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Three views of Lucas Garrett's new EP "Familiar Floors"
By Nipper	 On Nov 25, 2020
Editors Note: Nippertown collaborated with Music Teacher (and pretty phenomenal musician) Katy Ashe to have her Johnsburg Central students review a local musician's new EP. The goal is to highlight young writers and shine the spotlight toward one of our local singer-songwriters, in this case, Lucas Garrett.
Review by Gabe Freebern
Originating from upstate New York, Lucas Garrett has performed and exposed his talent by playing professionally for six years. Initially, at the start of his music career, Garrett had been teaching himself guitar at 13 years old. From the age difference of 13 – 19, he went on to show his talent by going to open mic nights at local shops and other venues. This exposure allowed Garrett to perform for different groups at a later date. At this point, he discovered that performing for others was something he truly loved to do.
Artwork by Jes Turco
The Lucas Garrett band comprises lead singer and guitarist Lucas Garrett, bassist Kevin Kosach and drummer Emmett Rozelle. His most recent album, Familiar Floors which has an exciting sound, especially to a listener that has not heard his previous albums. His last album, Love Is Better, shows the audience that The Lucas Garrett Band can transform from a country/folk sound to a more alternative/rock sound with Familiar Floors. Familiar Floors has a total of four tracks: "Wires Humming," "All Around Me," "Inside Out," and "One More For the Road." Every song has its unique rhythm and groove that Garrett's vocals fix flawlessly. The first track, "Wires Humming," is a very groovy and bassy song that keeps you in a head-bobbing trance the entire way through. "Wires Humming" is my favorite track on this album. The bassist (Kevin Kosach) in this song did an exceptional job. The second track, "All Around Me," has a very bouncy groove with a very catchy chorus. Garrett's vocals are my favorite part of this song. His sound fits perfectly with this track in that it's a unique experience for Garrett's fans and first listeners. The third track, "Inside Out," is very different from the first two tracks. The first two tracks were upbeat and more energetic than "Inside Out." This song is very meticulous or mysterious in that it is delightful to listen to and has an original sound. The fourth track, "One More For the Road," has a very groovy guitar line making it to be the most rock genre song on this album, in my opinion.
Overall, this album is very different from a lot of other music/rock that I have listened to, and I have to say this album is so unique in a fantastic way. If I were to hear any of these tracks on the radio, I would instantly know that it's The Lucas Garrett Band. Even though this album is concise, I could listen to each of these songs repeatedly and not get bored of listening to it. This piece has an exceptional amount of talent that is border-line brilliant. I would recommend these songs to anyone that loves rock as much as I do.
Review by Jaxon Roblee
Lucas Garrett is a musician from Upstate New York and has played all over from coffee houses and bars to theatres such as the Charles Wood in Glens Falls. Garrett has been a professional musician for over six years and his music is a unique craft blend of rock as well as some folk and country elements which makes listening to his music intriguing and fun. His newest album "Familiar Floors" manages to blend all these elements to perfection. From the catchy rhythm and guitar line on "All Around Me" to the lyrics that hit on "Wires Humming". The album is one that is unique and helps build the music for musicians from upstate New York.
Any rock fan can connect to these songs. Garrett's ability on the guitar is amazing and really defines his musical talent as a songwriter, singer, and guitarist. The song "Wires Humming" the opening track to the EP is one that speaks on emotions that resonates with the singer but with the listening audience as well. "Wires Humming" is the start to a rock journey and a good one with the catchy riff and thumping bassline. The second track "All Around Me" has a very good and unique sound to it. It's a catchy pattern that plays throughout the whole song which is an element that contributes to the song really well. With Garrett's struggles throughout life, listening to this album amazes me because of the sheer talent he has, and it's inspiring to see someone perform at such a high level with the problems he faced. Around Garrett is talented bassist Kevin Kosach, Emmett Rozelle playing drums, and Cassandra Pratt and Bob Bates who play violin. Together their music blends perfectly to create the sound that they produce.
In all Familiar Floors is a great album and a new sound from Garrett that defines him as a creative musician and one that is so talented at blending the different instruments with his vocals that elevate his music. The blend is great and one that should be appreciated and one that is eccentric and distinctive.
Review by Maria Ordway
The album Familiar Floors by Lucas Garrett is a great album that has a variety of music. Though Lucas Garrett has an amazing story and has overcome many challenges, his music is truly the center of his passion and life. I have not listened to this style in the past but after listening to Lucas's music I have found myself enjoying this sound and being more open to different types of music such as this. Garrett is a very diverse artist whose albums never seem to sound the same which gives his fans a change of emotions every time and sometimes an unexpected surprise. I couldn't stop listening to Garrett's music because his sound was so unique and interesting. Garrett is truly an inspiration not only in the music industry but in life in general. Garrett demonstrates that with some hard work and the defeating of some obstacles you can accomplish anything you want.
On the album Familiar Floors, my favorite song had to be "Wires Humming" because I enjoyed the sound of the music and the way he sings this song. The sound in his voice is deep and powerful which brings great definition to the piece. I love the use of different instruments that are being played. The beginning of the song set the tone for the whole song. I found this song to have a poppy and upbeat vibe. This piece by Garrett is truly a joy to listen to. Other than the lyrics, the instruments and band were great. I love the anticipation he uses to deliver such an explosive piece. The guitar was a great addition to the song and really helped the song speak for itself.
Photo by Stephanie Bartik
"One More for the Road" is reminiscent of a country song. This song's story is relatable to many young adults. With a fun and energetic voice, Garrett sings the story of a night at the bar and how when the end of the night comes he just wants one more drink before he leaves. This song was definitely a highlight on the album. I really loved his voice in this song and throughout the album. This particular song has a variety of instruments being used which gives this song a diverse sound. An interesting track on this album is "Inside Out." Though it doesn't have as much diversity of instruments in it, this piece was truly great.I had a great experience listening to the song and really understanding what the lyrics meant. The metaphors that were used in this song were creatively meaningful. Any listener can take the song and find their own meaning behind the lyrics. Though personally, I could only relate to some lyrics the ones that I was able to relate to were very impactful. I found the song to have a great sound to it which will attract a variety of people. This song was a lot of fun to listen to and I hope that he makes more songs like this…
Garrett is a true talent in the music industry. This album was great to listen to and I really enjoyed the brilliant work of this singer/songwriter. Garrett demonstrated throughout the album a diverse set of music and instruments. The album Familiar Floors is one of the best I have listened to. Garrett is an inspiration to many young and upcoming artists. He shows the real meaning of hard work and how overcoming obstacles may not be easy at the beginning but in the end, something beautiful and amazing will come. This is truly a phenomenal album that I would recommend to many.
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Q: Why activity name is not getting resolved in Android Studio I've an activity XML file created under layouts under my package but still it's complains
package com.alen.cybercpm;

import androidx.appcompat.app.AppCompatActivity;

import android.os.Bundle;

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activity_comrade_login comes in RED/ERROR but I've that file in my package.
I've a splash screen as my Main Activity. then this activity is called.

A: change your Class comrade_login to ComradeLoginActivity
Then clean code
After this Rebuild code
Now clean chache and restart
Hope it will help you
Thankew! Happy Coding

A: There is nothing seems to be wrong with your code, Just Restart you Android Studio. You will face such kinds of unexpected and silly problems in future so, the best way is to clear caches by Restarting Your Android Studio


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Lessons It says not to take it on an empty st...
"It says not to take it on an empty stomach."
Your girlfriend broke a bone in her hand, and got a prescription for pain killers from her doctor. She asks you to give her a pill, but you read the instructions and find out that she's supposed to take the medicine after eating.
take (medicine)
In English, we use the word "take" to talk about medicine:
Take this three times a day with your meals.
Are you taking any medication?
You "take" medicine by eating or drinking it. It's usually incorrect to use "eat" or "drink" to talk about medicine.
It says to (do something)
When you read some instructions and then report them to another person, use the phrase "It says to ___." For example:
It says to add the onions and celery and simmer for five minutes.
For warnings, say "It says not to ___":
It says not to touch the connectors.
You can also specify where the instructions came from:
The sign says not to go in there.
It might seem strange to use "says" with written instructions since the instructions don't actually speak. But English doesn't have a separate verb to describe information that's written down, so we use "says".
(do something) on an empty stomach
The phrase "on an empty stomach" means "without eating". For example:
I can't think on an empty stomach.
I've heard that exercising on an empty stomach causes your body to burn more fat.
It's better not to take it on an empty stomach.
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"Dear Lord, we thank you for this food that we're about to receive."
"The battery life is pretty pathetic."


