Unity over adversity. It's a running theme in the story of Tombohuaun, translation "Tombo's Wound," a remote village tucked into the jungle of Sierra Leone's Eastern Province. The community's founding legend states that a villager named Tombo cut his foot on a catfish in the river, and the then chief ordered the fish to be caught and killed. Back then, as now, the community came together to put things right: they caught the fish, ate it, and went on to name the town after this symbolic triumph.
This banding together of the community has come to embody its resourceful spirit, with Tombo's wound the least of its ongoing struggles. In the last 15 years, in addition to enduring an Ebola outbreak, the village has been without clean water since the nation's civil war, as it has not yet been able to reconstruct the enclosure that once protected its supply. The community of 400 also lacks decent toilets and safe hygiene practices, increasing residents' susceptibility to water-borne illnesses.
But those dire circumstances were not the only focus of the photo series I was commissioned to make for WaterAid, the international NGO working to bring clean water to Sierra Leone. Rather than just creating images that underscored Tombohuaun's plight, WaterAid and I envisioned a cultural study of the community that would highlight its resilience, its fraternity, its highly organized structure, and its work ethic. These are all the things that will enable the village to thrive and sustain its clean water resources and practices long after WaterAid has completed its work. These photographs became the visual backbone for WaterAid's Untapped campaign.
In light of those objectives, my photos were to spotlight two main themes—the unique characters within the community and the hard work they do to keep it flourishing.
With some of the photographic work I've done in other parts of Africa, it's been easy to lean on certain visual crutches—tribal face paint, ornate jewelry, striking clothing. But that's only skimming the visual surface of the community and the people, and wasn't in the spirit of this campaign. Digging deeper requires an extended stay, as well as collaborating with locals who have grown up in the area.
Long before we traveled to Tombohuaun, WaterAid had laid the groundwork for a positive, in-depth experience: Staff first surveyed the land to see if they could indeed build the well and bring sustainable clean water, and then Neil Wissink (who became a friend during the project) went into the community to get to the know the villagers, gain trust, create a timeline for the project, and gain permission for the visual component. By the time we arrived to make photographs, the villagers were well aware of our role and purpose, and welcomed our presence. In two weeks time, the standout characters were sure to reveal themselves, and they did: The town beauty queen who artfully styles the women's hair. The blind man who prays outside his porch. The imam (religious leader) who acts as an elder in the community. The vivacious female leader who delivers the community's babies.
As characters emerged, I photographed each of them in two ways: I made their portrait in an onsite "studio" built by the villagers; and I photographed them in action, highlighting their role or job in the community. WaterAid would then use these dual photos to paint a complete picture of each subject and their individual story.
For the portraits, instead of setting up a portable studio, we decided to enlist the community's help to build an outdoor studio onsite in the jungle. This allowed them to brandish their resourcefulness and teamwork and me to have a portrait setting that would compliment the overall style of the series. The studio was set up on the side of a building, with banana and palm leaves laid out on the ground, and bed sheets hung from two poles to act as a giant diffuser.
The creation of the "studio"
To make the in-action shots of the villagers, we photographed them processing palm oil and fishing, two important industries for the community. We learned that work is shared equally among the men and women in the village, with each gender performing a select set of duties.
While many of the villagers own their own palm oil plantations, Tombohuaun also has one community plantation run by volunteer villagers, which is where we focused our photography. Profits from this plantation are funneled into a community piggy bank. If a resident has an emergency and needs a loan, they can take money out of this bank as long as they pay it back with interest.
Palm oil processing work is divided up like this: The men climb the trees, hack down the palm kernels with machetes, gather the kernels, and then move those to a giant pit where they're mashed and fermented. The women then filter out the byproduct and melt it to make palm oil that's sold at the market.
It wasn't until we delved into the palm oil processing photography that we witnessed in amazement the men's method for climbing the palm fern trees—using a sling-like apparatus into which they lean their body weight as they scaled the bark with their feet. After clumsily attempting it myself (with the villagers teasing me to come down before I broke my neck), I quietly joked that it might be nice to have a ladder so I could photograph their work from above. Much to my surprise, the next morning a handmade ladder tied together with twine was set out for my photography work. As the villagers held onto the bottom of it, I climbed the rickety (but structurally sound) rungs to the top.
Thanks to their generosity and ingenuity I was able to capture images of their work from a totally unique vantage point.
We also photographed the villagers fishing for giant mud cat, which is done in the river using handmade nets. Making photographs of their work from the shore wasn't an option: If you shoot it from the shore, it'll look like it was shot from the shore. So I slipped out of my shoes (going barefoot helps me to keep my balance in moving water) and into river up to my chest with my medium format camera. Sure, it's a risk to carry expensive equipment into the water, but to me, getting the better shot is always more important. And the best vantage point for river images is just above the surface of the water.
Ultimately the images went toward an uplifting and innovative fundraising campaign that breaks out each character in the community, tells their individual stories, and inspires admiration and hope rather than pity and sadness. It was a dream project for me, working with a well-respected water charity that does thorough, responsible work, and an overall lovely two weeks in the rainforest with the people of Tombohuaun.
The portraits featured today in the Guardian.
Thanks for taking the time to write and share this story. Love seeing you behind the scenes. Can we expect a dudewithcameras episode? Be Great.
Joey as always you do amazing work. I'm glad I got to meet you at the RGG EDU event.
Wow! You amaze us with every piece of photography that you put out, Joey! Congratulations man! It's really impressive the amount of work that you put in those pictures.
Wonderful story told with fantastic photography!! What an adventure! Glad I stopped to take the time to read. Well done.
Incredible images Joey! The story and the way you capture your portraits are truly amazing!
Joey, your work is always amazing. It inspires me every time i see one for your series. Would be great to see more behind the scenes content from you. But i know that your projects take a long time to plane and execute. Best wishes from Germany!
Loving so many things about this shoot and journal of your trip. The portraits of the plantation capture the sense of community so well and the lighting is so peaceful. Beautiful tones and movement. Also I'm super impressed with that badass but simple ladder they made for you!! How did you avoid issues with the water yourself ? Did you guys bring in a massive amount for the 2 weeks? How do we contribute to this project? Through water aid? Are you doing any print sales? Much love jo!
I discovered you through your documentary in Varanasi. Since then I follow your amazing work!!
This story and your photos are incredible!!! My favourite one is the barefoot climbing the tree! Awesome!
Very interesting works, light, color, details, life, portraits!
Ive followed your work forever and love seeing your projects! Keep them up and if you ever head to Papua New Guinea I'd love to see what you come up with in that rainforest!
Awesome work Joey! It's clear you love these adventures.
I can't quite pin down what medium format camera that is. Anyone know?
Please keep on blogging! It's a pleasure to read your narrative and no need to say but I'll say it, every single one of your photos are amazing! I felt as if I spent time in Tombohuaun myself. Thank you!
Thanks everyone for the comments, I appreciate it. Here are some answers to the questions- 1) Melissa: "How did you avoid issues with the water yourself ?" most of our meals were made locally, so we had to boil the cooking water. But we did bring a whole bunch of bottled water for drinking as well.
2) Melissa: "How do we contribute to this project? Through water aid? Are you doing any print sales?" There is a link within the blog post to donate to WaterAid, and all contributions will be doubled by the UK government until January 31st. To help support my own work, please visit www.joeyLshop.com 3) Mike: "I can't quite pin down what medium format camera that is. Anyone know?" It is a Phase One XF body with IQ250 back.
Keep up the great work, so inspiring !!!
Excelent work. Thank you for the passion, the inside, the investigation. Good luck, keep it coming.
Big fan of you works Joey.
I have a big heart for Africa and have been working as a guide in Africa since 1992, mainly in South Africa, Namibia, Uganda, DRC and Rwanda. Your images really catch the spirit of the people and places you visit.
Stunning work! Thank you very much for sharing these beautiful photos and writing such a story. My personal favourite one - Nancy, 6 with her doll. Amazing!
Joey, love your photographic work and the behind the scenes photos. Your work is inspiring and tells a much better story than words alone could ever express.
You are a true inspiration, not only for what you do, but how you do it! I love absolutely everything about your work! Thank you very much for sharing!
thanks for sharing. This is really amazing work. You captured a village with hope written all over their faces.
Thank you so much for sharing..what beautiful photos!
You Rock! as always inspiring work JoeyL.
how did u take the aerial pics?
Love your work. But you gotta stop working with these niggers man.
You are doing an admirable job. What happiness to follow you!
I am honestly happy to stumble upon this fantastic informational photoshoot. There is nothing worth reporting if not to enrich lives in a secluded part of the world. I would love to share more of this emotional information on my site if granted permission to do so. Nice work. God bless your efforts.


