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"Everything Is Connected" now rings more true than ever as we see the connections between the pandemic and climate change, and between racism and environmental justice. Laudato Si' addresses all of these issues.
You are invited to join our webinar "Everything Is Connected", which celebrates the 5th Anniversary of Laudato Si': On Care for Our Common Home, Pope Francis' encyclical on the environment and climate change. The webinar will look at the impact of Laudato Si in these five years, and will also challenge us to look at the urgency of working together to care for our common home. We join together to celebrate and accelerate!
Hosted by Br. Kevin Cawley, CFC, PhD. head of the Thomas Berry Forum on Ecological Dialogue at Iona College, and editor of Carbon Rangers, the webinar will feature two champions who have embraced Laudato Si' in their work:
* Dr. Nancy Tuchman, a biologist and the Founder & Dean of the Institute of Sustainability at Loyola, Chicago, a lead author of Healing Earth, an online environmental highschool textbook updated regularly by its 90 contributors. She is an active participant in EcoJesuit.
* Dr. Erin Lothes, a theologian and professor of theology at the College of Saint Elizabeth, N.J. whose focus is the ethics of energy. Dr. Lothes is an Earth Institute Fellow at Columbia University.
Additionally, this webinar will briefly highlight work on the ground that is being done in the Metro New York area with
* Bernie Yozwiak, head of the Care of Creation team at the parish of Holy Name of Mary in Croton-on-Hudson, NY who will talk about their "Sustainable Sundays", their work with other congregations and with the town.
* Brigid McCabe, a high school student at Notre Dame High School in Manhattan, who with three other students from her school, attended an Arrupe Leaders Summit training program, and came back energized to work on the issue of climate change and immigration with the whole student body.
* Nancy Lorence, an educator who coordinates and helped to found the Metro NY Catholic Climate Movement (MNY CCM) which now has representatives from 12 parishes on its steering committee. Formed after the 2014 People's Climate March in New York City, MNY CCM became an affiliate chapter of the Global Catholic Climate Movement in 2015.
This webinar is sponsored by the St. Francis Xavier Environment Ministry, and Metro NY Catholic Climate Movement.
It is endorsed by Catholic Charities Dept. of Social and Community Development of the NY Archdiocese, and the Newark Archdiocesan Environmental Justice Task Force.
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This tree has been cut down by the state Department of Energy and Environmental Protection.
HAMDEN >> The ramifications of the state's decision to take down a large old tree at West Rock State Park continues to be felt as residents fight to replace the tree and town officials consider sending a letter to the governor regarding how the state Department of Energy and Environmental Protection has treated those involved.
The Legislative Council has directed Mayor Curt Balzano Leng to write a letter to Gov. Dannel P. Malloy about how DEEP Commissioner Robert Klee allegedly spoke to a member of the West Rock Park Association during discussions about possibly replacing the tree.
The almost-100-year-old hickory tree stood alone in a meadow at the north end of the park until Feb. 2, when DEEP workers took it down. Many were surprised at the action because there was no notice given to the association or the West Rock Park Advisory Committee.
It was during a phone call about a month ago between one association member and Klee that the commissioner allegedly said they were "tree-hugging (expletives)," Legislative Council President James Pascarella said, prompting the council to instruct Leng's office to draft the letter of objection at Tuesday's council meeting.
"I asked the administration to draft a letter that will have both the mayor's and my signature," he said. But before it's sent, 4th District Councilman Eric Annes will reach out to Klee to discuss the matter. "We are going to give him a little more time before we send the letter out.
Schain said he doesn't believe the incident happened. "The commissioner did not speak to them in that manner," he said.
"I really think it's a shame that the tree was taken down, one that has meant so much to so many of our residents for many years," Leng said. "I was extremely disappointed that it was taken down without the notice that I think neighbors expected.
"I'm fully supportive of having a new tree planted and would even be willing to offer to have the town do it if that would help the process," he said.
The DEEP is firm in its stance that there shouldn't be a tree there, Schain said. "After consulting with staff the commissioner said we could do two things for sure and we were offering an alternative (to replacing the tree) that we thought and believe makes more sense ecologically and is more in keeping with the setting," he said.
But residents are still pushing for a replacement tree, which doesn't appear likely to happen. It's that impasse that led to Klee's alleged off-color remark, Pascarella said.
"I am skeptical of that," Schain said. But they are willing to talk to the town about the issue of replacing the tree, he said.


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(109879) Letelier est un astéroïde de la ceinture principale.

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(109879) Letelier est un astéroïde de la ceinture principale. Il fut découvert le  à Fountain Hills par Charles W. Juels et Paulo R. Holvorcem. Il présente une orbite caractérisée par un demi-grand axe de 2,49 UA, une excentricité de 0,21 et une inclinaison de 5,8° par rapport à l'écliptique.

Articles connexes
 Liste des planètes mineures (109001-110000)
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Planète mineure découverte en 2001
Astéroïde de la ceinture principale
Objet céleste découvert par Charles W. Juels
Objet céleste découvert à l'observatoire de Fountain Hills
Letelier

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A Eleição Presidencial brasileira de 1978 ocorreu de forma indireta, através de um Colégio Eleitoral. O MDB oposicionista novamente resolveu lançar um "anticandidato", para ocupar espaços e denunciar a democracia restrita. O MDB escolheu o General Euler Bentes, militar que havia se recusado a participar do golpe de Estado que depôs João Goulart. Euler Bentes disputava contra o General João Figueiredo, ministro-chefe do SNI que teve um civil escolhido como candidato a vice, o até então governador mineiro Aureliano Chaves, egresso da UDN.

Contexto histórico

O país passava por um processo de abertura política, sobre a qual o então presidente Ernesto Geisel, ex-tenente que participou da Revolução de 1930 e militar da linha Sorborne (ligada a Escola Superior de Guerra), afirmava que seria um processo "lento, gradual e seguro". Ernesto Geisel pertencia à linha moderada das Forças Armadas, pois concebia o regime militar iniciado em 1964 como transitório para assegurar o liberalismo no país. Durante o governo Geisel iniciou a transição para a democracia liberal. Já em seu primeiro ano no cargo, permitiu a propaganda política da oposição e aboliu a censura prévia à imprensa.

Mesmo lenta e controlada, havia sinais de que a abertura era para valer. Nas eleições para deputados e senadores de 1974, a oposição aglutinada no MDB obteve ampla vitória, principalmente nas grandes cidades. Porém, em fins de 1976 para evitar derrotas eleitorais da ARENA, o governo, através do Ministro da Justiça, Armando Falcão, proibiu a propaganda e o debate eleitoral no rádio e na televisão.

Para manter a economia aquecida, Geisel criou o "II Plano Nacional de Desenvolvimento" e ainda, colaborou com a construção da Usina Hidrelétrica de Itaipu. Com o milagre econômico se esgotando, o governo Geisel aumentou a participação do estado na economia, graças à expansão das empresas estatais e ao planejamento econômico. O governo deu continuidade a alguns projetos destinados a dotar o país de uma sólida infraestrutura, entre eles, a Ferrovia do Aço em Minas Gerais, o Programa Nacional do Álcool, o (Pro-álcool), criado em 1975 como alternativa para a gasolina, a construção de usinas nucleares para geração de energia e a construção da Usina Hidrelétrica de Tucuruí.

Esses projetos foram em geral muito criticados, por terem altos custos e serem executados em grande parte com dinheiro emprestado de bancos internacionais, o que alimentava cada vez mais a dívida externa do Brasil. De qualquer forma eles dotaram o país de uma base industrial capaz de produzir a maior parte dos bens necessários para a população.

Na área dos transportes, participou da inauguração das primeiras linhas do metrô nas cidades de São Paulo e Rio de Janeiro. Estreitou laços diplomáticos com a China, e com a Alemanha realizou um acordo nuclear. O Brasil foi o primeiro país a reconhecer o governo que assumiu Portugal após a queda da ditadura salazarista, em 25 de abril de 1974. Economicamente, o país estava com alta taxa de inflação e dívida externa. Para contornar a crise internacional do petróleo de 1973, investiu-se no setor energético e indústria de base por meio do II Plano Nacional de Desenvolvimento, além de lançar projetos de prospecção de petróleo pela Petrobrás.

