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During this webinar, you will hear from Luc Castera, Director and Founder of Octopi, who will explore how your small and medium terminals, or those in your network, can better manage their operations using this cloud-based terminal operating system with minimal upfront costs, no maintenance fees and no third party software.
In addition, Bernice Baussan, Chief Operating Officer , Caribbean Port Services (CPS), will describe how Octopi improved the operations at the port of Port-au-Prince, Haiti. Ms. Baussan will use concrete examples of how building a transparent data-driven culture has motivated her team to perform better, be more accountable, and better serve their customers.
Martin Bardi, VP of Global Sales, Octopi, will join the discussion for Q&A session after the presentation.
In this presentation, you will learn how:
Actionable data can improve your terminal operations.
Octopi can enable you to better manage yard and vessel operations, track cargo and communicate real-time with ocean shipping partners.
The Octopi dashboard can help you make data-driven decisions that have a direct impact on your terminal performance.
Rallying your team around KPIs can improve team morale, accountability, and performance.
About Our Presenters:
Luc Castera, Founder & Director, Octopi by Navis
Luc Castera is the founder of Octopi, a SaaS platform used by cargo port terminals to manage their operations. He has a passion for helping businesses improve their operations by using modern software tools and making data-driven decisions. Before starting Octopi, Mr. Castera was the CTO of Intellum, where he led the development of Tribe Social and the Exceed Learning Management Software for clients like Google, Snapchat, Cricket Wireless, and Allied Universal.
Berenice Baussan, Chief Operating Officer, Caribbean Port Services
Born in Port-au-Prince Haiti, Berenice Baussan holds a B.S.in finance and economics from the University of Massachusetts at Amherst and an M.S.in economic history from the London School of Economics. In 2005, she joined International Maritime Terminal (IMT) as General Manager and in 2016, when the three private terminals operating in the Port-au-Prince complex merged into CPS, she was named Chief Operating Officer of the new entity. Ms. Baussan played a major role in the implementation of Octopi at IMT (the first terminal to use the system and the first to successfully exchange EDI in Haiti) and later on at CPS.
Martin Bardi, Vice President of Global Sales, Octopi by Navis
With over 25 years in the business—20 of which he has spent working with Navis and its products—Martin Bardi has an unparalleled knowledge of the maritime shipping industry and its nuances. Prior to focusing on XVELA and Octopi, Mr. Bardi was VP and General Manager at Navis for all sales, support and professional services in the Latin American region. He started at Navis in 1999 as a Senior Project Manager in the professional services department and has provided support on dozens of implementations.
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Q: Pandas summing up different data types using counts and conditions I am working with a large data set so I am going to create similar conditions below:
Lets say we are using this data set:
import pandas as pd

df=pd.DataFrame({'Location': [ 'NY', 'SF', 'NY', 'NY', 'SF', 'SF', 'TX', 'TX', 'TX', 'DC'],
                 'Class': ['H','L','H','L','L','H', 'H','L','L','M'],
                 'Address': ['12 Silver','10 Fak','12 Silver','1 North','10 Fak','2 Fake', '1 Red','1 Dog','2 Fake','1 White'],
                 'Score':['4','5','3','2','1','5','4','3','2','1',]})

So I want the rows to be unique value in df.Location
The first column will be the number of of data entries for each location. I can get this separately by:
df[df['Location'] =='SF'].count()['Location']
df[df['Location'] =='NY'].count()['Location']
df[df['Location'] =='TX'].count()['Location']
df[df['Location'] =='DC'].count()['Location']

Second, third and fourth columns I want to sum the different types in Classes (H,L,M). I know I can do this by:
#Second Col for NY
print (df[(df.Location =='NY') & (df.Class=='H')].count()['Class'])
#Third Col for NY
print (df[(df.Location =='NY') & (df.Class=='L')].count()['Class'])
#Fourth Col for NY
print (df[(df.Location =='NY') & (df.Class=='M')].count()['Class'])

I am guessing this would work with a pivot table but since I was using a dataframe everything got mixed up.
For the fifth column I want the consolidate the number of unique values for each Address. For example in NY the value should be 2 since there are two unique values and a duplicate of '12 Silver'
print (df[(df.Location =='NY')].Address)
>>>
0    12 Silver
2    12 Silver
3      1 North
Name: Address, dtype: object

I guess this can be doe by groupby. But I always get confused when using it. I can also use .drop_duplicates then count to get a numerical value
The sixth column should be if the values is less than the integer 4. So the value for NY should be
print (df[(df.Location =='NY') & (df.Score.astype(float) < 4)].count()['Score'])

So what is a good way to make a dataframe like this where the rows are unique location with the columns described above?
It should look something like:
   Pop  H   L  M  HH L4
DC  1   0   0  1  1  1
NY  3   2   1  0  2  2
SF  3   1   2  0  2  1
TX  3   1   2  0  3  2

Since I know more or less how to get each individual component I can use a for loop through an array but there should be easier ways of doing this.

