A little while back I shared a lecture that the esteemed Claude-Nicolas Le Cat gave on the subject of giants to the Academy of Science at Rouen in 1764. The full text is now on my Fragments on Giants page, but the important takeaway was that Le Cat's lengthy list of supposed discoveries of giant human skeletons were reprinted in early editions of famous encyclopedias, such as the Encyclopedia Britannica and his lecture was recycled throughout the nineteenth century as a convenient source of "proof" of the existence of giants. Now Andy White has discovered an interesting adaptation of Le Cat's text attributed to the scholar Benjamin Silliman, Jr., a Yale professor, chemist, and major figure in the oil industry. In 1840s, various papers claimed that Silliman gave a lecture on giants, and the text of that lecture matched the Britannica transcript of Le Cat's lecture nearly point for point, with an odd series of typos that were as distinctive as they were clearly derived from an inferior (pirated or otherwise badly transcribed) copy of Le Cat, in which, for example, "Orestes" was given as "Grostes" or "Grestes." Mixed in were some passages on giants from Adam Clarke's famous commentary on the Bible and Jedidiah Morse's Geography.
A correspondent of the Brooklyn Advertiser, in referring to a late lecture by Professor Silliman, Jr., who mentioned the discovery of an enormous animal of the lizard tribe, measuring 80 feet in length, from which he naturally inferred, as no living specimen had been found, that all animals had greatly degenerated in size, confirms the supposition by referring to the history of giants in the olden time, of which he furnishes a list.
In 1842, Benjamin Silliman, Sr., a Yale professor, chemist, and natural historian, gave a famous series of lectures on geology in New York, and these may be the lectures referred to in the Advertiser, which has not been digitized. (It was apparently very easy to confuse the two Sillimans.) So far as I can tell, only Silliman's second lecture was reported in the New York press. In that lecture he discussed dinosaurs and other ancient lizards, according to accounts, and made reference to the Mosaic account of creation to explain the succession of animals over time.
Notice very carefully that the grammar of the report's sentence states clearly that Prof. Silliman gave a lecture on a lizard and that the correspondent provided the list of giants, obviously from Le Cat's lecture, likely from the Britannica or a similar encyclopedia. The only ambiguity is whether Silliman or the correspondent argued for the degeneracy of species, but since the existence of dinosaurs and mammoths seemed to support that supposition, this was not a controversial claim. Later editors, though, did not distinguish between the correspondent and the professor after they chopped off reference to the Brooklyn Advertiser. In fact, the Advertiser correspondent was himself likely recycling material; he seems to have attached to an account of Silliman's lecture a garbled version of Le Cat's lecture that had been running in newspapers (and would run in others like the Huron Reflector) in the 1840s—without Silliman's name—apparently from a phrenology journal (to judge by reference to phrenology and crania) as proof of giants.
In one of his recent lectures, Professor Silliman, the younger, alluded to the discovery of the skeleton of an enormous lizard, measuring upwards of eighty feet. From this fact the Professor inferred, as no living specimen of such gigantic magnitude has been found, that the species of which it is the representative has greatly degenerated. The verity of position, he rather singularly endeavors to enforce by an allusion to the well known existence of giants in olden times.
But what on earth was Silliman going on about? Here the story intersects with a fascinating case of fraud.
In April 1841, Dr. Benjamin Silliman, Sr. and his son, Benjamin Silliman, Jr., attended the meeting of the Association of American Geologists where he heard Richard Harlan give a lecture on a newly discovered set of bones taken at the time to be those of a giant ocean-dwelling lizard. The bones, belonging to Basilosaurus cetoides were later shown by Sir Richard Owen and later scholars to be those of a forty million year old whale. However, in the 1840s, only the skull and spinal column were known, lending the creature the appearance of a sea-serpent, which many took it to be. Silliman certainly did, and his name became attached to a skeleton fabricated to capitalize on the new species. Silliman had been a longtime supporter of the existence of sea serpents, having endorsed the Gloucester Serpent of 1817-1819 in 1827.
Silliman told Koch about a woman who knew where another Basilosaurus skeleton was located, in Alabama. Using Silliman's tip, Koch traveled to Alabama and collected the bones. Another version of the story, told by fossil hunter, Israel Slade, claimed that he and Koch met one another in Alabama and that Slade had collected the bones but lost them to Koch, who bribed the owner of the Alabama land to give them to him. Either way, Koch had two partial whale skeletons, it is true, but he fashioned it into a tourist attraction from five different skeletons, mostly whale but some of other species, and passed it off as the being of the same species but still greater than the hydrarchos Harlan had taken to Britain and studied with Richard Owen. Koch obtained his bones wherever he could find them; Basilosaurus bones were so common that Alabama residents used them in construction, or even destroyed them to clear fields for plowing.
The "Hydrarchos" as reconstructed from five whale skeletons by Albert Koch.
Upon the fake skeleton's arrival at the Apollo Saloon on Broadway in New York City in July 1845 it was exhibited as Hydrarchos sillimani, after the professor, in honor of Silliman's role in leading Koch to his newest money-maker, in some tellings, or in honor of the elder Silliman's role in endorsing the reality of sea-serpents in 1827. This did not sit well with Prof. Jeffries Wyman, soon to be of Harvard, who railed against the skeleton as an obvious and crude fake. Wyman and Silliman knew each other well; Wyman had studied under Silliman and published in Silliman's academic journal. Both men, along with Silliman, Jr., were members of the Association of American Geologists and were privy to the facts behind the Basilosaurus. Wyman thought much of the elder Silliman, whom he spoke of with a "feeling of deep reverence," according to his memorial eulogy. Who better, then, to prop up the reality of the skeleton against Wyman's attack than Wyman's clearest equal?
Koch invited his close friend Silliman to pay a visit to the skeleton, and Silliman (Sr. or Jr., depending on the source; both seemed to have viewed the bones) was enthusiastic about it to the point that, according to Koch at least, he felt compelled to spread the word to the public about the amazing creature and its history. To help promote the wonder, Silliman (apparently Sr.) allegedly wrote a letter dated September 2, 1845, which Koch published in a pamphlet for the exhibit and which was republished in many New York papers. The best I can conclude is that Silliman, Sr. really did see the bones and find them convincing—at first, at least until Prof. Wyman rained on the parade.
From Silliman's letter—be it authentic or cobbled together from reports of Silliman's lectures on geology and/or the Basiolosaurus—we can obtain a good idea of what he or his son (for they shared common interests and common research—Jr. investigated the hydrarchos alongside his father) would have said about the bones, which he believed to be those of the Basilosaurus, in the early 1840s, before Koch had fabricated the skeleton of the hydrarchos.
Judging from the abundance of the remains (some of which have been several years in my possession) the animals must have been very numerous and doubtless fed upon fishes and other marine creatures—the inhabitants of a region, then probably of more than tropical heat; and it appears probable also, that this animal frequented bays, estuaries and sea coasts, rather than the main ocean. As regards the nature of the animal, we shall doubtless be put in possession of Professor Owen's more mature opinion, after he shall have reviewed the entire skeleton. I would only suggest that he may find little analogy with whales, and much more with lizards, according to Dr. Harlan's original opinion.
Among the fossil lizards and Saurians, this resembles most the Pleisiosaurus, from which however, it differs very decidedly.
Most observers will probably be struck with the snake-like appearance of the skeleton. It differs, however, most essentially, from any existing or fossil serpent, although it may countenance the popular (and I believe well founded) impression of the existence in our modern seas, of huge animals to which the name of sea-serpent has been attached. For a full and satisfactory statement of the evidence on this subject, see a communication by Dr. Bigelow, of Boston, the 2d volume of the American Journal.
The bow which shot that arrow must have been bent by some "hunter of Kentucky," long before Noah entered the ark; and the "Native American" who was on a still hunt after that Missourium, instead of being a Tarter from the north of Asia, or a descendant of the lost tribes of Israel, must have been a true Alleghanian son of the soil, of a breed somewhat older than Nimrod.
But the fossil snake! "The great serpent of the Apollo," this is undoubtedly the grandest osteological exhibition that has ever been submitted to public curiosity; for we believe no Saurian has as yet gone beyond seventy-five feet, and this grandfather of the sea serpents would reach at least to one hundred and thirty, it the cartilage were restored to the articulations of his vertebrae.
Before any of this occurred, Silliman (Sr. or Jr.) would have been giving popular lectures on the real skeleton of the Basilosaurus, the one Harlan had taken to London for Richard Owen's opinion. In so doing, Silliman would likely have framed the story in Biblical terms for his audience, as was his wont in discussing geology, so as not to offend believers. The Sillimans, despite being scientists, were also devout (if not especially literal) Christians, and the elder Silliman called the Bible a "lamp to his feet." He rejected a literal reading of Genesis, but he felt that in general science and the Bible were in harmony ("geology… presents a demonstration of the truth of Mosaic history, which nothing else can afford," he wrote on July 24, 1854), so it is not impossible that he or his son would have cited Bible giants in describing the antediluvian world, or cited degeneracy after the Flood, following the Mosaic text and its account of the loss of the giants (human and animal) and the shortening of lifespans.
In that context, Silliman's lecture on the Basilosaurus became conflated with the question of Leviathan and Behemoth and the Nephilm and in the bastardized form from the Brooklyn Advertiser misunderstood by later editors became "proof" of Bible giants rather than a natural history lecture on prehistoric lizards. Oddly enough, there is a strange footnote to the hoax: The editor of The Mechanics' Magazine, writing on August 19, 1848, obviously took the story for some species of lunacy. He noted that the professor's name was "Silly-Man" and suggested that if the professor could provide proof of the existence of a single giant, he would in turn send him a copy of the fictitious "Chronicles of the Lost Atlantis," which describes and even larger giant. The "silly man / Silliman" pun became a popular rejoinder to Koch's exhibit, even after the name change, much to the chagrin of the Sillimans.
Great work! I'm still chasing down some other angles to the "origins" part of the story, and working on what happens after the "Giants of Olden Times" article becomes entrenched in the media.
The figure of $10,000 for sale of the Missourium skeleton-and-a-half seemed a bit high to me, so I looked it up. And soon, I wished I hadn't.
According to Robert Silverberg's "Scientists and Scoundrels", Koch got $2,000 down-payment, plus $1,000 a year for life. I don't know Silverberg's source, and he may not remember himself after 50 years, but the claim is very likely to be total BS.
Koch himself explained in volume 1 of "Transactions of the Academy of Science of Saint Louis" (1857) that he had actually sold his entire, very substantial collection of mastodon remains to the British Museum and the Royal Museum in Berlin, in 1843.
According to the introduction of the 1972 edition (page xxvii) of Koch's "Journey Through a Part of the United States" the actual price paid by the British Museum for its part of the collection was 1,300 Pounds Sterling, which would be a little over $6,200 at 1843 exchange rates.
Interesting. I was going by a book on geology from the 1920s, but I can imagine that the author at the time didn't bother to check the facts since it wasn't the main subject of the book.
I see that the $10,000 claim appears as a direct quote via Israel Slade in "James Hall of Albany, geologist and palaeontologist, 1811-1898" by John M. Clarke (1921)- page 88.
The mention of Israel Slade in my piece probably tells you all you need to know about that.