Apesar da suposta mitigação da repressão da ditadura militar, a perseguição aos militantes do Partido Comunista Brasileiro (PCB) e a censura à imprensa persistiram. No governo do general Geisel, em 1975, ocorreu o assassinato do jornalista Vladimir Herzog no cárcere do DOI-CODI, ele estava preso porque veiculava notícias de crítica ao regime e por denunciar as mazelas sociais.

Os assassinatos do jornalista Vladimir Herzog e do operário Manoel Fiel Filho em São Paulo, entre o final de 1975 e o início de 1976, apressaram os planos do governo e ocasionaram um enfraquecimento do poder da chamada linha-dura dentro da administração federal, com a demissão, pouco tempo depois das mortes, do general Ednardo D'Ávila Mello, comandante do II Exército, responsável pelas prisões de Herzog e Fiel Filho. O presidente tomou providências contra o que chamou de excessos. No auge da crise institucional, o então presidente Geisel neutralizou uma tentativa de golpe do general Sylvio Frota, principal expoente da "linha-dura" e tido como um dos favoritos à sua própria sucessão, e terminou por exonerá-lo em outubro de 1977. Com a exoneração de Sylvio Frota, Geisel isolou o grupo de militares que era contra o processo de abertura política.

Os movimentos populares e as comunidades eclesiais de base também sofreram perseguição política, inclusive, com o assassinato do padre João Bosco e a prisão do bispo dom Adriano Hipólito.

Em 1977, o regime pretendeu implementar uma reforma do Poder Judiciário que não foi aceita pela maioria dos deputados que pertenciam à oposição, e o governo impôs o fechamento do Congresso Nacional pelo período de 14 dias. Outra medida do regime para assegurar a efetivação das propostas da ARENA foi a elaboração do "pacote de abril". Esse conjunto de leis previa a eleição indireta de governadores e de um terço dos senadores (dando origens aos chamados "senadores biônicos"), e a ampliação do mandato presidencial do sucessor de Geisel para seis anos, dentre outras medidas.

Nas eleições de 1978 a oposição ganhou por milhões de votos à frente e clamou por uma Assembleia Nacional Constituinte como solução política para o país. Entretanto, apesar dos poucos avanços no processo democrático e dos momentos de retrocesso, o governo do general Geisel passou para a história como o da distensão política, por sua pretensão de normalizar a vida política.

Em 1978 teve de enfrentar a primeira greve de massa desde 1964, a dos metalúrgicos do ABC paulista, liderada pelo metalúrgico Luiz Inácio da Silva (futuro presidente da república).

Geisel extinguiu o AI-5, restaura o habeas-corpus, abre caminho para a volta da democracia no Brasil e preparou o governo de seu sucessor para realizar a anistia política e a volta dos exilados, mas sem que retomassem seus cargos políticos.

Disputavam a sucessão do Presidente Ernesto Geisel, as seguintes chapas:

João Figueiredo / Aureliano Chaves (vice), pela ARENA, indicados pelo Presidente Geisel;
Euler Bentes Monteiro / Paulo Brossard (vice), pelo MDB, de oposição;

No dia 15 de outubro de 1978, o Colégio Eleitoral reuniu-se e João Figueiredo foi eleito presidente para um mandato de 6 anos com 355 votos (61,1%) contra 226 dados a Monteiro (38,9%).

1978
Presidencial
Eleições na ditadura militar no Brasil (1964–1985)


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Q: Keras model.predict() throwing ValueError X and Y is of shape (89362, 5) and (89362,) repectively.
x_train, x_test, y_train, y_test = train_test_split(X, Y,
                                                    test_size = 0.3,
                                                    random_state = 1)

x_train.shape, y_train.shape = ((62553, 5), (62553,))
x_test.shape, y_test.shape = ((26809, 5), (26809,))

Reshaped the vectors to:
torch.Size([1, 62553, 5]), torch.Size([1, 62553])
torch.Size([1, 26809, 5]), torch.Size([1, 26809])

The model is defined as
n_steps = 62553
n_features = 5

model = Sequential()
model.add(Conv1D(filters=64, kernel_size=2, activation='relu', input_shape=(n_steps, n_features)))
model.add(MaxPooling1D(pool_size=2))
model.add(Flatten())
model.add(Dense(50, activation='relu'))
model.add(Dense(62553))
model.compile(optimizer='adam', loss='mse')
model.fit(x_train, y_train, epochs=10, verbose=0)

While predicting with x_test, it throws value error
yhat = model.predict(x_test, verbose=0)
print(yhat)

ValueError: Error when checking input: expected conv1d_4_input to have shape (62553, 5) but got array with shape torch.Size([26809, 5])

A: This is happening because you are specifying a fixed size here:
model.add(Conv1D(filters=64, kernel_size=2, activation='relu', input_shape=(n_steps, n_features)))

Once you pass something else to the model, the model is still expecting that fixed size with dimensions:
n_steps = 62553
n_features = 5

Removing the input_shape parameter should correct this issue:
model.add(Conv1D(filters=64, kernel_size=2, activation='relu'))

I hope that this helps you.

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FAYETTEVILLE, Ark. (AP) No Southeastern Conference opponent during coach Bret Bielema's three years at Arkansas has earned quite the same level of off-the-field attention as Auburn.
From back-and-forth barbs in the media to on-the-field injury antics and constant reminders about Tigers coach Gus Malzahn's long history in Arkansas, the matchup of the two SEC West schools has been entertaining in recent years.
Malzahn led the Tigers (4-2, 1-2) to a win in his northwest Arkansas homecoming two years ago on the way to an SEC championship and national title game appearance. It was a particularly difficult loss in a 3-9 season full of them for Bielema, who said he hears from fans ''more about'' Auburn than another other team - likely because of Malzahn's ties to the state.
Never one to express his emotions publicly, Malzahn has downplayed this week's return to his home state and the possibility of any extra meaning to the game because of his history with Bielema and their differences when it comes to coaching offense. Bielema is a pro-style guy, while Malzahn prefers a wide-open spread attack.
MALZAHN'S HOMECOMING: While Malzahn insisted this week the game has no more meaning to him than any other, the road trip is unlike any other he'll make this season. On Friday night, the former Arkansas walk-on will take part in a ceremony honoring the 2005 state championship team he coached at Springdale (Ark.) High School.
WHITE'S IMPACT: The Tigers have won their last two games, including a 30-27 at Kentucky in their last game, and they appear to have regained some of their offensive explosiveness with freshman quarterback Sean White under center the last three games. White has yet to throw a touchdown, but he also hasn't thrown in interception in his last two games - a key factor as Auburn attempts to win its second straight SEC road game.
CONSISTENT BARBER: Running back Peyton Barber has been the most consistent element of Auburn's offensive attack, and he faces a big challenge against the league's No. 3 run defense. Barber has four 100-yard games and leads the FBS with 31 rushes resulting in a first down during the second half and overtime.
DEFENSIVE RAZORBACKS: Arkansas finished last season 10th nationally in total defense, and it's continued to play well this season - holding three of its six opponents to their lowest scoring outputs of the season. After starting the season at outside linebacker, junior Brooks Ellis has moved back to the middle and leads the Razorbacks with 49 tackles.
COLLINS' COMEBACK: Alex Collins had a streak of three straight 150-yard rushing games stopped when he was held to 26 yards on 12 carries in Arkansas' loss at Alabama two weeks ago. The junior faces an Auburn defense this week that's 100th in the country in rushing defense, allowing 197.7 yards per game.


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Anis Yadir (born 29 October 2004) is a Dutch footballer who plays as a midfielder for de Graafschap in the Eerste Divisie.

