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Q: If a tensor's multilinear rank is $(R,R,R)$, then is its canonical/CP rank also $R$? Given an order $2$ tensor (i.e. a matrix), one always has that row rank is equal to the column rank, so that its multilinear rank or $n$-ranks is always equal to $(R,R)$ for some $R$. Moreover that $R$ also happens to be its canonical/CP rank, as one can see by taking the SVD of a matrix.
However, for an order $3$ tensor, in it's not the case that any of the $1$-rank (dimension of column space), $2$-rank (dimension of row space), or $3$-rank (dimension of tube space) are equal, much less is it necessarily the case that any of them equal the canonical/CP rank of the tensor.

Question: However, in the special case where all of the $n$-ranks are the same for an order $3$ tensor, i.e. its multilinear rank equals $(R,R,R)$ for some integer $R$, then is it the case that that integer $R$ is also the canonical/CP rank of the tensor? (I.e. that it can be written as the sum of at most $R$ linearly independent elementary/rank-one/decomposable tensors?)

I suspect the answer is no, but I can't think of any counterexamples, mostly because I don't know of any order three tensors where I am able to easily compute the CP/canonical rank.
Definitions: I am using the definitions from sections 3.1 and 4.1 of Kolda and Bader, Tensor Decompositions and Applications (2009). (CP/canonical rank is what they call "tensor rank".)

A: A randomly generated  $2\times 2\times 2$ tensor over reals (each entry is generated randomly) may have with positive probability rank 3 and rank 2 (so called typical ranks). Over the complex field it has rank 2 with probability 1. For higher dimensions the rank of an  $n\times n\times n$ generic tensor is always higher than $n$ (there are several typical ranks over R and one typical rank over C). Also, the computation of the tensor rank is NP-hard.

A: Claim: Let $e_1 = (1, 0 ) \in \mathbb{R}^2$ and $e_2 = (0,1) \in \mathbb{R}^2$. Then all of the following are instances of the counterexample you were looking for (ordered in lexicographical order):
$$ \begin{array}{rcccl}
e_1 \otimes e_1 \otimes e_1 & + & e_1 \otimes e_2 \otimes e_2 & + & e_2 \otimes e_1 \otimes e_2 \\
e_1 \otimes e_1 \otimes e_1 & + & e_1 \otimes e_2 \otimes e_2 & + & e_2 \otimes e_2 \otimes e_1\\
e_1 \otimes e_1 \otimes e_1 & + & e_2 \otimes e_1 \otimes e_2 & + & e_2 \otimes e_2 \otimes e_1 \\
e_1 \otimes e_1 \otimes e_2 & + & e_1 \otimes e_2 \otimes e_1 & + & e_2 \otimes e_1 \otimes e_1 \\
e_1 \otimes e_1 \otimes e_2 & + & e_1 \otimes e_2 \otimes e_1 & + & e_2 \otimes e_2 \otimes e_2 \\
e_1 \otimes e_1 \otimes e_2 & + & e_2 \otimes e_1 \otimes e_1 & + & e_2 \otimes e_2 \otimes e_2 \\
e_1 \otimes e_2 \otimes e_1 & + & e_2 \otimes e_1 \otimes e_1 & + & e_2 \otimes e_2 \otimes e_2 \\
e_1 \otimes e_2 \otimes e_2 & + & e_2 \otimes e_1 \otimes e_2 & + & e_2 \otimes e_2 \otimes e_1
\end{array} $$
Sub-Claim 1: All of these tensors have canonical/CP rank $3$.
Sub-Claim 2: All of these tensors have multilinear rank $(2,2,2)$.
Proof of sub-claim 1: Given a tensor
$$u_1 \otimes u_2 \otimes u_3 + v_1 \otimes v_2 \otimes v_3 + w_1 \otimes w_2 \otimes w_3 $$
where $u_1, u_2 , u_3, v_1, v_2, v_3, w_1, w_2, w_3 \in \{e_1, e_2\}$, the following three constraints need to be satisfied in order for the tree terms to be minimal and thus the tensor rank equal to $3$:

*

*The second summand $v_1 \otimes v_2 \otimes v_3$ must have at least two distinct tensor factors compared to the first summand $u_1 \otimes u_2 \otimes u_3$, i.e. at least two of $u_1 \not=v_1,u_2 \not=v_2, u_3 \not= v_3$ must be true, or else multilinearity of $\otimes$ would make it possible to reduce them to a single term.

*The third summand $w_1 \otimes w_2 \otimes w_3$ must have at least two distinct tensor factors compared to the first summand $u_1 \otimes u_2 \otimes u_3$, i.e. at least two of $u_1 \not=w_1,u_2 \not=w_2, u_3 \not= w_3$ must be true, or else multilinearity of $\otimes$ would make it possible to reduce them to a single term.

*The third summand $w_1 \otimes w_2 \otimes w_3$ must have at least two distinct tensor factors compared to the second summand $v_1 \otimes v_2 \otimes v_3$, i.e. at least two of $u_1 \not=w_1,u_2 \not=w_2, u_3 \not= w_3$ must be true, or else multilinearity of $\otimes$ would make it possible to reduce them to a single term.

