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import os
import sys
import inspect
import numpy as np

def import_fluid():
    import paddle.fluid as fluid
    return fluid

def load_data(imgfile, shape):
    h, w = shape[1:]
    from PIL import Image
    im = Image.open(imgfile)

    # The storage order of the loaded image is W(widht),
    # H(height), C(channel). PaddlePaddle requires
    # the CHW order, so transpose them.
    im = im.resize((w, h), Image.ANTIALIAS)
    im = np.array(im).astype(np.float32)
    im = im.transpose((2, 0, 1))  # CHW
    im = im[(2, 1, 0), :, :]  # BGR

    # The mean to be subtracted from each image.
    # By default, the per-channel ImageNet mean.
    mean = np.array([104., 117., 124.], dtype=np.float32)
    mean = mean.reshape([3, 1, 1])
    im = im - mean
    return im.reshape([1] + shape)

def build_model(net_file, net_name):
    print('build model with net_file[%s] and net_name[%s]' %
          (net_file, net_name))

    net_path = os.path.dirname(net_file)
    module_name = os.path.splitext(os.path.basename(net_file))[0]
    if net_path not in sys.path:
        sys.path.insert(0, net_path)

    try:
        m = __import__(module_name, fromlist=[net_name])
        MyNet = getattr(m, net_name)
    except Exception as e:
        print('failed to load module[%s.%s]' % (module_name, net_name))
        print(e)
        return None

    fluid = import_fluid()
    inputs_dict = MyNet.input_shapes()
    input_name = inputs_dict.keys()[0]
    input_shape = inputs_dict[input_name]
    images = fluid.layers.data(
        name=input_name, shape=input_shape, dtype='float32')
    #label = fluid.layers.data(name='label', shape=[1], dtype='int64')

    net = MyNet({input_name: images})
    return net, inputs_dict

def dump_results(results, names, root):
    if os.path.exists(root) is False:
        os.mkdir(root)

    for i in range(len(names)):
        n = names[i]
        res = results[i]
        filename = os.path.join(root, n)
        np.save(filename + '.npy', res)

def normalize_name(name_map):
    return {
        k.replace('/', '_'): v.replace('/', '_')
        for k, v in name_map.items()
    }

def rename_layer_name(names, net):
    """ because the names of output layers from caffe maybe changed for 'INPLACE' operation,
        and paddle's layers maybe fused, so we need to re-mapping their relationship for comparing
    """
    #build a mapping from paddle's name to caffe's name
    trace = getattr(net, 'name_trace', None)
    cf_trace = trace['caffe']
    real2cf = normalize_name(cf_trace['real2chg'])

    pd_trace = trace['paddle']
    pd2real = normalize_name(pd_trace['chg2real'])
    pd_deleted = normalize_name(pd_trace['deleted'])

    pd2cf_name = {}
    for pd_name, real_name in pd2real.items():
        if real_name in real2cf:
            pd2cf_name[pd_name] = '%s.%s.%s.both_changed' \
                    % (real2cf[real_name], real_name, pd_name)
        else:
            pd2cf_name[pd_name] = '%s.%s.pd_changed' % (real_name, pd_name)

    for pd_name, trace in pd_deleted.items():
        assert pd_name not in pd2cf_name, "this name[%s] has already exist" % (
            pd_name)
        pd2cf_name[pd_name] = '%s.pd_deleted' % (pd_name)

    for real_name, cf_name in real2cf.items():
        if cf_name not in pd2cf_name:
            pd2cf_name[cf_name] = '%s.cf_deleted' % (cf_name)

        if real_name not in pd2cf_name:
            pd2cf_name[real_name] = '%s.%s.cf_changed' % (cf_name, real_name)

    ret = []
    for name in names:
        new_name = pd2cf_name[name] if name in pd2cf_name else name
        print('remap paddle name[%s] to output name[%s]' % (name, new_name))
        ret.append(new_name)
    return ret

def load_model(exe, place, net_file, net_name, net_weight, debug):
    """ load model using xxxnet.py and xxxnet.npy
    """
    fluid = import_fluid()

    #1, build model
    net, input_map = build_model(net_file, net_name)
    feed_names = input_map.keys()
    feed_shapes = [v for k, v in input_map.items()]

    prediction = net.get_output()

    #2, load weights for this model
    startup_program = fluid.default_startup_program()
    exe.run(startup_program)

    #place = fluid.CPUPlace()
    if net_weight.find('.npy') > 0:
        net.load(data_path=net_weight, exe=exe, place=place)
    else:
        raise ValueError('not found weight file')

    #3, test this model
    test_program = fluid.default_main_program().clone()

    fetch_list_var = []
    fetch_list_name = []
    if debug is False:
        fetch_list_var.append(prediction)
    else:
        for k, v in net.layers.items():
            fetch_list_var.append(v)
            fetch_list_name.append(k)

    return {
        'program': test_program,
        'feed_names': feed_names,
        'fetch_vars': fetch_list_var,
        'fetch_names': fetch_list_name,
        'feed_shapes': feed_shapes,
        'net': net
    }

def get_shape(fluid, program, name):
    for var in program.list_vars():
        if var.name == 'data':
            return list(var.shape[1:])

    raise ValueError('not found shape for input layer[%s], '
                     'you can specify by yourself' % (name))

def load_inference_model(dirname, exe):
    """ load fluid's inference model
    """
    fluid = import_fluid()
    model_fn = 'model'
    params_fn = 'params'
    if os.path.exists(os.path.join(dirname, model_fn)) \
            and os.path.exists(os.path.join(dirname, params_fn)):
        program, feed_names, fetch_targets = fluid.io.load_inference_model(\
                dirname, exe, model_fn, params_fn)
    else:
        raise ValueError('not found model files in direcotry[%s]' % (dirname))

    #print fluid.global_scope().find_var(feed_names[0])
    input_shape = get_shape(fluid, program, feed_names[0])
    feed_shapes = [input_shape]

    return program, feed_names, fetch_targets, feed_shapes

def infer(model_path, imgfile, net_file=None, net_name=None, debug=True):
    """ do inference using a model which consist 'xxx.py' and 'xxx.npy'
    """
    fluid = import_fluid()

    place = fluid.CPUPlace()
    exe = fluid.Executor(place)
    try:
        ret = load_inference_model(model_path, exe)
        program, feed_names, fetch_targets, feed_shapes = ret
        debug = False
        print('found a inference model for fluid')
    except ValueError as e:
        print('try to load model using net file and weight file')
        net_weight = model_path
        ret = load_model(exe, place, net_file, net_name, net_weight, debug)
        program = ret['program']
        feed_names = ret['feed_names']
        fetch_targets = ret['fetch_vars']
        fetch_list_name = ret['fetch_names']
        feed_shapes = ret['feed_shapes']
        net = ret['net']

    input_name = feed_names[0]
    input_shape = feed_shapes[0]

    np_images = load_data(imgfile, input_shape)
    results = exe.run(program=program,
                      feed={input_name: np_images},
                      fetch_list=fetch_targets)

    if debug is True:
        dump_path = 'results.paddle'
        dump_names = rename_layer_name(fetch_list_name, net)
        dump_results(results, dump_names, dump_path)
        print('all result of layers dumped to [%s]' % (dump_path))
    else:
        result = results[0]
        print('succeed infer with results[class:%d]' % (np.argmax(result)))

    return 0

def caffe_infer(prototxt, caffemodel, datafile):
    """ do inference using pycaffe for debug,
        all intermediate results will be dumpped to 'results.caffe'
    """
    import caffe

    net = caffe.Net(prototxt, caffemodel, caffe.TEST)
    input_layer = net.blobs.keys()[0]
    print('got name of input layer is:%s' % (input_layer))
    input_shape = list(net.blobs[input_layer].data.shape[1:])

    if '.npy' in datafile:
        np_images = np.load(datafile)
    else:
        np_images = load_data(datafile, input_shape)

    inputs = {input_layer: np_images}
    net.forward_all(**inputs)

    results = []
    names = []
    for k, v in net.blobs.items():
        k = k.replace('/', '_')
        names.append(k)
        results.append(v.data.copy())

    dump_path = 'results.caffe'
    dump_results(results, names, dump_path)
    print('all result of layers dumped to [%s]' % (dump_path))
    return 0

if __name__ == "__main__":
    """ maybe more convenient to use 'run.sh' to call this tool
    """
    net_file = 'models/resnet50/resnet50.py'
    weight_file = 'models/resnet50/resnet50.npy'
    datafile = 'data/65.jpeg'
    net_name = 'ResNet50'
    model_file = 'models/resnet50/fluid'