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Q: How to version control an object? To explain, look at the object below as it is being changed:
obj = {'a': 1, 'b': 2} // Version 1
obj['a'] = 2 // Version 2
obj['c'] = 3 // Version 3

I want to be able to get any of these versions of the object, for e.g. get obj as of version 2. I don't want to store copies of the entire object every single time I want to update a single key.
How can I achieve this functionality?
The actual object I'm trying to do this with has about 500,000 keys. That's why I don't want to store entire copies of it with every update. My preferred language that this theoretical solution should be coded in are python or javascript, but I'll take anything.

A: You could use ES6 proxies for that. These would trap any read/write operation on your object and log each change in a change log that can be used for rolling changes back and forward.
Below is a basic implementation, which might need some more features if you intend to apply other than basic update operations on your object. It allows to get the current version number and move the object back (or forward) to a specific version. Whenever you make a change to the object, it is first moved to its latest version.
This snippet shows some operations, like changing a string property, adding to an array, and shifting it, while moving back and forward to other versions.
Edit: It now also has capability to get the change log as an object, and apply that change log to the initial object. This way you can save the JSON of both the initial object and the change log, and replay the changes to get the final object.

function VersionControlled(obj, changeLog = []) {
    var targets = [], version = 0, savedLength,
        hash = new Map([[obj, []]]),
        handler = {
            get: function(target, property) {
                var x = target[property];
                if (Object(x) !== x) return x;
                hash.set(x, hash.get(target).concat(property));
                return new Proxy(x, handler);
            },
            set: update,
            deleteProperty: update
        };

    function gotoVersion(newVersion) {
        newVersion = Math.max(0, Math.min(changeLog.length, newVersion));
        var chg, target, path, property,
            val = newVersion > version ? 'newValue' : 'oldValue';
        while (version !== newVersion) {
            if (version > newVersion) version--;
            chg = changeLog[version];
            path = chg.path.slice();
            property = path.pop();
            target = targets[version] ||
                     (targets[version] = path.reduce ( (o, p) => o[p], obj ));
            if (chg.hasOwnProperty(val)) {
                target[property] = chg[val];
            } else {
                delete target[property];
            }
            if (version < newVersion) version++;
        }
        return true;
    }

    function gotoLastVersion() {
        return gotoVersion(changeLog.length);
    }

    function update(target, property, value) {
        gotoLastVersion(); // only last version can be modified
        var change = {path: hash.get(target).concat([property])};
        if (arguments.length > 2) change.newValue = value;
        // Some care concerning the length property of arrays:
        if (Array.isArray(target) && +property >= target.length) {
            savedLength = target.length;
        }
        if (property in target) {
            if (property === 'length' && savedLength !== undefined) {
                change.oldValue = savedLength;
                savedLength = undefined;
            } else {
                change.oldValue = target[property];
            }
        }
        changeLog.push(change);
        targets.push(target);
        return gotoLastVersion();
    }

    this.data = new Proxy(obj, handler);
    this.getVersion = _ => version;
    this.gotoVersion = gotoVersion;
    this.gotoLastVersion = gotoLastVersion;
    this.getChangeLog = _ => changeLog;
    // apply change log
    gotoLastVersion();
}

// sample data
var obj = { list: [1, { p: 'hello' }, 3] };

// Get versioning object for it
var vc = new VersionControlled(obj);
obj = vc.data; // we don't need the original anymore, this one looks the same

// Demo of actions:
console.log(`v${vc.getVersion()} ${JSON.stringify(obj)}. Change text:`);
obj.list[1].p = 'bye';
console.log(`v${vc.getVersion()} ${JSON.stringify(obj)}. Bookmark & add property:`);
var bookmark = vc.getVersion();
obj.list[1].q = ['added'];
console.log(`v${vc.getVersion()} ${JSON.stringify(obj)}. Push on list, then shift:`);
obj.list.push(4); // changes both length and index '4' property => 2 version increments
obj.list.shift(); // several changes and a deletion
console.log(`v${vc.getVersion()} ${JSON.stringify(obj)}. Go to bookmark:`);
vc.gotoVersion(bookmark);

console.log(`v${vc.getVersion()} ${JSON.stringify(obj)}. Go to last version:`);
vc.gotoLastVersion();
console.log(`v${vc.getVersion()} ${JSON.stringify(obj)}. Get change log:`);
var changeLog = vc.getChangeLog();
for (var chg of changeLog) {
    console.log(JSON.stringify(chg));
}

console.log('Restart from scratch, and apply the change log:');
obj = { list: [1, { p: 'hello' }, 3] };
vc = new VersionControlled(obj, changeLog);
obj = vc.data;
console.log(`v${vc.getVersion()} ${JSON.stringify(obj)}`);
.as-console-wrapper { max-height: 100% !important; top: 0; }

A: You dont need to save the whole object.
Just the differences. For each version.
This function will do a deep compare using lodash and will return a difference between the old object and the new object.
var allkeys = _.union(_.keys(obj1), _.keys(obj2));
var difference = _.reduce(allkeys, function (result, key) {
  if (!_.isEqual(obj1[key] !== obj2[key])) {
    result[key] = {obj1: obj1[key], obj2: obj2[key]}
  }
  return result;
}, {});

You will need to keep the very first object, but you can keep the versions this way, I think.

