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Q: Keras model with 2 inputs complains about input shape I have been working on a network with 2 inputs to evaluate chess positions for my chess engine.
For this purpose, I converted the network from my C++ code to Keras to be able to train it on the GPU.
My model looks like this:
__________________________________________________________________________________________________
Layer (type)                    Output Shape         Param #     Connected to
==================================================================================================
input_1 (InputLayer)            (None, 20480)        0
__________________________________________________________________________________________________
input_2 (InputLayer)            (None, 20480)        0
__________________________________________________________________________________________________
dense_1 (Dense)                 (None, 256)          5243136     input_1[0][0]
__________________________________________________________________________________________________
dense_2 (Dense)                 (None, 256)          5243136     input_2[0][0]
__________________________________________________________________________________________________
concatenate_1 (Concatenate)     (None, 512)          0           dense_1[0][0]
                                                                 dense_2[0][0]
__________________________________________________________________________________________________
dense_3 (Dense)                 (None, 32)           16416       concatenate_1[0][0]
__________________________________________________________________________________________________
dense_4 (Dense)                 (None, 32)           1056        dense_3[0][0]
__________________________________________________________________________________________________
dense_5 (Dense)                 (None, 1)            33          dense_4[0][0]
==================================================================================================
Total params: 10,503,777
Trainable params: 10,503,777
Non-trainable params: 0

Because of the massive input and the huge amount of training data (about 300M positions), I used Sparse matrices during training which worked fine.
I wanted to transfer the weights back to my hand-written c++ code and for debugging purpose, I wanted to feed a single input into the Keras model to compare it to my C++ model.
indices =[21768,21769,21770,21771,21773,21774,21775,21788,21825,21830,21890,21893,21952,21959,22019,1288,1289,1290,1291,1292,1293,1294,1295,1345,1350,1410,1413,1472,1479,1539]
eval = -0.24
x_1 = np.zeros(half_input_size)
x_2 = np.zeros(half_input_size)

for i in indices:
    if(i < half_input_size):
        x_1[i] = 1
    else:
        x_2[i-half_input_size] = 1

print(x_1.shape)
print(x_2.shape)

print(model.predict([x_1, x_2]))

The shape of both inputs seems to be:
(20480,)
(20480,)

Yet Keras is giving me the following error:
Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "A:/OneDrive/ProgrammSpeicher/CLionProjects/Koivisto/resources/networkTrainingKeras/Train.py", line 317, in <module>
    print(model.predict([x_1, x_2]))
  File "C:\Users\finne\.conda\envs\DeepLearning\lib\site-packages\keras\engine\training.py", line 1441, in predict
    x, _, _ = self._standardize_user_data(x)
  File "C:\Users\finne\.conda\envs\DeepLearning\lib\site-packages\keras\engine\training.py", line 579, in _standardize_user_data
    exception_prefix='input')
  File "C:\Users\finne\.conda\envs\DeepLearning\lib\site-packages\keras\engine\training_utils.py", line 145, in standardize_input_data
    str(data_shape))
ValueError: Error when checking input: expected input_1 to have a shape (20480,) but got array with shape (1,)

I am very happy if someone could briefly tell me what I messed up!
Greetings
Finn

A: you need to add the batch_dim when you are doing prediction.
if your model accepts 2D inputs, you have to pass 2D samples in prediction
you can simply do it expanding the dimensionality
model.predict([np.expand_dims(x_1,0), np.expand_dims(x_2,0)])

A: You should a batch dimension to your input.
x_1 = np.expand_dims(x_1, 0)
x_2 = np.expand_dims(x_1, 0)