    ret = None
    if len(sys.argv) <= 2:
        pass
    elif sys.argv[1] == 'caffe':
        if len(sys.argv) != 5:
            print('usage:')
            print('\tpython %s caffe [prototxt] [caffemodel] [datafile]' %
                  (sys.argv[0]))
            sys.exit(1)
        prototxt = sys.argv[2]
        caffemodel = sys.argv[3]
        datafile = sys.argv[4]
        ret = caffe_infer(prototxt, caffemodel, datafile)
    elif sys.argv[1] == 'infer':
        if len(sys.argv) != 4:
            print('usage:')
            print('\tpython %s infer [fluid_model] [datafile]' % (sys.argv[0]))
            sys.exit(1)
        model_path = sys.argv[2]
        datafile = sys.argv[3]
        ret = infer(model_path, datafile)
    elif sys.argv[1] == 'dump':
        if len(sys.argv) != 6:
            print('usage:')
            print('\tpython %s dump [net_file] [weight_file] [datafile] [net_name]' \
                    % (sys.argv[0]))
            print('\teg:python %s dump %s %s %s %s' % (sys.argv[0],\
                net_file, weight_file, datafile, net_name))
            sys.exit(1)

        net_file = sys.argv[2]
        weight_file = sys.argv[3]
        datafile = sys.argv[4]
        net_name = sys.argv[5]
        ret = infer(weight_file, datafile, net_file, net_name)

    if ret is None:
        print('usage:')
        print(' python %s [infer] [fluid_model] [imgfile]' % (sys.argv[0]))
        print(' eg:python %s infer %s %s' % (sys.argv[0], model_file, datafile))
        sys.exit(1)

    sys.exit(ret)


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Creating Value For Stakeholders And For The Greater Good: How CBUS Super Uses The Integrated Reporting Framework To Tell Its Story
"Our Board has acknowledged that our Report follows the Integrated Reporting Framework, which allows us to tell our members and other stakeholders how we create value for them."
Cbus Super Annual Report, 2018
"In executing our strategies, we follow Peter Drucker's Wagon Train analogy. He believed that affecting change was similar to speeding up the wagon trains of the Old West. Go to the front and learn what is being done well. What are the lead wagons doing to make them faster? Then take these lessons and share them with the rest of the wagon train."
Doug PearceFormer Chair, Canadian Coalition for Good GovernanceAnnual Meeting of the CCGG, 2006
Wagon Trains, <IR>, and Cbus Super
Research confirms that simply believing there is a 'better way' of doing things is not enough to bring that 'better way' about. Actually creating positive change requires hard work to break through multiple technical and behavioural barriers. So where to start? Ever the master of simplifying complex management problems, Peter Drucker proposed his Wagon Train analogy: find out what makes the Lead Wagons go faster and share these findings with the Follow-On Wagons.
Here we apply Drucker's advice to asset owners adopting the <IR> Framework to tell their value-creating stories. Response to the <IR> proposal developed in the prior three Letters has been positive, but there are technical and behavioural barriers to overcome. So how have the Lead Wagons in <IR> overcome them? This Letter helps answer that question.
Australia's Construction and Building Unions Superannuation Fund (Cbus Super) qualifies as a Lead Wagon by virtue of deciding to adopt the Framework four years ago. Founded in 1984, Cbus Super is one of Australia's largest industry super funds with (as of mid-2018) 778K members, 136K employers, and $47B in assets. With an average member age of 39, it is a relatively young fund with significant growth potential in the years ahead.
How does CEO David Atkin view Cbus Super's decision to adopt <IR> four years ago? He ends his comments in the 2018 Annual Report with these words: "Finally, it is important to acknowledge that <IR> provides a useful framework to articulate our business model. Now, in our fourth integrated reporting cycle, we are reaping the benefits of a deeper alignment of our business planning with it."
Using the <IR> Framework, this Letter summarizes the Cbus Super value-creation story in six parts: 1. Organizational overview, capital resources, and value-creation, 2. Governance, 3. Business Model, 4. Performance, 5. Risks and Opportunities, 6. Strategy, Resource Allocation, and Outlook.
Organizational Overview, Capital Resources, and Value-Creation
A brief Cbus Super organizational overview has already been provided above. The organization deploys six types of capital to create stakeholder value: 1. Financial (accumulated retirement savings), 2. Manufactured (real estate, IT equipment), 3. Human (its people), 4. Intellectual (economic, financial, actuarial models), 5. Social/Relationships (its business and personal networks), 6. Natural (land, water, air).
Cbus Super uses these capitals to address the four desires that it has found matter most to its members and their employers:
Having enough income in retirement
Looking out for our interests
Investing responsibly and sustainably
Continuing to manage Cbus Super as a strong, reliable, innovative organization
To meet these stakeholder needs, the organization will create value in six specific ways:
Design and implement member product and services that meet their expressed needs
Provide advice and assistance to members
Provide advice and solutions to employers
Advocate member and employer interests
Evaluate and manage business partner relationships
Support the UN's 17 Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs)
The 2018 <IR> Annual Report tells the story of how Cbus Super uses its six types of capital to achieve these value-creating goals. This Letter summarizes its story.
The Report profiles Cbus Super's 16-member Board in five dimensions: tenure, gender, age, hours of training, and skills/experience. For example, the distribution of Board skills / experience is Legal – 19%, Building / Construction – 28%, Finance / Investment – 19%, Property – 16%, and Public Policy – 19%. The five standing committees are Investment, Audit and Risk, People, Member / Employer Services, and Nomination. The performance of these committees and the Board as a whole is evaluated on a regular basis with the assistance of an outside third party. There are clear policies on conflicts of interest and Board remuneration, gender, and tenure.
The Board oversees the development and implementation of Cbus Super's strategic plan. It sharpens its strategic focus through offsite meetings that cover topics such as retirement readiness and the impacts of changing demographics and technology on the organization and its stakeholders. The Board is expanding the responsibilities of its People Committee to delve more deeply into, and support organizational priorities such as strengthening culture and updating remuneration policy. The Investment Committee is overseeing the implementation of a new investment model, which includes enhancing the integration of ESG considerations into the investment decision framework.
To meet the expressed needs and wants of its member and their employers, Cbus Super's business model has two key components:
Advice/Administration Services Component: provides retirement-related information, advice, and assistance to members and their employers, and advocates on their behalf. Key elements of this structure include active member engagement and feedback mechanisms, an expanding digital presence (e.g., video account statements, retirement income estimates), a relevant array of insurance products, and a comprehensive employer engagement, support and advocacy program.
Investment Decision-Making Component: generates competitive, sustainable net long-term returns within pre-established risk budgets. Key elements of this structure are taking an integrative total portfolio perspective, innovating through sourcing investments through multiple channels, direct investing, insourcing, and rigorous due diligence processes including such ESG considerations as carbon emissions, sustainable supply chains, gender and cultural diversity, and labour rights, health and safety.
The Report contains a special section titled "Our Approach to Responsible Investing" which explains Cbus Super's fundamental belief of RI's importance to delivering long-term value for its members who work (or have worked) in the building and construction industries. Explicit reference is made to using the UN's 17 Social Development goals as criteria for creating a Global Quality Equities strategy, as well as to inform Cbus Super's voting and engagement intentions. An investment example was taking a major ownership position in Bright Energy Investments, an Australian wind and solar renewable energy company. Two engagement examples were Commonwealth Bank of Australia (money laundering and cultural issues) and Rio Tinto (lack of climate-related disclosures). Cbus Super believes the 'S' in ESG is best tackled through collective action organizations such as Responsible Investment Association of Australia and the global Workforce Disclosure Initiative.
The two Business Model components each have their own performance metrics:
Advice/Administration Services Component: Member satisfaction rating is 86%. Average active member balance is $57K. Proportion of active members with adequate savings levels is 70%. Proportion of members retained with an Income Stream account after retirement is 80%. Average Income Stream member account is $277K. A project to understand Income Stream member behaviour and sustainability of income in retirement is underway.i On the employer side, the satisfaction rating is 92%. Projects to maintain high employer satisfaction ratings and attract new employers are underway. There is a detailed scorecard listing actual member and employer experience metrics vs. targets.
Investment Decision-Making Component: the 10yr net return on the Cbus Super default investment option was 7.2% vs. 6.4% for the median Industry Fund and 5.3% for the median Retail Fund.ii Longer and shorter evaluation periods produced similar results. These results were achieved with a below-median equity portfolio carbon footprint (280 vs. 290) and a property portfolio sustainability GRESB score of 97/100, which is 3rd out of 874 global rankings. The Report also provides more qualitative performance assessments on SDG goals related to gender equality, renewable energy, sustainable infrastructure, climate-related disclosure using the TCFD Framework, and participating in collective national and international ESG/SDG-related initiatives.
Cbus Super also measures and reports on progress in improving internal business functions such as governance, people management, IT, and finance.
Cbus Super sees future demographic, political, economic, and environmental developments embodying both risks and opportunities for the organization. Its <IR> Report sets out a risks/opportunities matrix as an organizing framework. Figure 1 represents a simplified version of it.
Figure 1 Cbus Super Risks and Opportunities Matrix
External Risks/Opportunities Impact on Organization Internal Risks/Opportunities
Legislative/Regulatory
Meeting member/employer needs
Growth/Sustainability
Brand/Reputation
Govenance
People/Talent
The Report provides a detailed strategy matrix setting out Cbus Super future goals and the plans to achieve them. The overall strategy direction is (a) to seek out opportunities that will help meet member and employer needs, organization growth/sustainability, and brand/reputation and (b) to mitigate the risks that would negatively impact these three organizational goals.
Strategy, Resource Allocation, and Outlook
Looking ahead, the Report makes two assertions: "Cbus Super will win 1. By looking after its members and employers better than anyone else, and 2. By being an innovative, long-term, patient investor with a proven track record of superior outcomes." To that end, it will achieve these four goals over the next two years:
Increase active member engagement: raise the proportion of members at adequate retirement savings levels materially above the current 70%.
Increase retiring member engagement: raise the proportion of retiring members that stay with the Fund through the Income Stream option materially above the current 80%.
Increase employer engagement: raise the proportion of industry employers who have chosen Cbus Super as the super provider for their employees materially above the current 50%.
Provide superior investment results: by continuing to produce first quartile investment returns, moving in-house investing to 25% of assets, and reducing investment costs by 0.15% of assets.
The Report lays out detailed strategies for each of these four goals. The strategies to achieve Goal #4 (produce superior investment results) include enhancing the new investment model on both technical and talent fronts, enhancing the direct investing program (especially in real estate), reducing agency and other friction costs, and further developing the responsible investment program, including creating a climate change roadmap.
Becoming an <IR> Lead Wagon
Can you imagine a world where all asset owners tell their value-creating stories using the <IR> Framework? While none will match the Cbus Super narrative exactly, all would have important commonalities. All would explain why they exist, how they are governed, their business model, their results, how they see their prospective risks and opportunities, and what they will do to produce even more value tomorrow. Are you prepared to join Cbus Super as a Lead Wagon?
Keith Ambachtsheer
Given the #1 wish of Cbus Super members is 'to have enough income in retirement', this is an important project.
Cbus Super could expand its performance benchmarking activities by comparing a suite of performance metrics vs. those of its national and international peers as it currently does with its property portfolio.
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Why Don't You Recommend GOOD Teachers for a Change?
If you've hung out here at the blog very long, it's no secret that I'm a big fan of Berean Research. Amy and Marsha do a fantastic job of keeping tabs on the latest happenings in the world of false doctrine and keeping the rest of us up to date.
Yesterday, Amy posted an article emphasizing Berean's mission- to build discernment skills in their readers so they can take those skills and apply them to any teacher out there in order to determine whether or not that person is teaching sound doctrine. It's a "teach a man to fish" approach of simply red-flagging false teachers and false doctrine, and I couldn't agree with Amy more. It's a very good way of teaching discernment.
My blog is focused in a little different, more broad-based direction – discipleship – so my approach to discernment is a little different. When it comes to discernment, I warn against the false teachers and provide suggestions for sound teachers. Why? To help you recognize what constitutes bad teaching and what good teaching sounds like in comparison so that when you encounter a new teacher you'll be equipped to "fish" on your own.
Why am I telling you all this instead of just getting right to Amy's awesome article? Because I wanted to use this as an opportunity to demonstrate that different teachers (or bloggers) may have different methodologies, but that doesn't necessarily mean one is right and one is wrong. Sometimes we get it into our minds that unless a preacher, teacher, or author uses our preferred method of teaching, they're wrong. But as long as that teacher is communicating biblical truth within the parameters Scripture lays out, different strokes for different folks is OK. In fact, it showcases the beautiful way God made each of us unique so that all kinds of other unique people are reached.
This is a good time to remind our readers why we are here and why we expose false teachings and name names. Because while we'd love to give you a long list of "safe" teachers, that would not be serving our audience well at all.
Our work here is not to provide you with that list. We're also not here to help you compare good teachers with bad teachers. You should be comparing ALL teachers to God's Word. His holy-breathed-out Scripture is the standard. The Bereans in Acts 17:11 knew this, and Paul gushed with joy at their willingness to compare what he was saying to the prophecies. One more thing: We're not here to "bash" leaders. If it seems that way to you, then you are probably not used to having your favorite celebrity pastor's teachings and actions held up to the light of Christ.
So why in the world are we here?
Find out! Read the rest of Amy's excellent article here.