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Right-angle weave stitch, also known as RAW, is an off-loom bead weaving technique. Beads are stitched together with thread only making right angle turns, hence the name. The result is an almost fabric like piece of beadwork. Right-angle weave can be woven with either one needle or two. With single needle right-angle weave, the thread path moves in a figure-eight pattern. For double needle right-angle weave, the threads cross each other along the center bead of each stitch as they head in opposite directions. RAW can be formed into flat pieces, tubes, or 3 dimensional figures. There are also variations on the basic stich like cubic right angle weave, or CRAW. Seed beads, fire polished beads and crystal beads are common choices in pieces using right-angle weave. Variations of the right-angle weave also include PRAW. CRAW is usually worked in sets of four, but in PRAW, sets can be expanded to over five.

History
RAW is said to have originated somewhere in Africa, but examples can be found in beadwork from many cultures, including Philippines, New Guinea and England.

Use
Bead artists are known to use right-angle weave stitch to cover three-dimensional forms, such as vases, beads and other objects.

See also
 Brick stitch
 Square stitch
 Peyote stitch

References

External links
 Right-angle weave basics for beginners
 Right-angle weave instructions
 Right-angle weave stitch techniques (archived link)

Weaving
Beadwork

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Arbitrage the act of profiting from spread between the bid and ask across several exchanges orderbooks, can be a interesting and highly profitable venture. Albeit fraught with complications, nuances and roadblocks.
Mobile sustainable mining is what Envion is bringing to the world, and it's not been a easy task, but not for technical problems. The project has been plauged with management complications from the outset, resulting in CEO and Founding members parting ways, but is it now looking like it may be pivoting and turning around?
The story begins with one of the founders of Ripple Labs, one Jed McCaleb, and encompasses not only Ripple and XRP but another currency we've yet to mention called Stellar Lumens (XLM). As stated previously XRP and OneCoin/Ripple Labs was founded in 2011 with one of the leaders being Jed McCaleb. In 2014 Jed created Stellar. Stellar gained popularity against XRP with the involvement of its advisors and rhetoric upon creation.
The founders not only control a large percentage of XRP itself, but a significant percentage of ownership in Ripple Labs. The founders not only stand to make significant amounts of income from the value of XRP but the ever growing value of Ripple Labs.
The history of Ripple is an interesting one from it's beginnings as a credit extension service, to payment service, and internal conflict arising from the love affair of one of the founders resulting in a new currency nearly identical to what we know XRP as today.
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Emergency Campaign to Save Israel !
by Jeff Dunetz | Nov 9, 2007 | Other
To my Mailing List readers, Please click here to read this post
The United Coalition for Jerusalem
"If I Forget Thee O Jerusalem"
By capitulating to foreign interests and to the tiny but powerful anti-Zionist Left in Israel, the government is shattering the social contract that is the source of its right to govern. By violating the foundational principles and norms of the Jewish State, this government has delegitimized itself.
At the "Munich Conference" in Annapolis, the prime minister intends:
To establish an Arab terrorist state to be called Palestine;
To divide Jerusalem and give the Temple Mount to the Muslims;
To cede all of Judea and Samaria;
To give the enemy control of the mountain ridge overlooking "little Israel," placing all the large population centers within range of Katusha rockets;
To expel hundreds of thousands of Jews from their homes and to destroy their communities.
THEY MUST BE STOPPED.
This is not an "Israeli" issue; it is a Jewish issue.
Jerusalem is the birthright of every Jew.
Jerusalem was the capital of the Jewish People for 3,000 years.
By their failure to assert Jewish rights in our city and our holy sites, Israeli governments have set the stage for the ongoing destruction of our 3000 year old heritage. This government has forsaken the State of Israel's duty to protect our Jewish birthright. If successful, they will sever the Jewish People's ties to their history, land, and heritage. They will, in effect, deny the very basis of the right of a Jewish State to exist in the Land of Israel.
To divide Jerusalem is to commit national suicide.
To thwart this threat, we have established a coalition dedicated to saving Jerusalem and the Eretz Israel, the United Coalition for Jerusalem, encompassing organizations and groups in countries all over the world. Uniting us is the belief in the centrality of Jerusalem for Jews and Christians alike.
The Israeli wing of the coalition is composed of a long and growing list of extra-parliamentary organizations, Members of Knesset, military leaders, activists, media personalities and, of course, religious leaders. The hallmark of this effort is our inclusiveness. The members come from a wide spectrum of Israeli society:
any group or individual opposed to the division of Jerusalem is invited to join.
Short Terms Goals:
To isolate Olmert and his government, and to expose the fact that they are acting against the will of the people and without their support.
To send out a clear and resounding message to the world that Jerusalem belongs to the Jews, now and forever.
To make it clear to Olmert that his government will fall if he proceeds as planned.
Stage One: Building a coalition of forces.
We aim to build as broad a coalition as possible. Everyone who opposes the abandonment of Jerusalem and the Temple Mount is welcome.
Stage Two: Gathering forces.
We envision the active participation of representatives from a wide spectrum of Israeli society, the Jewish world, and Evangelical Christians in conveying the campaign's message.
The different organizations will operate under the United Coalition for Jerusalem, but will undertake the tasks that they do best. Lobbying the Knesset and Congress, mobilizing Evangelical Christian support, education and public relations in Israel and among world Jewry, and obtaining international support are of utmost importance.
The minimum required budget will be $1 million and will include dozens of pinpoint campaigns.
Stage Three: Arousing public outrage and rebellion against the government.
"If I Forget Thee O Jerusalem…" is a non-sectarian, inclusive campaign.
Given a Knesset whose prime motivation is to cling to their seats, our immediate goal is to threaten the stability of the government coalition by arousing a level of public anger and unrest that can't be ignored. This shall be achieved by worldwide pressure on PM Olmert and his government.
We will organize a massive demonstrations in Israel and in the USA as a show of strength demonstrating a readiness to do whatever it takes to defend Jerusalem.
Our activities will intensify, moving into non-violent civil disobedience, until the government backs down.
This national disaster, which will place Israel's continued existence in jeopardy, is being orchestrated by a self-serving and corrupt political clique bent on trading the nation's most sacred and vital interests for a reprieve from their legal problems.
We, therefore, declare that:
We do not recognize the government's right to cede the Land of the Bible and to blithely discard the Jewish People's unique heritage of thousands of years. Nor do we recognize its attempt to reverse the Biblical prophecies of return to Zion that were fulfilled in our era at such tremendous human cost.
We do not recognize the right of the government to tear our land into pieces, to destroy cities, towns, and communities, to make hundreds of thousands of Jews into homeless refugees and to steal their property, as was done to the loyal citizens of Gush Katif.
We do not recognize the authority of the government to use the state as a tool to deny our right to the Land of Zion and to nullify the Zionism that built the state on the strength of 2,000 years of Jewish yearning for Zion.
We do not recognize the government's right to give our homeland to a fake people to establish a fake state.
When a government becomes a cancer, destroying all that it is charged with protecting, the people must cease obeying its suicidal decrees and oppose the destruction.
The Jewish People in Israel and throughout the world will not be bound by the criminal concessions made by this government: it severs any and all connection with its immoral acts.
The Jewish People in Israel and abroad will do whatever it takes to save the nation and land of Israel from its degenerate leaders.
We truly believe that the tremendous power embodied in shivat tzion, the return of the Jewish people to their homeland, is dormant but not dead. A tremendous battle lies ahead, but
"Let us ascend and we shall gain possession of it, for we can surely do it!" (Numbers 13; 30)
We can't do this alone. We Need Your Help! –
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*Possession of a current and valid credential as a Certified Planner issued by the American Institute of Certified Planners (AICP) may be substituted for the educational requirement.
**Possession of a Master's degree in Planning from an accredited college or university may be substituted for one (1) year of indicated experience.
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A friend who lives nearby came over our house today for a short visit. She brought her kids with her who are of close age to my kids so the little ones had an impromptu playdate. They all loved it. I did too. I rarely get any Filipino visitors because everybody around here is busy so I like it when somebody does come to visit. We just talked while watching the kids play. Before they left, I gave my friend an old fashioned squash (kalabasa) from last year's harvest. I kept several because I know the fruits are still good after months if kept in a cool dry place and there are no bruises or cuts in them. I also gave her two dozen brown eggs that my SIL (she gave me almost five dozens) gave me. She was happy with her loot and said that had she known I will give her stuff when she comes over she should have done it before. Lol. I thanked her for coming over and invited her and the kids to come back anytime they want. It is nice to have good friends over.