A: While with enough stacking tricks you might be able to do this all in one go, I don't think it'd be worth it.  You have a pivot operation and a bunch of groupby operations.  So do them separately -- which is easy -- and then combine the results.
Step #1 is to make Score a float column; it's better to get the types right before you start processing.
>>> df["Score"] = df["Score"].astype(float)

Then we'll make a new frame with the groupby-like columns.  We could do this by passing .agg a dictionary but we'd have to rename the columns afterwards anyway, so there's not much point.
>>> gg = df.groupby("Location")
>>> summ = pd.DataFrame({"Pop": gg.Location.count(),
...                      "HH": gg.Address.nunique(),
...                      "L4": gg.Score.apply(lambda x: (x < 4).sum())})
>>> summ
          HH  L4  Pop
Location
DC         1   1    1
NY         2   2    3
SF         2   1    3
TX         3   2    3

[4 rows x 3 columns]

Then we can pivot:
>>> class_info = df.pivot_table(rows="Location", cols="Class", aggfunc='size', fill_value=0)
>>> class_info
Class     H  L  M
Location
DC        0  0  1
NY        2  1  0
SF        1  2  0
TX        1  2  0

[4 rows x 3 columns]

and combine:
>>> new_df = pd.concat([summ, class_info], axis=1)
>>> new_df
          HH  L4  Pop  H  L  M
Location
DC         1   1    1  0  0  1
NY         2   2    3  2  1  0
SF         2   1    3  1  2  0
TX         3   2    3  1  2  0

[4 rows x 6 columns]

You can reorder this as you like.

