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Victory Proves Name, Wins Brew Madness
Apr. 8, 2011 at 3:26 PM
BOSTON – It seems fitting that Victory Brewing Company out of Downingtown, PA would win the inaugural Brew Madness competition hosted by brewbound.com, given their name.
The road to "Victory" was not easy, but Prima Pils was able to fend off some worthy competitors with the help of fan support throughout six voting rounds.
"The Brewbound contest was brilliant, and I'm not just saying that because we won," said Communication Manager for Victory Karen Noonan. "It gave us a chance to rally our fans and it gave the fans a chance to share their love of Victory with a larger audience."
In the first round, Victory Brewing narrowly escaped Lagunitas' Pils, winning by just 19 votes. Victory then went on to defeat Allagash's White and Harpoon's UFO in the subsequent rounds.
Once the brewery hit the elite eight, they really began pouring on the voting and Victory fans turned out in great number to help them upset Russian River's Consecration 522-178.
It was more of the same in the Final Four, as Victory took down Founders 413-136 without a problem. Their prize? Squaring off against the national powerhouse Dogfish Head.
The brew madness championship, much like the actual NCAA championship proved to be too much for one competitor to handle – in this case Dogfish Head. Through extensive social networking on sites like facebook and twitter, Victory was able to rally the support of their fans and defeat Dogfish Head's 90-Minute IPA by a score of 2073-1098.
"Brew Madness really exemplified friendly competition," said Noonan. "The craft beer world is one in which even the biggest competitors appreciate and respect each other's work. Every matchup in the bracket pitted us against brews we admire. We consider it a real honor to have won the title and to be able to proclaim 'Victory.'"
Victory Brewing didn't just walk away with a sense of pride. For their efforts they will receive a year of free advertising space on the brewbound.com website.
Brewbound will host the March Madness inspired tournament again next year and will be looking for fan submissions. Stay tuned for more information in 2012!


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Q: TypeError: list indices must be integers or slices, not tuple fvecs = []
for line in open(filename):
    stats = line.split(',')
    labels.append(int(stats[0]))
    fvecs.append([float(x) for x in stats[5,6,12,27,29,37,39,41]])

I have a big csv. file that I am using as a dataset containing 43 columns and hundreds of rows, I am attempting to extract specific columns to be used as individual records and I can't seem to work this out. The error is caused by the final line of code and produces the error message in the title, it works perfectly when the range is set to, stats[30:38] for example.
I have tried storing the required columns in a separate array and calling it like stats[requiredcolumns] but this produces the same error.
I have considered using pandas but this is just a small snippet of code from a much larger program, which all functions correctly, and the implementation of pandas would require a complete overhaul of the full program which is not possible due to time constraints.
Any help would be greatly appreciated

A: If you have few columns, you can try this:
for line in open(filename):
    stats = line.split(',')
    labels.append(int(stats[0]))
    fvecs.append([float(x) for x in stats[5],stats[6],stats[12],stats[27], stats[29], stats[37], stats[39], stats[41]])

This code will return a list of lists; otherwise, the first comment is right about indexing and NumpPy.

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There was a thread over at Splitcoast a few days ago asking what you would differently in papercrafting if you had the benefit of hindsight. Many, many of us said we would not purchase "cheap cardstock" - the kind that is flimsy and won't stand up when you use it on a card or just looks, well, cheap on a scrapbook page. I've also bought some white-core cardstock that I didn't realize was that way. Then when I scored it for a card, ick!
journaling on scrapbook pages as shown above - this is how I got started using this type of paper for crafting and just kept going and going.
white matting for photos or card designs - Often my white mats are in between the photo and the next color of matting so it never looks flimsy.
stamping when planning to heavily color and distress the paper as in these notecards. The "C" and the paper beneath it both started out as plain white office supply store cardstock.
a base for sewing papers together. I cut and glue my papers to the white carstock and then stitch through all layers.
anywhere I need another layer or paper to add weight or hold everything together.
as a money saver for larger quantities of items. For example, I used this type of paper for my stepdaughter's wedding programs. I backed the programs with a thick designer paper but the bulk of the content was printed on this white paper. Inexpensive and much easier to punch through for threading the ribbon.
A pack of 250 sheets costs $15 - $17. Be sure to look for one that says "Acid Free."
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Just wanted to send you a quick note to update you on this perfect little puppy! Jasper has been sleeping all night since we brought him home and he's pretty good with the litter box. I think he'd be perfect at it if I could have one in every room of the place. If it's there, he uses it (such a smart boy!). And does he like to play!! He is speedy and smart (already figured out how to climb the stairs — surprised us all!). He has been an absolute joy!
He had his first check up today at our new vet (Cat and Dog Clinic of Bellevue — great place!) and after everyone "oohed and aahed" over him, the vet said he looked absolutely perfect and we'll return in a couple of weeks for his 12 week shots. He's eating, drinking (and pooping) well — he's up to 3 lbs, 7 oz!
I think all the attention today wore him out, because he is (of course) napping away on my lap. Enclosed, please find the latest snoozing shots of him! Thank you again for such a wonderful little puppy — he has been a little ray of sunshine in our home! Keep in touch!
PS – I heard from the woman in Michigan and raved about Jasper and you — I told her that I couldn't say enough about how great of a breeder you are…hopefully she didn't think I was crazy after how much I talked (once you get me started on this puppy, I have a hard time knowing when to shut up!). But I made it very clear to her that I was in your home numerous times and what really sold us on you was the interaction of the pups, no cages whatsoever (I did tell her that you have a penned area for the pups in your home so they have quiet time with siblings and mom), and that your home is loving (#1), comforting, and clean! Hope that helps! Talk to you soon.


