Hyper-V is a next-generation, 64-bit virtualization technology that facilitates agility and integrated management of both physical and virtual components. It provides a platform to reduce costs, increase hardware utilization, optimize network and business infrastructure, and improve server availability.
Consolidating multiple workloads onto a single hardware platform enables you to reduce physical server sprawl and to support your business with less hardware, resulting in lower equipment costs, lesser electrical consumption for server power and cooling, and reduced physical space requirements. Furthermore, flexible licensing policies for virtualization allow organizations to deploy a consolidation solution that best meets their needs. Consolidating servers through Hyper-V also enables those servers to take advantage of robust networking support, including VLAN, Network Address Translation (NAT), and Network Access Protection (NAP) policies (quarantine).
Hyper-V supports 64-bit guest operating systems, offering you the flexibility to consolidate 32-bit and 64-bit workloads in the same environment. Organizations can virtualize infrastructure workloads on Server Core to run these workloads in their most reliable configurations. In addition, support for up to 4 virtual processors and up to 64 Gb of RAM per virtual machine (VM), along with the new I/O architecture, help optimize scalability and efficiency. With the ability to assign multiple, shared processors to each virtual machine alogn with fine grained resource controls, even the most demanding and resource-intensive server applications can be virtualized.
The Hyper-V microkernelized hypervisor architecture is designed to minimize attack surface and to enhance security, particularly with Hyper-V as a Server Core role. The hypervisor contains no device drivers or third-party code, promoting a more stable, thin, and secure foundation for running VMs, especially when compared to virtualization platforms based on a monolithic hypervisor. Hyper-V also provides strong role-based security through Active Directory integration and enables virtual machines to take advantage of hardware-level security features, like the execute disable (NX) bit, further helping to increase the security of virtual machines.
The Hyper-V virtual machine Snapshot feature quickly captures the state of a running VM, including data, configuration, and running processes, allowing you to easily restore a VM to a previous state. It is especially useful for implementing complex or high-risk configuration changes, giving you the option to simply roll back the changes if something goes wrong. Hyper-V also uses the Windows Server 2008 Volume Shadow Copy Service to enable fast and reliable disaster recovery, and to minimize interruption, even after natural disasters or hardware failures.
Hyper-V enables you to rapidly migrate a running virtual machine from one physical host system to another with minimal downtime. It leverages the familiar high-availability capabilities of Windows Server and System Center management tools, better enabling you to meet stringent Service Level Agreements and response metrics.
The granular VM management permissions and strong role-based security in Hyper-V allow you the flexibility to delegate management of specific VMs to customers or designated support personnel. For example, you can reduce your management overhead by designating management of remote virtual machines to local staff members to allow them to perform routine tasks without compromising security. Authorization Manager (AzMan) allows IT administrators to control the deployment of servers running Hyper-V and also to delegate management for groups of VMs.
With Hyper-V, you don't need to create a separate management infrastructure for your virtual environment. Hyper-V is designed for optimal integration with Microsoft management tools, System Center Virtual Machine Manager (SCVMM), and Microsoft System Center Operations Manager (SCOM), as well as with third-party management tools. This allows you to manage physical and virtual resources all from one console.
Hyper-V provides an efficient, self-contained test environment that accurately approximates the operation of real-world physical servers and clients. With extensive and scalable guest operating system support, Hyper-V allows you to rapidly model different environments and experiment with scenarios without significant expansion of hardware and physical resources. In addition, VM snapshots save time by minimizing the need to uninstall and reinstall programs and operating systems during testing and development.
Hyper-V provides virtual machines with unprecedented abilities to leverage available hardware. Because all WHQL-certified drivers can run in the parent partition, Hyper-V provides broad compatibility and support for drivers and devices. By supporting a broad range of guest operating systems, Hyper-V enables businesses handle workloads more efficiently, and to manage both virtual and physical resources using the same industry-standard tools.


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Pak army, ISI lending covert support to the Taliban resistance in Afghanistan: Report
Expressing concerns over the growing level of sophistication and organization among the Taliban leadership, top US military and intelligence officials have said that they believe that the Taliban still gets support from the Inter-Services Intelligence (ISI) and the Pakistani Army. A report based on the assessment of the US led 'war on terror' by General Stanley McChrystal, the top military commander in Afghanistan, also highlights the increasing clout of the Taliban even after eight years of continuous struggle. In his report General McChrystal has underlined how efficiently Taliban chief Mullah Omar is running his 'shadow government' in Afghanistan. "Mullah Omar has appointed shadow governors in most provinces of Afghanistan, levies taxes, establishes Islamic courts there and conducts a formal review of its military campaign each winter," The New York Times quoted the report, as saying. Even after Islamabad's denials, US officials believe that the Pakistani military and the ISI is lending covert support to the Taliban resistance in Afghanistan. With the recent string of attacks which has killed several troops from Italy and Germany, the issue of Taliban leadership council, or shura, in Quetta (Balochistan) is now at the top of the Obama administration's agenda in its meetings with Pakistani officials, the newspaper reported further. It is worth mentioning here that Washington has long complained that senior Taliban leaders based in Quetta, provide money, military supplies and assist their counterparts in southern Afghanistan with strategic planning. It may be noted that the majority of the US led allied forces about 68,000 troops are deployed in south Afghanistan itself. However, the US forces have been surprised by the stiff resistance being offered by the Taliban in the region. "The Taliban is trying to create trouble elsewhere to alleviate pressure in the south. They've outmaneuvered us time and time again," said one senior American intelligence official.