Now, you have shapes of (1, 20480) which means one example with 20480 features


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REVIEW: Striking 12 (BoHo Theatre)
Posted on December 23, 2010 by Scotty Zacher
Good music does not a good musical make
BoHo Theatre presents
Striking 12
Book/Music/Lyrics by Brendan Milburn,
Rachel Sheinkin and Valeria Vigoda
Directed by Lara Filip
at BoHo Theatre, 7016 N. Glenwood (map)
through Jan 8 | tickets: $15 | more info
Reviewed by Keith Ecker
Striking 12 isn't so much a musical as it is a rock concert with a dramatic flare. The self-aware holiday play is about a fake rock band that tells the tale of a lonely man on New Year's Eve who in turn tells the tale of Hans Christian Anderson's "The Little Match Girl". It's a story within a story within a story, but thanks to the lack of complexity and depth given to each plot line, it's never particularly difficult to follow.
The play begins with a bit of self-referential comedy and audience interaction. The actors enter and launch into a song about overtures that describes the conventions of an overture. The "band" then informs us that they are all actors before breaking the fourth wall by getting a band name from the audience. (The night I went they were Purple Nurple.)
Eventually, a story emerges about a recently single man (Eric Loughlin) who is alone on New Year's Eve. Rather than attend the party of his wild and crazy friend (Dustin Valenta), he decides to sit like a bump on a log in the confines of his apartment. He is then visited by a door-to-door saleswoman (Mallory Nees), who is peddling full-spectrum holiday lights that fight off the winter blues. He denies her the sale, but not before having a brief conversation about "The Little Match Girl." This inspires him to read the short story, which then becomes the dominating plot line of the play.
When there is less than 90 minutes to flesh out several concentric plots, you know the story is going to be a little light. And Striking 12 certainly is lacking when it comes to a compelling through line. But that's not really what this play is about. Written by three successful musicians/composers (Brendan Milburn, Rachel Sheinkin and Valerie Vigoda), the selling point is the music and the talent of the performers. This certainly is a demanding production in that the actors must not only be able to act effectively, but they must also be able to sing and play instruments as well. And each one of the performers in BoHo Theatre Company's production certainly is a triple threat. Valenta can drum and sing simultaneously, which is no easy task. Amy Steele is a gifted violinist and vocalist, while Nees' ability to play guitar, bass, ukulele and the squeezebox is impressive.
But is this good theatre? The music is catchy and reminiscent of artists like Ben Folds. The humor is bland, but it has its moments. The problem is the story. How can you have a good play without a compelling story? Striking 12's plot feels like an afterthought, as if the writers tried to squeeze elements of story into the piece after the music had been completed. By the play's end, you have a few songs stuck in your head but not much else.
Additionally, the BoHo Theatre's space doesn't have the acoustics for a show like this. Vocals are easily overpowered by the thumps of a bass drum or even the singing of violin strings. The audio quality is akin to a basement rock show. The piece would be better served in a more spacious venue where the band doesn't almost sit on top of the audience.
If you're in the mood for a holiday-themed rock show, Striking 12 is a decent watch. But if you're looking for good theatre, you're striking out.
Filed under: 2010 Reviews, Bohemian Theatre, Heartland Studio Theatre, Holiday Show, Keith Ecker | Tagged: Amy Steele, Ben Folds, Boho Theatre, Boho Theatre at Heartland STudio Theatre, Brendan Milburn, Dustin Valenta, Eric Loughlin, Hans Christian Anderson, Keith Ecker, Mallory Nees, Rachel Sheinkin, Rogers Park theatre, Striking 12, The Little Match Girl, Valeria Vigoda, Valerie Vigoda |	Leave a comment »
REVIEW: 25th Annual Spelling Bee (Metropolis Arts)
Posted on September 29, 2010 by Scotty Zacher
Who knew spelling could be so much fun?
Metropolis Performing Arts Centre presents
The 25th-Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee
Music/Lyrics by William Finn
Book by Rachel Sheinkin
Directed by Robin M. Hughes
Metropolis Arts Centre, 111 W. Campbell, Arlington Heights
through November 6 | tickets: $35-$43 | more info
For children who enjoy spelling, a spelling bee is to them as football or baseball is to children who enjoy sports. In Metropolis Performing Arts Center's production of The 25th Annual Putnam Spelling Bee, based on the original play C-R-E-P-U-S-C-U-L-E by The Farm, children of various backgrounds and school districts to come together for one goal: to win the bee and move on to nationals in Washington D.C.
The set, designed by Adam L. Veness, boosts clean, simple lines and looks high quality and authentic. The stage is transformed into a school gym complete with basketball court, bleachers and a climbing rope. School colors are yellow and purple, reflected in the lighting by Yousif Mohamed, which adds depth to the set.
The 25th Annual Putnam Spelling Bee opens strong, with the entire cast exuding energy right from the start. Each character brings their own strength to the stage with a catchy and upbeat opening number. This play also calls for audience interaction, which not only bring the audience into the story, but also allows for audience members to experience what it's like to be on the opposite end of theatre. All the audience members who participated did a good job and added some extra laughs to this already funny show.
As the Bee begins, it becomes clear that each actor worked hard to develop a unique characterization. Logainne Schwartzandgrubernierre (Justine Klein) is sweetly adorable with her lisp. As the show goes on, it becomes clear that under that demeanor is a lot of pressure and expectation to live up to. Klein does an excellent job of rounding out her character and providing multiple layers to keep her character from falling flat. Olive Ostrovsky (Kristine Burdi) has a wonderful childlike innocence and she's so eager to participate. Burdi has a rockin' voice that's on full display in "The I Love You Song," which also allows her to show the pain Olive is in beneath her cheerful front.
As the Bee goes on, the students prove to be terrific spellers, spelling a random selection of words, as they offer glimpses into their personal lives. Returning Bee champ Chip Tolentino (Ryan Hunt) gets knocked off his horse when a crush on a girl deters his mind and he misspells a word, disqualifying him from nationals. Hunt offers up strong, stellar vocals and is hilarious as he sings about the troubles of teenage boys and puberty in "Chip's Lament." Leaf Coneybear (Patrick Tierney) tells about his large family and where he fits in their grand scheme of things in "I'm Not That Smart." Tierney clearly explored his character's background and motivations, which come through in his performance. He's fascinatingly endearing as we witness his winning spelling technique: he falls into a trance, and the letters just come. James Nedrud is spot on with know-it-all William Barfee. Nedrud plays his character acting older than he is and trying to be very serious, which is just hilarious.
Throughout The 25th Annual Putnam Spelling Bee, the entire cast keeps up their energy level, keeping the show running smoothly along and the audience engaged. The musical numbers are high energy and feature excellent choreography by Kristen Gurbach Jacobson. What is most impressive is that the singing never suffers during the dancing. The actors are able to continue singing strongly and passionately as they dance around the stage. At a few points the singing fell out of tune, but it never took away from the enthusiasm and enjoyment of the show.
The 25th Annual Putnam Spelling Bee is a children's show for adults that leaves the audience laughing as they cheer on the Bee contestants.
The 25th Annual Putnam Spelling Bee plays at Metropolis Performing Arts Center, 111 W. Campbell St., Arlington Heights, IL, through November 6. Tickets cost $35 to $43 can be purchased through the theatre's Web site.
Filed under: 2010 Reviews, Allegra Gallian, Metropolis Arts Centre, William Finn | Tagged: 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee, Adam L. Veness, Allegra Gallian, Amy Malouf, Arlington Heights Metropolis Arts, Bear Bellinger, Chicago theater review, Eamonn McDonagh, James Nedrud, Jim Jarvis, Justine A. Klein, Kristin Gurbach Jacobson, Kristine Burdi, Metropolis Arts Center, Michael Herschberg, Micky York, Patrick Tierney, Performing Arts Center, Rachel Sheinkin, Robin M. Hughes, Ryan Hunt, Stephanie Souza, Steve Ptacek, Vicky J. Strei, William Finn, Yousif Mohammed |	Leave a comment »
REVIEW: Ghosts (Boho Theatre)
Posted on July 5, 2010 by Scotty Zacher
The Burdens of Shame and Seasonal Affective Disorder
Bohemian Theatre Ensemble presents
by Henrik Ibsen
Translated by Lanford Wilson
Directed by Peter Marston Sullivan
through July 18th | tickets: $17-$20 | more info
reviewed by Paige Listerud
Perhaps most of Henrik Ibsen's work can be summed up thus: a study of driven, lusty and regretful Norwegian birds, trapped in their gilded (sometimes not so gilded) bourgeois cage. Hence, the removal of the fourth wall, which isn't really removed, just made transparent–theatrically turned to glass in order to examine these lovely, haunted Norwegians under glass, as if they were the subjects of scientific inquiry. Make no mistake, the fourth wall is just as imprisoning as the other three and perhaps it is crueler, since it allows for the audience's voyeuristic attentions.
Well, since there is no escape for the birds, you might as well watch. Plus, what could be more diverting than a family's shameful secrets? Perhaps the biggest challenge for Bohemian Theatre's production of Ghosts is to make the burdens of shame, judgment and disgrace experienced by these characters as immediate and tangible to the audience as it is for them.
Peter Marston Sullivan's direction is meticulous and forthright; it gives Ghosts' excellent cast the right structure to work their naturalist chops to the max; and the new translation that they work with by Lanford Wilson is fresh and clear. Yet the overall production, while artful and technically accurate, still feels far too removed and lacking in immediacy. Make no mistake—this is a jewel of a production, a pretty jewel with interesting, exact and glimmer facets. But it also misses that special something that compels a viewer toward empathy; it feels far too removed in its period setting to involve the audience in its web of secrets and lies, judgments and shame.
If there is one thing that Boho's particular experiment/production proves, it's that what scandalized the general public a little more than a century ago no longer comes close to shocking us. Bohemian prodigal son Oswald Alving (Charles Riffenburg) spars with Reverend Manders (Steve O'Connell) over the naturalness and appropriateness of family life among his unmarried Parisian artistic friends. But, in spite of its power to scandalize in 19th-century terms, heterosexual cohabitation without "the benefit of clergy" no longer raises an eyebrow in these sexually amorphous times. Love the 60's Sexual Revolution or hate it, the bohemian life isn't bohemian anymore; it's mainstream.
Even a boyfriend or husband enjoying pornography doesn't hold the charge that it once did. Now, a boss cheating on his wife with his assistant, under the same roof as the wife; then marrying her pregnant ass off to someone else—that definitely still holds potent sleazy power. All the same, bosses and their mistresses are such a common alternative to heterosexual monogamy they practically deserve their own healthcare plan.
Finally, Ibsen's hint of incest in this play could tantalize our modern audience, but even that scandalous element becomes diffused when our tragic heroine, Mrs. Helen Alving (Saren Nofs-Snyder) considers the potential of marriage between her son Oswald to her maid, his secret half-sister, Regina (Florence Ann Romano). For her, it would be no worse than any everyday match between first cousins in rural Norway.
So much for sexual shock and awe. So the question needs to be asked: what remains now to draw audiences to this work again? When all else fails, try the relationships. There is a time to produce an elegant tribute to an old master and then there's a time to present the play for what it is—melodrama. Sophisticated, psychologically adept and intellectually stimulating melodrama, but melodrama nevertheless—we have come to observe these birds in order to learn the heart's filthy lesson.
Sadly, the central relationship in this play between Mrs. Alving and Reverend Manders just doesn't have the chemistry to propel this play's excessive exposition forward. O'Connell knows how to strike Manders' stiff, controlling and judgmental pose but one finds, through the bulk of the play, not enough contrasting nuance within his performance as to self-doubt within the good reverend over the validity of his own views.
Mrs. Alving has grown in her intellectual thinking since the first day she ran, a shocked and impressionable newlywed, from her perverse husband's side to Reverend Manders for succor and advice. But Manders' parochial views on sexuality, family and duty seem to have frozen him in time. Any possible romance between them becomes thwarted by a horrible lack of timing. Yet in some ways this play is about a little revolution in the reverend's perspective—brought on by Mrs. Alving's disabuse of his man-crush on her husband. It's a change in Manders that is too little, too late for Mrs. Alving to reap anything like the hope of love in her life. I am afraid that O'Connell's final reveal of Manders' feelings for Mrs. Alving, in the second half of this one-act, is also too little, too late. Underneath the stiff control that the Reverend demonstrates and advocates, the audience still must see some turmoil of the uncertain man.
Likewise, Riffenburg's performance of Oswald seems to lack the anxiety of yearning, love-deprived, and blighted youth. Even in Ibsen's time, the stereotype of the bohemian artist dying from an unnamable, congenital disease was, unfortunately, a cliché, and now it is even more so. Riffenburg has the burden of making this cliché breathe with anxious life, but unfortunately his performance just doesn't reach the mark. Here is a role rich in longing—longing for life, for freedom, for truth, beauty and, most of all, the sun. "The bad boy is back," Oswald announces to Reverend Manders as he makes his first entrance. But Oswald is also the SAD boy and by that I mean Seasonal Affective Disorder. Ibsen is so psychologically correct in assigning this condition at a powerful metaphorical place in this drama—unnamed in his own time, much like Oswald's congenital illness. Despite his youth, Ozzie is resolutely certain about his own views on life in his verbal joust with Reverend Manders. But his uncertainty lies in whether he was ever loved, either by his perverse father or his duty-bound mother, and that should visibly inform his drive for life at its premature end.
That leaves Nofs-Snyder to carry this shows dilemmas of shame, guilt and judgment—especially everyone's judgment on her choices and behavior under exacting marital conditions. We are fortunate to have a grand actress in this role. Her portrayal of Mrs. Alving virtually writhes with adamant conviction, disgraced and humiliated position, loss of real love or understanding, and total loss of control over the essential affairs and relationships in her life. Dressed in a striking brocaded red gown (Sarah Putnam, costume design), Mrs. Alving comes across as the queen bee of this production—and a brilliant, poor, haunted queen bee she is.
As for the supporting roles, Sean Thomas as Jakkob Engstrand and Florence Ann Romano as Regina Engstrand make a great sleazy father and gold-digging daughter duo. Thomas' Engstrand is a delightfully cunning Norwegian step-n-fetchit. Who knew that such hackneyed roles were also written for white people?
The production values for this black box theater offer highly imaginative, cunningly wrought and absolutely laudable effects. Anders Jacobson's scenic design, Katy Peterson's lighting, and Lewis Miller's sound design produce an absolute feast for eye and ear. They, like the set, are a house on fire.
Boho Theatre's production is so lovely to look at, so correct in execution—but still, how badly it needs a filthy, filthy heart.
all photos courtesy of Brandon Dahlquist
Filed under: 2010 Reviews, Bohemian Theatre, Henrik Ibsen, Paige Listerud | Tagged: 60s Sexual Revolution, Anders Jacobson design, Bernard Pomerance, Big River, Brandon Dahlquist photography, Brendan Milburn, Charles Riffenburg, Claudia Shear, Dirty Blonde, Edwin Sanchez, Florence An Romano, Florence Ann Romano, Ghosts Bohemian Theatre Chicago review, Ghosts Boho Theatre review, Henrik Ibsen, Ibsen Ghost, Icarus, Katy Peterson lighting, Lanford Wilson, Lewis Miller sound design, Paige Listerud, Peter Marston Sullivan, Rachel Sheinkin, Roger Miller, Saren Nofs-Snyder, Sean Thomas, Seasonal affective disorder, Stephen Genovese, Steve O'Connell, Striking 12, The Elephant Man, Valeria Vigoda, William Haptman |	Leave a comment »
REVIEW: 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee (Noble Fool)
Posted on May 9, 2010 by Scotty Zacher
Fun with spelling
Noble Fool Theatricals presents
Conceived by Rebecca Feldman
book by Rachel Sheinkin and music/lyrics by William Finn
Directed by Kevin Bellie, music direction by Peter Storms
Pheasant Run Resort, 4051 E. Main St., St. Charles (map)
Through June 13 | Tickets: $29–39, dinner-show packages $46–59 | more info
Reviewed by Leah A. Zeldes
Can you spell f-r-i-v-o-l-o-u-s? Airy as Wonder Bread, sweet as Gummi Bears, The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee offers a fun and unchallenging evening of musical comedy that will get you home well before the babysitter's deadline and won't stick you with inconvenient earworms or lingering deep questions. Winner of the 2005 Tony Award for Best Book of a Musical, Spelling Bee began with Rebecca Feldman's sketch C-R-E-P-U-S-C-U-L-E for her New York comedy group, the Farm. It came to the attention of Falsettos composer and lyricist William Finn, who brought on Rachel Sheinkin to help him create a musical adaptation. Opened in 2004 by Barrington Stage Company in western Massachusetts, the musical ultimately became a hit on Broadway, where it played for 1,136 performances. The laughs come from juxtaposition of latter-day life problems, age-old preteen angst and the sentimental nostalgia of the old-fashioned spelling-bee competition.
Kevin Bellie and Peter Storms' vigorous production for Noble Fool Theatricals is as cute as can be, with a bouncy, talented cast and a lively staging. Spelling Bee runs about 90 minutes with no intermission. On opening night, things stretched out a bit longer when one of the audience members participating in the bee — four volunteers are selected for each performance — proved to be an unexpectedly good speller. Having successfully navigated "catterjunes" (part of the show's improvisational shtick — it isn't a real word, so they can accept or reject spellings as needed), he also got through "lysergic acid diethylamide" and had to be eliminated with "xerophthalmiology."
A very strong cast of adult actors aptly plays the competing kids, bringing out their humorous quirks without turning them into cartoons. Especially notable performances come from Samantha Dubin as gawky Olive Ostrovsky, anguished over her missing mom — gone to an ashram in India — and emotionally distant dad; Jack Sweeney as the wide-eyed Leaf Coneybear, rising above his family's expectations; Cara Rifkin as Logainne Schwartandgrubenierre, a determined grammar-school prodigy urged on by her two gay dads; and Ian Paul Custer as William Barfee, a nasally challenged nerd who spells out words with his "magic foot." Chie Isobe plays uptight overachiever Marcy Park, and Erik Kaiko is Chip Tolentino, the too-confident previous year's champion. Wonderfully expressive Michael Weber portrays Vice Principal Douglas Panch, increasingly tortured and hilarious as the event goes on. As perky Rona Lisa Peretti, Putnam County's #1 Realtor and the spelling-bee hostess — reliving her own triumph of the second annual Putnam Co. spelling bee — Liza Jaine solos only briefly, but her powerful backup vocals help hold the show together musically. Randolph Johnson adds a rich note as ex-con Mitch Mahoney, especially in his solo, "Prayer of the Comfort Counselor."
Though they're mostly good-humored, some gags uncomfortably straddle the line between colorful characterizations and offensive caricatures, a blemish exacerbated by Bellie's casting and Kimberly G. Morris's costumes. Sheinkin wrote in the flaming gay dads and the overachieving Korean kid, but it was Bellie's choice to cast the only African American in his show in the parolee's part and Morris's to drape him in gold gangsta chains. Amusing lyrics in songs such as "My Friend, the Dictionary" and "Pandemonium" make up for the banal tunes of Finn's mostly pleasant, but typically repetitive score. Don't look for big song-and-dance numbers. Like everything else about this show, the songs lack heft, and sometimes seem like fillers. Overall, this musical isn't about the music. Just enjoy it as a lighthearted romp.
Rating: ★★★
Note: The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee contains adult language and themes that parents may consider unsuitable for young children.
Filed under: 2010 Reviews, Leah A. Zeldes, Noble Fool Theatre, Pheasant Run Resort, William Finn | Tagged: 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee, Barrington Stage Company, Cara Rifkin, Chie Isobe, Erik Kaiko, Falsettos the Musical, Ian Paul Custer, Jack Sweeney, Kevin Bellie, Kimberly G. Morris, Leah A. Zeldes, Liza Jaine, Michael Weber, Noble Fool Theatricals, Peter Storms, Pheasant Run Resort, Putnam Spelling Bee review, Rachel Sheinkin, Randolph Johnson, Rebecca Feldman, Samantha Dubin, Spelling Bee Chicago review, Spelling Bee Noble Fool review, William Finn |	1 Comment »