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When homeowners move out of their house before selling it, most think they have no real risk of loss, since they are keeping their homeowners' insurance policy in force. There are two major traps created that can catch the unwary. If homeowners worry at all, it may be that vacant properties are at more risk of vandalism, as well as damage from an undiscovered leak from a loose plumbing fitting or a frozen pipe.
Insurance companies know those risks are real, which is why (trap one) they usually require a change to a more expensive policy to cover vacant properties. By asking for a change in policy form, the homeowners may face a bigger bill, but avoid the horrible pitfalls described below.
The disturbing truth, however, is that most homeowners in this situation do not realize that their unoccupied house may not be insured at all if a major loss such as a fire happens!
How can this be? Most homeowner insurance forms exclude coverage for a house which has been unoccupied for as few as 30 days. Having furniture in it does not count- someone must be living there! Many homeowner insurance forms use policy definitions that result in the home being insured (trap two) only as long as that named homeowners are living there as their primary residence. Even moving to a new house and letting a family member move into your prior home can leave you without coverage.
Will the insurance company be sure to warn you of this? The unfortunate answer is no. It is hidden in the fine print. Insurance companies won't bother to check up on whether you have moved out or not. They will simply continue to collect your premiums payments until you report a major loss. Then an insurance adjuster will investigate whether the insurance company is legally bound to provide coverage to you. If you fall into one of these unrecognized traps, it is then too late to fix the problem.
Bert Lyles is CEO of Showhomes Franchise Corp., America's largest home staging provider.
Judy Fobes has been a commercial insurance agent for over 30 years and since 2001 has owned PenEx Insurance Agency. PenEx focuses on Interior Design, Architects and Engineers and Real Estate Staging. To date, PenEx insures thousands of Real Estate Stagers. PenEx is nationally licensed.


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Tamil Nadu suffered a nine-wicket defeat against Himachal Pradesh in a Elite Group 'B' Ranji Trophy match here Tuesday as it crashed out of contention for the knock-out phase.
The victory, third of the season, took Himachal's tally so far to 22 points while the visitors remained with just 12 points from seven games -- four draws and two defeats and sole win, failing to qualify for the knock-out phase.
The home team rattled up 111 for 1 to seal the win after Tamil Nadu folded up for 345 in the second innings following a middle-order collapse after centuries by Abhinav Mukund (128) and captain Baba Indrajith (106). Resuming at the overnight score of 178 for 2, the onus was on Mukund and Indrajith to occupy the crease for a long period and bat HP out of the game.
However, Arpit N Guleria found the breakthrough, castling Mukund for 128 (214 balls, 20X4). Indrajith found a resolute partner in all-rounder Vijay Shankar (56, 100 balls, 5X4, 1X6) and the two were involved in a 109-run stand for the fourth wicket. While Indrajith was his watchful self, Shankar looked to push on and never missed out on a scoring opportunity.
At the lunch break, Tamil Nadu was 286 for 3, having added 107 runs in the first session, on the back of Shankar's enterprising play. Shankar reached his 50 off 89 balls but fell soon after after when HP skipper Prashant Chopra had him stumped by 'keeper Ankush Bains.
This triggered a batting collapse as Tamil Nadu capitulated from 312 to 345 all out in 118.3 overs, leaving HP an easy target of 110 in around 25 overs. Guleria (3 for 56) and Rishi Dhawan (3 for 60) were the best bowlers for Himachal. Chasing the target, Ankush Bains launched a clinical assualt on the TN bowlers, hitting six fours and four sixers in his unbeaten 38-ball 64 to power Himachal home just in 15.3 overs.
The other opener Raghav Dhawan (39) was sent back by left-arm spinner R Sai Kishore while going for a big hit but Rishi Dhawan (4 not out) finished the game, blasting a four of Kishore.
In other games in the group, Andhra had to settle for three points against Bengal at Visakhapatnam while visitors Punjab could not reach its target against Hyderabad despite an attacking ton by the young Shubman Gill (148, 154 balls 16X4, 2X6).


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Earl Kitchener, of Khartoum and of Broome in the County of Kent, was a title in the Peerage of the United Kingdom. It was created in 1914 for the famous soldier Field Marshal Herbert Kitchener, 1st Viscount Kitchener of Khartoum. He had already been created Baron Kitchener of Khartoum, and of Aspall in the County of Suffolk, in 1898, Viscount Kitchener of Khartoum, and of the Vaal River in the Transvaal Colony, and of Aspall in the County of Suffolk, in 1902, and was made Baron Denton, of Denton in the County of Kent, and Viscount Broome, of Broome in the County of Kent, at the same time he was granted the earldom. These titles were also in the Peerage of the United Kingdom.

The barony of 1898 was created with normal remainder to the heirs male of his body. However, all the other titles (those of 1902 and 1914) were created with remainder to
the heirs male of his body, failing which to
his first daughter and the heirs male of her body, failing which to
his other daughters and the heirs male of their bodies, failing which to
his elder brother Colonel Henry Kitchener and the heirs male of his body, failing which to
his youngest brother Lieutenant-General Sir Walter Kitchener (who was alive at the time of the 1902 creation but deceased at the time of the 1914 creations) and the heirs male of his body.

A third brother, Arthur Kitchener (also alive at the time of the 1902 creation but deceased at the time of the 1914 creations), was not included in either special remainder.

