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Q: How to transform, encode, or standardize a column with a list (of items) per row before machine learning model? The data has various types of value type. As below, for categorical columns, I can apply OneHotEncoder. But I am getting the error: TypeError: argument must be a string or number to do that with the columns in which each row has a list of substring or token as in the SUBSTRING_4L and SUBSTRING_5L columns.
I have been searching on google, stackoverflow, and scikit-learn documentation for quite some time without landing on anything useful.
import pandas as pd
import numpy as np
from sklearn.model_selection import train_test_split
from sklearn import preprocessing
from sklearn.impute import SimpleImputer

data = {
    'AGE': [39, np.nan, 21, 13, 45, 26, np.nan, 48],
    'URBAN': ['urban', np.nan, 'urban', 'rural', 'urban', 'rural', 'urban', 'urban'],
    'NAME': ['jack', 'juste', 'ann', np.nan, 'jack', 'gil', 'phil', 'tyler'],
    'SUBSTRING_4L': [['jack'], ['just', 'uste'], [], [], ['jack'], [], ['phil'], ['tyle', 'yler']],
    'SUBSTRING_5L': [[], ['juste'], [], [], [], [], [], ['tyler']],
    'DISEASE': ['healthy', 'cancer', 'cancer', 'dementia', 'cancer', 'heart', 'healthy', 'cancer'],
    }

df = pd.DataFrame(data)

def transform_numerical():
    x_train, x_test, y_train, y_test = train_test_split(
        df[['AGE']], df['DISEASE'], test_size=0.5, random_state=3)

    scaler = preprocessing.StandardScaler().fit(x_train)
    x_trainT = scaler.transform(x_train)
    x_testT = scaler.transform(x_test)

    print(x_train)
    print(x_trainT)
    print()
    print(x_test)
    print(x_testT)
    print('/////////////////////////', '\n')

transform_numerical()

def transform_categorical():
    x_train, x_test, y_train, y_test = train_test_split(
        df[['URBAN', 'NAME']], df['DISEASE'], test_size=0.5, random_state=3)

    cat_imputer = SimpleImputer(strategy='constant', fill_value='')
    cat_imputer.fit(x_train)
    x_trainT = cat_imputer.transform(x_train)
    x_testT = cat_imputer.transform(x_test)

    encoder = preprocessing.OneHotEncoder(handle_unknown='ignore')
    encoder.fit(x_trainT)
    x_trainT = encoder.transform(x_trainT)
    x_testT = encoder.transform(x_testT)

    print(x_trainT.toarray())
    print(x_train)
    print()
    print(x_testT.toarray())
    print(x_test)
    print('/////////////////////////', '\n')

transform_categorical()

def transform_list():
    x_train, x_test, y_train, y_test = train_test_split(
        df[['SUBSTRING_4L', 'SUBSTRING_5L']], df['DISEASE'], test_size=0.5, random_state=3)

    cat_imputer = SimpleImputer(strategy='constant', fill_value='')
    cat_imputer.fit(x_train)
    x_trainT = cat_imputer.transform(x_train)
    x_testT = cat_imputer.transform(x_test)

    encoder = preprocessing.OneHotEncoder(handle_unknown='ignore')
    encoder.fit(x_trainT)
    x_trainT = encoder.transform(x_trainT)
    x_testT = encoder.transform(x_testT)

    print(x_trainT.toarray())
    print(x_train)
    print()
    print(x_testT.toarray())
    print(x_test)
    print('/////////////////////////', '\n')

transform_list()

A: You can flatten list objects to columns by df.apply(lamda x: pd.Series(x)) and then you can use pd.get_dummies() to encode object columns.
object_cols = ["URBAN", "NAME"]
list_cols = ["SUBSTRING_4L","SUBSTRING_5L"]

features = df.drop("DISEASE", axis = 1)
features = features.drop(object_cols, axis = 1)
features = features.drop(list_cols, axis = 1)

for col in list_cols:
    features = pd.concat([features, pd.get_dummies(df[col].apply(lambda x: pd.Series(x)), prefix = col)], axis = 1)
for col in object_cols:
    features = pd.concat([features, pd.get_dummies(df[col], prefix = col)], axis = 1)

Which provides:
    AGE SUBSTRING_4L_jack   SUBSTRING_4L_just   SUBSTRING_4L_phil   SUBSTRING_4L_tyle   SUBSTRING_4L_uste   SUBSTRING_4L_yler   SUBSTRING_5L_juste  SUBSTRING_5L_tyler  URBAN_rural URBAN_urban NAME_ann    NAME_gil    NAME_jack   NAME_juste  NAME_phil   NAME_tyler
0   39.0    1   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   1   0   0   1   0   0   0
1   NaN 0   1   0   0   1   0   1   0   0   0   0   0   0   1   0   0
2   21.0    0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   1   1   0   0   0   0   0
3   13.0    0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   1   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
4   45.0    1   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   1   0   0   1   0   0   0
5   26.0    0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   1   0   0   1   0   0   0   0
6   NaN 0   0   1   0   0   0   0   0   0   1   0   0   0   0   1   0
7   48.0    0   0   0   1   0   1   0   1   0   1   0   0   0   0   0   1