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West Indies will want to forget the Day 1 of the first Test as Virat Kohli-led India won the toss and elected to bat first and piled a score of 364/4 by the end of the day as debutant Prithvi Shaw smashed a century to become the youngest Indian to score a Test ton on his debut. Day 2 of the Rajkot Test offer lot of excitement as Virat Kohli eyes Test century no. 24 as India look to build a mountain of runs in from of visitors Windies.
Rishabh Pant joined Kohli with just a few overs left in the day and he played his usual positive game and goes in at stumps unbeaten on 17 including the only six of the day.
Stumps ! Team India in full control of this Test match as West Indies finish on 94/6 at on Day 2. Windies trail by 555 runs with 4 wickets remaining in the innings.
Bowled!! Kuldeep Yadav sends Shane Dowrich to pavillion. West Indies are 74/6.
Looks like West Indies have got it all wrong. Shami is hitting those perfect spots and both Powell and Brathwaite struggled to cope with it.
CENTURY! Ravindra Jadeja hits his maiden century and what a rollercoaster knock this has been! A slow start but a blazing end. The Indian dressing room gives a rousing ovation to beloved JADDU!
After 143 Overs, India are 624/8, with Umesh Yadav and Ravindra Jadeja at the crease.
FIFTY for Ravindra Jadeja and the iconic sword celebration by him takes over the cameras!
After 136 Overs, India are 570/7, with Kuldeep Yadav and Ravindra Jadeja at the crease.
A message from Sachin Tendulkar!


Napa by Martine Rose is a capsule collection that applies the British designer's streetwear aesthetic to Italian label Napapijri's heritage styles. Inspired by '90s fashion, Rose uses colorblocking and oversized silhouettes to reinterpret the outdoor-apparel brand's archival pieces.
Napa by Martine Rose's jeans are cut from blue cotton denim. Designed with straight legs, this classic pair is lightly distressed with fraying.
Sits above waist. Straight fit.
Five-pocket style. Belt loops. Logo patches at back waist. Marigold topstitching. Logo-detailed oxidized goldtone hardware.
21.5" rise, 31.5" inseam, 16.0" leg opening (approximately).
Launched in 2017, Napa by Martine Rose is a collaborative brand that applies British designer Martine Rose's streetwear aesthetic to Italian label Napapijri's archival styles. Inspired by '90s fashion, Rose employs her signature elements, including deconstruction, oversized proportions, and bold colors, for an irreverent take on the outdoor-apparel company's iconic outerwear, tops, and bottoms.


Huawei B310As-938 firmware CUST-B01C1342 Open Market Philippines - B310As-938CUST-B01C1342 Firmware link is available on this page.
Download and extract Huawei B310As-938 firmware CUST-B01C1342 Open Market Philippines on your computer. To install the flash file firmware, follow the procedure for updating firmware that is given in the package. Firmware link is available on this page.


Tatsumi Kimura Zeider is married to my nephew, Mark. She's been living in the US for nearly 25 years, although she regularly travels to Japan to visit family and friends there. Sometime around election-time last year, she came to the realization that "HEY! I want to vote, too". So, she started the process to turn her green card into US citizenship. The culmination of that process was the swearing-in ceremony for 1,518 new US citizens in Pomona, CA on February 22.
It was an inspiring experience to attend the ceremony with Mark, Erin (age 13), and Shaw (age 11), as well as my sisters Lynn (age undisclosed), and Gail (Mark's mom – age also undisclosed). Tats had a broad grin on her face for the day – one in a sea of faces from everywhere.
Each of the 1500+ new citizens had their own cheering section with them – there were plenty of babies, grandmothers, brothers, sisters, and spouses in attendance. Lots of hugs all around. The Judge who administered the Oath got a rousing round of applause and cheers from the audience. He must be well-known in the community. In his early remarks, he mentioned that he actually swore in his wife in a citizenship ceremony – that got a huge ovation from the crowd. The top 5 countries from which the new citizens came from were…. 5 – S. Korea, 4 – Iran, 3 – Vietnam, 2 – Phillipines, and 1 – Mexico. I wondered how that differs from the recent ceremony in my home town.
We listened to the Judge's reminisces, and his administration of the citizenship oath. A representative of INS spoke about the naturalization process, and the fact that there have been 15 million naturalized citizens in the past 100 years. Mark calculated that we were witnessing 1/10,000 of that entire number – it seemed unreal to me. I was surprised to hear me that the number of new citizens over this time period was not higher than 15 million. I would have guessed easily twice that number.
A singer with a marvelous voice sang the Star Spangled Banner, we saw a video of President Obama welcoming everyone to citizenship, and saw another video presentation which included some beautiful American scenes, accompanied by a beautiful sentimental song about America. I'm sorry that I can't remember either the name of the song or the singer.
While waiting for Tats to complete her paperwork, we goofed off. Had our pictures taken with President Obama (nice of him to come in for the ceremony), and also with Ronald Reagan. (still dapper after all these years, although we did have to prop him up a bit).
Barack and I share a laugh.
Mark and Erin with a real stand-up guy.
We also worked on our special U-S-A! cheer for Tats.
The Zeiders. 100% US citizens.
What a joyous occasion! Congratulations Tatsumi and thank you for joining our citizenship ranks. I'm dismayed that so few have become citizens in that length of time. We need more diversity in our melting pot. So glad you were able to be there, Judy. How's retirement treating you?