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Drone video captures surfer, 13, rescuing man after his boat capsizes
By Bill DiPaolo, Palm Beach Post Staff Writer
A 13-year-old Jupiter, Florida, surfer rescued a boater Friday in the Jupiter Inlet, well known to locals as a dangerous waterway.
The video taken of Sam, an eighth-grader at Independence Middle School, went viral. Taken by a drone, the video shows Ruskin swimming out to the struggling man, placing him stomach-down on his surf board and pushing him to the south side of the inlet.
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"He could have drowned," said Ruskin, who wants to be a professional surfer. "He could have been pulled into the current. He could have been pushed against the rocks."
The video shows the boat powering into the inlet. A wave rolls over the stern, tumbling the bow into the surf. A man in an orange shirt, without a life preserver, climbs out. He struggles to swim to the south side of the inlet.
Sam was surfing with his cousin Reese about 4:30 p.m. on the south side of the inlet when they saw the 24-boat boat coming in, against the outgoing tide. People on the jetty began pointing to the water. Sam saw floating white boxes, then the man struggling.
"It was choppy. The waves were 3-4 feet," Sam said.
The tennager paddled over to help the man, who Sam estimated to be in his 30s or 40s. He gave up his white, black and green surfboard to the floundering swimmer. They paddled to the south side of the inlet. The man never lost consciousness.
"He said thanks when we got to the beach. He was in shock. He was calm," Sam said.
Fire-rescue officials arrived about 5:30 p.m., according to Capt. Albert Borroto of Palm Beach County Fire Rescue. The boater was not injured. His name was not released. The boat sank and was not recovered.
Ryan Ruskin picked up his son Friday night at Reese's house. Ryan had not heard anything about the rescue.
"Sam told me he rescued a guy in the inlet. He didn't make a big deal out of it," said Ryan Ruskin, an attorney who also likes to surf.
Then first thing Sunday morning, a friend of Ryan's told him about a video he posted on Facebook of a boater scuttling in the Jupiter Inlet. Ryan called up the video.
"That's my son!" Ryan said.
Since then, Sam has been interviewed by several media outlets, including CBS' "Inside Edition" and London's Daily Mail. The Ruskins have not heard from the rescued boater.
"I'm proud of Sam. He's a strong swimmer. We're in the ocean all the time. He did the right thing," Ryan said.
The Jupiter Inlet is dangerous for swimmers and boaters. Recent incidents include:
* Andrew "Red" Harris, 24, drowned while snorkeling in the Jupiter Inlet in June 2014.
* Edwin Castañon, 15, drowned while swimming at Dubois Park in 2015.
* Austin Stephanos and Perry Cohen left the Jupiter Inlet in a 19-foot boat in July 2015. The two 14-year-old boys never returned.
Bill DiPaolo, Palm Beach Post Staff Writer