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It's time to feast your eyes on some yummy, delectable sweet treats as we took so many photos for this particular media event at La Cure Gourmande! It's been awhile since I blogged about food, but this was too good to miss out on; especially when I was allowed to invite friends along! I'd asked Hammy, Ben and Elizabeth to join me because, the more the merrier!
The store is in a pretty peculiar shape – triangular right smack in the middle of rows of fashion outlets – and it glows in such a warm orange that you can't help but to gravitate towards. There's this sense of adventure and discovery as we feasted our eyes on the classic handmade French confections. We know of macarons and creme brûlée, but not so much of French biscuits.
We were ushered to try the biscuits on display; because what came next was a complete pleasant surprise. I was then told that I can fill whatever I want in one of their vintage designed tins – as long as it fits!
Check out their beautiful tins that are specially designed and made to house the decadent treats. They are free when filled with any 900g of cookies!
Besides biscuits, La Cure Gourmande also serves up a dazzling collection of sweets, chocolates, nougats and soft caramels. These little pop of candies are called Choupettes – traditional lollipops from the South of France, Choupettes are naturally coloured and flavoured with fruits or famous candies.
Christmas treats? Look no further.
The soft caramels that I was talking about. They are naturally flavoured or enlivened with an assortment of nuts and candied fruit.
Then another surprise came when we were presented with one bag full of an assortment of biscuits each to bring home! Certainly wasn't expecting that, but thank you La Cure Gourmande for your generosity!!
Here with Samantha, who was an excellent host – thank you! Thoroughly enjoyed my time at this magical and splendorous confectionary; we were amazed by the range of French confections, each so thoughtfully dolled up in unique and colourful packagings. If you're looking to bring home a piece of France, or to gift it to someone special, this is the place to go.
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#include <iterator>
#include <memory>
#include <utility>
#include <vector>

#include "llvm/ADT/DenseSet.h"
#include "llvm/ADT/STLExtras.h"
#include "llvm/Support/Casting.h"
#include "mlir/IR/Attributes.h"  // from @llvm-project
#include "mlir/IR/BlockAndValueMapping.h"  // from @llvm-project
#include "mlir/IR/BuiltinOps.h"  // from @llvm-project
#include "mlir/IR/FunctionInterfaces.h"  // from @llvm-project
#include "mlir/IR/Operation.h"  // from @llvm-project
#include "mlir/IR/PatternMatch.h"  // from @llvm-project
#include "mlir/IR/Value.h"  // from @llvm-project
#include "mlir/Interfaces/CallInterfaces.h"  // from @llvm-project
#include "mlir/Interfaces/ControlFlowInterfaces.h"  // from @llvm-project
#include "mlir/Pass/Pass.h"  // from @llvm-project

namespace mlir {
namespace TF {

namespace {

#define GEN_PASS_DEF_REMOVEUNUSEDARGUMENTSPASS
#include "tensorflow/compiler/mlir/tensorflow/transforms/tf_passes.h.inc"

// Removes unused arguments from functions and their callers.
struct RemoveUnusedArgumentsPass
    : public impl::RemoveUnusedArgumentsPassBase<RemoveUnusedArgumentsPass> {
  void runOnOperation() override;
};

// Return a bitvector that marks all return values that always come from
// the same value.
llvm::BitVector GetInvariantReturns(Region* region, int number_of_results) {
  llvm::BitVector invariant(number_of_results, true);
  std::vector<Value> used_argument(number_of_results, nullptr);
  for (Block& block : region->getBlocks()) {
    for (Operation& op : block.getOperations()) {
      if (!op.hasTrait<OpTrait::ReturnLike>()) continue;
      for (OpOperand& operand : op.getOpOperands()) {
        int i = operand.getOperandNumber();
        if (used_argument[i] && operand.get() != used_argument[i]) {
          assert(i < number_of_results);
          invariant.reset(i);
        }
        used_argument[i] = operand.get();
      }
    }
  }
  return invariant;
}

Operation* GetAnyReturn(Region* region) {
  Operation* result;
  // We only go one level deep, since "returns" in nested functions
  // and return-as-yield CF don't belong to us.
  for (Block& block : region->getBlocks()) {
    for (Operation& op : block.getOperations()) {
      if (op.hasTrait<OpTrait::ReturnLike>()) result = &op;
    }
  }
  return result;
}

void EraseReturnOperands(Region* region, llvm::BitVector& erase) {
  for (Block& block : region->getBlocks()) {
    for (Operation& op : block.getOperations()) {
      if (!op.hasTrait<OpTrait::ReturnLike>()) continue;
      op.eraseOperands(erase);
    }
  }
}

// Erases the given results from an operation, similar to what
// Operation::eraseArguments does (but for results).
// This is a lengthy bit of code, since it has to recreate the operation.
// TODO(kramm): Move this under utils/ somewhere.
void EraseResults(Operation* op, llvm::BitVector erase) {
  assert(!op->getNumRegions());
  std::vector<Type> result_types;
  for (auto result : op->getResults()) {
    if (!erase[result.getResultNumber()]) {
      result_types.push_back(result.getType());
    }
  }
  OpBuilder builder(op);
  builder.setInsertionPointAfter(op);
  OperationState state(op->getLoc(), op->getName().getStringRef(),
                       op->getOperands(), result_types, op->getAttrs());
  for (int i = 0; i < op->getNumRegions(); ++i) {
    state.addRegion();
  }
  Operation* new_op = builder.create(state);
  for (const auto& indexed_regions : llvm::enumerate(op->getRegions())) {
    Region& region = op->getRegion(indexed_regions.index());
    BlockAndValueMapping mapping;
    indexed_regions.value().cloneInto(&region, mapping);
  }
  int new_position = 0;
  for (auto result : op->getResults()) {
    if (!erase[result.getResultNumber()]) {
      result.replaceAllUsesWith(new_op->getResult(new_position++));
    }
  }
  op->erase();
}

void RemoveUnusedArgumentsPass::runOnOperation() {
  Operation* module = getOperation();

  llvm::DenseMap<Operation*, llvm::BitVector> args_to_erase;
  llvm::DenseMap<Operation*, llvm::BitVector> results_to_erase;
  llvm::DenseMap<Operation*, llvm::DenseMap<int, int>> args_to_remap;
  llvm::DenseSet<Operation*> do_not_touch;  // Funcs referenced by non-call ops

  // Find all users of functions that are not through a CallOp. Those
  // are functions we need to leave alone.
  module->walk([&](SymbolUserOpInterface op) {
    if (llvm::isa<CallOpInterface>(op.getOperation())) return;
    // SymbolUserOpInterface doesn't tell us which attributes contain
    // the symbols, so we have to scan through all of them.
    for (auto attr : op->getAttrs()) {
      if (auto sym = attr.getValue().dyn_cast<FlatSymbolRefAttr>()) {
        Operation* func = mlir::SymbolTable::lookupNearestSymbolFrom(op, sym);
        if (func) {
          do_not_touch.insert(func);
        }
      }
    }
  });

  // Find all functions
  module->walk([&](SymbolOpInterface op) {
    if (!op.isPrivate()) return;

    auto call = llvm::dyn_cast<CallableOpInterface>(op.getOperation());
    if (!call) return;
    Region* region = call.getCallableRegion();
    if (!region) return;  // happens e.g. for external functions

    auto func = llvm::dyn_cast<FunctionOpInterface>(op.getOperation());
    if (!func || do_not_touch.count(func)) return;
    llvm::BitVector unused_args(func.getNumArguments());
    llvm::BitVector unused_results(func.getNumResults());
    llvm::DenseMap<int, int> return_to_operand;
    llvm::BitVector invariant_returns =
        GetInvariantReturns(region, func.getNumResults());
    llvm::DenseMap<Value, int> argument_to_index;
    std::vector<int> use_count(func.getNumArguments(), 0);