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David Fox (David@recliningstandards.com) is a university administrator and teacher by day, culture writer (mostly theater and opera) by night. For more than a decade, he was theater critic for the late, lamented Philadelphia City Paper; he has written for the New York Times, Parterre Box, Philadelphia Magazine, Opera Quarterly, Opéra Magazine, Time Out Philadelphia, Kurt Weill Review, Performing Arts, and others. He is a member of the American Theatre Critics Association. He sometimes manages to think and write about other things, including movies and TV. Find him on twitter at @DavidAFox.
Cameron Kelsall (Cameron@recliningstandards.com) covers theater throughout the region for the Philadelphia Inquirer. His byline has appeared in many local and national publications, including American Theatre, Broad Street Review, Opera News, Parterre Box, Bachtrack, Exeunt NYC, Asbury Park Press and Phindie. He is an active member of the American Theatre Critics Association, serving as co-chair of the organization's Membership Committee. Each year, Cameron files approximately 200 reviews, essays and features about theater, opera, music and culture at large. Find him on twitter at @CameronPKelsall.
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I am suuupppper excited to share a really cool product given to me from Influenster. Erno Laszlo has an entire line of high end skincare and I was given a great opportunity to try out one of the three 2-step masks. I got to try the White Marble Bright, but there is also the Firmarine Lift and the Hydra-Therapy Skin Vitality Treatment.
The kit comes with 4 packets of the powder and 4 packets of the liquid phases. You are supposed to mix them together with the spatula to activate. As you can see below in my videos, I was a bit worried that there was too much, but I didn't have too much excess. Next time I use them, I will be inviting my husband to join in. Minus the mustache and beard, he will have just enough face for the excess.
I choose this formula because I do have a lot of scars and dark spots from my acne struggles over the years. Licorice extract, Lemon extract and Jojoba seed oil is the perfect combination to brighten any skin complexion.
1. Cleanse before you use. Erno Laszlo suggests to double cleanse.
2. Licorice extract does not mean it smells like that! It smells great!
3. Apply heavy and swiftly. This starts to dry quickly. Once you put it on, it's very hard to move around.
4. Use a toner to remove the rest of the mask.
5. No need to wash out your mixing bowl. It peels right out!
I hope you enjoyed my experience as much as I did!
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Easily set up a tripod to have a specific leg angle or footprint by equipping it with this Mid-Level Spreader 75 with Rubber Foot Set from Sachtler.
By using the adjustable spreader, users will have a more stable system to support their camera.
This spreader also comes with three rubber feet for your tripod that will ensure steady footing.


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What Are The Laws In My State for Teen Driving?
Posted on September 10, 2007 by Pediatric Education
A 15-year-old male came to clinic for a sports physical. During the interview he said that he was really excited because he had just gotten his driving learner's permit.
His mother expressed ambivalence because she thought that he would be able to get his full license too soon, yet she was looking forward to having him help by driving his younger sister to various activities.
The social history revealed a teenager who was an A-B student, active in music and art, and with a stable circle of friends that his parents liked.
The pertinent physical exam showed a healthy teenager with growth parameters in the 50-90%. He had mild comedomal acne on his face.
The diagnosis of healthy teenager was made. The physician discussed with the teenager and parent some of the risk factors for increased crashes and injuries such as teenage passengers in the car, nighttime driving, speeding, not using seat belts and having distractions in the car such as music, eating, or cellular telephone use.
The family was well-aware of the state's graduated driver licensing laws, but the physician also noted that the parents could decide on their own "family laws" which could be more restrictive. She also printed a sample teen driver contract for the family from the Academy of Pediatrics' website for the family to consider when talking about the rights and responsibilities of driving.
Motor vehicle accidents are the leading case of death for 16-20 years olds in the United States, resulting in ~5500 fatalities yearly. Teenage drivers are only 6% of drivers but account for 14% of the fatal crashes.
The younger the driver, the higher the crash rates. Males have higher crash rates and fatalities than females.
There are many reasons for these higher rates including:
Driving inexperience – driving is a complex activity that the teen has not yet learned
Increased risk taking – as a part of normal adoelscent behavior
Nighttime driving – it is more difficult to drive at night
Drug, alcohol and medication use – impairs judgement
Distractions – using a cellular telephone, eating, etc. Teenage passengers are especially a problematic distraction.
Unlicensed drivers
Safety belt use – teenagers use seatbelts less often than adults
Vehicles driven – teens tend to drive smaller, older model cars which tend to have less safety features, sporty vehicles may also encourage speeding
Graduated driver licensing (GDL) was first put into effect in Florida in 1996. In 2007, 44 states have some type of GDL law.
GDL laws phase in on-road driving that allows inexperienced drivers to gain experience under lower risk situations and gradually introduces then to more complex situations as they gain experience.
There are 3 general stages:
Learner's licensing stage – where driving is permitted under direct supervision
Intermediate licensing stage – where driving is not directly supervised but allowed only in less risky situations (i.e. daytime driving or limited nighttime driving, no passengers or limited passengers)
Full licensing stage – when the driver has shown proficiency at the first two stages
The GDL laws vary by state with substantial variations in the exact policies for the stages and the time period for each stage. A comprehensive listing of current state laws can be found in the "To Learn More" section below.
Studies support the efficacy of GDL laws.
One study showed GDL laws decreased injuries and fatalities for 16 year old drivers by 38-40%.
According to the Insurance Institute for Highway Safety "In an optimal system, the minimum age for a learner's permit is 16; the learner stage lasts at least 6 months, during which parents must certify at
least 30-50 hours of supervised driving; and the intermediate stage lasts until at least age 18 and includes both a night driving restriction starting at
9 or 10 p.m. and a strict teenage passenger restriction allowing no teenage passengers, or no more than one teenage passenger."
A sample teen driving contracts between parents and the teenage driver which outlines the privileges and responsibilities of driving are available in the "To Learn More" section below.
1. What are the driving laws for teenagers who work in agriculture?
2. What are the driving laws restrictions for people with different medical conditions such as seizures?
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Information prescriptions for patients can be found at MedlinePlus for this topic: Motor Vehicle Safety.
Insurance Institute for Highway Safety and Traffic Injury Research Foundation. Graduated Licensing:
A Blueprint for North America.
Available from the Internet at http://www.iihs.org/laws/state_laws/pdf/blueprint.pdf (rev. August 2004, cited 7/19/2007).
National Highway and Transportation Safety Administration. Graduated Driver Licensing.
Available from the Internet at http://www.nhtsa.dot.gov/people/injury/NewDriver/GraduatedDriverLicense/index.htm (rev. September 2006, cited 7/19/2007).
American Academy of Pediatrics Policy Statement. The Teen Driver. Pediatrics 2006:18;2570-2571. Available from the Internet at: http://aappolicy.aappublications.org/cgi/reprint/pediatrics;118/6/2570.pdf (rev. December 2006, cited 7/19/2007).
Barker SP, Chen L, Li G. Nationwide Review of Graduated Driver Licensing. AAA Foundation for Traffic Safety.
Available from the Internet at http://www.aaafoundation.org/pdf/NationwideReviewOfGDLSummary.pdf (rev. February 2007, cited 7/19/2007).
Insurance Institute for Highway Safety. U.S. Licensing Systems for Young Drivers.
Available from the Internet at http://www.iihs.org/laws/state_laws/pdf/us_licensing_systems.pdf (rev. May 2007, cited 7/19/2007).
Allstate Insurance Company. Parent-Teen Driving Contract. U.S. Licensing Systems for Young Drivers.
Available from the Internet at http://www.allstateteendriver.com/files/parent-teen-contract.pdf (rev. 2007, cited 7/25/2007).
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2. Essential and accurate information about the patients' is gathered.
3. Informed decisions about diagnostic and therapeutic interventions based on patient information and preferences, up-to-date scientific evidence, and clinical judgment is made.
5. Patients and their families are counseled and educated.
6. Information technology to support patient care decisions and patient education is used.
8. Health care services aimed at preventing health problems or maintaining health are provided.
10. An investigatory and analytic thinking approach to the clinical situation is demonstrated.
11. Basic and clinically supportive sciences appropriate to their discipline are known and applied.
Practice Based Learning and Improvement
12. Evidence from scientific studies related to the patients' health problems is located, appraised and assimilated.
13. Information about other populations of patients, especially the larger population from which this patient is drawn, is obtained and used.
14. Knowledge of study designs and statistical methods to appraisal clinical studies and other information on diagnostic and therapeutic effectiveness is applied.
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Q: XPATH results empty target node in XJB I have got the following simple XML Schema...
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parsing a schema...
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Failed to parse a schema.

