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Overused Statistic #738: Mental Illness and Violent Victimization
So there's a particular bit of overused truth whose use I want to challenge. Again, it's not that it's not true. AND it's not that we shouldn't be telling people that it's true, BUT it seems to only ever be used in contexts where it doesn't mean what people think it means.
Persons with mental illness are more likely to be victims of violent crime than to be perpetrators of violent crime. This is true.
Persons without mental illness are also more likely to be victims of violent crime than to be perpetrators of violent crime. This is also true.
But wait! How is that possible?
It is possible – and, my two blessed readers, it is actually true – because people who commit violent crimes often commit more than one and against more than one victim over the course of a lifetime. If the average person willing to commit violent crime does so against not only one person but against two, then on average and without victim overlap there are twice as many victims in the population as a whole than there are perpetrators. Given what we know about how domestic violence works, with many persons surviving violent relationships and escaping to new (hopefully healthier) relationships, we can confidently say that abusers get into new violent relationships after old violent relationships end. This doesn't even consider children who might also be victimized.
Even if the only violent criminals who ever victimized two or more different people were child abusers who had multiple children and domestic abusers who start new relationships after the old ones end, we would have more victims in society than violent criminals. But of course muggers and pimps and bar-fighters and mass shooters and serial killers all exist as well and frequently (or even by definition) victimize more than one other person. Of course, we could also consider victim overlap, but as long as victimization rates are below 100% then at least some victims after a perp's first are going to be persons never previously victimized. This can bring the pool of victims down closer to 1:1, but in the case of crimes of the nature of child abuse and domestic violence, it will never reach 1:1, much less a state where there are more perps than victims. This is important because while certain crimes (e.g. a gang attack on an isolated individual) can have a nature that creates more perps than victims, the most common violent crimes in our society are adult assaults against children or adult assaults against a domestic partner (including, but not limited to, a spouse). This disparity in types of violent crimes guarantees that we will always have more victims than perps in society generally and in every large demographic group.
So when someone says, "People with mental illness are more likely to be victims than perpetrators," they are saying something so duh, obvious! as to be completely meaningless. It's not that this statement is wrong, but if you're relying on this statement to, for instance, tell people that they shouldn't be blaming violence on the mentally ill (which is very often when this bit of truth is deployed) then any reasonable person will immediately discount your argument.
After all, this is what people are saying:
There are more victims among the mentally ill than perpetrators among the mentally ill.
One should not blame the victim (this is, often, silently implied rather than stated but is necessary to the argument)
Therefore one should not blame the mentally ill.
However, what if statistics showed that every single person who commits violent crime is mentally ill? What if, simultaneously, those mentally ill perps each have an average of 4 victims, 2 mentally ill and 2 not? Since the population of non-mentally ill persons is larger than the population of mentally ill persons, we can then conclude that:
The mentally ill are far more likely to be victims than perps
The mentally ill are far more likely to be victimized than the non-mentally ill are to be victimized. In other words, the mentally ill suffer overwhelmingly disproportionate effects of societal violence.
There is no public policy at reducing violence among the non-mentally ill that could ever have any positive effect, since all perps are mentally ill.
All prevention measures should assume that any perp is mentally ill (since they all are).
Reasonable prevention measures could be aimed at reducing mentally ill persons' access to weapons.
It is neither irrational nor stereotyping to portray perps as mentally ill without investigating the specific background of any specific perp.
It thus drives me crazy to see writers deploy, "the mentally ill are far more likely to be victims than perps" and "the mentally ill are far more likely to be victimized than the non-mentally ill" (numbers 1 & 2 above) to counter messages like 3-6. Without a showing that non-mentally ill people commit violence statements 1 & 2 are entirely consistent with the unjust bullshit of statements 3-6. We need to counter 3-6 because they are wrong. They are unjust bullshit. But neither statement 1 nor statement 2 does anything at all to prove that 3-6 are unjust bullshit.
It was Wonkette writer Stephen Robinson (whom I generally respect) that set off this particular incarnation of this rant, when in concluding an article about Dana Loesch's most recent craptastic media appearances, he wrote this:
Mentally ill people are more likely to be victims of violence than perpetrators. Loesch and the gun-obsessed are looking for scapegoats. They won't accept the simple solution, which is restricting access to guns. Literally locking up the "weird kid" in school isn't going to prevent gun violence. It's also a far greater infringement on civil liberties than flat out getting rid of guns. Besides which — and you never ever ever saw this coming — the NRA has been fighting "red flag laws," which temporarily remove guns from people who may be a threat to themselves or others, for as long as it has been arguing the real problem is crazy people.
But how do we know that locking up the weird kid isn't going to prevent gun violence?
We know that not because mentally ill people – like every large demographic group – contains more victims than perpetrators. We know it because extensive research shows that persons with nearly any diagnosed mental illness are about as likely to commit violence as anyone from the general public when not under treatment and less likely to commit violence than anyone from the general public while under treatment.
The only exceptions are one large category, persons with an addiction to an intoxicant, and a couple categories that are much smaller than most expect. Even narrow categories such as "schizophrenic persons" are not, on average, more violent than the general public. Rather, there is a small subset of delusional persons where two different types of delusions co-occur that are found to have increased rates of violence. The types of delusions are persecutory delusions (someone is out to get me/ people I care about/ the whole world) and grandiose delusions (I can accomplish things no other person can). Typically these do not co-occur. "I'm the greatest painter ever!" doesn't usually co-occur with, "and the Nixon family is secretly paying art collectors not to buy my work." There are many people who are delusionally full of themselves, some of those even to the point of mental illness. This does not in any way indicate that it's likely that they also feel persecuted, especially when they are not persecuted and are deluded about the existence of that persecution. There are a few different disorders characterized by delusions, and I'm not expert in psychology generally much less any of those particular disorders, but as far as I know any of them has the possibility of manifesting both grandiose and persecutory delusions. Until someone does manifest both types, however, research has shown that they are no more likely than the general public to commit violence – and less likely while under treatment.
This "less likely while under treatment" bit is really quite important. Why? Because we often look for treatment as a red flag, but it is apparently just the opposite, a green one if you will.
In the meantime, someone will inevitably bring up personality disorders. There is some disagreement about whether or not personality disorders are mental illnesses, but historically there was a distinction made and for a very important reason. Personality in psychology is simply the sum of your observable tendencies in choice making. Personality disorders are diagnosed from your tendencies in choice making. Personality disorders that show increased rates of violence all have acts of violence as an example of a particular type of flawed choice making used to diagnose the personality disorder.
In other words, personality disorders don't result in violence. We simply call choosing to commit violence an example of bad choice-making and use it as the basis for a concept we call a personality disorder. The violence is thus the cause, not the effect.
It is only this set of facts, not the rather banal and universal truth that the mentally ill, like all other large demographics, are more victims than perpetrators, that allows us to rationally say that focussing on the violence committed by the mentally ill wastes effort and produces injustice.
So the next time people are talking about who commits violence and does so by blaming the mentally ill, don't change the subject to who is victimized unless and until you've corrected the record about who actually commits the violence. The disproportionate victimization of the mentally ill is both true and important for public policy to address, but if we only discuss that, then we effectively leave unaddressed a lie.
Mentally healthy people commit the vast majority of violence, and mentally ill people who access treatment are actually less likely to commit violence than any random neighbor on any random street. Before we start mentioning who is victimized, let's mention that: because if we ever managed to shift violence so that it no longer disproportionately targets the mentally ill, every single act of violence would remain unacceptable.
The focus should always first fall on who is committing the violence and why, or people are going to continue to believe that folks with mental illness are dangerous, however much we are also victims.
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Pierce R. Butler says
"Mentally ill" – a category including the dangerous, the socially neutral, and the vulnerable.
Rather like "Floridian", except we probably constitute more of a menace, taken in toto.
We have an over-/false- generalization problem: a mental error with unhealthy consequences, though not a "mental health" issue as such, somehow.
Mentally healthy people commit the vast majority of violence…
Lots of redefinition seems called for here.
ridana says
This disparity in types of violent crimes guarantees that we will always have more perps than victims…
I can be pretty dense, but isn't this backwards? It seems to run counter to everything you said preceding it in the paragraph.
@ridana:
Right you are! Going in to edit right now!
EnlightenmentLiberal says
To Crip in OP.
Thanks. Well said. Remember kids – statistics is hard.