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Q: How to remove any html tags within a specific pattern in beautifulsoup

 A
 die
  is thrown \(x = {-b \pm
  \sqrt
  {b^2-4ac} \over 2a}\) twice. What is the probability of getting a sum 7 from
both the throws?

In above html I need to remove only the tags within "\(tags\)" i.e  \(x = {-b \pm \sqrt {b^2-4ac} \over 2a}\\).
I have just started with beautifulsoup is there any way this can be achieved with beautifulsoup?

A: I came up with the solution to my question. Hope it helps others. Feel free to give me suggestion to improve the code.
from bs4 import BeautifulSoup
import re
html = """

     A
     die
      is thrown \(x = {-b \pm
      \sqrt
      {b^2-4ac} \over 2a}\) twice. What is the probability of getting a sum 7 from
    both the throws?

 Test
"""

soup = BeautifulSoup(html, 'html.parser')
mathml_start_regex = re.compile(r'\\\(')
mathml_end_regex = re.compile(r'\\\)')

for p_tags in soup.find_all('p'):
    match = 0 #Flag set to 1 if '\(' is found and again set back to 0 if '\)' is found.
    for p_child in p_tags.children:
        try: #Captures Tags that contains \(
            if re.findall(mathml_start_regex, p_child.text):
                match += 1
        except: #Captures NavigableString that contains \(
            if re.findall(mathml_start_regex, p_child):
                match += 1
        try: #Replaces Tag with Tag's text
            if match == 1:
                p_child.replace_with(p_child.text)
        except: #No point in replacing NavigableString since they are just strings without Tags
            pass
        try: #Captures Tags that contains \)
            if re.findall(mathml_end_regex, p_child.text):
                match = 0
        except: #Captures NavigableString that contains \)
            if re.findall(mathml_end_regex, p_child):
                match = 0

Output:

     A
     die
      is thrown \(x = {-b \pm
      \sqrt
      {b^2-4ac} \over 2a}\) twice. What is the probability of getting a sum 7 from
    both the throws?

 Test

In the above code I searched all 'p' tag and it returns bs4.element.ResultSet. In the first for loop I am iterating to the result set to get individual 'p' tags and in the second for loop and using the .children generator to iterate through the 'p' tags children (contains both navigable string and tags). Each 'p' tag's child is searched for the '\(', if found the match is set to 1 and if when iterating to the children that match is 1 then the tags in the particular child is removed using replace_with and finally the match is set to zero when '\)' is found.

A: Beautiful soup alone can't get a substring. You can use regex along with it.
from bs4 import BeautifulSoup
import re

html = """

     A
     die
      is thrown \(x = {-b \pm
      \sqrt
      {b^2-4ac} \over 2a}\) twice. What is the probability of getting a sum 7 from
    both the throws?

"""

soup = BeautifulSoup(html, 'html.parser')

print re.findall(r'\\\(.*?\)', soup.text, re.DOTALL)

Output:
[u'\\(x = {-b \\pm \n  \\sqrt\n  {b^2-4ac} \\over 2a}\\)']

Regex:
\\\(.*?\) - Get substring from ( to ).

If you want to strip the newlines and whitespaces, you can do it like so:
res = re.findall(r'\\\(.*?\)', soup.text, re.DOTALL)[0]
print ' '.join(res.split())

Output:
\(x = {-b \pm \sqrt {b^2-4ac} \over 2a}\)

HTML wrappers around the string:
print BeautifulSoup(' '.join(res.split()))

Output:

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Jewiss heads to Silverstone for penultimate round
Kiern Jewiss is ready and prepared for the ninth, and penultimate, round of the 2017 Ginetta Junior Championship at Silverstone this weekend.
After working tremendously hard to reduce the gap to the championship leader from 72 points to just 17, Kiern's hard work and title hopes were undone with a disastrous weekend at Rockingham, where the FM Conway-sponsored driver experienced his toughest weekend of the season.
Now dropping 78 points back in the title hunt, Kiern still remains as one to watch having secured eleven podiums finishes so far in his debut campaign, including his maiden victory at Knockhill.
This success in his maiden year means that Kiern is on the cusp of winning the 2017 Rookie Cup title, with the 15-year old needing to outscore fellow rookie, Adam Smalley, by a single point to clinch the crown this weekend.
This weekend's trip to the 'home of British motor racing' sees the Ginetta Junior field do battle on the 1.639-mile National Circuit, a shortened version of the Grand Prix Circuit, and Kiern is confident he can return to the front of the grid.
"Rockingham was a disappointing weekend and I'm hoping to bounce back as quickly as possible. We have testing on Thursday so we'll be able to see if the problems, that haunted us in Rockingham, are finally behind us. Silverstone is a track I've been waiting years to drive on, so this weekend is going special, especially if I can be crowned the Rookie Champion."
Kiern's tally of 422 points sees him currently occupy 4th in the Drivers' Championship and he has helped his Douglas Motorsport team to a 58 point adavantage in the Teams' Championship.
Barry Mears, Head of the MBP Academy, believes Kiern will be back to his best this weekend.
"Kiern is extremely motivated heading to Silverstone this weekend and has been working hard ever since leaving Rockingham at the end of last month. I'm fully confident Kiern has the capability to return to the podium this weekend and battle for race victories."
Track action begins on Thursday with testing sessions throughout the day, with qualifying on Saturday morning at 10:30 followed by the weekend's first race and two races on Sunday.
#87 Kiern Jewiss | Round Nine – Silverstone
Qualifying: 10:30 – 10:45
Race One: 14:40
Race Two: 10:20
Race Three: 15:55