A: Use the Map object instead:
const obj = new Map( [
    ['name', 'bob'],['number',2]
])
const v2 = ( new Map( obj ) ).set('name','suzie')
const v3 = ( new Map( v2 ) ).set('value',3)

// obj is 'name'->'bob', 'number'->2
// v2 is  'name'->'suzie', 'number'->2
// v3 is  'name'->'suzie', 'number'->2, 'value'->3

The new Map( obj ) is a clone, but the data itself isn't copied or mutated, so it's perfect for versioning, saving a list of actions to be undone, etc.

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Q: Data Binding To Instance Method I have an application with a local database (SQL CE), and I want to bind a listbox to a table (Car). However, I can't save WriteableBitmap to my local database so I decided to transform the image to an array of bytes so I need to call the method dynamically. Here's what I've got so far.
[Table]
class Car
{
    [Column (IsPrimaryKey=true, IsDbGenerated=true, CanBeNull=false, AutoSync = AutoSync.OnInsert)]
    public int ID { get; set; }

    [Column (CanBeNull=false)]
    public int MakeID { get; set; }

    [Column(CanBeNull = false)]
    public int ModelID { get; set; }

    [Column(CanBeNull = false)]
    public int AccountID { get; set; }

    [Column(CanBeNull = false)]
    public int Year { get; set; }

    [Column]
    public string Name { get; set; }

    [Column]
    public byte[] PicBytes { get; set; }

    private EntitySet<Maintenance> maintenance;
    [Association(Storage = "maintenance", ThisKey = "ID", OtherKey = "CarID")]
    public EntitySet<Maintenance> Maintenance
    {
        set
        {
            maintenance = value;
        }
        get
        {
            if (maintenance == null)
                return new EntitySet<Maintenance>();

            return maintenance;
        }
    }

    public WriteableBitmap GetPicture()
    {
        using (var memoryStream = new MemoryStream(PicBytes))
        {
            return PictureDecoder.DecodeJpeg(memoryStream);
        }
    }
}

And here's the XAML:
        <ListBox Name="carList" Grid.RowSpan="2" Width="480" SelectionChanged="carList_SelectionChanged">
            <ListBox.ItemTemplate>
                <DataTemplate>
                            <StackPanel Orientation="Horizontal">
                                <Grid>
                                    <Grid.RowDefinitions>
                                        <RowDefinition Height="*"/>
                                        <RowDefinition Height="*"/>
                                        <RowDefinition Height="*"/>
                                        <RowDefinition Height="*"/>
                                    </Grid.RowDefinitions>
                                    <Grid.ColumnDefinitions>
                                        <ColumnDefinition Width="205"/>
                                        <ColumnDefinition Width="*"/>
                                    </Grid.ColumnDefinitions>

                                    <Image Grid.RowSpan="4"
                                           Grid.Column="0"
                                           Source="{Binding PicByte}"
                                           Stretch="Uniform"/>

                                    <TextBlock Text="{Binding Name}"
                                               TextWrapping="Wrap"
                                               Grid.Row="0"
                                               Grid.Column="1"
                                               VerticalAlignment="Stretch"
                                               HorizontalAlignment="Center"
                                               Width="160"/>
                                    <TextBlock Text="{Binding MakeID}"
                                               TextWrapping="Wrap"
                                               Grid.Row="1"
                                               Grid.Column="1"
                                               VerticalAlignment="Stretch"
                                               HorizontalAlignment="Center"
                                               Width="160"/>
                                    <TextBlock Text="{Binding ModelID}"
                                               TextWrapping="Wrap"
                                               Grid.Row="2"
                                               Grid.Column="1"
                                               VerticalAlignment="Stretch"
                                               HorizontalAlignment="Center"
                                               Width="160"/>
                                    <TextBlock Text="{Binding Year}"
                                               TextWrapping="Wrap"
                                               Grid.Row="3"
                                               Grid.Column="1"
                                               VerticalAlignment="Stretch"
                                               HorizontalAlignment="Center"
                                               Width="160"/>
                                </Grid>
                            </StackPanel>
                </DataTemplate>
            </ListBox.ItemTemplate>
        </ListBox>

My main issue is with the image, how do I call the method GetPicture() from XAML. Or should I do it all with C#?
Edit: I found a way to solve my problem
        try
        {
            var db = MHDatabase.GetDatabase();
            var query = from car in db.Cars
                        join make in db.Makes on car.MakeID equals make.ID
                        join model in db.Model on car.ModelID equals model.ID
                        select new
                        {
                            Name = car.Name,
                            Make = make.Name,
                            Model = model.Name,
                            Picture = car.GetPicture(),
                            Year = car.Year
                        };

            carList.ItemsSource = query;
        }
        catch (Exception)
        {
        }

A: You can't bind directly to a method. In your case, I see at least two workarounds:

*

*Bind to PicBytes and make a converter to convert from byte array to WriteableBitmap

*Create a Picture property:
public WriteableBitmap Picture
{
    get
    {
        using (var memoryStream = new MemoryStream(PicBytes))
        {
            return PictureDecoder.DecodeJpeg(memoryStream);
        }
    }
}


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El riu Bhadra (kannada ಭದ್ರಾ ನದಿ) és un riu de l'estat de Karnataka a l'Índia. Neix als Ghats Occidentals al pic Ganga, i corre en direcció nord-est per la plana del Dècan. Se li uneixen els afluents Somavahini, Thadabehalla i Odirayanahalla. Passa per la reserva d'animals de Bhadra (Bhadra Wildlife Sanctuary). Una gran presa es va construir a Lakkavalli i n'hi altres de menors. Després de trobar el riu Tunga a Koodli, prop de Shivamogga, el riu unit segueix a l'est amb el nom de Tungabhadra, i desaigua finalment al riu Kistna, que al seu torn desaigua a la badia de Bengala.

Vegeu també
 Districte de Kadur.
 Kalasa.