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Issue #4 of Fangoria was the magazine's first issue of the 1980's and the editorial that kicks it off is appropriately forward-looking. In this editorial, Bob Woods tells the reader "horror is in again" and promises the magazine will be there to chronicle the good, the bad and the ugly as horror makes its way into the new decade.
Unfortunately, there is a serious disconnect between the editorial's brave tone and the magazine's contents. The cover offers a better indication of what this issue is really about: it trumpets a "Spock And The New Aliens Of Star Trek" feature and also mentions a feature on the robots of The Black Hole and the presence of a "Giant Robot Poster." Somewhere along the line in the assembly of this issue, Fangoria contracted a serious case of Starlog envy.
The aforementioned Star Trek feature doesn't start things on a good note: like the cover features in issues 2 and 3, it's a tossed-off article that reads like a rewritten press release and is dominated by copious stills instead of text. Thankfully, the reading rapidly improves after that. The next article is an interview with female fantasy icon Caroline Munro, who describes herself as "an old-fashioned country girl" and describes her journey from convent school (!) to modeling/genre film stardom in an appealingly humble and self-deprecating manner (no mention of Maniac, though, as this interview was done before that film).
The remain der of the issue is dominated by science fiction and the reading is pretty decent if you enjoy that genre. Don Siegel chronicles his many battles with the studio in a retrospective interview about the original Invasion Of The Body Snatchers, the Black Hole article offers interesting info from the team who designed and built the film's robots and the first installment in a series of articles on "animated apes" in cinema offers a solid historical piece about the making of the original King Kong. Even the article on Japanese giant robot shows is good, offering a well-informed look at this subgenre and its culture-specific quirks.
However, all these articles raise two issues: (a) none of them deal with horror or fantasy content and (b) they all really belong in Starlog, which is actually designed to be a sci-fi magazine. Fangoria's cover heading from this era might say "Monsters, Aliens, Bizarre Creatures" but the preponderance of distinctly sci-fi content suggests that there was confusion over the magazine's editorial direction or a lack of prop er content to fulfill the magazine's real intent. Either way, someone in a decision-making capacity was hedging their bets.
Thankfully, Issue #4 does throw out a few crumbs to its horror-craving constituents. The first is a four-page interview with Herschell Gordon Lewis about his career as a pioneer of gore-driven cinema. Lewis spins a bunch of stories that have become familiar since this issue first saw the newsstands but it's always fun to observe a maestro of exploitation-film hucksterism at play. This article appeared before Lewis's gore-a-thons made their way to VHS so Fangoria was ahead of the curve in offering this tribute.
Continuing on the horror tip, there is also an interview with Dana Andrews reflecting on his work in the Jacques Tourneur c lassic Night Of The Demon and a visit to the set of the original Salem's Lot miniseries. Oddly, Tobe Hooper is not interviewed in the latter piece: instead, the focus is producer Richard Kobritz, along with other key production personnel. Elsewhere, the future of what the magazine will cover announces itself in the "Monster Invasion" news section: amongst the blurbs of forthcoming films and shows are mentions of Friday The 13th and Scanners.
It's also worth noting that the reader mail section features a star-laden lineup: Angus Scrimm, Don Coscarelli and Dick Gordon all offer up letters of praise while future b-movie auteur Jim Wynorski chews the editor out for the studio-publicity angle of some articles (a few issues later, he would become a Fangoria scribe). Another budding genre filmmaker, Fred Olen Ray, chimes in with a letter that offers factual corrections for a past article that mentioned Shock Waves. Ray also announces that he is about to start shooting a film called The Orion Project, which was supposed to feature David "Darth Vader" Prowse, Buster Crabbe and Gunnar Hansen all in its cast. He never released a film with this title or cast but it sounds like The Alien Dead, which did feature Crabbe.
The end result is an issue of Fangoria that is of historical interest yet has little to offer horror fans. The magazine's focus would solidify a few issues down the line but Issue #4 definitely languishes in the shadow of big brother Starlog.
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April 30, 2010 John Zipperer Reply
Great site. I'm glad to see someone's doing this for Fangoria — I've been doing a similar thing over at my Starlog Project ( http://www.weimar.ws/wmrstarlog1.html ) for Fango's sister magazine. I'm going to be looking forward to future Fango Files.
And for everyone worrying about The Black Hole and Spock in Fango, don't worry: It gets better around issue #6!
April 30, 2010 Don Reply
Thanks for the encouragement, John. I recently acquired a cache of Starlog magazines so your site will come in very handy for me. I just started reading your Starlog subsite and it's a winner.
To anyone else reading this – check out the link John listed above. If you have any interest in learning about Starlog, it's a great place to start (for future reference, it has also been added to the links page here).
May 3, 2010 J.D. Reply
This is a great idea! Both FANGO and STARLOG were important magazines that I loved to read during my childhood and it's nice to see lots of love for both of them. It brings back good memories. Looking forward to future installments!
May 3, 2010 Don Reply
Glad you are enjoying it, John. There are plenty more installments in the works.
BTW, took a look at Radiator Heaven and enjoyed it – it has been added to the site's links page.
May 3, 2010 Butz Reply
Did the article about Japanese giant robot shows have any information on SPACE GIANTS (AMBASSADOR MAGMA)? Loved that show as a kid. Used to race home from school and flip to TBS to catch it…
Sadly, no. The shows it covers are Mazinger Z, Brave Raideen and The Starvengers.
May 18, 2010 Uncle Bob Martin Reply
Aside from a raggedy copy of issue #1, I have none of these old issues. Seeing them through your eyes thirty years after the fact is like seeing them for the first time.
You are right, there were way too many cooks watching over my shoulder as the first issues rolled off the press. You read the O'Quinn editorial in #1 — Kerry really did not want to go back on his word.
Issue #1 was mostly written and designed before I was even hired — Ed Naha and I whipped up a bit of new content at the last minute when the Fantastica court case ended.
I always hated the repurposed press kit approach, and that's why I racked my brain to give the Nightwing/Prophecy piece an original spin since I was conjuring it out of thin air, and eliminated such pieces as soon as I possibly could. Even one such piece in a book makes the whole enterprise look shoddy.
May 19, 2010 Don Reply
Thanks so much for taking the time to comment, Uncle Bob. I'm glad you are enjoying my scribblings about Fango past and I can't thank your enough for sharing these great behind-the-scenes details.
p.s. Found you by following a link from John Zipperer's site.
That VoltusV poster was an awesome piece of art.
Yet SO wrong for Fango.
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The SSC's mandate is to facilitate collaboration with Doctors of BC, the BC government and BC's Health Authorities on the delivery of specialist-physician services to British Columbians and supports the improvement of the specialist care system. But the big question is "how"?
Understanding your work and the health care environment are key to all of these development areas. Through consultations with a number of physicians and stakeholders, we have developed initiatives and supports for each.
Although everything SSC does involves engaging specialists, SSC has two initiatives that requires specialist engagement to really work. One is Facility-based Physician Engagement, which funds and supports the engagement of facility-based physicians and health authorities. Physicians are able to identify and prioritize issues through effective lines of communication with physicians and health authority leadership. The second is the Regional Quality Improvement, which funds and supports physician participation in regional and local venues to learn, effectively participate, coordinate, and act on quality improvement opportunities to improve patient care.
SSC supports physicians through our Leadership and QI Training, improving service delivery with SSC fees and providing local and regional staff resources to support physicians with facility engagement and quality improvement activities.
There are over 40 physician-led Quality and Innovation projects currently being funded by SSC. The projects run the gamut from surgical improvements, telemedicine, elder care and access to psychiatric services, among others. Some projects like Enhanced Recovery have expanded to a provincial reach. In addition, the SSC's Health System Redesign Fund is available for specialists to participate in various health system redesign initiatives led by health authorities.
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Q: GNUPlot with Excel data Not sure if this belongs here or in the math forum, but I figured it was kind of like software so I'll post here.
So I have data in an excel spreadsheet that I need to graph with GnuPlot because I've exceeded 65550 data entries (yes, I need them all) and excel breaks it down into two graphs. So I saved the file as a CSV file, and got gnu to plot the data. The problem is, I have 2 columns (4 technically, 2 are continuations of the first two columns) and I want to plot one against the other, X being a time increment, Y being the data read from a probe at that time. I can plot Y if I delete the X columns, and the graph looks correct, except the X-axis label gives the sample number (or row number) instead of the time variable. How do I plot sample at the time interval in the other columns of the data file? This is my setup:
set title "Output vs Time"
set xlabel "Time (us)"
set ylabel "Output"
set grid
set datafile sep','
plot 'path\path\datafile.csv'