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An Israeli unit violated on Tuesday the Blue Line that demarcates the border between Lebanon and Israel, announced the army in a statement.
It said that an eight-member unit crossed the Blue Line near al-Bastra farm in the occupied Shebaa Farms.
It entered 20 meters and tossed a smoke bomb in the area.
Earlier, the National News Agency said that Israeli troops performed maintenance operations on the technical fence near the town of Kfarkila.
A number of soldiers stood watch amid the deployment of military vehicles along the border area.
The Lebanese army and members of the United Nations Interim Force in Lebanon monitored their actions.
Al-Manar television later said that Israeli troops fired 16 shots into the air as one of its units inspected the Blue Line at the Shebaa Farms.
Last week, an Israeli military vessel violated Lebanon's territorial waters and threatened a Lebanese fishing boat.
In late February, Israeli troops and armored vehicles combed the border area, carrying out thorough monitoring of the Lebanese side.
In a separate incident, a 20-member Israeli unit advanced towards al-Wazzani river on the southern border, raising alert among Lebanese troops and U.N. peacekeepers.
Israeli troops regularly cross the electronic border fence and sometimes enter Lebanese territory through the U.N.-demarcated Blue Line, which was drawn up following Israel's withdrawal from south Lebanon in 2000 after a 22-year occupation.
The fence runs parallel to the Blue Line.
On January 28, two Israeli soldiers were killed and seven others wounded as Hizbullah waged a missile attack on their vehicles that were traveling inside the occupied Shebaa Farms.
Hizbullah said the operation was in response to a deadly Israeli air raid that killed six of its fighters, including prominent members, in Syria's Quneitra.
Meanwhile, back deep inside Syrian territory the "Islamic" resistance is defending Lebanon's sovereignty and independence fighting non ISIS rebel groups.
terrorist, you are the best proof of takfiri/israeli cooperation. Keep it going.
is that a martyred jihadi iranian terrorist familia in your avatar?
Failk badre, of irak, you mean?
Seing from outside, from the civilized European world, Lebaneses and Israelis looks both like stubborn and stupid kids having arguments out of nothing and with no reasons.
But kids don't know they are immature, so you just need to wait them to grow up.
Israel, Takfiris and HA are all the same - enemies of the Republic of Lebanon.
I read the Holy Bible and the God of Israeli conquers their enemies. The enemies of Israeli will be in the history books but not in their future, because their God is alive.


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Pailin is a small municipality in the West of Cambodia very closed to the border of Thailand. The provincial capital is called Pailin City and is known to much of the world as being the area where many of the Khmer Rouge leaders came from and retreated after their fall. Until the year of 2001 Pailin was part of the Battambang Province, but was then elevated to city status and thus became a province and autonomous zone of its own.
The city was during the 1980s and 1990s a major Khmer Rouge strongpoint and resource centre. Even after the death of their brutal leader Pol Pot in 1998, many Khmer Rouge leaders still remained there. Some of the leaders went into hiding in fear of punishment for their crimes, although other leaders or henchmen lived openly in the province. It is said that almost 70 percent of the area's older men were fighters for the Khmer Rouge, but unfortunately none of the regular fighters have yet been brought to justice.
As of September 2007, Pailin's remaining Khmer Rouge leaders were being rounded up to face justice by an international tribunal, including Khieu Samphan and Nuon Chea. So after years of the governmental dump contemplation regarding the crime of the Khmer Rouge, its time for lasting enlightenment of what has happen.
Poipet is now more and more becoming a boomtown attracting Cambodians from around the country seeking to make their fortune, or at least a better salary than back home. Pailin was the major revenue producer for the Khmer Rouge guerrillas, being a major gem producing area as well as a prime logging area.
While gem production seems to have tapered off a bit, other business opportunities and the lifestyle have attracted prospectors to the town. Up until the surrender deal of Khmer Rouge's number three men, Ieng Sary, in 1996, the townsfolk lived under the strict rules of the KR hierarchy, with little freedom of expression and most aspects of life being completely controlled by the paranoid regime.
Pailin is just another Wild West town of Cambodia and like the gold-rush days of California, people seem to be everywhere in the hills sifting through mud puddles and scratching at the dirt, looking to strike it rich with the find of a nice gem. Still, there is more control of some aspects of life than in other areas of Cambodia.
But this seems to have attracted people rather than kept them away. Several people, who had moved to Pailin from Phnom Penh, gave this as the main reason they made the move. They liked the idea that criminals did not enjoy the same impunity that they seem to enjoy in Phnom Penh. The influx of residents from other parts of the country has produced a friendlier Pailin. Nowadays the mixed lot of Pailin residents seem happy to see foreigners coming in for holidays and check the place out, realizing that their presence means that normalcy and revenue are arriving in Pailin.
Even the Vietnamese residents seem to have been accepted, which is truly amazing given the hatred the Khmer Rouge have generally shown them. Pailin is worth checking out. The town is nestled in a beautiful valley with picturesque sunsets over the mountains that separate Cambodia and Thailand close by.
Wat Gohng-Kahng is very famous and features the much-photographed landmark gate of Pailin town that you face as you arrive on the highway from Battambang. This wat is the centre of holiday festivities these days in Pailin and was the scene of the official Pailin reintegration ceremony in 1996, after the Ieng Sary faction of the Khmer Rouge worked out surrender and semi-autonomy deals with the Cambodian government.
Pailin City municipality is the second smallest so-called province in Cambodia with 803 square kilometres. It's located in the West of the country surrounded by Battambang province and bordering Thailand to the West. In the North, the small municipality consists of the typical plain wet area for Cambodia, covering rice fields and other agricultural plantations. Pailin City itself is located on the foothills of Chuor Phnom Kravanh, an extension of the Kardamom Mountains, which range until here. The South of the municipality is quite hilly and tops with the highest altitude of 1164m. The province also features some smaller rivers coming from the mountain range
.Population
The current population in this municipality is about 35,234 people or 0.25% of the country's total population (14,363,519 person in Cambodia, 2007, provincial government data), with 19,059 male and 16,175 female. The population density is therefore 44 people per square kilometre.
The country has a tropical climate - warm and humid. In the monsoon season, abundant rain allows for the cultivation of a wide variety of crops. This year-round tropical climate makes Cambodia ideal for developing tourism. Travellers need not to fear natural disasters such as erupting volcanoes or earthquakes, and the country is not directly affected by tropical storms.Climate: Cambodia can be visited throughout the year. However, those plans to travel extensively by road should be avoided the last two months of the rainy season when some countryside roads may be impassable. The average temperature is about 27 degrees Celsius; the minimum temperature is about 16 degrees. December and January are the coolest months, whereas the hottest is April
.General information about the provincial climate:- Cool season: November- March (22-28c)
- Hot season: March- May (27c -34c)
- Rainy season: May - October (24-32c, with humidity up to 90%.)
The surrounding area of Pailin City was rich in a variety of gemstones which were mined almost clean to support the Khmer Rouge. They also logged the area to create personal wealth with no regard for the effect on the environment. Nowadays all you can find is low-quality, cheap, hand-faceted gemstones at the market in Pailin downtown.
After the exploitation of the natural resources available, the Khmer Rouge invested their money in the Casinos around Pailin. Pailin is located in the most heavily mined area in the world, so especially unaware travellers are cautioned to stay only on marked roads.
Citizens of Pailin will accept Baht, Riels and US dollars, though US dollars are preferred.
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under a hot sunny day crossing from one street to another with a map as our only guide. we tried asking the people around but majority would not even know where the Reunification Palace. first because they cannot understand us and second the people would still call it Independence Palace, like one who still prefers to call it Saigon over Ho Chi Minh. like the city where it stands, its name evolved from years of conflict. the first structure in this area was called Norodom Palace and was changed to Governor's palace destroyed reconstructed until it was finally named as the Reunification Palace. just after the communist in North Vietnam and South Vietnam ended a negotiation in 1975.
similar to Philippines' Malacanang Palace, it remains as one of Vietnam's most important structure. with some of its halls and rooms, elegant. there are guided tours around the building but most of the time using the country's local language.
we just went around the palace from the main hall to the ground floor which contains old collections of photos of its history. leaders who held post in this structure including the Japanese who occupied it during the world war.
as of this posting, the Reunification Palace is already a historical structure as the head of state is already based in the country's capital city, Hanoi. within its grounds, a tank that symbolized the end of Vietnam war, is among the tourists favorite spot. the tank crashing the palace gates gave way to the Vietnam that we see today.
it is open to the public with an entrance fee of 15,000 Vietnam Dong. if you're not much into Vietnam's history, you won't appreciate the site much but if you dig deep its historical background, that's when you'll value the place.
how much ang 15000 dong in peso?
it's a nice looking place.
Very beautiful photos. Dont think I visited here.
Just like the number of times the place's name has been changed, I would not be surprised if the locals will try to recount different versions of the history involved.
i like the tree too.
We never went inside when we visited vietnam. But we saw it from the outside. It reminded me of Malacanang too.
i find that vietnamese here in the states are very friendly. i am hoping you found them equally friendly in their homeland. what month did you go?
pumunta ka pala ng vietnam kuya dong. pasalubong naman. hehe. palayo nang palayo biyahe mo ah.
The paintings are indeed impressive.
The artwork in and design of the rooms is utterly breathtaking. Thanks for the tour.
Nice palace... one day I need to go there... lets put it on my bucket list!
i salute you guys for this great find! i've never heard about this before. I know exactly how it feels to search for a place in the heat of the sun when all you have is a map, not to mention that, it's either the locals you ask can't understand what you are looking for or they havn't been to that place themselves so they can't tell you how to get there.
I find the Reunification Palace a really amazing structure, both outside and inside. Thanks for these nice series of pictures.
15,000 magkano yon sa atin? pero mukhang sulit naman ah. the paintings are very impressive ha.
15000 Vietnam Dong? so madami Dong don Dom? :) thanks, nakapasyal din sa Vietnam, seriously, gusto ko punta don. iba pa rin alala ko sa Vietnam, nag reg na sa isip ko ang war. so i need to visit the place to see and witness the beauty of vietnam!
Hope I can visit Vietnam to appreciate more.