Career
From June 2022 he was included in first team training at De Graafschap after signing a three-year professional contract.
He made his professional debut in the KNVB Cup against Rijnsburgse Boys on 18 October, 2022 scoring in a 3-1 win. He also scored on his Eerste Divisie debut on 11 November 2022 as Jong PSV played away at De Graafschap at the De Vijverberg. He scored a late winner in a 3-2 win for his side.

Personal life
Born in the Netherlands, Yadir is of Moroccan descent.

References

External links

2004 births
Living people
Dutch footballers
Dutch sportspeople of Moroccan descent
Association football midfielders
De Graafschap players
Eerste Divisie players
People from Zutphen


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Less than 10% of women's sport coverage on Spanish TV news15 December 2016
Women'ssportcoverageonSpanishTVnewscorrespondtolessthan10%ofthetotalamountofsportsnewsandareinaverageshorterthantherest,anewreportofthe Andalusian AudiovisualCouncil (CAA)hasrevealed.
The report, presented on Tuesday 13 December, compiles the outcomes of three studies on the topic in Andalusia and shows that among 831 sports news analysed, 719 (86%) refer to male sports, 58 to women's (7%) and 54 (7%) to mixed sports.
Football is the most reported sport, representing 67% of all sports news of which only 2% are about women's football.
The most balanced information are the news of sports including athletics, in which 87% of the news make reference to sports practiced by both genders, tennis, in which 47% of the news are of women's tennis, and basketball with 33% of the stories referring to women's tournaments. However, the three sports combined represent less than 15% of the total amount of sports news.
The report also presents data regarding the participation and commentaries made by female sports journalists, coaches, athletes, fans, referees and others. Out of 4.390 contributions noted in sports news stories, only 173 were made by women, 4% of the total.
In 2014, 14 media outlets and seven sporting federations in Andalusia signed a CAA proposal to promote a more diverse coverage of sport but the outcomes of the pact reveal a slow improvement. A 2013 study noted that only 2% of all athletes interviewed by Andalusia's public televisions were women, it currently is 4,52%.
Assessing the numbers, CAA said in a press release: "The numbers do not represent the reality of Andalusian sport but they show that discrimination against women still prevails."
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"""
data hash pandas / numpy objects
"""
import itertools

import numpy as np

import pandas._libs.hashing as hashing
import pandas._libs.tslibs as tslibs

from pandas.core.dtypes.cast import infer_dtype_from_scalar
from pandas.core.dtypes.common import (
    is_categorical_dtype,
    is_extension_array_dtype,
    is_list_like,
)
from pandas.core.dtypes.generic import (
    ABCDataFrame,
    ABCIndexClass,
    ABCMultiIndex,
    ABCSeries,
)
from pandas.core.dtypes.missing import isna

# 16 byte long hashing key
_default_hash_key = "0123456789123456"

def _combine_hash_arrays(arrays, num_items):
    """
    Parameters
    ----------
    arrays : generator
    num_items : int

    Should be the same as CPython's tupleobject.c
    """
    try:
        first = next(arrays)
    except StopIteration:
        return np.array([], dtype=np.uint64)

    arrays = itertools.chain([first], arrays)

    mult = np.uint64(1000003)
    out = np.zeros_like(first) + np.uint64(0x345678)
    for i, a in enumerate(arrays):
        inverse_i = num_items - i
        out ^= a
        out *= mult
        mult += np.uint64(82520 + inverse_i + inverse_i)
    assert i + 1 == num_items, "Fed in wrong num_items"
    out += np.uint64(97531)
    return out

def hash_pandas_object(
    obj, index=True, encoding="utf8", hash_key=None, categorize=True
):
    """
    Return a data hash of the Index/Series/DataFrame

    .. versionadded:: 0.19.2

    Parameters
    ----------
    index : boolean, default True
        include the index in the hash (if Series/DataFrame)
    encoding : string, default 'utf8'
        encoding for data & key when strings
    hash_key : string key to encode, default to _default_hash_key
    categorize : bool, default True
        Whether to first categorize object arrays before hashing. This is more
        efficient when the array contains duplicate values.

        .. versionadded:: 0.20.0

    Returns
    -------
    Series of uint64, same length as the object
    """
    from pandas import Series

    if hash_key is None:
        hash_key = _default_hash_key

    if isinstance(obj, ABCMultiIndex):
        return Series(hash_tuples(obj, encoding, hash_key), dtype="uint64", copy=False)

    if isinstance(obj, ABCIndexClass):
        h = hash_array(obj.values, encoding, hash_key, categorize).astype(
            "uint64", copy=False
        )
        h = Series(h, index=obj, dtype="uint64", copy=False)
    elif isinstance(obj, ABCSeries):
        h = hash_array(obj.values, encoding, hash_key, categorize).astype(
            "uint64", copy=False
        )
        if index:
            index_iter = (
                hash_pandas_object(
                    obj.index,
                    index=False,
                    encoding=encoding,
                    hash_key=hash_key,
                    categorize=categorize,
                ).values
                for _ in [None]
            )
            arrays = itertools.chain([h], index_iter)
            h = _combine_hash_arrays(arrays, 2)

        h = Series(h, index=obj.index, dtype="uint64", copy=False)

    elif isinstance(obj, ABCDataFrame):
        hashes = (hash_array(series.values) for _, series in obj.items())
        num_items = len(obj.columns)
        if index:
            index_hash_generator = (
                hash_pandas_object(
                    obj.index,
                    index=False,
                    encoding=encoding,
                    hash_key=hash_key,
                    categorize=categorize,
                ).values  # noqa
                for _ in [None]
            )
            num_items += 1
            hashes = itertools.chain(hashes, index_hash_generator)
        h = _combine_hash_arrays(hashes, num_items)

        h = Series(h, index=obj.index, dtype="uint64", copy=False)
    else:
        raise TypeError("Unexpected type for hashing %s" % type(obj))
    return h

def hash_tuples(vals, encoding="utf8", hash_key=None):
    """
    Hash an MultiIndex / list-of-tuples efficiently

    .. versionadded:: 0.20.0

    Parameters
    ----------
    vals : MultiIndex, list-of-tuples, or single tuple
    encoding : string, default 'utf8'
    hash_key : string key to encode, default to _default_hash_key

    Returns
    -------
    ndarray of hashed values array
    """
    is_tuple = False
    if isinstance(vals, tuple):
        vals = [vals]
        is_tuple = True
    elif not is_list_like(vals):
        raise TypeError("must be convertible to a list-of-tuples")

    from pandas import Categorical, MultiIndex

    if not isinstance(vals, ABCMultiIndex):
        vals = MultiIndex.from_tuples(vals)

    # create a list-of-Categoricals
    vals = [
        Categorical(vals.codes[level], vals.levels[level], ordered=False, fastpath=True)
        for level in range(vals.nlevels)
    ]

    # hash the list-of-ndarrays
    hashes = (
        _hash_categorical(cat, encoding=encoding, hash_key=hash_key) for cat in vals
    )
    h = _combine_hash_arrays(hashes, len(vals))
    if is_tuple:
        h = h[0]

    return h

def hash_tuple(val, encoding="utf8", hash_key=None):
    """
    Hash a single tuple efficiently

    Parameters
    ----------
    val : single tuple
    encoding : string, default 'utf8'
    hash_key : string key to encode, default to _default_hash_key

    Returns
    -------
    hash

    """
    hashes = (_hash_scalar(v, encoding=encoding, hash_key=hash_key) for v in val)

    h = _combine_hash_arrays(hashes, len(val))[0]

    return h

def _hash_categorical(c, encoding, hash_key):
    """
    Hash a Categorical by hashing its categories, and then mapping the codes
    to the hashes

    Parameters
    ----------
    c : Categorical
    encoding : string, default 'utf8'
    hash_key : string key to encode, default to _default_hash_key

    Returns
    -------
    ndarray of hashed values array, same size as len(c)
    """
    # Convert ExtensionArrays to ndarrays
    values = np.asarray(c.categories.values)
    hashed = hash_array(values, encoding, hash_key, categorize=False)

    # we have uint64, as we don't directly support missing values
    # we don't want to use take_nd which will coerce to float
    # instead, directly construct the result with a
    # max(np.uint64) as the missing value indicator
    #
    # TODO: GH 15362

    mask = c.isna()
    if len(hashed):
        result = hashed.take(c.codes)
    else:
        result = np.zeros(len(mask), dtype="uint64")

    if mask.any():
        result[mask] = np.iinfo(np.uint64).max

    return result

def hash_array(vals, encoding="utf8", hash_key=None, categorize=True):
    """
    Given a 1d array, return an array of deterministic integers.