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New Scholarship Program
The DeVry Education Group Scholarship Fund and the Blue Buffalo Foundation have announced a new scholarship program totaling $60,000 for RUSVM students, especially those who want to pursue career interests in feline or canine health.
Phone: 1 869-465-4161 Ext. 401-1431
New Program: $60K in Scholarships Available for RUSVM Students
The Foundation selected RUSVM as the first institution to benefit from its new initiative to provide financial support to aspiring veterinarians, especially those who want to pursue career interests in feline or canine health.
"We are very thankful for the Blue Buffalo Foundation's scholarships, which will enable Ross students to manage their financial commitment to education while focusing on achieving their academic and career goals," said Tom Babel, chairman of the DVGSF and vice president of regulatory affairs at DeVry Education Group. The DVGSF will administer the restricted scholarships for RUSVM students.
Each scholarship under the Blue Buffalo Scholarship program will be for $5,000 per year during the second, third and fourth years of the scholars' attendance at RUSVM. Recipients of the Blue Buffalo scholarships will commit to an extracurricular project designed to enhance their education in feline or canine health, and report the progress of the project to the Foundation each year as a condition of the scholarship's renewal.
"We are excited to support Ross University School of Veterinary Medicine students," said David Petrie, president of the Blue Buffalo Foundation. "Investing in future veterinarians who desire to become leaders, particularly in areas of feline and canine health, gets us closer to achieving our mission of finding a cure for pet cancer."
RUSVM students were selected to benefit from these scholarships because of the university's focus on producing career-ready veterinarians with knowledge and skills in a wide range of fields and the ability to advance veterinary medicine. One such veterinarian is Victoria Carmella, DVM, a RUSVM alumna and director of veterinary services at Blue Buffalo. Dr. Carmella owned a private practice before moving into the pet-food industry nearly four years ago.
"My transition as a business owner from private practice to director of veterinary services at Blue Buffalo is a great testament to RUSVM's curriculum, which provided me with diverse skills that were transferable and marketable across industries," said Carmella. "It's an amazing honor to have my alma mater selected for this new opportunity."
About The Blue Buffalo Foundation
The Blue Buffalo Foundation ("Foundation") was established in 2003 by the founders of Blue Buffalo Company, Ltd. ("Blue Buffalo") a manufacturer of natural dog and cat foods under the BLUE™ brand names. Helping to find a cure for pet cancer is a top priority for Blue Buffalo because its founders have had very personal experience with this disease. "Our dog Blue, a large breed Airedale and a great pal, had three bouts with cancer," said Bill Bishop, Blue Buffalo's founder. "After Blue's battles, we wanted to do something meaningful to help find a cure for this devastating disease. So one of the first things we did after starting our pet food company was to establish the Foundation to raise money for pet cancer research, and raise awareness among pet parents of the early warning signs of this disease." www.PetCancerAwareness.org.
About the DeVry Education Group Scholarship Fund
The purpose of the DeVry Education Scholarship Fund is to support student success by helping students achieve an advanced education and invest in a better future. Founded in 2000, the fund is a separate 501(c)(3) organization that operates independently of DeVry Education Group and the institutions it supports. For more information, please visit www.dvgscholarshipfund.org.
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This chapter provides tutorial notes on Android command line shell. Topics include introduction of Bourne Shell; Unix/Linux command line programs; Android command line tools; running Java application on Dalvik VM.
Bourne Shell is the default command line shell on Android systems.
Many Unix/Linux command line programs are supported on Android systems.
"am" allows you to manage application activities.
"monkey" allows you to perform monkey testing.
"pm" allows you to manage application packages.
"dalvikvm" allows you run Java applications.


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Alpine A4810 Concept is a Hydrogen Supercar for 2035
The 28 Students in the Masters in Transportation Design program at the Istituto Europeo di Design Turin worked with Alpine to make the hydrogen-filled A4810 supercar idea. The objective of the task is to make a machine for the year 2035 that has cutting edge innovations while staying consistent with the Alpine brand.
The A4810 is a low-thrown machine with heaps of natural bends in its plan. The headlights consolidate into the tip of the nose yet are undetectable when not enlightened. The bumpers transcend the remainder of the nose, and the traveler compartment overwhelms the focal point of the vehicle.
The back part of the body has flying supports interfacing the principle piece of the body to the bumpers. When seen from the top, the tail has a W-shape. There are upward taillights on each edge and double exhaust outlets in the middle.
The understudies likewise delivered a cutting edge lodge for the A4810. The controlling wheel extends out a long way from the dashboard. Advanced shows on each side of the wheel show what's going on behind the vehicle. Red inflections enrich the lodge. The lively seats are parted into different segments
The "4810" in the idea's name is a reference to the tallness of the Mont Blanc mountain that is important for the Alps. The understudies envision that the supercar measures 16.7 feet (5,091 millimeters) in length, 6.59 feet (2,010 millimeters wide, and 3.46 feet tall (1,055 millimeters) tall.
While the aim is for the A4810 to be hydrogen-controlled, there are no powertrain subtleties. All things considered, the emphasis is on the plan.
Toward the beginning of the venture, every understudy made their own thought for what the vehicle ought to resemble. Elevated then chosen two proposition and mentioned that the last plan consolidate those looks.
"Elevated's commitment was one of energy, excitement, and steady presence, and imprints one more achievement in global joint effort. Moreover, this was a chance for understudies to work under the direction of Antony Villain, Alpine Design Director; Raphael Linari, Alpine Chief Designer; and a number IED graduated class, whom we had the joy of seeing once more," said Director of IED Turin Paola Zini.
The Alpine brand's setup will grow with the GT X-Over EV that is stopping by 2025. It rides on the CMF-EV stage from the Renault-Nissan-Mitsubishi Alliance, which is likewise under the Nissan Ariya. An electric variant of the A110 and a hatchback are additionally coming.
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Scottsdale, Ariz. - Finishing its second tournament of the week, the Tiger golf team came up with an 11th place finish at the Desert Mountain Intercollegiate on Sunday, Mar. 6. Overall, the Tigers would finish the tournament at +28 having posted a three-round team total of 892. Overall, the tournament title went to Texas A&M, who out played host Michigan on the final day to finish at -17 as a team, four shots better than the Wolverines.
Individually, freshman Tyler Burnes came up with the top finish for the Tigers as the freshman finished tied for 32nd overall at +5 having posted a two-day total of 221. Burnes came up with an even-par 72 on a tough day two that saw Pacific struggle in its final go around the Desert Mountain Outlaw Course. The best score of the day came from senior Matt Lee, who rebounded from his first day woes to go one-under on day two with a 71. Lee found himself bouncing up and down around the course as the senior came up with six birdies in the round to balance out three bogies and one double-bogie.
The Tigers will take a few weeks off before resuming play in the spring season at the Goodwin 2016 in Palo Alto, Calif. The three-day tournament hosted by Stanford takes place from Mar. 24-26.