Given a value for $u_1 \otimes u_2 \otimes u_3$, there is exactly one tensor where all three tensor factors are different, e.g. $e_2 \otimes e_1 \otimes e_2$ compared to $e_1 \otimes e_2 \otimes e_1$.
If constraint one is satisfied with a $v_1 \otimes v_2 \otimes v_3$ where all three tensor factors are different from $u_1 \otimes u_2 \otimes u_3$, then it is impossible to simultaneously satisfy both constraint 2 and constraint 3 because of the pigeonhole principle. This is because then $w_1 \otimes w_2 \otimes w_3$ would have to have exactly two different tensor factors compared to $u_1 \otimes u_2 \otimes u_3$ (in order to satisfy constraint 2) (because there is only one tensor with exactly three tensor factors different compared to $u_1 \otimes u_2 \otimes u_3$), so then by the pigeonhole principle $v_1 \otimes v_2 \otimes v_3$ would have to have at least two tensor factors in common with $w_1 \otimes w_2 \otimes w_3$, which would make it possible to combine those terms and decrease the tensor rank.
Therefore, it is possible to satisfy all three constraints simultaneously, then $v_1 \otimes v_2 \otimes v_3$ must differ from $u_1 \otimes u_2 \otimes u_3$ in exactly two tensor factors.
For the analogous reasons, if the second constraint is satisfied with $w_1 \otimes w_2 \otimes w_3$ with exactly three tensor factors different from $u_1 \otimes u_2 \otimes u_3$, since there is only one such tensor, constraint one would then have to be satisfied with a $v_1 \otimes v_2 \otimes v_3$ with exactly two tensor factors different from $u_1 \otimes u_2 \otimes u_3$. But the constraint three would not be satisfiable, since if $v_1 \otimes v_2 \otimes v_3$ differs from $u_1 \otimes u_2 \otimes u_3$ in two tensor factors, and $w_1 \otimes w_2 \otimes w_3$ differs from $u_1 \otimes u_2 \otimes u_3$ in three tensor factors, then $v_1 \otimes v_2 \otimes v_3$ and $w_1 \otimes w_2 \otimes w_3$ must have two tensor factors in common due to the pigeonhole principle and therefore it would be possible to combine them.
Therefore if it is possible to satisfy all three constraints simultaneously, then $w_1 \otimes w_2 \otimes w_3$ must differ from $u_1 \otimes u_2 \otimes u_3$ in exactly two tensor factors.
Also due to the pigeonhole principle, we have the following "transitivity" property: if $y_1 \otimes y_2 \otimes y_3$ differs from $x_1 \otimes x_2 \otimes x_3$ by exactly two tensor factors, and $z_1 \otimes z_2 \otimes z_3$ differs from $y_1 \otimes y_2 \otimes y_3$ in exactly two tensor factors, then either $x_1 \otimes x_2 \otimes x_3 = z_1 \otimes z_2 \otimes z_3$, or $z_1 \otimes z_2 \otimes z_3$ differs from $x_1 \otimes x_2 \otimes x_3$ in exactly two tensor factors.
(Because we change one tensor factor back to its original value for $x_1 \otimes x_2 \otimes x_3$, change a tensor factor that had been the same in $y_1 \otimes y_2 \otimes y_3$ compared to $x_1 \otimes x_2 \otimes x_3$ to something which is now different from $x_1 \otimes x_2 \otimes x_3$, and leave alone one of the two tensor factors in $y_1 \otimes y_2 \otimes y_3$ which was different from $x_1 \otimes x_2 \otimes x_3$, leading to two tensor factors total which are now different from $x_1 \otimes x_2 \otimes x_3$.)
Thus, if constraint one is satisfied with a $v_1 \otimes v_2 \otimes v_3$ with exactly two tensor factors different from $u_1 \otimes u_2 \otimes u_3$, and constraint two is satisfied with a $w_1 \otimes w_2 \otimes w_3$ with exactly two tensor factros different from $u_1 \otimes u_2 \otimes u_3$, then automatically we have that $v_1 \otimes v_2 \otimes v_3$ differs from $w_1 \otimes w_2 \otimes w_3$ in exactly two tensor factors, so that the third constraint is automatically satisfied.
By the arguments above, this also the only way to solve all three constraints simultaneously.
Since there are only eight possible values for $u_1 \otimes u_2 \otimes u_3$, the above arguments lead to exactly the eight combinations shown above for CP rank $3$ and order $3$ tensors whose factors are all $e_1$ or $e_2$. $\square$
Proof of sub-claim 2: The general idea is that for every relevant matricization of each one of these tensors, at least one of the first tensor factors will be $e_1$, at least one of the first tensor factors will be $e_2$, and then the remaining first tensor factor will be either $e_1$ or $e_2$, such that either way we get a rank $2$ matrix instead of a rank $3$ matrix. This is best probably illustrated with an example.
Consider the first example given above:
$$e_1 \otimes e_1 \otimes e_1 + e_1 \otimes e_2 \otimes e_2 + e_2 \otimes e_1 \otimes e_2 \,. $$
The mode $1$ matricization$\renewcommand{\vec}{\operatorname{vec}}$ is:
$$\begin{array}{rl} & e_1 \otimes \vec(e_1 \otimes e_1) + e_1 \otimes \vec(e_2 \otimes e_2) + e_2 \otimes \vec (e_1 \otimes e_2) \\ = & e_1 \otimes ( \vec(e_1 \otimes e_1) + \vec(e_2 \otimes e_2)) + e_2 \otimes \vec(e_1 \otimes e_2) \,. \end{array}$$
The mode $2$ matricization is:
$$\begin{array}{rl} & e_1 \otimes \vec(e_1 \otimes e_1)  + e_2 \otimes \vec(e_1 \otimes e_2) + e_1 \otimes \vec(e_2 \times e_2) \\
= & e_1 \otimes (\vec(e_1 \otimes e_1) + \vec(e_2 \otimes e_2)) + e_2 \otimes \vec(e_1 \otimes e_2) \,. \end{array}$$
The mode $3$ matricization is:
$$\begin{array}{rl} & e_1 \otimes \vec(e_1 \otimes e_1) + e_2 \otimes \vec (e_1 \otimes e_2) + e_2 \otimes \vec(e_2 \otimes e_1) \\ = & e_1 \otimes \vec(e_1 \otimes e_1)  + e_2 \otimes (\vec(e_1 \otimes e_2) + \vec(e_2 \otimes e_1)) \,.  \end{array} $$
Clearly, all three of the matricizations above are matrices with rank $2$. The rank of the mode $1$ matricization is the same as the $1$-rank of the tensor, the rank of the mode $2$ matricization is the same as the $2$-rank of the tensor, and the rank of the mode $3$ matricization is the same as the $3$-rank of the tensor. Therefore, since all of those (matrix) ranks are equal to $2$, it follows that the multilinear rank of the tensor is $(2,2,2)$. So even though all of the multilinear ranks are equal, none of them equal the tensor/CP/canonical rank (which was shown above to be $3$).
A similar analysis holds for all of the other $7$ remaining tensors, which can be verified fairly easily by looking at them, but writing out the detailed proofs as the above is left as an exercise, for no other reason than it would take me a really long time to type them all out.
Note: You said you were also interested in counterexamples for even higher order tensors. Look at tensor $Q$ of p. 177 of Diaz, Lutoborski, Polynomial Foldings and Rank of Tensors, 2016.
Specifically, given vector spaces $U, V, W ,X$, with basises $\{u_1, u_2\}, \{v_1, v_2 \}, \{w_1, w_2\}, \{x_1, x_2 \}$, i.e. they're all two-dimensional. Then the tensor $Q$ is defined to be:
$$ Q = u_1 \otimes v_1 \otimes w_1 \otimes x_1 + u_2 \otimes v_2 \otimes w_2 \otimes x_2 + u_1 \otimes v_2 \otimes w_1 \otimes x_2 \,.$$
Then the multilinear rank of $Q$ is $(2,2,2,2)$. Also, the tensor rank of $Q$ is clearly bounded above by $3$ (since it was defined in terms of a three term sum of elementary tensors). Now the multiplex ranks of size $2$ of that tensor (defined in that tensor, see also many papers by Lek Heng Lim for definitions of multiplex rank) are $(3,2,3,3,2,3)$. Using Proposition 2.16 of that paper, where the tensor/CP/canonical rank is lower bounded by any component of any multiplex rank, we also see that the tensor rank of this tensor is greater than or equal to $3$. And of course, since it is both greater than or equal to and less than or equal to $3$, its tensor rank is $3$. Even though all of its multilinear ranks are equal and equal $2$, with $2 \not=3$. (One can also probably more directly show that $Q$ has tensor rank $3$ more directly using a combinatorial argument like I gave above.) Anyway this is a counterexample for a $4$th order tensor. I actually found the counterexamples for third order tensors above by trying to modify this counterexample from Diaz, Lutoborski.
Unfortunately I don't know of, nor have thought of, an algorithm for constructing counterexamples for any order, or how to systematically use counterexamples from lower orders to construct counterexamples for higher orders. But anyway considering how all of these counterexamples are for such low-dimensional spaces, it is certainly very suggestive of the possibility that such counterexamples exist generally, but again I don't know how to verify that or even whether it's actually true.