Can someone help how to achieve this goal without modifying the original XSD?

A: Your XPath addresses the complex type somewhere inside the xs:element:
//xs:element[@name='ReferenceID']//xs:complexType//xs:attribute[@name='Type']//xs:simpleType
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But in your schema your element is the part of your complex type. So the XPath is not correct.
Please try:
//xs:complexType[@name='OrderReferenceType']/xs:attribute[@name='Type']/xs:simpleType


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Home / Sufism / Women's Spirituality-Sufi Masters / Early Sufi Women: A bilingual critical edition of as-Sulami's Dhikr an-Niswa al-Muta 'abbidat as-Sufiyyat
Early Sufi Women: A bilingual critical edition of as-Sulami's Dhikr an-Niswa al-Muta 'abbidat as-Sufiyyat
Author: Abu 'Abd al-Rahman al-Sulami
Translator: Rkia Elaroui Cornell
Early Sufi Women: A bilingual critical edition of as-Sulami's Dhikr an-Niswa al-Muta 'abbidat as-Sufiyyat quantity
Early Sufi Women is the earliest known work in Islam devoted entirely to women's spirituality. Written by the Persian Sufi Abu 'Abd ar-Rahman as-Sulami (d. 1021), this long-lost work provides portraits of eighty Sufi women who lived in the central Islamic lands between the eighth and eleventh centuries C. E.
Categories: Women's Spirituality-Sufi Masters, Sufism, As-Sulami
As spiritual masters and exemplars of Islamic piety, they served as respected teachers and guides in the same way as did Muslim men, often surpassing men in their understanding of Sufi doctrine, the Qur'an, and Islamic spirituality. Whether they were scholars, poets, founders of Sufi schools, or individual mystics and ascetics, they embodied a wisdom that could not be hidden.
This important addition to the growing body of literature examining the historical presence of women in Islam is the first translation into English of a rare study of eighty-two Sufi women by the tenth-century Iranian scholar as-Sulami. The author was known primarily for his studies on Sufi chivalry and the malamitiyya (the Sufi order following "the way of blame," of which his father was a member), as well as a biographical compendium of the lives of one hundred Sufi men.
Originally believed to be an appendix to that work, these brief life-stories of Sufi women are now thought to form an independent work, one which scholars long feared lost–with only references in other sources–until a manuscript was found in a university library in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia in 1991. An Arabic edition was published in 1993.
This edition contains the original Arabic as well as Rkia Elaroui Cornell's translation, along with her extensive footnotes and introduction, which put the work into the context of as-Sulami's life and times and Sufism in general. Cornell has included as an appendix her translation of a similar study of Sufi women, written some two hundred years later by Ibn al-Jawzi.
Amazon customer review:
"Where are the great women?? Where are they? Why aren't we like them? This ancient text leaves you with those questions, and has you drilling your heart over this final thought…When will I become like them?
The introduction gives insight to the ancient text that was recorded by As-Sulami Rahimullah. The life of him, and the basic organization of his text Dhikr an niswa al muta 'abbidat as sufiyyat. The introduction is very useful to those who read english translated Sufi texts, because you must be trained formally and spiritually how to read a Sufi book. Why? Just because the book is old, translated into English and available does not make it a good rendering to the actual work itself.
Regarding the format of the book, it is in a biography style, with the Arabic text facing the English. The name of the women, her Kunya, or her name she was known by. Then the narration begins with the Isnad of how As-Sulami heard of the particular woman.
You are left with nothing but awe, love and want of the divine and at least left begging Allah for their qualities. these women were true devotees, they spent their time working hard for their akhira, and taking little from the dunya. May Allah give us all a glimpse of what these women had, for they had it (mar'ifa) at every waking moment!"
This book will be welcomed by all scholars working on the early history of Islam, especially those interested in gender issues. Not only does it provide a careful translation of one of the earliest collections of anecdotes about saintly women, it also provides an historical analysis of the role of women in Sulami's time and copious footnotes filled with information on the early personalities and technical discussions of Sufism.
-Sachiko Murata Professor of World Religions and Islamic Studies State University New York


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The vehicle presently is available with two one point two liter 3 cylinder engines of petrol. The entry level engine of seventy nine brake horse power DIG-S engine brings great improvement in power as well as efficiency. No doubt the manufacturing quality is not that great, but this car was successful in securing a decent twenty fourth position in the survey that was conducted by Driver Power, but car obtained a discouraging four rating in the crash test of Euro NCAP.
The car is spacious and you can't expect the rigid dimensions to obstruct the space present inside. There is enough space for accommodating even taller people. Also, the rear seats can be folded for increasing the space.


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Q: Help me understand Bayesian prior and posterior distributions
In a group of students, there are 2 out of 18 that are left-handed. Find the posterior distribution of left-handed students in the population assuming uninformative prior. Summarize the results. According to the literature 5-20% of people are left-handed. Take this information into account in your prior and calculate new posterior.

I know the beta distribution should be used here. First, with $\alpha$ and $\beta$ values as 1? The equation I found in the material for posterior is
$$\pi(r \vert Y ) \propto r^{(Y +−1)} \times (1 − r)^{(N−Y +−1)} \\
$$
$Y=2$, $N=18$
Why is that $r$ in the equation? ($r$ denoting the proportion of left-handed people). It is unknown, so how can it be in this equation? To me it seems ridiculous to calculate $r$ given $Y$ and use that $r$ in the equation giving $r$. Well, with the sample $r=2/18$ the result was $0,0019$. The $f$ should I deduce from that?
The equation giving an expected value of $R$ given known $Y$ and $N$ worked better and gave me $0,15$ which sounds about right. The equation being $E(r | X, N, α, β) = (α + X)/(α + β + N)$ with value $1$ assigned to $α$ and $β$. What values should I give $α$ and $β$ to take into account prior information?
Some tips would be much appreciated. A general lecture on prior and posterior distributions wouldn't hurt either (I have vague understanding what they are but only vague) Also bear in mind I'm not very advanced statistician (actually I'm a political scientist by my main trade) so advanced mathematics will probably fly over my head.

A: A beta distribution with $\alpha$ = 1 and $\beta$ = 1 is the same as a uniform distribution.  So it is in fact, uniformative.  You're trying to find information about a parameter of a distribution (in this case, percentage of left handed people in a group of people).  Bayes formula states:
$P(r|Y_{1,...,n})$ = $\frac{P(Y_{1,...,n}|r)*P(r)}{\int P(Y_{1,...,n}|\theta)*P(r)}$
which you pointed out is proportional to:
$P(r|Y_{1,...,n})$ $\propto$ $(Y_{1,...,n}|r)*P(r)$
So basically you're starting with your prior belief of the proportion of left handers in the group(P(r), which you're using a uniform dist for), then considering the data which you collect to inform your prior(a binomial in this case.  either you're right or left handed, so $P(Y_{1,...,n}|r)$).  A binomial distribution has a beta conjugate prior, which means that the posterior distribution $P(r|Y_{1,...n})$, the distribution of the paramter after considering the data is in the same family as the prior.  r here is not unknown in the end. (and frankly it wasn't before collecting the data.  we've got a pretty good idea of the proportion of left handers in society.) You've got both the prior distribution (your assumption of r) and you've collected data and put the two together.  The posterior is your new assumption of the distribution of left handers after considering the data. So you take the likelihood of the data, and multiply it by a uniform.  The expected value of a beta distribution (which is what the poster is) is $\frac{\alpha}{\alpha+\beta}$.  So when you started, your assumption with $\alpha$=1 and $\beta$=1 was that the proportion of left handers in the world was $\frac{1}{2}$.  Now you've collected data that has 2 lefties out of 18.  You've calculated a posterior. (still a beta) Your $\alpha$ and $\beta$ values are now different, changing your idea of the proportion of lefties vs. righties.  how has it changed?