Is it possible to see another players mail ( headers and body) if you have the characters full API?
Someone suggested it was impossible but it seems to be very possible.
That someone is wrong. It is possible to access both, headers and bodies, with a full API key.
But as customizeable API keys are coming out today, you can uncheck the mail/notification box.


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Medium-rare ribeye with some potatoes and such. That'd be nice.
That would work for me pretty much any day of the week.
Me too, smothered in onions and with a bottle of ketchup handy.
Ketchup? I'm an A-1 gal myself.
Most people who love steak are like you (either that or Heinz 57 or Worcester Sauce), but I dip the steak into ketchup. I love the way it taste.
I wish I was in Toronto right now, at the former Maple Leaf Gardens. Part of that complex was converted into a Loblaws superstore, and in the bakery section, they have the best tasting donuts IN THE WORLD!!! An apple fritter donut or a Boston Cream donut right now would be heaven for me. Maybe both after the day I had, lol.
There is a good choice of ready to eat food in that store, such as pizza (also delicious). They have a seating area, and pictures of past Maple Leaf Gardens performers are on display under the glass on the tables. There is a nice picture of Geddy playing the double-neck on display at one of the tables..
It sure isn't any damn cupcakes.
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Chicken Fried Ribs from Fox Brothers Bar-B-Q in Atlanta.
Meat Loaf and Mashed Potatoes with home made gravy.
There used to be a Spanish restaurant on 55th Street near Park that had the best Ceviche I ever tasted. Love it! I doubt I could find it out here.
Am waiting for the weather to cool considerably before I go into the kitchen and cook up a storm.
This week we will be hitting 100 (oh give me strength) degrees again, so now is not the time.
I'm obsessed with Three Twins ice cream now. Adios, Ben and Jerrys!
Anything made by my mother.


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Pay for Starbucks Coffee with Your BlackBerry
By Lauren Indvik 2010-09-01 23:00:36 UTC
Mocha frappuccino and soy latte lovers rejoice: Starbucks is rolling out its Starbucks Card Mobile App for BlackBerry tomorrow, September 2.
In September 2009, Starbucks introduced its Starbucks Card Mobile app for iPhone and iPod touch, enabling the owners of those devices to reload their Starbucks payment cards, monitor their rewards cards and even pay for their purchases at 16 stores in Seattle and the Silicon Valley region. In June, the coffee company extended its mobile payment system to 1,000 Target stores in addition to the roster of Starbucks venues.
Now all of this functionality has been adapted — and, in some respects, improved — for BlackBerry Bold, Curve, Storm and Tour users. For instance, BlackBerry owners can use the app's store locator to identify all Starbucks and Target venues where Starbucks is sold, not just the ones that support mobile payments.
In an interview with Mashable, Chuck Davidson, the category manager for innovation on the Starbucks Card team, described the group's painstaking efforts to optimize the app experience for BlackBerry users. "We didn't just want to put an iPhone app on a BlackBerry, which would have shocked BlackBerry users," Davidson explained. "We had to get inside a BlackBerry head and use the right workflow."
Thus, instead of embedding rich graphics and video for navigation, the team utilized the menu key, resulting in a much more intuitive experience for BlackBerry users.
With the addition of BlackBerry support, Davidson said that roughly three-fourths of its customers now have access to the Starbucks Card Mobile app. While he didn't confirm that an Android app was in the works, he did say it was the third-most requested app after the iPhone and BlackBerry.
To get the Starbucks Card Mobile BlackBerry app, text the word "GO" to 70845 or visit the Starbucks mobile site.
Topics: Android App, Apps, BlackBerry, blackberry app, Business, iPhone Apps, Mobile, Starbucks