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By Sarah Mussi
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A young man reconnects with his African heritage as he fights to recover a treasure lost in the days of the slave trade in this action-packed young adult novel.
Zac Baxter's grandfather has always told him that he's the descendant of African kings, whose treasure was stolen when his ancestors were sold into slavery. Of course, Zac brushes this off as a tall tale—until his grandfather is murdered and their apartment is completely ransacked. Clearly somebody is after something.
Heeding his grandfather's dying words, Zac is off to Ghana to track down his family's history. But what did his grandfather mean when he said that Zac had the map to the treasure? Following every clue he can find, Zac begins to suspect that the treasure is real, and hidden in one of Ghana's old slave forts. Too bad the killers always seem to be one step ahead of him.
With no one he can trust and with everything to lose, Zac races against time as he tries to uncover the truth about the past—and a fortune in gold.
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Q: Enum description in DataGridView I have a problem with enum description.
I want that the dataGrid show me the enum description and not "ToString()" of the enum.
enum DirectionEnum
{
    [Description("Right to left")]
    rtl,

    [Description("Left to right")]
    ltr
}
class Simple
{
    [DisplayName("Name")]
    public string Name { get; set; }

    [DisplayName("Direction")]
    public DirectionEnum dir { get; set; }
}
class DirectionDialog : Form
{
    public DirectionDialog()
    {
        DataGridView table = new DataGridView();
        List<Simple> list = new List<Simple>(new Simple[]{
            new Simple{ Name = "dave", dir = DirectionEnum.ltr},
            new Simple{ Name = "dan", dir = DirectionEnum.rtl }
        });
        table.DataSource = list;
        //view "rtl" or "ltr" in "Direction"
        //I want "Right to left" or "Left to right:
    }
}

I want to view the direction column by the description of the enum.
What do I doing?
Sorry for my bad English.

A: class Simple
{
    [DisplayName("Name")]
    public string Name { get; set; }

    // Remove external access to the enum value
    public DirectionEnum dir { private get; set; }

    // Add a new string property for the description
    [DisplayName("Direction")]
    public string DirDesc
    {
        get
        {
            System.Reflection.FieldInfo field = dir.GetType().GetField(dir.ToString());

            DescriptionAttribute attribute
                    = Attribute.GetCustomAttribute(field, typeof(DescriptionAttribute))
                        as DescriptionAttribute;

            return attribute == null ? dir.ToString() : attribute.Description;
        }
    }
}


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Q: adding classif.imbalanced.rfsrc in mlr3 First of all, many thanks to the guys  @mlr3!
The package randomForestSRC in R has a new function called imbalanced.rfsrc to help deal with class imbalance in classification. Will this learner be accessible in mlr3? imbalanced.rfsrc seems to work very well and also seems to implement state of the art approaches to dealing with class imbalance.
Thank you

A: If you open a learner request issue in mlr3extralearners and fill in the details then we'd be happy to consider adding this implementation!
https://github.com/mlr-org/mlr3extralearners/issues/new?assignees=&labels=new+learner&template=learner-request-template.md&title=%5BLRNRQ%5D+Add+%3Calgorithm%3E+from+package+%3Cpackage%3E


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Edmentum had a challenge that is common to highly successful, growing companies: how to efficiently and effectively ramp up new hires and drive adoption of new tools and processes in a rapidly expanding and increasingly decentralized workforce.
Edmentum's approach to on-boarding and training employees — especially when it came to solving Salesforce CRM system issues — relied heavily on static webinars. As is so often the case with standard webinars, they discovered that users found it difficult to pay attention in front of a computer for an hour, especially when there is little opportunity for interaction. As a result, learning and retention was low.
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Sometimes it helps to be in the right place at the right time. Hoffer is also the co-leader of the Twin Cities Salesforce.com User Group, which means she is regularly engaged with other leaders in the Salesforce.com Success Community discussing new ideas, best practices, and innovative technologies. During one group chat, another leader mentioned an upcoming webinar of KnowledgeNow from CloudCoaching International, an innovative solution designed specifically to deliver personalized, contextual knowledge and performance support for Salesforce. com users. Hoffer attended that webinar to learn more.
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Edmentum immediately understood the power of our solution and embraced its ease of use and flexibility," says Michael Brichford, SVP at CloudCoaching International. "The key to success with KnowledgeNow is providing our clients, like Edmentum, the ability to access KnowledgeNow's extensive CloudCoach training library or create their own videos in-house that can be immediately uploaded into the KnowledgeNow Client Dashboard. In addition, Edmentum now has the ability to upload existing in-house training or communica-tion documents that can be pushed through existing CloudCoaches directly into the Salesforce.com environment for immediate access.
Hoffer adds: "They held our hands when we needed it, gave us all of the information required to help us succeed, and they were extremely responsive to all of our requests for guidance. In the end, the tools to get everything loaded into our Salesforce CRM were very easy to use.
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To get a monthly or annual membership, open the Spin app and click on the person icon in the upper left corner of the screen. Then click on "Account" to see the membership option.
Bike sharing through Spin is available 24 hours a day, seven days a week. On campus, you may only park at a bike rack or other areas designated with bike share signage. Parking anywhere other than at a bike rack will result in financial penalties, and multiple violations will result in restrictions from being able to use the service. Bikes must always be parked upright and in a neat and orderly fashion.
Once off campus, bikes may be parked anywhere within the public right-of-way, so long as they do not block sidewalks or building entrances or pose a safety hazard.
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McGowan was a stop on the Ilwaco Railway and Navigation Company's narrow gauge line that ran on the Long Beach Peninsula in Pacific County, Washington, United States from 1889 to 1930.  In the late 19th century, P.J. McGowan bought land in the area for $1,200, and built his house, a dock and a salmon cannery on the site.  During the railroad times, the main line and a passing siding ran through McGowan.  McGowan is just west of the north end of the Astoria-Megler Bridge.  The only prominent structure remaining is the old wooden Roman Catholic church.  From 1925 to 1932, one of the docks of the Astoria-Megler Ferry route was located at McGowan.