A: Let me first explain what a conjugate prior is. I will then explain the Bayesian analyses using your specific example.
Bayesian statistics involve the following steps:

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*Define the prior distribution that incorporates your subjective beliefs about a parameter (in your example the parameter of interest is the proportion of left-handers). The prior can be "uninformative" or "informative" (but there is no prior that has no information, see the discussion here).

*Gather data.

*Update your prior distribution with the data using Bayes' theorem to obtain a posterior distribution. The posterior distribution is a probability distribution that represents your updated beliefs about the parameter after having seen the data.

*Analyze the posterior distribution and summarize it (mean, median, sd, quantiles, ...).

The basis of all bayesian statistics is Bayes' theorem, which is
$$
\mathrm{posterior} \propto \mathrm{prior} \times \mathrm{likelihood}
$$
In your case, the likelihood is binomial. If the prior and the posterior distribution are in the same family, the prior and posterior are called conjugate distributions. The beta distribution is a conjugate prior because the posterior is also a beta distribution. We say that the beta distribution is the conjugate family for the binomial likelihood. Conjugate analyses are convenient but rarely occur in real-world problems. In most cases, the posterior distribution has to be found numerically via MCMC (using Stan, WinBUGS, OpenBUGS, JAGS, PyMC or some other program).
If the prior probability distribution does not integrate to 1, it is called an improper prior, if it does integrate to 1 it is called a proper prior. In most cases, an improper prior does not pose a major problem for Bayesian analyses. The posterior distribution must be proper though, i.e. the posterior must integrate to 1.
These rules of thumb follow directly from the nature of the Bayesian analysis procedure:

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*If the prior is uninformative, the posterior is very much determined by the data (the posterior is data-driven)

*If the prior is informative, the posterior is a mixture of the prior and the data

*The more informative the prior, the more data you need to "change" your beliefs, so to speak because the posterior is very much driven by the prior information

*If you have a lot of data, the data will dominate the posterior distribution (they will overwhelm the prior)

An excellent overview of some possible "informative" and "uninformative" priors for the beta distribution can be found in this post.
Say your prior beta is $\mathrm{Beta}(\pi_{LH}| \alpha, \beta)$ where $\pi_{LH}$ is the proportion of left-handers. To specify the prior parameters $\alpha$ and $\beta$, it is useful to know the mean and variance of the beta distribution (for example, if you want your prior to have a certain mean and variance). The mean is $\bar{\pi}_{LH}=\alpha/(\alpha + \beta)$. Thus, whenever $\alpha =\beta$, the mean is $0.5$. The variance of the beta distribution is $\frac{\alpha\beta}{(\alpha + \beta)^{2}(\alpha + \beta + 1)}$. Now, the convenient thing is that you can think of $\alpha$ and $\beta$ as previously observed (pseudo-)data, namely $\alpha$ left-handers and $\beta$ right-handers out of a (pseudo-)sample of size $n_{eq}=\alpha + \beta$. The $\mathrm{Beta}(\pi_{LH} |\alpha=1, \beta=1)$ distribution is the uniform (all values of $\pi_{LH}$ are equally probable) and is the equivalent of having observed two people out of which one is left-handed and one is right-handed.
The posterior beta distribution is simply $\mathrm{Beta}(z + \alpha, N - z +\beta)$ where $N$ is the size of the sample and $z$ is the number of left-handers in the sample. The posterior mean of $\pi_{LH}$ is therefore $(z + \alpha)/(N + \alpha + \beta)$. So to find the parameters of the posterior beta distribution, we simply add $z$ left-handers to $\alpha$ and $N-z$ right-handers to $\beta$. The posterior variance is $\frac{(z+\alpha)(N-z+\beta)}{(N+\alpha+\beta)^{2}(N + \alpha + \beta + 1)}$. Note that a highly informative prior also leads to a smaller variance of the posterior distribution (the graphs below illustrate the point nicely).
In your case, $z=2$ and $N=18$ and your prior is the uniform which is uninformative, so $\alpha = \beta = 1$. Your posterior distribution is therefore $Beta(3, 17)$. The posterior mean is $\bar{\pi}_{LH}=3/(3+17)=0.15$. Here is a graph that shows the prior, the likelihood of the data and the posterior

You see that because your prior distribution is uninformative, your posterior distribution is entirely driven by the data. Also plotted is the highest density interval (HDI) for the posterior distribution. Imagine that you put your posterior distribution in a 2D-basin and start to fill in water until 95% of the distribution are above the waterline. The points where the waterline intersects with the posterior distribution constitute the 95%-HDI. Every point inside the HDI has a higher probability than any point outside it. Also, the HDI always includes the peak of the posterior distribution (i.e. the mode). The HDI is different from an equal tailed 95% credible interval where 2.5% from each tail of the posterior are excluded (see here).
For your second task, you're asked to incorporate the information that 5-20% of the population are left-handers into account. There are several ways of doing that. The easiest way is to say that the prior beta distribution should have a mean of $0.125$ which is the mean of $0.05$ and $0.2$. But how to choose $\alpha$ and $\beta$ of the prior beta distribution? First, you want your mean of the prior distribution to be $0.125$ out of a pseudo-sample of equivalent sample size $n_{eq}$. More generally, if you want your prior to have a mean $m$ with a pseudo-sample size $n_{eq}$, the corresponding $\alpha$ and $\beta$ values are: $\alpha = mn_{eq}$ and $\beta = (1-m)n_{eq}$. All you are left to do now is to choose the pseudo-sample size $n_{eq}$ which determines how confident you are about your prior information. Let's say you are very sure about your prior information and set $n_{eq}=1000$. The parameters of your prior distribution are thereore $\alpha = 0.125\cdot 1000 = 125$ and $\beta = (1 - 0.125)\cdot 1000 = 875$. The posterior distribution is $\mathrm{Beta}(127, 891)$ with a mean of about $0.125$ which is practically the same as the prior mean of $0.125$. The prior information is dominating the posterior (see the following graph):

If you are less sure about the prior information, you could set the $n_{eq}$ of your pseudo-sample to, say, $10$, which yields $\alpha=1.25$ and $\beta=8.75$ for your prior beta distribution. The posterior distribution is $\mathrm{Beta}(3.25, 24.75)$ with a mean of about $0.116$. The posterior mean is now near the mean of your data ($0.111$) because the data overwhelm the prior. Here is the graph showing the situation:

A more advanced method of incorporating the prior information would be to say that the $0.025$ quantile of your prior beta distribution should be about $0.05$ and the $0.975$ quantile should be about $0.2$. This is equivalent of saying that your are 95% sure that the proportion of left-handers in the population lies between 5% and 20%. The function beta.select in the R package LearnBayes calculates the corresponding $\alpha$ and $\beta$ values of a beta distribution corresponding to such quantiles. The code is
library(LearnBayes)

quantile1=list(p=.025, x=0.05)     # the 2.5% quantile should be 0.05
quantile2=list(p=.975, x=0.2)      # the 97.5% quantile should be 0.2
beta.select(quantile1, quantile2)

[1]  7.61 59.13

It seems that a beta distribution with paramters $\alpha = 7.61$ and $\beta=59.13$ has the desired properties. The prior mean is $7.61/(7.61 + 59.13)\approx 0.114$ which is near the mean of your data ($0.111$). Again, this prior distribution incorporates the information of a pseudo-sample of an equivalent sample size of about $n_{eq}\approx 7.61+59.13 \approx 66.74$. The posterior distribution is $\mathrm{Beta}(9.61, 75.13)$ with a mean of $0.113$ which is comparable with the mean of the previous analysis using a highly informative $\mathrm{Beta}(125, 875)$ prior. Here is the corresponding graph:

See also this reference for a short but imho good overview of Bayesian reasoning and simple analysis. A longer introduction for conjugate analyses, especially for binomial data can be found here. A general introduction into Bayesian thinking can be found here. More slides concerning aspects of Baysian statistics are here.

A: In the first part of your question it asks you to define a suitable prior for "r". With the binomial data in hand it would be wise to choose a beta distribution. Because then the posterior will be a beta. The Uniform ditribution being a special case of beta, you can choose prior for "r" the Uniform disribution allowing every possible value of "r" to be equally probable.
In the second part you have provided with the information regarding the prior distribution "r".
With this in hand @COOLSerdash's answer will give you the proper directions.
Thank you for posting this question and COOLSerdash for providing a proper answer.