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and also the stars and the moon.
but you just appeared from thin air.
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Disturbance Can Benefit Some Rare Forest Plants
While human disturbances can destroy ecosystems, new research shows that a little disturbance can be good for forest plants with small ranges. Called endemics, these species are often a conservation priority, and this is the first study of how human disturbances affect them.
"Forest destruction is a reality, and finding that forests subject to human use can support endemic plants is good news," says Michael Kessler of the Albrecht-von-Haller-Institut für Pflanzenwissenschaften in Göttingen, Germany, who reports this work in the June issue of Conservation Biology.
Kessler studied 650 plants that were both relatively common and easy to identify at 16 forest sites in the Bolivian Andes. The plants ranged from widespread to endemic. At each site, Kessler compared areas with varying levels of human disturbance, including mature forest with little or no disturbance, moderately disturbed forest (where the original canopy layer was intact but there had been some logging, grazing, or burning), and severely disturbed forest (such as secondary forest in areas that had been clearcut).
To his surprise, Kessler found that moderately disturbed forest had more endemic plant species than adjacent mature forest. However, severely disturbed forest had fewer endemic plants and was dominated by bracken ferns and other opportunistic pioneers that colonize cleared areas.
Why would moderate human disturbance be good for endemic plants? Endemics are more vulnerable to invasion by non-native species and apparently do not compete as well as widespread species. Kessler hypothesizes that endemics depend on natural disturbances (such as tree falls, flooding, and landslides) to keep widespread species from dominating them and so can also benefit from some human disturbance.
"My observation suggests that moderate use of tropical forests may be compatible with the conservation of endemic plant species," says Kessler. However, he cautions that not all endemic plants benefit from moderate disturbance and that endemics do not benefit from severe disturbances such as clearcuts or extensive removal of canopy trees. Moreover, preserving undisturbed forests remains important because they often have more biodiversity than disturbed forests.
—Robin Meadows
Kessler, M. 2001. Maximum plant-community endemism at intermediate intensities of anthropogenic disturbance in Bolivian montane forests. Conservation Biology 15(3):634-641.
Michael Kessler (106606.464@compuserve.com)


Q.E.D. Environmental Systems, Inc., a leading manufacturer of innovative environmental products and subsidiary of Graco Inc., announces the new Biomethane 3000 fixed analyzer, designed for high-accuracy methane and oxygen readings for biomethane applications.
The new fixed biomethane analyzer is ideal for biogas upgrading; anaerobic digestion of agricultural, farm and mixed food waste; sewage and wastewater treatment anaerobic digestion; vehicle fuel anaerobic digestion; and other biomethane production applications. The Biomethane 3000 helps users maximize operational efficiency by optimizing the anaerobic digestion process.
The Biomethane 3000 provides continual measurement of methane, carbon dioxide and oxygen with a user-definable fourth gas reading of hydrogen sulfide, hydrogen or carbon monoxide. The analyzer provides quality readings above the 95 percent methane level and below the one percent oxygen level at first stage production.
Customizable to site requirements, the Biomethane 3000 protects operators from oxygen issues while preventing the risk of injecting poor-quality gas into the grid network. With its modular design, the Biomethane 3000 enables hot swapping for serviceability and onsite maintenance, minimizing operational downtime.
Built with an IP65-rated enclosure, the Biomethane 3000 is certified for use in potentially-explosive atmospheres (ATEX) and IEC System for Certification to Standards Relating to Equipment for Use in Explosive Atmospheres (IECEx) Zone 2 areas. A variety of communication options are available, including Modbus RTU and optional Process Field Bus (Profibus), Process Field Net (Profinet) and ethernet communication protocols.
With a clear and informative color visual display, the Biomethane 3000 is easy to install and operate. It operates in a wide temperature range and offers a fully-automated calibration function to maintain methane testing accuracy and ensure data reliability in extreme temperatures. It features built-in liquid level monitoring with a dedicated alarm, an optional automated moisture removal drain and a dedicated auto-calibration alarm.
Picture: Q.E.D. Environmental Systems, Inc.
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Q: Difference between scikit-learn implementations of PCA and TruncatedSVD I understand the relation between Principal Component Analysis and Singular Value Decomposition at an algebraic/exact level. My question is about the scikit-learn implementation.
The documentation says: "[TruncatedSVD] is very similar to PCA, but operates on sample vectors directly, instead of on a covariance matrix.", which would reflect the algebraic difference between both approaches. However, it later says: "This estimator [TruncatedSVD] supports two algorithm: a fast randomized SVD solver, and a "naive" algorithm that uses ARPACK as an eigensolver on (X * X.T) or (X.T * X), whichever is more efficient.". Regarding PCA, it says: "Linear dimensionality reduction using Singular Value Decomposition of the data to project it ...". And PCA implementation supports the same two algorithms (randomized and ARPACK) solvers plus another one, LAPACK. Looking into the code I can see that both ARPACK and LAPACK in both PCA and TruncatedSVD do svd on sample data X, ARPACK being able to deal with sparse matrices (using svds).
So, aside from different attributes and methods and that PCA can additionally do exact full singular value decomposition using LAPACK, PCA and TruncatedSVD scikit-learn implementations seem to be exactly the same algorithm. First question: Is this correct?
Second question: even though LAPACK and ARPACK use scipy.linalg.svd(X) and scipy.linalg.svds(X), being X the sample matrix, they compute the singular value decomposition or eigen-decomposition of $X^T*X$ or $X*X^T$ internally. While the "randomized" solver doesn't need to compute the product. (This is relevant in connection with numerical stability, see Why PCA of data by means of SVD of the data?). Is this correct?
Relevant code: PCA line 415. TruncatedSVD line 137.