    .. versionadded:: 0.19.2

    Parameters
    ----------
    vals : ndarray, Categorical
    encoding : string, default 'utf8'
        encoding for data & key when strings
    hash_key : string key to encode, default to _default_hash_key
    categorize : bool, default True
        Whether to first categorize object arrays before hashing. This is more
        efficient when the array contains duplicate values.

        .. versionadded:: 0.20.0

    Returns
    -------
    1d uint64 numpy array of hash values, same length as the vals
    """

    if not hasattr(vals, "dtype"):
        raise TypeError("must pass a ndarray-like")
    dtype = vals.dtype

    if hash_key is None:
        hash_key = _default_hash_key

    # For categoricals, we hash the categories, then remap the codes to the
    # hash values. (This check is above the complex check so that we don't ask
    # numpy if categorical is a subdtype of complex, as it will choke).
    if is_categorical_dtype(dtype):
        return _hash_categorical(vals, encoding, hash_key)
    elif is_extension_array_dtype(dtype):
        vals, _ = vals._values_for_factorize()
        dtype = vals.dtype

    # we'll be working with everything as 64-bit values, so handle this
    # 128-bit value early
    if np.issubdtype(dtype, np.complex128):
        return hash_array(np.real(vals)) + 23 * hash_array(np.imag(vals))

    # First, turn whatever array this is into unsigned 64-bit ints, if we can
    # manage it.
    elif isinstance(dtype, np.bool):
        vals = vals.astype("u8")
    elif issubclass(dtype.type, (np.datetime64, np.timedelta64)):
        vals = vals.view("i8").astype("u8", copy=False)
    elif issubclass(dtype.type, np.number) and dtype.itemsize <= 8:
        vals = vals.view("u{}".format(vals.dtype.itemsize)).astype("u8")
    else:
        # With repeated values, its MUCH faster to categorize object dtypes,
        # then hash and rename categories. We allow skipping the categorization
        # when the values are known/likely to be unique.
        if categorize:
            from pandas import factorize, Categorical, Index

            codes, categories = factorize(vals, sort=False)
            cat = Categorical(codes, Index(categories), ordered=False, fastpath=True)
            return _hash_categorical(cat, encoding, hash_key)

        try:
            vals = hashing.hash_object_array(vals, hash_key, encoding)
        except TypeError:
            # we have mixed types
            vals = hashing.hash_object_array(
                vals.astype(str).astype(object), hash_key, encoding
            )

    # Then, redistribute these 64-bit ints within the space of 64-bit ints
    vals ^= vals >> 30
    vals *= np.uint64(0xBF58476D1CE4E5B9)
    vals ^= vals >> 27
    vals *= np.uint64(0x94D049BB133111EB)
    vals ^= vals >> 31
    return vals

def _hash_scalar(val, encoding="utf8", hash_key=None):
    """
    Hash scalar value

    Returns
    -------
    1d uint64 numpy array of hash value, of length 1
    """

    if isna(val):
        # this is to be consistent with the _hash_categorical implementation
        return np.array([np.iinfo(np.uint64).max], dtype="u8")

    if getattr(val, "tzinfo", None) is not None:
        # for tz-aware datetimes, we need the underlying naive UTC value and
        # not the tz aware object or pd extension type (as
        # infer_dtype_from_scalar would do)
        if not isinstance(val, tslibs.Timestamp):
            val = tslibs.Timestamp(val)
        val = val.tz_convert(None)

    dtype, val = infer_dtype_from_scalar(val)
    vals = np.array([val], dtype=dtype)

    return hash_array(vals, hash_key=hash_key, encoding=encoding, categorize=False)

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EA Luetkemeyer
The bold, irreverent, audacious written works of EA Luetkemeyer
Inside the Mind of Martin Mueller
Penitentiary Tales: A Love Story
Interior Illustrations
Bead by Bead
A Kim in Every Club
PRINTED IN THE FEBRUARY 2019 ISSUE OF THE JACKSONVILLE REVIEW
A BIG ROGUE VALLEY WELCOME TO NEWLY arrived author EA Luetkemeyer. Gene and his wife, Leslie, relocated to Jacksonville after forty years together in the San Francisco Bay Area. After retiring from a mundane career in yellow page advertising sales, Gene decided to make his novel-writing ambition a reality. He was awarded an MFA in Creative writing from Lesley University in Cambridge, MA, in 2015, where he dusted off a decades-old journal of his escapades during his turbulent earlier years and upon it based his thesis and two recently completed novels.
Inside the Mind of Martin Mueller, released in November under his imprint, Laughing Buddha Books, tells the story of a man of wealth and taste whose mission in life is no less than to "reassemble the scattered shards of the shattered Over-soul of mankind." He believes the penitentiary he's an inmate of is in the basement of his country estate. Daily he discards the fine clothes of a retired billionaire and dons the blue denim of a prisoner and takes an elevator down to his cell where he toils obsessively at his masterpiece, a manuscript which when completed will alter the course of the evolution of humanity and earn him a high place among his brethren-to-be, the Illuminati. Is he delusional? Which is real—the mansion or the cell block or both? Inside the Mind of Martin Mueller is a literary inkblot test of a twisted tale: what you see is what you get. Kirkus Reviews calls it "An eccentric but extraordinary story." Online Book Club calls it "A brilliantly conceived journey into the darkest corners of the human mind…a luminous, far-fetched, existential mind-trip with a freaky twist ending."
Gene's stories are not for everyone. The good guys don't always win, and the bad guys don't always lose. The language is explicit, the situations dicey, the characters debased, and the reader will be taken to places best visited on the page.
Asked why he chose to relocate to Jacksonville, he replied: "There is a tremendous undercurrent of creativity here. People are shaping their own lives artfully. Poets, potters, painters and entrepreneurs abound. There is no place I'd rather be to enter this phase of my writing career. And of course, there is the wine."
For excerpts and reviews of Inside the Mind of Martin Mueller and previews of works in progress, visit http://www.ealuetkemeyer.com.
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Exploring the leukaemia link
The latest report of the UK committee on medical aspects of radiation in the environment (COMARE) in May 2011 again finds no link between nuclear power plants and leukaemia in Great Britain; it also analyses results from the German KiKK study, which did find a link. An excerpt is reproduced here, together with responses to queries made since publication.
Indonesian government approves nuclear construction plan
Portage, Inc leads $121 million tails removal project
The low-power SVBR 100
A reactor design originally used in Russian nuclear submarines can be linked together in multiple units to form a modular nuclear power plant. The safety features of its design, including the relatively small amount of energy/m3 of coolant, would prevent the kind of radiation release seen at Fukushima Daiichi, given similar initiating events, enabling its installation in towns and factories. By V. V. Petrochenko
Fukushima Daiichi crisis | Tsunami
Since the Fukushima accident there has been greater awareness of the risk from tsunami to reactors in seismically-active areas. It is important, however, to realise that tsunami include a wider range of phenomena that could impact a variety of nuclear facilities in different geographical settings. By Ian G. McKinley, W. Russell Alexander and Hideki Kawamura
Simplified Modeling of the Reactor Primary System and Containment Response following Reactor Scram
This document describes the simplified models used to predict the reactor primary system and containment response following scram. By James Healzer
When Exelon was planning to buy the Salem and Hope Creek nuclear power plants in 2005, the utility began to transfer the stations to its own management model. This article describes that model and how its implementation led to improved performance at the New Jersey plants. By Kenneth Ainger
Pipe work
Following a major uprate in 2009, Sweden's Oskarshamn 3 is due to start operating at its maximum capacity of 1450 MW next year. Part of the uprate project involved the structural verification of some 40km of reactor piping. By Lennart Jansson, Lingfu Zeng and Lars Dahlström
Rolls-Royce buys R. Brooks and signs deal with Rosatom
Packing up Bradwell's ILW
A year-long project has begun at Bradwell to tackle 45m3 of sludges and ion exchange media.
Could WIPP replace Yucca Mountain?
The 2010 decision by the?US Department of Energy to abandon the Yucca Mountain repository for high-level radioactive waste is still being played out. Yet in May the Blue Ribbon Commission on America's Nuclear Future said that the need for a disposal solution is 'inescapable,' and that a mined repository is the most promising option. Could an expansion of the operating Waste Isolation Pilot Plant be a viable alternative to Yucca Mountain? By Christopher Timm and Jerry Fox
GE Hitachi: responding with the industry
Brian Johnson is VP, US markets for GE Nuclear Energy's new plant business. Fukushima Daiichi is based on GE?designs.
A film on limited release documents the world's first underground spent fuel repository currently being constructed at Onkalo near Olkiluoto in Finland. By Penny Hitchin
A high-conductivity oxide fuel concept
Beryllium oxide (BeO) is proposed as an engineered additive to enhance the thermal conductivity of UO2. It was determined that the beginning-of-cycle reactivity may increase by about 2900 percent milliRho, resulting in an increase in cycle length of ~20 days with a potential increase in end-of-cycle burnup to about 4000 MWd/tHM. The average operating fuel temperature can be diminished by more than 150°C. By Sean M. McDeavitt, Jean Ragusa, Shripad T. Revankar, Alvin A. Solomon and James Malone
The UK utility response
In the days after the Japanese earthquake and tsunami in mid-March, the UK's EDF Energy set up a crisis team and performed some short-term engineering checks of the seven advanced gas-cooled and one PWR stations it operates.
A watching brief
The need to ensure the integrity of interim waste packages over a longer-than-envisaged design life has led to an integrated approach to identify effective waste package monitoring solutions. By Jonathan Cox