Enllaços externs
 Mapa
 Riu Bhadra
 Projecte de reg
 Crocodils del riu

Rius de Karnataka
Rius de la conca del Krishna

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NoobToob Community Profile 1: Cilia!!
Hey guys, welcome to my new weekly (maybe) NoobToob feature called "NoobToob Community Profile". Every issue I'll interview a different member of the NoobToob community so that we can get to know our community a little better and see just how diverse NoobToob really is! First up is Cilia who graciously agreed to the interview!
NoobToob Shoop specialist. How are you today?
I'm still recovering after a cold, but I feel really great.
I've been sick myself. I blame Global Warming. Well, it's known that you are one of the more shy members of the community, so I'm grateful that you decided to do this profile today to let the community know a little bit more about you.
Let's begin with a question you probably get a lot.
Your name. It is your actual first name, correct?
Is it a family name, does it mean something...or was just it just a really cool name pulled out of thin air?
No, I haven't gotten that question before, but yeah, it's my real name. One of them anyway. My mom likes really alternative stuff, and after she saw a numerologist she's changed my name 4-5 times. But Cilia is the name I still use.
So you mentioned your family, you are one of the many international NoobToobers right?
Yeah, I live in Denmark.
So how did you find NoobToob?
I was feeling obsessed with the g-men from Psychonauts, and tried to find their quotes around the internet. One of the places I searched for them was on youtube and Noobtoob came up. I remember it pretty vividly; I was home ill for a whole week, watching episode after episode because it actually made me feel better.
How late in the series did you begin? Were you one of the fabled ones that went back and re-watched the episodes?
I came in somewhere in the mid-thirties, I think, and I watched them backwards untill 23.
I won't lie, so did I So how did the NoobToob Shoop come along, when did you decide to take it on and why?
It was something Nostros set up some months ago, and I just loved the idea right away. Sometimes I can sit through half an hour of photoshopping a weird picture, actually laughing out loud to myself (yes, I am crazy, I blame my upbringing). I began running it at its sixth week and I'm really happy that it's still going on. I love how a lot of the shoops reflects the main themes of an episode. Like we've had the "chainsaw on a stick"-week and "Endless Ocean"-week. It's a blast seeing everone's new shoops for each week, and I hope to keep the contest going for a long time.
So you like dealing with photoshop yourself?
Yeah, I love it. I'm not a pro or anything, but I enjoy spending time in Photoshop.
So if you had to name one hobby that is your "main hobby", what would it be?
Hmm... I don't really have a main hobby. I'd like to say gaming, but I haven't really gamed a lot the past few years; it only started again after I found Noobtoob. It's probably either gonna be either photoshopping or writing. Can I say that my computer is my main hobby? Hehe.
I would vouch for that .
So you said you haven't gamed very much in the past few years, but what was the last game that you played?
The most recent game now?
I've been playing the Orange Box games and Starcraft with some Noobtoobers lately and it have been awesome.
And since you mentioned it, I take it that Psychonauts is your favorite game from the past few years?
Not really. It's up there, but Zelda OOT is probably my favourite since it was my first real gaming experience.
Wow, you just made a lot of people feel old!
I'd go to England. I'd love to live there some day.
Really? What about it do you like?
It's probably because I love the English language so much that I've begun to admire the country and its citizens. I don't really know, actually. For some reason I just believe it would be really great to live there.
Awesome. I'm not sure I'd ever get used to driving on the left side of the road -_-'.
Haha. Yeah, that'd be a big problem. I'll bring my bike.
Lol. I'm going to ask you this question, but you don't to really answer if you don't want, but I'm going to answer everybody featured just to see what they say.
Who's your favorite: Tobin or Yuzo?
You know what? I've actually not voted yet in the thread that Sloth started because I feel bad over picking one of them. If you put a gun to my head, though, it's gonna be Yuzo... I'm sorry Tobin. But I do love them both, and when it comes to the podcast they're inseparable.
Well Cilia, that's about it...That question was the big doozy and you actually picked one! :-) Thanks again for being a part of the first Community Profile and congrats again on the Modship.
Be sure to check next week for the next NoobToob Community Profile!
Oooooh very nice. I think this would be nice in a wiki part with profile names. Then again we do have the forum stats that has most of that info...in any case it's a nice idea and a good start as a demo for something that could growl slightly larger over time...lest I hope so.
In other news Sloth feels betrayed by Cilia rejecting his request for an interview.
Great new feaure demi! It's always fun to get to know some of the long time 'toobers a little better.
Very good idea, Demi, it can really tells us more about the person behind the username.
I would be willing to do one, once you are finished with other big names here.
Lol. Did I say all of that? I'll refrain from talking about the actual interview and go back into my hiding-cave.
But I think this is a great idea - copy-right infringement or not - it's a good way to introduce lesser known people of the NTA. I don't know why I was the first choice, but there's a lot of people I look forward to see interviewed.
What? I never rejected it. I said yes, but we never really got around to do it because I'm too shy to talk over a mic :( I'm still up for it (if you guys haven't lost all patience with me) and I'm working on getting better at talking into a mic, I promise.
Meh...Quit being a hater....Simple fact is..people are much much open to reading a 5 minute interview in a forum topic than an hour and a half podcast in addition to NoobToob.
Excellent feature demi, you asked some very good questions and I really enjoyed finding out some interesting stuff about Cilia.
Sorry, Yuzo, you are also very manly and cool.
Zelda FTW! Wasn't my first, but definetly my favorite!
Nice feature! I really like the interviews in the Comcast so this is a nice idea too.
I was trying to think of people to suggest for your next interview (that haven't already been featured on the Comcast) and the first person to come to mind is, well, you. You've made quite a splash with your contributions to the site. What do you think about a self-interview? Or is that too pretentious this early on in this feature's life?
It could be interesting for the interviewer to be the next interviewee (or vice-versa) and pick a partner for the feature and continue it like that. In any case, an interesting read.
Well as far as the Interviews, I didn't listen to the Comcast enough to realize that really did this, so I apologize for anything looking like "copying". I don't mean for that at all.
However, since this is text, I have an opportunity to open it up to people that either don't have voice connections/don't want to talk vocally. We will see.
Cool idea, Magenta...I wouldn't be totally against the interviewee picking the next person to get interview, I'd just be afraid that the interviews could stay within a certain clique. As far as changing the interviewER, In order to keep the series grouped together, I'd like to continue interviewing in the similar manner.
As far as a self-interview? I feel like I'm more than vocal about what I do and who I am....I have a vision of this series being kind of the undercover stuff. I know cilia is well known, however she had a history of being a bit shy :-P.
Again, I apologize for any likeness to the Community Podcast. If a cease and desist order is called, I will not argue.
I doubt it'll be a problem. More community endeavour is always good, and this is a really cool feature. Definitely keep it up, demi.
Throughout the interview, specifically at the beginning, you talk in small paragraphs but separate them with your name as a cue. It just looks dumb. I read what you say then go down to the next block assuming its the interviewee only to get confused because I am still reading from you. If your train of thought changes, still keep it within the same paragraph. It should read like a script.
Other than this I liked it and should be made a regular feature.
Yep, I noticed that and thought I might combine them...because it isn't hard at all. However, since this was an interview over an IM client, I decided to preserve it in its actual form. I will consider than next time!
Nothing wrong with a little artistic license. Maybe you should film yourself giving the interview and then cut to a girl in the dark with a dubbed voice. Just do the dub yourself, putting on a girlie voice. Haha, that would be so awesome.
Don't feel obliged to do this. All print publications edit for "(something I forget the name for, but means cut the crap like "uh" and "you know," etc.)" and many edit for "clarity" (which means they completely reword the interviewee's quotes to make them easier to understand).
Also, any of the other new mods who have not been interviewed on the Comcast (Hp? maybe others?) would be obvious choices for your next interviews. And James-Kond has been trying to get a regular thing going with his high score contests, and Nevets has been a current champion/organizer of the poker tourneys, so they would be good candidates for the next interview. Plus I'm sure there are several obvious candidates that I've missed, so please keep the interviews coming!
Nice addition Demi, don't let the hate get to you. Yeah there is an interview with the comcast, but as you said not everyone sits around to hear it. This is an excellent way for people to get to know other people that they actually haven't had a chance to mingle with yet.
For instance, I have yet to mingle with Exmas or HP, but I can say I have a feel for their personalities through the interviews I had heard.
Excellent interview Demi - great to get to know some of the Noobtoobers!
I am stoked to hear some more about the rest of the NTA.
This is a great new edition to the site, Demi. I'm looking forward to more interviews in the future. To learn more about our fellow Noobtoobers will bring the community closer.