A: There is also a difference in how attribute explained_variance_ is calculated.
Let the data matrix $\mathbf X$ be of $n \times p$ size, where $n$ is the number of samples and $p$ is the number of variables. And $\mathbf{X}_c$ is the centered data matrix, i.e. column means have been subtracted and are now equal to zero in this matrix. Assume that we are reducing the dimensionality of the data from $p$ to $k \lt p$.
Then for sklearn.decomposition.PCA we have the following expressions:
$$\mathbf{X}_c \approx \mathbf{U}_k \mathbf{S}_k \mathbf{V}_k^T \qquad (\text{truncated SVD of } \mathbf{X}_c);$$
$$\mathbf{L}_k = \frac{1}{n-1} \mathbf{S}^2_k \quad \Longleftrightarrow \quad \lambda_j = \frac{s_j^2}{n-1}, \quad \forall j =1,\ldots,k; \qquad(*)$$
where $\mathbf{L}_k = \mathrm{diag}(\lambda_1, \ldots, \lambda_k)$ is the matrix of $k$ largest eigenvalues of the covariance matrix $\mathbf{C} = \frac{1}{n-1} \mathbf{X}_c^T\mathbf{X}_c$, and $\mathbf{S}_k = \mathrm{diag}(s_1, \ldots, s_k)$ is the matrix of $k$ largest singular values of $\mathbf{X}_c$. You can simply prove $(*)$ if you substitute truncated SVD of $\mathbf{X}_c$ in the expression for the covariance matrix $\mathbf{C}$ and compare the result with the truncated eigendecomposition $\mathbf{C} \approx \mathbf{V}_k \mathbf{L} \mathbf{V}_k^T$ (here it was done for full decompositions). Matrix $\mathbf{L}_k$ is called explained_variance_ attribute in sklearn.decomposition.PCA.
But for sklearn.decomposition.TruncatedSVD only the following holds:
$$\mathbf{X} \approx \tilde{\mathbf{U}}_k \tilde{\mathbf{S}}_k \tilde{\mathbf{V}}_k^T \qquad (\text{truncated SVD of } \mathbf{X}).$$
In this case we can't get simple equiation like $(*)$ that will link $\mathbf{L}_k$ and $\tilde{\mathbf{S}}_k$, because substitution of truncated SVD of $\mathbf{X}$ in the expression $\mathbf{C} = \frac{1}{n-1} \mathbf{X}_c^T\mathbf{X}_c = \frac{1}{n-1}\mathbf{X}^T\mathbf{X} - \frac{n}{n-1}\bar{x}\bar{x}^T$ will not be very useful. So explained_variance_ in sklearn.decomposition.TruncatedSVD is calculated instead by np.var(X_transformed, axis=0), where X_transformed = $\mathbf{X} \tilde{\mathbf{V}}_k$ – matrix of scores (new features).

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PCA and TruncatedSVD scikit-learn implementations seem to be exactly the same algorithm.

No: PCA is (truncated) SVD on centered data (by per-feature mean substraction). If the data is already centered, those two classes will do the same.
In practice TruncatedSVD is useful on large sparse datasets which cannot be centered without making the memory usage explode.

*

*numpy.linalg.svd and scipy.linalg.svd both rely on LAPACK _GESDD described here: http://www.netlib.org/lapack/lug/node32.html (divide and conquer driver)

*scipy.sparse.linalg.svds relies on ARPACK to do a eigen value decomposition of XT . X or X . X.T (depending on the shape of the data) via the Arnoldi iteration method. The HTML user guide of ARPACK  has a broken formatting which hides the computational details but the Arnoldi iteration is well described on wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Arnoldi_iteration
Here is the code for the ARPACK-based SVD in scipy:
https://github.com/scipy/scipy/blob/master/scipy/sparse/linalg/eigen/arpack/arpack.py#L1642 (search for the string for "def svds" in case of line change in the source code).

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Ligon declines to prosecute Judge Kelly W. Case's 'onerous' contempt charge against Magnolia teacher
Howard Roden
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A Magnolia teacher is back in school today after a state district court judge had her arrested and held without bond for contempt on a jury summons.
Meanwhile, Montgomery County District Attorney Brett Ligon chose not to seek charges against Margaret Young, a special-needs instructor in the Magnolia Independent School District.
Young was scheduled to appear in the 9th state District Court of Judge Kelly Case for jury duty Tuesday, but there was a conflict. Young was invited to a luncheon hosted by Candlelighters in Houston that same day to honor one of her students, a cancer survivor.
"The (children's) family wanted her to be there for the ceremony," said Greg Gaines, Young's attorney.
Candlelighters is an organization that honors children and their battle against cancer. The Lights of Courage is its largest fundraising event.
Young contacted Case's office for an exemption and was denied, according to an email obtained in an open records request by The Courier.
Young's choice apparently didn't sit well with Case, who issued a writ of attachment (a form of arrest). Four Montgomery County Sheriff's deputies showed up at Young's house at 7 p.m. Tuesday, just as Young and her husband were about to have dinner, Gaines said.
Young was led away in handcuffs.
Young spent six hours in the Montgomery County Jail before County Court-at-Law 4 Judge Mary Ann Turner released Young on her own recognizance, Gaines said.
"Margaret Young is a good, decent person," Gaines said. "What has happened to her is crazy. She is the victim."
Gaines also credits Turner for "doing the right thing."
Gaines said he had not heard from Case as of Thursday afternoon.
"There are a lot of really good judges in Montgomery County, and sometimes they get a bad rap. But I don't expect an apology to be forthcoming (from Case)," he said. "What he did to her was mean-spirited."
In an email from Ligon to Case, Ligon stated, "... due to the procedural defects in your writ of attachment and subsequent arrest of Mrs. Young, I am declining to file contempt charges against her."
The six hours she spent in custody is already "immeasurably more onerous than the lawful remedy of a fine at your disposal," Ligon said.
Contempt of jury summons could result in a fine up to $1,000. A longtime Conroe attorney, who requested anonymity, said it was the first time he had seen a Montgomery County judge seek contempt of jury summons.
The Courier sought comment from Case; however, a woman in his office said the judge does not grant interviews.
Young first received an online jury summons for April 1, but the summons was reset for Monday and then Tuesday, Gaines said. The second change had Young calling Case's office.
As his client returns to work today, Gaines said he has yet to hear from Case.
"Everybody has made at least one mistake in their life," Gaines said.
Young still has avenues to explore.
"This isn't closed yet," Gaines said.
Gaines said he is aware of five people who did not show up for jury duty in the 9th district court Tuesday, did not call Case's office and were not arrested.