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Q: Local Normal Form of holomorphic map on Riemann surface Let $F:X \rightarrow Y $ be a holomorphic map defined at $p\in X$ , which is not constant. Then there is a unique integer $m \geq1$ which satisfies the following property: for every chart $\Phi_2:U_2 \rightarrow V_2$ on $Y$ centered at $F(p)$ , there there exists a chart $\Phi_1: U_1 \rightarrow V_1$  centered at $p$ such that $\Phi_2(F(\Phi_1^{-1}(z)))=z^m $.
The existence part of the question is fine .
How to prove uniqueness of $m\geq1$?
Reference ( Algebraic Curves and Riemann surfaces by Rick Miranda).

A: I am trying to give a proof of uniqueness of the integer $m\geq1$ . Verify if I am wrong. First observe that if there are local coordinate charts near p and F(p) such that F has the form  $z\in z^m$  then there are exactly m preimages of points near $F(p)$  in a neighborhood of $p$ . As $F$ is an open mapping therefore $F(U_1) \cap U_2$ is open in Y  , $ g =\Phi_2(F(\Phi_1^{-1}(z)))$ is holomorphic map which is again open map.
Therefore we can get a small enough neighborhood of $F(p)$ which has exactly m inverse images ,can be easily verified via commutative diagram. //
Therefore if we get two pairs of chart around $p$ and $F(p)$ for which $F$ locally looks like $z\rightarrow z^m $ and $z\rightarrow z^n $ respectively , $m \neq n$ then we will get a neighborhood around $p$ and $F(p)$ where some point has once $m$ preimages and $n $ preimages simultaneously. Which is absurd . therefore $m=n$.


Inspired from the EU project HighNoon, the 2nd HighNoon Spring School took place at Department of Civil Engineering IIT Delhi from February 4th to February 7th, 2013. The School was sponsored by the Department of International Development, UKaid. The aim of the spring school was to impart knowledge on the climate and socio-economic changes to the participants working in the field of climate change.
The preparation for the school started in November 2012 when the call for applications was made. Right after six weeks a shortlist of the participants was released on the HighNoon website. The event marked participation from India and foreign countries viz. Nepal, Thailand, UK, Sri Lanka and Bangladesh. Among the participants were postgraduate students, PhD scholars, academicians and engineers who are working in the area of climate change, water resources management and agriculture.
The four day long school covered lectures on Climate Modelling, Snowmelt, Climate forecasting and agriculture, Climate change and energy, Climate Adaptation etc. Along with the lectures participants were provided with the hands on experience on climate data analysis and swat modelling. The group exercise on third and fourth day of the school involved brainstorming on measures for adaptation to climate change. The participants were asked to work in groups having 5-6 persons each. This involved discussions on the problems that the world is experiencing due to climate change and the steps that are usually followed to mitigate and adapt to these changes. This was then followed by the group presentation on the fourth day where people came up with their own ideas to adapt better to climate change.
The response of the participants (as per their feedbacks) was encouraging. They were delighted to be a part of the Spring School. They said that the School enhanced their knowledge on climate change and the way the lectures and exercises were delivered made it more interesting.


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U.S. advisory: We have firm handle of security — Lai Mohammed
Alhaji Lai Mohammed, Minister of Information and Culture, says the relevant authorities are in firm control of the security situation in the country.
According to him, there is no cause for alarm or panic.
Mohammed fielded questions from State House correspondents after the Federal Executive Council (FEC) meeting presided over by Vice President Yemi Osinbajo on Wednesday at the Presidential Villa, Abuja.
He was reacting to a question on the security situation in Nigeria following an alert issued by the U.S and Uk to their citizens, warning against the spread of information that could destabilise the polity.
The minister had on Monday at Global Media and Information Literacy Week holding in Abuja, said that unregulated use of social media and other digital platforms was posing enormous challenges globally.
He had warned that there was an urgent need for every person to be equipped with the ability to critically evaluate and wisely use information at their disposal.
Mohammed told State House correspondents that U.S advisory to its citizens should not be taken out of context.
"On Sunday, there was travel advisory by both the U.S. and UK governments, but those advisories were issued to their citizens.
"The context in which I made my statement, I was very clear; currently hosting UNESCO Conference on Media and Information Literacy which is meant to equip people on how to differentiate between fake news and genuine news.
"And one of the things that we found out during the course is that people these days don't even analyse a story before they either consume it or they share it.
"Of course, this so called travel advisory, as far as we are concerned as a government, we have in the last few months taken a firm handle of security.
"What I said the click bating which is you find a story which is not verified, and you immediately share it, it will always cause panic; but I want to reassure both citizens, non-Nigerians living in this country that the security agencies are on top of this matter.''
He acknowledged that terrorists would not stop trying to embarrass or intimidate government.
Mohammed said, however, that Nigeria was safe and there was no cause for alarm or panic as the security alert had already caused disruptions.
"Unfortunately, that travel advisory on Sunday, many schools were closed; shops were closed; travel plans were disrupted; we don't need it.
"The security agencies, our soldiers, our policemen are working round the clock to curtail any terrorists attack.
"And this is where we stand,'' he said.
Lagos has evolved in emergency management – Oba Oniru
Fire: Only 2 floors had minimal damage — WAEC HNO
PDP govt. abandoned us in northeast to Boko Haram insurgency – Lawan lament
"I heard gunshot sound when Lagos lawyer was shot on Christmas Day" – Witness
Senate suspends plenary till Feb. 28
2023: Group condemned attack on Obi's convoys in Katsina
Man beats lover to death in Bayelsa
Senate confirms ex-I-G Arase as Chairman, Police Service Commission
Abia PDP guber candidate, Ikonne, is dead – Son
Court strikes out Saraki's suits against EFCC, ICPC, others
Tragedy: 2 die in early morning accident in Akure
Buhari approves constitution of 3 boards in FCT
Abductors take woman and her child in Osogbo, demand N5m ransom