Notes

See also
 Long Beach, Washington
 Ilwaco Railway and Navigation Company
 Astoria-Megler Ferry

Geography of Pacific County, Washington
Former populated places in Washington (state)

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Q: C# Using Assembly to call a method within a DLL I have been reading a lot about this - I feel like I'm very close to the answer. I am simply looking to call a method from within a dll file that I have created.
For example purposes:

My DLL File:

using System;
using System.Collections.Generic;
using System.Linq;
using System.Text;

namespace ExampleDLL
{
    class Program
    {
        static void Main(string[] args)
        {
            System.Windows.Forms.MessageBox.Show(args[0]);
        }

        public void myVoid(string foo)
        {
            System.Windows.Forms.MessageBox.Show(foo);
        }
    }
}

My Application:

string filename = @"C:\Test.dll";
    Assembly SampleAssembly;
    SampleAssembly = Assembly.LoadFrom(filename);
    // Obtain a reference to a method known to exist in assembly.
    MethodInfo Method = SampleAssembly.GetTypes()[0].GetMethod("myVoid");
    // Obtain a reference to the parameters collection of the MethodInfo instance.

All credits go to SO user 'woohoo' for the above snippet
How to call a Managed DLL File in C#?
Now, though, I would like to be able to not only reference my Dll (and the methods inside it) but properly call the methods inside it (in this case I would like to call method 'myVoid').
Might anyone have any suggestions for me?
Thank you,
Evan

A: The question and answer you reference is using reflection to call the method in the managed DLL. This isn't necessary if, as you say you want to do, you simply reference your DLL. Add the reference (via the Add Reference option in Visual Studio), and you can call your method directly like so:
ExampleDLL.Program p = new ExampleDLL.Program(); // get an instance of `Program`
p.myVoid(); // call the method `myVoid`

If you want to go the reflection route (as given by woohoo), you still need an instance of your Program class.
Assembly SampleAssembly = Assembly.LoadFrom(filename);
Type myType = SampleAssembly.GetTypes()[0];
MethodInfo Method = myType.GetMethod("myVoid");
object myInstance = Activator.CreateInstance(myType);
Method.Invoke(myInstance, null);

Now you have an instance of Program and can call myVoid.

A: //Assembly1.dll
using System;
using System.Reflection;

namespace TestAssembly
{
    public class Main
    {
        public void Run(string parameters)
        {
            // Do something...
        }
        public void TestNoParameters()
        {
            // Do something...
        }
    }
}

//Executing Assembly.exe
public class TestReflection
{
    public void Test(string methodName)
    {
        Assembly assembly = Assembly.LoadFile("...Assembly1.dll");
        Type type = assembly.GetType("TestAssembly.Main");
        if (type != null)
        {
            MethodInfo methodInfo = type.GetMethod(methodName);
            if (methodInfo != null)
            {
                object result = null;
                ParameterInfo[] parameters = methodInfo.GetParameters();
                object classInstance = Activator.CreateInstance(type, null);
                if (parameters.Length == 0)
                {
                    result = methodInfo.Invoke(classInstance, null);
                }
                else
                {
                    object[] parametersArray = new object[] { "Hello" };

                    result = methodInfo.Invoke(classInstance, parametersArray);
                }
            }
        }
    }
}

A: Just add this line of code after you obtain reference to your method.
            Method.Invoke(classInstance, new object[] {});

Hope this help.

A: MethodInfo has a method called Invoke.
So simply call Method.Invoke() with an object you created by for example calling System.Activator.CreateInstance()


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Vláda jedné strany je politický režim, ve kterém v čele státu (vlády) stojí jediná politická strana, která disponuje politickou hegemonií. Příkladem je vedoucí úloha KSČ v Československu. Ve státě může existovat více politických stran, ale jedna strana má dominantní postavení. Vláda jedné strany je nedemokratický režim bez možnosti svobodných voleb.

Historie
Příkladem vlády jedné strany mohou být komunistické režimy (například Sovětský svaz), fašistické režimy v Itálii a Španělsku a nacistický režim v Německu.