The first earl died unmarried and childless in 1916, which resulted in the extinction of the barony created in 1898. However, he was succeeded in the other titles under the special remainder by his elder brother, Colonel Henry Kitchener, as second earl. His only son, Henry, Viscount Broome, predeceased him, and so he was succeeded by his grandson, also Henry, Viscount Broome, as third earl. The third earl died unmarried and childless in 2011. His younger brother, the Hon. Charles Kitchener, had died in 1982, and the line of Lieutenant-General Sir Walter Kitchener had failed on the death of his younger son, Squadron Leader Henry Kitchener, in 1984. The titles therefore became extinct.

The Hon. Charles Kitchener, brother of the third earl, had one daughter, Emma Kitchener (born 1963), who on the third earl's death became the first earl's heir general. She is a lady-in-waiting to Princess Michael of Kent and is married to the actor, screenwriter, film director and novelist Lord Fellowes. Fellowes publicly expressed his dissatisfaction that the proposals to change the rules of royal succession were not extended to peerages, which would have allowed his wife to succeed as 4th Countess on her uncle's death. On 9 May 2012 the Queen issued a Royal Warrant of Precedence allowing Lady Fellowes to enjoy the same rank and title of the daughter of an earl, as if her late father had survived his brother and therefore succeeded to the title.

The family seat was Westergate Wood, near Arundel, Sussex.

Earls Kitchener (1914)
Horatio Herbert Kitchener, 1st Earl Kitchener (1850–1916)
Henry Elliott Chevallier Kitchener, 2nd Earl Kitchener (1846–1937)
Henry Franklin Chevallier Kitchener, Viscount Broome (1878–1928)
Henry Herbert Kitchener, 3rd Earl Kitchener (1919–2011)

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References

Sources

Kidd, Charles, Williamson, David (editors). Debrett's Peerage and Baronetage (1990 edition). New York: St Martin's Press, 1990,

The London Gazette

1914 establishments in the United Kingdom
2011 disestablishments in the United Kingdom
Extinct earldoms in the Peerage of the United Kingdom
Noble titles created in 1914
Peerages created with special remainders

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Tamara Finkelstein will take up the role of DEFRA permanent secretary on a permanent basis, replacing Clare Moriarty who left to join the Department for Exiting the European Union in March, it has been announced.
Finkelstein has been interim permanent secretary since Moriarty left, but today cabinet secretary Sir Mark Sedwill, with the agreement of the prime minister, announced that she would be made permanent in the role.
Finkelstein was previously DEFRA's director general for EU Exit.

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Q: Applying the hampel filter to a df in python I am currently trying to apply the hampel filter to my dataframe in python, I have looked around and there isn't a lot of documentation for its implementation in python. I found one post but it looks like it was created before there was an actual hampel package/function and someone created a function to do a rolling mean calculation not using the filter from the package itself, even the site for Hampel the package is minimal. I am looking at the number of Covid cases per day by fips code. I have 470 time series (in days)  data frame, each column is a different FIPS code and each row has the number of Covid cases per day (with dates, not the day number from start). The package for Hampel is very straight forward, it has two options for outputs, it will either return a list of the indices where it thinks there are outliers or it will replace the outliers with the median with in the data.

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*the two codes for using the hampel are:

[IN]:
ts = pd.Series([1, 2, 1 , 1 , 1, 2, 13, 2, 1, 2, 15, 1, 2])

[IN]:  # to return indices:
outlier_indices = hampel(ts, window_size=5, n=3)
print("Outlier Indices: ", outlier_indices)

[OUT]:
Outlier Indices:  [6, 10]

[IN]: # to return series with rolling medians replaced*** I'm using this format
ts_imputation = hampel(ts, window_size=5, n=3, imputation=True)
ts_imputation

[OUT]:
0     1.0
1     2.0
2     1.0
3     1.0
4     1.0
5     2.0
6     2.0
7     2.0
8     1.0
9     2.0
10    2.0
11    1.0
12    2.0
dtype: float64

So with my data frame I want it to replace the outliers in each column with the column median, I am using a window = 21 and a threshold = 6 (b/c of the data setup). I should mention each of the column starts with a different number of 0's for the rows. So for example the value for the  first 80 rows for column one may be 0's and then for column 2 the first 95 rows may have 0's because each FIPs code has a diffferent number of days   Given this I tried to use the .apply method with the following fx:
[IN]:
def hamp(col):
    no_out = hampel(col, window_size=21, n=6, imputation=True)
    return (no_out)

[IN]:
  df = df.apply(hamp2, axis=1)

However, when I printed my data frame is now just all 0's. Can someone tell me what I am doing wrong?
Thank you!