(I'm obscuring the information a little to not give away my project - I need to keep my job...lol)
Maybe this will post correctly, pardon if not, but here's sample data I need to post:
0           0               0.010083147 535.7200172
5E-14       6.17302E-21     0.010083369 535.7309953
7.56681E-14 9.9272E-21      0.010083592 535.7419968
1.27004E-13 1.71606E-20     0.010083814 535.7530215
2.29677E-13 3.33029E-20     0.010084036 535.764069
4.23216E-13 9.45538E-20     0.010084258 535.7751391

the data in the third column is a continuation from the first, and in the fourth column, a continuation of the second.
Plot looks right except the X axis. Also, how do I get rid of the path name at the top of the graph? The file path name shows up there and I need to get rid of it. Thanks for the help in advance!!!

A: In order to give you a really good answer, we'd need to know what the datafile looks like (the first 5 or 6 rows should be good enough).  However, without seeing it, you need to at least include a using specifier in your plot command
#x values taken from first column, y values taken from second column
plot 'path/to/datafile.csv' using 1:2, '-' using 3:4

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Why do I need a Volvo ID?
A Volvo ID gives you access to your car information and a range of online and connected services including Volvo On Call. An upcoming system change will mean in order to use Volvo On Call full service functionality your Volvo ID must be linked to the Volvo On Call subscription. Anyone currently not having a personal Volvo ID linked to the Volvo On Call subscription in our systems will lose a part of the functionality and, if applicable, any data held within the mobile app – such as destinations and driving log.
So please create your Volvo ID in the coming days using the email address you have been contacted on. When done we will link your Volvo ID with the Volvo On Call subscription in our system securing your full access to Volvo On Call and mobile app services.
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Second visit your servicing retailer and ask the retailer to re-provision Volvo On Call on your car using your Volvo ID user name (the email address you used to create the Volvo ID). This will take approximately 15 minutes when arranged at your retailer.
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A BIG WELL DONE – YOU MADE US PROUD!
A big well done goes to Francesca Curmi and Helene Pellicano [pictured above during FED Cup]. Both players made Malta and in particular the Malta Tennis Federation and all the local tennis community proud of their achievements by reaching the semi final and quarter final of the Australian Open Junior Grand Slam – these results are a first for Maltese tennis.
The Council of the Malta Tennis Federation at its meeting on the 24 January had a special mention for this historic result.


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Without knowing it, millions of people around the world rely on Ruby, and Rails, our technologies of choice – from streaming video games, to finding holiday accommodation and listening to their favourite music.
In this blog post, we will mention some of the most famous ones.
AirBnB is the world's most used home-sharing application. It's been running on Ruby on Rails since its inception in 2008.
The world's leading business & finance media provider. Their technological innovations continue to make Bloomberg the professional's choice for data, analytics, news and more.
A global leader of local commerce – an overnight success that changed the way local services promote and how people get good deals.
An enterprise social networking service used for private communication within organizations that got acquired by Microsoft in 2012 for US$1.2 billion.
The video-game streaming service recently sold to Amazon for just under $1billion. With over 50 million users per month, and one of the most engaged communities on the web, Twitch is one of the biggest sites to run mainly in Ruby on Rails.
Currently one of the most popular music listening services in the world, Soundcloud runs in a number of different languages, but it has always had at least some Ruby at the core of its service.
Kickstarter is one of the biggest crowdfunding sites in the world, to date having raised over $1billion in total funds, and runs solely on Ruby on Rails.
The UK Government's widely lauded, award-winning, open-source new website is written mainly in Ruby – using a mixture of the Rails and Sinatra frameworks. GOV.UK has become something of a standard for Government websites worldwide, and is only more proof that Ruby is capable of dealing with large numbers of highly important transactions.
While this is not an extensive list of services build in Ruby on Rails, it goes to show how powerful this technology can be. If you are interested in using Ruby on Rails to build your web application, then get in touch and we can discuss your needs and see if we can help.