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Q: How to call server side javascript function created in MongoDB I have created one function using MongoDB shell but I am unable to use this function and also don't know how to get the function definition to edit or check.
db.system.js.insertOne({ _id : "getSessions" , value : function (clientid){    //some code  }})

and I used db.eval(getSessions(1)) for call this function but facing error ReferenceError: getSessions is not defined
Please help me for call this function and also I want to get function definition from MongoDb Shell.


The first rule of writing is to focus on matters you've lived through, and understand, which aptly embodies the keep-it-simple-stupid (KISS) principle. KISS is a long held design rule that states most things generally perform best when they have simple designs rather than over thinking it. It is not meant to imply stupidity, on the contrary.
"Everything should be made as simple as possible, but not simpler." Believed Albert Einstein, by which he meant simplify the design of a product and success is achieved when a design is at its maximum simplicity.
So, Roland Sands uncomplicated response to why he chose a 2006 Harley Davidson Softail for his latest project fits that logic perfectly. "We had one and it made sense," he remarked. "It was a pretty simple project actually. I had a bike in the shop that was a custom we wanted to change. So we based the bike off the original Softail and added some new tweaks. Obviously the paint job is very K&N, so that was my initial inspiration, as well as some vintage racing flavor. I love the K&N logo and colors, so those three were easy to apply." The Roland Sands K&N Custom Harley Davidson Softail was on display at the 2013 SEMA Show.
The Long Beach, California native is an award winning designer for Performance Machine, and he is the owner/founder of Roland Sands Design. Sands was the 1998 AMA 250GP National Road Racing Champion, and he has a lifetime of motorcycling experience from which he draws his design insights. He intrinsically understands the subtle nuances of the motorcycle culture, the clear distinction between cool and kitsch, which he applies to his creations. Since opening RSD in 2005 Sands has distinguished himself as a leader in the design of functional, aggressive, well-rounded, and aesthetically pleasing motorcycle hard parts, accessories, and riding gear. His ultimate custom motorcycle designs have been described as balance of sport bike and chopper influences.
"Every rendering is different," Sands says about his process and his frequently evolving design sketches. "Sometimes it's basically just to get the paint nailed. Other times we really try to build it exact. This bike may have had a vintage seat on it originally, but we decided to go with our Boss solo, as we haven't used one on a bike, and we had one in the shop. It was last minute."
The head-turning Softail features an exclusive custom designed Slant Carbon Fiber Air Cleaner with a K&N Air Filter. "This idea came from an existing K&N air filter that we morphed into Carbon fiber to match our Slant Exhaust tip," Sands explains. "It was really a new way to look at an exhaust and intake package. The cool thing about the air cleaner is it allows for more knee clearance, which is really nice on a Harley."
How was the bike received at SEMA? "People want to ride it," Sands reports. "That's a good thing."
"I have a few KTM's were finishing up and a Dyna Glide just went on the table today," he adds about his ongoing project list. "Things are getting chopped up a bit as usual."
Front Wheel: RSD - Del Mar 23x3.5"
Front Disc: RSD - Del Mar 13"
Rear Wheel: RSD - Del Mar 18x5.5"
Rear Disc: RSD - Del Mar 11.5"
Handlebars: RSD – ProStep 12"


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Audenshaw's grant of armorial bearings returns home
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A piece of Audenshaw history returned home, from Thursday, February 11, the districts grant of armorial bearings was again displayed in Ryecroft Hall.
The grant, which is a large parchment document bearing three heavy wax seals, is effectively the College of Arms official endorsement of Audenshaws coat of arms. It was issued to Audenshaw Urban District Council on November 17,
Audenshaws principal industries are represented by a pick axe and a mill wheel. Red and white roses indicate the districts proximity to the Lancashire and Yorkshire border. The inverted star or molet is taken from the arms of the Assheton family who were lords of the manor. The Latin motto Festina Lente translates as "Make haste slowly - do not be impetuous".
Ryecroft Hall was the seat of Audenshaw UDC for most of the councils 80-year history. The building was previously the home of Austin Hopkinson MP who gave it to the people of Audenshaw after the First World War.
The grant of armorial bearing hung there for many years but more recently has been safely stored at Tameside Local Studies and Archives Centre, Ashton. Ward councillors Theresa Smith, Oliver Ryan and Maria Bailey have been instrumental in returning the parchment to Ryecroft Hall so that the residents of Audenshaw can see and it.
Ryecroft Hall was the home of Austin Hopkinson and where Audenshaw Urban District Council used to meet. The grants of arms was unveiled by the Civic Mayor of Tameside, Cllr Vincent Ricci on February 11th at Ryecroft Hall.
On the grant, the coat of arms is described as "Per Pale Argent and Gules, a Pick Axe and a pierced Mullet in pale counterchanged in dexter chief a Rose of the second and in sinister chief a Rose of the first both barbed and seeded proper. And for the Crest On a Wreath of the Colours a Mill Wheel proper between a Rose Argent and a Rose Gules both barbed and seeded also proper".
Royal honour for Ryecroft Hall volunteers
Audenshaw residents angered by plans to build electricity plant
Residents help Audenshaw's Shepley Park in bid to get Green Flag Award


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Q: split a dataframe to multiple tables based on conditional search I have a table like:
ID A10 A11 A12 A20 A21 A22 A30 A31 A32
Apple 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1
Banana 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2
Pear 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3

My first question is, can I use something like "*" to subset multiple column? Like if I want to subset columns containing A2 (A20, A21, A22), how can I do it quickly?
My second question is how can I split this dataframe to multiple tables? I would like to split this dataframe base on "A1" "A2" and  "A3" (related with my first question), which will be:
df1<-
ID A10 A11 A12
Apple 1 1 1
Banana 2 2 2
Pear 3 3 3

df2<-
ID A20 A21 A22
Apple 1 1 1
Banana 2 2 2
Pear 3 3 3

df3<-
ID A30 A31 A32
Apple 1 1 1
Banana 2 2 2
Pear 3 3 3

How can I do that?
For another case, I have a dataframe that the character length of the column names are different, like:
ID BSS20 BSS40 BSS60 W01 W02 W03 BW20 BW40 BW60 SS20 SS40 SS60
Apple 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1
Banana 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2
Pear 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3

How can I split the data into three new dataframes, each one must contain W0, like:
df1<-
ID BSS20 BSS40 BSS60 W01 W02 W03
Apple 1 1 1 1 1 1
Banana 2 2 2 2 2 2
Pear 3 3 3 3 3 3

df2<-
ID BW20 BW40 BW60 W01 W02 W03
Apple 1 1 1 1 1 1
Banana 2 2 2 2 2 2
Pear 3 3 3 3 3 3

df3<-
ID SS20 SS40 SS60 W01 W02 W03
Apple 1 1 1 1 1 1
Banana 2 2 2 2 2 2
Pear 3 3 3 3 3 3

My columns are composed of *20 *40 *60 and three special characters W01 W02 W03, how can I express them well in r?