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Will there be A Future Millennial Rule of Christ on Earth?
The scriptures are compelling, but is his explanation of them also compelling, because, I also find other scriptures which he does not use in this piece equally compelling. I will begin with this one.
Peter here, along with James in his epistle, understands the test that happens in this life.
Paul tells us that it is with the sounding of this last Trumpet that the immortality of man comes about and thus the kingdom on earth is established.
We learn from this passage that though we are spiritually seated with Christ today, yet physically we will not see ourselves as occupiers of His kingdom until we have immortality of body. His rule on earth, which was a promise to Israel that we have inherited with them, will not begin until then, which is a time following the bodily resurrection.
Satan will not be bound until our physical resurrection. Until then we are in war with principalities and powers not flesh and blood. When Christ takes over all wars cease until He releases Satan to test those of the Millennium who entered in mortal bodies to be ruled for a season. He will test those same nations whom he formerly had deceived.
—Sept 22, 2017, The Kingdom of Heaven vs the Millennial Kingdom.
— Nov 7, 2017, Does The Day of The Lord End This Age? And Does It Really Matter?
Next Next post: Is It Important To Know What Is Truth?
Jerry, although I disagree, I respect you too. You are one of the few Christians I know who works diligently to get this right.
Thanks, I'm still asking questions, and I do respect you as well. Thanks for being up front with me.
Jerry, hi, brother. I hope your day of thanksgiving was really nice. Just now I deleted some comments on the blog post you're answering here, leaving up your first full comment and my reply to it. Thank you for giving me permission to. I didn't want my post to get lost in the discussion.


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David Enrich, aided by some extraordinarily brave whistleblowers — has published the definitive following-of-the-Trump/Kushner-money. Its thriller-paced account is so definitive and meticulous that Deutsche Bank can't even deny a word of it. It tells the wild story of how Deutsche Bank became the world's most destructive bank — and paved the way for Donald Trump to become president.
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Rage Becomes Her: The Power of Women's Anger
Women are angry, and it isn't hard to figure out why.
We are underpaid and overworked. Too sensitive, or not sensitive enough. Too dowdy or too made-up. Too big or too thin. Sluts or prudes. We are harassed, told we are asking for it, and asked if it would kill us to smile. Yes, yes it would.
The Case for Impeaching Trump
Elizabeth Holtzman has been a principled leader and a persistent voice for equality and accountability since she became the youngest woman ever elected to Congress in 1973, which she remained for forty-two years. But she sees American democratic ideals, and the rule of law in the United States, eroding under President Trump. And as a member of the House Judiciary Committee that voted to impeach Nixon, and one of the members of the Homeland Security advisory council who resigned in protest of President Donald Trump's policy of separating families at the border, former Congresswoman Holtzman knows that of which she speaks
How Fascism Works: The Politics of Us and Them
As the child of refugees of World War II Europe and a renowned philosopher and scholar of propaganda, Jason Stanley has a deep understanding of how democratic societies can be vulnerable to fascism: Nations don't have to be fascist to suffer from fascist politics. In fact, fascism's roots have been present in the United States for more than a century. Alarmed by the pervasive rise of fascist tactics both at home and around the globe, Stanley focuses here on the structures that unite them, laying out and analyzing the ten pillars of fascist politics—the language and beliefs that separate people into an "us" and a "them." He knits together reflections on history, philosophy, sociology, and critical race theory with stories from contemporary Hungary, Poland, India, Myanmar, and the United States, among other nations. He makes clear the immense danger of underestimating the cumulative power of these tactics, which include exploiting a mythic version of a nation's past; propaganda that twists the language of democratic ideals against themselves; anti-intellectualism directed against universities and experts; law and order politics predicated on the assumption that members of minority groups are criminals; and fierce attacks on labor groups and welfare. These mechanisms all build on one another, creating and reinforcing divisions and shaping a society vulnerable to the appeals of authoritarian leadership.
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John Kerry tells the story of his remarkable American life—from the son of a diplomat to decorated Vietnam veteran, five-term United States senator, 2004 Democratic presidential nominee, and Secretary of State for four years—a revealing memoir by a witness to some of the most important events of our recent history.
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redpajama_set_name: RedPajamaCommonCrawl


text:
import BaseHTTPServer
import cgi
import msvcrt
import optparse
import os
import re
import struct
import sys
import tempfile
import uuid

def serve_file_handler(file_path):
  class ServeFileHandler(BaseHTTPServer.BaseHTTPRequestHandler):
    def __init__(self, request, client_address, socket_server):
      BaseHTTPServer.BaseHTTPRequestHandler.__init__(
        self, request, client_address, socket_server)

    def do_GET(self):
      f = open(file_path, 'rb')
      contents = f.read()
      self.send_response(200)
      self.send_header("Content-Type", "application/x-ns-proxy-autoconfig")
      self.end_headers()
      self.wfile.write(contents)
  return ServeFileHandler

def multipart_form_handler(incoming_directory):
  class MultipartFormHandler(BaseHTTPServer.BaseHTTPRequestHandler):
    def __init__(self, request, client_address, socket_server):
      BaseHTTPServer.BaseHTTPRequestHandler.__init__(
        self, request, client_address, socket_server)

    def do_POST(self):
      content_type, parameters = cgi.parse_header(
          self.headers.getheader('content-type'))
      if content_type != 'multipart/form-data':
        raise Exception('Unsupported Content-Type: ' + content_type)
      post_multipart = cgi.parse_multipart(self.rfile, parameters)
      if self.path == '/crash_failure':
        self.send_response(500)
        self.end_headers()
      elif self.path == '/crash':
        if len(incoming_directory):
          tempdir = tempfile.mkdtemp()
          for field, values in post_multipart.items():
            if re.match('^[a-zA-Z0-9_-]+$', field):
              f = open(os.path.join(tempdir, field), 'wb+')
              f.write(','.join(values))
              f.close()
          # Ensure that the entire directory appears atomically.
          # Technically we don't know for sure that the temporary directory is
          # on the same volume. It would be better if we did.
          report_id = str(uuid.uuid4())
          report_directory = os.path.join(incoming_directory, report_id)
          os.rename(tempdir, report_directory)
        self.send_response(200)
        self.send_header("Content-Type", "text/plain")
        self.end_headers()
        self.wfile.write(report_id)
      else:
        self.send_response(200)
        self.send_header("Content-Type", "text/plain")
        self.end_headers()
        for field, values in post_multipart.items():
          self.wfile.write(field + '=' + ','.join(values) + '\r\n')
  return MultipartFormHandler

if __name__ == '__main__':
  option_parser = optparse.OptionParser()
  option_parser.add_option('--startup-pipe', type='int',
                           dest='startup_pipe',
                           help='File handle of pipe to parent process')
  option_parser.add_option('--incoming-directory',
                           dest='incoming_directory',
                           help='Path where uploaded files should be written')
  option_parser.add_option('--serve-file',
                           dest='serve_file',
                           help='Path to a file that should be served in '
                           'response to all requests')

  options, args = option_parser.parse_args()

  if options.serve_file:
    page_handler = serve_file_handler(options.serve_file)
  else:
    page_handler = multipart_form_handler(options.incoming_directory)

  server = BaseHTTPServer.HTTPServer(('127.0.0.1', 0), page_handler)

  print 'HTTP server started on http://127.0.0.1:%d...' % \
      (server.server_port)

  # Notify the parent that we've started. (BaseServer subclasses
  # bind their sockets on construction.)
  if options.startup_pipe is not None:
    fd = msvcrt.open_osfhandle(options.startup_pipe, 0)
    startup_pipe = os.fdopen(fd, "w")
    # Write the assigned port as an unsigned 2-byte value.  This
    # is _not_ using network byte ordering since the other end of the
    # pipe is on the same machine.
    startup_pipe.write(struct.pack('=H', server.server_port))
    startup_pipe.close()

  server.serve_forever()