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Lara, Botham for CPL All-Star charity match
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[www.inewsguyana.com] – Today, cricketing legends, Sir Ian 'Beefy' Botham and Brian Lara, together with media personality, Piers Morgan, have teamed up with the Limacol Caribbean Premier League to announce 'Beefy's Bash', an all-star charity T20 game to take place at Warner Park, St.Kitts, on Tuesday 12th August.
The match will bring together a host of celebrity personalities, cricketing legends and current stars, and will form part of an exhilarating week in St.Kitts, building up to the final of the Limacol CPL 2014 on Saturday 16th August.
Cricketing royalty, Sir Ian Botham and Brian Lara, have been designated as captains for the two teams, and have issued a call to arms to cricketing superstars, personalities and fans across the world to take part. In spite of his chastening experience against Australian fast bowler, Brett Lee, over Christmas, Piers Morgan was the first to volunteer, and has been snapped up by fellow Englishman, Botham.
Sir Ian Botham said: 'I know how important cricket is to everyone in the Caribbean, and CPL has done a lot to reignite the region's love for the game. St Kitts is an amazing island of rare beauty, full of wonderful people, and I'm excited to give something back to the country through this charity match, as well as getting the chance to watch the closing stages of the CPL.'
Piers Morgan commented; 'As soon as I got the call from Beefy, I knew this was something I wanted to be involved in. I¹m a huge fan of cricket and I love the Caribbean, so a chance to play in this special game and get involved with the Biggest Party in Sport was too good an opportunity to miss. I¹ve already asked Brett Lee to join in, but this time playing WITH me – not breaking my ribs!'
Brian Lara added; 'I've seen first-hand the impact CPL has had on the region. Players and fans love it, it's great for our up and coming talent, and it provides an economic boost as well. I've always believed in the importance of giving back to the Caribbean, and this match will be a great way to do that. It's going to be fun to play with and against some old friends and reignite some old rivalries, and I've already been contacted by plenty of fast bowlers keen to have a bowl at Piers!'
Damien O'Donohoe, CEO of the Limacol Caribbean Premier League said; 'It was no surprise when Beefy got in touch about the game. The CPL is the Biggest Party in Sport and as a result, we're naturally attracting some of the leading names in sport and entertainment. Beefy's Bash is set to be a remarkable highlight of finals week in St. Kitts and expect some more big names to be announced in the coming weeks.'
The game will add spice to what promises to be a thrilling finals week in St. Kitts, ensuring that the CPL lives up to its reputation as the Biggest Party in Sport. As well as the two semi-final showdowns during the week, fans will be treated to a concert on Friday 15th August featuring international and local stars, before the main event, the final of the Limacol CPL 2014, on Saturday 16th August.
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As previously reported, WWE legend The Undertaker, who will headline the 2022 WWE Hall of Fame class, got the distinct honor and opportunity to become the pace car driver for NASCAR's EchoPark Automotive Texas Grand Prix this past Sunday. While WWE legend The Undertaker was at the Circuit of the Americas Track in Austin, Texas, The Phenom talked about Kevin Owens' most stupendous KO Show at WrestleMania, where he will have WWE Hall of Famer Stone Cold Steve Austin as his special guest.
The Undertaker said he does not know what Owens was thinking when he berated Texas and called out The Texas Rattlesnake and he does not care where Owens is from because he has got to be one stupid son of a bi**h for doing what he did as Stone Cold hasn't been in the ring in 19 years and he will more than definitely bring everything he has got. The Undertaker also said he knows Owens wants to be a part of WrestleMania, but he shouldn't have done what he did and he shouldn't have messed with Stone Cold and Texas because now it will be a long night for him at WrestleMania when he comes face to face with The Texas Rattlesnake.
The Undertaker said:
"Well in the immortal words of 'Stone Cold' Steve Austin, Kevin Owens has got to be one stupid son of a b—h." "I don't care where you're from, you don't mess with Texas. Rattlesnake ain't been in the ring in 19 years, you don't think he's gonna be bringing lumber with him. I don't know what KO is thinking."
"I know you wanna be on the biggest card of the year, in the showcase of the immortals, but you don't go kicking beehives, you don't stick your hand in a beehive, and that's exactly what he's done. You're gonna get stung. I know he's not gonna get stung, he's gonna get stunned. I pity him. I mean, he brought this on himself. You don't mess with Texas and you don't mess with the Texas Rattlesnake. KO it's gonna be a long night when you come face to face with 'Stone Cold' Steve Austin."
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Earlier in the term, we entered a competition set by the estate agents, Roberts & Co. They set pupils the challenge of designing and building a 'Dream House' which had to include an electric circuit. Many pupils from across the school contributed to building our Dream Home. Pupils in our Literacy and Numeracy club measured and cut the wood for the frame inside and many other pupils helped to build the furniture and decorations. We had electric lights, ceiling fan and doorbell, real television (playing the St. Julian's Bake Off), a sofa, a slide and a working shower that squirted water!
On the 1st December, three pupils took our Dream Home to the Rodney Parade to be judged and we were quite confident! Sadly, we didn't win but the pupils did get a Christmas goodie bag each. Well done to everyone who helped build our house.
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What's On Angela's Mind?
Growing Up In Prison
Angela Hall
Statement By Colette Cook
First and foremost, thank you for your efforts and for taking the time to hear from people.
I am the mom of a young man who committed violent crimes against another person. My son turned 23 just before it all happened. He had never been a violent person before this incident occurred. Rather he was quite the pacifist, quiet and shy, prone to rescuing stray animals and writing poetry. He had no prior record and no one died during the commission of his crimes. But multiple counts and a judge who deemed him "incapable of rehabilitation" left him with a virtual life sentence. While I am keenly aware that his actions are deserving of punishment, I also find myself extremely saddened that his very lengthy sentence means I will likely never see him outside of prison before I pass on from this world. Still, I have not given up hope that there will be an opportunity for him to have a second chance before then. To this end I implore your thoughtfulness and action based on research, as well as criminal justice programs and reforms that have been enacted in other states and countries, who recognize that juveniles and emerging adults have proven to be extremely receptive to evidence-based rehabilitation practices.
There has been quite a bit of research over the last few decades that shows human brains are still in development through the mid to late-20s, that hormonal changes are still happening rapidly during this time, and that through this stage young men are the worst when it comes to impulse control and being able to envision the long-term consequences of their actions. Further, the propensity to commit rash acts begins to significantly drop off once a young adult moves past this stage. Additionally, much research shows that enacting overly lengthy or virtual life sentences provides little to no benefit and that most offenders age out of the period when they lacked self-control or behavioral maturity. Do you think the same way or choose the same behaviors at 40 as you did when you were 20? No - we all grow, change and adapt our thinking and behaviors based on life experience and influencing factors.
The recent pandemic has exacerbated circumstances so there is little to no contact with family, no programs to partake in and even less recreational outside time. For the inmates housed in pre-trial facilities there is often zero outside time available and extremely limited opportunities for programming even under normal circumstances. The situation is stressful for both inmates and those of us who love them. One of the things that gives someone on the inside hope and reason to keep going is the connection to family and friends. Connection is a huge factor in avoiding depression, providing positive reinforcement and reducing recidivism. Other things that provide motivation and encourage change are opportunities for education, mental health treatment, exercise, vocational training, mentorship and being treated like a human being.
More often than not young people who enter the criminal justice system have been subjected to violence and/or trauma as a child. The cycle of violence perpetuates when a young person who was hurt or traumatized as a child then perpetrates violence on others. My son is no exception and when given a standard ACES test two years ago scored an 8 out of 10. Juveniles and young adults who are incarcerated are much more vulnerable to maltreatment by guards and other inmates, subjecting them to further violence and traumatization. Wouldn't it make more sense to put programs in place aimed at breaking the cycle?