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When you're holding a performance, it's a bit rude to laugh at the performer, even if it is a 2-year-old singing a 'Frozen' song. But you have to admit, their reaction is funny all the same and when you can't stop laughing, they get angrier and get even funnier.
gracm8 shows the internet the cute, adorable anger of a two-year-old.


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Four Scots set to earn Excel Award from The Sports Page
On Saturday, May 18 The Sports Page, a local radio show honoring the best in local sports, will announce their Excel Award winners for 2018-19 for the local high school and college student-athletes in Blount County. They have named Pepe Fernandez and Leah Kelley as their Maryville College Coaches of the Year while Elijah Chenier will be honored as the male athlete of the year and Kaylyn Smith will receive the female athlete of the year for the Fighting Scots.
Katlyn Smith-Softball
Maryville College's Katlyn Smith continues to stack onto her awards list, as the sophomore hurler is named the 2019 Excel Maryville College Player of the Year after leading the Scots to a pair of back-to-back historic seasons.
Smith – a Loganville, Ga. native – has led the Scots to two-consecutive USA South Athletic Conference Regular Season and Conference Tournament Championships in 2018 and 2019. The right-handed pitcher has put the Scots into the NCAA Tournament – also for the second season in a row – as it ranks the first time in school history for softball to reach The Dance in consecutive years.
Smith was named the USA South Pitcher of the Year this season, following a Rookie Pitcher of the Year nod last year. This season, Smith had a staggering ERA of 1.55, while striking out 200 total batters. She tallied a 22-5 record while pitching 23 complete games. Smith allowed just 37 earned runs in 29 appearances while pitching 147.2 innings this year.
"She's doing this as an underclassman," Head Coach Leah Kelley said. "I think that's what a lot of people forget. She's only been here for two years, and she has a 1.7 ERA with over 300 strikeouts. That is just so impressive."
In her two-year career, Smith has amassed a record of 39-8 overall, while tossing 37 complete-game efforts. She's given up just 74 earned runs over 301.2 innings while amassing an ERA of 1.72. The sophomore has 323 total strikeouts in her storied career, averaging 7.51 strikeouts per seven innings.
Elijah Chenier-Football
Maryville College senior running back Elijah Chenier earns the 2019 Excel Maryville College Player of the Year Award, as he broke the Scots' career rushing yardage record during his final campaign.
Chenier – a Baytown, Texas native – rushed for 942 yards this season to help lead the Scots to their fourth USA South Athletic Conference Championship bid and the program's second trip to the NCAA Tournament. Averaging 6.1 yards per carry during 2018, the back broke the Maryville College record of 3,243 yards. He finished his Orange and Garnet tenure with 3,299 total yards, joining Rommel Hightower as the only 3,000-yard rushers in school history.
Chenier also holds the Maryville College single-season rushing record, breaking the mark during his sophomore campaign. He rushed for 1,281 yards, averaging 7.3 yards per carry to break Travis Felder's mark of 1,269 yards during 2013.
Head Coach Shaun Hayes said Chenier was a dense back – a leg-drive guy that's going to lower the pads, double wrap the football and drive his feet for yardage.
"The thing that Chenier has is that when people do hit him, his stiff arm was always something special," Hayes said. "I've seen him just shuck guys off."
During his four-year career, Chenier amassed 6.4 yards per carry. He scored 24 touchdowns during that time on 513 career carries. He's led the Scots to a 28-12 record in his career while going 21-7 in USA South play. This season, Chenier led the Scots to their first-ever unblemished mark in conference play, going 7-0.
Leah Kelley-Softball
Maryville College Head Softball Coach Leah Kelley earns the 2019 Excel Maryville College Coach of the Year Award for guiding the softball program to back-to-back USA South regular season and tournament championships while earning the program's second-consecutive bid to the NCAA post-season tournament.
While developing five All-USA South performers, Coach Kelley led the softball program to a 29-11 overall mark while going 15-1 in USA South regular season action. Her Scots claimed their second consecutive USA South regular-season title before earning their second USA South tournament crown. Her guidance helped secure the program's fourth bid to the NCAA post-season tournament.
With six dynamic seniors like J.D. Davis award winner Alexus Murray combined with a pair of sophomore sensations in Katlyn Smith and Taylor Campbell, Kelley developed a cohesive group that has set the foundation and standards for future generations of Scots softball players to emulate.
During the 2018-2019 season, Coach Kelley eclipsed the 100-career coaching victory mark. In five seasons on the softball diamond, Leah has amassed a 121-86 overall record winning 58% of all challenges while going 59-35 in the tough USA South Athletic Conference winning 63% of all league matchups.
Pepe Fernandez- Soccer
Maryville College Head Soccer Coach Pepe Fernandez earns the 2019 Excel Maryville College Coach of the Year Award for guiding a pair of programs toward outstanding results this past fall.
While developing prolific scorers, iron-clad defenses, the conference's best goalkeeper, and Academic All-Americans, Coach Fernandez led to men's program to a 14-4-1 overall mark while going 10-2 in USA South regular season action. His Scots claimed their third consecutive USA South regular-season title before earning their second USA South tournament crown. His guidance helped secure the program's fifth bid to the NCAA post-season tournament.
With the assistance of a top-notch coaching staff consisting of Jon Baker, John LaCava, and Hemant Sharma, Coach Fernandez also directed the women's program to a 13-6 overall mark while going a perfect 8-0 in regular season league action. After claiming the program's fourth USA South regular-season title, MC fell in the league tournament finals by a single goal.
During the 2018-2019 season, Coach Fernandez eclipsed the 700-career coaching victory mark. In 30 seasons with the men, Pepe is 376-155-37 while leading the women for 28 campaigns with a 349-145-37 mark. Collectively, Coach Fernandez has earned a 725-300-74 career coaching record at Maryville College.


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We're upgrading the old Lewmar and Merriman-Holman winches on Beausoleil. I got a quote for some new Harken Radial winches at a good price, but the Admiral doesn't like the look of the chrome version - she thinks the wide black base is ugly, especially on our Formosa. So I was looking at Lewmar EVO and Hutton-Arco in chromed bronze and Andersen in stainless. Believe it or not, the Hutton are far lower in price - especially since they'll ship free to the US if the order's over $3000US.
Any opinions on the quality of Huttons vs the new Lewmar EVO's or Harken Radials? Andersens, as good as they are, seem to be the priciest of the bunch.
I don't claim to be an expert, but do own/have owned LEwmar, Barient, Barlow, Gibb and Hutton (Arco) winches.
Recently had to replace a halyard winch which was an Arco (Hutton) 40ST. The old one was a mediocre performer IMO, with a lousy self-tailing mechanism. It also had only plain bearings on the small gear shafts, not needle or roller bearings as ALL the others had. I queried Mr Hutton about this, and he made the claim that in that application the plain bearings were better. I found this hard to swallow, but then he made me a really good price to exchange my old winch for a brand new "improved" 40ST. Such a good price that I went for it... and IMO the new one, while it does have a much better self-tailer, is still a mediocre performer. My subjective feeling is that there is greater internal friction than in my other deck winches (older Barients). Repeat: this is subjective and has no quantitative data to back it up. YMMV.
I got a quote for some new Harken Radial winches at a good price, but the Admiral doesn't like the look of the chrome version - she thinks the wide black base is ugly, especially on our Formosa.
I have to agree with your style guru. The black base may look fine on a snazzy race boat, but it doesn't suit a classic cruiser IMO. Have you priced any of the Harken Classic series? I believe they come in all chrome or stainless.
I'd give another look at Anderson. Now that they've been bought by Ronstan there's little risk of being an orphan. Discounts (e.g. better distribution) may get better too under Ronstan ownership.
To my eye, the stainless looks better than chrome on a classic (unless the chrome was just shined by someone with far more patience than me) and it looks great with no virtually no effort.
A few years ago Practical Sailor did a review on winches. If I remember correctly they rated Anderson as the easiest to maintain and the most efficient (e.g. pounds of input to pounds of pull) for a given gear ratio. The self tailer works better than any other brand I've had but it does have a fairly narrow range of line sizes (something tells me that this may have changed in the last five years).
Er, - if I had 54 electrics, I wouldn't be replacing them!
servicing will be important. Some are really simple, others are real PITAs.
Heres a choice of vids that may help you with your decision.
Frankly however, i dont think colour should be as important as the quality of the winch. When the pretty winch jams in a storm you wont care what colour it is.
Tell that to the Admiral - I already lost that battle.
I don't think the Anderson winches are cut out for cruising. You can't skip maintenance on an Anderson the way you can with other winches.
You might want to check out Antal as another option. I added two Antals to handle the spinnaker sheets, and they seem pretty bombproof. Pay close attention to the ratios, however, because many of their two-speeds are direct drive on the fast speed.
We've been very happy with our Arco/Hutton winches. But ours are larger. Have you looked at LVJ?
I love my Andersons...I'm not sure about the maintenance as I haven't performed any in the last 3 years....but then I'm not a cruiser!
I can tell you that they have what looks like ceramic ball bearings.
Andersens are about as easy to take apart as they come...And they have as little moving parts as is possible. Oner small word of caution, buying harware, based on looks, is a recipe for disaster..
Are you a Harken rep????
huh? +1 on Anderson maintenance.
My last (cruising) boat had them and they were the least troublesome and least maintenance hungry winch I've ever had. At the first two year maintenance point, I pulled off the drum and decided the only maintenance needed was a couple of drop of light oil on the pawls. The rest looked and felt perfect.
Other winches will show wear on their chrome or the aluminum drum becomes scored. Inside you often find a galvanically nasty brew of stainless, bronze, and aluminum parts. As I remember, the inside of the Anderson has only stainless and non-metallic parts.
I wish my new (to me) boat had Anderson's.
Hey! The new Selden reversable 2 spd ST winches are very good and with a push of the button on the winch handle it will reverse!