    // Set up a use count for all function arguments. We'll use this to
    // determine whether we have taken care of all uses and can remove
    // the arg.
    for (BlockArgument arg : func.getArguments()) {
      auto uses = arg.getUses();
      use_count[arg.getArgNumber()] = std::distance(uses.begin(), uses.end());
      argument_to_index.insert({arg, arg.getArgNumber()});
    }

    // We're only considering return values that are the same (at this
    // position) across all returns, so we only need any single return
    // as reference.
    Operation* ret = GetAnyReturn(region);

    // Go through all return values and find the ones we can remove.
    for (mlir::OpOperand& r : ret->getOpOperands()) {
      int i = r.getOperandNumber();
      if (!invariant_returns[i]) continue;
      if (!argument_to_index.count(r.get())) continue;

      int arg = argument_to_index.lookup(r.get());

      // If we see an arg as a result, and we're going
      // to remove that result, we can assume one fewer use.
      use_count[arg]--;

      return_to_operand.insert({i, arg});
      unused_results.set(i);
    }

    // Now mark all args for deletion that don't have uses anymore.
    for (BlockArgument arg : func.getArguments()) {
      // TODO(b/246310765): This doesn't fully handle recursion.
      if (!use_count[arg.getArgNumber()]) unused_args.set(arg.getArgNumber());
    }

    EraseReturnOperands(region, unused_results);
    func.eraseResults(unused_results);
    func.eraseArguments(unused_args);

    args_to_erase.insert(std::make_pair(op, unused_args));
    results_to_erase.insert(std::make_pair(op, unused_results));
    args_to_remap.insert(std::make_pair(op, return_to_operand));
  });

  // Find all callers
  module->walk([&](CallOpInterface op) {
    auto callable = op.getCallableForCallee();
    mlir::SymbolRefAttr sym = callable.dyn_cast<mlir::SymbolRefAttr>();
    if (!sym) return;
    Operation* func = mlir::SymbolTable::lookupNearestSymbolFrom(op, sym);
    if (!args_to_erase.count(func)) return;

    auto map = args_to_remap.lookup(func);
    for (auto [from, to] : map) {
      op.getOperation()->getResult(from).replaceAllUsesWith(
          op.getOperation()->getOperand(to));
    }
    op->eraseOperands(args_to_erase.lookup(func));
    EraseResults(op, results_to_erase.lookup(func));
  });
}

}  // namespace

std::unique_ptr<OperationPass<ModuleOp>> CreateRemoveUnusedArgumentsPass() {
  return std::make_unique<RemoveUnusedArgumentsPass>();
}

}  // namespace TF
}  // namespace mlir


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Q: why can't we use Integer.parseInt(args[0]) instead of Scanner When I used Scanner its running fine but I used Integer.parseInt(args[0]) there is an error.
Scanner sc = new Scanner(System.in);
    try {
        int row = sc.nextInt();
        System.out.println("please enter col ");
        int col = sc.nextInt();
        sc.close();
        for (int i = 1;i<= row; i++) {
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        }
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    }
    System.out.println();

By using Integer.parseInt() there is error. I don't understand Integer.parseInt(args[0]) also converting into integer.
try{

    for (int i = 1;i<= Integer.parseInt(args[0]); i++) {
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    }
} catch( NumberFormatException e) {
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}
System.out.println();

A: args[] contains the arguments you give to your program when launching it (usually after calling it on the console)
Did you give arguments to your program ?

A: I pasted your second code snippet into the main method of a newly created class. Fixed a simple typo (there's a right bracket missing). The I ran the class from my command prompt (shell) this way:
java com.stackoverflow.richaojha.parseargs.ArgsParseIntDemo 2 3

Output was:
BBB
BBB

You notice that it reads the numbers 2 and 3 nicely from the command line. So if this is what you want, you can. It is something different from reading from standard input, as your first snippet does, of course.

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Chalet Grand Pares is superbly situated immediately opposite the cable-car station and the pistes. Skiing virtually to and from the doorstep it is absolutely a prime location and hard to beat for this perfectly located chalet. Just stroll out the door to the cable-car and you are straight up into the western heights of the Espace Killy ski area. If you are one of these people who like to be on the first lift you will be perfectly placed. Chalet Grand Pares has proved a hugely popular addition to our programme, full of character and charm in one of Val d'Isre's most picturesque accommodation areas, set amongst pretty stone cottages and chalets. The chalet is of a very good, comfortable and attractive standard with all bedrooms with bathroom/showers and wc. A lounge with comfy sofas and TV, a separate dining room with open plan kitchen and a ski room with boot warmer. The ski-bus stop is just outside for accessing other ski-lifts and the resort centre and runs until about 2am. Close to the chalet is Val d'Isre's best loved restaurants, L'Arolay. It is very popular both at lunchtimes and evenings.


Dog owners like myself have had to accept these rules that will not allow my family and I to bring Rosie, our black lab, with us if we choose to go to state parks. When we recently went to Reid State Park in Georgetown, we had to leave Rosie at our cottage on Bailey Island. But thankfully, we didn't have to leave her behind when we made our boat trip to Admiral Robert E. Peary's home on Eagle Island in Casco Bay after the park staff made an exception.
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Q: android split() or indexof() hi to all
i have a couple of text lines where they look like this
You are a friend:
name= [1]
From= [ 2011-02-28 07:00:52]
To= [2011-03-17 07:01:02]
Link= [http://www.example.com]
type= [good] for some

and i want to read only the text that is between the brackets "[]" i would like to know the best way to read it is it by using split(string) or using indexof(string) is better and if there is an example that would be great and also can someone please explane to me how does this code read the text that is between the brackets
thank you
String s = addressString;
int be = s.indexOf('[');
int e = s.indexOf(String[] fields = s.substring(s.indexOf('['), s.indexOf(']'));

i figured out the code i posted it should be like this
String s = addressString;
int be = s.indexOf('[');
int e = s.indexOf(']');
String fields = s.substring(be+1, e);

but now i have another problem which i have more than one line so when i change it to String[] fields it gives me an error so how can i make it to read more than one line i tried a for loop but stil it only reads number 1 that is in between the brackets ...!!!
thank you

A: If the brackets are always at the beginning and end it's probably easier to do something like this:
String s = addressString;
String innerText = s.substring(1,s.length-1);

A: You can do it like this:
String lines[] = {"You are a friend:",
                  "name= [1]",
                  "From= [ 2011-02-28 07:00:52]",
                  "To= [2011-03-17 07:01:02]",
                  "Link= [http://www.example.com]",
                  "type= [good] for some"};
for (int i = 0; i < lines.length; i++)
{// your previous code, but use lines[i] instead of s }