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Herricks Rookie Team Wins Award and Advances in Lego Competition
A team of four Herricks students competed in the regional qualifier for First Lego League held on Feb. 2 at Huntington High School and achieved outstanding success. The team, known as the STEAM Mates, won a Core Values-Inspiration award and qualified to advance to the next level of the competition; the Long Island Championship, to be held on March 3.
Herricks HS Senior Named Nassau County Art Award Winner
Herricks High School senior Jacqueline Lewittes has been selected as the winner of the 2018 Nassau County Art Supervisors Association Senior Art Scholarship Award. This distinction is presented annually to a deserving senior who has consistently demonstrated exemplary talent and passion in two-dimensional visual art forms.
Award-Winning Poetry Presentation
Herricks High School junior Mia Carranza earned a third-place award at Nassau Community College's regional Poetry Out Loud competition on Feb. 8. This event encourages students to learn about great poetry through memorization and recitation.
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Two Herricks Musicians Win First Place at MYO Concerto Competition
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Big Wins for Herricks at Jazz Festival
Herricks High School students participated in the 51st Annual Berklee College of Music High School Jazz Festival during the weekend of Jan. 26 at the Hynes Convention Center in Boston, Massachusetts. Each year the festival hosts top ensembles from across the East Coast in competition that showcases some of the best young jazz musicians in the country.
Herricks Science Staff Gain Experiences to Bring Into Classrooms
On Feb. 5, the Herricks High School science faculty members experienced a full day tour of the Indian Point Nuclear Power Facility. The tour was hosted by the Entergy corporation and facilitated by Mr. Patrick Falciano. Looking back on the experience, teachers truly valued the day and have acquired new-found knowledge that can now be shared to Herricks students for years to come.
Searingtown School Raises Over $8,000 for the American Heart Association
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Herricks Writers Rack Up Pages of Awards
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Herricks Virtual Enterprise Business Heads to Semi-Finals
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As most have already heard, we lost another rock legend with the passing of Eagles founding member, Glenn Frey, at the age of 67.
I was so fortunate to see 'The History of The Eagles' at Boardwalk Hall in Atlantic City with my fellow Lite Rock co-worker Eddie Davis. The band sounded awesome plowing through hit after hit. Glenn Frey seemed to be having so much fun on stage!
Here's a look back as some rare performances by Glenn and the legendary Eagles.
The Eagles made a stop at Boardwalk Hall in the summer of 2012. Watch Glenn Frey share the stage with Jersey Joe Walsh on the classic Funk #49.
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Here's a rare clip featuring two of Glenn Frey's biggest solo hits, You Belong To The City and The Heat Is On from 1986.
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Ukrainian Orthodox Church of the USA - URGENT: Prayers and Assistance Needed!
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Do you want to do some TikTok moves on YouTube? Then you can use YouTube Shorts. It's a short vertical video clip you can upload on YouTube ranging from 15 to 60 seconds. YouTube Shorts is an imitation of the TikTok sensation just like Instagram Reels. Today, the platform is testing to introduce the Shorts button among YouTube users in India.
Launched on 14 September 2020, YouTube Shorts is a short-form video experience with a countdown feature, multi-segment camera, speed control, and timer. It can also be set into music through a large library of songs on YouTube. For some Indian users today, a Shorts button will be visible in the top bar of a YouTube app. This makes it easier for users to see the latest Shorts feed. The update applies to both Android and iOS versions of the app.
YouTube introduces the Shorts button among users in India as of 22 December 2020.
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Surprise! A Dramatic Tax Increase for College Students on Scholarship
A correction of this unintended consequence of the 2017 tax cut bill is included the Secure Act, up for a vote this week.
By Bernice Napach | May 21, 2019 at 10:31 PM
You might call it a case of haste makes waste. The tax cut bill that passed Congress in late 2017, less than two months after an initial version was introduced in the House with nary a public hearing or input from the minority (Democratic) party, has delivered an unexpected tax bill to college students on scholarship.
That portion of their financial aid that pays for anything but tuition and books, known as non-tuition assistance, is considered unearned income and taxed at the same rate as trusts and estates, as a result of the 2017 tax cut legislation. Those rates are 35% on unearned income above $9,150 and 37% on unearned income over $12,500.
The 2017 tax cut legislation dramatically changed the rate on the kiddie tax — which applies to unearned income for almost all children under 18 and many up to age 23 above $2,200 in 2019 after deductions — from the rate of a students' parents to the trust tax rate.
In a May 9 letter to the chairmen and ranking members of the House Ways and Means Committee and Senate Finance Committee, Ted Mitchell, president of the American Council on Education, noted that the tax change hurts need-based scholarship students, who "are being taxed at the same rates as wealthy individuals," as well as college athletes on full scholarships, which include funds for housing and other non-tuition expenses, and potentially the 1.4 million students who receive other scholarships and grants. Also affected are the children of deceased military members who receive survivor benefits.
"I am confident that the adverse impact from the [Tax Cuts and Jobs Act] changes to the kiddie tax is an unintended consequence, which I believe you will be anxious to correct," Mitchell wrote.
The Secure Act, a retirement bill recently introduced in Congress, could deliver that correction. In a separate letter sent May 20, Mitchell thanked House Ways and Means Chairman Richard Neal, D-Mass., for including a "Kiddie Tax Scholarship Fix" in the bill, which is expected to be voted on by the House this week. The fix treats the scholarship portion applied to non-tuition expenses as earned, rather than unearned, income taxed at the student's income tax rate, which will be much lower than the trust tax rate.
Mark Kantrowitz, publisher and vice president of research at Savingforcollege.com, agrees that Congress should immediately undo this mistake in the tax cut bill but in the long term should end taxation of all scholarship funds.
Congress didn't start taxing the non-tuition portion of scholarship until 1986, when it created the kiddie tax under that year's Tax Reform Act to prevent wealthy parents from avoiding taxes on investment income by transferring those assets to their kids. That law was enacted more than a year after work on it had begun and after months of hearings on the Hill.
"Congress benefits when more students get college degrees" because college graduates earn more than double the federally taxed income of high school graduates and therefore funnel more tax money to the government, according to Kantrowitz. "If Congress wanted to improve college enrollment and graduation rates, the easiest thing to do is to stop taxing scholarships."
Kantrowitz's data shows that over one-quarter of private scholarships are awarded to students whose families earn more than $100,000, so those students could presumably be hit by the higher tax. When state and Pell grants along with funds from colleges themselves are included, the percent of students from families with incomes above $100,000 drops to around 15%.
Bernice Napach
Bernice Napach is a senior writer at ThinkAdvisor covering financial markets and asset managers, robo-advisors, college planning and retirement issues. She has worked at Yahoo Finance, Bloomberg TV, CNBC, Reuters, Investor's Business Daily and The Bond Buyer and has written articles for The New York Times, TheStreet.com, The Star-Ledger, The Record, Variety and Worth magazine. Bernice has a Bachelor of Science in Social Welfare from SUNY at Stony Brook.
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Aly 16 December 2012 at 09:16
I loved watching the Wartime farm series.I did miss a couple so I think this will be on my Christmas list.
Maya Russell 23 December 2012 at 06:02
My daughter was doing WWII at school too, this term. The DVD looks really good.