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Reference

Literatura
 Giovanni Sartori: Teorie demokracie, Bratislava 1993
 Blanka Říchová: Úvod do současné politologie, Praha 2002

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At nearly 4,000 acres, Potato Creek is one of the largest state parks in Indiana. The central feature is Worster Lake, named for a local naturalist and activist who campaigned tirelessly for creation of the park. This is former farmland; parts still look like overgrown fields, and some trails are clearly former county roads. But restoration efforts are paying off. Potato Creek is, among other things, an important nesting site for osprey.
Osprey are fish-eating raptors with wingspans up to six feet. In the early 1980s, ospreys seen in the state were probably just passing through on the way to some other more congenial place. But thanks to restoration efforts like the one at Potato Creek, osprey now nest in Indiana. In some years, more than a dozen of these birds are present in the park. Look for tall poles arrayed around Worster Lake, each with a nesting platform perched on top. Chances are good that osprey pairs may have constructed large nests atop many of them.
From the nature center, a loop trail with two short cuts heads north and east. Trail 1 returns via the second short cut, and totals just over two miles. It skirts Worster Lake and passes through recent growth woods. Trail 2 adds an extra couple of miles as it extends further eastward, over hills and toward the eastern boundary of Swamp Rose Nature Preserve. It then returns west toward its junction with trail 1 and thence to the nature center. Trail 4 (2.5 miles) is east of Worster Lake; it traverses old farmsteads and recent woods, also running alongside a stream and the lake.


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Camera manufacturer Leica was formed nearly a hundred years ago, but their factory looks like it was built 100 years in the future. They've released a video inside their Wetzlar factory that was supposed to draw attention to their cameras, but instead we were stunned by the gleaming, pristine environment and the white-uniform-clad, plastic-hairnet-wearing staff. If you told me these were stills from an upcoming Ridley Scott or Christopher Nolan movie, I'd have believed you.
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Perhaps it's no coincidence that the facilities are so photogenic. I looked into it and the factory is integrated into Leica's "Experience Center," where visitors can peer into the production facilities through three panoramic windows. The compound also contains a Leica store, gallery and exhibition spaces, a café and a restaurant.
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Q: Validate form and submit without refresh I have a form that I need to validate, and I also need it to submit without refreshing the page. I was able to get a form to validate and submit, but the page refreshed. And then I was able to get a form to submit without, but I couldn't get validation to work.
I've looked at a ton of tutorials and posts on here, and I feel like this is the right overall format...I'm just sure I'm missing something.
Any help would be greatly appreciated!
Here is my script:
$(document).ready(function(){
            $("#addstudent").validate({
                debug: false,
                rules: {
                    studentid: "required",
                    teacher: "required",
                    assignment: "required",
                    date: "required",
                },
                messages: {
                    studentid: "Please enter the student's ID number.",
                    teacher: "Please enter your name.",
                    assignment: "Please select a tutoring assignment.",
                    date: "Please select a day.",
                },
                submitHandler: function(form) {

          $.ajax({
              url: 'add.php',
              type: 'POST',
              data: $("form.addstudent").serialize(),
              success: function() {
            $("#studentid").val(""), $('#studentid').focus(), $('#results').load('addresults.php', function(){
                });

              }
          });

          return false;
       }
    });
    });

And here is the code for my form:
<form name="addstudent" id="addstudent" action="" method="post">

    <fieldset><legend>Add student to tutoring list</legend>

ID number<input type="text" name="studentid" id="studentid">

Date<select name="date" id="date">
    <option value="">Please select a day</option>
    <option value="mon">Monday <? echo $monday; ?></option>
    <option value="tue">Tuesday <? echo $tuesday; ?></option>
    <option value="wed">Wednesday <? echo $wednesday; ?></option>
    <option value="thu">Thursday <? echo $thursday; ?></option>
    <option value="fri">Friday <? echo $friday; ?></option>
    </select>

Tutoring assignment<select name="assignment" id="assignment">
    <option value="">Please select an assignment</option>
    <option value="att">Activity Time</option>
    <option value="acc">ACC</option>
    <option value="tech">ACC Tech </option>
    <option value="ast">After School</option>
    </select>

Assigning teacher<input type="text" name="teacher" id="teacher">

    <input type="submit" name="submit" value="submit">
    </fieldset>
    </form>

EDIT: First edit (now deleted) dramatically changed the question. Apologies for any frustration that caused. Answer selected below solved the problem with this form in and of itself.

A: You've mixed up class with id.  Your form is:
<form name="addstudent" id="addstudent" action="" method="post">

But you targeted it by class:
data: $("form.addstudent").serialize(),

when it should be targeted by id:
data: $("form#addstudent").serialize(),

or more concisely:
data: $("#addstudent").serialize(),

Working Demo:
http://jsfiddle.net/5UqRm/2/
Notice that nothing is refreshing.

A: Setup your form rules and validation as you have before, but do not include the submitHandler.  I am not saying there is anything wrong with it, but here is how I know how to do what you are looking to do:
$("form.addstudent").submit(HandleSubmit);
    function HandleSubmit(e) {
    e.preventDefault();
    $.ajax({
        url: 'add.php',
        type: 'POST',
        data: $("form.addstudent").serialize(),
        success: function () {
            $("#studentid").val(""), $('#studentid').focus(), $('#results').load('addresults.php', function () {
            });

        }
    });
}

Here is the Fiddle

A: I've tried your code and it works fine, with only one modification:
data: $("#addstudent").serialize()
It makes no difference whether you have the return false or not.
I don't know what you are trying to achieve with having this in your submitHandler's ajax's success handler:
`$('#results').load('addresults.php', function(){});`

Why not echo back some output from add.php and use it by adding .done(function(data){} to your $.ajax({}) ?
... your example does not include the #results element, so perhaps that is causing your refresh? e.g. if you have  :-) !!


