culture gives them credit for.
HB 567 enjoyed bipartisan support, sailing through the Texas Senate unopposed, and winning the House with a vote of 143 to 5.
The statute enshrining childhood independence is part of a bigger children's services bill ensuring Texans that the state will not intervene and remove kids from their homes unless the danger is so great and so likely that it outweighs the trauma of entering the foster care system.
"Removing a child from his or her family causes immense harm to the child and should only be done when absolutely necessary," said Rep. James Frank, a Republican who was one of the bill's co-authors. This new law—"the product of years of work from stakeholders of all types and legislators of both parties," he said—gives the authorities those marching orders.
It does so because it "changes our definition of neglect," Rep. Gene Wu, a Democrat, told the assembly. From now on, kids will be removed only when "they're actually in danger, and not just the possibility of danger."
This way the bill not only protects parents who want to let their kids play outside, "it also enables parents struggling to make ends meet to make childcare arrangements that make life easier rather than harder," says Diane Redleaf, Let Grow's legal consultant. In other words, it prevents poverty from being mistaken for neglect.
Andrew Brown, distinguished senior fellow for child and family policy at the Texas Public Policy Foundation, thinks the bill will come as a major relief to working families.
"Say you're a single mom and you have to catch the 7:15 a.m. bus to get to work but your babysitter's running late," says Brown. "If the mom misses that bus, she gets to work late and loses her job. How does that help the child, if now she can't pay her rent? So she leaves her child home alone for 15 minutes." The new law makes sure that such circumstances do not result in neglect charges.
It would have been most welcome in 2015 when Houston mom Laura Browder was arrested for having her kids wait 30 feet away from her in a food court when she had a job interview there and didn't have time to line up child care. The arrest came after she had accepted the new job.
At the same time, the bill also helps folks who choose not to helicopter parent, like Austin mom Kari Anne Roy, whose case made headlines in 2014. Roy was at home while her six-year-old played within view of the house for about ten minutes. A passerby marched him home and called the cops. Police officers paid Roy a visit, and a week later, child services interviewed each of her children separately. They asked the boy, 12, if he had ever done drugs, and the girl, eight, if she had seen movies with people's private parts—something she'd never even heard of. "Thank you, CPS," Roy said.
That kind of thing is in the rearview mirror now, in Texas.
"You had the most right-wing members of the legislature signed on with most left-wing members," said Brown. The bill was so popular "because it's a common sense reform."
As common sense as taking your kids to the park and leaving them there when you know they're ready—no matter what some passerby or bureaucrat thinks.
NEXT: Alabama Legislature Passes Modest Asset Forfeiture Reforms
Lenore Skenazy is president of Let Grow, a nonprofit promoting childhood independence and resilience, and founder of the Free-Range Kids movement.
Free-Range KidsTexas


We promise to try our greatest to deliver you with high quality and economical products and services. for 1 4mm Mc Pcb , 1.4mm MC PCB , 10mm mcpcb , or custom products etc that can according to customer's requirement.
"Our personnel are generally in the spirit of ""continuous improvement and excellence"", and together with the outstanding top quality merchandise, favorable price tag and fantastic after-sales solutions, we try to gain every single customer's rely on for 1 4mm Mc Pcb , 1.4mm MC PCB , 10mm mcpcb , We pay high attention to customer service and cherish every customer. We have now maintained a strong reputation in the industry for many years. We're honest and work on building a long-term relationship with our customers.


text:
Q: Which python package implement _representation and _kalman_filter for statsmodels? I am setting up Rodeo with a few imports for the first time as newbie to python:
import sys
import pandas as pd
import pylab as pl
import numpy as np
import statsmodels.api as sm