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Google to Unveil DRONE at Hearings
by Steve O'Keefe | Sep 21, 2011
Google ex-CEO, Eric Schmidt, announced today that he will use the Senate subcomittee hearings into Google's anti-competitive behavior to unveil the company's latest product — the first resulting from Google's takeover of Motorola. It's called the Google DRONE, a flying personal assistant equipped with cameras and screens, and operated using a smartphone.
In announcing the DRONE, Schmidt said, "Google will use DRONE to deliver packages to members of Congress and their staffers, in hopes they get the message." Schmidt, who is rumored to be the next Secretary of Defense if U.S. President Barack Obama wins reelection, said the robotic flying personal assistant, or FPA, uses location information from Google Earth and can be programmed to be responsive to social media. "DRONE can not only deliver messages to representatives," said Schmidt, "but can tell them exactly how their constituents feel, moment by moment."
Drone technology, first perfected in the tribal regions of Afghanistan, was enthusiastically embraced by President Obama once Google became a major sponsor of his campaign. Google, Oracle, and other technology companies helped the Department of Defense develop drone technology. Google outbid Oracle for trademark rights to "drone" as well as the supporting patents. Nowadays, the best drones under 200 bucks can be bought for a variety of personal uses – and any tech geek owns at least one model.
DRONE stands for Digital Replacement for Neural Entropy. Schmidt says it is programmed to be "evolutionarily intelligent." The device is rumored to currently have the intelligence of an ape. The operating system for DRONE is based on Evolutionary Linguistics, or EvoL. "DRONE is not currently as smart as human beings, but it's learning," Schmidt said. Eventually, the device will evolve to believe it is more correct than human beings.
"The market for this technology is too promising to limit access to the military," said Schmidt. "DRONE is an incredible time saver, attending meetings in your place, streaming the proceedings or generating recordings, and delivering your messages, all while you watch on your phone at the beach."
When asked whether GooglePlus powered the social media component of DRONE, Schmidt revealed that Google had to develop a whole new social network to more accurately reflect people's true beliefs. "Our studies show that people more often 'hate' things than 'like' them, and would rather 'kill' some people than 'friend' them. For example, people don't like that Amazon and Netflix won't let them assign negative stars to products. To resolve this problem, Google is launching GoogleMinus in support of the DRONE network. We expect to have 500 million accounts in 24 hours."
GoogleMinus, together with GooglePlus, will eventually be used to pilot the emotional engine in DRONE. The device glows red or blue depending on the "balance of suspicion," or BS level, which Google calculates in real time using a proprietary algorithm.
When asked about DRONE, Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg said his company has its own flying personal assistant in testing which includes Facebook's face-recognition software. "You'll not only know who is talking about you, but also what they're saying, in real time," Zuckerberg told a news drone.
At Apple, interim CEO Eric Schmidt says Apple will counter DRONE with the iFly, a personal utility drone that's so advanced it's not just touch-sensitive, it's thought-sensitive. The iFly is driven by pads attached to the temples that read brain waves.
At Microsoft, interim CEO Eric Schmidt said the software maker would not be left behind. "We are using the motion detector in Kinect to record the gag reflex when people watch TV," said Schmidt. "Who is going to have the more accurate pulse of the public," Schmidt asked, "Google's DRONE that only measures emotions when you're online, or Kinect, which analyzes every flinch when you're in front of the TV?"
Asked about the DRONE at his patent-infringement trial against Google, billionaire CEO of Oracle, Larry Ellison, said he has been experimenting with drones for years. His yacht is actually an independent nation when it floats in international waters, enabling Ellison to join in coalition efforts using his drones. Ellison claims to have the ability to manufacture millions of drones per year in territory he controls in Pakistan. "Schmidt will rue the day he messed with me."
At the same trial, Google's temporary replacement for Eric Schmidt, Larry Page, said he did not have any direct involvement in the DRONE project other than coming up with the product's tagline: "Do Know EvoL."
Finally, tech giant HP announced it will be hiring Eric Schmidt as interim CEO to spearhead a drone program there. HP's stock closed up for the first time this year.
Satire by Steve O'Keefe
Please "hate me" on GoogleMinus!
Source: "Google Gets Ready For Antitrust Grilling," InformationWeek, 09/19/11
Image courtesy of Mike Miley, used under its Creative Commons license.


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Q: Question about Visualforce/Save Action Usage We use campaigns to build letters that go out annually, and the members of that campaign represent the "main" address and the "CC" contacts.  As a result, we have hundreds of campaigns, each with 2-5 members assigned.  Managing the order in which the CCs display is a concern of the business.
I was attempting to create a visualforce popup, that displays the CampaignMembers related to campaign, and allow the user to adjust the picklists that drive the CC order.  I can get the page to load and display the appropriate inputsFields and outputFields, but the records won't save when the button is clicked.  What am I missing?
<apex:page standardController="Campaign">
    <apex:form>
        <apex:pageblock title="{!Campaign.name}">
            <apex:pageBlockSection >
                <apex:outputField value="{!Campaign.name}"/>
                <apex:outputField value="{!Campaign.Type}"/>
            </apex:pageblocksection>
        </apex:pageblock>
    </apex:form>

    <apex:form>
        <apex:pageblock title="Edit Related Members">
            <apex:pageBlocktable value="{!Campaign.CampaignMembers}" var="cm">
                <apex:column><apex:outputField value="{!cm.name}"/></apex:column>
                <apex:column><apex:outputField value="{!cm.CC_Order__c}"/></apex:column>
                <apex:column><apex:inputField value="{!cm.CC_Order__c}"/></apex:column>
            </apex:pageBlocktable>
            <apex:commandButton action="{!save}" value="Save Changes"/>
        </apex:pageblock>
    </apex:form>
</apex:page>

A: You can list the campaign members using a StandardSetController, then call its save method:
            <apex:pageBlocktable value="{!campaignMembers.Records}" var="cm">
                <apex:column><apex:outputField value="{!cm.name}"/></apex:column>
                <apex:column><apex:outputField value="{!cm.CC_Order__c}"/></apex:column>
                <apex:column><apex:inputField value="{!cm.CC_Order__c}"/></apex:column>
            </apex:pageBlocktable>

      ...

            <apex:commandButton action="{!campaignMembers.save}" value="Save Changes"/>

You'll need an extension for this:
public class CampaignExtension {
    public ApexPages.StandardSetController campaignMembers { get; set; }
    public CampaignExtension(ApexPages.StandardController controller) {
        campaignMembers = new ApexPages.StandardSetController(
            [SELECT Name, CC_Order__c FROM CampaignMember WHERE CampaignId = :controller.getId()]
        );
    }

A: Create an extension, and do your save there. Here is an example:
Modify your page like this :
<apex:page standardController="Campaign" extensions="CampaignExtension">
    <apex:form>
        <apex:pageblock title="{!currentCampaign.name}">
            <apex:pageBlockSection >
                <apex:outputField value="{!currentCampaign.name}"/>
                <apex:outputField value="{!currentCampaign.Type}"/>
            </apex:pageblocksection>
        </apex:pageblock>
    </apex:form>

    <apex:form>
        <apex:pageblock title="Edit Related Members">
            <apex:pageBlocktable value="{!currentCampaign.CampaignMembers}" var="cm">
                <apex:column><apex:outputField value="{!cm.name}"/></apex:column>
                <apex:column><apex:outputField value="{!cm.CC_Order__c}"/></apex:column>
                <apex:column><apex:inputField value="{!cm.CC_Order__c}"/></apex:column>
            </apex:pageBlocktable>
            <apex:commandButton action="{!save}" value="Save Changes"/>
        </apex:pageblock>
    </apex:form>
</apex:page>

Then create the class below:
public with sharing class CampaignExtension() {
   public Campaign currentCampaign {get;set;}

  public CampaignExtension(ApexPages.StandardController ctr) {
    //If you get an error here, replace it with a SoQL query (Left one commented out below)
    currentCampaign = (Campaign) ctr.getRecord();
    //currentCampaign = [select Id, Name, Type, (select Id, Name, CC_Order__c from CampaignMembers) from Campaign where id = :ctr.getID()];
  }

  public pageReference save() {
     upsert currentCampaign;

     //Being overly verbose here, you could simply update the property.
     List<CampaignMembers> members = currentCampaign.CampaignMembers;
     upsert members;

  }
}

Voila!


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Athletics & Recreation / Magazine Feature
Pioneers selected in NHL draft
Posted July 2, 2009 at 10:00 am
Incoming recruits William Wrenn and Drew Shore highlighted the University of Denver's three selections in the 2009 NHL Entry Draft on at Bell Centre in Montreal.
Wrenn, of Anchorage, Alaska, and Shore, of Denver, were both selected in the second round. Wrenn was selected No. 43 overall by San Jose, while Shore was picked No. 44 by Florida.
Wrenn is the third highest DU draft selection during the George Gwozdecky era since 1994.
Paul Phillips of Darien, Ill., was selected No. 195 in the seventh round by Chicago.
The Pioneers will have a school-best 13 NHL draft picks on their roster in 2009–10. The total surpasses the 11 NHL draft picks DU had in 2006–07.
Joe Colborne of Calgary, Alberta, went No. 16 to Boston and Patrick Wiercioch of Maple Ridge, British Columbia went No. 42 to Ottawa in the 2008 NHL Entry Draft. Former Pioneer and current Colorado star Paul Stastny was selected No. 44 in 2005.
Wrenn and Shore starred for the United States National Developmental Team Program Under-18 Team last season in Ann Arbor, Mich. Wrenn served as team captain and recorded 17 points while Shore tallied 49 points. Shore and Wrenn helped Team USA to gold medals at the IIHF World Under–18 Championship, Five Nations Cup and Four Nations Cup in 2008-09.
The remaining Pioneers that have been drafted include: Brian Gifford, Pittsburgh Penguins; Rhett Rakhshani, New York Islanders; Matt Donovan, New York Islanders; John Lee, Florida Panthers; Tyler Ruegsegger, Toronto Maple Leafs; Marc Cheverie, Florida Panthers; Jesse Martin, Atlanta Thrashers; and Matt Glasser, Edmonton Oilers.