I try to encourage my son to use whatever opportunities available to him for programming, education, etc. But it's difficult when there is so much he's not allowed to do for various reasons. Inmates with longer sentences have a hard time being approved for programming until they are closer to the end of their sentence. Because he requested to be housed in a PC mod there are many programs he is not allowed to participate in such as the rescue animal program. He's in a PC mod because he refused to join a gang and was being threatened. He has signed up for mental health counseling, but he only gets one counseling session every 3 weeks. Apparently, this is a standard counseling schedule. In what scenario is a counseling session once every 3 weeks deemed effective? Much less for someone who's been deemed a violent offender. How can we expect anyone to heal or change if they are not given the tools and opportunity to do so?
We can do so much better for the juveniles and young adults that become involved with the criminal justice system. And the research in criminal justice, sociology and neuropsychology supports this reform. The use of evidence-based, trauma-informed practices has proven highly effective in rehabilitation of juveniles and young adults. But it will not succeed without well thought out rehabilitation programs being funded and fully implemented along-side legislative changes. What is not helpful is incarcerating them with numerous other individuals while providing little to no diversion, treatment or hope of being able to change their circumstances. Providing a second chance opportunity for those convicted as juveniles and young adults has been successfully implemented in various other countries and US states. Even better is a tried and proven approach wherein the criminal justice system places rehabilitation and restorative justice over exceedingly lengthy sentences and a punitive incarceration model. This leads better outcomes and lower overall cost when compared with excessive incarceration. It also serves to lower recidivism because a rehabilitated person is a healthier person.
Promoting real rehabilitation initiatives, reforming sentencing and removing barriers to re-entry are all important steps to reducing mass incarceration. Providing a second chance and rehabilitation programs to juvenile and young adult offenders is common sense, compassionate and evidence-based good policy.
Written By: Colette Cook
Community-Based Responses to Justice-Involved Young Adults https://www.ncjrs.gov/pdffiles1/nij/248900.pdf
Emerging Adults: A distinct population that calls for an age-appropriate approach by the justice system https://www.hks.harvard.edu/sites/default/files/centers/wiener/programs/pcj/files/MA_Emerging_Adult_Justice_Issue_Brief_0.pdf
Young Adults in the Justice System https://fairandjustprosecution.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/01/FJP_Brief_YoungAdults.pdf
Bulletin 5: Young Offenders and an Effective Response in the Juvenile and Adult Justice Systems: What Happens, What Should Happen, and What We Need to Know (Study Group on the Transitions between Juvenile Delinquency and Adult Crime) https://www.ncjrs.gov/pdffiles1/nij/grants/242935.pdf
T2A - Transitioning to Adulthood: Promoting a Better Justice System for Young Adults https://www.t2a.org.uk/
Youth Justice in Europe: Experience of Germany, the Netherlands, and Croatia in Providing Developmentally Appropriate Responses to Emerging Adults in the Criminal Justice System https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/24751979.2018.1478443
Trajectories of Antisocial Behavior and Psychosocial Maturity From Adolescence to Young Adulthood https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2886970/
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Posted on May 9, 2008 by Jim Harrington
Top 10 best bets for your weekend:
1, Jazz at Pearl's
Let's kick off this list with some terrific news: Jazz at Pearl's is still open for business. The popular North Beach club, which was originally scheduled to close at the end of April, has a full plate of cool shows this month. The best of the lot, quite likely, is vocalist Kim Nalley's tribute to Nina Simone, which goes down each Tuesday in May. Details: Jazz at Pearl's, 256 Columbus Ave., San Francisco; showtimes and prices vary depending on act; 415-291-8255, www.jazzatpearls.com.
2, Joe Jackson
Joe Jackson was one of the greatest baseball players of all time. They called him "Shoeless" because . . . oh, wait, wrong Joe Jackson. This one is the guy who recorded that catchy "Is She Really Going Out With Him?" tune. He's pretty great, too _ especially in concert. Details: 8 p.m., Saturday, Fox Theatre, 2215 Broadway, Redwood City; $45-$65; 650-369-4119, www.foxdream.com.
3, What Happens in Vegas
I've had some crazy nights in Sin City _ none of which, unfortunately, resulted in me waking up next to Cameron Diaz in the morning. My "next-morning" experiences have had more to do with crying over ATM receipts. Oh well, I'll just have to live vicariously through Ashton Kutcher's character in this film. Details: Opens today at Bay Area theaters.
4, Rick Ellis Sings Sinatra
Looking for a perfect Mother's Day outing? Take mom to see this local Sinatra impersonator, who reportedly does a great job handling those Ol' Blue Eyes classics. Plus, admission is free _ which means you'll have the dough to buy mom flowers. Details: MomDay in the Plaza, 2-4 p.m., Sunday, Todos Santos Plaza, Concord; 707-869-9403, www.communityconcerts.com.
5, Hot Tuna
If you don't know Jack (Casady, that is), then you don't know one of the best bassists of the last 40 years. This "San Francisco Sound" pioneer came to fame as a member of Jefferson Airplane in the '60s, but he's done some of his finest work with guitarist (and fellow Airplane vet) Jorma Kaukonen in the group Hot Tuna. Details: 9 p.m., Thursday-May 16, Great American Music Hall, 859 O'Farrell St., San Francisco; $30; 415-885-0750, www.gamh.com.
General Cobb's, Fox Theatre, Great American Music Hall, Hot Tuna, Jazz at Pearl\'s, Joe Jackson, Kim Nalley, Nina Simone, Oakland Jazz Choir, Oakland Opera Theater, Proclaimers, Queenie Pie, Slim\'s, Yoshi\'s
Oakland Opera Theater gives voice to Ellington's `Queenie Pie'
Step into any jazz club, from Yoshi's in Oakland to the Blue Note in Tokyo, and there's a decent chance that you'll hear a Duke Ellington tune being performed.
Both young lions and seasoned jazz cats continue to draw from the mighty songbook of this fabled musician (who died on May 24, 1974) and still manage to find beauty and power in such compositions as "Mood Indigo" and "It Don't Mean a Thing (If It Ain't Got That Swing)."
While his best-known songs remain staples of the jazz repertoire, Ellington's one opera, "Queenie Pie," hasn't gotten much attention. The Oakland Opera Theater, however, is planning to change that.
General Duke Ellington, Oakland Opera Theater, Queenie Pie, Yoshi\'s
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Q: How to call progress dialog in service from activivty I want to have the progress dialog somewhere in my code of service class.
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While running this I get error of NUllPOinterException
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ISS Double Transit
Image Credit & Copyright: Hartwig Luethen
Not once, but twice the International Space Station transits the Sun on consecutive orbits of planet Earth in this video frame composite. The scene was captured on August 22 from a single well-chosen location in Schmalenbeck, Germany where the ISS created intersecting shadow paths only around 7 kilometers wide. Crossing the solar disk in a second or less, the transits themselves were separated in time by about 90 minutes, corresponding to the space station's orbital period. while the large, flare-producing sunspot group below center, AR 2043, remained a comfortable 150 million kilometers away, the distance between camera and orbiting station was 656 kilometers for its first (upper) transit and 915 kilometers for the second more central transit. In remarkably sharp silhouette, the ISS is noticeably larger in angular size during the closer, first pass. Of course, tomorrow the Moon will transit the Sun. But even at well-chosen locations, its dark, central shadow just misses the Earth's surface creating a partial solar eclipse.
Supernova Remnant Puppis A
Image Credit: X-ray: NASA/CXC/IAFE/G. Dubner et al., ESA/XMM-Newton; Infrared: NASA/ESA/JPL-Caltech/GSFC/R. Arendt et al.
Driven by the explosion of a massive star, supernova remnant Puppis A is blasting into the surrounding interstellar medium about 7,000 light-years away. At that distance, this remarkable false-color exploration of its complex expansion is about 180 light-years wide. It is based on the most complete X-ray data set so far from the Chandra and XMM/Newton observations, and infrared data from the Spitzer Space Telescope. In blue hues, the filamentary X-ray glow is from gas heated by the supernova's shock wave, while the infrared emission shown in red and green is from warm dust. The bright pastel tones trace the regions where shocked gas and warmed dust mingle. Light from the initial supernova itself, triggered by the collapse of the massive star's core, would have reached Earth about 3,700 years ago, though the Puppis A supernova remnant remains a strong source in the X-ray sky.
Stars and Dust Across Corona Australis
Image Credit & Copyright: Ignacio Diaz Bobillo