A: recently SKTIME added HampelFilter
from sktime.transformations.series.outlier_detection import HampelFilter
y = your_data
transformer = HampelFilter(window_length=10)
y_hat = transformer.fit_transform(y)

also you can read the documentation here HampelFilter_sktime


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Vanessa Hudgens Will Go Daring For The Right Role
Vanessa Hudgens appears to be growing up effortlessly, moving from questions about her High School Musical to maturely discussing her future in more adult cinematic roles.
With her own nude photo scandal well in her past, Vanessa Hudgens says she'd bare it all – for the right role, saying: "I will show nudity in a film when the time is right."
But don't expect her to be shucking her squeaky clean image anytime soon, as she says she's waiting until she's ready for that career move.
So what would make her comfortable enough to be filmed in her birthday suit? "Right now, I wouldn't feel comfortable doing it, but like I said, when the time's right, if it's an amazing movie that I'm really passionate about and that's what it calls for, then we'll see," she added.
Meanwhile, the "High School Musical" star has more family-friendly fare in her future: She's currently attached to a film called Beastly, billed as a modern day Beauty and the Beast, and Sucker Punch about a young girl institutionalized by a wicked stepfather.
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McAfee antivirus founder John McAfee found dead in Spanish prison
McAfee antivirus founder John McAfee found dead in a Spanish Prison after he got detained under different charges & before his hearing at court. The story still continues to found if he really committed suicide or was it a planned murder?
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John McAfee was the person who created & founded World's most popular and most known Antivirus company McAfee, but on June 23 2021 McAfee antivirus founder John McAfee found dead in Spanish prison with some certainties that left many questions behind as he was also charged for a possible murder mystery and tax manipulation.
McAfee is an antivirus software which is mostly found pre-installed in most Windows machine and is also very known around the World, it was developed by John McAfee in 1987. Surpassingly it became a giant in the world of Antivirus that still holds a big part under the Windows Antivirus system, John McAfee was detained for changes against several different cases like possible Murder, Tax returns, etc.
Charges against John McAfee for which he was putted into Jail-
Acc. to Moneycontrol– "McAfee has been in jail in Spain since he was arrested at Barcelona airport in October 2020, just as he was about to board a flight to Istanbul.
He is alleged to have deliberately failed to file tax returns between 2014 and 2018, despite earning millions from consulting work, cryptocurrencies and selling the rights to his life story. If convicted, he could have faced up to 30 years in prison.
According to the US extradition request filed in November and quoted in the ruling, McAfee earned more than 10 million euros ($12 million) in 2014-18 but never filed a tax return.
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"To conceal his income and assets from the Internal Revenue Service… the defendant ordered part of his income to be paid to straw men and placed the property in their names," it said.
In a hearing held via video call, the charges against him were politically motivated and said he would spend the rest of his life in prison if he was returned to the US.
In 2012, he was wanted for questioning in connection with the death of Gregory Viant Faull, who was shot to death in early November 2012 on the island in Belize where both men lived. But was never charged with a crime."
McAfee Murder or Suicide reports?
His reports of struggling were well known but even after earning $$ he wasn't able to pay tax returns that were questionable, right now he's no more and according to reports McAfee suicided in the cell before he was taken to hearing in court. Guards when reached John cell, he was found dead on the floor, possible he didn't want to make his life a game in front of the world & media that's why he did this but some reports and rumours also suggest that he got Murdered in Jail by Police support & is turned to suicide to clean Spanish police image from this Murder/Suicidal mystery.
He was 75 when he died, McAfee will not be handled by other Chiefs under running race but the face behind is has just left apart.
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Soon after his death, McAfee's tweet from December 2019 went viral on social media. Sharing a picture of his tattoo on his right arm, McAfee had said, "If I suicide myself, I didn't. I was whackd. Check my right arm.""Getting subtle messages from US officials saying, in effect: "We're coming for you, McAfee! We're going to kill yourself". I got a tattoo today just in case," he tweeted.
Getting subtle messages from U.S. officials saying, in effect: "We're coming for you McAfee! We're going to kill yourself". I got a tattoo today just in case. If I suicide myself, I didn't. I was whackd. Check my right arm.$WHACKD available only on https://t.co/HdSEYi9krq🙂 pic.twitter.com/rJ0Vi2Hpjj
— John McAfee (@officialmcafee) November 30, 2019
Hope his dead study get resolved soon and if you feel anything like this anytime then do connect at mental health rehabilitation helpline 'Kiran' at 1800-599-0019 24*7 (don't suicide!)
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There are over two hundred recognized gemstones. Most are minerals and are cut from naturally occurring crystals. To qualify as a gem, the specimen should be hard and tough to resist scratching and have beautiful clarity, color or 'fire'.
Gemstones are used to add color to jewellery and make it look more vibrant and lively. Here's how gemstones derive its color, The color of any material is due to the nature of light itself. Daylight, often called white light, is actually all of the colors of the spectrum combined. When light strikes a material, most of the light is absorbed while a smaller amount of a particular frequency or wavelength is reflected. The part that is reflected reaches the eye as the perceived color.
A ruby appears red because it absorbs all the other colors of white light (green and blue), while reflecting the red. Even the same gemstone can occur in many different colors: sapphires show different shades of blue and pink and "fancy sapphires" exhibit a whole range of other colors from yellow to orange-pink.
For most people buying Gemstones is a complicated task. There are many fake colored stones which are sold in the name of gemstones. So it is advisable that you buy precious gemstones from a trusted source.
Many factors set value. Things like weight, intensity of color, size, rarity, quality and also the country of origin are deciding factors for the price it commands. Gemstones may be accompanied by a lab report listing the color, cut, clarity and weight. They may also contain a comment about treatments or origin. Certain gemstones such as ruby or sapphire can receive a premium in the market if they are believed to be from a particular country (origin). Nature produces far fewer of the top quality gems, so there is good reason for the greater price.
Ruby is included in the top three gemstones alongwith emeralds and sapphires. Rubies have always been held in high esteem by jewellery buyers. Color: Rubies vary in color from orangey red, red slightly purplish red, strongly purplish red, to red. The brightest and most valuable "red" called blood-red, commands a large premium over other rubies of similar quality. A minimum color saturation must be met to be called a ruby, otherwise the stone will be called a pink sapphire. Clarity: Type II May be eye clean with minor inclusions visible under magnification.
Cut: Some native cuts may be found (gems cut at the mine location without high regard to skill in cutting). However, well-cut stones are available.
Carat weight: Stones weighing more than 8 carats are rare in finer quality. In commercial qualities, stones are available in all sizes up to 20 carats or even larger may be encountered.
Sapphire is considered one of the "big three" in the industry with ruby and emeralds. The word "sapphire" derives from Sanskrit word 'Shanipriya' literally meaning "dear to Saturn".
Color: Sapphires can be found in a variety of colors in each of the seven primary hues. However, blue is the most common, most desired, and most expensive. The color of fine blue sapphires may be described as a vivid medium dark violet to purplish blue where the primary blue hue is at least 85% and the secondary hue no more than 15%, without the least mixture of a green secondary hue or a gray mask.
Clarity : Look for stones that are eye-clean meaning no inclusions that are visible to the naked eye. Extremely fine silk throughout the stone can enhance the value of some sapphires. However too much silk weakens the color, making it appear undesirably grayish.
Cut: Various shapes and cuts such as ovals, cushions, and rounds are seen as are other shapes such as the heart or emerald cut.
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We are thrilled and honored to be positioned as a "Leader" in the 2019 Gartner Magic Quadrant for Endpoint Protection Platforms (EPP). This recognition from Gartner, which we believe is among the most influential analyst firms in the world, is the first time CrowdStrike® has been placed in the Leaders Quadrant, and only our third year of being included in this report.
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We feel that it is especially gratifying to be in the Leaders Quadrant, which Gartner bases on the criteria that an organization has demonstrated the ability to execute and completeness of vision. We believe CrowdStrike fulfills these criteria.
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Not only are we in the Leaders Quadrant, CrowdStrike is positioned furthest for completeness of vision, which we believe validates the singular ability of our cloud-native model to deliver endpoint security at the pace and scale that modern, distributed businesses require.
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Discussion in 'Image Processing' started by Cruzan80, Mar 24, 2014.
When I go out and take pictures, I have been moving them into a folder called Unfiled. From there, I will rate/tag/cull/etc and move them into the appropriate folder for more in-depth editing. I have been using Lightroom to manage all of this. However, the external drive is connected to the desktop she is working on. I don't really want to be pinging back and forth across the network to manage all of these files. Will smart previews allow me to move files, and then re-sync the new locations? Do I need to duplicate the file structure, then file and move after sorting on the laptop (problem being keeping the file structure on the laptop)? Is there another photo editing program that will let me do what I want? Ideally, I would want to organize them, then either send/connect the updates to the files, and they would move. I can then do the more in-depth editing in the evening, when she doesn't need the computer. I don't really relish the idea of moving the physical external drive back and forth between computers.
So that will take folder changes as well, when I re-import the catalog? I read about doing that on a blog site, but was unclear if it was just for editing, or would keep folder changes as well.
This what I would do.
I would first buy myself a very fast and large thumbdrive. Something like this. http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16820226459. This is 240gb and is as fast as an SSD.
I would keep my Lightroom catalog along with generated smart previews on the thumbdrive (the smart previews will allow you to edit photos even if you are not connected to the NAS). When not connected to your desktop I would store any photos imported to the catalog on the thumbdrive as well. Thos folders can then be moved over to the NAS when you next return to your desktop. I would stick with one catalog for both the desktop and the other computer - the catalog that is stored on the thumbdrive.
If you're networked and using Windows, just install Microsoft SyncToy and you can easily sync the new files to the main PC folder. That's what I use to backup all my files on internal and external drives. It's easy and painless.
So far, I think Synctoy may be the closer to the right way to go. If I stick with the Contribute option, it would then let me add new files from the laptop to the desktop's external, without risking any existing pictures. The only problem I then have is that I would need to empty the folders without destroying the file structure post-sync. But I think if I use the "Show pics in subfolders" and then delete the pictures from the laptop using LR, it would leave the file structure alone, correct?
The thumbdrive is a great idea, but not sure if it would address the issues of moving the actual files on one computer, and having it reflected on the other. I should always have one available to use, it is a matter of wanting to file stuff on the second computer, and then have it done when I step back to the desktop. In this case, the only advantage would be having one catalog, which I could technically do just linking to the catalog on the desktop. Also, the laptop is old enough that it doesn't support USB 3.0, so the speed difference would be quite a bit.
Yes, SyncToy will allow you to do that. I also hope that you have more than one drive in which you store those files, so that if something goes amiss, you don't lose the lot.
I have two externals, one mirroring the second, and I have uploaded quite a bit to the cloud as well for long term storage. Looks like Synctoy would be the way to go then.
moving creating folders would make you when in the main one have to click and then say find the files so might not be good that way ?
One thing just to throw out there in case it comes in handy sometime is that Lightroom has the option to save its metadata to XMP sidecar files that tag along with your RAWs. While these files don't contain the history of edits and such, they do contain everything about the current state of the image that is normally stored only in the catalog. So if you're in a situation where you want to move files around and maintain your metadata without exporting and importing catalogs, XMP files can help with that.
My situation is different from yours, but just to show an example of using them, the way it works in my household is that all photos I take are imported and edited on my PC with metadata written to XMP, synced to NAS, and then the family photos only are pulled from NAS to my wife's PC, where the Synchronize Folder command imports them into Lightroom and brings in my edits. If one of us edits the photos sometime down the road, the XMP files get synced, and Synchronize Folder will pick up the metadata changes on the other end.
I am guessing that this is a setting that I can check to do this? After using LR for almost two years, I find what I knpw about it is directly proportjonal to the workflow I have.