A: Yes, you can split the dataframe to multiple tables using split.default. In this case we can extract first two characters from the column names to split them
split.default(df[-1], substr(names(df)[-1], 1, 2))

#$A1
#  A10 A11 A12
#1   1   1   1
#2   2   2   2
#3   3   3   3

#$A2
#  A20 A21 A22
#1   1   1   1
#2   2   2   2
#3   3   3   3

#$A3
#  A30 A31 A32
#1   1   1   1
#2   2   2   2
#3   3   3   3

If you want to add first column to each of the list you can cbind it to every list
lapply(split.default(df[-1], substr(names(df)[-1], 1, 2)), cbind, df[1])

EDIT
For the updated data we can create two groups, common columns(common_cols) and different columns (diff_cols)
common_cols <-c("ID", "W01", "W02", "W03")
diff_cols <- setdiff(names(df), common_cols)

then do the split only on diff_cols and cbind the common_cols to each list.
lapply(split.default(df[diff_cols], substr(names(df[diff_cols]), 1, 2)),
        cbind, df[common_cols])

#$BS
#  BSS20 BSS40 BSS60     ID W01 W02 W03
#1     1     1     1  Apple   1   1   1
#2     2     2     2 Banana   2   2   2
#3     3     3     3   Pear   3   3   3

#$BW
#  BW20 BW40 BW60     ID W01 W02 W03
#1    1    1    1  Apple   1   1   1
#2    2    2    2 Banana   2   2   2
#3    3    3    3   Pear   3   3   3

#$SS
#  SS20 SS40 SS60     ID W01 W02 W03
#1    1    1    1  Apple   1   1   1
#2    2    2    2 Banana   2   2   2
#3    3    3    3   Pear   3   3   3

A: You can split multiple data frame using below code.
df <- read.table(text="ID A10 A11 A12 A20 A21 A22 A30 A31 A32
Apple 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1
Banana 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2
Pear 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3",header = T)

df1<-df[ , grepl( "A1" , names(df) ) ]
df2<-df[ , grepl( "A2" , names(df) ) ]
df3<-df[ , grepl( "A3" , names(df) ) ]


The German city of Weimar dates back to the ninth century, and served as the capital of the Duchy of Saxe-Weimar from 1552 through the German Revolution of 1918. It was the home and burial ground of Goethe and Schiller, and is an important European cultural center. Major museums include the National Goethe Museum, Schiller Museum, Liszt Museum, Palace Museum, Bauhaus Museum and the Buchenwald Memorial. Forbes Travel rates seven Weimar hotels at four stars or higher.
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Zachary receives a foul ball at a major league game, and his baseball fantasies start to come alive.
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author: Allan Wolf
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author: Paul Fleischman
Aimed at a generation of short attention spans and a taste for razor-sharp comedy, the rapid-fire Zap is a smart, farcical play for high-school students that's ready to bring the house down.
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Zap (EBook)
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author: Adina Rishe Gewirtz
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The Ministry of Health, ADPEX, the National center for Health Communication and Education, Vietnam Pharmaceutical Companies Association and Vietnam Medical Import Export JSC (VIMEDIMEX VN) have jointly organized a press brief on the exhibition.
The event has five main themes with 600 booths of 400 companies from 25 nations and territories.
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LeAnn's life centered around raising her three sons and she loved attending their sporting events. When she wasn't making memories with her sons, she enjoyed going shopping. She attended the Ogden Church in Adrian.
In addition to her husband, Sam she is survived by her three sons, Brandon Louis Smith of Tecumseh, Jared Dwight Smith and Nathan Lee Smith both of Clinton; three brothers, Lance (Linda) Underwood of Clinton, Chad Williams of Ypsilanti and Jason (Kari) Williams of Williamston, Mich. In addition to her parents, she was preceded in death by her sister, Linda Lou Mulberg and a brother, Louis Underwood, Jr.
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Widow calls U.S. compensation payment "humiliation"
The widow of the Kyrgyz civilian killed by a U.S. serviceman at an American base called a US$55,000 (EUR41,000) compensation payment a "humiliation" and said that she wants US$1 million (EUR740,000) in damages.
Alexander Ivanov, a truck driver, was fatally shot by a serviceman in December during a security check at the entrance to the Manas air base near the Central Asian nation's capital, Bishkek, that supports operations in Afghanistan.
An unspecified amount was paid Monday to Ivanova's widow, Marina Ivanova, base spokesman Capt. Tim Wade said. In a statement, base commander Col. Joel Scott Reese said the United States "recognizes her emotional and financial hardships."
"It is for this reason that the Secretary of Defense is providing monetary assistance to her and her family," Reese said in the statement. "It is hoped that this final gesture of goodwill will ease her difficulties associated with this tragic event."
Wade confirmed that no further payments are planned and said the amount was not being disclosed in the interest of Ivanova's privacy. Ivanova, however, said it was US$55,000 (EUR41,000) and dismissed it as an effort to dissuade her from seeking more.
"This is the latest handout, a humiliation. I do not consider it a gesture of goodwill - the (U.S. defense secretary) does not want me to demand anything more," she told The Associated Press. She said she would not withdraw a claim her lawyer said was filed in January for US$1 million.
Wade said he could not immediately comment on the claim.
The U.S. ambassador said earlier this month that the serviceman involved had been sent home but remained under investigation in connection with the shooting. The U.S. military has said Ivanov threatened the serviceman with a knife.
Kyrgyz investigators earlier concluded that the serviceman did not act in self defense and recommended he face criminal prosecution in the ex-Soviet republic, despite the immunity granted to U.S. servicemen deployed here.


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While many investors have been waiting for a "Great Rotation" from bonds to stocks to occur, 2014 has instead brought the "Not-So-Great-Rotation"', Validea CEO John Reese writes in his latest for Canada's Globe and Mail.
If you're going to try to play this shift out of higher-growth, high-momentum areas like technology and biotech and into bigger, safer, dividend-paying stocks , you need to be careful, Reese says. Investors looking in the new hot sectors should be sure to invest in stocks that aren't just hot, but which also have good fundamentals.
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Block Chain Gang: Can Bitcoin solve the Credit Card Problem?
Can Bitcoin solve the Credit Card Problem?
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"""Small benchmark on the effect of chunksizes and compression on HDF5 files.

Francesc Alted
2007-11-25

"""

import math
import subprocess
import tempfile
from pathlib import Path
from time import perf_counter as clock
import numpy as np
import tables as tb

# Size of dataset
# N, M = 512, 2**16     # 256 MB
# N, M = 512, 2**18     # 1 GB
# N, M = 512, 2**19     # 2 GB
N, M = 2000, 1_000_000  # 15 GB
# N, M = 4000, 1000000  # 30 GB
datom = tb.Float64Atom()   # elements are double precision

def quantize(data, least_significant_digit):
    """Quantize data to improve compression.

    data is quantized using around(scale*data)/scale, where scale is
    2**bits, and bits is determined from the least_significant_digit.
    For example, if least_significant_digit=1, bits will be 4.

    """

    precision = 10 ** -least_significant_digit
    exp = math.log(precision, 10)
    if exp < 0:
        exp = math.floor(exp)
    else:
        exp = math.ceil(exp)
    bits = math.ceil(math.log(10 ** -exp, 2))
    scale = 2 ** bits
    return np.around(scale * data) / scale

def get_db_size(filename):
    sout = subprocess.Popen("ls -sh %s" % filename, shell=True,
                            stdout=subprocess.PIPE).stdout
    line = [l for l in sout][0]
    return line.split()[0]

def bench(chunkshape, filters):
    np.random.seed(1)   # to have reproductible results
    filename = tempfile.mktemp(suffix='.h5')
    print("Doing test on the file system represented by:", filename)

    f = tb.open_file(filename, 'w')
    e = f.create_earray(f.root, 'earray', datom, shape=(0, M),
                        filters = filters,
                        chunkshape = chunkshape)
    # Fill the array
    t1 = clock()
    for i in range(N):
        # e.append([numpy.random.rand(M)])  # use this for less compressibility
        e.append([quantize(np.random.rand(M), 6)])
    # os.system("sync")
    print(f"Creation time: {clock() - t1:.3f}", end=' ')
    filesize = get_db_size(filename)
    filesize_bytes = Path(filename).stat().st_size
    print("\t\tFile size: %d -- (%s)" % (filesize_bytes, filesize))

    # Read in sequential mode:
    e = f.root.earray
    t1 = clock()
    # Flush everything to disk and flush caches
    #os.system("sync; echo 1 > /proc/sys/vm/drop_caches")
    for row in e:
        t = row
    print(f"Sequential read time: {clock() - t1:.3f}", end=' ')

    # f.close()
    # return

    # Read in random mode:
    i_index = np.random.randint(0, N, 128)
    j_index = np.random.randint(0, M, 256)
    # Flush everything to disk and flush caches
    #os.system("sync; echo 1 > /proc/sys/vm/drop_caches")

    # Protection against too large chunksizes
    # 4 MB
    if 0 and filters.complevel and chunkshape[0] * chunkshape[1] * 8 > 2 ** 22:
        f.close()
        return

    t1 = clock()
    for i in i_index:
        for j in j_index:
            t = e[i, j]
    print(f"\tRandom read time: {clock() - t1:.3f}")

    f.close()

# Benchmark with different chunksizes and filters
# for complevel in (0, 1, 3, 6, 9):
for complib in (None, 'zlib', 'lzo', 'blosc'):
# for complib in ('blosc',):
    if complib:
        filters = tb.Filters(complevel=5, complib=complib)
    else:
        filters = tb.Filters(complevel=0)
    print("8<--" * 20, "\nFilters:", filters, "\n" + "-" * 80)
    # for ecs in (11, 14, 17, 20, 21, 22):
    for ecs in range(10, 24):
    # for ecs in (19,):
        chunksize = 2 ** ecs
        chunk1 = 1
        chunk2 = chunksize / datom.itemsize
        if chunk2 > M:
            chunk1 = chunk2 / M
            chunk2 = M
        chunkshape = (chunk1, chunk2)
        cs_str = str(chunksize / 1024) + " KB"
        print("***** Chunksize:", cs_str, "/ Chunkshape:", chunkshape, "*****")
        bench(chunkshape, filters)


BITRE's upcoming comprehensive publication will provide a more detailed analysis of the factors that impact on the full range of living costs across Australia. This submission includes some preliminary conclusions from the analysis of data on grocery prices collected for the main study.
The study confirms the view that grocery store prices vary widely across locations. It also finds the presence of a major chain in a town is a practical indicator of the price level of groceries in non-metropolitan centres. The major chain stores are more prevalent in larger population centres.