Cosmic dust clouds sprawl across a rich field of stars in this sweeping telescopic vista near the northern boundary of Corona Australis, the Southern Crown. Less than 500 light-years away the dust clouds effectively block light from more distant background stars in the Milky Way. The entire frame spans about 2 degrees or over 15 light-years at the clouds' estimated distance. Near center is a group of lovely reflection nebulae cataloged as NGC 6726, 6727, 6729, and IC 4812. A characteristic blue color is produced as light from hot stars is reflected by the cosmic dust. The dust also obscures from view stars in the region still in the process of formation. Smaller yellowish nebula NGC 6729 surrounds young variable star R Coronae Australis. Below it are arcs and loops identified as Herbig Haro objects associated with energetic newborn stars. Magnificent globular star cluster NGC 6723 is at the right. Though NGC 6723 appears to be part of the group, its ancient stars actually lie nearly 30,000 light-years away, far beyond the young stars of the Corona Australis dust clouds.
M7: Open Star Cluster in Scorpius
Image Credit & Copyright: Dieter Willasch (Astro-Cabinet)
M7 is one of the most prominent open clusters of stars on the sky. The cluster, dominated by bright blue stars, can be seen with the naked eye in a dark sky in the tail of the constellation of the Scorpion (Scorpius). M7 contains about 100 stars in total, is about 200 million years old, spans 25 light-years across, and lies about 1000 light-years away. The above deep exposure was taken from Hakos Farm in Namibia. The M7 star cluster has been known since ancient times, being noted by Ptolemy in the year 130 AD. Also visible are a dark dust cloud and literally millions of unrelated stars towards the Galactic center.
Tisdale 2 Rock Formation on Mars
Image Credit: Mars Exploration Rover Mission, Cornell, JPL, NASA
Why does this Martian rock have so much zinc? Roughly the size and shape of a tilted coffee-table, this oddly flat, light-topped rock outcropping was chanced upon a few weeks ago by the robotic Opportunity rover currently rolling across Mars. Early last month Opportunity reached Endeavour crater, the largest surface feature it has ever encountered, and is now exploring Endeavour's rim for clues about how wet Mars was billions of years ago. Pictured above and named Tisdale 2, the unusual rock structure was probed by Opportunity last week and is now thought to be a remnant thrown off during the impact that created nearby Odyssey crater. The resulting chemical analysis of Tisdale 2, however, has shown it to have a strangely high amount of the element zinc. The reason for this is currently unknown, but might turn out to be a clue to the history of the entire region. Opportunity is already finding rocks older than any previously studied and will continue to explore several other intriguing rock formations only now glimpsed from a distance.
Oklo: Ancient African Nuclear Reactor
Credit & Copyright: Robert D. Loss (Curtin U.)
The remnants of nuclear reactors nearly two billion years old were found in the 1970s in Africa. These reactors are thought to have occurred naturally. No natural reactors exist today, as the relative density of fissile uranium has now decayed below that needed for a sustainable reaction. Pictured above is Fossil Reactor 15, located in Oklo, Gabon. Uranium oxide remains are visible as the yellowish rock. Oklo by-products are being used today to probe the stability of the fundamental constants over cosmological time and distance scales and to develop more effective means for disposing of human-manufactured nuclear waste.
Summer Night in Astronomy Town
Credit & Copyright: Babak Tafreshi (TWAN)
This serene view records a late summer night sky over the rolling, green hills of planet Earth. It was taken near the rural village of Saadat Shahr, Fars province, in southern Iran. Saadat Shahr is also known as Astronomy Town, as the inhabitants have demonstrated a remarkable passion for sky gazing. Fittingly, this Astronomy Town sky view finds a lovely part of the Milky Way near picture center. The three brightest stars are the stars of the Summer Triangle, Deneb in Cygnus (top), Altair in Aquila (left), and Vega in Lyra (right). The foreground landscape, illuminated by Astronomy Town lights, includes a kind of wild pistachio tree common in the region. To identify the stars and constellations, just slide your cursor over the image.
Planets over Perth
Credit & Copyright: John Goldsmith, Celestial Visions exhibition, TWAN
A bright trio of terrestrial planets was joined by a young Moon on September 1st, in planet Earth's early evening skies. In this view of the celestial gathering from Perth, Western Australia, the Moon's sunlit crescent is nearly horizontal at Perth's southern latitude of about 32 degrees. Venus, then Mercury, and finally Mars shine above colorful city lights on the far shore of the Swan River. The six unlit towers on the left surround a large cricket stadium. For now, the planetary trio still lingers low in the west just after sunset. But in the coming days Venus will move farther from the Sun, climbing higher after sunset, while Mercury and Mars will steadily sink into the glare along the western horizon.
Six Rainbows Across Norway
Credit & Copyright: Terje O. Nordvik
Have you ever seen six rainbows at once? They are not only rare to see -- they are a puzzle to understand. The common rainbow is caused by sunlight internally reflected by the backs of falling raindrops, while also being refracted at the air / water boundary. To see a rainbow, look opposite the Sun towards a rainstorm. This primary rainbow is the brightest color swath in the above image. Multiple internal reflections inside water droplets sometimes make a secondary rainbow to become visible outside the first, with colors reversed. Just such a secondary rainbow is visible of the far left. Harder to explain is the intermediate rainbow, between the two. This rainbow is likely caused by sunlight that has first reflected off the lake before striking the distant raindrops that is reflecting sunlight back toward the observer. Each of these rainbows appears to be reflected by the calm lake, although because the positions of rainbows depend on the location of the observer, a slightly displaced image of each rainbow is actually being imaged.
Saturn at Night
Credit: Cassini Imaging Team, SSI, JPL, ESA, NASA
This is what Saturn looks like at night. In contrast to the human-made lights that cause the nighttime side of Earth to glow faintly, Saturn's faint nighttime glow is primarily caused by sunlight reflecting off of its own majestic rings. The above image of Saturn at night was captured in July by the Cassini spacecraft now orbiting Saturn. The above image was taken when the Sun was far in front of the spacecraft. From this vantage point, the northern hemisphere of nighttime Saturn, visible on the left, appears eerily dark. Sunlit rings are visible ahead, but are abruptly cut off by Saturn's shadow. In Saturn's southern hemisphere, visible on the right, the dim reflected glow from the sunlit rings is most apparent. Imprinted on this diffuse glow, though, are thin black stripes not discernable to any Earth telescope -- the silhouetted C ring of Saturn. Cassini has been orbiting Saturn since 2004 and its mission is scheduled to continue until 2008.
The Colliding Galaxies of NGC 520
Credit & Copyright: Gemini Obs., AURA, NSF
Is this one galaxy or two? The jumble of stars, gas, and dust that is NGC 520 is now thought to incorporate the remains of two separate galaxies. A combination of observations and simulations indicate the NGC 520 is actually the collision of two disk galaxies. Interesting features of NGC 520 include an unfamiliar looking tail of stars at the image bottom and a perhaps more familiar looking band of dust running diagonally across the image center. A similar looking collision might be expected were our disk Milky Way Galaxy to collide with our large galactic neighbor Andromeda (M31). The collision that defines NGC 520 started about 300 million years ago and continues today. Although the speeds of stars are fast, the distances are so vast that the interacting pair will surely not change its shape noticeably during our lifetimes. NGC 520, at visual magnitude 12, has been noted to be one of the brightest interacting galaxies on the sky, after interacting pairs of galaxies known as the Antennae. NGC 520 was imaged above in spectacular fashion by the Gemini Observatory in Hawaii, USA. Also known as Arp 157, NGC 520 lies about 100 million light years distant, spans about 100 thousand light years, and can be seen with a small telescope toward the constellation of the Fish (Pisces).
Mercury: A Cratered Inferno
Credit: Mariner 10, NASA
Mercury's surface looks similar to our Moon's. Each is heavily cratered and made of rock. Mercury's diameter is about 4800 km, while the Moon's is slightly less at about 3500 km (compared with about 12,700 km for the Earth). But Mercury is unique in many ways. Mercury is the closest planet to the Sun, orbiting at about 1/3 the radius of the Earth's orbit. As Mercury slowly rotates, its surface temperature varies from an unbearably cold -180 degrees Celsius to an unbearably hot 400 degrees Celsius. The place nearest the Sun in Mercury's orbit changes slightly each orbit - a fact used by Albert Einstein to help verify the correctness of his then newly discovered theory of gravity: General Relativity. The above picture was taken by the only spacecraft ever to pass Mercury: Mariner 10 in 1974. A new mission, Messenger, launched for Mercury last month and is scheduled to enter orbit around the Solar System's innermost planet in in 2011.
A Note on the Perseus Cluster
Credit: A. Fabian (IoA Cambridge) et al., CXC, NASA