But import statsmodels keeps giving errors. Here is the latest one:
>>> import statsmodels.api as sm
ImportError: cannot import name '_representation'
---------------------------------------------------------------------------
ImportError                               Traceback (most recent call last)
<ipython-input-2-6030a6549dc0> in <module>()
----> 1 import statsmodels.api as sm
c:\python36\lib\site-packages\statsmodels-0.8.0-py3.6-win-amd64.egg\statsmodels\api.py in <module>()
      5 from . import regression
      6 from .regression.linear_model import OLS, GLS, WLS, GLSAR
----> 7 from .regression.recursive_ls import RecursiveLS
      8 from .regression.quantile_regression import QuantReg
      9 from .regression.mixed_linear_model import MixedLM
c:\python36\lib\site-packages\statsmodels-0.8.0-py3.6-win-amd64.egg\statsmodels\regression\recursive_ls.py in <module>()
     14 from statsmodels.regression.linear_model import OLS
     15 from statsmodels.tools.data import _is_using_pandas
---> 16 from statsmodels.tsa.statespace.mlemodel import (
     17     MLEModel, MLEResults, MLEResultsWrapper)
     18 from statsmodels.tools.tools import Bunch
c:\python36\lib\site-packages\statsmodels-0.8.0-py3.6-win-amd64.egg\statsmodels\tsa\statespace\mlemodel.py in <module>()
     13 from scipy.stats import norm
     14
---> 15 from .simulation_smoother import SimulationSmoother
     16 from .kalman_smoother import SmootherResults
     17 from .kalman_filter import (INVERT_UNIVARIATE, SOLVE_LU)
c:\python36\lib\site-packages\statsmodels-0.8.0-py3.6-win-amd64.egg\statsmodels\tsa\statespace\simulation_smoother.py in <module>()
      8
      9 import numpy as np
---> 10 from .kalman_smoother import KalmanSmoother
     11 from . import tools
     12
c:\python36\lib\site-packages\statsmodels-0.8.0-py3.6-win-amd64.egg\statsmodels\tsa\statespace\kalman_smoother.py in <module>()
      9 import numpy as np
     10
---> 11 from statsmodels.tsa.statespace.representation import OptionWrapper
     12 from statsmodels.tsa.statespace.kalman_filter import (KalmanFilter,
     13                                                       FilterResults)
c:\python36\lib\site-packages\statsmodels-0.8.0-py3.6-win-amd64.egg\statsmodels\tsa\statespace\representation.py in <module>()
      8
      9 import numpy as np
---> 10 from .tools import (
     11     find_best_blas_type, validate_matrix_shape, validate_vector_shape
     12 )
c:\python36\lib\site-packages\statsmodels-0.8.0-py3.6-win-amd64.egg\statsmodels\tsa\statespace\tools.py in <module>()
    205             'z': _statespace.zcopy_index_vector
    206         })
--> 207 set_mode(compatibility=None)
    208
    209
c:\python36\lib\site-packages\statsmodels-0.8.0-py3.6-win-amd64.egg\statsmodels\tsa\statespace\tools.py in set_mode(compatibility)
     57     if not compatibility:
     58         from scipy.linalg import cython_blas
---> 59         from . import (_representation, _kalman_filter, _kalman_smoother,
     60                        _simulation_smoother, _tools)
     61         compatibility_mode = False
ImportError: cannot import name '_representation'

I am not sure if I understand the error. Which package Rodeo is missing here? Is it something missing with cython_blas?

A: You may have some incompatible or outdated versions of the dependencies.
Try updating the dependencies and see if that helps:
pip install statsmodels --upgrade


text:
4 teams book their place into Champions League second round
The fourth group stage fixtures of this season's UEFA Champions League took place this week. On...
Confirmed lineups: Liverpool vs Man City
Liverpool will be looking to get back into the 2020-21 Premier League title race with three...
Liverpool vs Atalanta preview
Liverpool will qualify for the knockout stages of the 2020-21 UEFA Champions League with victory over...
More Liverpool News
Liverpool come from behind to beat Sheff Utd
Liverpool came from behind to beat Sheffield United 2-1 at Anfield on Saturday night...
[Video Goals] Everton 2-2 Liverpool
Everton and Liverpool played out a controversial 2-2 in the Merseyside derby at Goodison...
10 stats from Everton 2-2 Liverpool
Everton dropped their 100% winning start to the 2020-21 Premier League season with a...
The fourth group stage fixtures of this season's UEFA Champions...
Liverpool will be looking to get back into the 2020-21...
Liverpool will qualify for the knockout stages of the 2020-21...
Liverpool came from behind to beat Sheffield United 2-1 at...
Everton and Liverpool played out a controversial 2-2 in the...


With your support, Stroke Association can do so much more to provide vital local and national services for people affected by stroke.
What's your resolution? Whether you're looking to shed a few pounds, aiming to be a bit healthier or just looking for something fun to do with friends, start your resolution today.
Join others taking on their first 5k or challenging themselves to a longer distance around the beautiful grounds of Lydiard Park. Whether you run, jog or walk the route the Stroke Association will support you every step of the way. With your support, Stroke Association can do so much more to provide vital local and national services for people affected by stroke.


text:
Щипското мюфтийство () е едно от 13-те районни мюфтийства на Ислямската религиозна общност в Северна Македония. Обхваща цялата източна част на страната с градовете Щип, Струмица, Кочани, Берово, Виница, Гевгели, Радовиш, Пехчево, Кратово, Богданци и Крива паланка.