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The European Southern Observatory's Very Large Telescope recently made an astonishing discovery: two stars rapidly are seemingly on an inevitable collision course.
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Portland has become a bad joke.
Sophie Peel, for Willamette Week (Willamette is a southern suburb of Portland), reports that, a recent ad, funded by a group called "Travel Portland," in The New York Times, has "raised quite a few eyebrows on Social Media."
Soooo, Portland is reaching out to New Yorkers who haven't had enough rioting and looting?
The ad states, "We're a place of dualities that are never polarities.'
Oh no, not at all!
"Two sides to the same coin that keep landing right on its edge."
They left out the part about landing in a pile of excrement!
"Anything can happen. We like it this way."
That last line was sponsored by the Criminals For A Free Portland (CFAFP) group.
Crime is up significantly across the board, I Portland, with homicides rising over 500% over last year.
The ad continues, '"You've heard a lot about us lately. It's been a while since you heard from us. Some of what you've heard about Portland is true. Some is not. What matters most is that we're true to ourselves,' the ad read on a sparse page of simple black text."
"Travel Portland, the agency that placed the ad, explained in a June 21 statement that the ad is part of a wider campaign to right Portland's reputation nationally and 'to inspire overnight stays at Portland hotels and short-term rentals.'"
"Right Portland's reputation?"
They, of course, mean they're trying to sugar coat Portland's deserved reputation as the lawless riot capital of the United States.
Hey, 150 straight nights of rioting is quite an impressive record!
"One of the building blocks of the summer campaign is a video, which Travel Portland says 'gives consumers the opportunity to see past the negative news headlines of last year into the lives of some everyday Portlanders right now.'"
"It shows visitors will find a city that is evolving as it works toward the advancement of an even better and more equitable version of itself—a move toward a new normal instead of a return to the pre-pandemic past. The voiceover for the 'This is Portland' anthem celebrates and embraces the contrasts that Portland has in abundance: fine dining and food carts, luxury boutiques and used record stores, street art and forested trails," Travel Portland said in its statement."
I've got some ideas Portland can use in its campaign!
How about, "Come for the protests, stay for the looting!?"
Or, "You haven't roasted marshmallows until you've roasted them over a roaring dumpster fire!?"
Or how about, "Get free cans of spray paint when you sign-up for our graffiti experience field trip!?"
And lastly, "Before you head back home, launch bottle rockets at our punching bag police force!"
"Travel Portland hired a minority-owned ad agency called INDUSTRY to produce the campaign."
Oh, then you know it's gotta be a good campaign!?
Did we really need to know this?
"Travel Portland tells WW [Willamette Weekly] that the campaign was paid for by the Tourism Improvement District, a program created in 2012 that places an additional 2 percent fee on overnight stays at hotels and vacation rentals on top of the existing 11.5 percent tax. The money garnered from that 2 percent additional fee is used by Travel Portland to promote the city as a vacation destination."
Sooo, the fools who decide to visit your hell hole are footing the bill for the ad that presumably got them there?
"The ad in The New York Times, which Travel Portland says also appeared in the Los Angeles Times, San Francisco Chronicle and The Seattle Times, seems to be an effort to dispel Portland's image in the national spotlight as the country's chaotic and violent epicenter of racial justice protests, an image fueled in part by former President Donald Trump's rhetoric."
Ahhh, there it is!
It's all Trump's fault!
Now there's a rallying cry these visitors can all get behind!
After all, you're just a quaint, little old city, fighting for racial justice!
And excuse me for asking, but why would you bother to advertise in L.A., San Francisco, and Seattle?
Isn't that like one failing zoo trying to get visitors from other failing zoos?
"The mayor's office did not respond to a request for comment about Travel Portland's ad."
I'm sure they were way too busy working on defunding the police and all.
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One was that items in the treview on the left that had no version for the current language was shown in an italic font.
It shouldn't be to hard to implement this into Sitecore, anyone got any ideas?
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A: In Sitecore 6 we've added a an information-action panel to the left of the tree. We call it Quick Action Bar.
One of the default examples is that you can see an icon warning you that the item will not be visible on the website, because it's not published.
Quick Action Bar is pluggable, so you can create your own warning that will display an icon if the item doesn't have a version in the current language. You can also add related actions, so that you can click on the icon an maybe create a version right there.
Take a look at Client Configuration Cookbook at SDN for related docs.
It's also possible to change item styles to make item name use italics in tree, but it's not as easily pluggable for dynamic scenarios like yours.