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MotoGP, Rossi: "When I have fun riding the M1, I'm fast"
Valentino 7th on Friday at Barcelona: "I didn't kid myself this time but have hit reset, focusing only on this race"
Submitted by Matteo Aglio on Fri, 14/06/2019 - 18:43
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After the disappointment of Le Mans and Mugello, Valentino left his hopes at home before arriving in Barcelona, ready for whatever the Spanish circuit will throw at him. For now, all is well, the Doctor placing inside the sought-after Top Ten in both sessions (7th overall), and not too far from the fastest riders. So far, so good, but Rossi prefers not to get ahead of himself though.
Valentino, after Mugello, you talked about a less than ideal work method. What have you changed here?
"In Italy and at Le Mans before that we had some things to test, something we have to do as a factory team to be able to improve the bike, especially at a time like this. Today though, we focused more on the race weekend itself, leaving the M1 in its standard configuration".
Nothing more?
"I went into the last two rounds feeling optimistic, because last year I'd reached the podium, but instead we need a reset. Today we've worked well and I felt comfortable on the M1, I had fun riding it and when I do, I can be quite fast".
How fast?
"It's too early to say, it's only Friday and many riders have good pace. Mine is nothing special but I'm not too far from the fastest guys. I'm taking it session by session for now".
What's your next thought?
"The first thing will be to improve the bike, we still have work to do. The most important thing is to get straight into Q2".
Today the first 19 were within a second of each other…
"The organiser has worked hard to level the playing field, with electronics limitations and a single tyre supplier, and they've succeeded. We're all close and that's what spectators want from MotoGP".
Yet, the Yamaha is consistently last in terms of top speed…
"Despite Morbidelli's optimism, the download straight hasn't really helped much (he laughs). We didn't do badly this morning but lost more this afternoon with the wind coming in the opposite direction. We can't modify the engine, so we have to live with this limitation".
Would you prefer a regulation that allows more in the way of engine development, like in F1?
"To be honest, it's a senseless discussion, I don't make the rules. We just need to build an engine that is strong for next season. We should see the new prototype bike in time for the Brno test, as we did during seasons when we were strong".
Why has the Yamaha always suffered in terms of top speed?
"it's in the bike's DNA. In Formula 1 for example, the regulation changes dramatically from yer to year and so you have to build a new car each time, while in MotoGP it's more of an evolution. I don't know, maybe the Yamaha frame builders are particularly good and the engine builders a little less so (he laughs)".
Has the new silencer helped?
"I can't say it's bad but I haven't noted much difference either. We'll use the standard one for the race and then try the new one again in testing".
Are you worried about tomorrow's higher temperatures?
"The track has lost a lot of grip with respect to last year, when it was new. I was able to ride well today though, even in the afternoon heat".
Translated by Heather Watson
Rossi jokes: "I didn't set a fast time due to a '96 tyre"
Rossi: "The Yamaha is easier with the new engine"
Rossi: "The Yamaha is back to being my bike"
Dovizioso: "The new Honda bike? Not a good thing for us"
Bagnaia: "The bike I rode today was not my Ducati"
Rossi: "It would take a year of work to close the gap"
Sykes: "Kawasaki was a winner, BMW very promising"
The outcome of the first part of the season is positive: "We have to be able to make better use of the tires, but the progress is evident and impressive."
First win for Gerloff at Laguna Seca, Elias 2nd
The Yamaha rider takes his first win in this class thanks to an impressive pace. The Spaniard bests Beaubier to move up +39 in the overall standings
Lowes: "The contract renewal? I'm not worried"
"I don't have an automatic renewal clause, but I don't think my speed and hard work is up for debate. We need to work on our stability in acceleration"
Elias wins Race 1 at Laguna Seca and extends the ranking
The Spanish rider got the better of the GerloffBeaubier Yamaha duo and now has +35 on the current champion. Beach 4th, fall for Herrin and Wyman.
Elias tries to break away on the bumpy Laguna Seca track
The Spanish rider is 26 points ahead of Beaubier, who scored a double whammy in California last year, Herrin, Gerloff, and Beach are ready for the challenge
Misano GP dedicates its poster to Valentino Rossi
Aldo Drudi and the promoter of the race have decided to dedicate a special tribute to the Doctor for his 40 years
July: Riders on vacation and test riders on the track
Dani Pedrosa will test the KTM in Brno and at the Red Bull Ring - Ducati, Aprilia, Honda, and Suzuki on the track at Misano at mid-month
Quartararò: "My crash made other riders happy today"
Fabio in the gravel: "I made a mistake on the straight and couldn't brake. Rins fell too, those behind were pleased. I had good pace, I could have battled with the best today"
Petrucci: "What a scary fall at 200km /h! I feared for my hand."
"It turned black. I thought it was broken. Angry with Mir because he saw me twice and stayed in the middle of the track. Tomorrow? It'll be difficult to fight for the podium."
Andrea Dovizioso, the sad Ducatista: "Marquez unbeatable with the GP19"
We need to start thinking about the future. We have to start thinking about it because our two best...
The Ducati that well-pleases is not well-served
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Last year as we entered into the Hebrew month of Nisan I woke up to a song in my heart and on my lips… "it's a new season, it's a new day….a fresh anointing is flowing my way…a season of power and prosperity…..it's a new season coming my way." And in prayer, I kept hearing God say "new day, new day!!" Then He led me to Joshua 1:2 "Moses my servant is dead. Now therefore arise, go over this Jordan, you and all these people, into the land that I am giving to them, to the people of Israel." All of this happened in the Hebrew month of Nisan. A new day had come for the children of Israel… the old way of living (in the Wilderness) was over and it was now time to cross over into the Promise Land and receive all that God had promised them.
On this past Friday evening we entered into Nisan… on Saturday morning I woke up with an expectancy of something new. It felt as if something in the atmosphere had shifted. Saturday was also the day of Azusa Now in Los Angeles (which marked 110 years anniversary of the Azusa Street Revival) as well as United Cry DC in Washington DC. East coast and West coast worshipping together and crying out to God on the same day for revival in our land! A day of unity in the Body of Christ.
I believe we have entered into a new day… Saturday marked a day that everything changed… an historic day for us! For our nation! And not coincidentally it happened as we entered into the Hebrew month of Nisan. The month of Passover… a time of liberation, personal change, going from slavery to freedom, and the emerging out of the old.
Saturday I believe we "passed over" into a new season… a season that has shifted us and positioned us for the next Great Awakening. Rev. William Seymour, the leader of the Azusa Street Awakening, prophesied that in 100 years there would be an outpouring of God's Spirit and His Shekinah Glory that would be greater and more far reaching than what was experienced at Azusa.
REVIVAL — A TIME OF GREAT AWAKENING IS UPON US!
Passover (which is in Nisan) is a time of revival and spiritual renewal, a restoration of the Power and Glory….a renewed interest in God! In Nisan the children of Israel shifted into a new season… a season of liberation as they followed Moses, the revivalist, out of Egypt. The children of Israel had been enslaved for 430 years and in Exodus 6 God told Moses that He heard their groanings….and He responded to their prayerful cries and to the hearts of His people… there was a revival of His covenant with Abraham.
Zech 10:1 tells us to ask the Lord for rain in the springtime…. this month is a time to ask for the rain of His presence. I loved that on Saturday the 8th (Azusa now and United Cry DC) it rained here in California and also in DC…. in fact my Facebook post that morning was Hosea 6:3 "He comes like the rain". That day on Facebook I saw two different photos of rainbows… one over the colosseum in LA and two double rainbows a few days before over the Washington monument and the US capital.
It is also the month that the King had favor on Nehemiah and granted him permission to return to Jerusalem and rebuild the wall. This was another time of revival for Israel…. in Nehemiah chapter 8 the people gather as Ezra reads the Word of God. They stood listening to the Word for about 6 hours!! Then they began weeping, because they realized how much they had sinned against God…. they were repentant… and worshipping God after it was read…. their hearts were revived and turned back to God. Again, this happened in the month of Nisan.
It is also month to watch your speech.. be aware of what your confessions are. Your Word confessions should "grab the wind" and change the atmosphere. Speak forth revival… in your life, your families, your city and your nation!