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Ravi Shastri's epic fails: B**** in the mouth, Harbhajan Singh is a nice hooker
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Ravi Shastri Reveals That His B**** Were In His Mouth Before India's Win In Adelaide:
Speaking to Sunil Gavaskar in a post-match interview, after India won the first Test against Australia in a nail-biting finish, Ravi Shastri made an outrageous comment that for sometime, when Australia got close to the target India had set, his b**** were in his mouth! The Team India coach was trolled for making the comment on live television
To hell with the nets!:
"To hell with the nets," was what Ravi Shastri said after India's memorable 31-run win in the opening Test against Australia. The coach of the Indian cricket team was stressing the fact that the players needed to rest in order come out prepared for the upcoming Perth Test.
Knowing that the fast bowlers will have a crucial role to play, Ravi Shastri hinted at ditching net practice ahead of the clash. "They have to rest up, to hell with the nets. You just come there, mark your attendance and get away to the hotel. We know the Perth track is quick, it's a drop in surface, there will be something there for the fast bowlers."
The current Indian Test team is the best Indian team in the last 15 years:
After facing defeat against England in the England vs India Test series, Ravi Shastri said in the Indian team was the best Indian side in the last 15 years. The statement was met by a backlash and Sunil Gavaskar retorted by saying, "What I can say is that teams in 1980s have won in England and West Indies. Rahul Dravid also won series in West Indies in 2005, in England in 2007 and captained when India beat South Africa for the first time (in South Africa). "Dravid gets very little credit for his leadership and his team's wins. There have been teams who have won overseas."
Harbhajan Singh is a nice hooker:
We all know that Ravi Shastri, before dawning the cap of Team India coach, was a commentator in the international cricket circuit and the IPL. During one of his stints as a commentator in an IPL match, when Harbhajan Singh hooked a ball for a six, an excited Ravi Shastri said that Harbhajan Singh is a nice hooker! (The 'Hook' shot is a term used in cricket). Although it was a figure of speech, the ex-India cricketer was trolled for the statement.
Biggest load of cowdung, Ravi Shastri on allegations of an affair with Nimrat Kaur:
As rumours floated that Ravi Shastri was seeing actress Nimrat Kaur for over two years and had managed to keep the relationship under wraps, Ravi Shastri once again made a hilarious comment. Reacting to the allegations, Ravi Shastri called it the biggest load of cow dung that he had heard.
He flashes and flashes hard:
Ravi Shastri was once again at his wittiest best while making a comment on Virat Kohli's batting. When Virat Kohli in an attempt to play an expansive cover drive managed to edge the delivery and the ball flew over the slips, Ravi Shastri described the shot 'he flashes and flashes hard' as the ball raced to the boundary. Though it may sound hilarious in a literal context, this phrase is one of the more commonly used terms in cricket.
You Pass YoYo Test, You Play For India:
Ravi Shastri while making his stand clear on the controversial YoYo test in cricket, which has seen several big cricketers dropped from the team, said, "You have a certain ability but if you are fit then you can enhance it. That's why we emphasise on YoYo test. If anyone thinks that this is a one-off thing, he is sadly mistaken. He can take a walk," Shastri said in his typical no-nonsense style. "Philosophy is simple -- you pass you play, you fail, you fail.
Born on May 27, 1962, Ravi Shastri is an Indian cricket commentator, former player and current head coach of the Indian national cricket team. As a player, he played for the India national cricket team between 1981 and 1992 in both Tests and ODIs. Although he started his career as a left-arm spin bowler, he later transformed into a batting all-rounder
Ravi Shastri is of Mangalorean descent and he was born in Bombay and studied at Don Bosco High School, Matunga. As a teenager, Ravi Shastri took to cricket seriously. Playing for Don Bosco (Matunga), Shastri reached the final of the 1976 inter-school Giles Shield, eventually losing to St Mary's, whose lineup included two future Ranji players, Shishir Hattangadi and Jignesh Sanghani. The next year, under Ravi Shastri's captaincy, Don Bosco won the Giles Shield in 1977, the first time in the history of that school
In late 1990, Ravi Shastri married Ritu Singh. He made his debut as a TV commentator with the World Masters Tournament in Mumbai in March 1995. In 2003, Ravi Shastri collaborated in starting up Showdiff Worldwide, a celebrity management company. He has since served ICC and BCCI in temporary official capacities and as a UNICEF Goodwill Ambassador. Some of his temporary shows, such as Super Spells, still run sports channels.
India cricket coach Ravi Shastri is known for his oratory skills, but when he has a slip-up, it becomes national news. We showcase some epic fails by Ravi Shastri which made the headlines. (Pics/ Ravi Shastri Instagram)
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A quick and easy Quilt as you go pattern.
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Top New York personal injury lawyer Jeffrey A. Block was asked by Crains to offer expert commentary on the Metro North train accident. Block, the founding member of leading New York City personal injury law firm Block O'Toole & Murphy, offered his perspective on the likelihood of litigation aimed at the MTA - - opining that there will be a significant number of lawsuits. He also lamented how devastating this accident will be for victims and their loved ones, "those are the people who are going to have to live the rest of their lives suffering daily," said Block. Block, a legendary trial lawyer, knows there will be difficult times ahead for the helpless victims of this tragedy.
The accident investigation details continue to emerge. Now, there are reports surfacing that the train operator was inattentive or even sleeping at the time of the accident. The N.T.S.B. has reported that the train reached speeds of 82mph in a area zoned for 30 mph. As a result, people's lives have been shattered. The operator will have plenty of explaining to do over the next few years. Our thoughts and prayers go out to the victims and those that were close with them.
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You may recognise this as the opening line of the poem by William Blake, A Poison Tree. The tree is said to represent anger which Blake believed to be a type of poison. Is this relevant at this time of year when our thoughts turn to love and romance? Shouldn't I be making you think of hearts and flowers?
Studies have shown that couples who argue effectively are more likely to have a happy and long term relationship. The key however is effective arguing, not fighting.
Arguing allows emotions to come into the open rather than them stewing. Holding back your feelings can lead to resentment which is unhealthy for a relationship. What is important, however, is how you bring these issues to the table. As with any discussion, it is best not to use inflammatory language be accusatory or judgmental.
Listening is key – for both. Your partner needs to listen to what you have to say but you also have to be open to hear their side. This isn't about winning or losing but challenging each other and learning about one another. Your difference of opinion has the ability to strengthen your relationship as you understand one another better and reach compromises.
Avoiding a sensitive issue may be seen as avoiding an argument but we know that it is likely to surface at some point and then our ability to discuss it fairly is diminished. Avoidance isn't the solution and may do more harm to your relationship. Poor communication is often cited in Divorce Petitions as a factor in the marriage breakdown. There is as much risk to not speaking up as speaking.


Escape Your Comfort Zone, You'll Be Glad You Did!
One of the hardest things to do in life is coming out of your comfort zone. We love being in a familiar area with familiar people and familiar things. This semester, I challenged myself to do something that meant stepping out of my comfort zone and applied to be a participant in a service-learning experience….


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Why choose seamless gutters over sectional?
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Seamless gutters look better. A nice even sheet of metal looks cleaner and neater.
Seamless gutters have fewer joints. When you have sectional gutters, the joints will inevitably leak.
Seamless gutters fit better. These gutters are custom cut to the exact length of your roof.
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As Baixadas Litorâneas do Nordeste constituem uma unidade geomorfológica que margeia o litoral da Região Nordeste do Brasil. Em geral é constituída de uma faixa estreita que se alarga a 200 ou 300 km da orla marítima nos estados do Maranhão e Piauí. A paisagem predominante é a praia. Ocorrem também dunas, com destaque no litoral do Rio Grande do Norte, onde atingem até 50 metros de altura. No litoral de Alagoas, surgem as lagunas. Ocorrem também mangues, em destaque em Pernambuco e Maranhão e as restingas. Um pouco mais distante da costa, surgem os tabuleiros, com altitudes de 20 a 50 metros, apresentado bordas escarpadas.  Os solos que predominam nesta unidade são os sedimentares.

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One of the essential factors for economic growth is domestic and international transportation, thus, road infrastructure needs to be maintained and updated regularly.
In Africa, some countries have made huge investments in improving road network and infrastructure to enjoy the benefits thereof, cites the 2017 – 2018 annual Global Competitiveness Report published by the World Economic Forum.
The Global Competitiveness Report index tracks the performance of about 140 countries on 12 pillars of competitiveness, including the quality of road infrastructure development.
Though some African countries have performed poorly, the following African countries are leading the way in terms of the best road quality and infrastructure, overtaking some world economic giants like China, Italy and India.
It is on the top of the list, having the best quality roads infrastructure in Africa and some of the best across the world. Ranked 31 out of 137 countries (with a score of 5.0 out of 7), Nambia beat economic giants like China, India and Italy, who were ranked 42, 55 and 45 respectively. Media reports have attributed Namibia's progress in road infrastructure to its establishment of its Roads Authority in April 2000 that has paid attention to roads that were hitherto abandoned, contributing to socio-economic development.
Though the majority of the population in the country live in abject poverty with the State noted for stifling dissent and mass protests, Eswatini boasts of a good network of tarred roads, making it convenient for tourists to access its various landmarks and attractions. Ranked 39 (with a score of 4.7) and third best in Africa, the country, according to Nations Encyclopaedia, has a good road network with 3,000 kilometers (1,864 miles) of roads, 28 per cent of which was paved by 1997.
Due to its strategic location and its proximity to Europe that enables it to be among the top destinations for tourists, the Moroccan government has over the years invested in rural infrastructure, providing access to water and electricity and of course good roads. The country ranked fourth best in Africa and 52 globally, beating global giants like Italy and Belgium.
The most democratic country in Africa has roads that are in fairly good conditions with safety signs and a network for those who would want to take a tour of the island. It ranked 48 globally with a score of 4.5.