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This tutorial shows how to put together a sound visualizer that I created, during my time in the SparkFun HIR program. The end goal for the project was to have a sound reactive LED belt buckle. To accomplish the task of sound visualization, a Raspberry Pi drives and communicates with a Pixel Board over USB. The Pixel takes input from a microphone (or the SparkFun Sound Detector) and passes it back to a Java application running on the Raspberry Pi. The Java application then processes the sound input values and sends commands to the Pixel to drive the RGB LED panel.
The final project, displaying a quick Pac-Man demo.
Here is a list of SparkFun parts used in this project, if you would like to follow along.
Also used in this project is the Pixel Board, which is used to control LED matrices. More info on this product can be found here.
The Raspberry Pi needs a serial connection to the Pixel. A male to male USB cable is needed for this connection.
Often the Raspberry Pi is powered from wall Adapter Power Supplies. However, for this project, I wanted the entire setup to be mobile/wearable. Thus, LiPo batteries were used to power the Raspberry Pi and the Pixel Board in conjunction with some boost circuitry. You could also use a beefy battery pack, such as this one, to power this project on the go.
If you're new to Raspberry Pi, SparkFun has a Getting Started with Rasbian Guide. There is also plenty of great info to setup your Raspberry Pi on the Raspberry Pi Website . Come on back once you have your Pi booting into Rasbian.
The Pixel board has several ports for attaching input sensors or output components. This project uses the SparkFun microphone or the SparkFun Sound Detector. The Pixel board uses Grove ports, while the SparkFun breakouts do not, so the port housing needs to be removed to attach the microphone. A pair of needle nose pliers can be used to gently remove the port housing.
Using some female to female jumper wires, cut one in half, and solder the bare end directly to the microphone (or Sound Detector). You can also use hookup wire if you do not wish to cut your jumper wires. Then use the female end to connect to header pins on the Pixel board. E6000, or any other adhesive you have around, can be used to better secure the female jumper wire to the Pixel board.
Gently pull on the sides of the port housing until it comes off the board.
Although the physical port location differs between the V1 and V2 Pixel boards, the SparkFun Sound Detector (or other microphone) is connected to the pin labeled 31 for both versions. Ground is connected to ground, and Vcc is connected to the power pin.
Here is the SparkFun Sound Detector attached to the Pixel board.
If you are using V2 of the Pixel Board, your setup will look different. For the V2 Pixel board, the microphone port is the middle one of the 5 ports. The following image shows the SparkFun Mic Breakout attached to this port on the Pixel V2.
This project powers the Pixel with a PowerBoost 1000 and a LiPo Battery. You could also use a rechargeable battery pack for this. The Pixel connects to the PowerBoost with a USB to barrel jack, as seen in the next photo.
Here is the project with all electronic components connected.
Before executing the Sound Visualizer code, we need to make sure a few dependencies are installed first.
Again, make sure that you are using the most up to date version of Rasbian and not a different flavor of the Raspberry Pi OS. We cannot guarantee this will work on other distributions of the Pi OS. The Raspberry Pi foundation has great guides to get Raspbian installed on the Raspberry Pi, should you still need to do that.
The latest version of Raspbian comes with a Java 7 virtual machine (JVM). If you have an older version of Raspbian installed, then update and install Java.
Now we will discuss how to execute the Sound Visualizer file.
The SSH program allows you to login to the Raspberry Pi.
Heads up! Make sure you replace this IP address with the correct IP address or hostname of your Raspberry Pi.
The application has several modes. The sound visualization mode is controlled by a drop down menu on the Web interface.
Again, replace the IP address above with the actual IP or hostname of the Raspberry Pi.
Here is a video of the project in action.
If you'd like to explore more information about this project or remix it and implement it yourself, here are some helpful resources and tips for going further with this project.
Having the application run at boot makes for a huge convenience. It avoids having to SSH into the Raspberry Pi to start the app if/when it re-boots. Install an init.d script to have the application start at every reboot.
The source code is available on Github Clone both repositories below.
The main application is in this repository.
The Pixel APIs are in this repository.
Netbeans is the preferred IDE for PIXEL development. Open the subproject named 'sound-visualizer' from the directory where you cloned the main Github project. Open the 'pixel-commons' project from the directory where you cloned the Pixel APIs.
The classes that do the sound visualizations are in the org.onebeartoe.pixel.sound.meter package, in the pixel-commons project.
Make any changes you would like to see.
Compile and run the app with the F6 key.
Issue the following command to package changes into a new JAR file.
Copy the new 'with-dependencies' JAR file, found under the target/ directory, to the Raspberry Pi. Now, run the app with the new code changes.
Development builds of the software are available from the continuous integration server.
Check out Part 2 of this tutorial to expand this app beyond the Raspberry Pi to a full size PC.


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Allende Prieto
Carlos Allende Prieto
This could be exciting!
Growing up in Northern Spain, Carlos Allende Prieto went to many schools there including the Universities of Oviedo, Santander, and La Laguna. His wife Elena is also from Spain.
When it was finally time to pick a discipline of further study, Carlos says he was drawn to astronomy. He had always enjoyed physics and says he thought that astronomy was "exotic and weird." He said to himself, "This could be exciting!" and now each day at work he finds that intuition to be true.
He moved to Austin to the University of Texas as a W.J. McDonald Postdoctoral Fellow. His research interests include spectral line formation and model atmospheres and the structure and evolution of the Milky Way.
Carlos Allende Prieto Instituto de Astrofısica de Canarias, Tenerife, Spain Ph.D., Physics, University of La Laguna, Spain