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Move to electronic payments adds €1.8bn to Ireland's coffers
29 Mar 20161.02k Views
No longer a cheque-driven backwater, the contribution of the growth of electronic payments in Ireland to Irish GDP was double the European average
Ireland's move from being a cheque and cash dependent economy to an electronic one has resulted in €1.8bn being added to the nation's GDP in just the last four years, creating an average of 3,700 jobs each year in the process.
"The cheque is in the post," were usually the last words Irish business owners heard from a customer before having to go to the bank manager in order to make payroll or before the bailiffs came calling.
Ireland's dependence on cheques and cash payments were a thorn in the side for most business owners, even if they didn't realise it themselves, and this made Ireland something of an anomaly compared with more progressive countries, especially Scandinavian ones.
But, in the last few years, something has changed and, according to a new Visa-commissioned study by Moody's Analytics, the move to electronic payments has added €1.8bn to Ireland's GDP.
The contribution of the growth of electronic payments in Ireland to Irish GDP was double the European average.
Cheque-ing out
Moody's economists also estimated that an average of approximately 3,700 jobs were created per annum over the four-year period as a result of the increased card penetration.
The Moody's Analytics study, which analysed the impact of electronic payments on economic growth across 70 countries between 2012 and 2015, found that increased use of electronic payment products, including credit, debit and prepaid cards, added $296bn to GDP globally. The 70 countries in the study make up almost 95pc of global GDP.
"Electronic payments are a major contributor to consumption, increased production, economic growth and employment creation," noted Mark Zandi, chief economist, Moody's Analytics.
"Those countries which saw large increases in card usage also saw larger contributions to overall growth in their economies."
The study indicates that the electronification of payments benefits governments and contributed to a more stable and open business environment.
Annual spending on Visa cards – debit, credit and prepaid – in Ireland reached a new record of €31.7bn last year.
As a result, transactions with a Visa card – debit, credit and prepaid – now account for more than a third of Irish consumer spending.
This is due to the continued shift from cash and cheque usage as consumers opt for the convenience and security of card payments.
New technology such as contactless payments for purchases up to €30 has increased overall card usage, with more than one million contactless transactions now being made in Ireland every week.
"Over the last 50 years, the rapid proliferation of electronic payments has enabled and improved how consumers pay for goods and services, how merchants manage their businesses, and how governments make and collect all sorts of payments," Philip Konopik, Ireland Country Manager for Visa Europe, said.
"The report findings reinforce the positive benefits that electronic payments have brought to Ireland, as increased consumption has contributed to growth in Irish GDP and also seen firms expand in order to meet increased demand for goods and services."
"We ultimately want to see this positive trend continue and are working globally with governments, financial institutions, merchants and technology companies to develop innovative payment products and services that will accelerate electronic acceptance, grow commerce, and bring the benefits of card payments to more people everywhere," Konopik said.
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Q: Custom break word I'm working on a map legend and I have some trouble when the word is too long.
I want to know if it's possible to add some property to the text so it break to the last symbol space, score, underscore, slash, and other punctuation
In other words, I want more symbols to be interpret like spaces for the "default spaces breakline".
I try using word-wrap: break-word or word-break: break-all but it's not the expected result... It is what I want only if there is no symbol so I'll probably add 1 of these to the CSS to break lines (by the way I'm not sure about the differences / wich one to use / why)
Here's an example of what I would like (and what I tried)
http://jsfiddle.net/uazk54pL/
edit
by the way, I didn't use JavaScript because I thought it can be with css, and I'm not really sure how to do it... but I'm not against using it if no better solution is found