A hour after the disappearance of Tokyo life sphere's soldiers together with Eihort.
The soldiers of the allied forces succeeded in completely surrounding Tokyo life sphere.
The allied forces was hesitating in front of the unknown black mist that suddenly enveloped Tokyo life sphere at the same time with Eihort's disappearance.
It was a thick darkness like mud where you couldn't even see an inch ahead.
Perhaps the soldiers of the allied forces also sensed something hair-raising from the eerie darkness, they exposed their insecurity from their mouth.
While ignoring the voices of those soldiers, Innocentius was in the command center that had been moved in front of the hole that He had opened, he was talking through mind transmission with the leader of the scouts formed from a hundred soldiers that had been sent inside.
A reply from the leader of the scouting unit came back with a deep sound of noise.
The countermeasure of Tokyo life sphere's side that was beyond their expectations exasperated and confused not only Innocentius, but also Tairon and the others.
Sure enough, now the question was if it was okay to let their main force to charge inside like this.
To begin with, was that labyrinth something really connected with the geofront where Tokyo life sphere's seven million people were evacuating?
They couldn't grasp even a single definite information.
That was why both the leaders and the army couldn't move.
Golden color spread out in air where there was nothing, before long it took the shape of a humanoid with wings and landed softly in front of Innocentius and the others.
Their savior Michael had defeated Homura and had returned from the parallel world's Tokyo.
Toward that question of Tairon whose face was colored with expectation, Michael gave a decisive nod.
Looking at that reply, the <Five Great Leaders> raised their voices in joy.
When Innocentius whispered that, he stared at the deep darkness peeking out from the hole that He opened and asked Michael.
Michael nodded to this and answered back.
Hearing the reliable words of Michael, the <Five Great Leaders> were eager to advance the preparation for the army's march.
But Michael spoke to them who were like that.
The <Five Great Leaders> were all directing their gazes at Michael wondering what he meant.
A transmission from the scouting unit came to them with the sound riddled all over with even thicker noise.
It was hard to listen with all the noise, but that voice was in a state of panic.
Suddenly, a shriek that directly hit their brain could be heard, making the faces of Innocentius and the others grimace.
And then, that shriek was not stopping in just one.
Voices of unit members came in rapid succession shrieking and begging for rescue.
Those voices were increasing without stopping, and then the voices began to decrease rapidly after a certain limit.
What resounded in exchange was the sounds of bones being pulverized to pieces and the slurping sounds of a liquid that sounded highly viscous.
And then―― the eerie sounds of uncountable somethings moving around *kasakasa* with countless small legs.
Headquarters' <Operator> that was chasing after the beacon of the scouting unit announced that with a trembling voice.
What Leti pointed out was correct.
From the previous battle, the allied forces also had to bear loss that was by no means few.
They didn't know how strong these creatures were, but it was the protection that the <Evil God User> had left behind by wringing out his last strength.
It was not something truly threatening, but this threat couldn't be made light of.
It was surely dangerous to charge inside while still being exhausted like this.
After surmising that, Innocentius decided.
The other <Five Great Leaders> also showed their understanding to this decision of Innocentius.
――At the same time, he spread his golden wings and deployed a gigantic magic circle towards the sky.
Beginning from the <Five Great Leaders>, all the people in that place looked up to the sky… and got dumbfounded.
The reason was because the deployed magic circle… was exactly the same with the holy art that was attempting to tear off the life of the residents of Tokyo life sphere before this.
At the same time with their understanding of what that meant, the magic circle began to shine as if it was burning.
And then the pulling power that was like the bones and organs inside the body were forcibly pulled out which assaulted the residents of Tokyo life sphere before this, attacked all the soldiers of the allied forces this time.
The soldiers fell to the ground from the intense agony, they then writhed around while frothing in their mouth.
Toward this action of Michael that they had never even imagined, the double-crossing <White Knight> Sir James looked up and asked Michael while perspiring with a cold sweat.
Hearing that question, Michael… answered very naturally without even a little bit of guilt.
Leti and Tairon fell to their knees while protesting.
He declared out such thing.
Such reasoning couldn't possibly be accepted at all.
Tairon protested while affixing angry look at his pale face.
Michael didn't show even a little bit of understanding.
Seeing this behavior… whether he wanted it or not Tairon was reminded of Onjouji Kai's words.
――It seems you intend to make the angel your ally, but do you think that those angels will comprehend the sense of values of all of you?
It was exactly as that man said.
Angels didn't comprehend the sense of values of humans.
And then, at the same line, the salvation that they brought about was also not something that a human could understand.
Beginning from Innocentius who was of advanced old age, the people of the allied forces had their souls torn off one after another.
The torn off soul came outside from the mouth in the shape of a fiery ball before they were absorbed into the shining magic circle in the sky.
What was left behind were only the empty corpses.
He was seriously intending to kill them and steal their bodies.
He took out <Fangtian Huaji> and swung it down with all his might aiming at Michael's neck.
But―― Michael blocked the blade of Tairon who had obtained the power of the <Flying General> by pinching it with his two fingers.
He admonished Tairon who was attacking him.
Even while overflowing with endless compassion, thinking from the bottom of his heart about humans… it was a thinking incompatible to the end with human's wish.
Similarly with other people, he also vomited his soul from his mouth and crumbled down on the ground.
Before long, there was not even a single person that could move on to the land of Tokyo life sphere.
Michael faced the sky and loudly raised his voice.
Thereupon, the magic circle that was shining golden in the sky cracked altogether with the black clouds at the background and warmly shone like a sun.
When that warm light illuminated the cold collapsing corpses on the ground… the tumbled corpses of humans experienced a change.
White wings grew from their back and one after another they began to wake up.
Correct. It was the force of angels who lived in heaven.
Right now, they made the dead bodies of humans as their vessels and descended down to the human world.
Michael talked to two angels among his brothers that were descending down to earth who were possessing the flesh of James and Tairon.
He answered so with a tone that didn't suit that strict bear-like face.
The two of them together with Michael were the three angels.
They were the ones who were called <The Three Archangel>, the greatest battle strength of heaven.
Both of them organized their army in heaven and were waiting for Michael's calling.
In other words from the beginning, Michael was leading the allied forces to this land for the sake of using them as vessels.
*Pachi pachi*, an applause together with ridiculing voice suddenly resounded out of nowhere.
The angels directed their gazes at the direction of the voice that they had never heard before all at once.
Ahead of the gaze where they turned to.
On top of the rubbles of the building that crumbled down from the fires of war, a black-skinned youth was standing.
That was the youth which had a chanced meeting with Sumika in the [John Doe Old Book Hall] before this.
While that youth made a smile on his shudderingly good looks, he praised the angels.
Hearing that answer from the youth, each angel of the forces of heaven produced shining sword or spear and got ready for battle.
He claimed that he didn't have any hostility.
In fact, this statement of <The Crawling Chaos> was true.
He didn't have the least bit of intention to fight.
The one who grasped that fact was Gabriel who had the disposition of a warrior.
He commanded the forces of heaven with his hand and took a step forward towards <The Crawling Chaos>, then he questioned him with a sharp gaze like an eagle.
Hearing this question, <The Crawling Chaos> smiled joyfully from the bottom of his heart and answered.
He shook his <burning three eyes> as if smiling and warned them, the angels, of such a thing.
Those words… were the true feelings of <The Crawling Chaos> that had been continuously observing the human race from really close for a long period.
He was seriously thinking so.
That humans possessed the strength that could possibly defeat angels.
……Even in the case, that a hero possessing preeminent power like Homura wasn't with them.
Michael didn't return any words and stopped gazing at <The Crawling Chaos> as if it was truly worthless listening to him, he directed his step towardd Eihort's labyrinth.
The surrounding angels were surprised from that act of Michael.
Saying that, the other <Archangels> also cut their gaze from <The Crawling Chaos> like Michael and stood in front of the labyrinth.
If that was the opinion of the <Three Archangels>, then the other angels also couldn't interject.
Even while feeling uncomfortable to not hand down judgment in front of such a great evil, the force of heaven still continued after the three.
Tokyo life sphere had averted annihilation due to the <Evil God User> Kamishiro Homura's quick wittedness, now the place was hidden in the very depths of Eihort's labyrinth including the space inside the protective wall.
But, it was nothing more than a temporary stopgap.
Michael had summoned the forces of heaven and set out to invade the labyrinth with perfect readiness.
The creatures jostling inside the labyrinth possessed quite the strength within limitations, but they didn't possess the strength to stop the forces of heaven led by the <Archangel> Michael who was victorious over Homura even if it was due to a cowardly method.
In addition, by absorbing Shiori, Michael was now endowed with extremely high <enemy searching ability> that Shiori possessed.
In front of that power, no matter how complicated the labyrinth was it would not accomplish anything.
And then when Japan would face them the next time, the chances of victory for Japan who had lost all of their main force was… none.
――That was how it seemed.
But… that was a mistake.
The tide of era was something mysterious, during the long history of the human race, in the [turning points] that moved the many eras, there were always the figure of [hope] that appeared like a glittering star.
They were the figures of courageous humans who were unyielding against any kind of despair, exerting and risking their own lives to win the future.
Correct, as long as humans didn't give up fighting in order to live, then, no matter how dark with no salvation the era was, there would always be a gleam of hope.
And then such thing hadn't come to an end.
The hopegirl lifted up her eyelids together with a gentle awakening that soaked into her.
And then, she raised her upper body from the cold asphalt and inserted her hand into her pocket.
What she took out was… a humanoid that was plainly made wrapped in string.
It was something that was called a <Voodoo Doll>.
The moment she took that out, the doll was torn off from above its neck.
As if it was bisected by a sharp blade.
――<Voodoo> was a sorcery system that manipulated life and death.
The <Voodoo Doll> that was created by that knowledge was so to speak a stock of life.
It could undertake [death] in place of the owner for just once.
After whispering with a little dissatisfaction in her tone like that, the girl threw away that humanoid doll.
Because it was something that didn't have any use anymore.
And then… raising her body that was on the verge of death with willpower―― the <Grim Bullet> Hoshikawa Sumika stood up.
To fight for the sake of living.
Whether it was now or in the past, not a single thing had changed, that heart harbored the pride of the living.
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Q: Should the "perplexity" (or "score") go up or down in the LDA implementation of Scikit-learn? I'd like to know what does the perplexity and score means in the LDA implementation of Scikit-learn. Those functions are obscure.
At the very least, I need to know if those values increase or decrease when the model is better. I've searched but it's somehow unclear. I feel that the perplexity should go down, but I'd like a clear answer on how those values should go up or down.