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Interior of a Gap store. Image courtesy Gap Inc.
Gap Inc.'s COVID-19 Survival Measures: Stop Paying Rent
By Andrew Asch | Friday, April 24, 2020
Gap Inc. disclosed that it was taking a number of measures to stay afloat during the COVID-19 crisis. It is one of many prominent companies scrambling for support during the economic shutdown caused by the pandemic.
The San Francisco–based specialty-retail giant announced in an April 23 filing with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission that it would suspend rent payments for stores closed due to the COVID-19 pandemic. The money Gap Inc. typically spent on monthly rent in North America is $115 million. It runs more than 2,780 stores under the nameplates of Gap, Banana Republic, Old Navy, Athleta and Intermix. In the SEC filing, Gap Inc. said that after the crisis it would seek to terminate leases and permanently close some stores.
In the SEC document, Gap outlined other big steps to navigate the crisis. These included withdrawing the entire $500 million available on its revolving-credit facility. It would also suspend its regular quarterly cash dividend for shareholders for the remainder of the 2020 fiscal year. Gap also said that it would reduce planned capital expenditures by approximately $300 million during the 2020 fiscal year.
The filing also disclosed the company's liquidity situation. On Feb. 1, more than a month before the economic freeze, Gap Inc. had cash, cash equivalents and short-term investments of $1.7 billion. By May 2, the specialty retailer is forecasted to have $750 million to $850 million in cash and cash equivalents. The company also forecasted that it would seek to increase liquidity through debt financing. It also plans to further reduce operating expenses and further reduce orders for merchandise as well as extending the terms for payments of goods and services.
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