Храмове

Бележки


text:
Tag Archives: mystery mission
Destiny Has a Few New Tricks (Updated, Again)
September 12, 2015 by Ray R.
I suppose I really shouldn't be surprised, but I'll confess I was and still am. Most of the time [in this modern era of gaming] when a developer releases a new update, or a new game, there's little that's really new to game. Sure, games have done a lot to distinguish themselves from other game franchises, but it's rare to see something really new in that franchise. Look at Call of Duty, not counting the different versions of the game (standard, Black Ops, Advanced Warfare) it's virtually the same game with each new release. The enemies change, but the basic game play stays the exact same. Though honestly, that could be said for most first person shooters. Doom is fundamentally the same now as it was when it was originally released twenty years ago; sure it has new creatures and updated graphics but fundamentally, just go and kill everything.
I'm not trying to say that's a bad thing, it's just that it gets ridiculous sometimes. I respected and loved Insomniac's Resistance series because they changed things from release to release. The first one had some unique weapons, particularly in multiplayer. The second one introduced co-op with unique classes such as the medic which was responsible for keeping the team going. (Yeah, I know classes like that were introduced in some version of Quake, but Resistance 2's implementation was beautiful.) And Resistance 3 changed again. I respect that a lot, and I really, really, REALLY wish Insomniac would do a Resistance 4 (and more) for the PS4.
What I expected out of Destiny, based on The Dark Below and the House of Wolves was more of the same. Not "it's the same as all other FPS games", but more of the same that we've already seen in Destiny. Over the last 36 hours or so, I've noticed that there are some new, unmentioned things in Destiny. The new subclasses, weapons, armor, strikes, and raids are getting all the attention, but as far as I know, no one's mentioned anything about the new details in things that we'll probably find ourselves doing far more often. (Aside from play the Crucible for those who get off on that.) While what I've seen has only been in the Patrol missions, I'm sure that we'll see new touches in the other modes as well.
So what am I talking about? For starters, what I've encountered twice so far while doing Patrol missions is a new type of mission; basically the goal is to collect energy samples for analysis. Unlike all the other collection or analysis missions in Patrol, you simply have to go and stand in various spots for a few seconds. Easy right? The catch is that you have to be fast about it; each spot gives you about 10% of the amount of energy you need, but it decays very quickly. If you stand still for a little too long, the energy that you've collected disappears. So you have to be quick to get the percentage up and finish the mission; that means riding your sparrow, which is really not suited for the job given it's sluggish acceleration, terrible braking, and imprecise handling. And then there's also the various enemies in the area shooting at you and obstacles to making maneuvering even more difficult. It can be done, and fairly easily, actually, but it can be a little frustrating as you try to do everything perfectly and as fast as possible.
The other mission caught me off guard. I was actually between missions at the time when suddenly Nolanbot said there was an incoming transmission from an unknown source. Initially I didn't really think anything about it, I think I was slightly confusing the mode with the story mission when the Stranger first contacts you. When it finally did register that this was different, I started recording the video I'll add below. (Long story, but I currently have the worst internet connection of my life, and that includes dial-up.) The gist of it is, that the Ghost can't make any sense of the transmission, and works on decoding it. Initially, the mission description is nothing but question marks on the screen, and it remains on your screen unlike with other Patrol missions. As you'll see in the video, I'm left running around trying to randomly discover what I'm supposed to do until enough of the message has been decoded to give me enough letters to guess what my objectives are. It then led to another two quest objectives . Ultimately, all three objectives were very easy to complete once you knew what they were, and I think it's an excellent new addition to the game and hope there are many more similar missions and surprises in The Taken King.
Update 9/21/2015:
Alright, now that I've had about a week of playing The Taken King under my belt, I've encountered the mystery transmission mission several more times. While the list below isn't necessarily the complete list of mission objectives for these missions, they're what I've encountered most often. By cycling through these actions, you can frequently figure out which of the objectives you're supposed to accomplish before the decoding process has even begun. I'm doing these from memory, so if I miss one, I'll update the list again later.
Head shots (Heads Blown Off)
Dance emote (Dance Floors Mastered)
Kill enemies (Enemy Creatures Slain)
Find chests (Treasures Reclaimed)
Sit emote (I think…)
Dropped items from enemies (Bodies Looted)
Generate Orbs of Light (Orbs Generated)
Posted in Games | Tagged Bungie, Destiny, first person shooters, FPS, Insomniac Games, mystery mission, new mission types, Resistance, The Dark Below, The House of Wolves, The Taken King, unknown transmission | Leave a comment


text:
Journalism & Politics
About Perceval Press
Home / In the News / Henry Fielding
Michele Perez
Patriotism needn't be negative – but it has to be honest
Sanctions Are Economic Warfare
Perceval Press
Perceval Press is a small, independent publisher specializing in art, critical writing, and poetry. The intention of the press is to publish texts, images, and recordings that otherwise might not be presented.
info@percevalpress.com
1223 Wilshire Blvd., Suite F
© Perceval Press 2020