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Stanford's Richard Thompson Ford has a review of my book in Slate today. Even though he ultimately disagrees with my book's thesis, the review is as fair and thoughtful as an author could hope.
Today's black underclass may not be as poor as many blacks were in the 1950s, but its isolation from the mainstream and from positive role models is actually worse. As Harvard sociologist William Julius Wilson has shown, the concentration of poverty in inner cities became a crisis in the decades after the civil rights movement, as suburbanization and the decline of manufacturing hollowed out inner cities and as the most successful and talented blacks pursued newly available opportunities outside segregated ghettoes. The inadvertent result was a "brain drain" and a diversion of resources away from many black neighborhoods and black institutions. Those blacks left behind in inner cities faced anemic local economies, weakened social networks, withered institutions, and failing schools. These larger economic and demographic shifts disrupted black communities and displaced black role models, creating "super ghettos" of unprecedented isolation, joblessness, and social dysfunction.
So even if school desegregation hadn't shuttered many promising black schools, the rest of the civil rights revolution would still have undermined them. In the segregated job markets, many of the most talented blacks became school teachers and principals in black schools; after the civil rights reforms of the 1960s, they moved into more lucrative jobs in racially integrated firms and businesses. The costs of school desegregation that Buck identifies—the disruption of nurturing all-black institutions and communities, racial antagonism, mutual distrust, and black alienation in white dominated settings—are among the unintended consequences of desegregation generally. If many children growing up in these neighborhoods think of education as the exclusive domain of whites, that's because they think of almost every mainstream aspiration as the exclusive domain of whites.
This is a compelling argument. Nonetheless it still seems hard for me to see how social isolation would necessarily cause some children to think that high achievement in school is somehow "white." For that to happen, I think you need a situation where most of the teachers are white and/or where the advanced classes are mostly white. Roland Fryer and Paul Torelli's empirical work did find that the "acting white" effect (that is, the popularity penalty experienced by black students with high grades) is "non-existent" in all-black inner city schools -- which, to be sure, remain disadvantaged for many other reasons.


Last night I picked the last seat left on the bus and sat down. Everywhere I looked there were tired workers, eager to get home for a spot of TV and a glass of wine.
The woman behind me clearly wasn't well.
Seriously, I kid you not, she sounded to me like she was at death's door. My actually hair moved in breeze caused by it all, and at that point I started to feel glad I'd had my TB jab.
And so she continued and her coughing was really all I could hear – it was a low throaty cough and low frequencies are all I really have left.
Now, I know it wasn't her fault or anything, and to the other people on the bus there was probably a whole other host of squeaks, chatter, creaks and mobile phone tones to add to her choking to death, but to me, that's all there was and it was driving me insane.
But it got me thinking about all the noise I make that I don't hear. Does it drive other people insane? I remember one time at school being told off for clicking the top of my pen repetitively. Apparently it made quite a din and my teacher was close to breaking point.
I also didn't know sweet packets made a rustling sound... cue lots of dirty looks at the theatre. And, when I was much younger and in a music lesson at school, I once spent a full 10 minutes hitting a triangle as I liked the vibration that travelled through my fingers, completely unaware of the noise I was making. I thought my music teacher might actually explode with rage.
Now I am older and wiser, I am better at judging what might make noise but I still wonder, do the keys of my mobile phone make noise as I tap away?
My flute is the weirdest thing in this category of noise I make but cannot hear. Over half of it simply disappears into thin air and yet, other people can hear it clear as a bell. In a flute lesson not long ago, I was getting frustrated as my teacher told me I wasn't getting the high notes on a certain scale – they were coming out as a lower fuzzy harmonic apparently.
But being the most amazingly switched-on guy, he then gave me a tip – to visualise the sound, to see it in my head and then it would come – along with the right diaphragm tension of course. But it worked and I started to get the notes and really feel the music in my head more – it was inside my ears already so it didn't matter that I couldn't hear it.
And, do you know what? You can do it with anything. So as I write this, I am imagining in my head the tap tapping of the keyboard, the din of phones ringing in my office and the higher notes of the music playing on the radio. And when I have had enough and need some peace and quiet, I will imagine it all away!


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// Copyright (c) 2022, WNProject Authors. All rights reserved.
// Use of this source code is governed by a BSD-style license that can be
// found in the LICENSE file.

// clang-format off

#ifndef ROCKETCORESTYLESHEETPARSER_H
#define ROCKETCORESTYLESHEETPARSER_H

#include "../../Include/Rocket/Core/String.h"

namespace Rocket {
namespace Core {

class Context;
class PropertyDictionary;
class Stream;
class StyleSheetNode;

/**
        Helper class for parsing a style sheet into its memory representation.

        @author Lloyd Weehuizen
 */

class StyleSheetParser {
public:
  StyleSheetParser(Context* _context);
  ~StyleSheetParser();

  /// Parses the given stream into the style sheet
  /// @param node The root node the stream will be parsed into
  /// @param stream The stream to read
  /// @return The number of parsed rules, or -1 if an error occured.
  int Parse(StyleSheetNode* node, Stream* stream);

  /// Parses the given string into the property dictionary
  /// @param parsed_properties The properties dictionary the properties will be
  /// read into
  /// @param properties The properties to parse
  /// @return True if the parse was successful, or false if an error occured.
  bool ParseProperties(
      PropertyDictionary& parsed_properties, const String& properties);

private:
  // Stream we're parsing from.
  Stream* stream;
  // Parser memory buffer.
  String parse_buffer;
  // How far we've read through the buffer.
  size_t parse_buffer_pos;

  // The name of the file we'r parsing.
  String stream_file_name;
  // Current line number we're parsing.
  size_t line_number;

  // Parses properties from the parse buffer into the dictionary
  // @param properties The dictionary to store the properties in
  bool ReadProperties(PropertyDictionary& properties);

  // Import properties into the stylesheet node
  // @param node Node to import into
  // @param names The names of the nodes
  // @param properties The dictionary of properties
  // @param rule_specificity The specifity of the rule
  bool ImportProperties(StyleSheetNode* node, const String& names,
      const PropertyDictionary& properties, int rule_specificity);

  // Attempts to find one of the given character tokens in the active stream
  // If it's found, buffer is filled with all content up until the token
  // @param buffer The buffer that receives the content
  // @param characters The character tokens to find
  // @param remove_token If the token that caused the find to stop should be
  // removed from the stream
  bool FindToken(String& buffer, const char* tokens, bool remove_token);

  // Attempts to find the next character in the active stream.
  // If it's found, buffer is filled with the character
  // @param buffer The buffer that receives the character, if read.
  bool ReadCharacter(char& buffer);

  // Fill the internal parse buffer
  bool FillBuffer();