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Emmett Freeman | Los Angeles, CA | 11/01/2003
"I was surprised at the depth of the characters and issues raised in this film. If you are expecting a standard B-movie, then don't be surprised if you get more than you bargained for. I identified with the plight of the main character, Travis. His hardships have been felt by all us males at some time. the story kept me guessing and the ending was quite amazing. Watch this alone and listen closely to the words... they are strangely hypnotic. the second time I watched it, I picked up on all these undercurrents that you don't see in many films today. It is a low-budget british film and that may offend some, but others will find it a breath of fresh air. This movie has changed outlook on my life."
Lillian Patterson | Big Rapids, MI | 08/31/2002
"It's amazing what some people can do with such a low budget. Don't get me wrong, this movie is cheesy and corny, and I wouldn't normally give it five stars for that reason. But the effects are impressive for a low-budget film (I read that it initially cost around [money] to make, and was later revised for more than twice the original budget). It is obvious that the filmmakers put a lot of effort and attention to detail into this film, and rather than simply being a gore/slasher fest, this movie actually has a plot!Please note: I said rather than "simply" being a gore/slasher fest. This movie has a lot of gore, but there's more to the film than just the blood and guts. So what's it about? A young man discovers a mysterious headset-thingy inside a meteorite, and discovers that he can use this to bring weird creatures/demons into this world from some other demension. Gradually, this power turns him evil. Yeah, it's strange and kind of far fetched, but so is just about every other horror film. And there's more at work here...Think about it. Evil affects us, and the more we play around with it, the better chance we have of being corrupted by it. This sci-fi/horror/comedy shows the gradual transformation of one character as he is infected by evil. The film is not without its faults, but it's well worth watching for fans of the genre. As an added bonus, those who purchase this film (or maybe rent it-if your video rental facility will carry it-mine did, and we're about as backwoods as you can get) will be supporting some struggling filmmakers who are trying to help horror movies return to the days when evil was scary.All in all, an excellent effort-and I'll be looking forward to "To Become One," the next offering from this director, which is due soon."
What a strange movie?
John Rippon | Seattle, WA USA | 07/04/2002
"Firstly, the packaging said nothing about the bonus features: Director's commentary, Making of Documentary, Deleted Scenes with optional commentary. Secondly, it is a special edition, with new scenes added like George Lucas did with Star Wars. I saw the orginal on VHS, but this version is completely different. Much better in all. More stylish, more Sci-Fi. The film itself is very interesting, a little quirky in places, but actually makes an attempt at being original; for which it suceeds. The black comedy element comes as a surprise. It is an Australian film, but comes across more as a Bristish-type movie in some ways.I was a little disappointed in the authoring quality, but considering the price of the DVD, what can you expect. If a small movie like this can have so much interesting bonus material, why can't bigger movies go to the same effort."