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NANCY JANE MEIKLE (published on April 14, 2010)
NANCY JANE MEIKLE Nancy Jane Meikle was born in Moose Jaw, on March 2, 1955 and passed away in Moose Jaw on April 8, 2010. For most of the intervening years, she lived life to the fullest and travelled and worked in many parts of the world. Nancy is predeceased by her father Robert Meikle; her grandparents Matle and Ted Housego and James and Vera Meikle; all of her father's siblings and by her cousins Marilyn Pruysers and Theresa Foster. She is survived by her mother Vivian Meikle and sister Pat Aldred (Malcolm) of Moose Jaw, sister Sandra Nichol (Shane) of Calgary, sister Judy Fredeen (Edward) of Medicine Hat, brother Rob Meikle (Cathy) of Winnipeg; brother Bill and his mother Jane Meikle of Edmonton; uncle Ian Housego (Billie) and aunt Irene Meikle of Vancouver. Auntie Nancy adored her nieces and nephews Brodi (Pam), Riel and Merran (Jesse) Aldred; Aaron (Bryanna, Daniel) Nichol; Michael (Cathy, Logan, Jaxon) Nichol and Tristan, Keisha, Caitlin and Garrett Fredeen. Also left to mourn are many cousins and their families and extended family from many parts of the globe. We happily shared our Nancy with countless friends and families around the world, many of whom she visited with over the past year as she lived with her illness. Nancy studied nursing in both Winnipeg and Victoria, trained as a midwife in Wellington, New Zealand and studied in Townsville, Australia to obtain a master's degree in Public Health and Tropical Medicine. She participated in the health care and human services fields for the majority of her career. She worked at nursing stations in many communities in the far north; volunteered with community development projects in Vietnam, Zimbabwe, Laos, Cambodia; worked as a nurse at the special care baby unit (SCBU) and the emergency department of Nelson Hospital in New Zealand and instructed nursing students both in New Zealand and most recently on behalf of Dalhousie University, in Iqaluit, Nunavut. As a family, our lives have been enriched by both exciting and daring vicarious experiences and for the opportunities she created for us to join her in many far off destinations. We also had the privilege to expand our own circles of friends. We enjoyed the company, and often the hospitality, of her myriad of friends - while visiting in their countries or, as we happily extended hospitality on her behalf when she would direct friends to stay with her family if they happened to be visiting Canada. Many thanks to Dr. Geyer, the staff of the Union Hospital in Moose Jaw, Home Care staff, the Allan Blair Cancer Centre in Regina and the Nelson (New Zealand) Hospital for your care and concern during Nancy's recent illness. A gathering to celebrate Nancy's life will be held at St. Andrew's United Church on Friday, April 16, 2010 at 2:30 p.m. Her cousin Gail Clark will preside. Flowers are graciously declined by the family, however for those who may wish to make a donation to a charity in remembrance of Nancy, please consider the Canadian Cancer Society or Save the Children (Canada or New Zealand branches). As her uncle Ian Housego so eloquently wrote she was a beautiful human being given over to helping others through their trials and tribulations and also through their happy times. She was admired, respected and loved by people far and wide . In living memory of Nancy, a tree will be planted in Besant Park by W. J. Jones Son Funeral Home, Moose Jaw, toll free 1-877-693-4644 . Please sign the memorial register at website: www.wjjonesandson.com (Obituaries).


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All dogs can be traced back 40 million years ago to a weasel-like animal
called the Miacis which dwelled in trees and dens. The Miacis later evolved
into the Tomarctus, a direct forbear of the genus Canis, which includes the
wolf and jackal as well as the dog.
1. What's the more common name for Naupathia ?
(Hint; Admiral Neslon would certainly know...)
2. What is the commonly used number of tiles in a game of Mahjong?
a. - 100
b. - 144
c. - 196
d. - 200
3. " Seventy six trombones led the big parade", with how many of what
instrument close at hand ??
4. Who created the game shows "Jeopardy!" and "Wheel of Fortune"?
(Hint; Talk Show Host...)
5. In what city is the United States Air Force Academy located ?
6. What sort of critter is pictured on the National Flag of Wales ?
(Bonus; what color is the critter ?)
7. In 1957, in a movie, Frank Sinatra sang about an ant that moved a Rubber
Tree plant...
Name the Song...
(Bonus; Name the Movie ...)
8. What was the name of Taiwan, before the change ?
Helium is the only chemical element that was discovered outside the Earth
before being discovered on Earth.
1. Seasickness
3. a Hundred & Ten Cornets
4. Merv Griffin
5. Colorado Springs
6. Dragon (Red)
7. 'High Hopes" ('A Hole in the Head')
8.Formosa
before being discovered on Earth. Pierre Janssen, a French astronomer,
spotted it in the spectral analysis of a solar eclipse in 1866; the first
discovery on Earth was in 1903 in a natural gas field. It can make a balloon
inflate and float because it is lighter than the gases in air.
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Angel City THC is a fairly new brand, having recently launched in SoCal, Bay Area, Sacramento, and San Diego. They originated in Colorado, in partnership with Golden Barn CO2 extractions. Golden Barn acquired their own extraction equipment and has put in work over the years developing their extraction process. Perfecting their extractions has given rise to Angel City THC which brings quality, raw and uncut cannabis concentrates to California market.
Angel City THC currently offers a full range of tasty, terpene rich vape products from fine dab waxes, pre-filled syringes and an awesome line of strain-specific cannabis oil vape cartridges.
Angel City THC is focused on high quality, CO2 extraction and rigorous testing to ensure their final product consistently exceeds consumer expectations. Angel City THC prides themselves on the fact that their cartridges are completely uncut and never will be. Their fine-tuned extractions process allows them to retain as high as 10% terpenes in the oil which is excellent for concentrates and shows through in the taste/flavor of their products.
Through fine tuning of their CO2 extractions, they are able to maintain minimal thermal degradation, preserving excellent terpene profiles. Their oils are then winterized which is a process that involves removing waxes, chlorophyll and other unwanted plant materials, resulting in a more purified oil.
For those with phenotype preference (indca, sativa, hybrid), Angel City THC has made it easy to identify strain types by color coding their vape cartridges: Pink for Indica, Blue for Sativa and Yellow for Hybrid. These colored, metal tips are a nice touch for those out there with tons of vapes sitting out, always mixing them up as often as we do!
The cartridge samples that we tried were delicious! The raw/uncut and terpene rich oils produce clean, natural cannabis flower taste. These carts draw very smooth and light on the inhale, while very tasty and easy on the throat upon exhale. These carts remind us of a previous review we did on raw and uncut style cannabis oils along the likes of Sublime CO2 oils. Both these companies are doing the raw style the right way!
The Angel City THC syringe oil we tried is practically identical to the oil in their vape cartridges. However, the syringes offer added convenience for dabbing as they include metal tips for easy dispensing by injection. This makes it simple and clean to inject directly on to atomizer coils or a hot dabbing nail without the need for a dab tool and avoiding a sticky mess. We enjoyed these Angel City THC syringe oils during our recent review of the V2 PRO combo vape.
Admittedly, it's easy for the ill-informed to make negative assumptions when seeing syringes laying around the house – this can definitely be a bad look. The idea of cannabis pre-filled in syringes is still fairly new to most people. That's why we appreciate these short length syringes versus more traditional syringe designs which can look more sketchy (it's cannabis – we swear!).
Angel City THC offers 750 mg cartridges that retail for around $40 and 1 gram pre-filled syringes for around $50.
Angel City THC also has a sister line, Angel City CBD that offers a full line of fine CBD products including quality CBD tinctures and topicals.
Find top brand cannabis concentrates, vape cartridges and flower through the Nugg delivery network. Nugg connects patients with local dispensaries in California. New members get $20 off their 1st delivery.
Keep up with the latest on Angel City THC and Golden Barn by following them on Instagram @AngelCityThc and @GoldenBarnCO2.


Each week, we've been opening our doors and inviting in some of the country's best musicians. It's been an absolute pleasure, and of course, this week was no different.
Fresh off the release of his second full-length studio album Grand Champion, we invited Western Australian singer-songwriter Peter Bibby into Enmore Audio for a live studio performance of his track Long Baby.
Fresh off the release of his new album Grand Champion, Peter Bibby dropped by Enmore Audio for a live studio performance of his track Long Baby.
"The song we're about to play is called Long Baby… it's a song I wrote maybe three or four years ago when I was up in Darwin, and it's about my girlfriend sleeping a lot more than me," Bibby says of the track.