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1964 Original American Movie Poster - "Joy house" (Les Félins) with Jane Fonda & Alain Delon
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This is an American movie poster for the 1964 film, "Joy House" (Les Felins) with Jane Fonda & Alain Delon, directed by René Clément. This poster is in overall good condition, however, some small holes are visible in each corner of the poster. This poster would be perfect a family room or office.
"Joy House (French title: Les Félins) is a 1964 French mystery-thriller film starring Jane Fonda, Alain Delon, and Lola Albright. It is based on the 1954 novel of the same name by Day Keene. In Monte Carlo, Marc, a handsome card sharp, escapes American gangsters who have been ordered to kill him by the boss of a New York gang because he had an affair with the boss's wife. Marc hides in a mission for the poor where Barbara, a wealthy widow, finds him and hires him as her chauffeur.
At Barbara's chateau, Melinda, Barbara's niece, becomes attracted to him. Marc discovers that Barbara is hiding her lover, Vincent, in the secret rooms and passageways of the chateau. She and Vincent (a bank robber sought by the police for murdering Barbara's husband) plan to murder Marc so that Vincent may use his passport in escaping to South America. Marc and Barbara begin an affair but are discovered by Vincent, who then kills Barbara but is himself killed by the American gangsters, who mistake him for Marc.
Marc and Melinda plan to dispose of the two bodies, but when Melinda learns that Marc is planning to leave without her, she tricks the police into believing Marc guilty and forces him to hide in the chateau's secret rooms. He is her prisoner, just as Vincent had been her aunt's."
(Source: Wikipedia contributors. "Joy House (film)." Wikipedia, The Free Encyclopedia.)

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Get lost in Philadelphia is a game suitable for kids of the age of six or above. It is designed as a city tour game with some riddles and interesting facts about the city of Philadelphia. Playing a game is a great way to explore the city and its most famous sites.
There are 10 sites located not far from one another, marked with the numbers from 1 to 10. Use a map to locate the sites and solve the riddle when you reach each site. Take your time to explore the beautiful city of Philadelphia and let the game be your tour guide for the day.
1. Philadelphia City Hall
What can you see at the top of the City Hall tower?
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Philadelphia City Hall was constructed in 1901 and is located on the Penn Square. From 1894 to 1908, the building was the tallest habitable building in the world with a height of 548 ft. (167 m). Today it is a seat of the government for the city of Philadelphia and known as a National Historic Landmark.
2. Masonic Temple
How many columns are surrounding the main doors of the Masonic Temple?
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The Masonic Temple is a historic building located directly across from Philadelphia City Hall. The Temple is now the headquarters for the Grand Lodge of Pennsylvania, and it serves as the meeting place for 28 Philadelphia lodges. The Temple also features the Masonic Library and Museum of Pennsylvania and receives thousands of visitors every year.
3. Reading Terminal Market
What is the most delicious food you can find in the market?
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Reading Terminal Market is an enclosed public market that opened in 1893 under the elevated train shed of the Reading Railroad Company after the city of Philadelphia decided to move public markets from the streets into indoor facilities for both safety and sanitary reasons. Today the market still occupies the ground floor and basement levels of the Reading Terminal's former train shed. Over one hundred merchants offer fresh produce, meats, fish, artisan cheese, groceries, ice cream, flowers, grilled cheese, baked goods, crafts, books, clothing, and many more.
4. Franklin Square
What is located in the middle of the park?
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Franklin Square is one of the five original open-space parks planned by William Penn in 1682. Originally, the park was a place intended for medication and relaxation. In the 1920s, the park was abandoned and the surrounding area became locally known as the "tenderloin", with a district featuring taverns and bordellos, and became a place for homeless individuals resulting in its reputation as Philadelphia's "skid row". In 2003, Historic Philadelphia, Inc. renovated the park and helped to get it back to its originality. Tourists are now able to enjoy the renovated park, family-friendly attractions, and the surrounding nature.
5. Elfreth's Alley
What are the biggest differences between this street and the city streets you visited before?
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Elfreth's Alley is a historic street in Philadelphia, built in 1702. It is referred to as "the oldest residential street in the USA".Today there are 32 houses on the street, which were built between 1728 and 1836. The alley is a National Historic Landmark and the Elfreth's Alley Museum is located at the numbers 124 and 126.
6. Betsy Ross House
How many red lines are there on the flag of the United States of America?
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The Betsy Ross House is a historical house where supposedly a flag-maker Betsy Ross (1752-1836) lived when she sewed the first American Flag. Evidence for the precise location of Ross' home came from verification provided by several surviving family members, although the best archival evidence indicates the house would have been adjacent to the one that still stands today. Although the house is one of the most visited tourist sites in Philadelphia, many historians disagree with the fact that this flag was really the first one.
7. Christ Church
How many windows does the church have?
By PVSBond, from Wikimedia Commons
Christ Church is an Episcopal church in the Old City neighborhood of Philadelphia. Built in 1695 as a parish of the Church of England, it played an important role in the founding of the Protestant Episcopal Church in the United States. From 1754 to 1810, the church's 196-foot (60 m.) tower was the tallest structure in North America.
8. The Liberty Bell
How long is the crack on Liberty Bell?
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The Liberty Bell is an iconic symbol of American independence. Once placed in the steeple of the Pennsylvania Independence Hall, the bell today is located in the Liberty Bell Center. The bell was commissioned in 1752 and was cast with the lettering "Proclaim Liberty Throughout all the Land unto all the Inhabitants Thereof", a Biblical reference from the Book of Leviticus (25:10). In its early years, the bell was used to summon lawmakers to legislative sessions and to alert citizens about public meetings.No one recorded when or why the Liberty Bell first cracked, but the most likely explanation is that a narrow split developed in the early 1840's after nearly 90 years of hard use.
9. Independence Hall
How many clocks are there on the Independence Hall?
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In 1776, the Declaration of Independence was signed at Independence Hall. The Second Continental Congress, made up of representatives from all thirteen US colonies, met there. These representatives wrote the Declaration of Independence to let the King of England know what they were displeased with, and that the colonies were going to become their own country. In 1787, the Constitution was drafted at Independence Hall. The summer, when the Constitution was written was very hot. However, the people inside did not open the windows because they didn't want anyone to hear what they were talking about.
10. Park Washington Square
Find the moon tree and read the label engraved under it.
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Washington Square, originally opened in 1682 as Southeast Square, is now part of Independence National Historical Park. The square was the site of the first human flight in the Americas in 1793 when Jean Pierre Blanchard ascended in his hot-air balloon from the Walnut Street Prison.
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But of course I said nothing of the sort. I listened patiently about schisms, codes, rucks and mauls, nodding every now and then as if I knew what any of that meant. I cut short our conversation thanking him profusely and then turned to the Internet. In the blink of a Google I found the BBC Sport's "The Basics of Rugby League," a step by step guide that assumes no prior knowledge. If you are a complete rugby virgin like me then I cannot recommend this site highly enough. It even starts with the priceless line, "The aim of the game is to score more points than the other side." Now that's my kind of explanation.
So, with a tenuous grasp of the basic rules and the scoring system, I went along with a couple of (similarly first-time) friends to the Stade Gilbert Brutus in Perpignan to see the Dragons' return match against the Leeds Rhinos. Did I enjoy it? You bet. Did it matter that I didn't know enough about the rules? Not a bit.
For starters, the atmosphere was brilliant. Packed stadium, a friendly, expectant buzz and nary a hint of boorish behaviour from start to finish. Fans were aged by my rough estimation to be between 2 and 82, and I'd say there was a 70% male 30% female make-up to the crowd. And near to us I even spotted (keep in mind we were standing in the terraces having booked too late for seats) a young couple holding a babe in arms. Pounding rock music preceded the introduction of the teams (Queen's "We Will Rock You" – cheesy maybe, but spot-on for the occasion) with star-spangled cheer-leaders strutting their stuff all around the stadium.
One advantage of the terrace is that even though safely ensconced behind a barrier, you're practically on the touchline so when the action does comes your way it's extremely up close and personal. The pace was fast and furious throughout with plenty of crunch moments that left you wondering how on earth the human frame can survive the full-on impact of 110 kilos of muscle, bone and for all I know, granite.
A novelty for us first-timers was the funky-coloured, electric "Tonka" model car that appears regularly on the scene, buzzing along at breakneck speed to deliver the "teeing-up" thingy used for the goal kick. I've just checked and apparently it's called, um ….. a tee.
Reflecting the experience on our way home I felt that despite knowing probably less than a quarter of what's necessary to fully appreciate the game I still came away with a sense of having had a great afternoon's entertainment – and at 17 Euros, pretty good value too. If you fancy giving it a go, check out the website below for details of their next home game. Old hands and rugby virgins alike will all be welcomed.
www.catalandragons.com – for fixtures and video clips to sample match highlights.
www.bbc.co.uk/sport – go to Rugby League and you'll find The Basics under Laws and Equipment.