*

*Perplexity in docs

*Score in docs

*The source code of LDA and its methods

A: Perplexity is the measure of how well a model predicts a sample.
According to Latent Dirichlet Allocation by Blei, Ng, & Jordan,

[W]e computed the perplexity of a held-out test set to evaluate the models. The perplexity, used by convention in language modeling, is monotonically decreasing in the likelihood of the test data, and is algebraicly equivalent to the inverse of the geometric mean per-word likelihood. A lower perplexity score indicates better generalization performance.

This can be seen with the following graph in the paper:

In essense, since perplexity is equivalent to the inverse of the geometric mean, a lower perplexity implies data is more likely. As such,  as the number of topics increase, the perplexity of the model should decrease.


During Roark's time in Vietnam, we connected with a man named Sakai who is the head of the Da Nang Surf Club. Sakai happens to be Japanese and lives and operates sushi bars throughout the country. Sakai showed us the local surf spots and even joked with us that there were many bones buried under "China Beach's" sand as a result from the war with America. The truth be told there are no war bones under the sand and that the locals don't like the term "China Beach" which was coined by American GI's after they landed there during the Tet Offensive to later become an R&R spot. Local Vietnamese don't like the term because of the its nicknaming during the conflict with America, they don't prefer it because of the current turmoil with China. The Irony being that the communist North Vietnamese leaned on China for support during the war with America and now the unified Vietnam is strengthening ties with America (President Obama was there this past May) for support against an encroaching China.
Politics aside, post-war Da Nang has re-built itself into a beautiful seaside resort with fun surf and great nightlife. We enjoyed our time tracing Roark's footsteps and searching for the mystical downrailer he rode in the South China Sea and encourage everyone to see and enjoy the beauty for yourself. Make sure to look up Sakai and enjoy his sushi perfection if you do. He'll know you're part of the Revival if you're wearing this Da Nang Surf Club T-Shirt.


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Q: Clarifying a proof of a particular paper on Steins Estimator I am trying proving result (5.4) of the following paper.  Its a paper on Steins estimator on spherically symmetric cases.
The doubt is a s follows:
Given
$$X|\theta\sim \mathcal{N}(\theta,I)$$ with a given two stage prior as $$\theta|\lambda\sim \mathcal{N}\left(0,\frac{1-\lambda}{\lambda}I\right)$$ and $$\lambda\sim (1-b)\lambda^{-b}$$
The authors say that a straigntforward calculation reveals that $$E(\theta|X)=[1-E(\lambda|X)]X$$
But this isn't at all straightforward to me. Maybe I am messing up with the conditions and expectations. Can someone help please?


Home 'n Hosed: One Week!!
Met all his Grandparents (Nana and Poppa Wagener he met on Skype).
Met all his aunts, uncles, and cousins (the NZ relatives via Skype).
First bath at home (even if it was a sponge bath).
First trip to the doctor's office.
Had his first book read to him (Guess How Much I Love You).
Dressed up as a vampire bat for Halloween (our little milk-sucker).
Ethan's pre-costume Halloween outfit to get him in the spirit!
"I want to drink some milk!"


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<?php
namespace AppointTest\Model;

use Appoint\Model\AppointTable;
use Appoint\Model\Appoint;
use Zend\Db\ResultSet\ResultSet;
use PHPUnit_Framework_TestCase;

/*
 * We are testing that:
 *
 *  We can retrieve an individual appoint by its ID.
 *  We can delete appoint's.
 *  We can save new appoint.
 *  We can update existing appoint's.
 *  We will encounter an exception if we're trying to retrieve an appoint that doesn't exist.
 */
class AppointTableTest extends PHPUnit_Framework_TestCase
{
    public function testFetchAllReturnsAllAppoints()
    {
        $resultSet        = new ResultSet();
        $mockTableGateway = $this->getMock('Zend\Db\TableGateway\TableGateway',
            array('select'), array(), '', false);
        $mockTableGateway->expects($this->once())
            ->method('select')
            ->with()
            ->will($this->returnValue($resultSet));

        $appointTable = new AppointTable($mockTableGateway);

        $this->assertSame($resultSet, $appointTable->fetchAll());
    }

    public function testCanRetrieveAnAppointByItsId()
    {
        $appoint = new Appoint();
        $appoint->exchangeArray(array('id' => 20,
            'date' => '2016-06-26 11:00:00',
            'patient_name' => 'JacobX',
            'title'  => 'In My Dreams'));

        $resultSet = new ResultSet();
        $resultSet->setArrayObjectPrototype(new Appoint());
        $resultSet->initialize(array($appoint));

        $mockTableGateway = $this->getMock('Zend\Db\TableGateway\TableGateway', array('select'), array(), '', false);
        $mockTableGateway->expects($this->once())
            ->method('select')
            ->with(array('id' => 20))
            ->will($this->returnValue($resultSet));

        $appointTable = new AppointTable($mockTableGateway);

        $this->assertSame($appoint, $appointTable->getAppoint(20));
    }

    public function testCanDeleteAnAppointByItsId()
    {
        $mockTableGateway = $this->getMock('Zend\Db\TableGateway\TableGateway', array('delete'), array(), '', false);
        $mockTableGateway->expects($this->once())
            ->method('delete')
            ->with(array('id' => 20));

        $appointTable = new AppointTable($mockTableGateway);
        $appointTable->deleteAppoint(20);
    }

    public function testSaveAppointWillInsertNewAppointsIfTheyDontAlreadyHaveAnId()
    {
        $appointData = array('date' => '2016-06-26 11:00:00', 'reason' => 'sick', 'patient_name' => 'jacobX');
        $appoint     = new Appoint();
        $appoint->exchangeArray($appointData);

        $mockTableGateway = $this->getMock('Zend\Db\TableGateway\TableGateway', array('insert'), array(), '', false);
        $mockTableGateway->expects($this->once())
            ->method('insert')
            ->with($appointData);

        $appointTable = new AppointTable($mockTableGateway);
        $appointTable->saveAppoint($appoint);
    }

    public function testSaveAppointWillUpdateExistingAppointsIfTheyAlreadyHaveAnId()
    {
        $appointData = array('id' => 20, 'reason' => 'sick', 'date' => '2016-06-26 11:00:00', 'patient_name' => 'JacobX');
        $appoint     = new Appoint();
        $appoint->exchangeArray($appointData);