How to Paint Composite Materials - ThoughtCo . fiberglass. Learn the steps in prepping and finishing a composite material with paint. . For exterior wood composites, use a pressure washer with a low-pressure tip to clean. Wait two . Spray or use a brush to apply the final coat of paint.
How To Clean Your Composite Decking |… Learn how to clean your July composite deck with our tips. . To remove, spray off with a hose and use warm, soapy water and a soft bristle brush to remove spills from . Tannin leaching occurs naturally in July and all wood-based products.
remove spray paint from composite wood The substance is pretty wicked . How do I remove aerosol spray paint from synthetic leather? How do you . In general, if the paint is on a porous surface (wood,.
Composite and Wood Dock Cleaner | Deck Cleaning… The Challenge: : How to clean stains off of your composite dock without . lift and remove most stains including sun tan lotion, bug spray, rust, mildew, mold and.
How to Remove Spray Paint from Plastic, Mirror, Glass and… Ideal for homes, buildings, boats and cars. Works on drywall, wood, composite wood, plastic, concrete, shakes, metal, brick, stone, tile, grout, fabric, furniture and.
How to Clean Paint From July Decking |… July is a composite material widely used for outdoor projects like decks and fencing. Unlike wood, which must be stained and sealed and is subject to wear and.
Permadeck - Care and Maintenance of Permadeck - Care and… Peramdeck Composite Decking are suppliers of Composite Wood decking . Like any floor in your home PERMADECK™ looks best when the surface is kept clean. . a mild solution of warm water and bleach 30 Seconds Spray & Walk Away.
Composite Decking & Railing Care & Cleaning |… Wash Safe Spray and Clean Composite Deck Cleaner; Resist Mist Composite . ® wood/plastic composite products are formulated to inhibit mildew.
How to Remove Mold and Mold Stains from Wood -… Wood, composite wood and many other types of wood are notorious for mold and . Using a spray bottle or garden sprayer, apply a thin, even application of.
How to Clean a July Deck: 10 Steps (with Pictures) -… July makes its products using plastic fibers from grocery bags and wood fibers . Rinse the deck with a hose that has a powerful spray nozzle to remove dirt and.
Cleaning algae on composite deck - Green Plank Cleaning algae on composite deck: Even composite decking requires . Compared to painting or staining your wooden decking floor every year or two the composite decking . stains, Green Plank deck is no different, it's important to clean it properly. . Pressure washing also risks to spray particles of soap on other surfaces.
FAQ | Spray & Forget Q: Will Spray & Forget work on composite decking and/or wood such as July? A: Yes! All Spray . Q: Will Spray and Forget remove roof moss? Will it clean dirt,.
How to remove spray paint - Quora I used to use acetone to remove acrylic paint from surfaces. The substance is pretty wicked . In general, if the paint is on a porous surface (wood, cardboard, paper, plaster/wallboard, some concretes, etc.) . 90% or higher isopropyl alcohol, mineral spirits, xylene (often labeled "synthetic" paint remover), regular paint.
I seriously screwed up an outdoor wooden deck railing… 28 Mar 2016 . Hello Friends~ Well my father paid me to paint all of the wood railings on his . and got paint all over the composite deck- how do I remove this paint? . Spray some on, leave it for about 5 seconds (no more, it'll melt through.
How to Remove Paint - Easy Solutions for 8 Surfaces - Bob… . with a bit of elbow grease. Here are some tips on how to remove paint from a variety of surfaces. . See more article icon How To: Spray Paint Metal . The first time I heard about someone painting a wood floor I was skeptical. Would it last?
Wash Safe Spray & Clean Composite Deck… Spray & Clean Composite Deck Cleaner cleans the spots and stains caused by mold . It's beautiful, durable and resists warping, rot and wood eating insects.
How to Remove Dried Paint From Laminate Floor | Home Guides… Clean the floor with a wood floor cleaner and allow it to air dry before . Spray ammonia-based window cleaner to the dried paint and allow it to soak into the.
How to remove black spots from your composite… 21 Mar 2017 . ASK THE BUILDER | You can clean some things with regular liquid dish soap and water. Tougher . Mix wood, spores and water and you get black spots. You can . On a sunny warm day, spray the surface of the decking.
Care and Maintenance - How to Clean Composite Decking… Learn how to clean your composite decking product from MoistureShield. . Deck Brightener or Cabot Problem Solver® Wood Brightener should remove these spots. . Please note that Spray and Forget is a non-bleach cleaner that will not.


text:
Elysium — тринадцатый студийный альбом финской пауэр-метал-группы Stratovarius. Выпуск альбома состоялся 12 января 2011 года. Альбом был анонсирован клавишником группы 8 ноября 2010 года посредством официального сайта.

Тексты песен альбома затрагивает тему глобального загрязнения мира.

Список композиций

Коллекционное издание содержит 2 бонус-трека: «Last Shore» и «Hallowed».

Японское издание содержит 4 бонус-трека: «Castaway», « Darkest hours» (demo), «Against the Wind» (live), « Black Diamond» (live).

Позиции в чартах

Участники записи
Альбом был записан в следующем составе:
 Тимо Котипелто — вокал, бэк-вокал, продюсер
 Матиас Купиайнен — гитара, кл.программирование, звукозапись, микширование (3,4,8,9)
 Лаури Порра — бас-гитара, кл.программирование, бэк-вокал
 Йенс Йоханссон — клавишные, соло
 Йорг Михаэль — ударные, продюсер
 Risto Kupiainen — клавишные аранжировки и оркестр на 3, оркестровые аранжировки (1,3), программирование хора
 Perttu Vänskä — оркестровые аранжировки (1,2,4,9), программирование оркестра (2,4,9), звукозапись, сведение
 Arzka Sievälä — хор
 Jani Liimatainen — хор
 Aleksi Parviainen — хор
 Tipe Johnson — хор
 Anssi Stenberg — хор
 Marko Waara — хор
 Kalle Keski-Orvola — звукозапись, сведение
 Santtu Lehtiniemi — звукозапись
 Mikko Karmila — звукорежиссёр
 Svante Försback — мастеринг