A truly enormous collection of thousands of galaxies, the Perseus Cluster - like other large galaxy clusters - is filled with hot, x-ray emitting gas. The x-ray hot gas (not the individual galaxies) appears in the left panel above, a false color image from the Chandra Observatory. The bright central source flanked by two dark cavities is the cluster's supermassive black hole. At right, the panel shows the x-ray image data specially processed to enhance contrasts and reveals a strikingly regular pattern of pressure waves rippling through the hot gas. In other words, sound waves, likely generated by bursts of activity from the black hole, are ringing through the Perseus Galaxy Cluster. Astronomers infer that these previously unknown sound waves are a source of energy which keeps the cluster gas so hot. So what note is the Perseus Cluster playing? Estimates of the distance between the wave peaks and sound speed in the cluster gas suggests the cosmic note is about 57 octaves below B-flat above middle C.
X-Rays From Tycho's Supernova Remnant
Credit: SAO, CXC, NASA
In 1572, Danish astronomer Tycho Brahe recorded the sudden appearance of a bright new star in the constellation Cassiopeia. The new star faded from view over a period of months and is believed to have been a supernova, one of the last stellar explosions seen in our Milky Way galaxy. Now known as Tycho's Supernova Remnant, the expanding debris cloud is shown in this detailed false-color x-ray image from the orbiting Chandra Observatory. Represented in blue, the highest energy x-rays come from shocked regions along the outer edges of the supernova remnant, corresponding to gas at temperatures of 20 million degrees Celsius. X-rays from cooler gas (only 10 million degrees or so!) dominate the remnant's interior. Unlike some other supernova remnants, no hot central point source can be found, supporting the theory that the origin of this stellar explosion was a runaway nuclear detonation that ultimately destroyed a white dwarf star. At a distance of about 7,500 light-years, Tycho's Supernova Remnant appears to be nearly 20 light-years across. This x-ray picture's field of view slightly cuts off the bottom of the generally spherical cloud.
Zodiacal Light and the False Dawn
Credit: The CONCAM Project, NSF
An unusual triangle of light will be particularly bright near the eastern horizon before sunrise during the next two months for observers in Earth's northern hemisphere. Once considered a false dawn, this triangle of light is actually Zodiacal Light, light reflected from interplanetary dust particles. The triangle is clearly visible on the left of the above frame taken from Mauna Kea in Hawaii on August 30 by one of the developing global network of fisheye nighttime web cameras called CONCAMs. Zodiacal dust orbits the Sun predominantly in the same plane as the planets: the ecliptic. Indeed, the triangle points to bright spots Jupiter and Saturn, with Saturn nearer the center. Zodiacal light is so bright this time of year because the dust band is oriented nearly vertical at sunrise, so that the thick air near the horizon does not block out relatively bright reflecting dust. Zodiacal light is also bright for people in Earth's northern hemisphere in March and April just after sunset.
Slightly Above Mars Pathfinder
Credit: IMP Team, JPL, NASA
If you could have hovered above the Pathfinder mission to Mars in 1997, this is what you might have seen. Directly below you is the control tower of Sagan Memorial Station. Three dark solar arrays extend out to collect valuable energy, surrounded by light-colored deflated airbags that protected Pathfinder's instruments from directly colliding with the rocky Martian surface. The left solar panel has ramps down which Pathfinder's rolling robot Sojourner started its adventure to nearby rocks. Sojourner itself is visible inspecting a rock nicknamed Yogi at 11 o'clock. Rocks cover the Martian surface, with Twin Peaks visible on the horizon at 9 0'clock. The distant sky is mostly orange. This image is a recently released digital combination of panoramic pictures taken by Pathfinder on Mars and a picture of a Lander scale model back on Earth. The Mars Pathfinder Mission was able to collect data for three months, sending back information that has indicated a wet distant past for Mars.
Stonehenge: Ancient Monument to the Sun
Credit & Copyright: Clive Ruggles
Stonehenge consists of large carved stones assembled about 4000 years ago. Long before modern England was established, ancient inhabitants somehow moved 25 ton rocks nearly 20 miles to complete it. From similar constructs of the era, people could learn the time of year by watching how the Sun and Moon rose and set relative to accurately placed stones and pits. The placement of the boulders at Stonehenge, however, is not impressively accurate by today's standards, nor even by the standards of that time. Therefore, modern scholars interpret Stonehenge as a colossal monument to the Sun in celebration of the predictability of the seasons.
Star Trails in Northern Skies
Credit and Copyright: David Malin
As the Earth spins on its axis, the sky seems to rotate around us. This motion produces the beautiful concentric trails traced by the stars in this time exposure of the night sky. In the middle of the picture is the North Celestial Pole (NCP), easily identified as the point in the sky at the center of all the star trail arcs. The very short bright trail near the NCP was made by the star Polaris, commonly known as the North Star.
The Center of NGC 6251 is Glowing
Credit: P. Crane & J. Vernet (ESO), FOC, WFPC2 ESA, NASA
Something is lighting up the center of galaxy NGC 6251. Leading speculation holds that it is a large black hole not shrouded by gas and dust typically found near the center of a galaxy. Observations taken with the Hubble Space Telescope and released earlier this week indicate a new perspective on the strange beasts that rule the centers of galaxies: a bright central object that is illuminating a surrounding material disk, shown in blue. The lack of reflection from the upper part of the disk indicates that this disk is warped in shape. Although not visible in the above composite image, a huge plasma jet streams out from the central object, perpendicular to the warped disk.
Mercury's surface looks similar to our Moon's. Each is heavily cratered and made of rock. Mercury's diameter is about 4800 km, while the Moon's is slightly less at about 3500 km (compared with about 12,700 km for the Earth). But Mercury is unique in many ways. Mercury is the closest planet to the Sun, orbiting at about 1/3 the radius of the Earth's orbit. As Mercury slowly rotates, its surface temperature varies from an unbearably cold -180 degrees Celsius to an unbearably hot 400 degrees Celsius. The place nearest the Sun in Mercury's orbit changes slightly each orbit - a fact used by Albert Einstein to help verify the correctness of his then newly discovered theory of gravity: General Relativity. The above picture was taken by the only spacecraft ever to pass Mercury: Mariner 10 in 1974.
Spiral Galaxy M83
Credit: Anglo-Australian Telescope photograph by David Malin Copyright: Anglo-Australian Telescope Board
Long winding spiral arms are clearly evident on this spectacular picture of the spiral galaxy M83. The blue color of the spiral arms is caused by the relatively large fraction of young blue stars there. Dark dust lanes are mixed in with the stars and trace the spiral structure of the galaxy. This galaxy contains many billions of stars, and its light took many millions of years to reach us. Our own Milky Way Galaxy would appear similar to this if viewed from M83! This picture is number eight on a publicly posted list of images from the Anglo-Australian Telescope (AAT).
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Ervin Laszlo: The Immutable Laws of the Akashic Field
The Akashic Field is a cosmic field in which all information and knowledge is interconnected and preserved. Our very reality is anchored in this vast sea of connected information that gives rise to everything―from specks of stardust in the outer cosmos to consciousness itself. In The Immutable Laws of the Akashic Field, Dr. Ervin Laszlo, renowned authority in the fields of new science, consciousness, and spirituality, has written an accessible introduction to the mysteries of the Akashic Field, explaining how leading science supports this ancient intuition of the deep reality of the universe.
The Immutable Laws of the Akashic Field also features contributions from other leading voices, including Dr. Maria Sagi, Christopher M. Bache, and Kingsley L. Dennis along with a foreword by Marianne Williamson. This approachable text offers a brilliant introduction to and bold affirmation of one of the most profound wonders of our universe.
ERVIN LASZLO, twice nominated for the Nobel Peace Prize, Laureate of the Luxembourg Peace Prize, the Assisi Mandir of Peace Prize, as well as of the Japan Peace Prize, the Goi Award, has been identified by an international jury convened by OOOM Magazine as the 28th among the world's one hundred most inspiring people. He is the editor of the prestigious periodical World Futures: The Journal of New Paradigm Research, founder-president of the international think tank The Club of Budapest, founder-president of The Laszlo Institute of New Paradigm Research, and chairperson of The Wisdom Council of the new internet platform People Together. He is the author of over one hundred books translated into 24 languages, including The Wisdom Principles, along with nearly four hundred studies and articles. He lives in the Tuscan hills of the Mediterranean coast of Italy.
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