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Insane Malwela Early Age (Original Mix). After releasing on Afro HOuse King the track "Missed Call" and the "Story Teller EP" Insane Malwela is back with another Afro House music titled "Early Age". Check this out now.


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"This is great," I thought. "I love helping people. I am ready to start my "journey of self-expression." So, I start saying "of course I will help you with that," to everyone who asks. Then, somewhere along the way, I get so busy helping and saying yes to all the things, that I run out of time to actually do most of them. Not a great feeling when you are trying to help people but really you are letting them down.
We do this because "we all want to be that go-to person. We want to feel needed. We want to know that we've helped someone," says Poornima Vijayashanker in the article How to Resist the Urge to Solve Every Problem That Comes Your Way.
But, when we try to do everything, we stop being helpful and become the bottleneck. We forget that helping others is not about us.
How do you resist the urge to help everyone that asks? Leave a comment and let me know.


In a report released today, Difei Yang from Mizuho Securities maintained a Buy rating on Xeris Pharmaceuticals Inc (XERS), with a price target of $27. The company's shares closed yesterday at $10.32, close to its 52-week low of $9.21.
According to TipRanks.com, Yang is a 5-star analyst with an average return of 18.4% and a 50.0% success rate. Yang covers the Healthcare sector, focusing on stocks such as Nightstar Therapeutics Limited, Alder Biopharmaceuticals, and Audentes Therapeutics.
The word on The Street in general, suggests a Moderate Buy analyst consensus rating for Xeris Pharmaceuticals Inc with a $27 average price target.
The company has a one-year high of $27.98 and a one-year low of $9.21. Currently, Xeris Pharmaceuticals Inc has an average volume of 192.8K.
Based on the recent corporate insider activity of 22 insiders, corporate insider sentiment is negative on the stock.
Xeris Pharmaceuticals, Inc.is a pharmaceutical company. It offers XeriSol™ and XeriJect™ formulation technologies. The firm focuses on the development of patient-friendly injectable drugs to address unmet medical needs. The company was founded by Steven Prestrelski and John Kinzell in 2005 and is headquartered in Austin, TX.


Mix olive oil with coriander, paprika, sugar and the zest of the lime.
Cover chicken breasts in marinade, squeeze juice of 1/2 lime over the meat, and place in fridge for at least 30 minutes.
When ready to bake, place chicken breasts in a baking dish and place 2 lime slices over each breast.
Place garlic and chillies around the chicken and roast for 30-35 minutes at around 375 degrees F.
Split roasted garlic cloves open and spread on the chicken if you love garlic.
Per Serving (fat grams will technically be less as all marinade is not absorbed): 388 Calories; 10g Fat (23.5% calories from fat); 2g Saturated Fat; 57g Protein; 17g Carbohydrate; 1g Dietary Fiber; 137mg Cholesterol; 162mg Sodium. Exchanges: 0 Grain(Starch); 7 1/2 Lean Meat; 1 1/2 Vegetable; 0 Fruit; 1 1/2 Fat; 1/2 Other Carbohydrates.


Chef Elena Reygadas of Mexico City's Rosetta restaurant subtly marries the creamy meatiness of Kushi oysters with the rich, silky finish of Casa Dragones Joven in this original, unexpected, and refreshing dish. The dish accomplishes a complex balance of intensity in the horseradish ice cream, notes of cinnamon and clove in the pickled Kushi oysters, and warmth in the Casa Dragones Joven. Elena Reygadas founded the Rosetta Restaurant in 2010 in Mexico City and she was awarded the Veuve Cliquot award for Latin America's Best Female Chef in 2014.


A trip to the top of Denmark is recommendable. You can enjoy a relaxing holiday at our hotel and holiday centre Skagen Strand while your tour in the area.
You will without a doubt enjoy a visit to Skagen. Skagen is the most northern town of Denmark, situated on the east coast of the Skagen Odde peninsula. Skagen is known for its painters and special light and color, but for generations Skagen's economy has been based on its fishing industry. Today tourism is the town's main industry.
Allready in the middle ages Skagen started as a fishing village. Skagen was known for its herring. Towards the end of the 19th century the impressionist started coming to Skagen - today known as the Skagen Painters. In 1890 a narrow-gauged railway opened and in 1907 the port of Skagen opened. That meant easier connection to the rest of Denmark and then tourism began.