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Is 12-years-old too young to talk to your kid about money?
Parents say the teen years are the most important time to talk to kids about saving, investing and avoiding debt. But some moms start before kid turns 13.
Is 12-years-old too young to talk to your kid about money? Parents say the teen years are the most important time to talk to kids about saving, investing and avoiding debt. But some moms start before kid turns 13. Check out this story on USATODAY.com: https://usat.ly/2uPYqXG
Adam Shell, USA TODAY Published 12:01 a.m. ET July 25, 2018 | Updated 4:00 p.m. ET July 25, 2018
You could help or hurt your kids for years to come with what you do or don't teach them about money right now. USA TODAY
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What's the right age to have "the talk" with the kids? No, not the birds-and-bees chat but the dollars-and-cents conversation about saving, budgeting and using credit cards responsibly.
The answer turns out to be the earlier the better, according to a new survey by Capital Group, home of the American Funds, obtained exclusively by USA TODAY. In fact, age 12 or younger is a good time, say nearly 4 of 10 (39 percent) millennial parents, the newest generation of moms and dads. That's nearly double the percentage of baby boomer parents (22 percent) who started instilling financial do's and don'ts into their offspring before their teenage years, the survey says.
"These are conversations worth having that will impact how younger Americans invest for their futures," says Heather Lord, senior vice president and head of strategy and innovation at Capital Group. "We don't talk enough about the high cost of waiting."
The survey also shows that different financial topics are broached by parents at different stages of their kids' lives.
The basic building blocks of personal finance, good advice such as "start saving early" and "making a budget," are typically addressed during the grade school and junior high years. Thirty percent of parents said they began talking about the importance of an early start to savings when their kids were younger than 12, according to the survey. Eight percent said they even talked with pre-teens about "paying off loans."
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A second set of conversations tend to occur when life events, such as graduating from college, moving into an apartment or getting married, require more specific types of advice, the survey found. Educating a child on the benefits of investing in a 401(k), for example, works better when they have a job and are starting to invest for retirement.
It's better for children to "get information at a point in time when it is relevant and they can take action," Lord explains.
Teenage years
The teenage years, according to parents surveyed, are an important time to pass on life lessons, such as the importance of "having good credit" and tips on "buying a car" and "avoiding debt." Nearly 6 of 10 (58 percent) parents said the teenage years are the right time to talk about the pros and cons of "using credit cards."
Guidance on the best way to plan for future financial challenges, such as "buying a home," "saving for a retirement," and "purchasing insurance" are best tackled a little later in life, when kids are in their 20s, survey data show.
Moms tend to do more of the talking and teaching than dads do, the survey revealed. And that includes everything from having good credit to starting to save early for retirement,
Most parents surveyed say that they wish someone had shared more money advice with them when they were younger. Forty-five percent of women and 33 percent of men said they wished they had learned earlier about saving for retirement and 401(k) tips.
Past influences
Parents' own financial stresses while growing up often shape how they approach the topic with their children.
Those who grew up in a financially "unstable" home were more likely to talk with their kids about making a budget and paying off loans than those who grew up in more affluent families, the survey found.
When it comes to ranking the best source of financial wisdom for teenagers and twenty-something adults, parents (83 percent) ranked themselves as the most important voice. Schools (51 percent) ranked second and financial advisors (41 percent) came in third. Employers, despite providing many Americans with 401(k) retirement plans, were less appreciated, at 35 percent.
Lord says she would like to see employers and retirement-plan sponsors play a bigger role in boosting young workers' financial acumen, especially since most workers' rely on their 401(k) to fund their retirement.
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The Capital Group survey lays out five "conversation starters" that parents say can help open the lines of communication with children on money-related issues:
Live within your means
If you don't overspend and run up debt you can't pay back, you're less likely to run into financial trouble.
Start saving early and regularly
The earlier you sock away money for the future and the more of your paycheck you have automatically invested into savings vehicles such as mutual funds or 401(k) plans, the greater your chances of seeing your money grow over time into a sizable nest egg.
Use your employer's 401(k) match
Don't pass up free money in your retirement savings account. Make sure you have enough money deducted from your pay for your 401(k) to be eligible for the full matching contribution from your employer.
Don't carry a credit-card balance
Paying with plastic is OK if you can pay the balance off when you get your monthly statement. If you can't pay in full, it means you'll incur debt and get hit with interest charges.
It makes financial sense to know how much money you have coming in each month and how much is going out in bills and discretionary spending.
If you talk with a group of people about money for more than two minutes someone is going to unleash one of the most common financial phrases on the planet: I wish they would have taught this stuff in school. USA TODAY
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Setting up Out Of Office (OOO) responses to automate email replies (when you are on a vacation) gives a professional touch to the way we handle our emails. However, most of us have developed or taken up the standard process of detailing only our dates of unavailability in our messages.
Let us change this style and give an innovative curve to what the mailers see on our automated responses. Why not try and include details of our engagement during that period (or prior to and after that period) so that the people who were trying to reach us can plan to contact (again) accordingly.
And today, we will learn how to include such details in a graphical manner i.e. by adding a mini calendar (with selected details) to such messages in MS Outlook.
The process through steps 1 and 2 is common for all Outlook users. Step 3 however, will not apply for those who use the OOO Assistant (available of MS Outlook Exchange edition). We will cover what such users can do, towards the end.
Step 1: Launch the MS Outlook client and navigate to its Calendar section from the bottom of the left pane. Right-click on the calendar which you would like to include in the automated messages; and then hit on Send via Email.
Step 2: You would see a dialog box wherein you would have to set the date range and select the calendar scope you would like to share.
(a) You may also change your calendar here, in case you had made a wrong choice or decide to switch.
(b) Select the range/ period that you would like to make part of your replies. Generally, it would be Next 7 days (at least I do that).
(c) Choose the details that you would like to share. Here, I prefer to set out Limited Details.
(d) You may toggle the Advanced settings for more preferences and limitations.
Once you save the settings your calendar will be imported as an email message. You will see a miniature calendar with color indexes on dates defining your engagement. The dates also provide links to the details stated further down in the message.
I suggest that you remove the attachment because that would become redundant data.
Step 3: The procedure after this includes creating a new rule and setting it as a vacation response. It is explained in a detailed manner on another post here. Follow steps 2 through the end on that article.
Note: For those using OOO Assistant, copy the result of Step 2, navigate to where you set your message for responses and paste it there.
So, are you going to set your replies with a mini calendar next time? I guarantee that those who receive such responses will appreciate you more than ever. Do not forget to share this article with your colleagues and friends if you like it.


Please Join Us In Wishing Pearl Rider HAPPY BIRTHDAY!!!
On behalf of the entire North American Goldwings Community, we would like to wish Pearl Rider a very HAPPY BIRTHDAY!!!
Happy Birthday Alan . Have a wonderful day.
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INA and FAG, when it comes to motion. Catalogue HG 1 stands for pioneering plain bearing technology, applicationfocussed advice, the highest product and 45 000. EGB1220E40. 5,8. 12. 14. 20. 0,6 0,4. 0,1. 0,6. 33 600. 60 000. EGB1225E40. 7,3. 12. 14. 25. 0,6 0,4. 0,1. 0,6. 42 000. 75 000. EGB1310E40. 3,1. 13.