redpajama_set_name: RedPajamaGithub


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Hello sixteen-year-old self, it's me, your 35-year-old self. There are a few things I'd like to share with you. You're living at a great time. 1993—entering your junior year and thinking that now you have to be serious. Yes, I remember. You were still having fun in 10th grade, goofing off with friends.
This photo gives a new meaning to the post title . . . Dear Me!
But now, all of a sudden, it seems like you'd better pay attention. It's the beginning of the end of high school, after all. Before you know it, you'll be an adult. Slumber parties and watching Christian Bale in Newsies will be a thing of the past. At least, that's how you see it in your time. But you'll always have those memories. You'll make more in the years ahead. And do I have news for you . . . life doesn't end when you grow older. In fact, your thirties are going to be some of the best years of your life.
I would tell you to be bold, take more risks, decide what to do for yourself. I know you want to, but I also know you have to grow into that. At this point you're too scared of making mistakes. You're afraid if you step out of line, then God won't go with you. It's okay. Soon you're going to figure out that He's always with you. He sees your heart and He'll guide you—even when you mess up. That's where grace comes in.
I don't want you to think I have it all figured out. Far from it. I guess I'm just more comfortable with not knowing the answers. And I have nineteen more years under my belt, so I can look back and see how God's guided me, how He's going to guide you.
I know there are some things you're wondering about . . .
Your future husband. You already know him. But I'm not telling. Except you think he's kind of hot, especially when he plays the drums at church. But he's off to college this fall and he never talks to you, so what are the chances?
You're going to have amazing children. But not eight of them (at least not by age 35, anyway). And you won't use any of those names you've already picked out. Might as well throw that list away, along with the plan you drew of your dream house. You're going to live in a great house, but no house is perfect and things like that will matter less to you one day—but you will draw plans and dream of remodeling . . .
You will keep writing. Your career doesn't come together quite the way you picture it happening, but it will come together in God's time.
You're going to have some mountaintop moments, too. Honeymooning in Hawaii. Skiing in Colorado. Hiking the Grand Canyon. Sky-diving. Traveling Europe and meeting family in Slovakia. Giving birth.
You have a lot to look forward to. And you're going to make it through the crap, too.
It will be okay. Just keep holding on to Jesus.
P.S. That novel you started last year? Get crackin' on that okay? It would be nice if it took you less than twenty years to complete it. Just sayin'.
I wrote this letter for a linky over at Emily Freeman's blog. Her new book Graceful (For Young Women): Letting Go of Your Try-Hard Life just released.
Love the honestly of your letter. In my mind's ear, I can hear you sitting down, face to face with your younger self, and walking through each point. Wonderful thoughts!
Thanks, Stephanie! Glad you liked it!


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namespace Harp\Harp\Test\Integration;

use Harp\Harp\Test\TestModel\Post;
use Harp\Harp\Test\TestModel\BlogPost;
use Harp\Harp\Test\AbstractDbTestCase;

class InheritenceTest extends AbstractDbTestCase
{
    public function testInheritence()
    {
        $post1 = Post::find(1);
        $post2 = BlogPost::find(1);

        $this->assertSame($post1, $post2);
    }
}


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The international agreements of 1987 between President Reagan and his Soviet counterpart, Michail Gorbachev, led to the signing of the Treaty on Intermediate Nuclear Forces, to the complete withdrawal of these weapons and their destruction. Both the INF treaty and others concerning different types of atomic weapons, seemed to promise the definitive removal of the nuclear war and the birth of a new world order, multipolar and oriented to a more relaxed diplomatic relations. The Soviet Union seemed still a monolithic entity and nobody suspected that in a few years it would be disappeared. The recent history is well known: the sudden dissolution of the USSR and the acute state of economic crisis in which all the former constituent countries were found (due to the pedantic application of absurd neo-liberal economic recipes by their governments) gave rise to the now finished American unipolar geopolitical parenthesis. The 9/11 internal terrorist attack was the excuse for the grand initiation of the US imperial wars and the project of conquest / destruction of Russia through the remodeling of the Middle East in a Western key, the extension of NATO to the former Warsaw Pact countries and the former Caucasian republics. Even the Balkan wars, although earlier than 11 September 2001, can be included in this "forward movement of the front" and considered in all aspects as a first attempt to rectify manu militari the Eastern borders of the Atlantic alliance and therefore of the American dominion.
I asked the well-known Valentin Vasilescu a technological assessment on the new INF issue, in the light of some structural weaknesses that are emerging in the American military apparatus.
Short-range ballistic missile (SRBM) is a ballistic missile with a range of about 500 – 1,000 kilometers (620 mi). Medium-range ballistic missile (MRBM) is a type of ballistic missile with a maximum of between 1,000 and 3,000 km. Intermediate-range ballistic missile (IRBM) is a ballistic missile with a range of 3,000-5,500 km.
– Altitude: 600 to 900 km.
– Its motors must develop a propulsion of at least 75 000 to 100 000 kgf. In contrast the missiles that form part of the US anti-ballistic shields GBMD, SM-3 (Ib, IIa) and THAAD have a far weaker propulsion and are useless.
Consequences : unlike all the existing ballistic missiles, a new Russian ballistic medium range missile can be programmed to climb, descend, or make turns. The rocket may be provided also with 3-4 nuclear independent warheads. The current US antiballistic missiles are effective only against ballistic missiles that don't change the trajectory during flight.
In this situation, the probability of destruction of a US antiballistic missile SM-3 Ib, drops below 4 %. It mean US have to launch over 25 antiballistic missiles to be able to hit one of the tree-four warheads of this new Russian ballistic missile. However, the VLS Mk-41 systems placed on ground in Europe have a section with only 24 launchers for the antiballistic missiles.


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Q: Python equivalent of Cplex IloExpr from C++ I want to move from using C++ to using Python however, I can't seem to find what the Python equivalent of IloExpr from the C++ API to Cplex is.
More specifically, I'd like to write the following function in Python...
IloExpr targetSetLHS(IloEnv & env, Sparse_Matrix<IloInt>& vox, vector<unsigned int> & A,
    IloNum Tx, vector<unsigned int> & X, IloNumVarArray& w)
{
    IloExpr expr(env);
    for (unsigned int i = 0; i < A.size(); ++i)
    {
        expr += D(A[i], vox, w, env) - Tx;
    }
    return expr;
}

Naturally, I checked the documentation for the Python API but I can't find anything of the sort and I'm wondering if what I am trying to do is even possible.


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Q: Hibernate deletes collection elements on transaction commit I can't find out why hibernate tries to delete collection elements after transaction commit. And I even didn't ask it to do so.
Any ideas?
Technical details are posted below.
Hibernate dialect:
    org.hibernate.dialect.SQLServerDialect

Entity class:
    @Entity
    @Table(name = "View_m_activity", schema = "model")
    public class SourceActivity {
        private Set<SourceActivityAttrOut> outputAttributes;

        private Long ID;

        @Id
        public Long getID() {
            return ID;
        }

        public void setID(Long ID) {
            this.ID = ID;
        }

        @ElementCollection(fetch = FetchType.EAGER)
        @CollectionTable(name = "View_m_activity_attr_out", schema = "model", joinColumns = @JoinColumn(name = "activity_id"))
        public Set<SourceActivityAttrOut> getOutputAttributes() {
            return outputAttributes;
        }

        public void setOutputAttributes(Set<SourceActivityAttrOut> outputAttributes) {
            this.outputAttributes = outputAttributes;
        }
    }

Collection element entity class:
    @Embeddable
    public class SourceActivityAttrOut {
        private String code;

        public String getCode() {
            return code;
        }

        public void setCode(String code) {
            this.code = code;
        }
    }

Execution code:
    @Transactional
    public void readSource(SourcePool sourcePool) {
        sessionFactory.getCurrentSession().createQuery("from SourceActivity", SourceActivity.class).list();
    }

Log info:
Hibernate:
    select
        sourceacti0_.ID as ID1_0_
    from
        model.View_m_activity sourceacti0_

Hibernate:
    select
        outputattr0_.activity_id as activity1_1_0_,
        outputattr0_.code as code2_1_0_
    from
        model.View_m_activity_attr_out outputattr0_
    where
        outputattr0_.activity_id=?

Hibernate:
    select
        outputattr0_.activity_id as activity1_1_0_,
        outputattr0_.code as code2_1_0_
    from
        model.View_m_activity_attr_out outputattr0_
    where
        outputattr0_.activity_id=?

Hibernate:
    select
        outputattr0_.activity_id as activity1_1_0_,
        outputattr0_.code as code2_1_0_
    from
        model.View_m_activity_attr_out outputattr0_
    where
        outputattr0_.activity_id=?