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DRUMS OF THE MAKAI
Taye Squinted pale green eyes against the bright sunlight and scanned the parched desert beyond the water hole. Sweat coursed freely down the back of his neck, only to be recaptured by twin blond tails of hair hanging from the back of his head. Those tails of hair were the icon of a Pyean warrior, so he kept them clean and tightly bound with rawhide strips. Even though the cold season had barely left the mountains, he wore nothing more than a wetzel fur on his lower torso and straw sandals on his feet. The nights were still cold, but the scant clothing was another test of endurance. So far he had fared well.
His right leg was falling asleep, but he dared not move from his crouched position. The slightest sound - even the roll of a small pebble - would send the matiki galloping into the desert.
Again he visually checked the rawhide cords that held the capture net. Everything must be exact. He couldn't afford to miss again. This was his third and last chance to graduate from Junior to Senior Warrior. At fifteen summers, there were already senior warriors younger than he was. They laughed secretly at his unsuccessful attempts to catch a matiki; secretly because they knew he was the strongest, fastest and most accomplished with a lance.
He tensed as the matiki lifted its soft muzzle to explore a slight breeze. Did the animal catch the scent of his foe? Anxiety squeezed the breath from Taye's chest. No, the wind was in the opposite direction. The matiki's pointed ears were erect and held forward, listening for the slightest sound. Taye held his breath and tried to still his pounding heart.
Finally the matiki dropped his head and chomped at a clump of dry grass. The muscles on his flank twitched at a persistent nie, and he stomped a foot. A sling of the head succeeded only in tossing his flaxen mane into the sunlight. It was time for more serious action. The long flowing white tail whipped around, brushing the nie from his flank.
Taye breathed carefully through his mouth. He'd like to watch the magnificent animal all day, but right now he couldn't spare the time. He had seven sleeps left of his ten sleep quest, and if that matiki would hurry up, he'd make it back to the village in time.
As if responding to his wish, the matiki lifted his head elegantly and pranced toward the water hole. As always, Taye was impressed by the grace and coordination of such a massive animal. Its coat was a golden brown and his long neck hair sparkling white. As he moved, his muscles rippled smoothly and his coat glistened in the sunlight. Taye's chest swelled with premature pride. What a prize!
The matiki stopped again and lifted his muzzle. The large nostrils flared as he tested the air. He gave his head a nervous toss.
Taye waited, poised for the catch. His palms were as sweaty as his mouth was dry. Only when the matiki moved down the path toward the water hole did Taye permit himself a quiet breath. A few more steps and…. Now!
Taye yanked on the cord. Nothing happened. He frowned, his troubled gaze frantically searching the path of the cord. There. It was caught on a piece of bark. He shifted slightly and put his weight against the cord. His foot slipped, sending an avalanche of tiny pebbles down the embankment.
It was only a small disturbance, but it was enough to alert the Matiki of a presence. The matiki whirled and scrambled back away from the water hole. With a twist of his rump, he kicked his heels into the air and galloped off into the desert.
Taye lunged to his feet and kicked a rock viciously. It would take time to track down another matiki; time he didn't have. Even now the grass was beginning to green on the great plain. The matiki sought the desert only during the cold season, and then it grazed across the plains to spend the hot season in the mountains.
Taye hung his head, shamed by his carelessness. He was the son of Eyat, greatest hunter of the Pyea. Why couldn't he be more like his father? No one understood why he was so different - least of all the village elders. How many times had they scolded him for taking too much time considering all the possibilities before he acted? No one doubted his courage, and it wasn't as if he was void of any skill. He could find game, and he could throw the spear with accuracy. Yet each time he stood before his quarry, he froze, unwilling to throw his weapon at anything but a lifeless target.
He lifted his head and stared wistfully after the matiki. Only a thin wisp of dust marked its trail. It was headed for the plains, so it wasn't going to be trapped at another water hole in Pyean territory. Its tracks were clear on the ground, but what good did it do? Only a large hunting party would dare to follow the matiki into the dreaded plains. Even with a large hunting party it would be dangerous.
Of course, one warrior on foot might move through the tall grass without being noticed by the Zackets. His heart skipped a beat at the thought. Only the Senior Warriors ventured onto the plains, and there were plenty of stories about the Zackets. They were a ruthless bunch of renegades who knew no honor. Each lived by his individual whim, stealing from innocent travelers and even killing anyone who dared to venture into the territory they claimed.
Then there were the Makai, a tribe that lived in the mountains beyond the plains. Not that they would be a problem right now. They rarely came into the plains except during the cold months. No one knew much about them except that they were fierce warriors. That much Pyean warriors had discovered on the few occasions when they had met them on the plains.
He stared after the matiki, another unconventional thought forming in his mind. If he tracked the matiki into the plains and caught it, he would have twice the honor. Seven sleeps. He could do it - if he didn't get lost. No, he was spending too much time thinking about it again. Now was the time to act.
Giving himself no time to reconsider, he dismantled the net and packed it into his skin pouch. Grabbing his tri-pointed spear, he ran back to his camp at the cave and gathered his things. Using a blackened stick from the campfire, he scribbled a picture message on the wall of the cave. If anyone came looking for him, they would know what happened to him. But nothing was going to happen. If he didn't capture the matiki in two sleeps, he would come back to the cave.
As Taye neared the plains, the grass became more plentiful. The trail of the matiki lay before him, wandering as the animal tried a mouthful of grass here and a taste there. The matiki was feeling safe now, and he had slowed down. Taye wasn't far behind right now, but it would soon be dark, and he would have to stop for the night or risk losing the trail. The sun bathed the skyline with orange and a crisp breeze swept in from the plains.
Taye didn't have much luck in his search for twigs, but he finally managed to find enough for a pitiful little pile. He twisted some of the grass into bunches, throwing them on the small stack of twigs. Pulling two gray stones from a small pouch that hung from his neck, he struck them together until sparks leaped out and consumed the grass with flames. As the twigs caught fire, he leaned forward, holding his hands out to the growing flames.
A tike howled in the distance and was answered by another closer to the camp. A sefrin slithered through the grass outside the firelight, reminding Taye of its poisonous relatives lurking in the tall grass of the plains. But the grass would make tracking easy - as long as the matiki didn't get too far ahead. That presented another problem. If the trail made it easy for him to track the matiki, it also left a clear sign for the Zackets that someone had entered their territory. He would have to be careful not to stray from the trail of the matiki.
Taye dug a skin from his pouch and threw it over his shoulders. Using the pouch as a pillow, he leaned back, gazing at the sky. A bright patch of stars wove a pattern behind the moon. He smiled. Sometimes he imagined himself floating around from star to star, discovering new people and places; places where people spoke different languages and lived in different homes - and still got along with their neighbors.
He shook his head. Was it any wonder the village elders worried about him? Here he was at the edge of the plains, dreaming nonsense instead of preparing for the task ahead.
Forcing his mind to the present, he considered all the information he had heard about the plains. The plains were a flat sea of tall grass where trees were so scarce that they could be used as landmarks. It would be easy to get lost in such a place. According to Pyean warriors who had traveled them, the plains could be crossed in three sleeps. Beyond that was the black forest. No one knew much about that area. Behind the black forest the mountains loomed against the sky - the home of the Makai people.
If no one knew much about the black forest, they knew even less about the Makai. The only thing they knew was that when Pyean and Makai warriors met, there was always a fierce battle. Although some Pyean warriors had been captured, none had returned. Such was the case of Jaka, one of Taye's uncles. The village elders thought that the Makai probably kept slaves, like the Zackets. No one could say for sure, though. Warriors who had fought both Makai and Zackets didn't have much hope for the survival of anyone captured by them.
Talk around Pyean campfires claimed the Makai were aggressive and territorial. Taye wondered if the Makai spoke the same about the Pyea. The plains contained game through the drought and cold, which lured hungry Pyean and Makai warriors. Yet in spite of all the food, the Makai and Zackets refused to share. A chance meeting always resulted in a fierce battle.
Surely there must be a better way to settle their differences. The elders had laughed at his idea. They advised him to wait until he was a Senior Warrior and had met the Makai in the plains. Then he wouldn't question their judgment.
What if he met the Makai this time - while he was alone? The Zackets would make short work of him, but what would the Makai do? Somewhere in his musings, he fell asleep.
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Q: How to fix Dockerfile npm install npm error I want to run a app on heroku using Dockerfile but it can`t run npm intsall
This is my Dockerfile:
FROM ubuntu:18.04
RUN apt-get update && apt-get upgrade -y && \
    apt-get install -y nodejs \
    npm
RUN apt-get update && \
    apt-get install -y \
    ffmpeg \
    imagemagick \
    webp && \
    apt-get upgrade -y && \
    rm -rf /var/lib/apt/lists/*
COPY package.json .
RUN npm install
CMD ["node", "index.js"]