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Tampa Bay Rays Principal Owner Stuart Sternberg greets people before a press conference at the Dali Museum in St. Petersburg, Fla., Tuesday, June 25, 2019. Sternberg spoke about exploring the prospect of playing some future home games in Montreal.
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Tampa Bay Rays Principal Owner Stuart Sternberg reacts while answering questions at a press conference at the Dali Museum in St. Petersburg, Fla., Tuesday, June 25, 2019. Sternberg spoke about exploring the prospect of playing some future home games in Montreal. At left is Rays President of Baseball Operations Matthew Silverman.
Tampa Bay Rays Principal Owner Stuart Sternberg listens to a question at a press conference at the Dali Museum in St. Petersburg, Fla., Tuesday, June 25, 2019. Sternberg spoke about exploring the prospect of playing some future home games in Montreal.
FILE - In this April 3, 2015, file photo, a fan holds up a sign during a pregame ceremony as the Toronto Blue Jays face the Cincinnati Reds in an exhibition baseball game in Montreal. The Tampa Bay Rays have received permission from Major League Baseball's executive council to explore a plan that could see the team split its home games between the Tampa Bay area and Montreal.
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Rays owner says shared season with Montreal is best option
By MARK DIDTLER Associated Press
ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. (AP) — The principal owner of the Rays says it's unrealistic for his team to play full time in the Tampa Bay area, and a shared season with Montreal is the best option.
"I don't see it happening in St. Petersburg and would be hard-pressed to see it working in Tampa from what I know," Stu Sternberg said at a news conference Tuesday. "This is not a staged exit. This is about Tampa Bay keeping its hometown team and Montreal having one, too. I believe strongly in the sister-city concept. We're asking for open minds."
Commissioner Rob Manfred said last week the Rays have "broad permission to explore what's available." Tampa Bay is averaging 14,546 fans a game, lowest in the American League and well below the MLB average of 27,360. Only the Miami Marlins draw worse at 9,378.
"We are at or near the bottom in every economic category in Major League Baseball," Sternberg said in his remarks at the Dali Museum in St. Petersburg.
An agreement between the Rays and St. Petersburg for Tropicana Field runs through 2027. St. Petersburg's mayor has shot down the two-city possibility.
"The City of St. Petersburg will not participate in the funding of a new stadium for a part-time team," Mayor Rick Kriseman said. "We remain receptive to partnering with the Tampa Bay Rays to redevelop the Tropicana Field site and build a new stadium for a full-time team."
Sternberg envisions open-air stadiums in both cities but noted there are no plans to pay for them. He said an ideal target date would have everything in place for the 2024 season.
The Rays have played at Tropicana Field since their inception in 1998 and drew their lowest home crowd of 5,786 against Toronto last month.
Montreal has been without a big-league team since the Expos left after the 2004 season for Washington and became the Nationals.
The Rays had looked into building a stadium for years, but in December abandoned a plan for one across the bay in Tampa's Ybor City area.
Private equity mogul Stephen Bronfman, whose father Charles was the original owner of the Expos, is part of a group spearheading effort to return baseball to Montreal.
Sternberg said it's possible the Bronfman group could join the current Rays' ownership if the sister-city plans succeeds, but he will keep controlling interest.
Sternberg reiterated that the Rays will remain in St. Petersburg through 2027 but doesn't know what would happen after that if the plan fails.
A possible site for a new St. Petersburg ballpark would be Al Lang Stadium, a longtime spring training facility now used by a pro soccer team owned by the Rays.
Also under consideration: shifting the spring training season from Port Charlotte, Florida, to Tampa Bay to provide two more months of baseball in the area.
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My Journey as an Architecture Student and My Mission as a Future Architect
By Alejandra Salas
When I was a child, I remember walking by the historic center of Lima with my family and being mesmerized by the old colonial buildings and churches around us. Those old yet fascinating structures made me feel happy and confused at the same time because I wanted to know who built them and how, which aroused my curiosity in a particular sense — I wanted to do the same, I wanted to create something that will last through time. Playing with watercolors and clay at a young age allowed me to express and explore my creativity in arts and crafts. Yet, when I was ten years old, I felt comfortable drawing utopical cities in my sketchbook just for fun, then I turned my funniest hobby into a real commitment — I decided to become an architect. My parents were beyond happy to hear that from their youngest daughter because I was the first one choosing an artsy career, coming from a family full of economists, accountants, and engineers, so my journey started there.
While enjoying my high school journey, I quickly realized I had to prepare myself for my next big step — apply to an architecture school. I had to do a lot of research about schools in my city of Lima, Peru, and also think about the possibilities of studying abroad. Before deciding what would be a five-year commitment, I re-thought all my available options regarding career hunting, and once again I ensured myself that architecture was my thing.
The art of design and creating something that comes out of your creativity and imagination is beyond crazy yet fascinating. I decided to pursue architecture as a career because it allows you to express your thoughts through spaces, design with fun and precision, and more importantly, it is rewarding to develop a project and watch it turn into a human-scale reality. An architect's duty is to design and create a physical environment for human beings, but more than just the built environment, it's also a part of our culture that somehow evokes different emotions in people.
Nobody told me that university life was easy; I learned myself that surely it is not. Studying at the Peruvian University of Applied Sciences (UPC) gave me an amazing experience; through their classes and instructors, I was able to learn from the best architects of Lima. From long nights, few hours of sleep, to hectic project deadlines, that was my daily basis as an architecture student and I embraced it. Moreover, architecture school taught me strength, patience, and resilience; yet, it also gave me the best colleagues and friends that I have in life. Overall, design school was fine, but I wanted to emphasize my career in sustainable architecture, and that is when I decided to study abroad and pursue my studies in environmental design; afterall, sustainable design is the future approach to housing development for future generations.
(At my final project presentation with Instructor Hugo Iberico)
My inspiration, when it comes to design came from famous architects like Frank Lloyd Wright, Le Corbusier, and Tadao Ando. These architects applied a naturalistic concept in their designs, which is the balance between human habitation and the natural world. Sustainability is important in every sense, which is why I believe that creating a balance between craftsmanship and nature is key for a better future. In my designs, my main goal is to be aware of the environmental impact; therefore, design with climate is the smartest way to approach climate change. The orientation of the sun and wind are helpful tools when designing that will provide natural solutions regarding heating and cooling without electricity. Even though the world's technology is advancing in a colossal way, there is not much innovation on how to reduce gas emissions, which is the main factor of climate change. This is why it is important to create awareness on how to enhance the use of our natural resources for housing development among growing communities. I believe we all came to this world with a purpose and I've found mine — design with nature and build a world without environmental damage or at least do my best to make it that way.
(Fallingwater House by Frank Lloyd Wright)
Alejandra Salas from Lima, Peru, is an architecture student and new International Peer Mentor at Truckee Meadows Community College.
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Home > New vehicle auction rules draconian, says used car dealers
Published:Saturday | November 21, 2015 | 9:42 AM
The Jamaica Used Car Dealers' Association has described as draconian and unconscionable the policy by Jamaica Customs that all items placed on its Auction List will remain on it until sold.
Vehicles left uncleared for more than three months at the island's ports are usually declared by Jamaica Customs as overtime goods.
In the past importers were allowed to clear their vehicles up to the day before the auction date.
Now the JCA says once an item is placed on the auction list, it will not be taken off.
However, President of the Jamaica Used Car Dealers' Association, Lynvalle Hamilton says this move will be a blow to car dealers.
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Hamilton says he is surprised at the position taken by customs given that the industry is the largest earner for Jamaica Customs.
He says the decision was taken without any consultation with industry players.
Yesterday, Commissioner of Customs, Major Richard Reece, said the decision was taken in a bid to stem illicit transactions and to protect Jamaica Customs from legal action.
The issue of items being improperly taken off auction lists arose this week following the seizure of several vehicles from automobile dealers.
It is reported that the vehicles, which were placed on public auction, were illegally removed from a holding area.
The removal is the subject of an investigation by Customs.
Source URL: http://jamaica-gleaner.com/article/news/20151121/new-vehicle-auction-rules-draconian-says-used-car-dealers