Forklift scales provide a continuous means of capturing shipment data for internal and regulatory requirements while minimizing production downtime. Don Halbert, Product Manager at Avery Weigh-Tronix, discusses how forklift scale data can contribute to operational efficiency.
Properly managing inventory and billing in material handling and logistics environments often depends upon documenting and weighing freight upon arrival and before shipping. Material handling charges are frequently determined by the weight of the transported load. That makes high-accuracy weighing processes key to optimizing revenue in these applications.
Precise weighing also ensures customers are invoiced for the exact amount of materials purchased or shipped, maintaining a satisfied customer base and improving inventory management. By enhancing productivity and billing accuracy, a reliable scale system can contribute to thousands of dollars in savings each year.
When businesses require weight data to maximize profit, increase efficiencies or meet legislation requirements, they need a continuous means of capturing that data. By providing real-time data, forklift scales can contribute to operational efficiency while minimizing production downtime.
A forklift scale allows integration of weighing and data management—making it possible to lift, weigh, move and record a load in one operation. Specific types of forklift scales provide legal-for-trade weighing of loads up to 16,000 pounds, allowing end users to employ them in applications with large loads while ensuring they remain within specified weighing regulations. The forklift's built-in system allows operators to accurately weigh materials while in transit, which increases productivity.
Forklift scales consist of a scale unit bolted onto a forklift carriage, which utilizes electronic weight sensors to deliver reliable weighing—even if the forklift mast is tilted or the pallet load is off-center. The sensors can also compensate for inconsistent weighing conditions, such as operating the forklift on uneven ground.
The forklift driver generally uses an in-cab instrument to manage data collection and communicate weight data to the center's computers. This allows supervisors to monitor and manage freight arrival and shipments in real-time, facilitating more efficient, accurate inventory and billing records.
A forklift scale's one-piece construction can reduce the likelihood of failure due to the strain of frequent, heavy loads or harsh industrial environments. The forklift scale system may also incorporate large vision windows to ensure drivers can observe and monitor fork tips throughout material transport.
This full-service recycling center for paper, corrugated paper, plastic, glass and non-ferrous metals serves thousands of customers, from small stores to complete communities. It weighs and grades materials as they arrive at the facility and after they are compacted into bales. When Cougle's identified that its weighing operation was slowing down production and affecting data accuracy, it considered a system solution that could handle constant usage and integrate with new data management software.
Originally, drivers weighed the loads on one of two floor scales, which required the driver to leave the lift truck to record the weight. Operators then sent the handwritten paperwork to the office for processing of the transport and billing documents. This process was extremely inefficient as forklift drivers had to wait their turn at the floor scales, causing congestion and at times, making the area unsafe for employees working nearby. Cougle's also determined that recording the data manually could lead to errors, ultimately affecting the material grade and its value.
To increase efficiency, Cougle's retrofitted forklift scales to seven of their forklifts. The scales enabled Cougle's to integrate weighing and data management seamlessly into their operation. The scale unit was installed onto each truck's fork carriage so that drivers could lift, weigh, move and record the load in just one operation, without leaving the cab. Onboard wireless PCs were also installed to transmit the weight data to a central computer for analysis.
After two months, productivity increased significantly—and Cougle was already anticipating a total productivity increase of over thirty percent in the following months. In addition to increased productivity, the new system prevents operators from lifting overweight loads, reducing excessive wear and tear to the forklifts.
Serving the automotive industry for nearly half a century, Quality Metalcraft, Inc. (QMC) is an automotive engineering, prototype and low volume production facility. The company combines state-of-the-art machinery with traditional finishing techniques to deliver quick turnarounds on high-quality components, ranging from small brackets and simple fabrications to large body-in-white components and assemblies.
To confirm material costs, each metallic component is weighed twice: once as it arrives and once after it has been processed. QMC used a central floor scale to determine and record these weights. All forklift operators used this single scale, and transactions were documented by hand, resulting in a time-consuming and, at times, inaccurate process.
QMC needed to streamline the weighing process to save forklift operator time, while providing high accuracy, so that QMC would only pay for the materials actually received. The company also wanted to employ an efficient way to track each job throughout manufacturing, which would improve plant communications and process visibility.
QMC installed a scale system directly on its forklift to enable legal-for-trade weighing of loads up to 16,000 lbs. The benefits of being able to weigh loads in-motion extend beyond time savings. The company also implemented a wireless scanner that allows the forklift operator to scan the flat laser blank when it arrives, instantly assigning an initial weight for each job number. This job can be tracked via the company's computer system throughout processing, providing a running total of the materials used at all times.
This electronic documentation keeps employees up-to-date on each job—a significant advantage at QMC, where at any moment 250 production parts may be rolling out the door.
With a diverse customer base in ten states, Lakeville Motor Express is an LTL carrier that offers pool distribution, brokerage and logistics services. To optimize profits and protect shippers, Lakeville Motor Express uses forklift scales to weigh and bill freight picked up from various facilities and transferred to customers. The forklift scales verify that the customer pays for exactly the amount of freight transported, instead of estimating the weight of each load.
The forklift scales ensure Lakeville Motor Express obtains precise, legal-for-trade weights for loads, provides enhanced visibility for the company's dock man and expedites operator training with an in-cab instrument.
Lakeville Motor Express also utilizes a bar code scanner connected to the in-cab instrument, which allows operators to quickly scan packages and input all necessary product and company information. With this arrangement, operators are not required to punch in each bill number individually—saving them a significant amount of time.
Forklift scales allow operators to weigh materials en route while recording pertinent material and weight data, enhancing productivity and optimizing revenue.


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package flags

import (
	"reflect"
	"strconv"
	"strings"
	"time"
)

func getBase(options reflect.StructTag, base int) (int, error) {
	sbase := options.Get("base")

	var err error
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		ivbase, err = strconv.ParseInt(sbase, 10, 32)
		base = int(ivbase)
	}

	return base, err
}

func convertToString(val reflect.Value, options reflect.StructTag) string {
	tp := val.Type()

	switch tp.Kind() {
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		return val.String()
	case reflect.Bool:
		return ""
	case reflect.Int, reflect.Int16, reflect.Int32, reflect.Int64:
		base, _ := getBase(options, 10)
		return strconv.FormatInt(val.Int(), base)
	case reflect.Uint, reflect.Uint16, reflect.Uint32, reflect.Uint64:
		base, _ := getBase(options, 10)
		return strconv.FormatUint(val.Uint(), base)
	case reflect.Float32, reflect.Float64:
		return strconv.FormatFloat(val.Float(), 'g', -1, tp.Bits())
	case reflect.Slice:
		ret := "["

		for i := 0; i < val.Len(); i++ {
			if i != 0 {
				ret += ", "
			}

			ret += convertToString(val.Index(i), options)
		}

		return ret + "]"
	case reflect.Map:
		ret := "{"

		for i, key := range val.MapKeys() {
			if i != 0 {
				ret += ", "
			}

			ret += convertToString(val.MapIndex(key), options)
		}

		return ret + "}"
	}

	return ""
}

func convert(val string, retval reflect.Value, options reflect.StructTag) error {
	tp := retval.Type()

	switch tp.Kind() {
	case reflect.String:
		retval.SetString(val)
	case reflect.Bool:
		retval.SetBool(true)
	case reflect.Int, reflect.Int16, reflect.Int32, reflect.Int64:
		base, err := getBase(options, 10)

		if err != nil {
			return err
		}

		parsed, err := strconv.ParseInt(val, base, tp.Bits())

		if err != nil {
			return err
		}

		retval.SetInt(parsed)
	case reflect.Uint, reflect.Uint16, reflect.Uint32, reflect.Uint64:
		base, err := getBase(options, 10)

		if err != nil {
			return err
		}

		parsed, err := strconv.ParseUint(val, base, tp.Bits())

		if err != nil {
			return err
		}

		retval.SetUint(parsed)
	case reflect.Float32, reflect.Float64:
		parsed, err := strconv.ParseFloat(val, tp.Bits())

		if err != nil {
			return err
		}

		retval.SetFloat(parsed)
	case reflect.Slice:
		elemtp := tp.Elem()
		elemval := reflect.New(elemtp)

		if err := convert(val, elemval, options); err != nil {
			return err
		}

		retval.Set(reflect.Append(retval, reflect.Indirect(elemval)))
	case reflect.Map:
		parts := strings.SplitN(val, ":", 2)

		key := parts[0]
		var value string

		if len(parts) == 2 {
			value = parts[1]
		}

		keytp := tp.Key()
		keyval := reflect.New(keytp)

		if err := convert(key, keyval, options); err != nil {
			return err
		}

		valuetp := tp.Elem()
		valueval := reflect.New(valuetp)

		if err := convert(value, valueval, options); err != nil {
			return err
		}

		if retval.IsNil() {
			retval.Set(reflect.MakeMap(tp))
		}

		retval.SetMapIndex(reflect.Indirect(keyval), reflect.Indirect(valueval))
	}

	// Special cases

	// Support for time.Duration
	if tp == reflect.TypeOf((*time.Duration)(nil)).Elem() {
		parsed, err := time.ParseDuration(val)