  Context* m_context;
};
}  // namespace Core
}  // namespace Rocket

#endif


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Home News	Life As Otunba GBENGA DANIEL's Younger Brother
Life As Otunba GBENGA DANIEL's Younger Brother
written by City People April 30, 2018
Architect YELE DANIEL Tells City People
Yele Daniel is the younger brother of former Ogun State Governor, Otunba Gbenga Daniel. Yele, an Architect, was at the recent 62nd birthday party of his brother. He came with his amiable wife.
Yele shares a striking resemblance with his elder brother there and he is very cool, calm and collected. Yele, in an interview with City People's Assistant Editor, Sunday Adigun, revealed what people don't know about his brother, and how traits of leadership in OGD have been exhibited early in his life.
Tell me about life as Otunba Gbenga Daniel's brother?
It's a long story, but I would paraphrase it. I'm his younger brother and we've really come a long way and we are so close. I know so much about him. Otunba Gbenga is a large-hearted man, he's compassionate man. He carries people along not even only on the political forum, even in the family cycle, he's our role model. We laud his achievements.
Tell me about growing up with him?
He has always been a very pleasant personality and he has flair for hardwork. He does not believe in failure, anything he set his mind to achieve, he would always achieve it despite all the odds. The good lesson I was able to learnt from him is that if he gives you an assignment, he wants result. He doesn't want stories. In those days, when we are much younger if he gave you anything to do, you must deliver no matter how. Those are his principles and I've really imbibed them. There are times he could be hard on you. If he gives you a task he believes you can achieve and you are not able to deliver he would just decide to be hard on you. I learnt those ones from him right from our youthful days, and I have been using them as instruments to succeed in life and in my career too. Otunba was very brilliant when we were in secondary school.
What were your roles when he was in power, as a member of his family?
I'm not a politician, so I was not interested in any post or position. The only thing was that I supported him when he came out and I knew he was going to get the position right from the outset. We campaigned together, you know, we have about 20 local governments in Ogun State, with about 234 wards.
He made a chart for the touring of all those local governments and wards even before election. He is a man of the people. Everywhere he went, people adored and respected him because of his vision. They believed he had something to offer Ogun State. So, he was actually the right candidate for that post as at that particular time and so it was in 2003 when he won the first term election and also in 2007. Those leadership traits and outstanding qualities are still conspicuous in his life. He lives by example.
Whom does he take after, especially those qualities, your mum or dad?
Character have nothing to do with resemblance. There are some qualities that are God given. So all these qualities and talents we observe in him are God-given. Although, people used to say that if you don't resemble your father, you have to resemble your mother. But in the area of hardwork, I can say that he takes after. Our father, our father was energetic at 94 before he died. He was driving around town. We had to stopped him and gave him a driver.
What is that thing people don't know about OGD that you know as his sibling?
Otunba Gbenga Daniel is a workaholic and he loves people around him.
Now tell me about yourself?
I'm an architect-turned builder by profession, and I'm also into business as well.
If your brother nominates you for a political post tomorrow, are you saying you would ignore it as you said earlier that you are not a politician?
You know one thing you have to consider at present, it is age factor, I'm 57 going to be 58 and I've achieved a lot already. Politics is not something you can just jump into, but we can assist anyone who wants to go into politics. All of us cannot be politicians.
Life As Otunba GBENGA DANIEL's Younger Brother was last modified: April 30th, 2018 by City People
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All the SV-COMP configuration is in `conf/svcomp.json`.

## Run Goblint in SV-COMP mode
### ReachSafety
```
./goblint --conf conf/svcomp.json --set ana.specification ../sv-benchmarks/c/properties/unreach-call.prp ../sv-benchmarks/c/DIR/FILE.i
```

### NoDataRace
```
./goblint --conf conf/svcomp.json --set ana.specification ../sv-benchmarks/c/properties/no-data-race.prp ../sv-benchmarks/c/DIR/FILE.i
```

# Inspecting witnesses
## yEd

1. Open (Ctrl+o) `witness.graphml` from Goblint root directory.
2. Click menu "Edit" → "Properties Mapper".
    1. _First time:_  Click button "Imports additional configurations" and open `yed-sv-comp.cnfx` from this directory.
    2. Select "SV-COMP (Node)" and click "Apply".
    3. Select "SV-COMP (Edge)" and click "Ok".
3. Click menu "Layout" → "Hierarchial" (Alt+shift+h).
    1. _First time:_ Click tab "Labeling", select "Hierarchic" in "Edge Labeling".
    2. Click "Ok".

yEd manual for the Properties Mapper: https://yed.yworks.com/support/manual/properties_mapper.html.


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require File.expand_path('../../test_helper', __FILE__)

module Gmail
  class ThreadTest < Test::Unit::TestCase

    should "Threads should be listable" do
      @mock.expects(:execute).with(api_method: Gmail.service.users.threads.list, parameters: {userId: "me"}, headers: {'Content-Type' => 'application/json'}).once.returns(test_response(test_thread_list))
      list = Gmail::Thread.all
      assert_equal Array, list.class
      assert_equal Gmail::Thread, list[0].class
    end

    should "Thread should be retrievable by id" do

        @mock.expects(:execute).with(api_method: Gmail.service.users.threads.get, parameters: {userId: "me", id: test_thread[:id]}, headers: {'Content-Type' => 'application/json'}).once.returns(test_response(test_thread))
        t = Gmail::Thread.get(test_thread[:id])
        assert_equal Gmail::Thread, t.class
        assert_equal test_thread[:id], t.id
    end

    context "Access list of Messages from thread" do
      should "Access list of Messages" do
        thread = Gmail::Thread.new test_thread
       # @mock.expects(:execute).with(api_method: Gmail.service.users.messages.list, parameters: {userId: "me", threadId: [test_thread[:id]]}, headers: {'Content-Type' => 'application/json'}).once.returns(test_response(test_message_list))
        list = thread.messages
        assert_equal Array, list.class
        assert_equal Gmail::Message, list[0].class
      end

      should "Access list of Messages after selecting from list" do
        @mock.expects(:execute).with(api_method: Gmail.service.users.threads.list, parameters: {userId: "me"}, headers: {'Content-Type' => 'application/json'}).once.returns(test_response(test_thread_list))
        thread_list = Gmail::Thread.all
        @mock.expects(:execute).with(api_method: Gmail.service.users.threads.get, parameters: {userId: "me", id: test_thread[:id]}, headers: {'Content-Type' => 'application/json'}).once.returns(test_response(test_message_list))
        thread = thread_list.first
        list = thread.messages
        assert_equal Array, list.class
        assert_equal Gmail::Message, list[0].class
      end

      should 'Access list of unread Messages' do
        thread = Gmail::Thread.new test_thread
        #@mock.expects(:execute).with(api_method: Gmail.service.users.messages.list, parameters: {userId: "me", threadId: [test_thread[:id]], labelIds: ["UNREAD"]}, headers: {'Content-Type' => 'application/json'}).once.returns(test_response(test_message_list))
        list = thread.unread_messages
        assert_equal Array, list.class
        assert_equal Gmail::Message, list[0].class
      end

      should 'Access list of sent Messages' do
        thread = Gmail::Thread.new test_thread
       # @mock.expects(:execute).with(api_method: Gmail.service.users.messages.list, parameters: {userId: "me", threadId: [test_thread[:id]], labelIds: ["SENT"]}, headers: {'Content-Type' => 'application/json'}).once.returns(test_response(test_message_list))
        list = thread.unread_messages
        assert_equal Array, list.class
        assert_equal Gmail::Message, list[0].class
      end
    end

    should "Thread should be deletable" do
      @mock.expects(:execute).with(api_method: Gmail.service.users.threads.delete, parameters: {userId: "me", id: test_thread[:id]}, headers: {'Content-Type' => 'application/json'}).once.returns(test_response(""))
      t = Gmail::Thread.new(test_thread)
      r = t.delete
      assert r
    end

    should "Thread should be thrashable" do
      @mock.expects(:execute).with(api_method: Gmail.service.users.threads.trash, parameters: {userId: "me", id: test_thread[:id]}, headers: {'Content-Type' => 'application/json'}).once.returns(test_response(test_thread))
      t = Gmail::Thread.new(test_thread)
      r = t.trash
      assert_equal Gmail::Thread, r.class
    end

    should "Thread should be unthrashable" do
      @mock.expects(:execute).with(api_method: Gmail.service.users.threads.untrash, parameters: {userId: "me", id: test_thread[:id]}, headers: {'Content-Type' => 'application/json'}).once.returns(test_response(test_thread))
      t = Gmail::Thread.new(test_thread)
      r = t.untrash
      assert_equal Gmail::Thread, r.class
    end

    context "Modifying Labels" do
      should "Thread should be starrable" do
        @mock.expects(:execute).with(api_method: Gmail.service.users.threads.modify, parameters: {userId: "me", id: test_thread[:id]}, body_object: {addLabelIds: ["STARRED"], removeLabelIds: []} , headers: {'Content-Type' => 'application/json'}).twice.returns(test_response(test_thread))
        t = Gmail::Thread.new(test_thread)
        r = t.star
        assert_equal Gmail::Thread, r.class
        assert_not_equal t.object_id, r.object_id

        r = t.star!