Hibernate:
    select
        outputattr0_.activity_id as activity1_1_0_,
        outputattr0_.code as code2_1_0_
    from
        model.View_m_activity_attr_out outputattr0_
    where
        outputattr0_.activity_id=?

Hibernate:
    delete
    from
        model.View_m_activity_attr_out
    where
        activity_id=?

A: The cause of problem is described here
Shortly, to solve the problem I had to override hashcode and equals of SourceActivityAttrOut.


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UPPSC Prelims General Studies Paper – 2011 (Part 2)
Author selfstudyhistory Posted on Posted on January 26, 2016 January 26, 2016
76. If the number 1 X 5 X 01 is divisible by 11, then X is equal to
(a) 2
(b) 6
(c) 8
(d) 3
Ans: (c)
77. Avinash spent 2/5 of his income for a month on rent and 3/4th of the remainder on other expenses. The balance of Rs.180 he put in his savings account. How much was his income for the month?
(a) Rs. 1,200
(b) Rs. 1,400
(c) Rs. 1,600
(d) Rs. 1,800
Ans: (a)
78. The author of 'Green Development' is
(a) M.J. Bradshaw
(b) M. Nicolson
(c) R.H. Whittakar
(d) W.M. Adams
Ans: (d)
79. The missing number in the following series:
0, 4, 18, 48, ? 180 is
(a) 58
(b) 68
(c) 84
(d) 100
80. Man as started a business investing Rs. 42,000. After 7 months, Kamal joined him with a capital of Rs. 50,000. At the end of the year, the total profit was Rs. 30,160. What is Kamal's share in the profit?
(a) Rs. 10,000
(b) Rs. 20,160
(c) Rs. 10,160
81. The surface area of a cube is 384 m2 Its volume will be
(a) 512m3
(b) 516m3
(c) 1032m3
(d) 216m3
82. The World Water Conservation Day is observed on
(a) 28 February
(b) 22 March
(c) 5 June
(d) 11 July
Ans: (b)
83. The Periyar Game Sanctuary is renowned by
(a) Lions
(b) Spotted deers
(c) Tigers
(d) Wild Elephants
84. Which one of the following cities has the largest slum population?
(a) Bangalore
(b) Chennai
(c) Delhi
(d) Surat
85. Which one of the following is the most urbanized country of West Asia?
(a) Israel
(b) Kuwait
(c) Qatar
(d) Saudi Arabia
86. Which of the following countries suffer from the acid rains?
Select the correct answer from the code given below:
(a) 1 and 2
(b) 1 and 3
(c) 2 and 3
(d) 3 and 4
87. The World Tiger Summit 2010 was held at
(a) Bangkok
(b) Nairobi
(c) New Delhi
(d) Petersburg
88. The author of 'Nuclear, Reactor Time Bomb' is
(a) C.C. Park
(b) E. P. Odum
(c) S. Polasky
(d) Takashi Hirose
89. Which one of the following States India has recorded the maximum increase in literacy rate during 2001-2011?
(a) Bihar
(b) Gujarat
(c) Rajasthan
(d) Uttar Pradesh
90. As per the provisional figures of 2011 Census the second most populous State of India is
(a) Andhra Pradesh
(b) Bihar
(c) Maharashtra
(d) West Bengal
91. Which of the following statements are correct according to the provisional figures of Census of India 2011? Use the code given below to select the correct answer:
1. The lowest population is found in Lakshadweep.
2. Chandigarh has the highest population density.
3. Arunachal Pradesh has the lowest population density.
4. Dadra and Nagar Haveli has the highest decadal growth of population.
(b) 1,2 and 3
(c) 2,3 and 4
(d) 1,3 and 4
92. According to the provisional figures of Census 2011 arrange the following districts of Uttar Pradesh In descending order of their population size and select the correct answer from the code given below:
1. Allahabad
2. Azamgarh
3. Ghaziabad
4. Lucknow
(a) 1,3,2,4
(b) 1,4,3,2
(c) 2,3,1,4
(d) 4,1,2,3
93. According to the provisional figures of 2011 Census the lowest sex ratio in India is found in
(a) Chandigarh
(b) Daman and Diu
(c) Dadra and Nagar Haveli
(d) Haryana
94. The first Gupta ruler who issued coins was
(a) Srigupta
(b) Chandragupta I
(c) Samudragupta
(d) Chandragupta II
95. The Prince who was responsible for the death of his father was
(a) Ajatasatru
(b) Chandapradyota
(c) Prasenjit
(d) Udayana
96. Who among the following was the earliest Sufi Saint to have settled at Ajmer?
(a) Sheikh Moinuddin Chisti
(b) Sheikh Qutbuddin Bakhtiyar Qaki
(c) Sheikh Nizamuddin Auliya
(d) Sheikh Salim Chisti
97. With which Mughal General did Shivaji sign the famous 'Treaty of Purandhar in 1665 A.D?
(a) Jaswant Singh
(b) Jai Singh
(c) Shaishta Khan
(d) Diler Khan
98. During the 13th and 14th Centuries A.D. the Indian peasants did not cultivate
(a) Wheat
(b) Barley
(c) Rice
(d) Maize
99. The writer of Mahabhasya 'Patanjali ' was a contemporary of
(a) Chandragupta Maurya
(b) Ashoka
(c) Pushyamitra Sunga
(d) Chandragupta I
100. Gautama Buddha had attained Mahaparinibban in the State of
(a) Anga
(b) Magdha
(c) Malta
(d) Vatsa
101. Buddha had delivered Maximum sermons at
(a) Vaishali
(b) Sravasti
(c) Kaushambi
(d) Rajgriha
102. Consider the following statement and select the correct answer from the code given below:
1. Vikrarn Samvat began in 58 BC.
2. Saka Samvat began in 319 AD.
3. Gupta era began in 319 AD.
4. The era of Muslim rule in India began in 1192 AD.
(c) 1, 2 and 3
(d) 1,2, 3 and 4
103. Which one of the following rulers established embassies in foreign countries on modern lines?
(a) Haider Ali
(b) Mir Qasim
(c) Shah Alam II
(d) Tipu Sultan
104. Who among the following was the one to have escaped being hanged in the 'Kakori Conspiracy Case'?
(a) Ashfaqullah Khan
(b) Rajendra Lahiri
(c) Ram Prasad Bismil
(d) Chandra Shekhar Azad
105. Who among the following attended all the three Round Table Conferences?
(a) Jawaharlal Nehru
(b) B.R. Ambedkar
(c) Vallabh Bhai Patel
(d) Rajendra Prasad
106. Which Sultan of Delhi imposed Jaziya on the Brahmins also?
(a) Balban
(b) Firoz Tughlaq
(c) Allauddin Khilji
(d) Mohammad bin Tughlaq
107. Who among the following was the founder of Agra?
(b) Bahlol Lodhi
(c) Sikandar Lodhi
(d) Firoz Tughlaq
108. Which one of the following pairs is not correctly matched?
(a) Ajmer-Quuwal-al-Islam
(b) Jaunpur – Atala Mosque
(c) Malwa – Jahaz Mahal
(d) Gulbarga – Jama Masjid
109. Who among the following leaders of the Revolution of 1857 had the real name of Ram Chandra Pandurang ?
(a) Kunwar Singh
(b) Nana Saheb
(c) Tatiya Tope
(d) Mangal Pandey
110. Who among the following led the agitation against the Partition of Bengal (1905) ?
(a) Surendranath Banerjee
(b) C. R. Das
(c) Ashutosh Mukherjee
(d) Rabindra Nath Tagore
111. Who among the following leaders escaped from the prison and organized underground activities during the 'Quit India Movement' ?
(a) J.B. Kriplani
(b) Ram Manohar Lohia
(c) Achyut Patwardhan
(d) Jai Prakash Narayan
112. Arrange the following In the chronological order and select the correct answer from the code given below:
1. The August Offer
2. The Cabinet Mission Plan
3. The Cripps Mission Plan
4. The Wavell Plan
(a) 1, 2, 4, 3
(b) 4, 3, 2, 1
(c) 1, 3, 4, 2
(d) 3, 4, 1, 2
113. After returning from South Africa, Gandhiji launched his first successful Satyagraha in
(a) Champaran
(b) Chauri Chaura
(c) Bardoli
(d) Dandi
114. The only session of the Indian National Congress addressed by Mahatma held at
(a) Amravati
(b) Belgaum
(c) Karachi
(d) Nagpur