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Education in Russia is most renowned for its achievements within the fields of science and research at the post-secondary level. The country's extensive influence on the said discipline is so great that an estimated one quarter of the total scientific literature in the world is written in Russian.
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Summary: September 19-20th, Shandong Provincial Bureau of Statistics Deputy Director Chen Hanzhen, Provincial Bureau of Statistics General Office Deputy Director Song Liping, Provincial Bureau of Statistics General Office Director Zhang Hongtao came to the city to participate in Shandong main venue activities of the eighth "China Statistics Open Day", which take the "Statistics New Motivation, Service New Normal" as the theme. In order to better understand the new industry, new business model, new business model and other new economic innovation and development situation of the key enterprises in Jining City, on the morning of September 20, Director Chen visited Shandong China Coal Group, accompanied with Jining City Bureau of Statistics Xu Xinghua, Deputy Secretary of the Party Committee of the High-tech Zone, Deputy Director of the CMC Liu Zhangjian (presided over the overall work), for the e-commerce development and the e-commerce platform operation. Chairman and General Manager of China Coal Group Qu Qing, Deputy General Manager Han Yong, Li Zhenbo, Deputy General Manager Fan Peigong, Guan Chenghui and other leaders accompanied and reception.
September 19-20th, Shandong Provincial Bureau of Statistics Deputy Director Chen Hanzhen, Provincial Bureau of Statistics General Office Deputy Director Song Liping, Provincial Bureau of Statistics General Office Director Zhang Hongtao came to the city to participate in Shandong main venue activities of the eighth "China Statistics Open Day", which take the "Statistics New Motivation, Service New Normal" as the theme. In order to better understand the new industry, new business model, new business model and other new economic innovation and development situation of the key enterprises in Jining City, on the morning of September 20, Director Chen visited Shandong China Coal Group, accompanied with Jining City Bureau of Statistics Xu Xinghua, Deputy Secretary of the Party Committee of the High-tech Zone, Deputy Director of the CMC Liu Zhangjian (presided over the overall work), for the e-commerce development and the e-commerce platform operation. Chairman and General Manager of China Coal Group Qu Qing, Deputy General Manager Han Yong, Li Zhenbo, Deputy General Manager Fan Peigong, Guan Chenghui and other leaders accompanied and reception.
Under the accompany of Manager Qu, Director Chen visited China Coal Group office building, exhibition hall, E-Commerce Company, Cross-Border E-Commerce Company, Network Information Company, Software Technology Company, Weixin Agriculture Technology Company, Kate Intelligent Robotic Company. During the visiting, the Group Deputy General Manager Li made a detailed report to the visiting leaders on the development situation of new and old kinetic energy promotion through e-commerce, and focused on the Group's positive exploration and efforts on e-commerce, cross-border e-commerce, new industry, intelligent manufacturing, personnel training. Director Chen gave a high praised to the development achievements of the Group in the field of e-commerce, and expressed full recognition to the Group on adhere to the all-round diversified, multi-field global development strategy.
In recent years, China Coal Group closely around the country's development strategy of vigorously implement the innovation-driven, actively develop the industrial supply chain e-commerce, accelerate the transformation of new and old kinetic energy, successfully translate from the traditional sales model to modern e-commerce sales model, pulling the e-commerce of Shandong Province and the National takeoff, and become the industry model of the country through the IOII to help enterprises to transform and development. In 2012, the Group independently developed and operated the world's leading, domestic first industrial and mining machinery industry cross-border B2B e-commerce platform -1kuang.net, which created to fill the domestic and foreign industrial and mining machinery industry cross-border e-commerce public service platform blank. From 2013, the 1kuang.net was selected as the integrated innovation pilot project of National MIIT, and as a cross-border e-commerce key support project of National MIIT, made outstanding contributions to promote industrial transformation and upgrading of the national machinery manufacturing industry, and praise many times by the national leadership.
Visiting leadership gave a high degree on the outstanding achievements of the Group in the e-commerce platform creation, and full recognition of the group's contribution in promoting the province's new and old kinetic energy conversion development. Director Xu said, China Coal Group explored a Jining characteristics of the e-commerce development of the road, provided a strong impetus to support for the new and old kinetic energy conversion of the Jining City, Shandong Province. The next step, we hope that the China Coal Group can play a good role in the model for the province's new and old kinetic energy conversion, enterprise transformation and upgrading, and make more positive contributions!
Manager Qu said, very grateful to the Provincial Bureau of Statistics leadership fully affirmed in the development of China Coal Group, We must actively respond to national policies, make full use of China Coal Group in the national e-commerce innovation and development of the unique advantages, and share the new and old kinetic energy transformation and development of successful experience, seize the opportunity to make a difference, and better to contribute the strength for the province New industry, new format, new business model and other new economic development!


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Q: AWS RDS - automatic backup vs snapshot with MyISAM tables I have an AWS RDS MySQL 5.7 database with MyISAM tables that I would like to migrate to another RDS in a custom VPC, and once migrated, convert those MyISAM tables to InnoDB.
If I undertood correctly, the only way to create a correct automatic backup is using the following procedure explained here: "Automated Backups with Unsupported MySQL Storage Engines"
https://docs.aws.amazon.com/AmazonRDS/latest/UserGuide/USER_WorkingWithAutomatedBackups.html#Overview.BackupDeviceRestrictions

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*Stop all activity to your MyISAM tables (that is, close all sessions).
You can close all sessions by calling the mysql.rds_kill command for each process that is returned from the SHOW FULL PROCESSLIST command.

*Lock and flush each of your MyISAM tables

*Create a snapshot of your DB instance. When the snapshot has completed, release the locks and resume activity on the MyISAM tables

Has someone done this procedure before?
How is that the snapshots are being created successfully every night from the current RDS DBInstance, even though it contains MyISAM tables?
Thanks!