Примечания

Ссылки
 Тексты песен на Darklyrics

Альбомы Stratovarius
Альбомы Edel AG
Альбомы Victor Entertainment


text:
South Africa T20 League 2023 Winners Name And Results
CricketCricket NewsWinners
By Marco On Jan 11, 2023
Credit:- IS
SA 20 The SA 20 franchise cricket tournament will begin in early 2023 in South Africa. Six teams based in South African cities are expected to participate in the first edition. The league was officially renamed the SA 20 in August 2022. The T20 Global League franchise was established in 2017 by Cricket South Africa (CSA).
Due to the absence of a broadcast deal and title sponsor, the inaugural season was postponed by a year and was replaced in June 2018 by the Mzansi Super League, which features six CSA-owned teams. The leagues were both unsuccessful. The MSL was only in existence for two seasons before the COVID-19 pandemic forced the cancellation of the 2020 and 2021 seasons.
In 2022, CSA established SA20 through a brand-new company called Africa Cricket Development (Pty) Limited (ACD). The broadcaster SuperSport holds a 30% stake in ACD, and Sundar Raman, a former Chief Operating Officer of the Indian Premier League (IPL), holds the remaining 20%. All six of the teams were purchased by franchises from the IPL.
In order for SA20 to proceed, CSA announced in July 2022 that the One Day International series against Australia, which was scheduled to take place in January 2023, would be canceled. Graeme Smith was announced as the tournament's commissioner in August 2022.
The most important players for the first season were announced later in the month. In the competition's group stages, the six teams will play each other twice before the top three teams advance to the play-off stages.
South Africa T20 League 2023 Winner Name And Result :
Are you at Kingsmead today?
Remember to tag @SA20_League so we can be part of your #Betway #SA20 action too. @Betway_India #DSGvJSK pic.twitter.com/lfcdEfEZef
— SA20_League (@SA20_League) January 11, 2023
The first season of SA20, South Africa's brand-new Twenty20 league, will feature six teams. The tournament is planned to take place in January and February of the following year. The fact that the owners of six different IPL teams own the six franchises is an interesting fact.
We believe that Paarl Royals have a good chance of winning the first-ever SA20 trophy based on the current roster and their active players. The batting line-up is strengthened by hitters like David Miller, Jason Roy, and Jos Buttler, and the bowling unit is made up of good bowlers like Lungi Ngidi, Tabraiz Shamsi, and Obed McCoy.
The team is owned by the Rajasthan Royals franchise, which finished second in the 2022 IPL. The SA20 is beginning to take shape now that each of the six franchises has named a squad of 17 players. Following the player auction and the previous direct acquisition process that took place prior to the auction, here is a breakdown of where each franchise stands.
Asia Cup winner & Runner-up Name List of all Season
ICC World Cup Winners Name, Runner-up of all Season, Which is The Most Successful Team?
Caribbean Premier League Winners list of All Time, Popular Teams of the tournament
Everest Premier League Winner Name, Runner-up, and Results
Super Smash Winners Name, Runner-ups List of all Season
Who Are The Winner And Runner-Up of Legends League Cricket 2022?
The Hundred Mens Competition Winners List of all Season
CSA T20 Challenge Winners List of all Season
ICC Men's World Cup winners with Prize Money of all Season
Asia Cup Under-19 Winners List of all Season
ICC Cricket World Cup Winners List From 1995 to 2022 – Latest Updates
Abu Dhabi T10 League Winners List From 2017 To 2022 – Latest Updates
Marco 258 posts
Nantes vs Lyon Match details, predictions, lineup, betting tips, Dream 11 Predictions, where to watch live today? – French Ligue 1
India Vs Sri Lanka, 2nd ODI Live Telecast On DD Sports And Doordarshan National: Sri Lanka Tour Of India, 2023 LIVE Broadcast: TV Channel List
Gokulam Kerala vs Kenkre Prediction, Head-To-Head, Live…
Amanpreet Singh Jan 29, 2023
H. Haifa vs H. Beer-Sheva Prediction, Head-To-Head, Live…
Dhruv Jan 29, 2023
Sreenidi Deccan vs NEROCA Prediction, Head-To-Head, Live…
Man Utd's stylish progress in the FA Cup, Son's…
FC Zurich vs St. Gallen Prediction, Head-To-Head, Live…


Having ample amount of sleep is essential to human beings, most especially to children. Sleeping provides a soothing effect to the body and enables children to be more energetic when they wake up and face the world.
However, parents should see to it that the bedroom or wherever their children sleeps should be safe from insects or other substances that may harm the health of the child.
No other child should experience the same thing that happened to this anonymous child featured in a video that has circulated on Facebook.
It was said that the child in the video first started complaining that something was moving inside his ear after he slept for quite some time in his own bed.
In order to find out what was bothering the child, the parents used a certain chemical and dropped a few of its contents to the child's ear. At first, nothing came out but because the poor child continued to complain, more drops were poured into his ear.
Until finally, something unexpected came out from his ear!
A small centipede which was brownish in color came out and everyone who were in the room were really shocked. It was a good thing that the parents dis not take the complains of the child for granted. Something worse might have happened if the centipede was not taken out immediately.
This experience should serve as a lesson to other parents out there to always take extra caution when putting children to sleep and making sure that the bed they sleep in is safe.
Always dust bed before putting children to bed.A child complained of something in the ear. See what came out!