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Q: How to insert into a protobuf map in c++? For the following Maps unable to insert into the Map
map<string, double> doubleProps = 4;
map<string, int32> intProps = 5;
map<string,string> stringProps=6;

Here are the following which I have tried , but its not working
doubleProps["key"]="value" //doesn't work
*(doubleProps["key"]).insert("value") //doesn't work
doubleProps.insert("key","value")

A: This is the way to insert into a map in protobuf object in c++
(*mutable_stringprops())["key"]=value

https://developers.google.com/protocol-buffers/docs/reference/cpp-generated#map-fields


Home | Resources | Human Time or Screen Time? Which helps our children with ASD learn communication skills?
Over the years many people have asked us about computer games that are good for teaching social skills. Even today, I'm still not sure how to answer this question. Like many parents and other professionals in my field, I'm aware that our students' attention is much more captivated by the high-interest designs and images that appear on a screen (after all, they're designed to capture attention). But at the same time I keep wondering: these are kids with social communication and social interaction challenges. It just seems a reach to offer them learning options that are one step removed from the very social situations they struggle within. Do we do our students justice when we give them – even encourage them - to relate to virtual images or characters in the supposedly same manner and mode that they relate to humans in face-to-face interaction? Or is there meaningful real-world place for teaching social interaction via the screen?
"Are Children with Autism More Responsive to Animated Characters? A Study of Interactions with Humans and Human Controlled Avatars" by Carter, Williams, Hodgins & Lehman.
While the research was limited in sample size (12 children with autism ages 4-8 who had emerging to solid language skills), their data results are intriguing and may continue to encourage us to explore ways in which we develop treatment options and delivery pathways for our children and their families.
The study sought to compare the responsiveness of children with autism to computer-generated or animated characters versus their responsiveness to humans. Researchers provided a relational script to students with ASD and tracked whether students elicited similar or different verbal and gestural responses to the script.
Each of the four modes was structured to encourage the students to elicit the same number of verbal and gestural responses from each of the students.
The trained therapist was a newcomer to the children. All of the children were familiar with the cartoon videos used and each had been in speech therapy and/or ABA treatment at the time of the study.
The first question the researchers explored related to how attentive the children were in each of the four different modes. The researchers acknowledged that it has been stated in many journal articles and elsewhere that people believe students with ASD prefer to attend and relate to non-human characters.
Question 1: Are children with ASD more attentive to non-human characters?
Results showed that attention was the same across the four modes. There was no difference in students' abilities to attend across the four conditions. This suggests that animation does not necessarily increase a child with autism's ability to attend to information. This is important to note as it means the results outlined below were not due to differing levels of social attention to the human versus the avatar or the cartoon characters.
Question 2. Which of the four interactive modes solicited the most verbal and gestural responses from each child?
Results: An experienced human (therapist) elicited superior rate of responses on gestural and verbal measures when compared to the human-controlled interactive avatar and the human actor.
When comparing the interactive avatar to the human actor, they found that the interactive avatar elicited more responses.
The poorest response by the children in the study was to the cartoon characters.
The article is an interesting read for parents and professionals who wrestle with understanding the most efficient and satisfying/motivating ways to help our children develop social language and relationship skills.
When using any mode of engagement (human, avatar, or cartoon) an important component is being able to encourage a response, wait for actual responses from the child, and then modify or adapt further interactions based on how a child responds.
In summary, as our children have more time and opportunities to learn through technology and programs provided on computer, tablet, or cell phone screens, be aware that this may not be providing them with more opportunities to learn communication skills!
Carter, EJ., Williams, DL., Hodgins, JK. & Lehman, JF. (2014). Are children with autism more responsive to animated characters? A study of interactions with humans and human controlled avatars. Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders. Volume 44, pages 2475-2485.
Disney Pixar's Inside Out gave creative attention to the feelings inside all of us. However, Riley, the protagonist, did a poor job of communicating and regulating her feelings – which led to trouble. To learn from Riley's mistakes, here are five lessons for teaching kids to identify, communicate, and regulate their feelings.


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Study Suggests Non-Invasive Stereotactic Body Radiation Therapy Is Feasible For Treating Large Non-Small Cell Lung Cancer Tumors | Varian
Study Suggests Non-Invasive Stereotactic Body Radiation Therapy Is Feasible For Treating Large Non-Small Cell Lung Cancer Tumors
PALO ALTO, Calif., Aug. 18, 2015 /PRNewswire/ -- Non-invasive stereotactic body radiation therapy (SBRT), which precisely delivers a high-dose beam of radiation to target tumors while minimizing dose to the surrounding healthy tissue, is effective and well-tolerated by patients with inoperable non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC) tumors that are larger than 5 cm but had not spread from the lung to the lymph nodes or outside of the chest (i.e. "early stage" or "node negative"), according to a study published in the International Journal of Radiation Oncology Biology Physics.1
The study involved the use of SBRT for the treatment of frail patients with large inoperable lung tumors and without lymph node involvement. SBRT, which makes it possible to complete treatments in fewer sessions than conventional radiation therapy, has not typically been used to treat large tumors. Results from SBRT were compared with literature on outcomes from conventional lung surgery. The research suggests that non-invasive SBRT may be a viable treatment alternative to conventional surgery for some patients with larger lung tumors.
"Our study shows that lung SBRT can be used to safely treat localized node-negative inoperable NSCLC tumors larger than 5 cm, with low rates of recurrence at the primary tumor site and with minimal side effects," said Gregory M. M. Videtic, MD, CM, FRCP, from the Department of Radiation Oncology at the Cleveland Clinic Taussig Cancer Institute, and professor of medicine at the Cleveland Clinic Lerner College of Medicine of Case Western Reserve University.
Prior to the emergence of lung SBRT, frail medically compromised patients with node-negative inoperable NSCLC were often treated with external beam radiation therapy which delivers lower doses over a higher number of treatment sessions. However, these patients often experienced a high rate of disease recurrence along with significant side effects. Lung SBRT has become routine for treating small NSCLC tumors, typically less than 3 cm, because of its high rate of local control and limited toxicity. The research by Dr. Videtic and his colleagues is one of the few studies on the use of lung SBRT in larger tumors.
In their retrospective study, Dr. Videtic and his team evaluated the outcomes of 40 patients with node-negative medically inoperable NSCLC whose primary tumors were greater than 5 cm and who were treated with SBRT between December 2003 and June 2014.
The study reviewed patients' outcomes at 18 months after treatment. Local control, which means there was no evidence of disease at the original tumor site, was achieved in 91.2 percent of the cases. The percentage of patients who experienced distant failure where cancer had spread to other parts of the body was 32.5 percent. When these results were compared to published surgical studies, lung SBRT appeared to have similar rates of local control and similar rates of distant failure.
Disease-free survival in patients who had no lung cancer present at 18 months after treatment was 34.6 percent. The overall survival rate at 18 months, including disease-free patients and those who still had evidence of lung cancer, was 59.7 percent. "The overall survival rates are lower in medically inoperable patients receiving lung SBRT compared to operable surgical patients," said Dr. Videtic. "However, the lower survival rate in medically inoperable patients may be due to the presence of other non-cancer related conditions, such as chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, commonly found in inoperable patients."
The percentage of SBRT patients who were free of side effects was 70.5 percent. Side effects observed from SBRT included mild chest wall pain and modest inflammation in lung tissue. In two severe cases, patients experienced excessive fluid build-up in the lung and a lung collapse due to inflammation that blocked the airways.
The research team concluded: "Lung SBRT for medically inoperable node negative NSCLC tumors larger than 5 cm provides excellent local control with limited toxicity. With appropriate patient selection, SBRT is safe and efficacious for larger tumors."
"While this is a retrospective study that included only a fairly small number of patients who were followed for less than two years, the results look promising and certainly warrant additional investigation," said Dee Khuntia, Varian's vice president for medical affairs.
1Woody, NM, et al. Stereotactic body radiation therapy for non-small cell lung cancer tumors greater than 5 cm: safety and efficacy. Int J Radiat Oncol Biol Phys. 2015 June 1; 92(2):325-31. doi: 10.1016/j.ijrobp.2015.01.045.
Varian Medical Systems, Inc. (NYSE: VAR), of Palo Alto, California, focuses energy on saving lives by equipping the world with advanced technology for fighting cancer and for X-ray imaging. The company is the world's leading manufacturer of medical devices and software for treating cancer and other medical conditions with radiation. The company provides comprehensive solutions for radiotherapy, radiosurgery, proton therapy and brachytherapy. The company supplies informatics software for managing comprehensive cancer clinics, radiotherapy centers and medical oncology practices. Varian is also a premier supplier of X-ray imaging components, including tubes, digital detectors, and image processing software and workstations for use in medical, scientific, and industrial settings, as well as for security and non-destructive testing. Varian Medical Systems employs approximately 6,900 people who are located at manufacturing sites in North America, Europe, and China and approximately 70 sales and support offices around the world. For more information, visit http://www.varian.com or follow us on Twitter.
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The Knights of Columbus Council 15 showed their support recently with donations to Bread for Life and Southington Community Services.
Bread for life donation, from left, KofC faithful navigator Bill Shatas, BFL executive director Donna Ayer, and KofC grand knight Phil Mazzatti.
Community services donation, Mazzatti, SCS executive director Janet Mellon, and Shatas.