A: The problem isn't with snapshot creation.  It's what can go wrong when you actually try to use one of the snapshots.
RDS snapshots work by capturing a snapshot if your RDS instance's underlying EBS volume (you can't see this volume, but it's there -- RDS runs on EC2, with "hidden" instances and volumes).
EBS snapshots capture the entire contents of the hard drive exactly as they happened to exist at the moment in time when the snapshot process starts.
What ends up on the snapshot is essentially the same thing that you would have on a MySQL Server if you executed sudo killall -9 mysqld -- it is as if the server had halted everything, immediately, without doing any of the things it normally does to clean up for a graceful shutdown.  With RDS, things are not quite that dramatic, because RDS does take some precautions, but fundamentally, this is the nature of what is happening.
When you create an RDS instance from a snapshot, the first thing that happens when the instance starts up is the same thing your hypothetical server would do when you restarted the killed MySQL Server daemon: InnoDB Crash Recovery.

InnoDB Crash Recovery
To recover from a MySQL server crash, the only requirement is to restart the MySQL server. InnoDB automatically checks the logs and performs a roll-forward of the database to the present. InnoDB automatically rolls back uncommitted transactions that were present at the time of the crash.
https://dev.mysql.com/doc/refman/5.7/en/innodb-recovery.html#innodb-crash-recovery

Crash recovery is InnoDB's mechanism for bringing everything back into harmony in it internal data structures and ensure that all data is intact, exactly as your application left it.  It's possible because InnoDB is a transactional storage engine.  That means a lot of different things, but what it specifically means in this case is that InnoDB doesn't just change table data when you change a table.  It goes through a process that can be simplified something like this:

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*store the proposed changes to disk¹

*actually make the changes

*mark the changes as complete

What this means is that until the changes are finalized, InnoDB can be interrupted and will subsequently be able to pick up where it left off, without corrupting or losing data.
MyISAM has no such mechanisms.  It just writes to the data files, directly.  Even if a MyISAM table isn't actively being used, it may still need to be repaired when the server comes up, to clean up its structures.  In some circumstances, repairing the table can be impossible, and all or part of the data in the table will be lost.
If your MyISAM tables are flushed and locked when the snapshot occurs, they are in a quiescent state on the disk, as though the server had actually been gracefully shut down before the snapshot had occurred, so they will be stable on the snapshot.
But the snapshot process will always appear to succeed, because the snapshot is just duplicating whatever is on the disk, as it appears at the moment in time when the snapshot gets underway.
The problem is that what the snapshot captured may not be usable, and you have no way of knowing whether the snapshot will be fully viable.

¹ Note that the first step, "store the proposed changes to disk" is related to the system variable innodb_flush_log_at_trx_commit which makes the system slower if set to 1 but also is the safest setting, because your query doesn't actually succeed until that first step is done.  A setting of 2 is still reasonably safe, because it still writes the changes but continues without requiring that the operating system confirm that they have actually been written to the hard drive before your query returns success... but in a crash, a transaction your application thinks was committed may or may not have survived.