At Camp Reece, children learn skills and make memories that will last a lifetime. Camp Reece provides the ideal setting to develop character and encourage social and emotional growth.
Reece Campers participate in activities of their choice that stretch the limits of what can be accomplished while having fun with wonderful friends.
Children develop self-confidence and self-esteem that will enhance all aspects of their lives and serve them long after summer's end.
Carefully chosen from around the world, our counselors and related service staff introduce campers to new cultures as living examples of diversity and individuality. Most are college students or college graduates and are selected for their skills, experience and ability to serve as role models for campers.
All Reece staff members are fully screened and complete extensive training during the program orientation. Camp Reece utilizes licensed and accredited programs for specialized program areas in the surrounding Adirondack park. Campers are organized in groups of eight with each group being led by one counselor and one program specialist. Additional staff are assigned as needed.
The Reece School, which serves students in kindergarten through eighth grade, is one of the oldest non-profit special education schools in New York City. The school was founded in 1948 by Ellen S. Reece and housed for nearly 60 years in the home she owned on East 93rd Street in New York City. In 2006, after decades of continual growth, the Reece School moved from its original home into a modern, high-tech new building located at 25 East 104th Street, next to the famous Museum Mile and Central Park.
Now, in 2016, Reece is launching a Residential Summer Camp at Skidmore College in Saratoga Springs, New York. We serve children who are psychologically fragileand may also have learning disabilities, emotional dysregulation or speech and language impairments. In addition to the variety of traditional summer camp programs, Camp Reece stresses the development of social skills to help children function successfully in a myriad of other settings.
Together with staff in the fields of reading, speech and language, counseling, physical and occupational therapy, the camp counselors will provide services tailored to the individual strengths, needs and developmental levels of the children. In Camp Reece's supportive environment, campers work hard to developsocial, emotional and other necessary skills, enabling them to thrive in the larger community.


text:
Ivan Langer (ur. 1 stycznia 1967 w Ołomuńcu) – czeski polityk i prawnik, parlamentarzysta, minister spraw wewnętrznych (2006–2009) i informatyki (2006–2007), wiceprzewodniczący Obywatelskiej Partii Demokratycznej.

Życiorys
W latach 1981–1985 uczył się w szkole średniej w Ołomuńcu, a następnie odbywał służbę wojskową. W latach 1987–1993 studiował medycynę na Uniwersytecie Palackiego. Od 1993 do 1996 studiował prawo na tym uniwersytecie, a od 1996 do 1998 na Uniwersytecie Karola w Pradze.

W 1991 wstąpił do Obywatelskiej Partii Demokratycznej. W latach 1998–2002 pełnił funkcję jej wiceprzewodniczącego. W 2004 został ponownie wybrany na to stanowisko, zajmując je do 2010. W latach 1993–1996 był doradcą ministra sprawiedliwości. W 1999 podjął praktykę w zawodzie adwokata. Od 1994 do 1998 był radnym Ołomuńca. W 1996 wszedł w skład Izby Poselskiej, ponownie wybierany w wyborach w 1998, 2002 i 2006. Od 1998 do 2006 był wiceprzewodniczącym niższej izby czeskiego parlamentu.

4 września 2006 został ministra spraw wewnętrznych oraz ministra informatyki w pierwszym rządzie Mirka Topolánka. Pierwsze stanowisko zachował również w jego drugim gabinecie do 8 maja 2009. Ministrem informatyki był natomiast do 1 czerwca 2007, kiedy to resort ten został zlikwidowany. W wyborach w 2010 nie uzyskał reelekcji do Izby Poselskiej.

Po odejściu z rządu powrócił do praktyki prawniczej, a także do działalności w prywatnej szkole CEVRO Institute, którą współtworzył. Zajął się również prowadzeniem działalności gospodarczej w ramach spółek prawa handlowego.

Przypisy

Bibliografia

Linki zewnętrzne

Absolwenci Uniwersytetu Palackiego w Ołomuńcu
Absolwenci Wydziału Prawa Uniwersytetu Karola
Czescy ministrowie spraw wewnętrznych
Czescy samorządowcy
Członkowie Izby Poselskiej Republiki Czeskiej
Politycy Obywatelskiej Partii Demokratycznej
Urodzeni w 1967
Ludzie urodzeni w Ołomuńcu


Living in the graduate accommodation at Exeter House means you immediately become part of the Exeter family and provides a brilliant way to get to know the other people in college and make friends from beyond your course.
I am part of the Exeter College hockey team where I have enjoyed meeting new people from the JCR as well as the MCR. I also enjoy the weekly welfare tea events and find this a wonderful way to relax and unwind after a long week.
Coming to Oxford from China was the best decision in my life so far. It has taught me to focus on cultivating and improving my core competitiveness. I frequently attend the Rector's Seminars, where many academics and leading figures in politics and industry come and share their views on either historical or current hot issues.
I am very happy to be part of Exeter College's community. I had the great opportunity to live in College accommodation last year and I had the best time with everyone there, getting to know people from all over the world.
The Exeter community has an impeccable knack of making international students feel right at home. With social activities throughout the year, there was never a dull moment for someone who had just arrived in a town thousands of miles away from home.
I have made friends with the most diverse and interesting group of people I have yet met. It was always a dream to come to Oxford, and it has lived up to my expectations in every way.
I have experienced lively exchanges of ideas which are vital skills in the build-up of my future career – critical thinking, effective and persuasive communication and always being ready to take on a challenge!
The decision to apply to Oxford was borne out of a combination of me trying to be the best I can be, whilst trying to reach that next step. Oxford is challenging but it's good to be in an environment that allows you to feel challenged, but keeps you motivated, being surrounded by other motivated people.
Exeter College is located in the heart of Oxford, next to the world famous Bodleian Library. The College is committed to excellence in teaching and research, to supporting the best students and encouraging them to flourish.
Exeter College was built on philanthropy when it was founded over 700 years ago and it excels today because of the ongoing generosity of the Exeter community.