        $resultSet = new ResultSet();
        $resultSet->setArrayObjectPrototype(new Appoint());
        $resultSet->initialize(array($appoint));

        $mockTableGateway = $this->getMock('Zend\Db\TableGateway\TableGateway',
            array('select', 'update'), array(), '', false);
        $mockTableGateway->expects($this->once())
            ->method('select')
            ->with(array('id' => 20))
            ->will($this->returnValue($resultSet));
        $mockTableGateway->expects($this->once())
            ->method('update')
            ->with(array('date' => '2016-06-26 11:00:00', 'reason' => 'sick', 'patient_name' => 'JacobX'),
                array('id' => 20));

        $appointTable = new AppointTable($mockTableGateway);
        $appointTable->saveAppoint($appoint);
    }

    public function testExceptionIsThrownWhenGettingNonexistentAppoint()
    {
        $resultSet = new ResultSet();
        $resultSet->setArrayObjectPrototype(new Appoint());
        $resultSet->initialize(array());

        $mockTableGateway = $this->getMock('Zend\Db\TableGateway\TableGateway', array('select'), array(), '', false);
        $mockTableGateway->expects($this->once())
            ->method('select')
            ->with(array('id' => 20))
            ->will($this->returnValue($resultSet));

        $appointTable = new AppointTable($mockTableGateway);

        try
        {
            $appointTable->getAppoint(20);
        }
        catch (\Exception $e)
        {
            $this->assertSame('Could not find row 20', $e->getMessage());
            return;
        }

        $this->fail('Expected exception was not thrown');
    }
}


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General Manager Steve Keim saw several encouraging signs from the Cardinals in their 27-24 victory over the Jaguars on Sunday.
General Manager Steve Keim saw several encouraging signs from the Cardinals in their 27-24 victory over the Jaguars on Sunday, but he was especially pleased with the performance of several young players.
In his weekly appearance on the Doug and Wolf Show on Arizona Sports 98.7 FM on Monday, Keim praised safety Budda Baker, tight end Ricky Seals-Jones and receiver Chad Williams, all rookies.
"To see a lot of young players have the opportunity to step up and the way those guys produced when the lights came on, I was really excited about it," Keim said.
Seals-Jones, who was not drafted, has scored three touchdowns in the last two weeks. On Sunday, the Cardinals used him occasionally as a wide receiver, the position he played in college.
Keim called Seals-Jones "a mismatch tight end," and the type of player the Cardinals haven't had at tight end in some time.
Keim touched on several other subjects, including the play of quarterback Blaine Gabbert.
He was impressed with the 12-yard Gabbert threw to D.J. Foster to set up the game-winning field goal from Phil Dawson.
Keim used a question about Jaguars defensive end Calais Campbell, a former Cardinal, to praise outside linebacker Chandler Jones. By not re-signing Campbell, the Cardinals were able to sign Jones to a multi-year deal, Keim said.
Jones is tied for the NFL lead in sacks with 12.
"Chandler Jones has led the NFL in sacks since we traded for him," Keim said.


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The regime forces shell the southern countryside of Idlib and kill the first civilian about 13 hours of ceasefire in "Putin – Erdogan" area
The Syrian Observatory for Human Rights documented the death of a citizen in missile shelling carried out by the regime forces targeted Kafr Nubl city in the southern countryside of Idlib, thus, this man is the first casualty after about 12 hours of the ceasefire within "Putin – Erdogan" area, also the activists of the Syrian Observatory monitored missile shelling carried out by regime's ground forces targeting areas in al-Tah, Jarjanaz, Hass, Ma'aret Hurmah, al-Deir al-Sharqi, Kafrsajna, Rakaya, Arinbeh, Babulin, al-Naqir, Hish, and Om Jalal in the southern and southeastern countryside of Idlib, while the Syrian regime's warplanes and warplanes of the Russian "guarantor" still have not targeted "Putin – Erdogan" area since the ceasefire came into effect.
And with the fall of more casualties, it rose to at least 4102, the number of people who were killed since the 30th of April 2019, the date of start of the most violent escalation in terms of aerial and ground bombardment, shelling, and targeting since Putin – Erdogan agreement, until the 31st of August 2019, and they are: 1046 civilians including 261 children and 185 citizen women, and they are 224 including 44 children and 43 women, and 8 of the civil defense and 5 of the ambulance team were killed in Russian aerial bombardment on the countryside of Idlib and Hama, and 88 including 19 women and 15 children were killed in the fall of barrel bombs, and 537 including 154 children, 90 women, and 5 members of the rescue teams were killed in targeting by regime's warplanes, also 115 people including 20 women and 21 children were killed in a ground shelling carried out by the regime forces, and 80 citizens including 26 children and 14 women were killed in shelling by the factions on al-Suqaylabiyah, Qamhana, Al-Rasif, Al-Aziziyah, Karnaz, Jurin, Al-Nairab Camp, neighborhoods in Aleppo city and its southern countryside, while at least 1665 fighters were killed in the Russian airstrikes and the regime's aerial and ground shelling including 1087 of the Jihadis, in addition to killing of 1391 members of the regime forces in targeting and shelling by jihadi groups and factions.
And during the period between the 15th of February 2019; the date of the meeting of "Rouhani – Erdogan – Putin" until the 31st of August 2019, and Syrian Observatory documented the death of 4628 people in the Russian – Turkish truce areas, they are 1329 civilians including 342 children under the age of eighteen and 249 women over the age of eighteen, they were killed in the Russian aerial bombardment and the rocket shelling by the regime forces and the factions, and among the death toll of civilians there are 106 people including 31 children under the age of eighteen and 18 citizen women over the age of eighteen, they were killed in the fall of shells launched by the factions, and 1751 fighters were killed in different conditions within the demilitarized area since Putin – Erdogan agreement, including 1122 fighters of the "Jihadis" and 1548 of the regime forces and militiamen loyal to them.
Regime's ground forces disturb the relative calm and shell areas in Idlib countryside
Regime's security forces raid areas in the Eastern Qalamoun in Rif Dimashq searching for wanted and deserters from the conscription


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Q: Git push origin master updating pull request but not my repo So I forked someone's repo, cloned it locally and made some changes. I made a pull reuqest and that guy wanted me to add something. So after my changes done locally, i did ( everything was done in the master branch)
Git add .
git commit -m 'added text'
git push origin master

So this basically took my changes and updated the pull request without me creating another one. My question is, what if i wanted to just push the changes to the forked repo on my github without updating the pull request? In this case, the pull request was updated and he recived the edited version. How would i push so that the changes only go to my repo and not the pull request?
Thanks!

A: You may want to create a new branch for each pull request you make.
Github says:

After your pull request is sent, any new commits pushed to your branch will automatically be added to the pull request.

So if you want your new commits not to go on that PR, you may create a new branch using :
git checkout -b new_branch
[commit]
git push origin new_branch

And then create a pull request from that branch. So you master is free for you to commit again.