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Nokia 3310 vs Nokia 8110 (Head-to-Head)
by Andy C on March 21, 2018 Read in
Any retro tech fan will remember the anticipated return of Nokia's historic 3310 in early 2017, and now the pioneers of telecommunications are back with another revival for 2018 - the Nokia 8110 4G.
Announced at this year's Mobile World Congress in Barcelona, the device is sure to be a hit in 2018.
Excited about another Nokia reboot? Let's take a look at what the all-new Nokia 8110 has to offer, and how it compares to the improved Nokia 3310.
Nokia 3310 vs 8110 - Design
It's been 22 years since the original Nokia 8110 hit the shelves, and the iconic slider phone that made it on the big screen in The Matrix has certainly enjoyed a modern-day makeover - inside and out - for its re-release. Don't worry though, it's still easily recognisable as the Nokia 8110 everyone knew and loved.
The black and white screen of the original model has been replaced with a colourful 2.4-inch display, and the keypad sits nicely beneath the sliding feature. Colour wise, you can choose from classic black or a playful bright yellow. Dubbed the banana phone back in the 90s, Nokia have paid tribute to its history with this vibrant option.
Over 126 million Nokia 3310 phones were sold worldwide when the device was first launched, so it's no surprise people were excited for its return in 2017. Packed with nostalgia, the revamp was a worldwide talking point - and a huge hit for Nokia.
You can still get your hands on last year's Nokia 3310, for a brilliant low price. The design has been reimagined, harking back to the classic model but offering a sleek modern twist. It's thinner than the original, with a 2.4-inch screen boasting full-colour and a polarised layer to deflect glare when you're outdoors. Alongside black and grey, you can choose to pick up the phone in two snazzy colours as well: red or yellow.
Nokia 3310 vs 8110 - Features
The most obvious feature of the new Nokia 8110 is its sliding body, but there's more to discover. It may not be a smartphone, but there's still a 2MP rear camera complete with LED flash - giving you the option to snap a photo when the moment strikes.
The operating system on the Nokia 8110 4G is the same as the updated Nokia 3310: Smart Feature OS powered by KaiOS. While you won't find Google's Play store on there, the Nokia 8110 does have its own app store where essentials like Facebook, Twitter, Google Assistant and Google Maps can be downloaded, and thanks to 4G LTE, you can get directions or tweet no matter where you are. And of course the classic Snake game comes pre-installed.
The new Nokia 3310 offers a 2MP camera with LED flash too, and you'll find both an FM radio and mp3 player on board, so you can still listen to music on the go. Just like the Nokia 8110, the all-important Snake is also pre-installed for hours of guaranteed fun.
One notable difference is that while the Nokia 8110 offers 4G LTE internet connection as standard, the new Nokia 3310 is available in 2G and 3G variants, so make sure you double check the specs if you're an avid surfer.
Nokia 3310 vs 8110 - Power
Under the hood on the Nokia 8110, you'll find a dual-core 1.1GHz processor, 512MB RAM and 4GB of storage. This means that not only is there ample space for photos, messages and more, the Nokia 8110 promises to boot up and carry out tasks quickly too.
The Nokia 8110 has also an amazing battery. Weighing in at 1,500 mAh, it'll last for a whole 25 days on standby.
When it comes to the all-important specifications of the Nokia 8110, you can expect an amazing battery, just like the Nokia 8110. The Nokia 3310's 1200 mAh battery also lasts for a month on standby and offers an epic 22 hours talk time for those chatterboxes.
There's 16GB RAM, an ample 16GB of internal storage, and space for a microSD card which can boost the device to 32GB - tons of room for your favourite songs and photos.
Which Nokia is right for you?
Can't decide between the Nokia Originals? Both the Nokia 8110 and Nokia 3310 are durable, easy to use and budget-friendly, although the Nokia 8110 feels slightly more advanced with its curved design and improved specs. Need a fast internet connection? Choose the Nokia 8110, with 4G LTE to help you to stay connected much faster.
All about storage space? Why not try the Nokia 3310 instead - it has 16GB compared to the 4GB offered in the Nokia 8110. Focused on battery life? Go ahead and pick either - both phones will perform incredibly in this department.
Enjoy a bit of tech nostalgia, and pick up an amazing deal on Nokia retro reboots at Mobiles.co.uk.
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And it works for the United States broadly, since, according to a recent White House press release , investments in high quality childhood education provide benefits to society of about $8.60 for every $1.00 spent. Why is it, then, that 30 percent of Americans  do not favor using federal funds to expand universal preschool? Why do only 39 percent consider preschool to be extremely important, while 69 percent think high school is extremely important?
A: What Happens in the Early Childhood Classroom?
Yes, preschool students do indeed dress up, build towers with blocks, and squeeze glitter glue onto construction paper, reveling in the sticky residue it leaves on their fingers. But that is not all that happens in preschools, and it is not the case that those moments are not rich, complex learning opportunities. One problem is the common misconception that learning doesn't happen in these moments of play—indeed, that learning only happens when children are "done" playing. Skeptics who think this must wonder, "How is government-funded preschool any different from government-funded childcare or camp?" We must find a compelling way to show that, when children sing "There Was A Farmer Who Had A Dog (Bingo)," yes, they are having fun, playing cooperatively with peers, and following directions, but they are also learning to identify, predict, and sound out letters—they are developing phonological awareness and learning about how sounds, letters, and meaning intersect.
The preschooler who has a strong sense of phonemic awareness and of the alphabet—indeed, the preschooler who sang Bingo—is more likely to be the first or second grader reading on grade level. Conversely, the preschooler who did not have this exposure is more likely to be the preschooler who falls behind his/her peers. It's not so much that singing Bingo several mornings a week in preschool directly raised Johnny's ninth grade math score. But the behavioral and academic skills that his teachers began to instill in Johnny—those regarding turn taking, phonemic awareness, letter identification, nuances in language, rhythm and rhymes—set him up to find success as a confident, and curious Kindergartener. And this Kindergartner has a better chance of being a successful first grader, who in turn has a better chance of being more successful in second grade, and so on.
B: What Does Improved School Readiness Really Mean?
Despite the importance of early literacy skills to a child's trajectory as a student, the socio-emotional skills he or she learns in preschool may be the most important aspect of school readiness (Ashiabi 2005 ). In preschool, we learn to follow rules, take turns, learn from peers we didn't grow up with, and resolve conflicts while respecting one another. The student, then, who enters first grade "emotionally school-ready" is a student who's more ready to learn academic skills.
Consideration of a child's general school trajectory should also involve looking at the effects of preschool on that person's later earning potential, livelihood, and quality of life, as well as the repercussions of these outcomes from a national, economic perspective.
The frequently-cited Perry Preschool Program  found that 84 percent of the female students enrolled in their preschool graduated from high school, compared to only 32 percent of their peers who were not enrolled. Similarly, a Wilder Research Study  found that investing in just one child's Kindergarten readiness in the City of Detroit has a predicted return of $100,000 over the life of that child, due to savings on remedial education and criminal justice programs.
Yes, economists and statisticians can make sense of these numbers, and these statistics have enlisted increased support for childhood education. Abstract statistics, however, may lead us to develop an excessively transactional view of early childhood education. These studies, while convincing for some audiences, are inherently removed from the reality of early childhood education—the spilled milk on the linoleum table, the moments of wonder surrounding a caterpillar chrysalis, the well-worn spine of an Eric Carle hardcover. They perpetuate the notion that preschool is only important because of its future impact, when in reality it is also important because of the environment it offers children in the moment. Preschool matters because it sets children up for success in Kindergarten and beyond, including after high school graduation. And it also matters because it is important that children associate school with fun and exploration and with feeling loved, responded to, and treasured.
If we want more Americans to understand the importance of early childhood education, in addition to, perhaps, considering abstract statistics about the returns of universal pre-K, we need also to spend time offering the average individual more concrete and vivid details about how learning happens in the early childhood classroom, and how it stays with children in the long run. Perhaps one day we will live in a society where early childhood education is important, not just because of increased performance on future standardized tests, greater earning potential, or lower incarceration rates, but also because of what it accomplishes in the moment: Allowing children to feel joy, intellectually and emotionally engaged, and treasured on a day-to-day basis. Perhaps effective early childhood education is a start towards that future.