		if err != nil {
			return err
		}

		retval.SetInt(int64(parsed))
	}

	return nil
}

func wrapText(s string, l int, prefix string) string {
	// Basic text wrapping of s at spaces to fit in l
	var ret string

	s = strings.TrimSpace(s)

	for len(s) > l {
		// Try to split on space
		suffix := ""

		pos := strings.LastIndex(s[:l], " ")

		if pos < 0 {
			pos = l - 1
			suffix = "-\n"
		}

		if len(ret) != 0 {
			ret += "\n" + prefix
		}

		ret += strings.TrimSpace(s[:pos]) + suffix
		s = strings.TrimSpace(s[pos:])
	}

	if len(s) > 0 {
		if len(ret) != 0 {
			ret += "\n" + prefix
		}

		return ret + s
	}

	return ret
}

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Competition doesn't mean beans when you've got government regulators on your side
Tim Carney at the Washington Examiner offers a neat little case study in the power of government-dispensed anti-competition, as hummus maker Sabra pushes for regulations that will block many of its competitors out of the market:
Sabra in February filed a petition with the Food & Drug Administration for stricter rules on what can be labelled "Hummus" — or, "Hommus," "Hommos," "Humos," or "Houmous."
It must be predominantly chick peas, and at least five percent sesame seed paste. Options allowed include vegetable oil, garlic, acidifying agents, salt, sodium benzoate, spices, sodium bicarbonate, texturizers, buffering agents, and a handful of others.
Sabra is apparently pushing back on the trend of competitors making hummus with so many other beans that the garbanzos get drowned out. "From black beans and white beans to lentils, soybeans, and navy beans," a top Sabra official said in a statement quoted by the Jewish Telegraph Agency, "everyone wants to call their dip 'hummus.'"
This is how to think of much regulation: the tool the dominant incumbent businesses use to keep competition on their terms.
Full disclosure: I'm a regular consumer of Sabra hummus, which I do indeed buy at Costco (where Carney describes Sabra as the "official hummus") so I have no beans to pick with the company. When it comes to the hummus wars, all I want is peas.
But this all sounds like a load of sodium benzoate to me. How in the world can it be a serious concern of the FDA to micro-manage the content of hummus, or the use of the term to describe various broadly similar snacks?
The weird mythology of business, especially Big Business, somehow being inherently "anti-government" is long past its sell-by date.


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UCF (14-3, 4-1) fifth-year senior guard B.J. Taylor is a hometown kid in his last year and that finality is not lost on him.
This is UCF's best chance at an at-large bid to the NCAA tournament in program history. Much of that depends on Taylor, who is averaging 17.1 points per game. He was named the preseason player of the year in the American Athletic Conference and was a dark horse all-American candidate.
So it was no surprise that down the stretch in Saturday's 64-62 win over Tulsa , the ball found its way into Taylor's hands.
Taylor finished the game with 15 points, including the last five.
Now Taylor's leadership will be put to the test as he has to make sure his team is prepared to go on the road and not have a let-down performance against Tulane, one of the worse teams in the American, on Tuesday. He said that the team needs to be focused and not take the Green Wave lightly.
"We know we control our own destiny and we know it's on us to make happen what we want to happen," said Taylor.


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Шамші-Адад V — ассирійський цар, правив у 824–811 до н. е. Син Шульмануашареда III. Його дружиною була вавилонянка Шаммурамат, що стала прообразом Семіраміди. Головним ворогом Ассирії за часів правління Шамші-Адада було Урарту. Йому вдалося завдати важкої поразки урартському царю Ішпуїні. Пізніше цар здійснив похід в глиб Ірану. Ассирійське військо перетнуло хребет Загра і захопило Мідію та країну Парсуа. На півдні Шамші-Адад воював з вавилонським царем Мардукбаласуїкбі.

Життєпис
На 31 першому році правління Салманасара ІІІ в країні спалахнуло повстання, очолюване його старшим сином Ашшур-данін-аплі, який був незадоволений призначенням спадкоємцем Шамші-Адада. Царевича підтримали 27 міст переважно корінної Ассирії, Салманасару залишилися лише столиця Кульху та гвардія, а також кілька міст сирійського прикордоння. За цих обставин Шамші-Адад був офіційно оголошений спадкоємцем і призначений головнокомандуючим армії. Його підтримали вищі воєначальники ассирійської армії, такі як туртан Даян-Ашшур, начальник голів Муттаріс-Ашшур та інші. Після шести років громадянської війни він остаточно переміг свого брата і відновив активну зовнішню політику країни.

Але тепер було не до походів за здобиччю у Сирії та до Середземного моря, оскільки сильні суперники знаходилися значно ближче. На півночі Ассирії загрожувало Урарту, яке за правління Ішпуїні продовжувало зміцнюватися. Інтереси обох держав перетиналися в країні маніїв на території сучасного північно-західного Ірану. Шамші-адад з військом перетнув Загрос в районі гори Куллар і, розбивши вояків Ішпуїні, захопив Мідію і країну Парсуа. На деякий час ассирійському царю вдалося зупинити експансію урартів. Однак невдовзі боротьба продовжилася. У своїх надписах Шамші-адад повідомляє що його воєначальник забрав у Ішпуїні 2 фортеці і 200 міст (поселень), а сам Ішпуїні вихваляється що відвоював у ассирійців Парсуа.

Шамші-адад також зайнявся південним напрямком і втрутився у вавилонські справи. Вавилонський цар Мардук-балассу-ікбі уклав спілку з еламітами та халдейськими правителями і повів боротьбу з ассирійцями. На деякий час контроль над Вавилонією Ассирія втратила. Після смерті Мардук-балассі-ікбі Шамші-Адад пішов війною на південь і захопив у полон нового царя Бау-ах-іддіна.

Примітки

Посилання
 Уривок з надпису Шамші-Адада V на моноліті з Кальху

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Our client wanted to show our friends over at Rackspace a good time. From luxury dining and luxury hotel accommodations to exotic cars and world class racing facilities it's safe to say that our guest's did just that, had a great time.
Our client goal was to build memories between new founded friends, and we intended to deliver. From the beginning to the end of our guests stay, we wanted everything to be as seamless and enjoyable as possible in order to solidify the relationship between these new found business friends.
The end results, AERO accomplished what our clients asked of us, to create memories the will solidify there relationship and build a foundation moving forward.


Omezzine Khelifa is a Tunisian youth and political activist. She is a former candidate in Tunisia's 2011 and 2014 legislative elections and a former Senior Advisor to the Minister of Finance. She is the Founder and CEO of Mobdiun - Creative Youth.
This interview was conducted in New York in September 2017.


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Summer of Recovery: Celebrating three months sober
Recovery is a lifelong journey with its share of ups and downs along the way. For people connected to the 12 Step community, milestone moments provide opportunities to reflect on the transformation that has happened with an eye toward better days to come.
Over the next few months, we will explore several of those important dates through the experiences of those who have celebrated them.
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The first days after inpatient treatment were busy for John (not his real name) as he settled into a new life. In place of lounging around the house consuming substances, a checklist outlined goals to establish a healthy routine. Days were hectic with work, checking in with a sponsor, yoga, prayer and meditation, 12 Step meetings, healthy eating, exercise, and reading a good book.
This routine set the foundation for transformation. Over the first 90 days, it helped the body heal from substance use and gave support to navigate uncomfortable situations.
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Q: Scatter tensor in pytorch along the rows I want to scatter tensors in granularities of rows.
For example consider,
Input = torch.tensor([[2, 3], [3, 4], [4, 5]])

I want to scatter
S = torch.tensor([[1,2],[1,2]])

to indices
I = torch.tensor([0,2])

I expect the output to be torch.tensor([[1, 2], [3, 4], [1, 2]]).
Here S[0] is scattered to Input[I[0]], similarly S[1] is scattered to Input[I[1]]
How can I achieve this? Instead of looping over the row in S, I am looking for a more efficient way.