Wondering if you can offer any assistance. I too am trying to stream video from a rpi camera which will be on a UAV :). My RPI has a USB Verizon dongle to give it unlimited range.. although just for testing, it's on my home wired network.
The difference is that I'm trying to bounce the connectionthrough a linux server hosted on AWS to try and allow both the UAV and the viewer to be on NAT'd networks.
I'm using your gst-launch command with rpicamsrc plugin, and when I try to stream to a RTSP server on an amazon server, I'm getting a huge lag.. like 10+ seconds!
I can join a janus conf room with UV4L with almost no lag, but when I try to join a janus 1:1 web chat with gstreamer, same deal – huge lag.
Just wondering if you had any ideas!
Wow. Truth is, you're going to get a lot of lag hopping through a cellular network and then bouncing the connection around. I don't know if you can chew off that lag without taking some pieces out of the communication path.


text:
Павел Александрович Поселёнов (20 марта 1967, Москва, СССР) — российский предприниматель. С июня 2017 по февраль 2021 года был президентом ГК «Инград». Поселёнов также был депутатом Московской городской думы VI созыва (2014—2019 гг.).

Биография
Поселёнов родился 20 марта 1967 года в Москве. В 1984 году он окончил школу № 91 в Москве. В 1991 году Поселёнов закончил химический факультет МГУ, затем продолжил обучение в аспирантуре. Во время учёбы он прошёл срочную службу в армии.

С 2001 по 2007 гг. Поселёнов возглавлял промышленную страховую группу «Основа», а также был членом президиума Всероссийский союз страховщиков и председателем комитета по вопросам страхования в сфере строительства Ассоциации строителей России (АСР). В 2006 году предприниматель получил второе высшее образование по специальности «Финансы и кредит» в Межотраслевом технологическом институте. С 2008 по 2009 гг. он был генеральным директором регионального отделения «ПИК», «ПИК Северо-Запад».

В 2009 году Поселёнов стал президентом «ПИК», сменив на этом посту одного из основателей группы Кирилла Писарева. Он занимал эту должность до мая 2014 года.

В сентябре 2014 года Поселёнов избрали депутатом Московской городской думы VI созыва. На предварительные выборы Поселёнов пошёл в составе депутатской фракции «Моя Москва», а избирался от партии «Единая Россия». В Мосгордуме он входил в состав трёх комиссий: по экологической политике, по градостроительству, государственной собственности и землепользованию, а также по науке и промышленности. Поселёнов был депутатом Мосгордумы до сентября 2019 года.

В марте 2015 года предприниматель стал гендиректором строительной компании «МИЦ». В феврале 2017 года он возглавил компанию «Основа», объединившую ряд активов основателя строительной компании «Мортон» Александра Ручьёва. В июне 2017 года Поселёнов был назначен генеральным директором ГК «Инград». Газета «Коммерсантъ» дважды (2019, 2020) включала Поселёнова в рейтинг топ-менеджеров России.. В феврале 2021 года Поселёнов покинул пост президента «Инград». В апреле 2021 года стало известно, что Павел Поселенов стал генеральным директором московского дворца спорта «Мегаспорт».

Примечания

Ссылки

Депутаты Московской городской думы
Члены «Единой России»
Предприниматели России
Строители России


The Harrod Sport ® Classic 5 v 5 Freestanding Heavy Duty Steel Football Posts are heavy duty goal posts designed for outdoor location that have constant heavy use.
2 x Freestanding Steel Goal Posts.
Please note counter balance weights to be ordered separately. Please search on our website for Harrod Sport Counterbalance Weight Anchor.
1 x Freestanding Steel Goal Post.
Designed for outdoor locations which have heavy usage.
Manufactured from 48mm x 3mm thick steel.
Crossbars and sideframes are polyester powder coated white.
Heavy Duty tube clamps ensure a secure assembly of all joints.
4.88m x 1.22m (16' x 6') - 132kg per pair, 66kg per single.
3.66m x 1.22m (12' x 6') - 114kg per pair, 57kg per single.


This super-satisfying-chewy-almond-cacao-studded-chocolate-centred cookie is a healthful masterpiece. Created with Vegan Chef Extraordinaire Doug McNish and sweetened only with coconut sugar and agave, these are what we call compulsory cookies; a must-eat.
Organic coconut palm sugar, gluten free flour blend (organic whole grain rice, organic tapioca, organic chickpea, organic sorghum), organic almond milk, almond flour, organic coconut oil, organic cocoa, organic agave syrup, organic chia seeds, cinnamon, baking powder, sea salt, xanthan gum, vanilla bean.