(RSF/IFEX) - In a letter to the United Nations special rapporteur on human rights in the former Yugoslavia, Jiri Diensbier, RSF protested the fining of the Beta independent news agency and two of its journalists. The organisation asked him to do everything possible to defend media which are threatened by the Serbian authorities. RSF notably denounced the use of the Law on Information, adopted in October 1998, to silence the independent press.
According to the information collected by RSF, on 18 April 2000, the Beta agency was fined 150,000 dinars (approx. US$12,860, 13,630 euros) in accordance with the Law on Information. The agency's director, Radomir Diklic, and its editor in chief, Ljubica Markovic, were each fined 80,000 dinars (approx. US$6,860, 7,270 euros). Yugoslav Information Minister Goran Matic had filed a complaint against Beta after the agency had stated that he was the owner of a radio station in Sremska Mitrovica (70 km west of Belgrade). Beta was also sentenced for having published the question "who killed Slavko Curuvija?" in a dispatch adressed to the minister by anti-establishment students with the organisation Otpor ("Resistance") in Sremska Mitrovica. Curuvija, the editor of an independent newspaper, was killed in front of his residence on 11 April 1999, during the NATO bombing campaign. The case has yet to be solved (see IFEX alerts of 17 April and 6 January 2000, 29 and 22 December, 23, 19, 13 and 12 April 1999 and others).
RSF recalls that anti-establishment media continue to be hit with fines on a regular basis, as part of the Serbian authorities' efforts to control information. To this day, the total amount of fines against independent and opposition media is around 25 million dinars (approx. US$2.1 million, 2.3 million euros). Belgrade's Studio B television station and the independent weekly "Vreme" were notably hit with fines of 450,000 and 350,000 dinars (approx. US$38,500 and 30,000, 40,500 et 32,000 euros), respectively, on 10 and 11 April (see IFEX alerts of 14 and 11 April 2000).
The report points out that the blind spot of the Serbian media system are informal alliances of ruling political forces and big industrial and commercial businesses which are allowed to infiltrate the media in a non-transparent way and fulfill through them the common interests of the state and the businesses.
Prime Minister Aleksandar Vučić and allied media outlets, particularly the Informer tabloid, continued a campaign to portray investigative and critical media as foreign-backed propagandists.
In June 2015, a trial opened against four former state security officials accused of the 1999 murder of investigative journalist Slavko Ćuruvija.
This book is an attempt to address obstacles to a democratic development of media systems in the countries of South East Europe by mapping patterns of corrupt relations and practices in media policy development, media ownership and financing, public service broadcasting, and journalism as a profession.
Decade-long efforts to promote media reforms in Serbia have foundered. This report describes the mechanisms of a growing "soft censorship" that denies Serbia's citizens their right to a free and independent media and offers recommendations that can help dismantle these insidious practices.
Incidents of verbal and physical harassment of journalists were some of the human rights abuses recorded by Human Rights Watch in Serbia in 2012.


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In mathematics, Nesbitt's inequality states that for positive real numbers a, b and c,

It is an elementary special case (N = 3) of the difficult and much studied Shapiro inequality, and was published at least 50 years earlier.

There is no corresponding upper bound as any of the 3 fractions in the inequality can be made arbitrarily large.

Proof

First proof: AM-HM inequality
By the AM-HM inequality on ,

Clearing denominators yields

from which we obtain

by expanding the product and collecting like denominators.  This then simplifies directly to the final result.

Second proof: Rearrangement
Suppose , we have that

define

The scalar product of the two sequences is maximum because of the rearrangement inequality if they are arranged the same way, call  and  the vector  shifted by one and by two, we have:

Addition yields our desired Nesbitt's inequality.

Third proof: Sum of Squares
The following identity is true for all

This clearly proves that the left side is no less than  for positive a, b and c.

Note: every rational inequality can be demonstrated by transforming it to the appropriate sum-of-squares identity, see Hilbert's seventeenth problem.

Fourth proof: Cauchy–Schwarz
Invoking the Cauchy–Schwarz inequality on the vectors  yields

which can be transformed into the final result as we did in the AM-HM proof.

Fifth proof: AM-GM
Let .  We then apply the AM-GM inequality to obtain the following

because

Substituting out the  in favor of  yields

which then simplifies to the final result.

Sixth proof: Titu's lemma
Titu's lemma, a direct consequence of the Cauchy–Schwarz inequality, states that for any sequence of  real numbers  and any sequence of  positive numbers , .

We use the lemma on  and . This gives,

This results in,
     i.e.,

Seventh proof:  Using homogeneity
As the left side of the inequality is homogeneous, we may assume .  Now define , , and .  The desired inequality turns into , or, equivalently, .  This is clearly true by Titu's Lemma.

Eighth proof: Jensen inequality
Define  and consider the function . This function can be shown to be convex in  and, invoking Jensen inequality, we get

A straightforward computation yields

Ninth proof: Reduction to a two-variable inequality
By clearing denominators,

It now suffices to prove that  for , as summing this three times for  and  completes the proof.

As  we are done.