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Lev Atamanov (), nascut Levon Konstantinovich Atamanyan (, ; Moscou, 5 de febrer de 1905 - 12 de febrer de 1981), va ser un director d'animació soviètic armeni.

Atamanov va ser un dels principals directors de cinema de l'animació soviètica i un dels fundadors de l'art d'animació soviètic. És el director de clàssics famosos de l'animació soviètica, com els contes de fades premiats La cigonya groga (Jioltii aist) (1950), Alenkii tsvetotxek   (1952), L'antílop daurat (1954), el llargmetratge d'animació Snejnaia koroleva (1957), i el conte satíric modern Kliutx (1961). A les seves obres, Lev Atamànov va transmetre subtilment el color nacional dels contes de fades i va combinar l'alegria romàntica en imatges de personatges positius amb un humor càlid i amable.

Atamanov va ser un dels animadors soviètics més respectats i és considerat com un dels artistes més grans de la història de l'animació.

En una entrevista del 2021, Hayao Miyazaki va citar la pel·lícula de 1957 d'Atamanov Snejnaia koroleva com una influència fonamental en el seu treball i és la seva pel·lícula preferida.

Filmografia
 1931: Crossroads
 1938: , Shunn u katun)
 1941: , Tertern u aytz)
 1948: , Kakhardakan gorg)
 1952: Alenkii tsvetotxek ()
 1953: Nerazlutxnie drúzia
 1954: Zolotaia Antilopa)
 1955: , Pios i kot)
 1957: Snejnaia koroleva ()
 1961: Kliutx ()
 1965: Pastuixka i trubotxist
 1970: Eto v naixikh silakh

Distincions
 Menció especial - curtmetratge al 8è Festival Internacional de Cinema de Canes (1955)
 Artista del Poble de la RSFS de Rússia (1978)

Referències

Enllaços externs
 Biografia de Lev Atamanov

Artistes moscovites
Directors de cinema russos
Directors de cinema soviètics
Morts a Moscou
Artistes armenis