.tmp {
  border: black 1px solid;
  width: 100px;
  margin: 5px;
}
#wrap {
  word-wrap: break-word;
}
#break {
  word-break: break-all;
}
}
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A: I finally used the method tell in the question's comments. As my text is add with JavaScript, I'm just addind   after special characters before add it to my page.
str.replace(/([-/_])/g,"$& ")

Also I used the CSS word-wrap:break-word; to cut words too long

A: I have updated css in your example. Take a look, if this is what you are trying to do.
http://jsfiddle.net/uazk54pL/1/
The CSS looks like this:
.tmp {
    border:black 1px solid;
    width:100px;
    margin:5px;
    position:relative;
    word-wrap: break-word;
}


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Still this is Thailand so anything is possible I guess.
Thanks for your reply Fondles ,the latter part of your post "this is Thailand" brought a smile on, and filled me full of hope that all is not lost!
^ The links I posted in the other thread are all thai sites..
IIRC a member on TD gets stuff shipped in from Singapore (brewer's yeast etc) that he buys over the internet.
It is illegal to home-brew here because the tax man doesn't get his cut, I'd be wary of coming out of a shop with armfulls of demi-johns, tubes and yeast and airlocks, it would be an easy nab for your average lazy BiB.
Send a PM to Mr Earl, he's the guy who got some posted from Singapore to make his mead (which came out really well).
I think technically what he made was a metheglin or melomel, but it worked anyway.
Last edited by slackula; 21-10-2013 at 12:06 PM.
Thanks for the advice QC but the shop that Necron wrote about has virtually everything for Wine or beer making ,its in Bangers but no probs as Jan,s Brother lives and works only a few kms away so he can do the biz for me .
Cheers Necron it appears that the shop in Bangers has virtually everything I need!
Let me know how it works out if you go there.
Cheers again for that bit of info Necron , yeah it was Lek11 ,don't know what was said as Jan was gabbing on in Thai and give me the thumbs up, from what I see in their brochure it would appear they carry about everything for guys like me , I ain't going down cos Jans Brother can do the biz for me as Jan says he's only 15 minutes away and he can post it to me, ,and anyway he knows that when he comes up for New Year I'll get him well pissed just like last year!
here you are Necron ?.???? - ????? , ????????? , ????? , ???????? , ??? , ?????? , ????? , ????? , ???? , ?????? , ?????????? , ????????????? , ??????? , ????? , ????????? , ????????????? , ??? , ???? , ??????? , ??????? , ??????? , ??? , ??????? , ?????????? , ????????
Heh Piwinoi, where did you get the demijohns from? Did you bring then with you or using something similar?
No Gilbert these are actual 5 liter glass demijohns, I have a good friend who runs a Resort /restaurant who used to purchase 12 Demijohn filled with cheap Italian Wine , he used to supply me with his empty,s ,but now has discontinued buying it and instead now buys South African in 5 liter Cartons , I gave quite a lot away and now have about a dozen or so which is OK for the amount I make .
Piwanoi, did Lek11 have yeast?
I see antioxidants and fining, but no yeast on his website.