A: Do  input[I] = S
Example:
input = torch.tensor([[2, 3], [3, 4], [4, 5]])
S = torch.tensor([[1,2],[1,2]])
I = torch.tensor([0,2])

input[I] = S
input
tensor([[1, 2],
        [3, 4],
        [1, 2]])

A: Answer might be a little late, but anyway, you could do:
import torch

inp = torch.tensor([[2,3], [3,4], [4,5]])
src = torch.tensor([[1,2], [1,2]])
idxs = torch.tensor([[0,0],[2,2]])

y = torch.scatter(inp, 0, idxs, src)

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What are your thoughts on MakuluLinux?
Flash 15 Is all round installation and Stable and working.
Installed Firefox, and got rid of a few bits and pieces that I don't use.
Just be patient with the install, it can take a while but worth the wait. Printer and network drivers all on tap, no problems there.
Tried LinDoz edition. Terrible, don't even go there.
I froze the desktop changer, can't be doing with a new desktop every time I blink. I prefer to make my own choice and stick with it.
I like it almost as much as MX 18,1, Very similar content, with a different DE layout.
Installed on an old Acer 5735Z laptop with SanDisk SSD, Runs very nicely.
Personally, had no problems with "apt remove" after updating.
The length of the installation depends on the choice of programs and the speed of your connection. I have a problem with usb image, unetbootin did not do the correct iso but after installing and three days of active use 16 hours / day I found no error.
The installation went smooth and the performance is fine, but after "apt-get autoremove" (which I expect to work because it's a Debian-based system) and reboot it was not possible to login again.
This "behaviour" was/is reproducible. Created bug report #133.
Wow, the Core edition is one of the best, highly polished Distro's featuring the XFCE desktop. It is based on Debian, but it is impossible to tell. It is fast and vary stable, with many of the most wanted/used programs pre-installed. It brings back the Emerald Themer with the most themes that I have ever seen. Plus it has Compiz installed and configured with many of the effects set up. Just need to turn it on and install the Compiz settings manager. I also installed the Fusion app. It didn't take long to have the desktop set up and themed to my liking.
The main two complaints; is that the window to restart, login and shutdown is not in the place where I thought it might be based on the many years of using Linux. Also there are a few bugs popping up from time to time but I am unable to reproduce them, so I have no idea of why the small dock/panel flashes and jumps.
Since it is a "rolling release" I believe, it would be wise to keep the computer running. I have noticed that the update manager shows frequent updates every day, if one gets too far behind in updating, Makulu might just "crash and burn".
I spent several happy hours trying out the settings and I am sure like this Distro.
One of the most interesting desktop experiences I have had with LInux.
Pro's: Beautiful, innovative, surprisingly easy to learn.
Con's: A little slower to respond that others, my main distro is xubuntu.
Internet speed was slow, I'm on fibre and for some reason it just didn't want to work.
That is the first time I've had that happen.
Maybe something to do with Opera, not sure.
Back to just works Xubuntu.
Excellent! Desktop is beautiful. Speed is awesome! Unique design! I love Makulu! Thank you very much for Makulu!
Slick. Visual design is tip-top and clean underneath. Really challenges how we access menus, I have to admit you don't have to dig or install this oackage or that for any setting change, its all preincluded and easy to find, which is considerably better than Mint, Ubuntu, Manjaro, or any competing distro out there today. Given its a rolling release, that is great as well, its all totally up to date. Things just work, but I did get it to hang the web app panel somehow. The only 1 thing I'm gonna miss from mate/gnome classic is the kill button panel applet, the one where you can kill a window by clicking, its a burden to search by process name. There are panel applets they call docklets, but very few, i hope they grab some/copy some from MATE and elsewhere, especially that essential kill applet. Oh and it was too easy to delete the main panel, should have asked "are you sure", because once its gone it feels a bit disoriented, its not straight forward regarding how to get the panel back, or back how it was. Again, its a quick spin so no thorough testing but for the average nonspecialist desktop user, or just someone who needs to get out of their mental box, this is your chance.
Makulu is crash on 8 GB Ram with 8 tabs on Chrome open + Synaptic nothing else. On my laptop, Fill all 8 GB RAM and 2 GB swap. Web applets NOT runs. Is beautiful and unusable.
First impression of this Makulu Flash edition is Wow. It is one of the best, highly polished Distro's featuring the XFCE desktop. It is based on Debian, but it would all most impossible to tell, if it wasn't for the few seconds that the Debian flash screen shows at boot up. It is fast and vary stable, with many of the most wanted/used programs pre-installed. It brings back the Emerald Themer with the most themes that I have ever seen. Plus it has Compiz installed and configured with many of the effects set up. Just need to turn it on. Once I became familiar with the two menu's, it didn't take long to have the desktop set up and themed to my liking. I have a feeling that this might be my Distro of choice for a long time.
For the Cons;I couldn't find much to complain or nitpick about. It is a little bit confusing at a few places during the install, but it does have notifications telling one what is happening. I would say the installation process is between a Debian and Ubuntu in the way it works. The Introduction video states that it will have a panel and two docks after installation; I just had a panel. The main two complaints; is that the window to restart, login and shutdown is not in the place where I thought it might be based on the many years of using Linux. Along with the two completely different menues. A few of the notifications state info that a brand new user would have no idea of what it means; such as this install process will install some files with names that mean nothing to a new user, as well as some people that just want to use the Distro.
I spent several happy hours trying out the settings and I am sure this Distro will in use here for a long time.
Makulu is quite a surprise, tried it out years ago and just prefer Debian without Ubuntu. This an extraordinary release from the Makulu developers. Quite happy I decided to stop and take a look.
Pros: Very fast, no drag or sloppy behavior, works nicely live and installed easily from there. Themes and icons very nice and appealing.
Cons: Really can't find anything, very pleased with installing Makulu.
Makulu certainly changed my mind, very happy with the install!
I am very impressed with Makulu Linux Core!
options in Settings is very nice as well.
Love this distro! I'm making it my daily driver!
I think that this OS has so much potential. My favourite version is Lindoz, I like it so much and I would not change anything at the moment. There is only one thing that needs to be improved (in my opinion): the RAM usage.. it is too high. With Lindoz version I have 1.1GB occupied. I hope they will reduce this amount in the future.
I have used Core, Flash, and Lindoz versions of which Lindoz is mt favorite. Installs nicely (had a bit of trouble with the latest Core version which would only install from a live DVD) but each is nicely configurable without jumping through a bunch of weird hoops. Has lots of useable software and installation of others is painless.
Makulu linux Core is an excellent distro. I am testing it now for my Linux daily driver. The desktop is very fast and easy to use. I like the fact that I can get to the menu in several different ways. This is great when you are in a hurry and you know what you want to do. I also like their webapps feature where you can ahve a webapps menu on the top of desktop where it saves space for your applications and time. Good show. The eye candy also make this easy on the eyes. No boring desktop here. I recommend to come on in and take a look and try it out.
I can't get Lindoz to boot to the desktop from live usb.
I get to the login with a black screen then enter username and password (makulu).
Then i do 'startx' and it throws an error ,something mainly about "Xauthority" but also "framebuffer".
I have an AMD rx560 graphics card which might have something to do with it but the well documented "radeon nomodeset" command should work to get around that.
Tried the latest testing version too but no luck ,also tried uefi and non-uefi.
I'll come back one day in the future and hope they're released a better distro.
Meanwhile i'll stick with MX linux which always works.
Tested version 15 and the newer FLASH version. Both load to the desktop and everything works except sound. A background noise of constant thump, thump, thump, except when the VLC media player is on.
I found this same problem on other Linux distributions. SystemD perhaps?
MakuluLinux-15 LinDoz is a stunningly beautiful and extremely fast running Debian testing based Cinnamon Desktop OS. It uses themes that resemble m$ Windoze themes (xp, win7 win10 etc). This makes it easy for m$ OS users to migrate to Linux.Installation is very simple. The iso itself doesn't have a lot of software installed, but during the installation you get to select which flavour of Desktop you want to use (Office, Gamer etc). Based on what you select the packages are then downloaded and installed. You also have the option for a barebones install, which doesn't download any additional software.
1. Extremely fast. The fastest Cinnamon based OS I have ever seen.
2. Beautiful themes and backgrounds.
3. Very good idea to have only one iso and let the user decide during installation what he's going to use the OS for.
4. There is also an ova file for download, which can be downloaded from the site and imported directly into VirtualBox, so users don't need to install it themselves into VBox, very good idea?
1. To install anything other than barebone, you need an Internet connection when installing the OS.
All in all an awesome OS.
2. I can not install another language than english, even if it choose "german" on the installer, after reboot, the system is in english and when i try to add the german language it will do nothing (choos german, klick on install and........tataaaaaaaaa.... nothing happens.
I don´t know how many people are on this Linus working but they have still a lot of work todo!!
J'ai installé Lindoz sur mon Lenovo G50-30 et tout fonctionne à la perfection.
Makulu est stable et très facile à utiliser et je la conseille aux nouveaux adeptes de Linux.
je préfère Makulu car plus attrayante.
Je conseille d'essayer Makulu en live (mot de passe makulu mais ,qkulu sur clavier QWERTY) pour voir si tout fonctionne et si ça plait.
Le bureau est Cinnamon mais il existe une version Xfce plus légère en RAM.
..je mets 9 seulement car je préfère le bureau Mate , mais c'est mon opinion.
I rate a 9 only because a Mate version is what I think better IMO....with a Mate DE Makulu will become my daily OS.
...Please dev offer us a Makulu Mate.
Uses SU instead of SUDO, which some prefer. It still uses systemd, though, which I do not like. ymmv.
There is no Plymouth splash screen so one will see the verbose boot screen.
Uses Synatptic Package Manager, which one who is very familiar with will probably like, but it retains the Apply button which other distros do away with.
I found it to be very stable and it also can update the kernels on the fly, since it is a Rolling release, unlike some other distros that tend to be difficult to update and install a new kernel, or the new kernels causes crashes or locks up the system.
Highly recommended for the very tech savvy.
I am using a Dell Optoplex 780 2 core 8 gigs of ram. Testing Lindoz 14 out on with a duel boot.
I will have to say that the desktop pictures are nice. But for me I tested the steam in the OS it does not work, No none of the screen savers that are installed do not work has well. There are many parts of this OS that look like windows 10 an 7.
But I would like them to fix the driver manager it is not finding hardware in the computer.
Even if you are using AMD or Intel. it should see either one of them. Plus it should find your video cards.
The software store needs a lot of work has well.
Has a couple of bugs here and there, but overall has the best Windows-mimic experience of all the distros I've tested.
Running Lindoz 14. Found it a very pretty disto, Desktop feels like using windows 7. Lindoz uses Cinnamon desk top and has Xfce Version. Finding it stable, I am Mint user and finding this distro is on par with Mint but a little more effort gone into making the desktop looking nicer.
This distro at time of writing this is still under development but I am finding it stable and no issues at all.
Some App's are dev version like VLC and Gimp but so far but they work well.
I like this distro so much I am making this distro as my main driver for my desktop.
I download Lindoz 14, make a live Usb with Rufus and boot in my Lenovo. Everythig OK.I tested Lindoz 14 for 1 hour....RAM usage is aroud 640MB at first login.
A lot of nice and usefull App are included.
Everythig work fast and well.
opened at insertion (whereas Nemo is configured for).
Some App's are dev version like VLC and Gimp..but they work well.
My fealing: good distro still under dev but totally usable for a Linux novice.
My only concern after 1 hour with this live distro is that I was not able to automatically play a movie DVD at insertion or automatically open an USB stick on insertion.
My whishes: Having the same Lindoz but whith Mate DE for a smaller Ram foot. So I rate a 9 and recommend MAKULU.
And two debian testing based versions using xfce and compiz .
MakuluLinux Flash Devbuild 1.1.75 absolute dream to use highly recommend this distro and hope it gets way more attention. This distro is equal if not better than Linux Mint, Debian and Ubuntu flavors. The eye candy is amazing and the system runs smooth. Tons of features to choose from. You can customize just about anything.
Very nicely done operating system. Great graphics and functionality.
Very nicely done operating system. Easy install. Great graphics and functionality to this OS.
Distribution based on Cinnamon is labeled LinDoz is an exciting departure from regular flavors of linux.
An exciting presentation. All Makulu OS have stunning, excitable and challenging for the User.
Looking forward to this latest product.