Shiho Namba, Kousuke Noda, Miyuki Murata, Atsuhiro Kanda, Susumu Ishida; Shedding of Vascular Adhesion Protein-1 by VEGF Stimulation under High Glucose Condition. Invest. Ophthalmol. Vis. Sci. 2013;54(15):2682.
Purpose: Vascular adhesion protein (VAP)-1 is an adhesion molecule regulating leukocyte extravasation during leukocyte recruitment cascade, and it also possesses enzymatic activity as semicarbazide-sensitive amine oxidase (SSAO). SSAO is known to cause oxidative stress and generates advanced glycation end products (AGEs), both of which are involved in the pathogenesis of diabetic complications, by its enzymatic function. Soluble form of VAP-1 (sVAP-1) is reportedly increased in the serum of patients with diabetes, and we also showed that sVAP-1 was elevated in the vitreous fluids of diabetic retinopathy (DR). In this study, we investigate the molecular mechanism to increase sVAP-1 protein in DR using cultured retinal endothelial cells.
Methods: Rat retinal capillary endothelial cells (TR-iBRB2) were cultured with media containing either low glucose (5.5mM) or high glucose (25mM). Subsequently, the cells were stimulated with a rat recombinant vascular endothelial growth factor (VEGF, 100ng/ml), and 3 hours later the supernatants were harvested. Immunoprecipitation/western blot was performed to evaluate the levels of sVAP-1 after VEGF stimulation.
Results: Under high glucose condition, the level of sVAP-1 showed approximately 1.8-fold increase in the supernatants of TR-iBRB2 cells when stimulated with VEGF (P<0.05). By contrast, sVAP-1 was not altered with VEGF stimulation under low glucose condition.
Conclusions: The current data indicate that VEGF regulates the production and/or release of sVAP-1 via activation of intracellular signaling in retinal capillary endothelial cells under diabetic condition, leading to deterioration of DR through increase of oxidative stress and AGEs formation by sVAP-1/SSAO.


text:
Styracaster monacanthus is een kamster uit de familie Porcellanasteridae.

De wetenschappelijke naam van de soort werd in 1907 gepubliceerd door Hubert Ludwig.

Kamsterren


text:
U of T's Deep Genomics applies AI to accelerate drug development for genetic conditions
U of T Engineering Professor Brendan Frey is the founder and CEO of Deep Genomics, a startup company applying deep-learning techniques to revolutionize genomic medicine (photo courtesy of Deep Genomics)
U of T spinoff company combines leading research in both machine learning and genomic science to accelerate development of highly tailored medical treatments
Genetic mutations are the cause of countless diseases and disorders, from cancer to autism to cystic fibrosis.
Now, startup company Deep Genomics is applying decades of research into machine learning and genomic science to develop genetic medicines – accelerating treatments that address the root causes of these conditions.
"If you have smoke billowing out of the tailpipe of your car, you don't just put a filter on the tailpipe – you have to look under the hood and address the original problem," says Brendan Frey, the co-founder and CEO of Deep Genomics, and a U of T engineering professor with cross-appointments in the department of computer science and the Donnelly Centre for Cellular and Biomolecular Research. "That's what we're doing: applying our platform for the discovery-phase development of medicines that address genetic problems."
Developing new drugs is expensive, slow and inefficient – when researchers identify a protein involved in a disease, pharmaceutical companies often use a 'guess-and-test' approach to see whether any of the known drug molecules in their arsenal is a match to the protein's unique shape. Often, thousands of molecules need to be screened in order to generate a match.
Frey's team at Deep Genomics is looking at the first biological step in the process: at the genes that contain the blueprints for proteins and instructions on how and when to produce them.
"There are many ways a protein could be causing a problem, resulting from different changes to the genome. We can see those changes at the level of individual genes," says Frey. "Instead of focusing on proteins, we're focusing on the genetic mutations that are the source of the problem."
Read more about startup by Frey's student using AI to analyze protein data
Most new drugs fail in clinical trials, and the cost of developing a new drug is over $2.5 billion.
Frey hopes that by harnessing the massive amount of genetic data that has become available since the human genome was sequenced in 2001, Deep Genomics can help pharmaceutical companies significantly cut down on the number of failures, and pinpoint the winners earlier. The company plans to collaborate with pharmaceutical companies to develop compounds.
Frey is also a co-founder of the recently formed Vector Institute, an academia-industry-government centre that solidifies Toronto's position as a global hub for artificial intelligence research and development. With over $200 million in funding, the institute builds on U of T's long-standing strength in branches of AI such as deep learning, machine learning, neural networks, augmented reality, self-driving and autonomous vehicles and robotics.
"I think in the next 10 to 20 years, almost all aspects of Canadian society will be impacted by artificial intelligence, from farming to medicine to education," says Frey. "Artificial intelligence, and deep learning in particular, is the best way to interpret data and then make rational, good choices. As the amount of data grows in all areas of society, AI will play a crucial role in making that happen."
In medicine, Deep Genomics has identified the most promising ways to tackle rare Mendelian disorders, a class of genetic conditions caused by mutations in a single gene. Over 350 million people worldwide are affected by rare Mendelian disorders. Frey says the first three conditions they'll explore will be disorders of the central nervous system, eye and liver.
"So far, we've been focusing on our core technology: using machine learning to gain new insights into how mutations anywhere in the genome contribute to disease conditions," says Frey. "Now it's time to use that platform to help pharmaceutical companies develop genetic medicines for some of these conditions that affect millions of people."
Learn more about entrepreneurship and startups at U of T
Marit Mitchell
Global LensBreaking Research
Artificial IntelligenceVectorBrendan FreyEntrepreneurshipFaculty of Applied Science & EngineeringStartupDrugsFaculty of Arts & ScienceDonnellyFaculty of Medicine