References

 Ion Ionescu, Romanian Mathematical Gazette, Volume XXXII (September 15, 1926 - August 15, 1927), page 120

External links
 See AoPS for more proofs of this inequality.

Inequalities

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Q: How to obtain accurate latitude and longitude of user machine based on IP address In my PHP based application i would like to capture the location of user machine when user logs in to the webapp based on IP address.
I followed this method:
$url = "http://freegeoip.net/json/$ip";
$ch = curl_init();

curl_setopt($ch, CURLOPT_URL, $url);
curl_setopt($ch, CURLOPT_RETURNTRANSFER, 1);
curl_setopt($ch, CURLOPT_CONNECTTIMEOUT, 5);
$data = curl_exec($ch);
curl_close($ch);

i am getting the latitude and longitude values but these are not exact, instead they are absolute. In the response i am getting JSON like this:
{
["ip"]=> string(11) "59.90.210.9"
["country_code"]=> string(2) "IN"
["country_name"]=> string(5) "India"
["region_code"]=> string(0) ""
["region_name"]=> string(0) ""
["city"]=> string(0) ""
["zip_code"]=> string(0) ""
["time_zone"]=> string(12) "Asia/Kolkata"
["latitude"]=> int(20)
["longitude"]=> int(77)
["metro_code"]=> int(0)
}

No city no zip nothing. Is there any better API to get exact things as required? Thanks in advance for any response.

A: There is a whole lot of other services. You might want to look at this:
Longitude and latitude value from IP address

A: You can use MaxMind's GeoIP service / database which has two versions: GeoIP2 and (Legacy) GeoIP. They provide free databases and commercial databases, the latter of which is more accurate. They have a GeoIP2 PHP SDK on Github and Legacy GeoIP is included with PHP.
The MaxMind GeoIP2 Demo Page allows you to input an IP address and get back the following data:

*

*Coordinates (lat/lon)

*Country Code (2 letter country code)

*Domain

*ISP

*Location (city, state, country, continent)

*Metro Code

*Organization

*Postal Code (e.g. zip code)

Links:

*

*MaxMind's GeoIP2 and Legacy GeoIP product page

*GeoIP2 demo page (enter IPs and get results)

*GeoIP2-php SDK on Github

*GeoIP on PHP.net

A: Ricky, you can use IP2Location Geolocation service or database. It comes with two versions: a) commercial and b) LITE. They have a developer page of programming API in many programming languages.
There is an online demo page allows you to get the following data using single IP address:

*

*Location (country, state, city)

*Coordinates (latitude, longitude)

*Elevation

*Postal Codes

*Phone (IDD and area code)

*Domain Name

*ISP Name

*Time Zone

*Connection Speed

*Weather Station (weather station name and code)

*Mobile Carrier (mnc, mcc, brand)

*Usage Type


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Kathie Lee Gifford pays an epic Faith-filled tribute to her late husband not to be missed
August 18, 2015 | Nicole Haas | Print Article
What a wonderful world it would be if we could all be remembered like this.
Show host Kathie Lee Gifford wore a brave face on the Today show Monday as she paid a faith-filled tribute to her late-husband Frank Gifford, who suddenly died on August 9 due to natural causes.
"The Lord giveth and the Lord taketh away," Kathie began on her first day back.
"I want to thank everybody for your love, and your texts and your tweets. Just the outpouring has been extraordinary," she said.
"It's a heck of a way to find out how loved you are. Believe me, my family and I got great strength and comfort from it."
The usually jovial talk show host held back tears as she told the story of her husband's private life, and rags-to-riches success. She shared how Frank grew up in a "very different world" during the depression and knew what it was like to be poor.
Gifford said that as a child, Frank's family would have to eat dog food, and "was grateful to have it."
She shared that Frank's childhood was chronicled in his mother's Bible, where she kept a journal.
Gifford said her husband didn't have an entitled moment in his life and worked hard for everything he had earned.
"He knew what it was like to be hungry," she recalled.
"But it made him so grateful. Honestly he's the most grateful human being I've ever, ever known, and that colored everything he did," she said.
Frank Gifford became a legendary football player and sports commentator, but according to his wife, that's just a small part of his legacy.
Gifford said it was Frank's faith that got his family through the tough times when he was young, and it is what kept him going as an adult.
"He strayed from his faith on occasion but his faith never left him," she said. "His world got smaller as his God got bigger and he'd want you to know that, that he died in complete peace. He knew every sin he committed was forgiven."
She commented on the fact that her husband died suddenly while getting ready to go to church – just the way he would have wanted it.
"I'm grateful that the Lord took him that way, because the only thing that Frank has ever been afraid of his entire life was being a burden to those he loved," she said.
"He never wanted to be hooked up to machines. He never wanted to lose his dignity. I thank the Lord for that, for his grace to us as a family, and I pray his grace to all of you as well."
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Q: Need help understanding why creating a reference to $scope in a directive link function works I'm trying to understand why I need to write my function in a specific way for it to not throw an error. I'm not certain if this is an Angular thing, a Javascript thing, or a combination of both, but would love to get some help understanding this.
I have created a directive that creates a popover when the user selects some text. I'm specifically targeting the mouseup event and I'm setting it up in the directive's link function.
A simplified version of my directive looks like the following:
(function() {
'use strict';

angular.module('myApp')
    .directive('myPopOver', myPopOver);

myPopOver.$inject = [ '$http',
                      '$rootScope',
                      '$compile',
                      '$controller' ];

function myPopOver( $http, $rootScope, $compile, $controller ) {
    return {
        restrict : 'A',
        link     : postLink,
        scope    : {
            popOverController   : '=',
            popOverControllerAs : '=',
            evidenceCollection  : '=',
            popOverTemplateUrl  : '=',
            minStringLength     : '=',
            enablePopOver       : '='
        }
    };

    function postLink( $scope, iElement, iAttrs, controller ) {
        var MIN_LENGTH;

        MIN_LENGTH = $scope.minimumStringLength != null ? $scope.minimumStringLength : 5;

        return iElement.on('mouseup', handleMouseUpEvent);

        function handleMouseUpEvent( event ) {
            var selectedText, meetsLengthRequirements, canDisplayPopOver;

            if ( $scope.enablePopOver === undefined ) {
                canDisplayPopOver = true;
            } else {
                canDisplayPopOver = $scope.enablePopOver;
            }
            selectedText            = window.getSelection();
            meetsLengthRequirements = selectedText.toString().length >= MIN_LENGTH;

            if ( !selectedText.isCollapsed && !activePopOver && meetsLengthRequirements && canDisplayPopOver) {
                return onTextSelect(event, selectedText);
            }
            else {
                return clearPopOver();
            }
        }
    }
})();

This version above works. However, when I initially created the function that would handle the mouseup event, I wrote it as follows:
function handleMouseUpEvent( event ) {
    var selectedText, meetsLengthRequirements;

    if ( $scope.enablePopOver === undefined ) {
        $scope.enablePopOver = true;
    }

    selectedText            = window.getSelection();
    meetsLengthRequirements = selectedText.toString().length >= MIN_LENGTH;

    if ( !selectedText.isCollapsed && !activePopOver && meetsLengthRequirements && $scope.enablePopOver) {
        return onTextSelect(event, selectedText);
    }
    else {
        return clearPopOver();
    }
}

However, this version throws the Angular error:
Expression 'undefined' used with directive 'myPopOver' is non-assignable!