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You still looking for the rim?
That reply is three years old but did you try to pm the guy. Who knows he may still have it.
Been years since I was present here on the forum.
Nicola . . . Did you do the Airtech? I'm curious to see the results.
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I think my last ride was 4 or 5 years ago when my father towed me back to the house after the electrical kept shutting off, then on, then off, etc. (grabbing wires under the instrument cluster around the front of the gusset while lurching down Hwy 1).
It was always either the rear tire or the clutch with that Paso . . . quite the kick!
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Q: Talend - Reading value from tHashImport component in Java application - HowTo? I am new in Talend and currently I am writing my first Talend job.
I am doing the following:

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*Query one MySQL db table (SELECT * FROM docs WHERE DocName = 'XYZ') which will return few records using tHashInput

*Store these records in memory using tHashOutput

*Fetch these records from memory using tHashInput

*and log the records using the tLogRow component

I am running this Talend job from Java application like this:
FetchDocuments mySQLConnectorJob = new FetchDocuments();
mySQLConnectorJob.runJob(new String[]{});

And at the end I would like to fetch these records somehow in the Java application, for example with some method:
mySQLConnectorJob.getResultSet();

I know that we can store these records in the CSV file using the tFileOutputDelimited component and then to parse that file in the Java application to fetch records, but I would like to avoid using that file if it is possible.
My questions:

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*Do you know maybe how I can fetch records in the Java application and finish this task?

*If my design on Talend job is not good, could you provide me some advice how to change it to be able to finish task?

Thanks,
Nenad

A: *

*You could store the records in an instance object of mySQLConnectorJob using tJavaFlex or tJava.  Then get those values from the instance object.

A: I found the way to store values from tHashInput component to the globalMap object and to fetch these values in the Java application.
So after the tHashInput component I put tJavaRow component. In the tJavaRow component I created a new HashMap and inside that map I put the db table record. After that I put that HashMap instance to globalMap in the same tJavaRow component.
//Instantiate metadata Map

java.util.Map<java.lang.String, java.lang.Object> docMetadata =
    new java.util.HashMap<java.lang.String, java.lang.Object>();

//Fetch document metadata and put it in the Map

docMetadata.put("documentID", metadata1.DocumentID);
docMetadata.put("documentName", metadata1.DocumentName);
docMetadata.put("creator", metadata1.Creator);

//Put metadata in global Map

globalMap.put("docMetadata", docMetadata);

metadata1 is the connection name from tHashInput component to tJava component. When I started the job in the Java application I fetched globalMap using Java reflection.


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Satellite images are also being used to predict new drilling. A preliminary step in drilling a well is to clear a pad, typically about 1 to 4 months before a rig is moved on site. This means that satellite imagery analytics could predict drilling up to 4 months before a spud occurs.
Sourcewater used its satellite analytics to compare how well new pad sites correlate to well permits, as shown below.
It is a new year and the future seems to have arrived: satellites the size of a shoe box are providing vital market and production insights for E&P investors and operators.
The graphic below illustrates the crude oil pricing as of January 15, 2018 and predicted crude oil prices based on options on oil futures contracts (ticker /CL). The blue lines are within one standard deviation (σ) of the settlement price (the middle, green line), and the outside, red lines are within two standard deviations for each month (for a refresher on standard deviations, see the January 2016 blog).
Based on January 15, 2018, pricing, the futures markets indicate that in mid-February 2018 the expected strip price is $52.02, with a 68% chance that oil prices will be between $46.00 and $58.00 per barrel. Likewise, there is about a 95% chance that prices will be between $39.50 and $65.00. For a longer-term view, by mid-June 2019 the approximate one standard deviation price range is between $42.00 to $68.50 per barrel with an expected value of $53.39. Strip prices are no longer in backwardnation.
The natural gas futures contracts are currently trading at $3.54 per MMBtu for the Henry Hub (ticker /NG). Although more affected by seasonal factors than crude oil, in February 2019, the expected price is $3.54 with a +/- 1σ price range of $2.70 to $4.90 per MMBtu, and the 2σ range (95%) of $2.25 to $5.00 per MMBtu. For a longer-term view, by mid-May 2019 the expected price is $2.84 per MMBtu with a +/- 1σ price range of $2.35 to $3.40 per MMBtu.