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"Improved ozone monitoring by ground-based FTIR spectrometry", paper published in AMTD
Accurate observations of atmospheric ozone (O3) are essential to monitor in detail the key role of O3 in the atmospheric chemistry. In this context, the paper, entitled "Improved ozone monitoring by ground-based FTIR spectrometry" and published by Atmospheric Measurement Techniques Discussion (AMTD), examines the performance of different O3 retrieval strategies from FTIR (Fourier Transform InfraRed) spectrometry by using the 20-year time series of the high-resolution solar spectra acquired from 1999 to 2018 at the subtropical Izaña Observatory (IZO, Spain) within NDACC (Network for the Detection of Atmospheric Composition Change). In particular, the effect of two of the most influential factors have been investigated: the spectral region used for O3 retrievals and inclusion of an atmospheric temperature profile fit. The theoretical and experimental quality assessments of the different FTIR O3 products (total column, TC, amounts and volume mixing ratio, VMR, profiles) provide consistent results. Combining an optimal selection of spectral O3 absorption lines and a simultaneous temperature retrieval results in superior FTIR O3 products, with a precision greater than 0.6–0.7 % for O3 TCs as compared to coincident NDACC Brewer observations used as reference. However, this improvement can be only achieved provided the FTIR spectrometer is properly characterised and stable over time. For unstable instruments, the temperature fit has been found to exhibit a strong negative influence on O3 retrievals by increasing the cross-interference between instrumental performance and temperature retrieval. This cross-interference becomes especially noticeable beyond the upper troposphere/lower stratosphere as documented theoretically, as well as experimentally by comparing FTIR O3 profiles to those measured using Electrochemical Concentration Cell (ECC) sondes within NDACC (see Figure 1). Consequently, it should be taken into account for the reliable monitoring of O3 vertical distribution, especially on long-term timescales.
Figure 1. Summary of FTIR-ECC comparison for the periods 1999-2004, 2005-May 2008, and June 2008-2018. (a), (d), and (g) display the vertical profiles of median (M) relative differences RD (FTIR-ECC, in %) for the three periods, respectively. (b), (e), and (h) as for (a), (d), and (g), but for standard deviation of RD distributions (σ, in %). (c), (f), and (i) as for (a), (d), and (g), but for Pearson correlation coefficient. 1000, 1000T, 4MWs, 4MWsT, 5MWs, and 5MWsT refer to the different FTIR retrieval strategies analysed in this work. Refer to García et al. (2021) for further details.
For further details refer to: García, O. E., Sanromá, E., Schneider, M., Hase, F., León-Luis, S. F., Blumenstock, T., Sepúlveda, E., Redondas, A., Carreño, V., Torres, C., and Prats, N.: Improved ozone monitoring by ground-based FTIR spectrometry, Atmos. Meas. Tech. Discuss. https://doi.org/10.5194/amt-2021-67, in review, 2021. https://amt.copernicus.org/preprints/amt-2021-67/
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'Barbaric' shooting of man in west Belfast condemned
Sinn Fein MLA Órlaithí Flynn
Gillian Halliday Twitter Email
April 16 2021 06:32 AM
The "barbaric" shooting of a young man in west Belfast has been condemned by politicians.
Police have appealed for information after the 21-year-old man was shot in the Summerhill Road area of Dunmurry on Wednesday evening.
A PSNI inspector said that just after 10.25pm, they received a report that the man had been shot in the lower leg. He was taken to hospital for treatment.
"While our enquiries are at an early stage, this shooting bears the hallmarks of a paramilitary-style assault," the PSNI said.
"Those who carried out this barbaric act do not represent the interests of the local community, nor do they contribute anything to it.
"They use violence to try and exert influence, or gain control of those they claim to represent."
Sinn Fein MLA Orlaithi Flynn condemned the shooting.
The West Belfast MLA said: "This attack happened near a hostel which is home to many young mothers and children.
"The area around it was sealed off and it was a very distressing and frightening experience for them and other local residents.
"This is not what the people of this area want or need and those responsible must stop.
"Anyone with information on this attack should bring it forward to the police."
People Before Profit Colin councillor Michael Collins added: "The vicious shooting of a 21-year-old in Twinbrook has brought shock and anger to the community.
"Those carrying out these punishment-style shootings should be ashamed of themselves.
"These actions can only serve to damage another young person's life and cause more pain and suffering in our community.
"Guns have no place on our streets and those behind these barbaric attacks do not represent the vast majority of decent people here."
Police have appealed to anyone who witnessed this incident or who has any information which could help their investigation to call 101 quoting reference number 2053 of 14/04/21.
Information can also be submitted by making a report online using the PSNI's non-emergency reporting form via http://www.psni.police.uk/makeareport/.
Details can also be given anonymously through the independent charity Crimestoppers by calling 0800 555 111.
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Over the last two years, Fairmont has shown tremendous faith and generosity in sponsoring both the Jasper Dark Sky Festival and myself as Jasper's Sky Guy In Residence.
Tonight, I had the pleasure of working with about a dozen JPL staff members (in Jasper Dark Sky Preserve, "JPL" stands for Jasper Park Lodge – not the Jet Propulsion Lab, of NASA-fame) to walk them through the basics of using the Lodge's large 12.5″ telescope, as well as show them around the skies in the world's largest dark sky preserve.
For those interested in downloading some of the images of our stargazing session, here're two pics of all of us and the Milky Way rising over the JPL canoe docks.
I've also included two shots I took afterwards, from outside our room and down on one of the sun docks down the hill from our home for the next week or so.
Telescope's back in the main lobby – Thanks for a great night…Clear skies, guys!


June 7, 2017 – Building up a moisture profile is essential to growing any crop; however even more so in areas with high heat and potential for extended periods of time with water issues. The moisture profile is imperative to crop health and ability to withstand some degrees of stress. Understanding plant physiology and how each crop and variety responds to moisture is also a key factor.
May 31, 2017 – Imagine yourself in this nightmare scenario: At the height of the season, the pipeline that carries water from your only water source bursts. Repairs will be costly. And, even when executed as quickly as possible, it will be a month before you have access to new water. That means you have to make do with the water you have on hand — not more than a two weeks' supply.


Some theatre-goers dress to the nines; others prefer to keep it casual and comfortable. Sartorial choices in the crowd at Only a Year are no different. At the high fashion end, we have carefully coordinated outfits in trendy geometric prints; at the other, stripey onesies and swaddles.
We're waiting for the theatre doors to open when one ticket holder spits up on his date's leg, while her head is turned.
Theatre for babies – it's a thing. Working from the theory that sensory stimulation promotes neural development, the interactive performances use sound, light and touch to capture the tiny audience's attention and delight their senses.
The concept is still young in Australia – Only a Year is the only show at Melbourne Fringe festival's comprehensive children's program that's specifically for infants – but it's been gaining traction around the world for more than a decade. The Birmingham Repertory Theatre staged its first show for babies, Open House, in 2005; Irish performance maker Anna Newell, meanwhile, has been producing children's theatre since 1989 and her Adventures for Babies has toured Australia, off-Broadway and South Africa, and Welsh company Theatr Iolo recently took its show, Out of the Blue, to babies and toddlers in Kolkata.
The first show for babies produced in Australia was This [Baby] Life in 2011-12, a dance work created by Adelaide performance maker Sally Chance. Another hugely popular show, Rain, was developed by The Seam and Drop Bear Theatre at ArtPlay in 2013, and was one of two shows specifically for babies at this year's DreamBIG Children's festival in Adelaide in May.
Plots tend to be simple and sets tactile, with lots of objects to grab and hold. And shows often sell out, proving parents are keen to give their offspring a first taste of theatre at an early age.
When it's time to enter the space at Chunky Move studios, we follow a path lined with clothes pegs to a grassy circle beneath a washing line festooned with fairy lights. Nappy bags, harnesses and other parental accoutrements are thrown into laundry baskets, as mums and their bubs find seats on the floor. Two chime bars – single xylophone keys made of plastic – are waiting for each pair of chubby hands to grab and play with. Some little ones test them out with a plastic mallet, while one maestro gets far more pleasing results by simply mashing the instruments together.
After a pre-show spiel from director Sarah Austin granting the babies carte blanche to do whatever they want (short of gnawing on electrical cables), I'm hoping for a little bit of on-stage chaos – the audience has literally been invited to chew the scenery, after all. Instead, I'm surprised to watch the babies sit quietly and take everything in with rapt attention as the half-hour show unfolds.
In the middle of the circle, a forest sprite in a leotard begins to emerge from a white cocoon. An active crawler by the name of Gene assists, pulling the sheet away. One mum boops her baby's nose to draw her attention to the action.
The sprite starts removing pegs from his clothing and pinning them to socks, hats and tops worn by the audience. It almost goes without saying that these pegs are a source of extreme fascination.
The show is structured loosely around the four seasons, representing the first year of a child's life. The wind kicks up, blowing laundry on to tiny heads. Next, wide-eyed faces show surprise at being lightly sprinkled with rain. When the sprite starts banging a drum, one child cries for approximately one second and then abruptly stops.
Gene and his next door neighbour are by far the most active, wandering everywhere and banging on laundry baskets while their parents sheepishly scoop them up from centre stage. Directly opposite, two little tackers sit up in their mums' laps, staring intently at the sprite's every move. One has the yellow plastic mallet dangling from his mouth like a lollipop, completely forgotten. Voiceovers from grandparents telling tales of what raising a child was like in the old days elicit a few chuckles from parents.
A wave of restlessness washes over the room after about 25 minutes as the sprite gallops a peg horse around the circle. We've hit the baby-attention barrier. Not long after, the sprite grows wings and flies away, and those of us with hand-eye coordination applaud.