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Jay has more than 25 years of experience in these practice areas. Over the years, Jay has handled numerous arbitrations and litigation cases on behalf of franchisors, franchisees, manufacturers, distributors and dealers. He has substantial experience working with the Minnesota Franchise Act, the Wisconsin Fair Dealership Law, the Minnesota Sales Representative Act, the Minnesota Heavy and Utility Equipment Manufacturers and Dealers Act and various other state franchise and dealer laws. Jay has handled cases on a national scope, including matters venued in California, Colorado, Florida, Georgia, Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Louisiana, Massachusetts, Minnesota, New York, North Carolina, Texas, Wisconsin and Washington.
In addition to litigation services, Jay provides regular counseling and guidance to franchisors, manufacturers and employers regarding various legal aspects of their business. Such counseling includes guidance as to the application of, and compliance with, state and federal statutory requirements; contractual interpretation, amendment, drafting and construction; and distribution restrictions and requirements. Jay has extensive experience working with various industries including, hair care products and services; bath and body works products; motor vehicles; power sport vehicles; recreational vehicles; ATVs; snowmobiles; boats; vessels; marine products; hotels; food services; ice cream stores; medical products; commodities; delivery services; agricultural equipment; used sports equipment; computer equipment/services; card printing equipment; and footwear.
Jay regularly provides antitrust counseling and litigation support to many of his clients. The antitrust areas for which he has provided counseling and litigation support include: Robinson- Patman issues; Section 1 of the Sherman Act pertaining to agreements in restraint of trade; Section 2 of the Sherman Act pertaining to claims regarding monopolization and attempts to monopolize; collaboration among competitors; MAP issues; and minimum and maximum resale price issues.
Jay also has had significant experience in litigation, and providing counseling for, the enforcement and interpretation of non-compete agreements, both in the employment and in the business/franchise context.
Obtained preliminary injunction enforcing non-compete provision and a final arbitration award dismissing franchisee's counterclaims for violations of Minnesota, Iowa and Nebraska franchise laws, common law fraud, negligent fraud and breach of contract. Also obtained award of unpaid royalties/fees, plus incurred costs and expenses, including attorneys' fees, for franchisor.
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Authorities Take Down World's Largest Illegal Dark Web Marketplace
Web Security NewsBy Jessica Venkat January 13, 2021
Europol on Tuesday said it shut down DarkMarket, the world's largest online marketplace for illicit goods, as part of an international operation involving Germany, Australia, Denmark, Moldova, Ukraine, the U.K.'s National Crime Agency (NCA), and the U.S. Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI). At the time of closure, DarkMarket is believed to have had 500,000 users…
Sales Engagement Software Vendor SalesLoft Raises $100 Million
Cyber protection and web SecurityBy Jessica Venkat January 13, 2021
Sales engagement software vendor SalesLoft recently announced that it has raised $100 million in Series E funding on January 6, 2021.
Samsung Galaxy S21 pulls an Apple — no charger in the box confirmed
Ahead of the Samsung Galaxy S21 event this Thursday, new marketing images have leaked on to the internet pointing to two major omissions from the hotly anticipated device. Images, which come courtesy of German site WinFuture, suggest that the Galaxy S21 will not only be missing a charger, but also a microSD card slot. Apple…
What We Know About Google's Passage Indexing
Internet marketingBy Jessica Venkat January 13, 2021
Google's Passage Indexing was announced in the event Search On 2020 last October. With the announcement came a rush of inquiries and clarifications from SEO specialists and other digital marketing professionals. Will Google really be indexing particular passages? What is the difference between passage indexing and featured snippets? And most importantly, when will it be…
Rule the galaxy together in Stellaris
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Warning — 5 New Trojanized Android Apps Spying On Users In Pakistan
Cybersecurity researchers took the wraps off a new spyware operation targeting users in Pakistan that leverages trojanized versions of legitimate Android apps to carry out covert surveillance and espionage. Designed to masquerade apps such as the Pakistan Citizen Portal, a Muslim prayer-clock app called Pakistan Salat Time, Mobile Packages Pakistan, Registered SIMs Checker, and TPL…
2021 Trends in Customer Engagement and Experience
This post is part of G2's 2021 digital trends series. Read more about G2's perspective on digital transformation trends in an introduction from Michael Fauscette, G2's chief research officer and Tom Pringle, VP, market research, and additional coverage on trends identified by G2's analysts.
Best President's Day mattress sales 2021
The start of the year is typically quiet for mattress deals. However, sales start to ramp up toward the end of the month as retailers focus on President's Day mattress sales. The sales, which include manufacturers from Nectar to Purple, are the first major deals of the year on mattresses. While there are no President's…
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A team of computer scientists has used theoretical calculations to argue that algorithms could not control a super-intelligent AI. Their study addresses what Oxford philosopher Nick Bostrom calls the control problem: how do we ensure super-intelligence machines act in our interests? The researchers conceived of a theoretical containment algorithm that would resolve this problem by simulating the…
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Afghanistan's collapse leaves Evansville veterans wondering: What was it all for?
Not long ago, the interpreter was posting pictures of his car on social media. He went to work and spent time with his family – the same things the rest of us do every day.
But now he's running for his life.
As Afghanistan spirals into chaos amid American forces' withdrawal after a two-decade war, he's one of many Afghans who now face death at the hands of a resurgent Taliban: all for working with the U.S. military.