Microsoft has updated their Windows 7 Upgrade Advisor. If you are still not using Windows 7, but want to, you can check the compatibility of your hardware and software with this tool. It does a great job of recognizing incompatiblities. Although, some of them listed have manufacturers drivers or a workaround to get them to work. It gives you a great starting point as to what to upgrade. Of course, if you are still running that Windows 3.11 application and expect it to continue working on your x64 version of Windows, you might look into a more recent version!


You are in a fantastic happy zone when you become your own inspiration and this happens when you love your work and you would fall in love with your work when you pursue your passion as your profession. Fortunately, I am doing just that at the moment which actually is nothing short of a blessing(my family begs to differ though, for they feel I must now resume my high profile corporate career as the kiddo is now on his own but I have been refusing offers because I am proud of whatever I am today).
I am an author, writer and blogger and I unleash the power of my pen to my heart's content to bring the desired change to the society no matter how small my contribution is. The pen is mightier than a sword and in all three books of mine published so far, I have quietly deployed this mightier tool to give the world a peep into Indian women's lives. I feel proud that all three books of mine have been released in Blogchatter Ebook Carnival for last three consecutive years and thereafter are doing good on Amazon. Last year, another initiative by Blogchatter, known as 'Blogchatter Projects' was pioneered too with a great intent. It was a campaign which aided the bloggers or authors like me to adopt a project and set and quantify their goals, like I took, exhaustive promotions of my books. With their constant boost and support, I was able to sell a very good number of copies by the end of the campaign. If one has something strong on their mind with a big goal, he must sign up for this. They aid you to put your Social Media Strategy in the right place, bang on!!
The fact that you are on your own often puts you in a comfortable zone and projects like this help you quantify your targets and have high goals, competing and trying your best to outnumber your previous best.
The above two comprise my work zone and I passionately love what I do irrespective of the money I make with it. I am extremely grateful to all my precious readers for embracing the writings of this poor mortal with so much warmth and the people of Pune who have given my academy unconditional support and love and made it flourish by leaps and bounds.
Since this is my birthday month, I express my gratitude to all of you, by announcing a #TrulyYoursRoma #BirthdayGiveaway right here, on the blog and it's Social Media Channels in which you can win some awesome prizes from VLCC.
Just like and share this post and comment below which VLCC Service you will like to avail and why and three top winners will be gratified with VLCC services while there will be many more consolation prizes. This contest is open for Pune residents only and all services can we availed at VLCC Pimple Saudagar Only. The last date to submit your entries in 15-Oct-18.