115. Who among the following had moved the Non co-operation resolution in the Nagpur session of the Indian National Congress in 1920 ?
(a) C.R. Das
(b) Annie Besant
(c) B.C. Pal
(d) Madan Mohan Malviya
116. Which one of the following pairs is correctly matched ?
(a) Durga Das : The Life of Mahatma Gandhi
(b) Louis Fischer: India From Curzon to Nehru and After
(c) Frank Moraes: Jawahar Lal Nehru – A Biography
(d) Maulana Abul Kalam Azad : India Divided
117. Which one of the following pairs is NOT correctly matched ?
(a) James Watt: Steam Engine
(b) A. G. Bell : Telephone
(c) J. L. Baird : Television
(d) J. Perkins : Penicillin
118. Who among the following had started 'Mitra Mela' Association ?
(a) Shyamji Krishna Verma
(b) Vinayak Damodar Savarkar
(c) Lala Hardayal
(d) Sohan Singh Bhakna
119. The statement "I am a socialist and a republican and am no believer Kings and Princes" is associated with
(a) Narendra Dev
(b) Achyut Patwardhan
(c) Jai Prakash Narayan
(d) Jawahar Lal Nehru
120. Who among the following had led the Swadeshi Movement in Delhi.
(a) Balgangadhar Tilak
(b) Ajit Singh
(c) Lala Lajpat Rai
(d) Syed Haider Raza
(a) Silver iodide – Horn Silver
(b) Silver chloride – Artificial rain
(c) Zinc phosphide – Rat poison
(d) Zinc sulphide – Philosopher's wool
122. Which one of the following gases is essential for photosynthesis process ?
(a) CO
(b) Co2
(c) N2
(d) O2
123. Match List – I with List – II and select the correct answer from the code given below:
List – I List – II
A. Morphine 1. Antiseptic
B. Sodium 2. Alloy
C. Boric Acid 3. Analgesic
D. German Silver 4. Kerosene oil
(a) 4 3 1 2
(b) 2 4 3 1
(c) 3 1 4 2
(d) 3 4 1 2
124. Which one of the following human organs is most susceptible to harmful radiations ?
(a) Eyes
(b) Heart
(c) Brain
(d) Lungs
125. The minimum height of a plane mirror to see the full size image of a person is equal to
(a) the height of the person
(b) half the height of the person
(c) one-fourth the height of the person
(d) double the height of the person
126. Helium is preferred to hydrogen in air balloons because it
(a) is cheaper
(b) is less dense
(c) has greater lifting power
(d) does not form an explosive mixture with air.
127. Which one of the following is NOT formed in our body ?
(a) Vitamin A
(b) Protein
(c) Enzyme
(d) Hormone
128. Anosmia is
(a) loss of the sense of taste.
(b) loss of the sense of smell.
(c) loss of the sense of touch.
(d) loss of the sense of heat.
129. Assertion (A) : If somebody stops taking green vegetables he will suffer from night blindness.
Reason (R) : He will suffer from Vitamin A deficiency.
(a) Both (A) and (R) are true and (R) is the correct explanation of (A).
(b) Both (A) and (R) are true. but (R) is NOT the correct explanation of (A).
(c) (A) is true, but (R) is false.
(d) (A) is false, but (R) is true.
130. Insectivorous fish used for mosquito control is
(a) Hilsa
(b) Labeo
(c) Gambusia
(d) Mystus
131. With which of the physiological process Thrombin is associated ?
(a) Excretion
(b) Blood clotting
(c) Reproduction
(d) Growth
132. AIDS is caused by
(a) Bacteria
(b) Fungus
(c) Helminth
(d) Virus
133. Which of the following is NOT the normal function of the human kidney ?
(a) Regulation of water level in the blood.
(b) Regulation of sugar level ill the blood.
(c) filter out urea.
(d) Secretion of several hormones.
134. Retina of the eye is comparable to which of the following parts of a traditional camera ?
(a) Film
(b) Lens
(c) Shutter
(d) Cover
135. Which one of the following is used as a moderator in the nuclear reactor?
(a) Thorium
(b) Graphite
(c) Radium
(d) Ordinary water
136. Refrigeration helps in food preservation by
(a) killing the germs
(b) reducing the rate of biochemical reactions
(c) destroying enzyme action.
(d) sealing the food with a layer of ice.
137. Electric bulb filament is made of
(a) Copper
(b) Aluminium
(c) Lead
(d) Tungsten
138. Which mirror is used as a rear view mirror in the vehicles?
(a) Plane
(b) Convex
(c) Concave
(d) Inverted
139. Which one of the following is a part of Infotech Terminology?
(a) Protocol
(b) Login
(c) Archie
(d) All the above
140. Inventor and founder of www is
(a) Timbernrus
(b) N. Russel
(c) Lee N. Fiyong
(d) Bill Gates
141. Amniocentosis is a method used to determine the
(a) foetal sex
(b) kind of Amino acids
(c) sequence of Amino acids in protein
(d) type of hormones
142. BMD testing is done to diagnose
(a) Dengue
(b) Malaria
(c) Osteoporosis
(d) AIDS
143. The principle 'of 'Black hole' was enunciated by
(a) C.V. Raman
(b) H.J. Bhabha
(c) S. Chandrashekhar
(d) H. Khurana
144. Which one of the following has the right to address the Parliament?
(a) Attorney General of India
(b) Chief Election Commissioner of India
(c) Chief Justice of India
(d) National Security Advisor
145. Which one of the following statements about the Parliament of India is NOT correct?
(a) The Constitution provides for a Parliamentary form of Government.
(b) The foremost function of the Parliament is to provide a Cabinet.
(c) The membership of the Cabinet is restricted to the Lower House.
(d) The Cabinet has to enjoy the confidence of the majority in the popular Chamber.
146. Voting right by the youths at the age of 18 years was exercised for the first time in the General Election of
(a) 1987
(b) 1988
(d) 1990
147. Under which one of the following Articles of the Indian Constitution, the Legislative Assembly is allowed to resolve for the creation of the Legislative Council?
(a) 168
(b) 169
(c) 170
148. Missile' Astra' is a
(a) land to land missile
(b) land to air missile
(c) air to air missile
(d) water to land missile
149. Indane gas is a mixture of
(a) butane and hydrogen
(b) butane and oxygen
(c) butane and propane
(d) methane and oxygen
150. Which one of the following States has granted Sanskrit language the status of the second 'official language of the State?
(b) Chhattisgarh
(c) Uttar Pradesh
(d) Uttarakhand
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Court Williams is the fashion and luxury retail creative strategist in Facebook's Creative Shop where he shapes campaigns for prestige marketers across Facebook, Instagram, Messenger, WhatsApp and Oculus. A self-professed "logical creative," Court is inspired by data and insights. At the core of his creative process (observe, create, review, destroy, repeat) is a belief that it takes both qualitative and quantitative rigor to build successful creative narratives and content. Born in Birmingham, Alabama, Court is a southerner at heart and loves to tell stories. He developed his visual acuities at Yale University where he studied Art History and was able to combine his storytelling and visual production talents early in his career as a market editor for WWD/W magazine. Since then, his ideas have powered editorial features, advertising campaigns and content initiatives across several international markets for brands ranging from Bushmills to Ardbeg, Tag Heuer to Bulgari, and Chanel to MCM Worldwide.
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