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Gojek and bike-sharing – benefits or more downside?
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By Shahrim Tamrin
Whether we like it or not, our next door neighbour popular ride-sharing concept Gojek or motorbike sharing will be introduced in the next couple of months, most probably by first quarter of next year, the earliest.
Looking at the speed of approval by Cabinet this week, two days after Gojek presented its business framework to Prime Minister Tun Dr Mahathir Mohamad, Youth and Sports Minister Syed Saddiq Syed Abdul Rahman and Transport Minister Anthony Loke, one can't help but wonder whether the young politician Syed Saddiq in particular and rest of the Cabinet Ministers ever heard about the alarming rate of fatalities and crashes involving motorcycles.
In the road safety circle, many are worried that by offering Gojek or creating a new public transport mode in the form of motorbike-sharing is an open invitation for more fatalities.
It is plain to see from the statistics of road crashes, injuries and deaths by police over the years, ride-sharing using motorcycle is not the most excellent idea.
From the deaths statistics involving motorcycle users during the hours of commuting to work from 2015 until 2017, there were 2,564 deaths from 6.01 a.m until 10 a.m while the peak hour riding home between 4.01 p.m until 10 p.m, it recorded 4,695 deaths.
For overall total deaths figure involving motorbikes, a total of 1,152 pillion riders alongside 11,884 bikers perished on the roads from 2015 to 2017.
From 2008 to 2017, there were 5.17 million crashes for all type of vehicles with an average of 73 per cent incidents involved were motorbikes.
Last year alone, nearly 70 per cent of road crashes involved motorcycles from the total annual crash statistics of 548,598 recorded overall.
While the government is keen to create jobs for youth and 'rakyat', Youth and Sports Ministry and Transport Ministry should also take a good look at the grim three-year statistics of the economic losses due to fatalities involving motorcycles.
Based on a comprehensive study by Malaysian Institute of Road Safety Research (Miros), it is estimated that the economic losses and damages due to fatalities (injuries and deaths) involving motorcycle users from 2015 to 2017 were RM18.15 billion.
While we are eager to create benefits for 'rakyat marhaen' (ordinary folks), we also might create more damages.
I have already accepted the fact that there are politicians who want to be the spokesperson for a foreign brand and that's how it is in the country nowadays.
I guess job creation for youth is far more important than saving lives of our future CEO, future entrepreneurs, prospective tech-venture and future Imam.
Upon receiving the news that Go-Jek received the nod from Cabinet yesterday, Sabariah Mohamad, a retired Associate Professor in Transport and Logistics Studies from Malaysia Institute of Transport (Mitrans) told me: "We are going backward in mobility policy and planning."
"We are not solving access and mobility problems of the urban populations but rather creating more problems including social and environmental," she said in a WhatsApp message. "We need mobility strategic planning."
This could be blessing in disguise for safer roads
It is clear that those concerned about saving a soul on the road can't stop the decision to bring in Gojek or starting a motorbike-sharing in the cities and suburban areas.
However, what we can do is to offer solution and caution the government about the safety risk surrounding motorcycle rides and improving the safety aspects of motorbike-sharing by imposing stringent safety and security elements in the licensing condition. There is no two-way about it.
The authorities must apply firm and stern measure based on the input from public transport experts and road safety advocates.
Personally, I feel this could be blessing in disguise since now we can suggest to the authorities that Go-Jek or motorbike-sharing riders must only be limited to 5km radius of operation from the public transport hub such as the LRT/Monorail/MRT/KTM or bus stations.
The daily travelling pattern can be monitored via the app tracking of the ehailing company and riders should undergo safety classes and must provide good examples by adhering to road rules and behaving well or else, they should not be offering a public transport service to public.
I believe Miros can provide input about set of safe riding values that Land Public Transport Agency (APAD) and Road Transport Department (RTD) should impose to the bike-sharing riders.
A speed limit of 70 km/h, to ride only on left lane and glowing safety vest like the green colour used by Go-Jek riders in Jakarta will shape discipline journey and allow effective monitoring.
There should also be a certain vehicle-type approval (VTA) or the appropriate type of motorbike for the rider to operate.
This is a golden opportunity for Gojek and other local e-hailing app provider to start incentive for riders to own or lease electric scooters or electric bike with top speed of not more than 70 km/h.
Gojek and local bike-sharing companies could pave the way to be the pioneer in introducing a new type of motorcycle in Malaysia by phasing out the powerful and nimble 'kapcai' and replacing it with electric scooter.
This is also a golden opportunity to realise what was discussed at the National Transport Policy workshop held at Transport Ministry recently for low-carbon cities by banning single-rider or individual biker to enter city centre and the possibility to impose city congestion charge to single-occupancy vehicle including motorcycles and private cars.
The objective is simple – if one wants to enter central KL during peak hours for example, one must use the public transport or else be ready to pay an additional road toll. This should be the standard affair in the future.
Now that Gojek is coming into the picture, starting next year bike-sharing riders should only be allowed to exist in central business district and they must be registered via app to stay in the city, say within 5km to 7km radius.
From now on, we just need to look at the bright side to make bike-sharing as a safe option for last-mile first-mile connectivity.
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