Through social media messages, he's been relaying the grim details to Travis Francis, an Evansville man and one of the Marines who welcomed the interpreter's help during his deployments to the Helmand Province between 2009 and 2011. He and others depended on those like the interpreter. They served as bridges between the U.S. military and the people of Afghanistan.
The Taliban has claimed it won't seek revenge killings, but that's disproven by what Francis and other veterans have been hearing from the citizens themselves.
"The Taliban is hunting him actively," Francis said. "He has a pending U.S. visa, but he doesn't have any weapons and no means to protect his family. He has no choice, so he's just hiding.
"He's facing death in the most traditional, old-fashioned sense: getting dragged out in the street and shot in front of everybody," he said. "All it takes is for one of his neighbors to (say), 'he was an interpreter and he's over here.' And that's the end of it."
For Francis, it's part of a gut-wrenching, confusing reaction to the end of a war he and others gave up so much to fight.
Sitting in a Downtown Evansville coffee shop on Monday, he tried to process his feelings. He compared his emotions to an iceberg: a tiny bit was peeking through the surface, but that was no indication for what truly lies underneath.
He saw it all as the duality of America's supposed role as world police: damned if you do, damned if you don't.
"We withdraw our influence and the world descends into chaos. We extend our influence and our young people die," he said. "I want to be angry at our leaders, but what choices do they have? The American people are restless about endless war. But simultaneously, if we withdraw our hand, whoever worked with us is in danger.
"There's no good answer. I hate that. Because you want there to be a good answer, and there just isn't."
There was progress in Afghanistan. Then it 'fell apart'
Francis spent almost two years helping to train members of Afghanistan's nascent military. What started as a "rabble militia" eventually congealed into a "pretty cohesive fighting force," he said.
They didn't have the tech or training chops of the U.S., but he saw definite progress. And he thought they had a decent shot of holding Afghanistan together once American forces extricated themselves – especially after he saw the changes in the country between his first and second deployments.
"The first deployment was very kinetic. Fifteen Marines from my battalion were killed," he said. "The second deployment, not as much. The Taliban focused their fighting on the police forces and the (Afghan) army. They really left us alone. So it made sense they didn't need us there because the Taliban wasn't fighting us anymore.
"But apparently not. Apparently without us there to have their back … it just all fell apart."
The Taliban takes control
The Taliban swept through the country with dizzying speed, throwing the future of every resident into disarray. The quickness to which it happened seems to have taken everyone off guard. President Joe Biden admitted as much in a speech Monday afternoon.
It shows just how fragile Afghanistan really was.
After the medieval Taliban rule between 1996 and 2001 – in which women were stoned to death in stadiums and men were beaten if they didn't pray enough – parts of the country were easing into modernity again.
Places like Kabul were stuffed with college-educated residents and thriving businesses. Smaller locales like where Francis was stationed didn't look like any city here, but they still had roads and buildings. You'd see a man ride past on a donkey only to be followed by someone else in a Toyota Corolla.
Still, Afghans were weary of the U.S. presence. There were constant stop-and-frisks, and the way some in the American military handled citizens would outrage us here in the states, Francis said.
During his speech on Monday, Biden announced the U.S. would deploy 6,000 troops to help Americans and their allies escape the country safely. But for those like the interpreter, there's still nowhere to go.
Although he's being hunted in the cities, he can't flee to the countryside. The Taliban holds an ironclad grip in rural areas, where many of the residents can't read, leaving them horribly susceptible to the Taliban's propaganda.
"They're interpreting God for these people," Francis said. "How do you win against that?"
Citing the International Rescue Committee, the New York Times reported on Tuesday there are more than 300,000 Afghan civilians who worked with the U.S. military during the war in some way or another.
That qualifies them for visas, and some have already escaped, but others have been waiting for years. The backlog is only growing, and time may be running out.
Biden stands by decision. But is it over?
Despite the unraveling, Biden stands by the decision to withdraw.
"How many more generations of America's daughters and sons would you have me send to fight Afghanistan's civil war when Afghan troops will not?" he said. "How many more lives, American lives, is it worth?
"… I'm clear on my answer: I will not repeat the mistakes we've made in the past."
But Rick Cassity said he wouldn't be surprised to see American troops go back in.
The Evansville-area veteran of Desert Storm and Operation Iraqi Freedom was set to deploy to Afghanistan in 2008, but was ultimately sent back to Iraq.
The war has loomed over four U.S. presidents now, and he said the withdrawal likely would have happened the same way, no matter who sat in the White House. The Taliban was always going to do what it wanted.
He feels awful for the Afghan people: especially the kids who finally had the chance to go to school and learn, only to be hurled back into the darkness of Taliban rule.
He didn't save any of that sympathy for Afghanistan's rulers – those like President Ashraf Ghani, who fled into exile as the country fell apart.
"We're going to lose more people trying to put their government back together again," he said. "I feel for the people, but I don't feel for the government if they're going to tuck their tail and run."
For Francis, it's left him with a gnawing question: what was it all for?
If the point was to kill Osama bin Laden, why did we occupy a whole country for 20 years – especially when we ended up killing him in a different country a decade ago?
"Why did all of us – a whole generation of people; 20 years' worth of people – go over and do this thing and have all the experiences we had if it was just gonna fall apart anyway?" he said. "What did we do? What did we all die for?
He didn't know the answers. No one does. But one thing did seem clearer to him.
"I suddenly have a better understanding of what it means to be a Vietnam vet," he said. "It feels the same. It looks the same."
Contact Jon Webb at jon.webb@courierpress.com


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