        assert_equal t.object_id, r.object_id

      end

      should "Thread should be unstarrable" do
        @mock.expects(:execute).with(api_method: Gmail.service.users.threads.modify, parameters: {userId: "me", id: test_thread[:id]}, body_object: {addLabelIds: [], removeLabelIds: ["STARRED"]} , headers: {'Content-Type' => 'application/json'}).twice.returns(test_response(test_thread))
        t = Gmail::Thread.new(test_thread)
        r = t.unstar
        assert_equal Gmail::Thread, r.class

        assert_not_equal t.object_id, r.object_id

        r = t.unstar!

        assert_equal t.object_id, r.object_id
      end

      should "Thread should be archivable" do
        @mock.expects(:execute).with(api_method: Gmail.service.users.threads.modify, parameters: {userId: "me", id: test_thread[:id]}, body_object: {addLabelIds: [], removeLabelIds: ["INBOX"]} , headers: {'Content-Type' => 'application/json'}).twice.returns(test_response(test_thread))
        t = Gmail::Thread.new(test_thread)
        r = t.archive
        assert_equal Gmail::Thread, r.class
        assert_not_equal t.object_id, r.object_id

        r = t.archive!

        assert_equal t.object_id, r.object_id
      end

      should "Thread should be unarchivable" do
        @mock.expects(:execute).with(api_method: Gmail.service.users.threads.modify, parameters: {userId: "me", id: test_thread[:id]}, body_object: {addLabelIds: ["INBOX"], removeLabelIds: []} , headers: {'Content-Type' => 'application/json'}).twice.returns(test_response(test_thread))
        t = Gmail::Thread.new(test_thread)
        r = t.unarchive
        assert_equal Gmail::Thread, r.class
        assert_not_equal t.object_id, r.object_id

        r = t.unarchive!

        assert_equal t.object_id, r.object_id
      end

      should "Thread should be markable as read" do
        @mock.expects(:execute).with(api_method: Gmail.service.users.threads.modify, parameters: {userId: "me", id: test_thread[:id]}, body_object: {addLabelIds: [], removeLabelIds: ["UNREAD"]} , headers: {'Content-Type' => 'application/json'}).twice.returns(test_response(test_thread))
        t = Gmail::Thread.new(test_thread)
        r = t.mark_as_read
        assert_equal Gmail::Thread, r.class
        assert_not_equal t.object_id, r.object_id

        r = t.mark_as_read!

        assert_equal t.object_id, r.object_id
      end

      should "Thread should be markable as unread" do
        @mock.expects(:execute).with(api_method: Gmail.service.users.threads.modify, parameters: {userId: "me", id: test_thread[:id]}, body_object: {addLabelIds: ["UNREAD"], removeLabelIds: []} , headers: {'Content-Type' => 'application/json'}).twice.returns(test_response(test_thread))
        t = Gmail::Thread.new(test_thread)
        r = t.mark_as_unread
        assert_equal Gmail::Thread, r.class
        assert_not_equal t.object_id, r.object_id

        r = t.mark_as_unread!

        assert_equal t.object_id, r.object_id
      end

      should "Thread label should be modifiable as wish" do
        @mock.expects(:execute).with(api_method: Gmail.service.users.threads.modify, parameters: {userId: "me", id: test_thread[:id]}, body_object: {addLabelIds: ["UNREAD", "SOME COOL LABEL"], removeLabelIds: ["INBOX", "SOME NOT COOL LABEL"]} , headers: {'Content-Type' => 'application/json'}).twice.returns(test_response(test_thread))
        t = Gmail::Thread.new(test_thread)
        r = t.modify ["UNREAD", "SOME COOL LABEL"], ["INBOX", "SOME NOT COOL LABEL"]
        assert_equal Gmail::Thread, r.class
        assert_not_equal t.object_id, r.object_id

        r = t.modify! ["UNREAD", "SOME COOL LABEL"], ["INBOX", "SOME NOT COOL LABEL"]

        assert_equal t.object_id, r.object_id
      end

    end

    should "Thread should be searcheable" do
      @mock.expects(:execute).with(api_method: Gmail.service.users.threads.list, parameters: {userId: "me", q: "from:(me) to:(you) subject:(subject) in:inbox before:2014/12/1 after:2014/11/1 test -{real}", labelIds:["UNREAD"]}, headers: {'Content-Type' => 'application/json'}).once.returns(test_response(test_thread_list))
      list = Gmail::Thread.search(from:"me", to: "you", subject: "subject", in: "inbox", before: "2014/12/1", after: "2014/11/1", has_words: "test", has_not_words: "real", labelIds: ["UNREAD"])
      assert_equal Array, list.class
      assert_equal Gmail::Thread, list[0].class
    end

  end
end


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History of Spooky San Antonio
Uncover San Antonio's spooky past through these legendary ghost stories
Uncover San Antonio's past through these legendary ghost stories
Lambermont Estate is just on of spooky sites in San Antonio. Courtesy/Lambermont Events
San Antonio has always had its share of ghosts. Live in the Alamo City long enough and residents hear stories of specters of soldiers and Native Americans roaming the Alamo grounds or see the spirits of patients who perished at the hospital turned Emily Morgan Hotel.
Other creepy tales include the legendary, yet never verified, train/school bus collision and the horrors of the "donkey lady," a burned, disfigured mother who mourns her children and curses her husband, all of whom were lost in a tragic fire.
With Halloween and Dia de los Muertos just a few weeks away, let's revisit some of these spooky legends, the telling of which has become a San Antonio tradition. Just don't read them alone in the dark.
In March 1840, Republic of Texas officials and local Comanche chiefs met for peace talks in a building near Main Plaza. The conference turned into a fight where 35 natives were gunned down and seven Texans died. It became known as the Council House Massacre and today the spirits of those lost in the violence are reported to roam the area.
Employees and guests at the Menger Hotel have long shared sightings of apparitions. There's the tale of a young girl who was hit and killed by a horse-drawn carriage in the late 19th century. The Menger lobby is now reportedly her restless spirit's domain.
On the Northeast Side, several spirits are known to haunt Victoria's Black Swan Inn, some of them former couples who passed away while in ownership of the property. Likewise, at Lambermont, a huge mansion on the East Side, the former owner is said to live out eternity inside its walls. Built by Edwin Terrell, an attorney and diplomat, he fell ill at home. In agony, Terrell was desperate to end his life, but failed. Instead, Terrell wound up suffering for several more days. Years later, the suffering would continue after a contractor fell to his death at Lambermont — some say it was deliberate — and a couple died there following a fight.
You never know who you're going to meet on a dimly lit dance club floor one evening. South Texans have long told the story of a handsome man who charms a young woman. After they dance the night away, the fellow reveals himself to be the devil, chicken feet and all. The demon disappears in a puff of smoke.
In the Hill Country, a bear king once protected a Kickapoo tribe from predators. A small-town newspaper from the early 1900s held an account of one woman who was taken captive by a bear-like creature, but escaped to tell the tale. Cryptozoologists to this day believe the so-called bear king was actually more of an unknown species of ape — Texas' version of Bigfoot. The myth is so familiar to locals in Marble Falls that a Bear King Brewing Co. recently opened there.
Terror also comes from the skies. Some people have recounted a story from the Three Rivers area where they have witnessed a humanoid figure with giant wings soaring in the air and occasionally diving for prey.
The inexplicable
Some growing up in a South Side neighborhood in the 1960s experienced strange things, such as hearing footsteps at night when everyone in the house was asleep. Or another time when they briefly gazed upon a monster with a gruesome mouth, sharp teeth ... and bunny ears.
One tale from 1965 features a boy who ventures down to San Pedro Creek after a storm. He stumbles upon a a nearly five-foot-long human-like creature lying in the tall grass. The strangely colored figure had a large head and abnormal eyes. A being from another world, perhaps?
Another story, set in early 1900s Devine, has a young girl on a turkey hunt in the rain. She finds one, but then sees a tall figure, clad completely in black. The "man" silently motioned for her with a smile. The girl runs back home and tells her father, who goes to the spot where she saw the menacing figure. He finds no turkey or man, but rather turkey feathers, a pair of small shoes, and two footprints tracked into a muddy patch.
These are just a few of San Antonio's spooky tales. After all, a city that's 300 years old is bound to have a few ghosts.
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