The details for the error can be found here: https://docs.angularjs.org/error/$compile/nonassign
I have the directive working, but not knowing the answer to this question is bothering me and I would love to improve my understanding of Angular and Javascript as well, depending on what ultimately was wrong with my original code.
Thanks for your help!

A: You have defined enablePopOver as a two-ways binding in your directive definition (using '='). However you say in a comment that this property is not always there, which means you cannot define a two-ways binding on something that doesn't exist!
The easiest way to fix that is to always rely on a boolean variable in your html
<div my-pop-over enable-pop-over="isEnabled">

And initialize your scope in the controller with $scope.isEnabled = false

Another way to fix the issue if you really want to handle the case when the attribte is missing but still simulate a two-way binding is to remove this line:
enablePopOver       : '='

And instead watch the attribute directly in the link function (however since the scope is isolated your need to watch over the parent):
if (iAttrs.enablePopOver) {
  $scope.$parent.$watch(iAttrs.enablePopOver, function(enabled) {
    $scope.enablePopOver = enabled;
  });
}

See an example here: http://jsfiddle.net/gxttbpts/1/

There are even more ways to work around it. Using the {{}} notation, $observe the attribute, maybe even use a service, etc etc.


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Яков Гилленшмидт: Гилленшмидт, Яков Фёдорович (1870—1918) — русский военачальник, генерал-лейтенант.
 Гилленшмидт, Яков Яковлевич (1782—1852) — русский генерал, участник Кавказских походов


Russia's President Vladimir Putin speaks at the summit of the Commonwealth of Independent States (CIS) in Minsk, October 10, 2014.
President Vladimir Putin accused US counterpart Barack Obama of a hostile attitude towards Russia, warning against "attempts to blackmail" Moscow.
Speaking ahead of his visit to EU aspirant Serbia on Thursday and key talks with EU leaders on Friday, Putin minced no words, demanding that Washington take Moscow's interests into account.
In some of his most combative comments on US-Russia ties yet, the Kremlin strongman took issue with Obama's speech at the United Nations General Assembly last month, when he listed "Russia's aggression" in eastern Ukraine among top global threats, along with Islamic State jihadists and the Ebola outbreak in western Africa.
"Together with the limits introduced against entire sectors of our economy it is hard to call such approach anything but hostile," Putin told the Serbian daily Politika.
"We are hoping that our partners will understand the recklessness of attempts to blackmail Russia, (and) remember what discord between large nuclear powers can do to strategic stability," Putin said in comments released by the Kremlin late Wednesday.
Putin also accused Washington of meddling in his country's affairs, charging that the United States provoked a crisis in Ukraine and then shifted the blame onto Russia.
"What has been happening since the start of the year is even more dispiriting," Putin said in comments which resonated with Cold War-style rhetoric.
"Washington actively supported the Maidan (protests) and began to blame Russia for provoking a crisis when its proteges in Kiev through their rabid nationalism turned a significant part of Ukraine against it and threw the country into civil war."
Putin, who is set to meet Ukrainian leader Petro Poroshenko in Milan on Friday, called on Kiev to start nationwide dialogue and address the issue of "constitutional makeup" to put the conflict to rest.
"A real opportunity has appeared to halt military confrontation, essentially civil war," he said.
"It is necessary to as soon as possible start genuine internal Ukrainian dialogue with the participation of representatives of all regions, all political forces," Putin said in an apparent reference to Kremlin-backed separatists.
Putin on Sunday called back 17,600 soldiers from the Ukrainian border, in what many interpreted as a gesture aimed at persuading the West to ease punitive sanctions.
Putin reiterated that Moscow was ready to mend fences with Washington but only if its interests are genuinely taken into account.
"We are ready to develop constructive dialogue based on principles of equality and taking each other's interests into account in earnest."
"Our partners should clearly realise that attempts to put pressure on Russia through unilateral illegitimate limiting steps do not bring a resolution (of the Ukraine crisis) closer but only complicate dialogue," he said, referring to the Western sanctions.
Russia is at loggerheads with the West after its annexation of the Crimean peninsula from Ukraine in March and its support for separatist fighters in the former Soviet country's eastern belt.
Kiev and the West have accused the Kremlin of sending regular troops into Ukraine to prop up separatists battling against Kiev authorities. Moscow has denied the claim.
Putin's predecessor at the Kremlin, Dmitry Medvedev spearheaded a "re-set" in ties with Washington but those ties have quickly unravelled since Putin returned to the Kremlin for a third term in 2012.
Russia is now facing its deepest period of international isolation since the end of the Cold War over its stance on Ukraine, with Western sanctions dealing a blow to its already stuttering economy.
Putin reiterated that Western sanctions would backfire, adding that US and EU companies would sustain "reputational damage" because of them.
"At the same time other countries will thoroughly think about just how reasonable it is to entrust their funds to the American banking system and increase dependence on economic cooperation with the United States," he said.
Putin also called on Brussels to give its backing to the controversial South Stream gas pipeline project.
"It is necessary to unblock the situation around the South Stream," he told Politika.
"Everyone would win from this: both Russia and European consumers - including Serbia."
EU member Bulgaria has suspended work on building its section of the multi-billion-euro project following pressure from the EU and the United States.


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Tag - Tobacco Epidemic
Tobacco Epidemic
Tobacco use continues to fall, but still 'long way to go'
The number of tobacco users continues to decrease globally, going from 1.32 billion in 2015 to 1.30 billion last year, the World Health Organization (WHO) said onTuesday. And according to the fourth WHO global tobacco trends report, that number is expected to continue to drop to 1.27 billion by 2025. Sixty countries are now on track to achieving the voluntary global target of a 30% per cent reduction by 2025, an increase from two years ago, when only 32 countries...
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Commit to Quit smoking this World No Tobacco Day
Today on May 31, WHO/Europe celebrates World No Tobacco Day. Under the tagline "Commit to Quit", the aim of this year's campaign is to support 100 million people worldwide in their attempt to give up tobacco through a range of initiatives and digital solutions. This includes Florence – WHO's digital health worker – who helps...
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Planet earth: another victim of the tobacco epidemic
We live in an interconnected world, a fact that has never been as clear as it is now, during the COVID-19 pandemic. There are very few issues that can be considered simply 'health problems', as nearly every aspect of life is connected to other societal, economic and environmental issues. That is why the 2030 Agenda...
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The Epidemic That Kills Over Eight Million People
The Government of Jamaica has drafted a Tobacco Bill, which will be introduced and debated in Parliament in the coming weeks. The bill aims at protecting Jamaicans from the harmful effects of tobacco use and exposure to smoke. We expect a robust discussion from the deliberations of a Joint Select Committee of Parliament and...
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