and this is error:
npm ERR! typeerror Error: Missing required argument #1
npm ERR! typeerror     at andLogAndFinish (/usr/share/npm/lib/fetch-package-metadata.js:31:3)
npm ERR! typeerror     at fetchPackageMetadata (/usr/share/npm/lib/fetch-package-metadata.js:51:22)
npm ERR! typeerror     at resolveWithNewModule (/usr/share/npm/lib/install/deps.js:456:12)
npm ERR! typeerror     at /usr/share/npm/lib/install/deps.js:457:7
npm ERR! typeerror     at /usr/share/npm/node_modules/iferr/index.js:13:50
npm ERR! typeerror     at /usr/share/npm/lib/fetch-package-metadata.js:37:12
npm ERR! typeerror     at addRequestedAndFinish (/usr/share/npm/lib/fetch-package-metadata.js:82:5)
npm ERR! typeerror     at returnAndAddMetadata (/usr/share/npm/lib/fetch-package-metadata.js:117:7)
npm ERR! typeerror     at pickVersionFromRegistryDocument (/usr/share/npm/lib/fetch-package-metadata.js:134:20)
npm ERR! typeerror     at /usr/share/npm/node_modules/iferr/index.js:13:50
npm ERR! typeerror This is an error with npm itself. Please report this error at:
npm ERR! typeerror     <http://github.com/npm/npm/issues>
WARN engine mongoose@6.6.2: wanted: {"node":">=12.0.0"} (current: {"node":"8.10.0","npm":"3.5.2"})
npm ERR! Please include the following file with any support request:
npm ERR!     /npm-debug.log
The command '/bin/sh -c npm install' returned a non-zero code: 1

This is my app github reposity. Run using heroku.
Any idea how to solve this problem?


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Kenya gets support for technical education
Development partners have offered their support to Kenya in transforming technical training colleges, a move they say would hasten the attainment of the Big Four agenda.
They said the skills obtained from such institutions are a critical foundation for the development of the country.
In a breakfast meeting with Deputy President William Ruto at Karen on Monday, the development partners hailed the move by the government to focus on competence-based education.
Those present included the Danish Ambassador to Kenya Mette Knudsen, Swedish Ambassador to Kenya Anna Jardfelt, US Ambassador to Kenya Bob Godec, Marcellin Ndong of the African Development Bank, the Indian High Commissioner to Kenya Suchitra Duran, the Ambassador of the European Union to Kenya Stefano Dejak, among others.
They said they will help in increasing the physical infrastructure and equipment of Technical and Vocational Education and Training (TVETs), capacity building of trainers and boosting governance of regulatory institutions such as the Technical and Vocational Education and Training Authority.
Mr Dejak lauded Kenya for its push on technical training, saying that that would catalyse the country's development plan.
"The skills imparted on learners should be demand-driven. The export market, particularly the European one, should be the driving force behind the setting up of modern technical colleges in Kenya," said the Ambassador of the European Union to Kenya.
The African Development Bank representative said the Bank would continue playing a central role in building capacity of TVETs. South Korea, on the other hand, promised to provide the colleges with equipment.
"We will also endeavour to fill any existing gaps for we are aware of the role these colleges can play in giving Kenya a new face," said Mr Ndong.
While pledging their support for the attainment of the Big Four, the envoys called on the government to ensure that as the reach for the technical colleges is amplified, so should the skills imparted to learners be strengthened.
They noted that there was need for Kenya to work on improving its Doing Business profile and incentivise the private sector in supporting the growth of TVETs.
Ms Duran said her country had strong technical and economic cooperation programme, which included training.
"We will therefore be (very) happy to do the training of trainers programme. That is already on offer," said Ms Duran.
Mr Ruto said the challenges facing TVETs were slugging their contribution to the economic growth of Kenya.
As a result, he said, the breakfast deliberations had been convened to offer lessons to Kenya from countries with experience in the running of TVETs.
The Deputy President noted that once the identified gaps are filled, the next five years would see increased employability and self-employment creation, especially among the youths.
"Our desire is to put these institutions in equal footing with universities because they are the fulcrum of development. The implementation and the attainment of the Big Four agenda would be driven chiefly by TVETs," said Mr Ruto.
Today, TVETs make a contribution of about 0.2 per cent of Kenya's gross domestic product as compared to an average of 10 per cent in developed economies.
"This, therefore, calls for us to work together. The old-school intimation about TVETs that they are homes to failures calls for the change of the narrative. It is as important as the formal education," Mr Ruto noted.
He said the international community had been part of the journey to transforming Kenya, picking up from where the previous administration left, and should, therefore, help the country in realising its grand development plan.
Principal Secretary in the State Department of Vocational and Technical Training Kevit Desai said that the government had in the last five years built and equipped 130 technical colleges.
"Our target is to have TVETs in all constituencies. So far, 202 constituencies have been covered with 78 pending. In this financial year, we expect to put up 15 new colleges," said Dr Desai.
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/**
 * @author Mat Groves http://matgroves.com/ @Doormat23
 */

/**
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 *
 * @class CanvasMaskManager
 * @constructor
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PIXI.CanvasMaskManager = function()
{
};

PIXI.CanvasMaskManager.prototype.constructor = PIXI.CanvasMaskManager;

/**
 * This method adds it to the current stack of masks.
 *
 * @method pushMask
 * @param maskData {Object} the maskData that will be pushed
 * @param renderSession {Object} The renderSession whose context will be used for this mask manager.
 */
PIXI.CanvasMaskManager.prototype.pushMask = function(maskData, renderSession) {

	var context = renderSession.context;

    context.save();

    var cacheAlpha = maskData.alpha;
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    context.setTransform(transform.a * resolution,
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                         transform.c * resolution,
                         transform.d * resolution,
                         transform.tx * resolution,
                         transform.ty * resolution);

    PIXI.CanvasGraphics.renderGraphicsMask(maskData, context);

    context.clip();

    maskData.worldAlpha = cacheAlpha;
};

/**
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 *
 * @method popMask
 * @param renderSession {Object} The renderSession whose context will be used for this mask manager.
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PIXI.CanvasMaskManager.prototype.popMask = function(renderSession)
{
    renderSession.context.restore();
};

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DOWNHILL MTB AT LOON MOUNTAIN: BUILT BY HIGHLAND TRAILS
Highland Trails, LLC broke ground this spring on a new system of downhill mountain biking trails at Loon Mountain in Lincoln, NH.
You know Highland for our commitment to the two main facets of our operation: training and trails. But did you know that we also take our expertise off-mountain, building up other downhill scenes?
Experts from the Highland Trail Crew have joined forces with Loon Mountain's team of terrain park builders and snowmakers to design and construct a fifteen-mile network of downhill mountain bike trails. The first phase of this project—opening to the public this fall—will consist of beginner and intermediate trails on both freeride and technical terrain.
"We're starting with beginner and intermediate trails, but we will grow and offer more," said Jay Scambio, president and general manager of Loon Mountain Resort. "We want to do this right and make Loon a major mountain biking destination for riders of all ages and abilities."
Highland Trails, LLC was founded out of Highland Mountain Bike Park to further our mission of being the premier experts in trail design, construction, maintenance, and operation for the mountain biking industry. We're the best at what we do because bikes are all that we do. Highland's trail builders have years of experience developing and building trails specifically designed to enable and support rider progression. We're thrilled to be taking those skills to Loon Mountain!
With guidance from Highland Trails, Loon will continue to develop a progressive system of lift-accessed trails for beginner to advanced riders, supported by lesson programs, bike rentals, and a dedicated learn-to-ride area. By the time all phases of construction are complete, Loon will be home to the largest combined network of downhill and cross country trails in the White Mountains—not too shabby.
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